Disclaimer: Nope, still not mine.

A/n hey all, I wanted to thank you all for your support of this story. Due to the direction the show seems to be headed for next year, this is the last chapter of the story. I don't want to address the "emotional cliffhanger," in this collection because I wanted this to stay in canon as much as possible and maintain the close relationship Henry has with Reid. I'm sorry I can't be clearer with my plans, but I don't want to spoil the story for anyone who hasn't seen the season finale.

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Mom said we're going to visit Uncle Spencer and his mom today. We went to see Mrs. Diana lots of times because Uncle Spencer couldn't come home. Mom said he was helping the team catch a very bad man and finally can come home. I drew a picture for Uncle Spencer, and Mom said he liked it very much. I hope so because I've missed him, and I want him to remember that I love him.

Uncle Spencer answered the door when we got to his apartment, and I hugged him until he said. "Henry, I missed you so much."

Mrs. Diana sat on the sofa, and she looked at me like she didn't know who I was. Mom said that Uncle Spencer's mom has a sickness that makes her forget people sometimes and feel sad and cranky. I don't care because she's nice and she tells me stories about Uncle Spencer when he was a kid like me.

"Hello, Mrs. Diana."

Mrs. Diana looked at me and then at Mom and Michael. "Oh, Jennifer, hello. I'm so glad you brought Michael and Henry. I'm sure that Spencer is delighted to see you."

Uncle Spencer was hugging Michael and Mom smiled and went to the sofa. "How are you today, Diana."

"I'm well, but I think you're just what my son needs."

I looked at Uncle Spencer, and he looked sad, but then he smiled for me, and I said. "Hi Uncle Spencer, can you stay home now."

Uncle Spencer's eyes got shiny as he might cry, and I didn't like it, so I hugged him again. "Yes, Henry, I can stay home now."

"He will," Mrs. Dianna said. "He promised me he'd never go away again."

"I did, mom," Spencer said. "Why don't you talk to JJ for a minute. I want to spend some time with Henry, and then I want to read a bit to Michael before he goes to sleep."

"Can I listen, too?" I asked because I missed it when Uncle Spencer reads to me."

"Yes, you can listen, too. Why don't we take a walk, Henry?"

"Okay, Uncle Spencer."

We went downstairs and outside. We were walking, but Uncle Spencer didn't talk. I felt very nervous and a little scared. "Uncle Spencer, what's wrong."

Uncle Spencer stopped and looked at me. He looked sad again, but then he said. "I'm sorry, Henry. I'm scaring you, bud."

"Yeah."

Uncle Spencer made a sigh, and his eyes were still unhappy and looked like he was scared too. "Henry. I wanted you to know that I didn't stay away from you for so long because I wanted to. I didn't have a choice. I was in a bad place with other bad men because the police thought I hurt someone."

"Why, you'd never hurt anyone, Uncle Spencer. You're the nicest person in the world.

"Thank you, Henry," Uncle Spencer said, and he cleared his throat while his eyes were shiny again. "You don't know how much that means to me."

"Did you tell the police you didn't hurt anyone."

"Yes, but they didn't believe me. Your Mom and all your Uncles and Aunts at the BAU made a judge see that I didn't hurt anyone, and they had to let me come home."

"I'm glad," I said.

"Me too, but I'm still sad that I had to stay away for so long. It was hard for my mom, too. I hope she won't stay mad at me."

"Why, it's not your fault, Uncle Spencer."

Uncle Spencer looked at the people walking by us on the sidewalk for a while. "It was my fault, Henry. I tried to help my mom by going to Mexico. Do you know where Mexico is?"

"Yes, it's below us on the world map in my classroom. My friend Jorge is from there. He told me all about it. Why did you go there?"

"Well, my Mom has a disease that affects her mind, and I thought I could get a better medicine for her."

"Oh."

"Anyway, because I went there a woman was killed. Another bad person did it and tried to say I did it."

"I don't like people who lie, Uncle Spencer. It's not nice."

"No, it's not nice," Uncle Spencer said.

"Did you find the bad person?"

"Yes, and they'll never hurt us again."

I looked at Uncle Spencer because he sounded angry. He smiled at me, and I thought that everything was okay.

"I wish I could go back and change everything," Uncle Spencer said.

"Dad says that we can't go back and undo our mistakes. He said that we must take responsibility for them and then try not to make the same mistakes. Mom said that mistakes help us grow as people and that we can learn from them. She said that if we remember that we'll make mistakes all our lives, it can free us from thinking that we have to be perfect all the time and then we'll be happy."

Uncle Spencer laughed a little. "Yeah, I think your mom and dad are right, bud. Do you think it's true?"

"Sure, because Mom and Dad never lie to me."

Uncle Spencer sighed again. "I hope you're right, Henry. Now, we should stop in the bakery and find cookies for everyone, what do you think?"

"Yes," I said because I like cookies, especially peanut butter and chocolate chip.

"I agree, Henry. Let's get something sweet for everyone and then we'll go home and read together."

"Yay."