Before the car had even stopped, Spencer jumped out.

No. No. No!

Morgan was there to keep him from going past the police tape.

"Reid," he said," you don't want to see it."

"Derek let me go! What happened?!"

"They're calling it a botched robbery," Morgan said," I'm sorry."

Across from them, a man was being shoved into a police car.

"Is that him? I'm gonna kick his ass!"

"No! Not in front of Elizabeth! She needs you right now," Morgan said," she's already lost, one parent. Don't make her lose you too."

Morgan guided him away from the scene and led Reid to an ambulance, where his daughter was being cared for. JJ was there holding her hand.

"Daddy," she cried.

"It's okay baby, I'm here," Reid sighed.

Reid noticed that she was staring at the police car.

"Don't look at him. Look at me," Reid said," I got you."

Reid wrapped her into a hug and they both cried over what they had lost.

Ten years later

Elizabeth went into the kitchen and was surprised to see her dad waiting for her.

"Penelope usually calls when you're coming home," she said.

"It was two in the morning," Reid said," I didn't want her to wake you."

"I didn't get much sleep anyway," she said," I realized that it was ten years ago today that we lost mom."

"I know," Reid said, quietly," do you want me to walk you to school so we can talk about it?"

"Sure," Elizabeth said.

They walked to school and Reid started talking to her.

"What do you remember about mom?"

"She always had this confidence that everything would turn out okay," I remember when we knew you were coming, I was a nervous wreck. I was still nineteen, and I didn't know if I would be able to provide for a family, but she just sat me down and said,' Spencer, you have three PhDs. You'll find a job.'"

Elizabeth had a sad smile on her face.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing," Elizabeth said," it's just, my only memory of mom is how she died."

"Tell you what," her dad said," tonight, we'll sit down, and you can ask me whatever question you want about her. Nothing is off the table."

They turned the corner and came to the school.

"Bye dad," she said," I'll see you tonight."

"I love you," he said," if I don't have a case, I'll pick you up from school."

Elizabeth's school day was fairly normal, until lunch, when she received a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Is this Elizabeth Reid?"

"Yes," she said," who is this?"

"I'm Tyler Young," he said.

The name made her blood run cold.

"How did you get my number?"

"That doesn't matter," Tyler said," I'm calling to ask you a favor."

"What do you want?"

"I want you to come to visit me," he answered," I just want to talk."

Elizabeth went silent. She had never imagined seeing this man again. This was the man who killed her mother. She knew what she was supposed to do. She was supposed to laugh, tell him to go to hell and hang up on him, but she actually considered his request.

"I need to think about it," she said," call me tomorrow, and I'll have my answer."

Elizabeth hung up on him and went back to the cafeteria. For the rest of the day, she thought about what her answer would be.

That night, Spencer ordered a pizza and he and Elizabeth started talking.

"What do you want to know?"

"Actually, I think there's something you should know," Elizabeth said," during school, I got a call from Tyler Young."

Spencer looked at her with concern.

"What did he call you for?"

"He asked me to come to visit him," Elizabeth said," and I was wondering if you would let me."

"Absolutely not," her dad said.

"Why not?"

"He murdered your mother," Spencer said," and I don't see why you what to give him any of your time."

"Maybe it will help," she said," nothing else worked."

"No. Not this. If you want to go talk to a therapist, we can find you one, but this isn't the right way to go about this," her dad said," I'm sorry."

"Did mom ever hold grudges?"

"That's different," Spencer said," just because I'm not bitter about it, doesn't mean I'm going to let him see my child."

"Maybe this is what I need," she said," maybe a part of closure is going to speak with him, and forgiving him."

"I'm sorry," Spencer said," I'm not going to change my mind on this."

Elizabeth got up and went to her room. She got on her phone and called Derek Morgan.

"Hello?"

"Derek, it's Elizabeth," she said," I need to ask you a favor."