Chapter 7 -

Emily had a hold of Libby's hand as they walked down the corridor, instinctively the two of them slowed down as they neared Tara's office. They stopped outside but the door was already open with JJ and Tara sitting inside. Emily smiled at her friends as she and Libby walked in, Emily could feel the grip on her hand tighten, reaching into her bag she pulled out the teddy bear, handing it to Libby before she crouched down and put her arms on Libby's shoulders.

"I can stay with you if you want?"

Libby had a hold of the teddy bear and clenched it tightly to her chest but she shook her head.

"Ok Libs, but remember you can stop at anytime, you just need to tell Tara or Jen."

Libby nodded her head again before Emily gave her a tight hug.

"I love you Libby."

"I love you too Emily."

Emily kissed Libby on the cheek before JJ walked over and took a hold of Libby's hand, watching as Emily left Tara's office, closing the door behind her before she walked off to the relevant sanctuary of her own office.


Emily puffed out her cheeks as she sat at her desk, the amount of paperwork was piling up and while Libby was with Tara and JJ there was no better way of occupying her mind than ploughing through the outstanding reports and budgets.


JJ sat Libby down in the chair and sat next to her while Tara sat on the other sude, the laptop was on the table in front of them but it wasn't turned on as Tara turned to face Libby.

"How are you today Libby?"

"Ok I guess."

"I'm sorry that we need to ask you some more questions Libby."

Libby shrugged her shoulders but JJ and Tara both put a hand on her shoulder and the young girl managed to turn and look at them both and nod her head.

"Remember Libby, anytime you need a break or you want us to stop you just say the word."

"Thank you Tara."

Tara smiled as she reached and turned the laptop on while JJ took a hold of Libby's hand.

"We have a programme that Penelope designed, it can help design photos of people from the descriptions we give it."

Libby looked at JJ and nodded her head and took in a deep breath.

"Who do you want me to describe?"

Libby looked down at the floor as she spoke, she had tried hard to forget what had happened to her, pushing forward thoughts of time spent at the park, Sergio and Emily, in order to counteract the bad thoughts and memories.

"It's up to you Libby, whatever you are most comfortable with."

JJ spoke softly aa she kept a hold of Libby's hand, the young girl lifted her head up and spoke quietly.

"The men who killed my parents. There were three of them, the first one had brown eyes, he was the one who tried to grab me."


Thirty minutes later Libby yawned as JJ passed her a bottle of water while Tara emailed the descriptions to the rest of the team.

"Do you want me to describe the other men?"

Libby's voice broke as she spoke, bringing her head up she looked at both Tara and JJ.

"Only if you are ready Libby, if you want a break then that is absolutely fine too."

Libby watched Tara's eyes as she spoke, she held the teddy bear tightly.

"I can only really remember two of them."

"That's ok Libby, remember you are safe here and we are right here with you."

Libby nodded her head as she looked at the laptop screen, bracing herself as the memories flooded her mind once again.


Garcia felr the lump in her throat rise as the tears started to drip down her cheeks. Quickly she wiped them away and reached for her phone.

"Hi Garcia, have you got something?"

"I have managed to open the contents of the external hard drive Sir."

"Good, anything thay can help us?"

Garcia went to speak but no words came out, Rossi heard the slight sniff and quickly ended the call, walking straight down to Garcia's office, not knocking as he walked straight inside.

"Sir!"

"Hey Garica, come on show me."

Garcia nodded as she turned away from the monitors, photos of four young girls popped up on the screen, one of them was of Libby, but all of the girls were naked with bruises on their thighs.

"There is also this."

Garcia squinted as she minimised the photos and brought up a series of numbers.

"They are bank accounts, one has links to Michael Crossley."

"The owner of that new website thingy?"

"Yeah that's the one."

Dave raised his eyebrows and let out a heavy sigh.

"I need to go and speak to Rebecca and Emily, can you email this over to me please?"

"Of course."

"And Garcia, take a break."

Garcia nodded her head as Dave patted her on the shoulder before he left the dark office, sending a message to Rebecca to meet him in Emily's office.


JJ got up out of her chair and quickly moved over to Libby, wrapping her arms around the young girl. It had taken nearly an hour but Libby had managed to get two photos of the men who had abused her, there were no tears left to shed but Libby collapsed into JJ's arms.

"Well done Libby, we are so proud of you, you are so strong."

JJ whispered into Libby's ear as Libby rested her head on JJ's shoulder.

"Why don't we move over to the couch Libby, you can lay down and rest."

JJ felt Libby nod her head as she picked the girl up and gently carried her over to the couch in Tara's office, resting Libby's head on her lap.

"I'm going to take these to Dave, do you two need anything?"

Tara gently placed a blanket over Libby, rubbing her back softly as the young girl looked at Tara.

"I am just really tired Tara."

"I know sweetheart, stay here with Jen, she will keep you safe."


Emily lifted her head away from the computer screen as she heard a soft knock at the door.

"Come in."

Emily watched as Dave and Rebecca walked in and took the seats opposite Emily, she managed a small smile as she greeted them.

"Hello, how are you two? You look like you haven't exactly brought me good news."

Dave bowed his head slightly as he passed his tablet over to Emily, giving her time and space to digest not only the photos but the details of the bank accounts.

Emily leaned forward and put her head in her hands as Dave reached over and took the tablet back, while Rebecca leant towards Emily and put her hands on top of Emily's.

"Emily, we've got search warrants for the two houses in New York, we have also got the ok to follow the money trail."

Rebecca kept her hands on Emily's as Emily brought her head up and looked at her friends, nodding her appreciation.

"So how far in this do you think Neil was?"

"My hunch is that he was the one who hid the money for them, from Libby's statement that was the first time she had been abused, her parents were killed because they wanted out of it all."

Emily sighed as she nodded her head, she agreed with Dave's reasoning but this didn't make Libby's situation any easier. The silence was punctuated by a knock on the door as Tara opened it and poked her head in the room.

"Can I come in?"

"Of course Tara, is Libby ok? Do I need to go to her?"

Tara closed the door as she stood behind Rebecca, looking at Emily as she shook her head.

"Libby is resting, she's exhausted Emily, it took a lot out of her. JJ is with her in my office."

"Thanks, sorry I just..."

"Emily it's fine, she did amazingly well, I've sent the descriptions to you all. There is one you might recognise."

"Michael Crossley?"

Dave looked at Tara who nodded her head and looked slightly confused.

"Garcia found some bank accounts associated with him on the hard drive."

Tara nodded her head and looked at Rebecca who carried on speaking.

"We are tracking his financials, if the description is him then we will definitely go after him, we will just need to tread carefully."

"You might want to look at my mother's old contacts, she introduced Neil to Charlotte. Power and influence were her weaknesses, she would do anything to covert them, even at the expense of her own family."

Emily sighed as she looked at Dave who nodded his head, making a note to take that task on himself.

Rebecca looked at the photo description that Libby had put together and looked across at Emily.

"I need to go and speak to Director Madison and the Attorney General."

"Can you give my apologies Rebecca, I need to go and check that Libby is ok."

Rebecca nodded her head as she got up.

"Of course Emily, I'll give you a ring as soon as I am done."

Emily sighed as she watched Rebecca and Dave leave, forgetting that Tara was there as she put her head in her hands once again, as then a soft touch was on top of her hands, stroking them softly.

"It's ok Emily, you are not alone in this."