Hello my loves, had to split this chapter in two, because it was too long. I don't know. Enjoy.
CHAPTER 7
I was texting James the next morning being sorry for not being able to meet him, as not to put him in danger, he understood when I told him I was tired due to my pregnancy, I thought it was best, I'm certain that the reason for my baby's father to reappear was to warn me of about having someone else in my life, twisted little mind he had, I can't believe he has been seeing me all of this time, and a bunch of very alert FBI agents never saw him, well they didn't know who he was, neither did I. I just knew it was him. When I first called Hotch, he was at his office Sunday morning, he said he was waiting on me to wake up so I could go there. Apparently Rossi had received a call earlier from Hotch to tell me I was needed at the office, he didn't want to wake me up either. Now we were going up the elevator, eerie silence as I expected, it was Sunday for God's sake. Well, the team was gathered in the conference room, files everywhere, and the picture of the same man I saw yesterday and in glimpses the past few months on screen. Garcia was sleeping in the sofa on the corner with her laptop close to her, Reid was next to her with a book on his face, knocked out too. Derek and JJ looked at me with concerned eyes when I entered the room. Rossi step in first. I stood at the door, I was seeing his face that seemed to stop me.
''Who is he?'' I asked, that made Reid jump awake in his seat. Garcia kept sleeping. They were looking behind me now.
''Let's go into my office.''Hotch said from my back. I turned to look at him, and his face was full of bruises, like he had been in a nasty street fight.
''Hotch!, what happened?'' I went to get a hold of his face. ''was it him?!.. Is Jack okay?''he then took my hands into his.
''Jack is okay, he was at sleepover, I had an encounter with him last night.''
''He got away? Didn't he?''A tear rolled down my face at the confirmation.
''Emily is not your fault.''He gave us the information we needed, we have everyone after him. We have proof now, we know who this man is.
Right to the point, Hotch walked me to his office, this situation was way too stressful, the baby was kicking so hard, she probably could felt my level of stress rising up with every minute, I could feel myself starting to sweat a little bit, the cold of the empty floor giving me chills. "Have a seat'' We were know sitting down on his little office couch, he was holding my hands, I was still worried about him, this man attacked Hotch, he could've killed him.
''When that man pushed you down yesterday, I didn't look at him, I was too focused on you and your wellbeing after nearly falling onto the concrete to care about who he was, but his voice, I recognized him, and last night he wanted to make sure I would forget, I do know him, he works here'' Shocking, I had to liberate one of my hands out of Aaron's to place it on my belly, she was kicking hard still, the information just given was definitely shocking. Hotch gave me a few minutes to process that information.
''Who is he?''
''Richard Gordon, we would cross paths sometimes, he used to work here a few years ago way before you entered the team, he was gone to do exterior work, after he came back to the united states, he contacted me to go out like we used to, which wasn't very often, I had to decline because of a case, I actually recommended him for the position he has, he is chief of a group of division 4 a few floors above, he came back a year ago.''
A year ago…
''Aaroon!, hey, nice office.'' Richard said entering Hotch's office it was night already.
''Hey Rick, welcome to your first day back.'' They shake hands and sit down.
''Thank you, I came by to say that, I met my team today, pretty good people, I'm glad to know that the FBI is working with passionate people like them.''
''you're welcome, and let's hope it stays that way for a long time''
''You are staying here Hotchner?''
''Yes, I would like to finish some paperwork and reports from my team.'' He said looking through the window at the empty floor, the whole team had left already.
''Well we didn't have much time to catch up, tell me how is Hayley and Jack is it?''
''Yes, Jack is growing by the second, he is turning 10 tomorrow, he is a smart kid, Hayley… she passed away a few years ago.''
''I'm so sorry.''
''with time it gets better, it still hurts but we know she is there with us, in our hearts.''he smiled at him.''and what about you, Lori and your kid, last time I saw you, she was pregnant''that seemed to change his behavior immediately.
''They're no longer with me, things came to an end, things happened.''
''I'm sorry about that, so there is no woman in our life right now then?'' Richard shook his head.
''No woman in my life, it has been very lonely, but I'm ready for someone to barge into my life at any time.''
''same for me'' They clinked glasses and continued to do small talk, paperwork long forgotten. ''at some point they decided it was late and were about to stand up when Emily all out the sudden opened the door with a smile and small box. And the beautiful red dress she was wearing when she left the office that fit all of her curves perfectly.
''Emily, hey, what are you doing here?'' she had a beautiful sheepish smile, rarely ever saw her this way.
''Hotch! I knew you would be here, I was you know with the girls, usual weekend.'' That explained it, she was drunk.
''Sorry to interrupt, I bought something for Jack, and I forgot to give this to you early.''she handed me the gift.
''You're not coming tomorrow?''
''Oh!, of course I am, but really late, my mother is in town, ughhh! Dinner with her, won't take long, we rarely eat anyways save me a big piece of cake, please?''Richard was now looking at her, like what she was saying was the secret of all secrets of the world. And I know understood why she was so drunk, it usually happened a day before she met with her mother.
''I'll tell Jack, who is driving?''Hotch asked concerned. She was drunk and giggling.
''Spence, we called him, he is out there.'' Hotch looked through the window and sure enough, there was Reid trying to get drunk Penelope and JJ standing up, they looked like they were about to pass out on the desk that for reason called them to sleep on them, poor Reid always found himself in this situations, he didn't even like to drive. Prentiss big heart, and her love for Jack, made Reid make a stop at the office.
''Thank you, you could have leave it with JJ or the other and then give it to Jack.''
''I could, but I also wanted to come by and get you out of the office, stop paperwork and go home. Tomorrow is the big ten for Jack.''
''I will leave right now, thank you, go with Reid before Garcia passes out.''
''Okay bye, oh I'm sorry, nice to meet you sir, my name is Emily.'' She went to hold his hand, and he hold hers very gentle.
''Richard, it was a pleasure to meet you as well.''Richard stayed struck with her beauty and stood up to look at her as she swayed her hips on the stairs, and then go away with the rest of them.
''She is… wow, is she part of your team?''
''I know what you are thinking. Off limits Richard. She is not looking for a relationship'' Hotch said, a bit Jealous and because Prentiss had told him she wasn't ready for anything in her life after all, the Doyle Drama had happened recently, she wasn't ready for relationships, just the one she had with her cat Sergio.
''What makes you say that?, are you and her?...''Richard glared at Hotch. And Hotch went quiet, it was a onetime thing, while she was hiding not too long ago, and he was away on that middle eastern mission, he decided to visit her, and they drank, they talked, and one thing lead to another, for her it was to feel alive and for him to feel she was still there. they were there for each other for three days, not even caring about getting up from bed, and he left when he knew he couldn't stay longer, she thanked him, for making her feel like she was still alive, and didn't see each other until a few months after, and never mentioned what happened.
''No, we are not involved. Go after her if you want, she will tell push you out.'' After their little chat, they didn't see each other much, after a few months Richard told Hotch, that he was with a woman and they were trying to have a baby, Hotch thought that was quick and congratulated him.
Back to the present…
''So he has been under our noses all of this time, he had access to a lot of information, that's how he knew how to cover his tracks perfectly, he probably knew when were back from cases, and when I would be home, it was easy for him to stalk me without being noticed.''
''Yes, I am very sorry Emily, if it wasn't for me letting him in…''
''no, it's not your fault Hotch.. .''
''Yes it is, I should have known who I was recommending for that position.''
''What do you mean?'' he released the hold he had on my hands to reach for the files that were on the tiny table in front.
''The reason for him to come back from the mission he was at, there was an ambush, terrorist made into one of the embassies homes. They raped her wife she was pregnant with a baby girl, and she lost the child, they beat her son for answer, she committed suicide at the hospital after being released and took her son with her too, with poison. the case still remains confidential, but Richard wasn't the same man after it happened, he started to act irrational, and started eliminating all terrorist that were found, that what he was there for, to capture them dead or alive. I didn't know, if I had I would have never let him in.'' I was looking at pictures from the file, his wife looked a bit like me. He had a beautiful son too, he probably saw a mother when I entered that office a year ago with a gift for Hotch's son, looking at the files, the boy would've been Hotch's son age too. It was sad but that didn't justify what he had done to me.
''And what happened yesterday night?, the bruises?'' He took a big breath.
''He was Jealous, when he first saw with James yesterday, he took a big risk, a year ago I told him to stay away from you, that's why he never even bothered to talk to you, I'm so sorry, he wanted to kill me, said it was my fault, all of it, when he saw you yesterday talking to James, that infuriated him, he thought you were going to cheat on him. Said it was my fault because we took you away and he couldn't see you anymore. We started to fight for our lives, a neighbor called the police, I told him he was going to leave Jack fatherless if he'd kill me, that seemed to sink in, and he left after knocking me out. He is on the run, we found evidence in his office, pictures of you'' I looked at the pictures of myself in this file I had on my hands, some of them were of me sleeping, some of them feature me naked with his hands roaming my body, I immediately closed the file.'' when we put this case together, I will make sure to use the ones that aren't going to make you uncomfortable, you do know this is something that we have to be at court for, when we find him and we will, we have to present all of this evidence to court.''
''I'm aware, I just want this to be over soon.'' Our eyes locked into each other, unable to tear them apart, assurance and support I could see into Hotch's eyes, he probably saw emptiness in mine. I got distracted by his eyes, it was like I was looking into the abyss, so much darkness, and that darkness spread as I stood up as quickly as I could, he was leaning against my lips I couldn't let that happen again, it was a big mistake what we did when I was supposedly dead, that won't happen again, I wasn't ready either. The darkness of his eyes soon became my world, and it seemed to spin very fast too, I felt in an instant as my body went light as I let go of myself.
TO BE CONTINUED, will upload next part in literally less than one minute. This one was a long chapter, I din't want to put many words in only one chapter, IDK. Oh and there it is, the reveal you were waiting for Zhangxinna, I hope you liked it. SWIPE TO THE NEXT ONE R8 NOW!