Cheer someone up.Stark couldn't say that she wasn't happy to see Novi, Virginia in her rear view mirror. But before she could get home, she and her partner had to find the third member of their team, and they knew exactly where to find her. Monica Reyes was hovering outside Detective Van Allen's room in the local ICU, still mulling over the fact ( Read more... )

Is redemption truly possible?That depends on every single person, and every single situation. It's not universal. Some would say John and I have professionally redeemed ourselves since coming off the X-Files, but I don't think that counts. All we did, all we've ever done, is our job. It's only the people around us that have changed ( Read more... )

Prison."You really think this is a good idea, John?" Stark found herself saying as they walked through the hallways of the jail ( Read more... )

Under what circumstances, if any, is it okay to break the law?Whose law are we talking about ( Read more... )

Talk about a time you were forced out of something.It wasn't my decision to close down the X-Files. I can't say I would have stayed; already I was coming apart at the seams. But it was people higher than John and I who shut them down and sent us back to CID, whether we liked it or not ( Read more... )

What languages do you speak?In the standard sense of this question, I'm bilingual - I learned Spanish in high school, though I'm not as fluent as I used to be. That's what happens when you don't use it much; not much call for that in Baltimore ( Read more... )

Cremation or burial? Talk about funeral arrangements.Every FBI agent has to think about it a little bit. Most people in public service, I imagine. We have to, because every day there's the distinct possibility that we could lose our lives. I used to joke I'd just like to have my ashes scattered at Camden Yards. Never mind that it's incredibly ( Read more... )

What do you think?...also known as "one of Stark's most community used phrases." (Which also includes, "I'm going to the Orioles game," "what the heck is going on here," and references to my husband and Josh Hamilton ( Read more... )

Schadenfreude.The day they convicted the people that killed my father and two other DOJ agents, I had a conversation with my ex-boyfriend. Davon had moved south to go to college at LSU, but he had flown back to Baltimore to support me and my family. He was sitting there next to me as they read the verdict, and he wondered why I didn't say anything ( Read more... )

Are you an only child? Write about your siblings or lack thereof.I'm actually the baby of the family. I'm the youngest of three, with an older brother and an older sister ( Read more... )