"What's wrong?" Andrew asked as he kissed Emily on the forehead while she packed her suitcase. She let out a loud exhale, "I'm a little flustered about this trip to be honest." "Are you more upset about me meeting your mother or something else?" Emily bit her bottom lip and muttered, "It's just that when I see her with the girls, I get kind of jealous." Andrew was confused, so Emily explained. "I didn't have the Elizabeth Prentiss that she is with them. I had the extremely busy, non-emotional diplomat and they have the somewhat hands on MiMi. It's just…" "hurtful", he finished for her. "I'm sorry that you feel that way. You seem closer with your dad." Emily scoffed, "That's taken a lot of effort on both of our parts. When he and my mom divorced, he was the one who was most forthcoming with his emotions." "Can I ask why they got divorced?" Emily shrugged, "I still don't know the true reason but one of the minor reasons was him cheating on her." Andrew walked over and gave Emily a warm hug. "Maybe you should take this trip to ask her and see if you two can start to repair your relationship." Emily smiled at him and reached up to kiss him on the lips. "You are so sweet and this is why I love you. Are you sure that Dennis will be okay staying with Brian?" Andrew kissed her again, "You think about everyone else before you and that's why I love you. He doesn't do well flying and Brian promised to take him to the cemetery to visit our parents. He wants to try and be more independent." Emily knew that Andrew had reservations about letting Dennis do anything without him or Nicky, thus she was happy for this small victory.
After a 6-hour flight and another hour getting through customs, Emily, Andrew and the girls were on their way to her mother's place. In typical Ambassador Prentiss fashion, she sent a car to pick them up. Andrew was visibly uncomfortable with this particular aspect of her life, so she grabbed his hand to soothe his nerves. Upon reaching the 2-level flat, Mirabelle and Amina took off towards the kitchen. Elizabeth Prentiss stood somewhat awkwardly in the doorway with Emily and Andrew. "It's nice to see you my little blackbird. And you must be the Andrew that my granddaughters have talked so much about?" Emily was stunned into silence after her mother called her by her nickname; she hadn't heard that name slip in over 15 years. She was quiet long after her mother had already greeted Andrew until she was pulled into an unsuspecting hug. Emily whispered in her mother's ear, "We need to have a private talk." She nodded as she let Emily go. She clapped her hands, "Let's get all of you settled in."
Emily and her mother sat on her bed in silence until Elizabeth broke the silence, "Blackbird, what did you want to talk to me about?" Emily let out a long breath and said, "There's something that I really want to tell you, but I need to close a certain chapter first. Mom, what's the real reason why you and daddy got divorced?" Elizabeth took a deep breath and decided to be completely honest. She looked Emily in the eyes, with tears swirling in her own. "Rome. Your father knew about what happened between you and that Cooley boy. He lied to me and I didn't find out the truth until after the blow up with Matthew and the church. I couldn't believe that he would hide something like that from me, let alone not do more to protect you." Elizabeth's heart broke when she saw the tears streaming down Emily's face, "Blackbird, I thought for sure that he would've told you because you're closer with him than me." Emily shook her head no and let her mother give her a tight hug. "Contrary to my past behaviors, I have always loved you and would do anything for you. I would've turned Rome upside down to protect you had I known. I am so sorry that you went through that alone. I am just so sorry sweetheart."
Emily and her mother both cried for a while, "Emily, what did you want to tell me?" Emily let out a watery laugh, "I'm uh, I'm pregnant and I wanted you to help me tell Andrew. I want it to be special for him, this is his first child." Elizabeth's smile nearly split her face, "My baby's pregnant?" Emily nodded happily. "Okay, so here's an idea", Elizabeth started.
It was much later when Emily and Elizabeth joined Andrew and the girls downstairs. Andrew noticed that Emily looked as if a huge weight had been lifted, and for that, he was eternally grateful. The two women were easily pulled into a trivia game. The night was filled with laughter; As Emily got settled in bed against Andrew, he kissed her softly, "Did you work things out with your mom?" Emily's big brown eyes looked up at him, "turns out that my dad's a liar. She never bad mouthed him throughout the entire divorce, but he kept bashing her. I wish that I'd seen her side of things instead of siding with him. But I don't want to talk about it anymore; can we talk about something else?" "Like what?" "Like how the girls are going to drive us ragged tomorrow."
Emily managed to let her mother talk her into an extravagant way to tell Andrew about her pregnancy…turn into a case for him and the girls to solve. They were down to the last clue and Emily was so excited. Mirabelle read the last clue aloud, "I'll be revealed over time. I'll grow for a while before making my presence known. If you're unable to wait that long, then take the shovel and dig me up." Amina thought for a second, "I think it's a plant because it grows and can be dug up." Andrew was looking around for a spot that Emily would bury something; he spotted a small section of recently disturbed soil. With help from the girls, Andrew dug up a dark colored mason-jar. They looked at the neon colored card with the bold writing and Andrew felt his heart stop. Emily and Elizabeth had silently walked up behind the trio. Andrew turned around to Emily and held the jar up, "Baby Prentiss-Mendoza coming soon" Emily had happy tears rolling down her cheeks. "We're having a baby Drew." He kissed her passionately and lifted her off the ground. The girls finally caught on and couldn't stop bouncing up and down. Elizabeth was happy that she was able to witness such a beautiful moment; they all completely ignored the huge crowd around them cheering.