A/N: Warning: Description of child abuse.

When they got home, Emily and JJ turned to Taylor.

"Hey, we're just going to talk in our room, we'll be right back, okay?"

Taylor nodded.

"Here, you can watch TV if you want." JJ smiled and handed the remote control to the young girl.

"Thanks." Taylor replied, taking the remote from JJ.

JJ and Emily went to their room and closed the door, before turning to each other.

"So, what did Garcia say?" JJ asked.

"Well, she did a search, but found no living relatives, she will have to go into foster care, Jay." Emily said sadly.

"Not if we can help it." JJ said quietly.

Emily raised her eyebrows at her in surprise.

"Uhm, you're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting, are you?" Emily asked.

"Oh come on, Em. We can do it. I feel like we have a connection to this girl. I can't watch her go into foster care, can you?" JJ asked.

"I-" Emily tried but ended up sighing. "No. No I can't. We can go to child services tomorrow and see what they say, okay?" Emily asked.

JJ smiled a little and nodded.

Emily smiled seeing that her girlfriend was satisfied with her answer.

"Well, I guess it's time to find out what happened to her." Emily sighed.

JJ sighed too and nodded sadly.

"Let's go."

JJ sat on the coffee table in front of Taylor, while Emily sat on the other end of the couch.

Emily was planning on just sitting back and observing, because JJ was better at talking to victims than she was.

Taylor moved her gaze from the TV to her lap, biting and sucking on her bottom lip.

"Taylor, we need to talk." JJ said turning off the TV.

Taylor just nodded.

"I know you don't want to talk about it, but I promise it'll make you feel better. You're keeping everything in, and that's not healthy." JJ explained.

Taylor just nodded, again.

"Where do I start?" She said in a small voice.

"How about from the beginning?" JJ suggested.

Taylor nodded and cleared her throat.

"Uhm, do you remember the day I met you?" Taylor asked.

JJ nodded.

"Well, you asked about how I got that bruise, remember?"

JJ nodded again.

"I said I fell, but I-I lied."

JJ nodded once again. "What really happened?"

"I-I forgot to make dinner. I didn't mean to, but I just-I just-"

"Hey, it's okay. I understand, I forget things all the time and Em does too."

Taylor looked at Emily and Emily nodded.

"I forgot and he hit me for it."

JJ and Emily tried not to show their anger, but their blood was boiling and they hadn't heard half of the story yet.

"I did forget, so I guess I deserved it, but there were times when I didn't deserve it." Taylor said sadly.

"Taylor, Taylor look at me." JJ ordered gently and didn't continue until the girl was looking at her.

"Listen to me, you did not deserve this. Nobody deserves to be hurt, no matter what. I forget things all the time, doesn't mean I deserve to be hurt, and you didn't either, do you understand?"

Taylor nodded, but looked a bit unsure.

"What about the other times?" JJ asked carefully.

"I-uh-sometime's he'd hit me if I bumped into him or if I didn't do something right. Other times he'd hit me just because I said good morning, or other times because I didn't say good morning. I don't know, he always had an excuse." Taylor said sadly as a tear slipped down her cheek.

JJ sighed and grabbed the girl's hand and rubbed gentle circles on them with her thumbs.

It was now or never and they needed to know the answer to this one question.

"Taylor, this is a hard question, but I need you to answer honestly, okay?" JJ asked very gently, her voice just above a whisper.

Taylor nodded, but looked very nervous.

"Did your dad or anyone else ever touch you inappropriately?"