Chapter 53
Location: BAU Conference Room
Time: 09.45
Emily closed the door as she scattered the pictures of the consult she was working for, she sighed as she looked at the bruised child the police had DNA but it didn't match anyone that the child knew. She had seen this somewhere before she just wasn't able to put her finger on it. She heard the handle turn and the door open and close. Something told her it wasn't JJ she tensed slightly before she looked around.
She could only give him a half smile the thoughts that she had whirling in her mind came back to the forefront again. "Hi" Reid said softly, "Hey" she closed her eyes slightly. "I'm not mad at you Emily" Emily couldn't help but frown. "Then why are you giving me the cold shoulder?" Emily asked turning back around.
"I'm mad because they made you do this; they made you lie to us, to hide from us again. They had no right, they have no right to play with your life like that" Reid said firmly. Emily sighed deeply as she turned back around.
"I didn't mean to lie to you Reid, I had no idea the case was related to my undercover work until I saw that last victim" Emily gave a sad smile.
"I know" Reid said as he made his way closer. "What are you mad at me for then Reid?" he shook his head slightly. "I, those children Emily, bound to the floors. All I saw was JJ" Emily's eyes went slightly wide as he spoke. "Reid I can assure you while I was there none of those children had been hurt," Emily said softly even though she knew it was a part lie it was better than explaining everything else. "I know," Reid said softly "I blame myself for what happened to them Reid. If I hadn't had gone MIA then they may still be alive."
Location: Prentiss Household.
Time: 17.59
"I rang the hospital today" JJ said as she moved the food around on her plate, Emily couldn't help but frown as Amy looked at them both with a confused expression on her face. "What's going on Ma?" Amy said. Emily sighed slightly "Take your brother in t the den Amy please" Emily said softly "What's wrong Ma?" Emily gave her a soft smile. "Nothing darling just your Mom and I need to talk" Emily said giving her a soft smile. Even though Amy gave them both a worried glance she took hold of her Henry leaving them alone to talk.
"Jennifer?" Emily said softly as she looked at JJ, "She hasn't said a word Emily" JJ said as she met her gaze "What if they don't give her the help she needs?" Emily smiled softly. "They will take care of her Jen, she is in safe hands now" JJ scoffed slightly. "How she will get lost in the care system, having no one around her that understands what she has been through"
Emily gave a half smile, she knew JJ was right but they had done their job and the children were now being taken care of and hopefully they would be placed in loving homes soon. "What if that was Amy or Henry? Do you really think they would have the tools to help her, we both know what the system is like, she shouldn't have to deal with this alone," JJ's eyes pleaded with Emily slightly. "Jen, I have to believe that they do, there isn't anything we can do," Emily said as she made her way over to JJ wrapping her arms around her.
"We know what she is going through" JJ said as she leaned into Emily. "I know darling, but we can't" she sighed she knew where JJ was going and it broke her heart slightly as she spoke. "What if we had another case like hers and in our job you know it is possible, remember what you said to me about Carrie?" Emily said as she placed a kiss on JJ's head. "That was different she has family that will take care of her, that little girl has no one Emily, she has no family to take care of her"
"What do you want me to do Jen? We can't bring her here." Emily said softly. "Where did you take that other little girl?" Emily smiled slightly, "I took her to a local convent hospital, she has been placed with a lovely family and they are looking after her as though she is their own." Emily couldn't help the chuckle, "Like you Jen I checked up on her"
JJ wrapped her arms around her more tightly, "You amaze me every day," JJ whispered "Do you want me to make a phone call and have her moved?" Emily asked carefully. Emily had pulled strings with the other little girl and with the donation Emily had made to the hospital they hadn't asked any questions. All they knew was Emily was law enforcement and the little girl she brought in needed to be kept safe. JJ nodded "Okay sweetheart, it may take a while to get things sorted" Emily said softly, she wasn't even sure she would be able to do it.
Location: Prentiss Household.
Day & Time: Sunday, 09.37
Emily had made some head way in getting the little girl moved; again she had given a large donation and had explained in detail what the little girl had been through. Emily stood in the resting against the doorframe as she watched JJ as Henry play with his trucks, she couldn't help but smile as she thought back to the past few months, her family was truly healing she knew JJ had a long way to go but as she rested her hand on her stomach drawing patterns on the life that was growing inside her, for the first time since coming back from the dead Emily felt whole again.
Emily had invited the whole team around for dinner, they needed to spend time together out of work, and in truth Emily wanted the whole family together. Small arms wrapped around her as a broad grin took over Emily's face "Hey buddy" Emily said, she had heard the door open and close as she watched the scene in front of her. "Hey Ma" Emily wrapped her arm around him, she hadn't told JJ about the extra visitor, but Emily had missed him dearly.
"Is JJ okay Ma, Dad told me what happened" Emily turned her head raising an eyebrow at him, "Well not everything, just that JJ had been hurt badly" he said as Emily pulled him closer "She's getting there Declan," Emily said as they now both stood in the doorway. Henry was the first one to notice him as he shouted "Dec" before running over to him.
JJ turned looking at the young blonde haired boy "Hey Declan" JJ said as she made her way over to him. Declan scoped Henry up in his arms as he also gave JJ a hug. "Hey JJ, can I take him outside Ma?" Declan asked. Emily chuckled slightly. "Why don't you go and get changed and if you want you can play in the pool, but Declan if you do you cannot leave him alone in the water. Do I make myself clear" Emily said firmly "I won't can I drag Amy as well if she wants to that is" JJ laughed "She is in her room Declan go and ask her. You know where everything is, don't you?" JJ asked. "Yep I do" he said as he took Henry towards the stairs. "Fancy swimming little man" Declan asked as they made their way upstairs.
"He's looking well" JJ commented as they walked into the kitchen "Tom told me he is doing much better now thankfully" Emily said softly as she made her way over to the kettle, making them both a drink. "Is he coming by later?" JJ asked. "I think so, he didn't exactly say" Emily said with a slight shrug.
Time: 16.41
The team had started to arrive just as Emily lit the bbq, Morgan couldn't help grinning as he made his way over, Emily couldn't help rolling her eyes as she spotted him. "I just lit it for you" she teased slightly "How did you" he paused slightly "I know you Morgan, and this is a macho man thing." Emily said with a laugh as she moved away.
"How is everything?" Morgan asked as he started to get the food ready to on the bbq. "Getting there finally" Emily said as she passed him a bottle of beer. "Declan is looking well" Morgan said as he watched the children playing in the pool, "He's growing up so fast" Emily said as she watched him with Henry. "He's a good kid" Morgan said as he took a swig of beer. "That he is."
Emily had become quite as the evening went on, her eyes tracked JJ as she joked around with the team, only every so often did she turn looking for Emily, it was a true sign that JJ was healing. Her eyes then drifted over to the children, the four of them were now playing catch Emily couldn't help but feel whole, the laughter filled their home there was no longer a dark cloud circling a head trying to crush them.
