Without Each Other ch 4

Chapter Four

This wasn't the way she wanted to live for the rest of her life. Hoping that her own husband wasn't cheating on her while she was pregnant.

Anita looked out of the window. She was standing in an empty room. It was the room that she and her husband would turn into a baby room that day. They had cleaned the room a few days before, so they would be able to start painting the room as soon as Victor would come home.

But Victor was nowhere near. Instead, he was somewhere in some rainforest, doing something. That was all she could understand from it. She had to call Ray, because Victor's telephone was gone. And all Ray said was that Victor and Blanche had a mission in one of the rainforests somewhere.

"He told me so many times that he would be there for me when I would need him." she whispered to herself. "But when I need him the most, he's away for some mission." It wasn't the first time and it wouldn't be the last time that something like this would happen during her pregnancy.

Those thoughts were more than she could take. Anita walked out of the room and went downstairs. I need some fresh air…

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Victor walked into his house. He knew that he promised Anita to be home a few hours earlier, but because of a last minute mission, it was just an hour earlier that he got home. He hated it, but at least he was finally home.
"Hi, Anita, I'm home!" he said as he took off his coat. Even though it was already April, it was still cold and chilly outside.  

Victor couldn't wait to start with the baby room. They had picked the colours and the furniture for the room and now it was time to make it ready for the baby.

But first, some tea. He figured that he deserved some nice cup of tea after a long mission. It wasn't as difficult as a fight with the Impostors or something like that, but it was still a long mission. "Anita? Are you there?" he called once again. Maybe she's asleep, he thought, after he didn't get an answer. The past few weeks, Anita had been very tired and she needed a lot of sleep every day.

Victor walked to the living room and he sat down onto the couch. At a small table, next to the couch, was a little photograph. The picture was taken at their wedding day, it was their first kiss as husband and wife and Victor loved the picture. It truly showed their love for each other, which they still felt.

He sighed. He could still feel the love between them, but since a couple of weeks, he wasn't sure if Anita felt the same thing too. There were times that he could feel some kind of distance between the two of them. But Victor knew that they were so in love, that it would be alright.

Victor stood up once again. "No time to waste, Victor." he said to himself. "You were already a few hours too late, so you don't want to let your wife wait longer." he walked upstairs and before he would go into the spare room, he went to the master bedroom. "Anita, time to wake up." he said once he had opened the door. He looked around him, but Anita was no-where to be seen. "Oh no, not again." he groaned and he walked to the spare bedroom. "Anita, I'm sorry I'm late but it took me a little bit longer than I had hoped for." he said before he opened the door. But Anita wasn't in that room either.

Being in panic, hoping that nothing bad had happened to his dear wife, Victor rushed downstairs. He grabbed his telephone and dialled Mildred's number. "Mom, is Anita there with you?"

"No, I haven't seen her for a day or two now. Why?"

"We were going to paint and decorate the baby room. But she isn't home."

"Maybe she is just outside, taking a walk or something like that."

Victor's mind started to rush. That could be the possibility and it would mean that Anita would have taken her telephone with her.
Victor said goodbye to his mother and he dialled Anita's number. But when she didn't answer it, he started to fear the worst. He tried to reach her a few times, but there was no answer. When he tried it for the fourth time, he heard some noise coming from the baby room. Victor rushed upstairs and saw Anita's telephone lying there. This couldn't be good.

Not knowing what to do, he dialled Ray's number. "Special agent Ray here." sounded at the other side of the line.

"Ray, it's Victor. Listen, I have a problem. Anita is gone and I have no idea where she could be."

"Before we are going to send out a search party; did you check every of her favourite places?"

"No, but she left her telephone at home and she would never do that if she would go outside."

A sigh sounded from the other side. "Alright, I'll send some agents to look out for her. Let me know when she is back."

Ray hung up and Victor sighed. He truly hoped that Anita would come back soon; that there would be nothing he should be worrying about.

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While Victor was wondering where Anita could be, the pregnant woman was already six blocks away from her home and she wasn't thinking about heading back soon. She had no idea what to do. She still loved Victor, but she had no idea if Victor still loved her.

She noticed a black car, which started to drive at her speed. One of the windows lowered. "It's been some time, hasn't it?" sounded from the car and Anita looked up.

"Yes, indeed." she said.

"What do you say about a little ride?"

Anita started to think. Maybe it would be better for both her and Victor to be apart for some time. She would call him later about it. "Sure, why not?" she said and she stepped into the car.

"It's always great to meet an old friend." was the last thing her old friend said before they left.