Agent Cheryl Dwyer was having none of this. She knew this teenage girl was not the real Ruby Donaldson. She had just been speaking to Amelia (It was hard to think of her as Matt any more) and confirmed that 7 Ruby's, including the former cleaner Rosaro were now at the Fedorov house. If this wasn't Ruby then who was she? Cheryl had her suspicions. But why was she lying?
"So Ruby. You are saying you don't remember anything?"
"All I can recall was waking up in this room"
"Does the name Kurt Renzi mean anything to you?" The girls eyes shifted. She was obviously lying.
"No"
"It was his truck you were found in. Kurt is missing. We can only assume he has met with foul play. You are the prime suspect"
The girl was silent.
"You were seen having dinner with him last night at a roadhouse in Heathrow. Then you found behind the driver's wheel of his truck crashed on the side of the highway. Did Kurt attack you?"
"No Kurt didn't do anything wrong!"
"So you do know Kurt?" The girl reluctantly nodded "Are you Kurt?" the girl nodded again "FBI agents don't usually investigate minor traffic accidents. We are looking for an artefact that I'm guessing changed you. Cooperate with us. Start telling the truth and we can all get back to normal. Now tell me; Why are you lying?"
"The man told me to. He said if I didn't I would be stuck like this"
"What man?"
"He was here when I woke. He said he was Ruby's step father. He asked if I had seen Ruby's necklace"
"Can you describe him?"
"He had an Eastern European accent. Tall, blonde hair"
Cheryl caught Ted's eye "Sound's like the man we met this morning"
Agent Dexter continued the questioning. "And what did you answer? Had you seen this necklace?"
"Yes. It was in the pocket of the jacket Ruby was wearing. She left it in my cabin. I donated the jacket to the charity shop near the truck stop"
"And you told this to Nikola Fedorov?"
"Who?"
"The man who was here when you woke?"
The girl nodded once more "Did that necklace cause me to change?"