Just the Two of Us
A few weeks later she noticed she'd been getting sick ever since he'd left. Apart from throwing up everything else was just as normal. Well as normal as it could be given her present situation. Oh god, she couldn't be could she? Though she'd always wanted to have a baby now really wasn't the best time.
She wrapped a shawl around her head and put on a pair of glasses in an attempt to disguise her face and attended her doctor's appointment. She gave them a urine sample and they confirmed her greatest fear. She was three weeks pregnant. She thanked them and went home. When she got home she wept into her bed.
What was she going to do? She was pregnant and Doyle was out there wanting to kill her. She had to protect her baby with everything that was in her. She couldn't go through another abortion. She'd always wanted to be a mum now she was having one under witness protection.
She wanted to have a baby as Emily Prentiss not Clair Dufont. She didn't feel like she could have the baby under this identity anyway. She was ready to leave Paris for somewhere a bit remote. Somewhere she could hide even more. Somewhere no-one would think to look for her. She knew if Doyle hadn't been found in nine months she'd have to give her child away for adoption. Maybe she could have a close friend adopt it so she could still see it.
There was no way Hotch could know. She couldn't contact him as it would give away her location and identity. It would only make him feel guilty and he'd believe her put her into this situation. It wasn't his fault. They both knew what they were doing that night. They just didn't know it would end up with her getting pregnant at the worst time.
There was one friend she thought could help her out that she hadn't heard from in years. He would fully understand and take this all on. He used to be one of her closest friends while growing up. He lived in Britain and would know the best place to hide. If the worst came to the worst he'd even adopt her baby.
She looked him up online and sent him a private message making sure to speak in a code he would understand. He used to work as a code breaker. She felt this was the only safe way to communicate in case her emails were being monitored. She would do everything she had to to protect her and the baby.
He replied that he would help and find them a perfect cottage. He soon did in Appletreewick, a small, pretty village in the Yorkshire dales. She burned the Clair Dufont identity and became Annabel Smith. Hopefully this would protect her and the baby. She would do whatever she had to to protect her and the baby. Part of her just wished she could tell Aaron but the current situation wouldn't allow that. It was too dangerous.