The next two and a half years went by swiftly. The BAU solved cases and handled consults, and the team members moved on with their lives. This time, Strauss insisted Reid attend mandatory grief counseling. He complied, and seemed to have adjusted to his new status as a single father of twins.

JJ and Will's divorce became final and Will moved home to New Orleans permanently, and JJ made sure that he continued to see Henry often. When the townhouse next to JJ's became available, it made sense for Reid to move in so that they could share childcare arrangements. It appeared to everyone who knew them that while JJ dated extensively, Reid spent most of his spare time at home with the three children. Despite Eleanor DuValle's best efforts, there was never any indication that Reid ever had a date.

To no one's surprise, Hotch and Beth broke up. Hotch told everyone that maintaining a long distance relationship had been a strain on both of them, and that he wanted to spend as much of his free time as he could with Jack. What he didn't tell them was that Beth had expressed concern that he was too emotionally involved with JJ and her problems. She had also, on more than one occasion, questioned his feelings for the missing Christine.

Rossi continued in his second career as a world famous crime writer and was the recipient of multiple awards from various law enforcement agencies. His lectures and book tours continued to be sold out successes. While he had no problem getting dates, no one ever saw him with the same woman twice.

Blake and her husband seemed to have reached a comfortable place in their relationship, with James teaching at Harvard and both of them commuting whenever possible. She continued to ask Reid to guest lecture in her classes, and seemed anxious to make sure he was happy with his life.

Erin Strauss' past came back to haunt her, and she was brutally murdered in the most embarrassing way possible by an ex-agent who felt she had humiliated him. The team located the murderer, but he was killed before they could bring him to justice. At Strauss' funeral, Reid spoke of the many kindness she had shown the twins. What he didn't mention was the fact that she had felt responsible because their mother was still missing.

Garcia and Kevin parted ways and Morgan did his best to console his Baby Girl. Soon everyone, except possibly Morgan, recognized that they were now an established couple.

Garcia continued to use her databases to check out every unidentified female body found throughout North America. She was never sure whether she was glad or sad when none of them proved to be Christine.

There were days, particularly those when the sun was shinning and everyone was enjoying lunch together at an outside cafe, when talk turned to Christine and what could have happened to her. Those were the times when Garcia confessed to still running computer searches looking for clues – Any clues she could find - On her friend's whereabouts.

The questions always remained – "How did she get past us? What did we miss? Where did we go wrong?"