"Hey guys I need your help with something." Steve said out loud to the rest of his team. Eager to be actually doing work, they all nearly sprinted in front of the large computer. "Ok guys this envelope was delivered to my house last night. When I got to the door the person was gone. Inside was a note and a thick stack of photos. They are all of Emily throughout her life and range from innocent to nearly pornographic. I have already taken those photos out and will allow only Kono to see them to protect her privacy. I need to know who sent these to my house and why." Everyone shook their heads in agreement. Danny spoke up after reading the note, "Why now? Why deliver these pictures to you now? Is there some other factor at play? Just why right this second?" "I honestly don't know. I just got back yesterday and was only home for hours before this showed up." Chin spoke up asking, "Is it possible that this has something to do with Emily's kidnapping over a year ago? We never caught the guy and she and Joe were only able to give us the bare minimum in details." Steve replied, "Emily's mom came by when I was out of town and told her that her captor was her half-brother. She didn't tell Emily who his father was but it was obvious that it wasn't Joe." They all let out a collective breath and Kono asked, "Those sexual pictures of Emily, was she posed or unaware? Also, does she know about all of this? Is she up for talking?" "Honestly, Kono Emily and I aren't speaking right now. I kept this from her and it drove her over the edge. She's contemplating separation or maybe even divorce. I can't lose my wife and if figuring all this out keeps me from doing that then it's exactly what I'll do."

Emily's nausea started up again the second she got back to the office. Between balancing the urge to throw up and swallowing down her sadness with Steve, she was barely making it through the rest of the day. She looked at the picture on her desk of her wedding day and starts thinking if practically walking out on Steve was the right thing to do. She knew that she loved him with all her heart but they don't hide things from each other. They have always been straightforward with one another and called each other on their bullshit. She told him what she'd been keeping to herself, yet he still hadn't told her anything. 'Why did he have a picture of me at 4?' She had never seen that picture before and didn't understand why Steve would have it in the first place. The profiler in her never died even after she left the BAU which is why she knew that Steve was hiding more. She knew that he had things taped to the wall and took them down in a hurry. She knew that he'd stuffed something in his desk because the drawer was sticking out slightly and she felt the pressure from it on her ass when she was leaned on it. Steve's body language when she asked about Catherine let her know that something did in fact happen and it infuriated her because a tiny part of her has always felt like his rebound from Catherine.

Emily spent the next five hours catching up on paperwork and surprisingly she finished faster than she thought she would. Her computer dinged and she finally looked up for the first time in a while and saw that she had an email. "Unbelievable." She muttered as she read the email from BAU Section Chief Matt Cruz. He wanted her to fly to Quantico to help consult on a few cases. These consults could take days. She didn't want to be away from her son for that long but she also didn't want to put him on a plane because she didn't feel that he was old enough to be around that many airborne germs. She wracked her brain before replying that she needed a day and then she'd give her answer.

****Back at Quantico****

"I am so mad at her. How could she do that to my baby boy. It's obvious that he loves her and she just moves on like he's nothing. I tried to be accepting of her marriage but she would've had the cutest mocha babies with my chocolate god and still would've been here with our family." JJ stopped walking abruptly with Blake and whipped around and bit out with anger, "Do you hear yourself Penelope? She broke his heart? You ever stop to think that maybe it was done to her? Mocha babies, are you saying that you don't accept her son or her husband because you're only thinking of the babies she would've had with Derek? Do you have any idea how selfish you sound? NEWSFLASH PENELOPE DEREK AND EMILY ARE THE POSTER KIDS FOR CHILDHOOD BAGGAGE! Do you think for a second that they would've worked out long-term with the way he treated her after Doyle? He was the worst in how he talked to her and made her feel more ashamed than she already did-" Penelope had enough and cut JJ off "Yeah you know these things because you and Emily are like 'sisters'. What am I chopped liver? Do I not matter? Do-" "Garcia stop. You are Henry's godmother not Emily. My relationship with the two of you is different and I don't think that there's anything wrong with that. The closeness that I have with Emily is the same in the closeness you have with Morgan. You know what I think we just need to stay away from each other right now." With that, JJ stormed off leaving a steaming Garcia and a very confused and uncomfortable Blake.

Emily decided that she'd go once she figured out childcare with Steve. She called Mary and asked if she'd keep Wolf because she didn't want to take him out of his routine. She agreed with some apprehension asking her if everything was okay with her and Steve. She danced around the answer and instead repeatedly told her that she wanted to check in with her son as much as possible. She told Cruz that she'd be there by 2pm the next day. She texted Steve that she was leaving town on business omitting the fact that she'd be in the same room with her old team. She drove home to get her go-bag and headed to the airport.

Text from JJ: Drama alert. Morgan told everybody that you broke his heart and passed him up for Steve. Pen and I got into a heated argument so it'll be tense. If I were you I'd just say forget it and send somebody else from your office.

Emily was already in the air and wouldn't be checking her phone until she landed. She had no idea as to what she was about to walk into.

Sorry for the big delays in updates. I have so many ideas in my head for this story so it's hard to pick one out and go with it. Feel free to leave reviews and even story requests. I may love McEm hardcore but I'm willing to write other stories with different characters. Just ask and I will try my best to give you a story to enjoy.