F.B.I. Field Office

10:35 A.M.

Later the next morning, the parents of the missing girl were called in for questioning. Both of them walked down the hall in the police station into the interrogation room. They were accompanied by their attorney. They were dressed in business attire, as to look professional for the F.B.I. and other law enforcement officials they might encounter. Mr. and Mrs. Greene entered the interrogation room where Agents Mulder and Marshall were sitting. Scully and her partner, Foster were behind the mirror, watching.

"Thanks for agreeing to talk with us again," Mulder said, ever so politely to the couple and their attorney.

"You're welcome," the husband replied. "Anything to find our little girl."

"Actually, I wanted talk to you about one of your daughters, Amanda. I spoke with her yesterday, and see seemed almost... unaffected by the ordeal, and I was just curious if that was just her personality or if that was her way of dealing with it..." Mulder said, trailing off.

The parents looked at each other. It was clear that they knew something was amiss with Amanda. "Amanda... is not my biological child," Matthew Greene began to explain. "Julia had her in high school, and when we got married, I adopted her. She has always been resentful at the facts that there have been other children - Alison and Laura Ashley."

"Which are your children?" Mulder asked him. He had a pen in his hand, and a pad of paper.

"Yes, we've been married for four years. After we had Alison, we got married," Mr. Greene continued to explain. He poured himself a glass of water from the pitcher that was on the table.

"I see... and is either of you in contact with Amanda's father?" Agent Marshall asked. She looked at the mother to solicit an answer. She took a deep breath.

"Yes, I am," Mrs. Greene said. She bowed her head down, almost as if she were doing it in shame. Her husband whipped his head around and looked at her. Clearly, he did not know that his wife was still in contact with her ex-boyfriend - Amanda's biological father. "After Keith relinquished his parental rights, he came to me and told me that he still wanted to know about her, about what she was doing in life. I told him sure, no problem. We write to each other, and I send pictures every now and then."

Agent Mulder looked at her and said, "And you didn't tell your husband?"

"I thought it would be better not to. I felt that it was just something that he didn't need to be burdened with. Matt, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner," Mrs. Greene replied. He blew her off. He was the one person whom she was supposed to be honest with - no matter what happened.

Mulder began to get annoyed with their small, public battle with each other. Although they were not verbally fighting, this could now impede the rest of the interview. He grouped himself together, and asked, "Did Amanda and Alison share a room?"

Mrs. Greene nodded, "Yes they shared a room."

"Did Amanda's biological father know that you had other children?" Mulder asked.

"No, he didn't. Whenever, we wrote it was strictly about Amanda. How she was doing in school, her height, her friends - just about Amanda," Mrs. Greene explained to Mulder.

"So you never mentioned about your husband, or your other children?" Mulder questioned.

"No, I mean Keith knew I was married, but that was all, and he only knew that because it was public knowledge," Mrs. Greene told Agent Mulder.

Mulder made a note of it, and said, "Thank you for your cooperation today."

"Anything to find our little girl," Mr. Greene told Mulder. The couple got up out of their seats, grabbed their jackets of the backs of the chairs, with their attorney, and went out the door. Mulder stayed in the interrogation room with Agent Marshall. Scully and her partner soon entered the interrogation room.

Agent Marshall sighed and said, "Well, that didn't give us much, did it?"

"Actually, I think it gave us more than we think. What else can we find about the older sibling's biological father?" Scully asked.

"I think Scully's right. What if the father of Amanda is involved?" Mulder said, posing the question.