The next morning Lorelai's alarm went off at 8:30am. She did not want to get up yet. She didn't sleep well. The nightmares were back in full force. Before this case she had been able to get passed it and the nightmares had stopped. But they were back. And they were more detailed and had slight differences. She stretched a bit before pushing her hair out of her face. She sat up slowly and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She started the coffee in her room and went to take a shower and get dressed. She came out of the bathroom and grabbed her coffee that was now ready and sipped it waking up fully. She checked her emails she had several about the case. She had one from Rachel too.
Rachel had seen the news and knew that something big was going down in Idaho. She obviously hadn't told her anything and Rachel was upset. Lorelai emailed her back quickly telling her that her job meant she had to keep things secret and not tell the world. It was something that she didn't need to know. She was sorry she was upset but she did what she was supposed to.
She finished her coffee and went downstairs to grab something from the continental breakfast. She noticed Reid was also doing the same.
Reid came over to her. "Good morning" He said
"Morning" Lorelai responded
"You pissed at me?" He asked
She thought for a moment. "No. It's fine. I know you were just trying to protect me." She said
Reid nodded.
"But for future information I can take care of myself. I know I can be stubborn but last night I was okay. I lost it for five minutes." She said, "but after that I was be okay."
Reid nodded. "Okay. If you say so."
Lorelai shook her head and chuckled a bit. "You doubt me?" She asked
"Lorelai. I can tell you barley slept. I know about your past of nightmares. So yes I doubt you are okay." He said
"Yes. But we all have nightmares. Does it mean you cant do your job to the same abilities?" She asked
"No. You're right. I still do my job with nightmares. I see your point." He said.
"You all say that my age doesn't change my abilities, but I still think you all treat me different because of it." She told him
Reid nodded. "I don't. I promise I would have done the same if it were JJ or Morgan or anything else on team. I know what its like being the youngest on the team."
Lorelai looked at him. "If Morgan had a breakdown for five minutes. Picked himself up and told you he was okay you would have gone to Hotch?" she said in a voice that indicated she didn't believe him
"Yes. I would have. That's what we do on a team." He said
"I don't believe you but okay." She said as she sat down at a table with her eggs and fruit.
Spencer sat with her with his own breakfast, and they ate together. Slowly the rest of the team came down and grabbed breakfast. When they were all done they all went back to their rooms and grab what they needed for the day before heading out to their vehicles. Hotch told. JJ, Prentiss, and Davies to head to the hospital to talk to the girls. He, Morgan, Reid & Rossi were going back to the house to finish up the investigation there with the police who were at the scene as well.
At the hospital Lorelai went into Kelsey's room. She hadn't been able to talk to her the night before because she was asleep. "Hey Kelsey." She said softly
"Lorelai." She said happily. "You came to visit me."
"I told you I would. I keep my promises." She told her with a smile
Kelsey nodded clutching her bear.
Lorelai smiled. "How are you feeling?" She asked
"Sad." She said. "I miss my mommy."
Lorelai nodded. "I'm so sorry. I know it must be very hard." A nurse came into the room to change her IV bag. Lorelai introduced herself and showed her badge. "Can you tell me about her injuries?" She asked
The nurse nodded. "She is very malnourished but that is the extent of it. She doesn't have any evidence of physical or sexual abuse." She said. "Compared to the other girls here she is one of the few who weren't."
Lorelai nodded. She wondered if that was because some of those monster's were their fathers. "She is going to be okay than. Good."
The nurse smiled and nodded. "I do believe all the girls here will be physically fine. I'm sure they will all need extensive therapy but with time will heal." She said
Lorelai thanked her and let her get back to her routine. Lorelai looked back at Kelsey "I will visit again but I have to go talk to some of the other girls." She said squeezing her hand gently.
Kelsey nodded. "Okay."
Lorelai left and she went and spoke to the other girls and got their medical information and got from them whatever they could remember or wanted to talk about. She was not about to push them to far and cause them more damage than they had already gone through.
They three agents finally finished talking to all the girls by 1pm. They spoke to the doctors and nurses as well and got all their medical records. They had a court order, so the Doctors didn't have to worry about a HIPPA violation.
Prentiss texted Hotch asking where they should go next. Hotch thought for a moment before suggesting they all come to the house. It was going to take all of them to finish up the investigation there. It was a rather large house. The three of them went and went inside. Hotch told them all what rooms to look in. Lorelai was in a room with Morgan and a few officers.
Morgan mentioned that they had found cameras in a few of the rooms but couldn't find where they were watching it from. Lorelai thought. "In Minnesota they had boxed off the area of the shelter. Maybe there is a hidden room." She suggested
"That is likely and its we have been told to look for a something like that." Morgan told her
Lorelai nodded and checked the room they were in, and they found some pieces of evidence to send it but not another room. They kept going though the house room by room.
Reid was with Prentiss in another room and saw a bookcase that was filled with rare books. He noticed one of the books looked slightly larger than his own copy of it. He went over and pull on the book and it opened the bookcase to reveal another room. It had several computers that showed various rooms in the house. Prentiss notified the team that they found the room. The team all headed to where they were. Reid noticed a scene was showing a location that seemed to not be in the house. It was somewhere outside, and it was still running. It took him only as second to recognize that it was. Hotch's house from across the street. Prentiss saw it too and looked at Reid.
Hotch came into the room, and it was the first screen he noticed. "That is my house." He said.
Reid nodded. "Yes. We noticed that too…"
Morgan looked at his boss. "Why don't you let us handle this room Hotch?" He suggested
Hotch nodded and left the room. He also kept Lorelai out as well telling her it was better if the two of them worked in another part of the house. He knew he had to be the example to the team. Stepping back when it made sense.
Morgan called the Director who sent another team to remove the camera from the location. A few hours later they all left the house. They had all they needed from there. They made sure the property was sealed off. Some officers had explored the woods out back and hadn't found anything that seemed to prove that anyone had been there in a very long time.
They all headed to the police station to bring in the evidence and start the process of watching the hundreds of hours of video they had retrieved.
