Reid stood staring at the two people walking away at the far end of the park. They looked familiar but, from this distance, he couldn't immediately place them. When they reached the car, Reid recognized the vehicle. But, who was Hotch helping into it?
As the three children moved from the swings to the bar sets, Reid suddenly realized who it was he had seen with Hotch. While he and JJ continued supervising the children on the playground, Reid formulated a course of action. He needed to follow Hotch and verify whether that really was Christine with him. And, if it was, he needed to find out what was going on.
As was usual on Saturdays when they were home, Reid and JJ took the children out for lunch after the playground. This Saturday, Reid felt like the meal took forever as he kept surreptitiously glancing at his watch. After what seemed like an eternity, they finished eating and headed home.
Following lunch, all three of the children generally went down for naps at Reid's townhouse. However, today, he needed to change that. He needed JJ to oversee naptime. It didn't prove easy to convince her.
"Spence," she coaxed. "You know I have a date tonight – A very special date."
"All your dates seem to be 'very special'," Reid pointed out. "And, I'm not going to be gone that long – Promise!"
"But, I need to get a new pair of shoes," JJ pouted.
"JJ, how many pairs of shoes do you already have?" Reid still didn't understand why women needed so many pairs of shoes. "And, we both know that wherever you end up going, it's going to be dark there. No one will notice."
"You want me to watch them all the way through their naps?" JJ was trying her best to sound put upon.
"I'm sure I won't be that long," Reid repeated. "And, if you have any problems, I will have my phone turned on.
With that, for the first time he could remember (and he did have an eidetic memory), Spencer Reid walked out on Jennifer Jareau.