Leaving Adam
A month later she received a call from Tom to hear DECLAN HAD BEEN TAKEN. It was time to return to America in order to find him. Finding Declan alive would be worth everything she'd just gone through. Returning Declan would be worth losing her son to adoption. She knew she had to go though. Declan needed her.
She informed Daniel she was leaving and he nodded feeling a little out of depth. It was just him and Adam now as it said on the adoption certificate. He knew Emily had tried distancing herself from Adam but it must be the hardest thing to do as a mother.
He watched her pick Adam up with tears in her eyes and kiss his forehead. "Goodbye darling, I love you so much but I gave you up to the best father in the world. Now it's his turn. I have to go back home and save another little boy. I will hunt down the bad guys for you. To make your world a safer place to live in."
She then gave him to Daniel before the tears became too much and left the cottage. Her heart broke leaving her son behind but it had always been so he had the best chance to live. She'd been so afraid Doyle would come after her and kill him in front of her.
She went in the taxi and watched the house disappear in the distance while tears fell down her face but she had to save Declan. It was time to go home without her son. If only circumstances had been different maybe she would still have Adam but this was for his own good. It was best for Adam to be here than with her.
She caught her plane back and called Hotch to tell him she was on her way. He wasn't too happy about it though they had Doyle in their custody. He couldn't do anything about it though as she was on her way back.
When she arrived at the BAU she got really nervous. She didn't know how everyone would react to her being alive. She was going back to being Emily Prentiss. Also she hadn't seen Hotch since he left her for Pakistan and they'd made love that night. He had no idea of their son and that she had to have him adopted.
She heard Hotch explain to them that she wasn't really dead and they'd sent her to Paris. What he said next was crucial to how she should behave about that night they'd shared. Was he going to be open about it or keep it secret? He told them they hadn't known her identity. So that's how he was playing it? Well fine then! Neither would she no matter how much it hurt.
She looked up at him and saw the guilt in his eyes. Why was he guilty? He was the one that was kept in the dark during her pregnancy and adoption. It wasn't his fault a terrorist had wanted to kill her. They couldn't contact it was too dangerous. Her and Adam's lives had depended on her not contacting. She didn't know if she'd ever tell him about Adam.
It would hit him too much to know he didn't have any rights to his son but she'd had to sign them over to protect his life. If he ever found out surely he'd understand that. It was all up to Daniel if Hotch could see him and he didn't really know Aaron. In fact all he knew was what she'd said. They'd never met.
He never even approached her as the others hugged her but she would try not to let it affect her. Also why was he looking at her like he was angry? What had she done that he knew of? He hadn't heard about Adam had he? No, that wasn't possible. The only other person who knew who she really was was Daniel.
Was he seriously mad at her for coming back? Had he never wanted her to return? Had he really changed that much in seven months? He'd grown his hair back, a beard and lost weight but had he really changed that much? Seven months ago he'd said there would always be a place on the team for her but now he acted like he didn't want her there. What the hell had happened out in Pakistan?
Luckily they found Declan and she was offered her place back on the team. She was so relieved when Hotch smiled at her accepting her place. He did still want her round. She just wished she could have brought Adam with her. He would always be part of her but she had to leave him behind.