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Chapter 8
The team had only had to meet briefly at the station. Garcia had turned up a local counsellor who either the victims or their partners had been seeing. They had to wait until the morning to get a warrant in order to gain access to the names of other patients. It was the best link they had and they only hoped that come morning, there would be a new break in the case.
Emily found JJ in the team's temporary conference room. "Ready to go?"
JJ looked up from the file she was working on. "Definitely." The relief that the day was over was clearly evident on the blonde's face. She closed the file and placed it back on the pile. The two agents then made their way out of the police station for the drive back to Quantico to pick up Henry.
The drive over was filled with light hearted conversation. Emily could tell that JJ wasn't ready to continue with their talk from earlier just yet. She was just happy that the tension that had been radiating from the blonde earlier had dissipated somewhat. It wasn't completely gone but there were signs that JJ had started to relax.
"Ok Em, tell me something I don't know about you." Emily was surprised by the query. Sure they discussed their personal lives but up until then, Emily had managed to maintain a certain amount of mystery about herself.
"Erm, like what?" There were plenty of things flashing through Emily's mind that JJ didn't know. Some were things that she doubted she would ever share with another human being.
"I don't know. How about…your favourite memory from childhood?"
Emily didn't have to think for long about that. "Austria when I was 12. We went for a trip up into the mountains. The views were amazing. The cabin we were staying in overlooked a lake. The water was so still that it was like a mirror. It gave a perfect reflection of the mountains around it and the sky. It was so beautiful there and peaceful. I'd get up in the morning before anyone else and just sit out on the deck and watch the sunrise in the lake." Emily smiled at the memory. It really was one of the most beautiful places she had ever been. One bonus of her mother working all around the world as she grew up.
"It sounds lovely. I've never really travelled much. One of the things on my list of things to do before I die."
Emily pulled into the garage of the FBI building and the two agents walked up to Garcia's office. As they reached the door, they couldn't help but smile at hearing the story Garcia was telling.
"And you see Little Red Riding Hood had appealed to the court of human rights about the blatant size-ist remarks that people always used when talking about her and from that day forwards she was known as Red Riding Hood. Although people frequently questioned why she kept the riding part of her name…after all, she was never on a horse and bikes hadn't been invented yet. So Red Riding Hood went to see her Grandma who for some reason lived in a house in the woods. Now while the woods are picturesque and peaceful, there were some serious issues. She had to chop her own wood for fires which when you are old and frail is never an easy task; the supermarket wouldn't do home delivery as she was outside their area and the biggest problem of all was the lack of a broadband provider and that cell phone service was totally unreliable. That was the root of the problem when the big bad wolf came along. She had no way to notify the law enforcement agencies about the intruder on her property; she couldn't even update her status on facebook to 'Grandma is currently tied up in the closet thanks to the big bad wolf'."
Garcia turned round at hearing the laughter. "Garcia…You have to stop before my lung falls out!" Emily managed to get out between laughs.
"Ewww…Gross image Em!" Garcia replied. "I was only telling my Godson a slightly more up to date version of the fairy tale."
"How has he been?" JJ asked as she picked her son up. He giggled as JJ gave him a kiss on his head and then proceeded to play with her shirt.
"He's been a little angel." Garcia smiled at the scene in front of her.
"Thank you so much for this Garcia. You're a life saver."
"Don't mention it little momma. Now I think you should get that little man home and tell him the end of his story. We were just getting to the good part."
Emily and JJ just looked at each other. Neither of them sure they could compete with Garcia on the story telling front. "Maybe you should finish it next time."
Garcia stood up from her chair and gave Henry a kiss on the top of his head and bid the two women good night. Emily picked up Henry's day bag and they headed up to the bullpen so JJ could collect her go bag.
Emily pulled up outside her house, closely followed by JJ. She went over to the passenger side of the car and took the bags so JJ was free to carry Henry. As they walked in Emily flipped a light on and then noticed JJ had stopped. She turned to see what was wrong. "Jayj?"
"Sorry, I've just never been to your house before Em. How do you afford this on an FBI salary or am I seriously underpaid?"
"Trust fund." Was the only answer Emily gave. She didn't like talking about her money. The only time she had actually used any of it was to buy her house. The rest just sat in an account. She preferred to earn her money for everything else. Most people didn't understand so she usually didn't mention it.
JJ nodded, sensing Emily didn't want to talk about it. "Where shall I put him down?"
Emily pointed up the stairs. "First door on the right. It's all set up as a guest room. Will he be ok in a bed?"
"Yeah, I'll put some pillows around to stop him rolling too far. Thanks Em." Emily watched as JJ headed up the stairs to put Henry to bed. As the blonde vanished from sight, she went into the kitchen to search out some take out menus. It was a simple plan…Order food, eat and talk. At least she hoped it was going to be that simple.
