A little while later, the door to her hospital room opened once more, revealing David and a nurse. Her fiancé immediately came over to her side, sinking down on the bed as the nurse pushed a bassinet into the room. Through the clear side, Erin could see their daughter squirming, a loud series of cries almost bellowing from her lungs. That sound alone was enough to cause her to burst into tears, leaning against David's chest as the nurse lifted the baby out of the bassinet and gently placed her in Erin's arms. "I'll be back in two hours to return her to the nursery."

Erin nodded as she cuddled their daughter closer to her chest, marveling a little at how beautiful she was. "I hope that you don't mind, but I gave her a name. I remembered what you said about Elise, how since she had a name, she had to stay, and I wanted her to stay, just in case you didn't wake up from your surgery."

"What did you decide on?" she asked quietly as she studied their daughter's face, taking in every little detail about her delicate features. She was going to have her hair, since there were already little blonde tufts sprouting from her head, and she let out a deep breath as she waited for David to answer.

"I went with Catherine Joy Rossi. Because she is my joy, as well as yours, now that you're awake. She's larger than Elise was when she was born, and I'm attributing that to the fact that this pregnancy was so much easier on you than the stress and worry you had with Elise."

"How much did she weigh?" she asked as she stroked Catherine's face with her finger, smiling when the baby turned her head instinctively towards it and began to suck. "And is Doctor Brunner still here? I'd like to ask if I can safely start to breastfeed her now, or if I have to wait until tomorrow, so that the anesthetic is out of my system."

"Catherine weighed in at six pounds, twelve ounces. And I am so glad that she's going to have your hair, since that is one of the things I love about you. And Doctor Brunner had to go to another delivery, so she'll be by to see how you're doing after that baby arrives. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to get to you in time in order to delivery Catherine, since time truly was of the essence."

She nodded as she allowed David to pull her closer to his side, smiling when he dropped a tender kiss to the top of her head. "Our sweet little Cathy is finally here. And I love her name, David. Thank you for choosing well." Looking up at him, she puckered her lips, and he took the hint by dropping a quick kiss to her lips. "Tell me, tell me what happened. I know that Foyet shot Haley twice, and shot me. But I feel like I don't know anything that happened before and after that?"

David drew in a deep breath, and she prepared herself for the worst. "By the time Hotch arrived home, Haley was already gone. He assumed that you were, as well, since you were so still, and he went hunting for Foyet, since he hadn't found Jack or Elise yet." She hissed a little as his hand tightened around her bad shoulder, which caused him to instantly release her before dropping his hand down to her waist, his thumb rubbing back on forth as he took a few shaky breaths. Erin braced herself for bad news, knowing that Foyet was a truly evil man and that he would have stopped at nothing to hurt Aaron as much as he possibly could. "So, you'll read this in the reports that we'll give you, along with the police, but Haley's body was not in the same room as you were found. Foyet left you in the living room, while he dragged Haley up to the master bedroom. Hotch was distracted by that finding, not noticing that Foyet was in there with him until it was almost too late."

"Did he…?"

"No, he managed to shoot Foyet with his entire clip, center mass. It would have killed him then and there, but…"

"He was wearing a vest, knowing that Aaron would go for that certain shot rather than the riskier head shot like Agent Jareau and I favor."

David nodded, kissing her again. "And that's why I know you would have done anything to take out Foyet if you had had your service weapon on you. But he knew exactly what to say to make you fear for your life, and for Elise, and get you to do what he wanted without any of us being the wiser. He was a master manipulator."

She let out a strangled sob as she turned her face into his shoulder, a wave of guilt washing over her as she thought about how Haley had died. "I should have been smarter."

"You were fine, and did all that you could to protect the children." There was a soft pause before he kissed her again, as if he was still trying to assure himself that she was still there. "So, Foyet got a bit of the drop on Hotch and tackled him to the ground, trying to beat the shit out of him. From what I could see at the house, it was clearly a fight for their lives. Morgan walked in on Hotch just wailing on Foyet's dead body, and pulled him off."

"And the children?" she asked, feeling like her heart was going to burst from her chest with how hard it was beating as she waited for her answer.

"They were safe in Hotch's office, hiding in the window seat. I guess that Jack would spend time with Hotch in there, and that was the first place that he could think of to keep them both safe. Jen told me that when he found the kids, Elise was asleep on Jack's chest, his little arms holding her close. She and Reid took them outside."

"And where are they now?" she managed to choke out, unconsciously holding Catherine tighter to her chest as she waited for David to tell her where her daughter was.

"They're safe, they're at our house. Jessica left work early in order to take care of all our children, so that we could be here for you and Catherine." She nodded a little, feeling like she was going to be sick. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired, sore, sad. But also glad that our baby is okay? I lost a good friend today, David."

"I know, but you were both so strong until the end. I am so proud of you for not showing that monster any fear."

"I tried my best. It wasn't good enough to save everyone." He nodded as he lifted his hand to stroke her hair. "Where's Aaron? Is he staying with Jessica and the children? Did he have to be admitted to the hospital for his injuries?"

"He was able to be taken care of in the ER within the hour. And then he came to sit with me while I waited for you to get out of surgery. When we found out that there was going to be the emergency delivery, he insisted on staying, since things were so touch and go with you, given the amount of blood you lost."

"I see. And where is he now?"

"With Penelope, in the hall. Why?"

"Bring him in here, please, and send Penelope to our house to help Jessica. Please. I need…" Her voice broke off as she began to sob once more, and David gave her one last kiss to the top of her head before slipping off the bed and making his way to the door, leaving Erin alone with their daughter as she tried to get control over her emotions, not wanting Aaron to see her in such a state, wanting to be strong for him on this horrid day.