AN: Ok so a lot of feedback on this story! Yay! So I will continue this and will try (cross your fingers) to keep updates on a regular schedule! So… enjoy!
Disclaimer: Um…. Well… I don't even know if I would admit to owning it (even if I did) because of how they ended the season!
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Aaron glared at the man who had entered his house. Once Emily had fainted, Aaron was more focused on his fiancée than he was about the man at the door. Aaron had rushed Emily to the couch and laid her down before he turned his attention back to the man.
"I think you'd better leave" Aaron said, glancing quickly at the clock. He would have to call Reid once this guy left.
"I'm not leaving my daughter" he said adamantly. Aaron clenched his jaw in irritation.
"There is no proof she is your daughter besides your word. If you truly are Emily's father, then why did you leave? Why did you leave Emily vulnerable and hurt?" Aaron demanded. He didn't want to think of Emily, his Emily, hurt like she was. The man claiming to be Emily's father looked away in embarrassment. Aaron's attention was drawn back to Emily as she started to move.
"Where is he?" she asked, jerking upright. Aaron smoothed her hair down as he sat next to her.
"Wait a minute, how are you feeling?" Aaron asked, pulling her attention back to him. Emily smiled gently.
"I'm fine Aaron, but I want answers" she replied. Aaron nodded and stood, helping Emily to stand to face her father.
"I need to call Reid, I'll just be in the other room" he said to one reassure Emily and two to warn her father. Emily smiled and nodded knowing that he wasn't happy leaving her. Once he was out of ear shot, her attention quickly turned back to the man in front of her. Her eyes narrowed into a glare as she watched him shift nervously.
"What are you doing here?" she hissed. He looked away, embarrassed and ashamed of his past actions.
"I came to see you" he said, gaining confidence. Emily squared her shoulders. She would play his game if she had to.
"Why are here, really?" she asked, her patience thinning. He sighed and slowly sat on the chair behind him. Emily continued to glare, but sat on the couch. She could hear Aaron finishing up his conversation with Reid. She knew he would be joining them again in a minute.
"I've missed you Emily. I wanted to see you again" he said. Tears came to her eyes, but she refused to cry in front of him. Once he had left, she would let all of her feelings out while Aaron held her.
"Why after all of this time?" The man sighed, but understood where she was coming from. He hadn't been in her life for over 20 years.
"I'm getting married again Emily and I know her children miss their father and he was killed" he explained. Emily's breath caught in her throat. She knew that it had been a long time since her parent's divorce was final, but she could never imagine her father finding someone else. Her mother had found her stepfather, but she figured her sperm donor would just live the life of a bachelor.
"Well you don't have to worry about me dad" spewing the name like venom. "I have a father who loves me and hasn't left. I have my own life now" she argued. Aaron chose that moment to come back into the room. He sat on the couch wrapping his arm around Emily's shoulders. He frowned when he noticed that Emily wasn't as confident as she normally was. This guy needed to leave, now.
"Emily, I…" he faltered. The man Emily remembered from her childhood would have never looked vulnerable in front of her. As much as she hated to admit it, Emily had always been a daddy's little girl. Her mother constantly told her that she always acted like her father. After he walked out on them, Emily changed her mannerisms and attitude so she wouldn't be constantly reminded of him.
"I don't want to hear it. Not now, not ever. I think it would be best if you left now" she said, making her position on the issue clear. He nodded standing and fished in his pocket. He offered her a business card which she wouldn't take. Aaron grabbed it and threw it on the table.
"That's how you can get a hold of me if you change your mind" he explained. Aaron nodded once, standing to show him out the door. As soon as Aaron herded her father out of the room, Emily picked the card up and looked it over.
George R. Prentiss, Attorney at Law, Silver Springs Maryland
Emily could not believe her eyes. He had apparently been living less than an hour away the whole time and he couldn't be bothered to see his only daughter.
"Screw him" she muttered sourly, throwing the card back on the table. She crossed her arms across her chest and leaned back in her seat. She could still remember the day that he walked away as clear as if it was yesterday.
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"Mom, dad, can I talk to you both?" Emily asked quietly. Elizabeth gave her daughter a small smile as she quickly looked up from her paperwork, but that was all the acknowledge Emily received. Her father sat in a chair reading the newspaper, but set it aside and patted the seat next to him.
"Sure, sweet pea, what's up?" he asked gently. Emily sat down across from her parents and wrapped her arms around her stomach. George gave her a curious look, but didn't press her. Elizabeth realized the gravity of the situation and set the paperwork aside.
"Today, Matthew took me to have an abortion" she whispered. Elizabeth gasped and George clenched his fists. Emily let her tears fall.
"What?" Elizabeth asked. Emily's eyes connected with her father's, but only for a moment. He looked away, embarrassed to be related to her. Emily broke down in sobs.
"I wanted to feel accepted, loved. We move all the time and I feel, like an outcast" she cried. Elizabeth stood and hugged her daughter. George stood and left the room. Emily felt so betrayed. Her father was supposed to be comforting her. "I'm sorry!"
"Shh baby. It will be ok, I promise, it will be ok" she whispered stroking her daughter's hair. Emily buried herself in her mother's arms. After a while both women had cooled down some. The office door opened and George came back in, suitcases in hand.
"Daddy?" Emily asked. She was afraid of what was about to transpire.
"I'm sorry, to both of you. I just can't live like this anymore. Moving constantly, our daughter getting pregnant and an abortion; Elizabeth things are getting out of control" he said. Emily started crying again. Elizabeth stood in shock. She never imagined he would leave. "I'm leaving Elizabeth" he said, slowly backing out the door and turning on his heels. Elizabeth sat down shakily and put her head in her hands. Emily ran after her father, hoping she could change his mind.
Emily ran out the front door, ignoring the pouring rain. Emily caught a glimpse of her father and she took off running. She needed to change his mind.
"Daddy!" she screamed. George finished putting his bags in the trunk of his car when he heard Emily calling for him. He turned around in just enough time to see his wet 15-year-old daughter fling herself at him. "Don't leave daddy" she begged, sobbing. George gently pushed her away, careful not to hurt her anymore than he already did.
"I'm sorry sweet pea" he said sadly, climbing into the driver's seat. Emily stood in the rain, the rain water mixing on her face with the tears, watching as her father drove away without a backwards glance. She somehow knew it was going to be the last time she saw her father.
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"Em, you ok?" Aaron asked, joining her on the couch again. Emily shook away the remaining memories of that horrible day and smiled at her fiancé as she curled into him. She took a few shuddering breaths before the first tears started to fall.
"I want to forgive him, but he hurt me badly Aaron" she replied through her tears. He nodded and pulled her closer, rubbing her back in a supportive, loving gesture. He knew he and Jack would get her through this. After all, she got them through Haley's death and Foyet.
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