Anita looked to her candles. They were still burning, but it wouldn't take long before they would be completely burned out.

She stood up and took her plate with her. It was the second time that week that Victor didn't come home for dinner. It was the sixth time in two months that he forgot to tell her.

Anita now knew how it would feel for the husbands and wives of the U.Z.Z. agents.

And when he was at home during dinner, he told her everything about Blanche and their missions. Of course, she shouldn't mind it so much, but she had the feeling that he didn't always tell her everything that happened that day. Everything that he did with Blanche.

But that wasn't the worst thing. Anita walked into the kitchen and she threw the rest of her dinner away. While she was washing her plate, she looked to her wedding-ring. It was their anniversary; their fourth anniversary. She couldn't believe it that just on their happiest day of their life, he wouldn't be there with her for dinner.

She let out a sigh. She couldn't believe that this was happening to her. Anita placed her hand on her stomach. She was four months pregnant and she already started to show some signs of pregnancy. Of course, there was this terrible sickness, but that started to wear off.

But she also started to show that she was pregnant. Her stomach started to swell and it wouldn't take long before she had to buy some pregnancy clothes.

The terrible downside of it now was the living home and doing almost nothing. She got some paperworks from work, but it was still not the same as her actual work.

Anita walked upstairs. The first rooms she passed were the guest rooms. It wouldn't take too long before they would turn one of the rooms into a baby room. Victor already promised her that he would be there with her when they would do that.

She tried to swallow her tears away. He would help her, if he didn't have to go to a far away mission. The more she thought about it, the more it became something completely different. What if he isn't on a mission, but what if he was cheating... That was too much for the poor woman. She rushed to her bed room, grabbed some important things and decided to sleep in the guest bedroom for a couple of nights. She didn't want to sleep in the same bed, or even in the same room with a cheating husband.

Victor yawned. It was after midnight once he walked through the front door. In his hands were some red roses and a little present.

How much he had pleaded not to send him on a mission, they did sent him to a mission any way. And it wasn't a small mission either.

Through the whole mission, he couldn't call her to let her know that he would miss their fourth anniversary. He had hoped that he would be home for supper, but it took him more than six hours after dinnertime before he would be finished with the mission.

He walked upstairs, not knowing whether to hope that she was asleep or to hope that she was still awake.

As he walked into their bedroom, he blinked with his eyes. Where's Anita? he thought as he walked to their bed. The bed was made up and there was no-one in it.

Victor turned on the light and he saw that her spot was empty. As soon as he saw that, his mind started to go on full speed. Where can she be? She can't be outside, she has to be somewhere...

He rushed out their room and rushed downstairs. Maybe she's with Mom, he thought and he grabbed his telephone. He dialled his mother's number and waited for her to pick up. "Mom, it's Victor." he said as his mother picked up her phone.

"Victor? It's past midnight! Why are you..."

"Have you..."

Mildred interrupted him before he could say anything. "Oh, my, is Anita alright? Is it the baby?"

Victor looked up in surprise. "Isn't she with you?" he said. Where can she be?

"Why would she be with me? It's your anniversary."

"Yes, I know that, but I just got home and Anita is no-where to be found." Victor started to panic. If she wasn't with his mother, where could she be? All of her friends are U.Z.Z. agents and as far as he knew, Anita didn't have other friends.

"Did you check the spare bedrooms?"

Victor's eyes grew big. "No, I didn't." he said and he said goodbye to his mother. He truly hoped that Anita wasn't too mad at him. He rushed back upstairs and he opened one of the guest rooms. That one was empty, so he tried the other one. But that one was locked. "Oh crap." Anita was really mad at him. "Anita," he said as he softly banged on the door, "Anita, are you awake?"

"Go away, Victor." was the only thing he heard, and somehow, he felt a lot better. Even though she was still mad, she was home and safe.

"I'm truly sorry that I didn't show up." said Victor and he looked to the closed door. "I wanted to call you, but I never got the chance to call you." he swallowed his tears away. This wasn't the time to get emotional. His marriage was on a wobbly edge, but he shouldn't push it further. "I'll see you in the morning, Anita."

He walked to the master bedroom and he looked out of the window. They never had a fight. Every argue ended in a kiss and a laugh. But this was serious. And he had no idea what he should have done and shouldn't have done in the past. He just hoped that the future would be much better.

She didn't sleep the whole night. And when she did, she couldn't stop thinking about Victor being with an other woman.

The next day, Anita waited until Victor went to work once again. She didn't want to see him, not for a little while. She walked down to the living room. It was actually the first time that they slept separately since their wedding and it didn't make things better.

As she sat down onto her chair, she noticed the red roses in the vase. Onto one of the roses was little note. Anita grabbed the note and started to read it:

Dear Anita,

I'm sorry that I've missed our anniversary.

I tried to get the day off, but they wouldn't let me.

Let me make it up to you, please.

Your loving husband,

Victor Volt.

Then, Anita noticed the little present. She opened it and inside the box was a necklace with a locket. Out of curiosity, Anita opened the locket. When she saw what was inside the locket, she had to swallow her tears away.

At one side, there was the first picture which showed them being in love. It was at the New Years Party of U.Z.Z. At New Year's Eve, Victor and Anita told each other that they loved one and the other.

At the other side was the very first picture of their baby. It was still blurry and you could barely see that it was a human being, but you could see at least something.

While she placed the necklace around her neck, her mind started to battle. The battle was between her own heart and her own husband. The prize was her trust.