Reunion
When they finally reached the hospital they put him into a room. Rossi stayed by his side. He heard footsteps and looked up to see Emily in the doorway holding the baby.
She looked at her boyfriend worried with tears in her eyes as she saw his eyes were closed. "He's alright; he's just lost a lot of blood. She stabbed his stomach, eyebrow and leg..." She nodded trying to swallow the lump in her throat. "Emily, he's alright."
She nodded and sat in the other seat next to him carefully holding her daughter all the time. She shifted Evangeline into one of her arms and was about to hold Aaron's hand when she saw the bandages.
"His wrists?" she asked.
"She kept him strung up. The chains rubbed his ankles and wrists," he answered.
"Oh my poor darling," she answered placing a hand on his arm. She looked back up at Rossi and added, "Who did this to him?"
"Does it matter, he's safe now," he answered.
"Dave, you know I won't rest till I know. Who took my boyfriend? Why did she do this to him? He wouldn't hurt a fly without a reason."
"She was an obsessed young woman who believed they were made for each other with psychotic tendencies..." She gulped. "I shot her. She was coming at us with a knife so I shot her. She was declared dead on the scene."
She nodded. "Thank you so much for bringing him back safely."
"We always will, Emily," he smiled back at her.
She nodded back at him. "I know."
He smiled at her holding the baby and asked, "Would I be able to hold her?"
"Of course you can," she smiled at him.
He got up and headed over to her to carefully take the little girl off her. She handed her over carefully and Evie opened her eyes. When she saw Dave looking down at her she started to cry as they'd never met before. The one time he'd seen her before was when they received the news Aaron was missing.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's alright, little one. I'm just your Uncle Dave. I won't hurt you. You're safe with me," he soothed rocking her gently back and forth.
Aaron slowly opened his eyes murmuring her name over and over. He looked around him and knew he was in hospital. He saw Emily and Dave holding his baby. He tried to get up but it hurt.