Emily went straight home.
She took her gun out and went around the apartment checking everything. She looked around the place and everything was okay.
She got her phone and called Hilary.

"Hilary?" Emily said.

"Hi, Is everything alright?" Hilary asked.

"Yeah. I just got back now" Emily said. "I'll be there to get Bella in a little while" she said.

"Oh no problem" Hilary said.

"Thanks."

"See you soon" Hilary said.

"Bye" Emily said and hung up.
She walked around the house locking all the windows; she packed a go bag for her and one for Bella, just in case, and put it in her closet. Then she set up the alarm and went to Hilary's apartment to get her daughter.
She tried to stay calm. She couldn't let the girl know what was happening.

Emily worked on Ian's case when Bella was little. It was her last case before she joined the BAU.

Emily rang Hilary's bell and soon the woman opened the door.
"She's asleep on the couch" Hilary said Emily smiled and walked inside.
"Are you alright?" Hilary asked as she noticed on Emily's face that something was wrong.

"Yeah I'm okay" Emily said.

"Hard case?" Hilary asked.

"Yeah" Emily said.
She picked Bella up, said goodnight to Hilary and went home.
She placed the girl on her bed and went back downstairs. She blocked the door with a cabinet, in case someone tried to get in. She got a chair and placed it next to the stairs in a way she could look at the front door.
She sat on it with a loaded gun in hands.

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It was almost 3 in the morning when Bella woke up from a bad dream. She tried going back to sleep but she couldn't, so she walked to Emily's bedroom. She was confused when she didn't see her mom in there.
She walked downstairs thinking maybe Emily went to get some water or something.
As she got to the last few steeps Emily jumped and pointed the gun at her, the woman was ready to fire.

Isabella jumped scared covering her ears, and threw herself on the ground as so many tears started to fall.

"I'm sorry" Emily said noticing what she had done. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" she said putting the gun down on the floor and walking to Bella who just started sobbing.

"I'm sorry, baby." Emily said and picked her up. She sat on the chair with the girl on her lap.

"I thought you were gonna shoot me" Bella cried.

"I'm so sorry I scared you" Emily said feeling really bad. She could feel the girl shaking. "I'm sorry. Try to calm down" she said running her hand on the girl's back.

"What are you doing here mommy?" Bella asked still crying and shaking.

"I couldn't sleep" Emily said unsure of what to tell the girl.

"You couldn't sleep so you sat here with a gun?" She asked crying.

"I'm so sorry I scared you" Emily said.

"What's going on?" Bella asked her.

Emily took some time to think and then said "look you have to promise me you won't tell anyone".

"I won't" Bella said sitting up straight to look at Emily.

"Not even Uncle Morgan or Penelope... Or your friends. You cannot tell anybody" Emily said. "Okay?" She said running her thumb on the girl's left cheek. "A few weeks ago the team had case and the unsub ended up dying." She lied. "He had a son that we didn't know about and today I found out and I went to bed and had a bad dream and couldn't sleep anymore"

"But why did you sit here with a gun, mommy?" Bella asked as a few tears still streamed down her face.

"In the dream he was chasing me. So I just sat here" Emily lied.

"In case he comes here?" Bella asked a little scared.

"I don't think he'll come here, honey. It's just that mommy was scared. And I'm really really sorry I scared you" she said wiping the girl's face again.

The girl rested her head on Emily's chest.

"Do you forgive me?" Emily asked and Bella nodded and said yes still crying and shaking a little.

"Let's go to the couch. Come on" Emily said.
They went and snuggled on the couch together. Bella took a while to calm down but ended up sleeping.
Emily had a really hard time. She finally closed her eyes at 5:20am.

She woke up with her alarm clock at 6:30. She stared at Bella who was fast asleep in her arms. She put the girl down on the couch and went upstairs. She walked inside Isabella's bedroom to get the girl's uniform but she just couldn't send Bella to school that day.
She got ready for work, then she put some clothes on a bag for Bella and got her winter coat and her red rain boots and went downstairs.

"Bella wake up, we gotta go" Emily said and Bella opened her eyes.
"You have a fever, honey. You're going to work with me today, okay?" Emily lied. The girl was perfectly fine.
Bella was too sleepy; she definitely had had a bad night, so she just nodded yes.

"Come on. Put your coat and your boots on so we can go" Emily said and went to the medicine drawer. Bella got up and did what was told.
"You can change your clothes in the office if you want" Emily said walking back with some medicine for headache and Bella nodded and drank it. Emily knew the girl would just get a little sleepy with that so she gave it to her pretending it was for her fever.
Bella put her boots on and they headed out.

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"Let's go to Garcia's office" Emily said when they got to the BAU, and they walked there. "Get some rest baby" Emily said walking to the couch. She knew the girl was tired from the night she had. Bella sat down and Emily got her a throw. She covered Bella up and said "I'm gonna find the team and you stay here, okay?"

"Okay" the girl said.
Emily kissed her cheek and walked out.

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In the conference room, the team was wondering why she was late.

"Her car wasn't there when I parked mine" Reid said.

"I'm gonna call her" Penelope said walking to the door.
Suddenly Emily walked in.

"Hey" Prentiss said.

"Did someone have a long night?" Derek joked.

"Bella is in your office. She has a fever" she told Penelope, really serious, completely ignoring his joke. Morgan just stared. Emily was never like that.

Emily poured herself some coffee as Hotch started talking about the case.

In little time they were heading to L.A.

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Penelope walked inside her office to find Isabella asleep on the couch.

"Oh munchkin" she said walking to the girl. She pulled the throw a little higher and pushed hair away from the girl's face. Then she sat on her desk to work.

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On the jet, Emily tried concentrating on the case other than Doyle.
No one had any evidence that he was in the States. She knew she was probably being paranoid and she certainly scared the crap out of Bella by spending the entire night on that chair.
She believed Isabella would be safe inside the BAU.
And she didn't want the girl to be scared.
She had to pretend everything was okay.

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Bella woke up again around 11:30am.

"Hey bunny" Garcia smiled. "How are you feeling?" She asked and the girl yawned, which made Penelope laugh.
"I was thinking about pizza for lunch. How about that?" Garcia said.

"Good" Bella said and picked up her phone.

Suddenly Penelope's phone rang and it was Morgan. They talked about the case while Bella texted Emily.

'Hi.' Bella said.

Emily, who was walking back inside the station, picked up her phone and answered 'I'm busy. I'll call you later. Love, mom'

Bella read it, made a sad face, picked up her iPad and started watching a tv show.

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The day went on fine and later at night Emily called.

"Hi" Bella said.

"How was your day?" Emily asked.

"It was fine" the girl said. "Are you coming back today?"

"No, not yet" Emily said.

"So what I am supposed to do? Sleep here?" Bella asked.

"No. You're going to Penelope's house" Emily said.

"Mom, are you sure?" Bella asked almost a whisper.

"Yes baby don't worry. They got him" Emily lied. She was in fact scared about Bella going to Garcia's house but she knew she couldn't scare the girl and she definitely could not let people think something was up. She knew what that man could do to them if she got the team involved.

"They did?" Bella asked surprised.

"Yeah. Just a few hours ago. But look you still can't tell anyone okay?" Emily said.

"Okay" Bella said. She didn't really understood why but she promised Emily she wouldn't tell.

"Alright, I'll see you soon then" Emily said.

"Okay. I love you" Bella said.

"I love you too" Emily said and they hung up. Emily stared at the wall and wondered if she did the right thing. She just didn't know.

In DC Bella put her phone away and Penelope walked back inside the office to get her so they could leave.
The night at Penelope's house went okay. Bella ended up having a good night of sleep. She believed what her mother said was true.

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(Thursday)

Penelope had to go to the office at 5 in the morning.

As soon as Emily found out they were going to work she called Penelope to say the team was heading to the LA police station and they needed her at the office.

"Okay. I'll be there." Penelope said. "Oh! What should I do with Bellie Bo?" She asked.

"Take her with you. Let her spend the day there. It's okay for her to miss school today, you know just to make sure the fever won't come back" Emily said.

"Alright" Penelope said.
So to the office they went.
Bella was really tired so she laid on the couch at Penelope's office and basically passed out.

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After a couple of hours the girl woke up again. She had breakfast and then read a little.

In L.A., as the day went on Morgan could definitely see something was up with Emily. But when he asked her what was going on with her she played clueless.

"Something is obviously bothering you" Derek said and she just kept her serious face. So Derek let her be.

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They solved the case and headed back to DC.
On the plane Emily got a call from Garcia asking if she could take Bella to her house for a movie night. Emily said yes. She just knew Penelope would find it strange if she said no.

"So let's go?" Penelope said excited after she hung up the phone. Isabella smiled at her and followed the woman outside.

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Emily walked to her apartment. She unlocked the door, turned the light on and set up the alarm. She walked around the house with her gun again to check. She saw everything was fine inside the apartment so she went back to the kitchen and decided to cook some pasta.
She was almost done when someone rang the doorbell. She took her gun and walked to the door.

The bell rang again.

"Emily! It's Hilary" Hilary said and Emily breathed out relieved. She looked through the door viewer, put the gun in the holster and opened the door.

"Hi. Come on in" she smiled and Hilary walked inside.

"Where's Bella?" She asked.

"She's with Penelope" Emily said trying to look calm.

"Chloe said she's missing school" Hilary asked a little worried.

"Yeah. She had a fever" Emily said.

"Oh. I didn't hear from you for a couple days and she missed school so I wanted to check and make sure you were okay" Hilary smiled.

"Yeah we're fine" Emily smiled and Hilary smiled back. "Would you like some pasta?" Emily asked.

"No no thanks. I had dinner with the girls already" Hilary said. "Speaking of the girls... I should go back" she smiled.
They said their goodbyes and Hilary left.
Emily went back to the kitchen and finished cooking her dinner. She sat at the kitchen island to eat and couldn't stop thinking about Bella, so she called Garcia to check on the girl.
Penelope told her that Bella was fine. They were eating pizza, popcorn and candy and were watching 'The Avengers'.
Emily smiled glad the kid was alright and happy.
Penelope asked if Bella was meant to go to school on the next day and Emily said yes. She knew the girl was fine and Penelope would know there was something wrong if she said no.
She had to push herself to let the girl have a normal life. She still had no indications the man was in America and she didn't want Bella to be scared.

She finished eating, took a quick shower and took her spot in front of the door.
If she was being paranoid or not, she wasn't sure.
But if Doyle went for her she would be ready, waiting for him.