When Amanda woke up she arose with a full body ache. Every last muscle in her body hurt. It took a while, but finally someone came in.
"Hello," said the lady who appeared to be in her early thirties, "I am nurse Paddington, how are you feeling?"
"Terrible." Amada responded.
Then the nurse asked for her name, and told her there are some ministry representatives who wish to speak with her.
"Ministry?"
"The Ministry of Magic dear, oh I forgot you are a muggle."
Amanda played along, pretending not to know what the nurse was talking about. Apparently she was knocked out for a week.
A few hours later, those representatives came to her room.
They asked her the exact questions she was taught to answer- what she was doing there, how the situation arose, and other questions of that nature.
"Well, I am afraid it is far too late and too hazardous to cast a memory charm on her now, McGreevy."
"Indeed, Marinov, in this case she must remain in our world."
The plan worked like a Swiss clock.
Just then, a boy Amanda did not recognize came into the room.
"Wait, Mr. Malfoy, there are," nurse Paddington said, coming after the boy, attempting to stop him from entering.
Amanda heard the name, yes, the boy who was suppose to 'save' her… he also had a pre-set alibi. He 'just happened to pass by' since he was there with friends.
Amanda figured this dramatic entrance was also part of the plan.
She thought it wise to insert some dramatic pleading, and began begging them to let her go, telling them in teary eyes how much the little orphans needed her…
Yes- that was the story. Supposedly she was the oldest girl in an orphanage who helps take care of the little ones and was as an older sister to them. Her poor dear parents died in a horrible accident when she was an infant.
At the same time the boy who dashed in asked of them to leave her be.
"I am afraid that is not possible." Said Marinov.
"The stature of secrecy requires her indefinite stay in our world." McGreevy said.
"Moreover, she will have to remain in the ministry's custody." Marinov added.
"What?! I saved her life so that you can ruin it?!"
More rehearsed text… this was getting old.
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At the same time, the Spots were sitting in their living room. All the family members felt very concerned. The police had absolutely no clue as to what had happened and how.
Who would want to abduct a girl with such injuries? How did they manage to take her out of the hospital? Was she kidnapped at all? If not, how could someone in her condition just leave, unnoticed?
But the most grave question, which most disturbed the Spot family to the point when Mrs. Spot could not sleep, was- is Amanda still alive?
Amanda Spot, now Lillian Leroux, never gave a thought to how her family will feel about her sudden disappearance. The fact was, she did not care.