CHAPTER SEVEN

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Next morning Miss Parker arrived to the Centre as usual. But when she walked into her office, Sydney was already there. She gave him a questioning look while closing her door behind her.

"What?" she asked, walking up to him.

"Parker, I happened to overhear Mr. Raines talk about yours and Jarod's marriage… and…" Sydney started but Miss Parker cut him off.

"Did he say why they did it?" she asked.

Sydney sighed. "Parker, there's no need to act anymore, I know the truth."

Miss Parker stared at him as if he was crazy. What the hell was he talking about? What truth?

As Sydney saw her confused look, he noticed it almost looked like she didn't know what he meant…

"Did you really think the Centre wouldn't find out? I find it really strange the Raines actually saved your life if he knew this Parker… don't get me wrong, I don't mind at all, but…" Actually it's really cute…

"Syd! Cut the crap, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Parker…"

"No, Syd, I have no idea of what you mean, really, tell me."

"You and Jarod are married, and according to Mr. Raines, the Centre isn't behind it… are you telling me you don't know this?" Sydney asked puzzled.

Miss Parker nodded.

Sydney believed her. He could tell if she was lying, and this was definitely not one of those moments.

He frowned. "Think back one year and three months, when we had a lead on Jarod in Las Vegas, you went there alone because Debbie was sick and Broots had to stay home. Do you have any idea of what could have happened there? Because that's the exact date on the marriage certificate," he said, trying to trigger Miss Parker's memory. What he didn't understand was how she could have gotten married and not remember it… and most of all, why she had done it. Let's say she really do love him, she would still not do something like that on purpose…

Suddenly Miss Parker realized what the old man actually was saying. She stared at him as if he'd just gone crazy. She shook her head in denial.

"I couldn't have done that, why the hell would I have agreed to marry Jarod?" she said, still shaking her head. Could it really be possible?

Sydney shrugged. "That's the only thing that makes sense. And Raines didn't seem too happy about it."

"If this is true, Raines is going to kill…" Miss Parker cut herself off, and stared at Sydney. "They already knew…" she mumbled.

Sydney gave her a questioning look and Miss Parker continued.

"The Centre must have been behind this whole thing, they wanted me dead because of what I possibly did." She said thoughtfully.

"But why didn't they just do it, how could they have failed so many times. I'm sure that if the Centre wanted to kill me, I'd be dead by now…"

Sydney nodded slowly. "Yes… I'm afraid you're right about that…"

"Syd, ask Broots to find out as much as he can about this," Miss Parker was massaging her head as she spoke. Why did she have to have those damn headaches all the time?

"Oh and by the way, find of who Adia is."

I have to get out of here, I feel so strange…

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When Miss Parker came back to the hotel, she took the elevator straight to the right floor, but when she tried to open her door, it was locked. What the hell? She started to knock loud, shouting Jarod's name. She was confused, what was going on?

Suddenly the door opened and an older lady came out. She gave Miss Parker a puzzled look.

"Who are you?" she asked.

Miss Parker stared at her. "What the hell are you doing in my room?" she said annoyed.

"Yours? No this is my room, please leave me alone now," the lady said. She closed the door before Miss Parker had time to say anything.

"But wait, I…" Miss Parker started, but suddenly she felt dizzy again and her head hurt very much. She leaned back against the wall, slowly sinking to the floor. With a loud moan she buried her head in her hands. Jarod where are you… I need you…

Miss Parker didn't know how long she had been sitting there when she suddenly felt someone sit down next to her. An arm was placed around her shoulders. She slowly looked up and saw Jarod's concerned face.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

There was a silence.

"I don't know… weird… where am I?" Miss Parker finally said.

Jarod started at her in shock. She was not good at all. What's happening to you sweetie?

"Come on baby, you need to get back to your room." Oh shit, did I call her baby? Jarod lifted her up and carried her. Silently he thanked god he'd found her and that nothing had happened. When she didn't come home, he'd started to worry, and when he checked and realized her car was outside, he had gotten even more worried and decided to look for her…

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Back at Miss Parker's room, Jarod carefully placed her in the couch.

"Parker, tell me what happened," he said in a low voice.

Miss Parker was thinking. "I was trying to get inside my room but it was locked. And there was an old woman in there who told me to go away…"

Jarod could hear the confusion in her voice.

"No, this is your room Parker… it's okay now," Jarod comforted. Did she really forget where her room was? Whatever it was, something bad was going on with her, he didn't like it at all. If truth be told it scared the hell out of him.

A couple of hours passed and Jarod was still there. In fact, he had been there almost the whole time since she moved in to the room. She never said it out loud, but he was sure she appreciated his company.

Suddenly Miss Parker's cell phone rang. Jarod picked it up and gave it to her.

"What?" her voice was weak and tired as she spoke.

"It's Sydney, are you alright Parker?"

"Yeah, just tired…" Miss Parker lied.

"Broots has been working on finding the things you asked for, we didn't find anything about the marriage yet, but Broots is still looking…" Sydney started.

"But we found a young Asian woman working at the Centre, her name is Adia, she's one of Lyle's new assistants," Sydney continued.

There was a silence.

"Syd, why are you telling me this?" Miss Parker asked puzzled.

Sydney was bewildered. "What? You asked us to find out who she was…" he said.

Miss Parker was getting scared. How could she not remember that?

"I don't remember asking that… but ehm… thank you," she said, hanging up the phone before Sydney could ask anything. She turned her eyes to Jarod and he met her look. When Miss Parker saw the fear in his face she started to get really frightened…

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TBC