A/N: Hello again, everyone!

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My apologies if I made any mistakes but enjoy the chapter!

There'll be a time jump between the wedding and Reid's birthday.

"Kudos, Nathan," Reid was the next to congratulate Nathan for just marrying his cousin, Anna. "Welcome to the family." He helped himself to a stuffed mushroom appetizer and a water glass.

Nathan sipped some champagne and shook his head. "Ah, thank you, man."

"Nathan, son," His father, Dr. Nigel, pulled Nathan into a manly hug. "Kudos, my boy. You're married, and now, I have a wonderful daughter-in-law."

"You got that right!" Gordon guffawed and was the next to hug Nathan. "Congrats, son-in-law."

Nathan exhaled and had another sip. "I swear, I was sweating bloody bollocks on the inside. but when I saw Anna…"

"It's changed everything, huh?" John joined in on the conversation as a waiter offered him a drink, which he accepted. "Reminds me of when I was marrying Melissa." John gazed at Melissa, who was talking to Anna, Ethel, and Élise. "I thought I was going to wet myself or think she leave me, but when I saw her coming down the aisle…" John sighed. "Ah, memories."

Nathan smirked. "Yeah." He raised his glass in the air. "A quick toast for new memories in this chapter I'm now sharing with you all today."

The gentlemen raised their clinking drinks.

"I still can't believe it," Anna couldn't stop staring at her Irish-and-Welsh gold wedding ring. "I'm officially Mrs. Anna Delilah McGee."

Élise squealed as she hugged Anna, "Congrats, Ans. You're a married girl."

"Oh, my little girl's married!" Ethel hugged her next. "Now comes the fun part of marriage."

Melissa asked obviously before helping herself to a flatbread appetizer, "And what's that?"

"Babies!' Ethel cheered.

Anna blushed embarrassingly, "Mom! I just got married."

"I know you did, baby," Ethel pulled her into another quick hug before whispering in her ear, "But you and Nathan better give me some grandbabies."

Anna broke out into laughter, making Élise laughter after sipping some water.

Soon, Amelia and Grace approached them, giggling and squealing with excitement. "Ooh! Welcome to the family, Anna!"

Anna fanned herself, feeling the tear ducts in her eyes. "Aww, thank you all so much!"

Dr. Jee-Yoon soon approached the ladies and had a smile on her face. "Ah, Anna. I'm so happy for you and Nathan!" She lovingly embraced Anna. "I hope you and Nathan give us some grandchildren to spoil."

"And we will," Anna assured her mother and newly mother-in-law.

"It was so amazing," said Grace before eating a devils on horseback hors d'oeuvre. "The church reminded me a bit of The Nanny when Nanny Fran and Maxwell Sheffield finally married."

"Yeah," Élise looked at her phone for a moment, hoping she'd gotten any new messages from her family watching Séraphine and Isaac before looking at the time. "Oh! It's almost time for us to head to the ceremony!"

"Oh, yes!" Grace's eyes beamed. "We got everything set up."

Amelia jumped up and down. "Ooh, I can't wait!"

Now it was time for the Paebaek Ceremony, set up near the church.

Anna and Nathan walked in, donned in traditional Korean wedding attire. Anna donned on a red hanbok with red dots on her face and Nathan in a blue robe; the same with the parents and in-law wearing the traditional gear.

Everyone stood up and applauded the families.

The Paebaek ceremony started with Nathan's parents sitting behind the table set up that faced everyone's attention, and Anna and Nathan exchanging bowing to everyone. Nathan gifted the Carney family wooden ducks. Soon, Anna and Nathan drank from the same copper cup and served tea to everyone, with the help of Élise, Melissa, Amelia, and Grace.

After the tea was drunk, Anna and Nathan received advice, words of wisdom, and blessings, as well as receiving white envelopes containing money, which they announced that they'd be donating to charity around the Las Vegas area.

Now came the throwing of the dates and chestnuts representing the number of children the couple would have. The dates represented the sons, and the chestnuts symbolized the daughters. Ethel, Gordon, Dr. Nigel, and Dr. Jee-Yoon sat behind the low table, and Anna and Nathan sat down, held a white flower embroidered fabric to catch the dates and chestnuts.

The families took separate cars to head to Binion's for the reception party in the Longhorn Room.

Reid and Élise were sitting with John and Melissa when they saw Anna and Nathan walk in, smiling and holding hands.

"Please welcome Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Ji-Hun McGee!"

Everyone applauded the couple. Anna was now dressed in an ivory silk chiffon dress and Nathan back in his tux.

"Now, I would like to invite the newlyweds over to the dance floor for their first dance."

Reid and Élise smiled at Anna and Nathan having their first dance together.

Dinner was served and soon came the toasting and speeches. Gordon cleared his throat and tapped his goblet; Ethel rose next. "Everyone. I would like to propose a toast to my darling daughter, Anna, and my new son-in-law, Nathan. May God bless you two with a long, loving, and fulfilling life together because you two are one now. Amen."

"Amen."

Dr. Nigel and Dr. Jee-Yoon stood up as Ethel and Gordon sat down. "First off, Anna, again, welcome to our family as we are blessed to have you. May you two hold on and never let go. No matter what challenges you will have, you two have each other's back and love each other, no matter what. Never stop loving each other because love conquers it all. Amen."

"Amen!"

Anna danced with her father as Nathan danced with his mother before everyone got on the dance floor and danced.

Then after forty minutes, there came the cutting of the bride and groom cakes and the bouquet and garter tossing.

The wedding continued until the late hours.

Reid and Élise headed back to William Reid's place. By the time they got home, it was a few minutes past midnight, and they managed to get seven hours of sleep.

"Mmm…" Élise enjoyed the mixed berry pancake William cooked for breakfast. Swallowing, "This is so good, Papa Reid."

"Papa Reid. I kinda like it." William chuckled. He took a seat and asked the two, "So, how was the wedding?"

Reid answered before taking a sip of coffee. "Oh, it was great."

"It was so grand. I mean, you should have seen Ethel during this one part of the ceremony." Élise recapped to William about the Paebaek ceremony about the number of dates and chestnuts Anna and Nathan managed to catch. "I think she almost passed out."

William laughed. "Yeah, now that I can imagine."

"Sorry you weren't invited, dad," Reid offered his apologies to his father.

"Yeah." There was no doubt William would always regret leaving Diana and Spencer for as long as he would live, and perhaps, he would be able to watch Anna marry. "Where are they going for their honeymoon?"

"Northern Europe to get to see the Northern Lights," Élise replied as she dapped her mouth. "So lucky."

William sighed. "Well, congratulations to them and for their new life together."

"Cheers," Élise rose her glass of orange juice in the air and toasted to Anna and Nathan's newly marriage.

After breakfast, Reid and Élise showed William new photographs of Séraphine and Isaac. They chatted about what's been going on in their lives before he dropped them off at McCarran International for their flight back to D.C.

Reid and Élise made it back to D.C. at around minutes to five in the evening. They arrived at the main terminal and were on their way to the baggage claim.

"Hey!"

They picked up their heads when they heard someone.

"Hey!" Élise instantly smiled when she saw her family.

"Mama! Dada!" Arthur set Séraphine down and allowed her to run towards her parents.

Reid scooped her up, hugged her, and kissed her head. "Mmm. Were you a good girl while we were gone?"

"Yah-yah!" babbled Séraphine.

Élise opened her arms for Brenda to give her Isaac. "Oh, come here, my big boy." She smooched all over his face. "Mommy and Daddy missed you and Fifi while we were gone."

Mr. Micha grabbed their bags for Reid and Élise. "So, how was the wedding?"

"It was great," Élise's eyes beamed. "Hopefully, we can go back to Las Vegas before the holiday season."

Soon the Bastien family took Reid, Élise, Séraphine, and Isaac back to the house for dinner and got a good night's sleep.

Élise yawned and scratched her hair when she walked into the kitchen, dressed in a black pinstripe stretch wool pantsuit with a pink-white dress shirt and heels. She saw her mother giving her father a bowl of whole-grain and steel-cut oatmeal with sliced apple, flax seeds, and walnuts when she got there. "Morning."

"Morning, Lise," Mr. Micha and Ms. Geneva replied when they saw Élise walk in and open the fridge and freezer, trying to think of what she would like to eat for breakfast.

"Do you want some oatmeal?" her father asked.

"No thanks," Élise closed the freezer door after she grabbed a bag of frozen mixed berries and poured some in a small glass bowl before eating a couple.

Ms. Geneva sat down at the breakfast nook and said, "You know, oatmeal is the best breakfast you can eat. With oatmeal, you're good to go."

"Maybe another day," Élise politely turned down her mother's suggestion for oatmeal just as Reid walked in the kitchen, clad in a purple striped button shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows dark purple tie, dark charcoal dress pants, and Converses. "Morning, babe."

"Good morning, everyone," Reid began pouring himself a cup of coffee and drank. "Did everyone sleep well?"

"I slept good," Ms. Geneva raised her hand.

"Mm-hmm," Mr. Micha had a mouthful of oatmeal and nodded.

Ms. Geneva offered, "Would you like some oatmeal for breakfast, Spencer?"

"Ooh, I love a bowl!" Reid accepted the bowl Ms. Geneva gave him. "Thank you."

"Okay," Élise was in the kitchen, getting breakfast prepared. She asked Séraphine, who was sitting in her pink and purple booster seat at the table when giving her parfait breakfast, "Do you think daddy will like his breakfast?"

Séraphine raised her spoon in the air, "Yah!"

Reid yawned as he walked in and carried a cooing Isaac in his arms.

"Surprise!" Élise cheered.

Séraphine opened her arms out, "Tarise!"

Reid started chuckling. "Aw, is all this for me?" Sitting next to Séraphine, he stared at his breakfast plate: a chocolate muffin, a chocolate donut with sprinkles, a cinnamon roll, and French toast with a tall glass of orange juice and water with lemon, blueberry, and rosemary.

"Anything for you, my love," Élise tickled under his chin as she sat down and started feeding Isaac. "It's your birthday."

"Hapay birday, dada!" Séraphine babbled.

Reid kissed her head again as he began eating his breakfast.

After twenty minutes, Reid finished his breakfast. Dapping his mouth, "Wow! That was the best birthday!"

"Anything for my main man," Élise tickled his cheek.

Chuckling, Reid looked at his watch as he finished his cup and bowl. "Oh. I better get going." He wiped his mouth, table spot, and chair, kissed Séraphine's head, set her in his seat, and placed his bowl in the sink to wash and placed it in the dishwasher. Kissing Élise's lips and Isaac's head, "Love you! Have a good day."

Reid grabbed his satchel and was out the door.

Reid was in the conference room with Morgan, JJ, and Blake when Garcia and Rossi walked in, discussing Rossi's thirty-one unused vacation days. He and Morgan suggested Florida for Vitamin D, a safari in Africa and Italy, but rejected them.

Blake figured Rossi should give his vacation days away to someone in need, prompting him to ask Garcia to find people in the Bureau who have spouses serving in the military overseas.

Hotch walked in, and they immediately discussed a case in California involving two victims.

The team continued to discuss the case on the flight about how the victims were tortured by dragging.

Reid and Hotch headed to the LAPD while JJ and Morgan went to the latest crime scene, and Rossi and Blake went to the M.E.'s office in San Diego.

They met Detective Angela Pratt and offered to set up everything they needed and what she got from San Diego PD when Garcia called them.

She got information on one of the victims, Mark Coleman, who changed from Logan.

And how Mark was arrested for the sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl named Kelly Taylor, who disappeared ten years ago.

"Ah, thank you, Marshal," Élise expressed her gratitude to Marshal Johnson for driving her home after getting out from the passenger seat. She waved to him as she drove off. She rummaged through her phone when she heard it vibrate as Élise walked up the driveway. Answering it after hearing it ring for the second time, "Hello."

"Hey, Lise."

Élise sighed, "Hey, love."

"Long day?" Reid guessed.

Élise scoffed as she unlocked and opened the front door. "Decisions-decisions-decisions." She closed the door and locked in the security codes. Taking off her heels, "How's California so far?"

"Ugh," Reid groaned. "We talked to a deceased victim's family who was released from prison after he confessed to sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl who disappeared ten years ago."

Élise shook her head in disgust. "I swear…"

"Mama!"

Élise's tone changed when she heard Séraphine call out and waddled her way towards her. "Hey, bunny." She lifted Séraphine and kissed her head as Rose came into the foyer with Isaac in her arms. "Oh, come here, my little Zig-Zag." Smooching him, "Hi, baby." Élise whispered as she put the phone on speaker. "Daddy's on the phone."

"Hi, dada."

Reid laughed. "Hey, Fifi. How are you doing?"

"Gad!"

Élise asked Rose as she removed her heels, "So, what's for dinner?"

"Vegetable stir-fry."

"That sounds good," said Reid. "Oh, I have to go. I'll be thinking of you all. Love you."

"Luv ya, dada!"

Reid and Hotch met up with JJ. They concluded there were two unsubs with the information they got from Mark's father and what Rossi and Blake got from the M.E.'s office. One of them was hesitant, and the other who takes pleasure in the killings.

Now the team got news about another victim who was dragged to death.

And with a connection to Mark Coleman.

And with news and information about the first victim, Brenda Wipley. She only served two months in juvie for killing a two-year-old under the influence due to her wealthy father's donations. The team concluded that the unsubs were a vigilante team delivering their own brand of justice.

This prompted the team to give the profile.

After finding out that the mother of the toddler Brenda Wipley killed committed suicide, the team managed to get a name via Garcia.

Ellen Russell, a boat shop worker, and Sam Dolan's maternal aunt talked about him in a private chat.

And another name who mainly talked to her.

Darlene Beckett, who talked about Mark Coleman's release and is Kelly Taylor's mother.

"Mmm…hello?"

Reid whispered as he was on his way back to the team from the crime lab, "Sorry if I woke up, but I really needed to hear you."

"Mmm-hmm," Élise moaned. "I'm all for justice, but sometimes people deserve what's coming to them. My mom always said what you do in the past will be back to haunt you in the future."

Reid nodded. "Absolutely. I have to get going. I'll dream of you."

"I love you."

"I love you, too," Reid smirked as he hung up. Getting serious again, he found the team and announced to them about a second DNA sample of Kelly Taylor's underclothing but was too degraded for a match.

With Garcia's help again, they found someone connected to Mark Coleman and the third victim, Paul Montgomery.

Jason Nelson and visited Mark weekly during his incarceration.

Hotch decided to stay behind while the team rushed to Jason Nelson's apartment, only he wasn't there and judging by the broken window glass and bloodstains, he was kidnapped.

But from searching his place and JJ's gut instinct, they deduced that he's a psychopath.

And for a good reason.

Trophies were found in Nelson's position; Kelly wasn't his first victim.

After hearing how a motorist barely survived after being randomly shot, Rossi had Reid and Blake check Nelson's storage closet to find any evidence linking to where Kelly Taylor's body was buried.

The case was completed, and the team was on the flight home. Most of the team was asleep, but Reid stared at the window with his hand on his cheek.

"Hey."

Reid snapped out of his thoughts, looked up, and saw Hotch standing before he sat down across from him. Reid replied quietly, "Hey."

"You okay?" asked Hotch with concern.

Reid sighed. "The loss of a child can really affect someone. I'll always worry about losing and outliving Séraphine and Isaac."

"Yeah." Hotch agreed. "I worry about losing and outliving Jack, and honestly…" Sighing, "When Foyet and I..." He closed his eyes for a moment and opened them again. "He said after he finished with me, he'd find Jack, and show him me and Haley's dead bodies before he..." Hotch had to not finish that sentence. "I…think I hit my breaking point. I can't imagine my life without him." He lowered his eyes. "I'd fight and die for him."

"Any parent would. Myself. Élise. The women…" Reid couldn't help but be a bit sorry for them, even though they got away. "Think they'll be caught one day?" He saw Rossi look at the newspaper clipping he took from Kelly Taylor's room and it gave him some ideas on where to find the ladies.

Hotch exhaled. "Hopefully." He made eye contact with Reid again and suggested, "Why don't you take Friday off? Spend time with your family? Make up for missing your birthday?"

Reid nodded. "Okay." He figured he should get some sleep before they landed.

It was Friday afternoon, and after Séraphine and Isaac had their naps, Reid and Élise were in the great room, relaxing with him.

"I'm never letting any of you go," Reid vowed as he cuddled towards Élise and Isaac on the couch and Séraphine on his lap.

Got my info about the Paebaek ceremony on the Internet.