"Aaron, can I talk to you? It's kind of important," David Rossi asked as he walked into Aaron Hotchner's office.
"Yeah, sure, Dave. Have a seat." Rossi casually sat down in the nearest chair across from Hotch's desk.
"I know that Emily just left, but..." Rossi began but then stopped.
"Dave, are you saying that you want to leave the team?" His boss questioned him with of heavy tone of concern in his voice.
"Aaron! I wouldn't leave this team-and especially not after that!" Rossi said, taken aback. "There's something else that I think you should know."
"I'm glad to hear that you're not leaving us, Dave. Not that I truly thought that you would- it's just that I wouldn't blame you, and the way you started certainly left room for interpretation," Hotch said, sounding slightly relieved.
"That's alright, Aaron; I understand that I may have misled you in your thoughts." He cleared his throat. "Listen, we both know that Strauss will want to fill Emily's position as quickly as she can, and most likely that someone will be to her political liking. And I knew that that wasn't the type of thing that the team needs right now; we need someone human that we can work with and highly efficient. So, I took it upon myself to suggest someone that I know."
"And how might you know this person?" Hotch inquired.
"I got to know her on one of my last cases before I retired, one that you weren't assigned to."
"Oh, so she was another agent or officer working on the case?" Hotch guessed.
"Uh, not exactly, Aaron."
"What do you mean by 'not exactly'?"
"She was one of the murdered couple's daughter."