CHAPTER FIVE
July, 1995
10:55 PM, Richmond
Scully had been following Mulder for about 2 hours now. She had been very careful, always staying at a certain distance so that he wouldn't notice her. However, the pursuit turned out to be more difficult than she had expected. It was dark and she was tired; maybe she should have accepted Monica's help after all. As she reflected on how she could have acted wiser, she almost lost sight of Mulder's car for the third time in only ten minutes.
Suddenly Mulder slowed down; Scully looked up at one of the signposts, they were in Richmond now.
She wondered where he was going and who he was seeing; and even if she would never admit it, she was scared. Her right hand placed on the steering wheel, while her left hand was caressing the lower part of her abdomen; she watched Mulder turn into a drive way. The house was large, with a white front and a beautiful garden.
He hardly had the time to get out of the car and walk towards the house, that someone opened the front door. Immediately a large husky ran out of the house and headed towards Mulder. Then a woman stepped out of the door, she was tall, slim and had long hair. As soon as he noticed her, Mulder stopped playing with the dog and walked towards the door to greet her. They seemed very happy to see each other again; Mulder gave her a big hug and then kissed her on the cheek.
The pain that ran through Scully's body was indescribable. She loved this man and she thought that their love was reciprocal, but she was wrong, Mulder was seeing someone else, her perfect antonym.
She felt how her strengths abandoned her slowly and tried fighting against her tears, but she was too weak. She grabbed her handbag, searching for a hanky, her mobile phone displayed that she had a missed call from Monica but she didn't want to talk to anyone. What was she supposed to do now? Go out and start a fight with Mulder and his long-legged girlfriend? No, the situation was already bad enough.
She was not in the mood for driving back home and decided that it would be best to spent the night in the car, or at least wait till she had calmed down and then call a taxi.
She leaned back, closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, stress wasn't good for the baby, and this child was all she had left.
A few minutes later…
Scully had dozen off. But a sudden knock on the window awoke her, still a little dizzy and disturbed, she turned her head and saw Mulder standing there, asking her to unlock the car so that he could get in.
1 hour and 30 minutes earlier
Mulder checked his rear-view mirror one more time to make sure that it was really Scully who was following him. She was doing a great job, always staying at a certain distance, which made it difficult for him to recognize her number plate. However he managed to read it several times when they were on the highway and she had to overtake the other cars in order to follow him. Not sure about what he should do, Mulder took his mobile phone out of his pocket and decided to call Quistis.
"Hi Quistis, it's me."
"Hi Fox, is everything alright? What time will you be here?" she asked.
"I'm already on the way to Richmond; I'll be there in less then two hours. I'm fine, but Dana's following me and I don't know what to do. It's too late to turn back and drive home" he explained.
"Oh…I see…problem… you haven't told her yet, haven't you?" Quistis said Quistis.
"No I haven't. It's difficult to find the right time to tell her about the girls with all the work we have; introducing Scully to my secret isn't as easy as I thought it would be." replied Mulder.
"Well I fear that there will never be a right time for telling your girlfriend that you already have 2 daughters, aged 6 and 7 that no one knows about, except your mother and a few close friends"
"Quistis…please"
"Oh yeah, and that's without mentioning the fact that you have to keep their existence secret because some members of our government, who are part of governmental conspiracy, might use them for their top secret alien hybrid project" said Quistis and there was a clear trace of sarcasm in her voice.
"That's not funny. These people are dangerous, you know that. I just don't want to endanger the girls' lives more than they already are…"
"Mulder there's no right time for something like that…"
"I know. You're right, as always" his voice was calm.
"I don't like you're tone Fox… and I don't know what you planned but Paula and Kim are already in bed, so now is certainly not the right time for introductions, if this is your intention." answered Quistis.
"Well… I still got one hour and a half left to make something up" said Mulder and hung up.
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