With A Purpose-Ch 25
When Herbert was finished explaining everything Paul said, "so all this time they've been safe"?, Herbert nodded his head and said, "yes but their were several times they wanted to leave witness protection and come back to all of you".
Penelope said, "when"?, her mom said, "when each of the boys got married and of course when you got shot baby, we wanted to be with you". Derek intertwined fingers with Penelope and said, "we almost lost her", Penelopes dad Prentice said, "we had our bags packed and were ready to leave when we got the call that she was going to be alright".
Penelope said, "you would really have come to me"?, Phelicia, Penelopes mom said, "of course we would have baby, we couldn't lose you, any of you". Patrick said, "I bet you are both disappointed in us aren't you"?, Phelicia and Prentice looked at each other and then at the boys.
Prentice said, "I was shocked to see you treat Penelope, your sister that way, none of this was her fault and you just tossed her aside like she was trash". Payton said, "we thought that if you hadn't been out looking for her that you would have been safe, but now we know better, we know that if it hadn't been that night it would have been another night".
Derek looked at Herbert and said, "who was the man that ordered their deaths"?, Herbert said, "a drug king pin named Carlos Martinez", Luke said, "they've been after him for years". Herbert said, "well he's taken care of, him and all of his men are either dead or going to be spending the rest of their lives in prision for what they've done".
Penelope looked at her parents and then at Herbert and said, "what about this Carlos, which one was he"?, Herbert said, "he's dead, he was shot to death during the confrontation". Penelope said, "is it wrong of me to be glad that he's dead"?, Phelicia hugged her daughter and said, "not at all honey, now we can all get back to our lives and focus on the future".
Phelicia smiled at her son and said, "but their wasn't a day that went by that we didn't think about you and miss you all". Penelope said, "so you were able to know what was going on with all of us"?, Prentice said, "to an extent we were sweetie".
As he looked around the room he said,"well princess are you going to introduce us to all of these nice people"?, she grinned and said, "of course, mom, dad, this is my family, this is my bossman Aaron Hotchner and his wife Emily and this is Spencer and Jeniffer aka JJ Reid and this is Luke Alvez and this is David Rossi and his wife Fran Morgan Rossi".
Phelicia said, "and who is that handsome man"?, Penelope said, "this is my hotstuff, the other part of my heart, Derek Morgan and the little boy is his son Hank". Phelicia and Prentice smiled and he said, "it's nice to finally get to meet all of you".
The brothers then introduced their parents to their grandchildren, the house quickly became filled with laughter, smiles and tears as the family spent some time bonding. As the evening continued Penelope said, "what's going to happen now, where are you going to live"?, Prentice smiled and said, "for a while we'd like to go to Virginia and spend some time with you if that's alright"?, she said, "ohhhh yes, that's more than alright, more than alright".
Phelicia then turned to her sons and said, "and we're going to go spend some time with the boys in California, we've missed so much time with all of you and we don't want to miss any more". Derek smiled and said, "since everybody is here now their is something that I want to do".
Penelope watched as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a little black box and walked toward her, he dropped to his knee in front of her and said, "Penelope Grace Garcia will you do me the honor of marrying me, I know that my divorce isn't final yet but" and she said, "YES, YES, YES".
As he slid the ring onto her finger the room was filled with the sounds of hands clapping and everybody shouting their congratulations to the newly engaged couple. When they pulled apart Derek said, "are you happy sweetness"?, she said, "I am, almost everything is perfect", he said, "almost"?, she said, "well I have my parents and brothers back but their is still something that I would like to do".
Derek intertwined fingers with her and said, "anything", she smiled and said, "really"?, he grinned and said, "really, whatever you want to do I'll be right there with you". She grinned and leaned in and said, "well in that case, this is what I want to do", after explain to Derek and the others what she wanted to do her and her fiancée were out the door and heading toward his truck.
About 45 minutes later they walked into a interrogation room, Ashton looked up and smiled and said, "P P Penelope, you're alive"?, she walked over and said, "I am Ashton, I am". He said, "that's wonderful news, wonderful wonderful news", she smiled and sat down across from him and said, "I want to thank you", he said, "thank me for what"?, she said, "for telling the truth about what happened".
He said, "my heart broke when I thought about you dying, you were innocent, you did nothing wrong", she gently squeezed his hand and said, "I want you to know that I am sorry for your loss". He nodded his head and said, "they were my father and brother and I loved them but they had to pay for what they did to your family".
She said, "about that", he said, "huh"?, she said, "my parents aren't dead", his eyes lit up and he said, "they aren't"?, she shook her head and said, "no, they are alive and well'. He said, "I'm so happy for you, it was so hard hearing that the "accident" wasn't an accident that my father willingly killed your parents but seeing you here alive and well and learning that your parents are alive and well is more than I could have ever asked for".
Penelope said, "I want you to know that I don't hold anything against you, I forgive you for your part in this", he said, "I don't deserve your forgiveness", she said, "Ashton look at me". He looked up at her and she said, "after you telling what your father did and what they were going to do you most certainly do deserve my forgiveness, you are not a bad man, you're not, you Ashton are a good man and I hope that when you get out of here that you have a life filled with love, peace, joy and happiness, so so much happiness".
He smiled and said, "I wish you the same thing, after everything you've been through you deserve it", she held up her hand and said, "Derek and I are getting married so our happiness has already started". Ashton said, "congratulations, you two deserve it, you really really do", Derek and Penelope stood up and she said, "I just wanted you to know that me and my parents were alive and well".
The guard walked over and was getting ready to take him back to his cell and Derek said, "thanks Ashton, thanks for everything you did to make sure that we can have a life together, a life filled with happiness". He smiled and said, "you're welcome and Penelope when I get out of here next year I promise that I will make you proud, I will live a good life, I will be happy and that will be because of you and your family".
Penelope and Derek walked to the door and the last thing they heard before the door closed was Ashton say, "goodbye Penelope", she smiled and said, "good bye Ashton" as Derek pulled the door shut behind them and they headed up the hall.