alexander mahone

13.

"Mrs- Mrs Pamela Mahone?" Michael asked as a smaller brunette woman opened the door. Michael was wearing a navy two piece suit with glasses whilst Bella had a black blazer, trousers and a deep red shirt on. Her hair was claw clipped up and she also had glasses, hoping the formality would not cause suspicion.

"Yes?"

"Agent Wayne Merrick, FBI" He said whilst holding up a convincingly accurate FBI ID card before turning to Bella who did the same, "This is Agent Lola Dixon, we would like to talk to you about your husband."

"Oh uh come on in." She spoke, confused to why they were here but letting them in nonetheless. "Im surprised you're coming to me for a background check on Alex."

"It's standard procedure. We run these kind of checks when an agent is about to be promoted to a higher security clearance."

"No I know that, I did this dance last time he was promoted. I just figured because we are divorced and I barely speak to him that-"

"I really need to get this done today." Michael interrupts.

"Mrs Mahone, we understand where you're coming from, sadly it's still procedure as Agent Mahones closest known family. We promise we wont take up too much of your time."

"I have given up too much time to my ex husband Miss Dixon."

"The bureau can take its toll on your family, I understand that. My ex wife is uh an agent and let's just say I know how you feel." Michael spoke, hoping to get Pamela to open up.

"Promise you wont tell him we spoke?"

"It's totally confidential. Do you mind if I ask why?"

"To be perfectly honest he scares me."

"Sarah Tancredi just booked a one way flight to New Mexico. Does this help you crack the code?"

"It does, yeah." Alex replies before hanging up on Kellerman, he starts to circle every combination of one of Scofield's codes that contains 'NM' in there. "I want everyone of these combinations that has NM to be checked for locations in New Mexico!"

"So how well do you know my husband? Without being rude you look rather young to be in the FBI." She asked Bella, her face dropping slightly as Pam asks her this.

She puts a fake smile on and replies "Kid genius, passed with flying colours and fast tracked onto the force three years ago. Your husband and I worked together briefly the other year but we never really spoke unless it was about the case."

Michael then walks over, answering too. "He knows me better than I know him."

"He's a closed book alright." Pam chuckles at the two. "But he wasn't always like that. In the first years of our marriage he was actually... romantic. And then one day out of no where-"

"Out of no where what?"

"He became distant, I think he cheated on me. He would come home late more often, wouldn't reply to my calls. I saw a text from a woman named Bell or Bella- I think he cheated on me with her."

Michael turned to his sister, he couldn't question her now, not with Pam nearby. Bella's face dropped.

"He became obsessed with getting out. Getting out of the marriage, getting me out of the house, his life. He left me. He left the both of us." She said, looking at the photo of her and Cameron, their son.

"Will you excuse me, would I be able to use your bathroom?" Bella abruptly asked, confusing Pam but she nodded anyway.

"Uh yeah of course its just down the hall to the left."