Hey guys, sorry this chapter took me so long... I just really don't like the direction of the story, and I was trying to think of an alternative but nothing came to mind. I guess I'll finish the story up, but I'm not too happy with how it's going so far. Anyway, thanks for the reviews and here's the next chapter...

Chapter 4

Monica was furious. Furious was actually too nice of a word. In fact, John and Dana were both stunned and concerned by her behavior.

She rushed from the bedroom after securing the letter carefully in an evidence bag and looking for any more evidence. There was none. John and Dana were still talking to the family. Monica couldn't believe they had so much to say. This wasn't an alien abduction of any kind, and she had the evidence to prove it.

She tapped John on the shoulder. "We should get going," she said, trying to sound calm. It didn't work – John could see the fire in her eyes.

"Ok…" he agreed with a quizzical look on his face. Dana raised an eyebrow. "Well, we have to get going, but we'll be in contact with you soon," she said as she slid on her coat.

Monica couldn't get out onto the street fast enough. As soon as they were out of the house, everyone started talking at once.

"Mon, what's going on? Are you ok?" John asked worriedly.

"We can't talk about it here, but I just solved the case with this," Monica blurted out while handing John the letter. He and Dana read it as she drove back to Headquarters hurriedly.

"But Monica, what does this mean? How do you know it's AD Follmer?" Dana questioned, practically running to keep up with Monica's long-legged strides to the X-Files office. Once inside, she made a photocopy of the evidence and hid the original copy for safety.

"Let's just say I know from personal experience," Monica sighed. She continued when she saw the surprised looks Dana and John wore without attempting to cover them up. "I never really wanted to tell you guys this but I guess you need it to believe me," she sighed before slowly beginning again. "When I first started working for the Bureau in New York, Brad was my boss. After a while, he asked me out to dinner. I knew it was against office policy, but he seemed so nice, not to mention cute. I enjoyed myself a lot on our first date – he was sweet and romantic, everything a girl could want, so naturally I kept seeing him."

Monica continued, "After about a year together, I discovered I was pregnant. I didn't really know how to feel – I loved Brad and it seemed like he loved me. When I told him he seemed so happy, and he asked me to marry him, saying we could hide it from the Bureau. I was really happy, but I started to have my doubts. Brad was often out of town and I didn't see a lot of him, and then there were those rumors I heard around the office. One night, when I was about four months along, I came home from a business trip early and walked in on him having sex with one of my co-workers. Of course then he tried to patch things up,but he didn't apologize nearly enough to get me to change my mind -- I could never trust him again. I accepted the position in New Orleans just to get away from the mess. It was too late for an abortion, and I'm not sure I would have wanted one anyway. It was painful, but five months later I had Jane. Every time I look at her I know I made the right decision."

"Monica, I just didn't know, all you've gone through, it must be so horrible," Dana whispered while enveloping her into a friendly hug. Dana was clearly shocked. Monica just felt ashamed, ashamed for letting this happen to her, ashamed for being so naïve, ashamed for needing to tell someone.

John just stood there looking at his shoes, his blood boiling. He shoved his fists into his pockets to keep himself from rushing upstairs and giving Brad two black eyes before he even knew what hit him. For someone to do that to Monica… they would never live it down as long as he was around.

"Jane is the best thing that's ever happened to me, even though she reminds me of such a painful relationship, she's the best part of my life, my hope for a new chapter, starting over," Monica sighed. "It just kills me that Brad is doing this again and getting away with it. This girl may be younger than I was, but who knows how low Brad is willing to sink. The only common factor is how naïve I was – and she must still be. I just can't believe the bastard is getting away with this again! And this time it's much worse – she's such a young girl and I bet he's had her captive for weeks. Probably under his suave spell the entire time. We have to confront him."

"Mon, you're going to have to hold me back from killing 'em right there," John declared. "Son-of-a"

"John!" Dana interrupted. "We're not going to get anything accomplished unless we find out where Alison's being kept. Right now if you do anything rash you'll blow our cover."

"You're right," John sulked. "Are we gonna follow 'em?"

Monica and Dana nodded as the three prepared for a long, tense night.