Reid never thought he could be this surprised again. He'd been in the BAU too long for that. He'd seen things that would send a normal person insane. But right now, sitting in this small cafeteria, he had the shock of his life.

"E-Emilie…" he whispered.

Sure enough, Emilie beamed and sat in front of him, pulling the newspapers away from him. She skimmed through the pages, mainly looking at the pictures. She paused at the picture of her and Corey. Corey had his arms wrapped around her and was actually smiling.

"I miss him," she murmured.

Reid had met victims who still cared for the abuser a lot of times. Emilie was no different. Plus Corey was her brother. He was family. Her only family at that. Emilie looked just fine. Maybe a little paler, and bruises covered her arms and her eyes were starting to get the same red circles under them. Just like Corey had.

"Emilie…you're alive…" Reid stated dumbly.

"They didn't tell you?" she asked, hurt in her eyes. Her hair looked a few inches shorter, and she caught Reid looking at it. "I had a mark on my neck that they needed to stitch up Spence. It's gonna grow back."

"B-But Emilie…What about Corey?"

She didn't react to his name but her eyes hardened. Instead of responding, she leaned back in her chair. Reid waited patiently for her to speak. He had spoken to victims of this kind of abuse before. But Reid had to admit it was strange.

Emilie seemed intelligent, she had manners and had been to school. Reid had read her file before. Social workers who'd looked after her and Corey had repeatedly said she was a good kid. She probably would've been adopted too if Corey wasn't around.

But he'd convinced her that all the parents willing to adopt her would turn nasty and hurt her the moment they got home. Surely she wouldn't want to leave Corey all alone at that orphanage by himself?

So Emilie was kept there with Corey until he could legally leave and take her with him. It was all sorted, even if some of the social workers weren't happy with it. But Corey hadn't shown many signs of paranoia at the time, at least not enough to say he was too mentally ill to look after a little kid like Emilie.

"We fought. Well, I screamed at him. And he told me it was your fault that we were fighting. Then he started talking to himself," she said, pausing. Reid saw the trace of fear in her eyes. "I asked him to calm down, and he pulled out his trusty knife…And slit his own throat."

Reid took a small gulp and averted his eyes. Emilie let out a small chuckle. She stood and Reid immediately panicked.

He began to stand himself.

"Don't worry Spencer. I'll see you again. Just don't mention this to Morgan, or I'll be in trouble. I'm not supposed to be out of my room you see."

Reid nodded, knowing he wasn't meant to be out of his either. He stood and Emilie gave him quick hug before walking away. Reid had been so engrossed in his own thoughts he didn't hear someone calling his name.

"Reid! Kid?"

"S-Sorry Morgan I uh, just had to get out for a while."

Morgan looked at the newspapers behind him and grimaced. "Come on kid…"

.*.*.*.

The rest of the week was spent playing card games with whoever was with him at the time. Mainly Morgan, though Garcia and JJ fussed around him a lot.

He didn't read newspapers or watch the TV. Some people were cruel, wondering why Emilie hadn't just run away from Corey. Reid understood. If he hadn't met Corey, he probably would've asked why no one helped Emilie run away, but now that he'd known Corey so well he could see exactly why.

The violent outbursts and insomnia made people wary. But how he spoke, the way he could charm someone. It was incredible, and Reid only saw half of it. But Emilie had seen all of it.

Speaking of Emilie, she had visited him once or twice. Both of them didn't mention it to anyone, because Reid knew how Morgan would react. They wouldn't be allowed to see each other. It had happened in some of the cases Reid had dealt with before.

Sometimes Emilie sat in the chair at the end of the room and they wouldn't say anything. Or she'd lie next to Reid in the bed and they'd share stories about their childhood. Emilie seemed completely unfazed that his mother was a schizophrenic. He shouldn't of been so surprised since Corey had the exact same problem, but he'd been so used to people staring or silently criticising.

She always left early and Reid was worried. He had one day left in the hospital, then he was free to go back to his apartment. Morgan wanted him to wait a month before going back to the BAU but Reid was going crazy since he had nothing else to do.

So, today was Saturday and he planned on returning on Monday. Sighing, he closed his eyes and leaned back onto his pillows. He was bored out of his mind, and some of the nurses had offered to bring him newspapers but he kept refusing.

He was sick of hearing about Corey. He heard Garcia and Morgan whispering about him today. Apparently Corey had been going to therapy when he was a kid, and the therapist had to call police to help control him at one session. The therapist had asked him if he wanted to be adopted without Emilie. It was only a small question to see how dependent on Emilie he was, and he freaked out.

"Spencer!" a cheery voice called.

Reid let out a small smile to himself, and looked at her. She still had to wear a hospital gown, and Reid hadn't been able to walk to her room. He didn't even know where it was anyway.

"Hello Emilie," he said quietly.

"I get to leave!" she smiled.

"When?"

"Tomorrow. I'm going back to my home."

He blinked. "Your home? As in…"

"Yes, the house where I was with Corey when you met us."

Met them? Sometimes Reid worried about Emilie. She didn't seem to acknowledge what Corey had done. Reid hadn't met them, he was taken by them, but he didn't bother explaining it all to Emilie. It would either confuse or upset her. Or both.

"That's great, I get to leave tomorrow too. I'll visit you as much as I can."

She beamed again and they spent the next few hours chatting away to each other. When she had left, Morgan walked in carrying a few more books. Reid wondered if he'd past Emilie on the way out and hadn't said anything because he was trying to stop Reid thinking about her.

It was obvious that Morgan wanted to keep Emilie and Corey off Reid's mind. It was hard, since Reid could only think of them. Corey had been the main character in his nightmares, and the guilt was still weighing down on Reid because he hadn't spoken about it with Emilie.

Morgan sat, and they spoke about what little books Morgan knew and he updated him on how the team was doing. Reid was a little sad when visiting times were up, but he quickly cheered up when he realised he was going home tomorrow.

And he would get to visit Emilie at her own home too.

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