Chapter 10
Once at home JJ went to bed, Will and Henry had to venture out on the grocery hunt. JJ lay in bed thinking, strangely home still felt like home it didn't feel foreign to be back. Still as she lay in bed thoughts began whizzing around her head. DJ, she needed to plan the funeral.
When Will came back he found JJ sitting on the floor of the lounge crying.
"Chere what's wrong?" Will asked placing Henry in his play pen.
"I don't even know his favourite colour, I don't even have a photo how can I plan his funeral?" JJ sobbed. Will gathered her into a huge hug. He never expected to be planning the funeral of the man who kidnapped his wife of child but he had promised to make her happy no matter what it takes.
"That doesn't matter you loved him, that's what the most important thing is" Will promised. "We'll plan it together" He decided. It was difficult but he knew this was important to her.
"Thank you" JJ said cuddling Will closely wondering how she had gotten so lucky.
"Anything for family" Will replied, JJ smiled slightly that he considered DJ family.
It was 2 days later when the whole team reconvened at Rossi's. After some small talk and Garcia giving Henry and Jack several new toys they sat around the lounge.
"We found out a few more details. The second unsub was Samuel Johnson the house was registered under the name of Peter Young. Peter is Samuel's son before Rosaline it turns out Samuel sexually assaulted a Mary Young resulting in Peter, Mary kept Peter but at some point she died and Peter began looking for his father." Hotch began, JJ sat next to Will clutching his hand. In the next room she could hear Jack and Henry playing with Penelope she used it to focus her thoughts.
"JJ you ok?" Emily asked her arm around her friend, JJ nodded. Hotch took it was he cue to continue.
"We think it's likely Rosaline was sexually assaulted, with Samuel's history and JJ's recollection that Rosaline never seemed to like him it would appear the most likely option"
"Rosaline decided to keep the baby, being strictly catholic there is no way she would have had an abortion" Rossi continued, as a catholic himself, well a lapsed catholic he understood the social pressures that the church could lie on you.
"It was a small town, everyone would have known, been talking so they kept Rosaline in the house didn't let anyone see her. I was sent away, then DJ was." JJ added, she had spoken to her parents at length, they had notice Rosaline was pregnant at 4 months, the next day JJ had been sent away and Rosaline had been banned from leaving the house. Her parents had told the neighbour that her mother was sick and the girls had been sent to live with their auntie.
"It appears DJ was kept very much off the radar, there is no birth certificate, no school records, no mention of any insurance or hospital attendances." Reid contributed, if Garcia couldn't find any details it was a pretty sure fact it didn't exist.
"So what changed?" Will questioned.
"We think that Peter arrived about 2 months ago, to look for his father." Morgan said
"Samuel probably dumped DJ and started spending time with Peter, causing DJ to panic that he was losing his family" Rossi continued
"We think he began focusing on Rosaline and family, we found photos he visited your mum and some of the neighbours recognised him too" Emily began, "When he heard you had been sent away too he felt a connection"
"We found photos in the house he was watching you" Hotch gave the bad news. JJ tightened her grip on Will,
"Sam encouraged him we found text messages on a phone we assume was DJ's encouraging him to kidnap you and suggesting methods of doing so." Emily continued.
JJ nodded taking it all in. While it was good to have the dots connected she thought Sam would be a lot more connected. That DJ was more innocent that he was. It was hard reconciling the 2 people together the kind person who took care of them to the stalker who threw her down the stairs. It was confusing, but easy to see why people could easily get Stockholm syndrome.
"I loved him" JJ whispered honestly,
"He was your nephew" Emily replied,
"It's ok JJ" Rossi told her, JJ nodded still confused still the acceptance of her family meant so much, the fact they didn't hate her for these feelings.
"Ok" JJ stood up feeling stifled, in a room full of profilers and Will who knew her better than anyone. Everyone watching her, "I need a drink"
They knew she meant space, and let her go to the kitchen.
In the kitchen JJ stood by the sink a glass of water in her hands. She needed space to try understand her feelings.
"It's not that complicated" a voice from behind said. JJ recognised it as Reid.
"Spence"
"You always love your family, I loved my dad even when I thought he'd killed somebody" He said, "Just because you love your family doesn't mean you always like them or agree with them"
"I should hate him, he kidnapped me, separated me from Will from Henry, broke my arm and my ribs but I still love him," JJ began sobbing. Reid did what every good friend would do hugging her as tightly as her broken ribs would allow.
"I just wish I had known, I'm so angry at my parents for not telling me. I'm angry at them giving him away. I'm angry because I always felt like it was my fault Rosaline died and I knew they always blamed me" JJ confessed.
"It wasn't your fault, you were 10 years old, you weren't even home"
"But I should have done something" JJ whispered.
"There was nothing you could have done" Reid reassured. JJ nodded still doubting.
"Thanks Spence" JJ said, she knew what he was saying was right but whether she could accept it was another thing.
They went back to the room, to their family.