Ally waits patiently. Ronald should come back any moment to tell her that Eric is here. She never locked the door again when she closed it. Hopefully Ronald will just come in and see Benson and he will be able to do something about this situation.Ally closes her eyes and listens for any sounds coming from the hallway. Nothing.“Do you know what is going to happen now?” Benson asks her.“How could I?” Ally opens her eyes and looks at Benson. If any of the hatred she feels towards him is visible in her eyes, he should see it without effort. “It is not like I am in control of my own life. You have been making decisions on my behalf for quite some time now.”Benson glares at Ally.“That attitude will get you nowhere.” He tells her.“I don’t think any kind of attitude will get me anywhere. I will forever be your prisoner. Kept against my will in a place that is not my home. That is what you want. What I want does not matter.” Ally says, the hatred evident in her tone.“If that is how you

“Well, whatever I did, it was with pure intentions. I didn’t have to lie or steal to get to where I am. I worked hard, I had help, but I did all the hard work.” Ally tells him. She finds the more she says, the angrier Benson becomes with her. She could not care less. At this point it feels like Ally is goading Benson. She is trying to make him so angry that he would leave the room. Ally rolls her eyes and looks out of the window again. She turned back just in time to see Eric turning into the underground parking area.“If you will excuse me. The husband I am legally married to just arrived.” Ally tells Benson and heads to the door. Ally can hear how Benson’s breathing just got more laboured. She cannot help thinking that he is about to have a heart attack. She walks to the door but before she is even half way, she is pulled to a stop by Benson grabbing onto her elbow again. Ally turns and glares at him.“Do not touch me. If there is one thing I remember about the Symons family, it is

Eric opens the car door for Megan. He takes her hand and helps her out of the car. Eric never thought he would go back to the mansion but since Ally went missing, he has been working with his father to find her. He never thought that his father would help him with anything. He despised the man, but he had to give him credit for the support he gave while his wife was missing.Eric takes Megan’s hand and walks with her to the front door. The house staff, waiting for them, smile at the sight of Ally. Megan looks at them and smiles back. It is a bit of a stab in the heart to her that the staff is smiling to see her. When she looked like Megan, they never smiled at her. Megan forces herself to keep the smile on her face. She looks at them each, individually, as she knows Ally would have done.Ally is a people’s person. She likes to make everyone around her feel special. She likes to ask questions about their lives and to hear what their worries are. Megan couldn’t care less. She has no int

Eric switches the lights on in his office. He takes a seat behind his desk and stares at his laptop screen for a long time. The events from the day that Ally went missing keeps playing out in his head. He reaches for his phone and searches for Ronald’s number. He hesitates to call Ronald. Does he really want to ask a stranger about what is going on with his wife? Should he just go and talk to Ally?He wipes the screen and puts his phone away. After what feels like forever, Eric gets up and leaves the room. He heads to the bedroom, hoping to find Ally still awake. As he enters the room, he can only see her form laying in the bed. The lights are off, all but the bathroom light. He goes to switch off the light and looks into the bathroom as he does. The bathroom has already been cleaned. He doubts that Ally did anything to clean it. The staff in this house is extremely adequate.Eric gets ready for bed. He pulls the covers open and slides into bed. Laying next to Ally who has her back tu

Eric is stunned. He looks at Ally across the room. She is standing with her arms crossed and she has an angry expression on her face. Eric looks at the other staff members. Each of them has the same shocked expression on their faces.The one lady takes off her apron and places it softly on the counter.“I am sorry. I will not be able to work here without Dirk.” She says before leaving the kitchen. One after the other, everyone in the kitchen takes their aprons off and walk out of the kitchen.Eric waits until the last staff member is out of the kitchen.“What the hell happened in here?” Eric asks Megan. Megan drops her arms from being folded over her chest but the angry frown stays on her forehead.“I cannot eat this shit!” she tells Eric. Eric takes a few steps closer to the plate of food she is referring to. He looks at it for a few seconds before lifting his gaze back to Megan.“But this is the way that you asked him to make it. He used to make it differently but when you moved in