JJ was sitting at her desk finishing up paperwork before heading home, Mariah was with her mom for the week, she was wondering what Emily and Garcia were up to tonight.
"Hey JJ, we have a case." Hotch at the her office door
"A case, I don't have anything." JJ looking around her desk
"This case went to Rossi, it's an old friend. Wheels up in thirty." Hotch as he walked away.
She grabbed her go bag and phone, texting her mom as she walked into the bullpen.
"We have a case, I'll call Mariah tonight. Love you both. JJ"
"Does anyone know where we're going?" Morgan asked
"Nope, just we're leaving in thirty." Emily answered
"We should head out." JJ as she went to the elevator
"Riah still at your moms." Emily asked
"Yeah, until this weekend." JJ smiling
"How have you been handling that?" Morgan asked
"It's been kind of weird, she has stayed at moms before and I've been away on cases but never for two weeks straight. I am ready for her to come home." JJ told them
JJ's daughter was almost ten and her whole team loved the little girl, she still wished she would have went back when she turned eighteen but the fear he wouldn't want either of them stopped her even now. She blamed herself for Mariah not knowing her father.
"I bet she's having fun with all the animals" Spence told JJ
"You're right and I just really miss her." JJ
/
They all sat on the plane waiting to find out about the case and where they were going.
"A little over ten years ago, I worked a case where teenage girls were being strangled and left in the middle of fields." Rossi started looking at the team, he stopped at JJ.
"We never caught they guy, earlier one of the two cops I worked with then sent me this case, young women are now being strangled and left in the middle of fields. He is now working it along with his son." Rossi
"Ten years is a long cooling off period." Morgan
"Where is the other cop?" Reid
"These women are almost ten years older than the last victims." Emily
"Which is why he called the first victim is a red head just like the first teenage girl they found." Rossi
Hotch was looking at the older file when he noticed the second cops name, he looked at Rossi wondering when he was going to say something to JJ.
"Media will have a field day when they put the connection together." JJ stated
"Yeah about that, there is something you should know." Rossi looking at her
"Okay, what" JJ
"The retired cop was your dad." Rossi
Everyone looked at her.
"We're going to New Orleans. You worked with my dad." JJ almost in shock
"Yes to both" Rossi
JJ thought back to Rossi words the other detective and his son were working this case.
"Detective LaMontagne called you." JJ asked
"Yeah, I wasn't sure if you would remember him. Although when I realized that your dad was his partner, I mentioned that you might be coming with us, he almost insisted on it." Rossi told her
"I don't know if it's the best idea for me to work this case." JJ
"Why not? If you know the cop and the area it might be easier." Reid asked
"A couple of reasons, when the media puts the two cases together and they discover that my dad worked the original case it could cause a mess." JJ told them
She knew that seeing Will again would bring up issues and none of her team was blind Mariah looked too much like him.
"The other reasons." Hotch asked
"Are personal and I would really like to not get into them. My mom and I left one night and there weren't any goodbyes." JJ
"JJ I really need you on this case. You are the only person I know that can keep the media completely in check." Rossi
JJ thought about it for a minute, maybe it wouldn't be a big deal he couldn't already be married with other children. Maybe he had forgotten all about her, although his dad remembered her.
"Okay, I will work it." JJ
"If for reason it gets too much let me know and I'll pull you." Hotch
"We might need to talk to your dad." Reid
"Good luck with that I haven't spoken with him since my junior year at Georgetown." JJ as she pulled out her phone.
"Everyone get some rest we are hitting the ground running." Hotch
/
JJ sat on the couch, Emily sat next to her reading, while JJ texted her mom.
"Case is in New Orleans. JJ"
"You okay" Sandy Jareau texted back
"Oh it gets better Mr. LaMontagne is the one that called us in. He is working it with his son and apparently dad worked the original case. JJ"
"Get off the plane; we both know this could get very ugly. Mom"
"I can't I still have a job to do. How is Mariah? JJ"
"She's fine; I need to feed her and Ben. I love you. Call me if you need anything. Mom"
"I love you too. I'll call tonight. JJ"
/
"You okay" Emily
"Yeah, I just." JJ looking around at the guys to see if they were listening, she needed to tell someone.
"When I left New Orleans, I was pregnant. I didn't get a chance to even talk to Mariah's dad. My dad made me leave the night I found out." JJ told her
"That sucks. You didn't come back" Emily
"I was sixteen, he was eighteen, my dad threatened to press charges. By the time I turned eighteen he would have been away at college and then I was afraid he wouldn't want either of us." JJ trying to explain
Emily was trying to figure out what this had to do with the case.
"His dad was my dad's partner. He wanted to be a cop like his dad." JJ
"Oh, oh we are going to be working with Mariah's dad." Emily
"He was the only boy and it won't take long for the rest of them to figure it out she looks almost exactly like him." JJ
"Maybe you should tell them before we get there." Emily suggested
"It could affect the case and that's the last thing I want." JJ told her
"But them putting it together could make them loose focus." Emily
"You're right, I need to them." JJ
"Don't do anything you don't want too. You know we all respect the choices you have made for Mariah and they will on this too." Emily
JJ wanted to tell Emily she blamed herself for Mariah not knowing her father and that she still loved Will and that she didn't come back because of fear. She didn't feel she deserved their respect.
"I need to think about it." JJ told her
"Hey ladies were getting ready to land." Morgan
JJ and Emily put their things away and buckled up.
/
When the pulled up to the police station, JJ noticed Detective LaMontagne before she noticed Will. Rossi had said that the detective almost insisted that she come she wondered if he had told Will she was coming. He still took her breath away from her. Her phone rang as she got out of the car; Emily was standing next to her.
"You weren't kidding" Emily commented
"Hello" JJ shaking her head at Emily as she answered the phone.
"Mommy, Nana got me a horse." Mariah told her
"Because you needed a horse" JJ replied as she stopped at the bottom of the stairs
"I did Nana said so. Are you coming here soon?" Mariah
"Right now I am working but when I get done I will be coming there. Is something wrong?" JJ, almost hoping there was.
"No, I just miss you. I've been here for a long time." Mariah
"I know, I miss you too. I have to go but I'll call you tonight." JJ
"Okay mommy I love you" Mariah
"I love you more" JJ
She took a deep breath before joining the team, she noticed Morgan look from her back to Will.
"You both know Agent Jareau" Rossi
"Yes, it's good to see you again Jen." Bill told her
"It's good to see both of you again too." JJ shaking both of their hands
"Please tell me that was a reporter yet" Hotch
"When have you ever heard J tell a reporter that she loves them?" Morgan
"Usually she is threating to shot one of them." Spencer
"Because some of them need to be taken out and no it wasn't a reporter." JJ
"Is Mariah okay?" Rossi asked
"Yes she's fine. My mom got her a horse for her birthday." JJ
"Her birthday's not for a month and she'll be ten why does she need a horse." Spencer
JJ stood there for a minute out of the corner of her eye she noticed the shocked expression on both detectives face.
"All little girls want a horse. JJ while you were on the phone we all agreed that talking to your dad would probably help." Emily
"I don't have a clue where he is or how to contact him." JJ
"You don't talk to Tom." Bill asked
"No, not for about five years" JJ answered
"He's here; bought the house you lived in." Will finally talking
"He did what" JJ
"Yeah, I seen him a couple of months ago working in the yard." Will
He had been watching to see if JJ brought Mariah here, she knew it.
"I don't know if he'll come in." Bill
JJ shook her head "Morgan where are the keys."
"I have them" Morgan
"Give them here" JJ
"Where are you going?" Hotch
"To get him." JJ now just mad
"I don't know if that's a good idea." Rossi
"He won't come in any other way and probably isn't even sober." JJ
"And you going there does what" Reid
"He will at least have to talk" JJ, she knew that Emily wouldn't say anything
"Jen, why don't Will or I go get your dad." Bill trying to reason with her
"He's not going to tell you the truth." JJ, looking at him
Will mumbled something she didn't hear what it was, but since she was already mad she turned to look at him
"What?" JJ asked
"I didn't say anything." Will
"You started to mumble something, so just say it." JJ
"You two do not start, at least not in front everyone." Bill
JJ just stared at Will, she could tell he was mad and neither of them was listening to his dad. The team just watched them; they hadn't seen this side of JJ.
"Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant with our child?" Will finally asked