Emily headed to the BAU. She got there and the team was waiting for her to start the briefing.
"I'm so sorry. I was stuck in traffic" she lied, walking inside the conference room.

"Let's get started" Hotch said.

Once they were done they went to get their bags. Then Emily went to talk to Garcia.

"Hey" Emily said walking inside Penelope's office. "I was wondering if you could pick Bella up from now on when I'm not here. I've heard some not so good things about the bus she's on and I don't want her to get bullied again." Emily lied.

"Oh of course" Penelope said.

"And if she asks to go out remember to call me first, okay?" Emily said.

"Okay super mom. Chill out" Garcia smiled.

"Alright." Emily smiled back.

"Okay. Bye bye" Garcia said.

"Bye." Emily said and went out.

A while later they headed to Mississippi.

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They next day, Tuesday, around 2pm Emily got a call from Clyde. He said they had found Doyle and he was headed to America.

Emily's heart sank.
"Are we sure it's him?" Emily asked.

"It is." Clyde said.

"Oh God." Emily said.

"Let that bastard come to us" Clyde said and hung up.

Emily took a deep breath in order to try to calm down. Suddenly a little girl walked by with her father and all Emily could think of was Bella.
She called Garcia and asked her to pick Bella up early because the girl wasn't feeling so good.
Emily then texted Bella.
"Garcia is going to pick you up right now. Tell her your head hurts, pretend you're sick. I'll explain everything to you later. Love, mom"

Bella read the text and got a little scared about what could be going on. Emily wanted her to lie about being sick? She did not like that at all.

Penelope soon arrived at the school and she was very worried about the girl.
"Are you alright, bunny?" She asked giving Bella a hug.

"Not really" Bella said looking a little sad. She was faking it.

"Let's get you to my beautiful couch so you can rest" Penelope said and they headed to the office.

A while later Emily texted Bella.
'Are you at the BAU?'

'Yes' Bella sent.

Emily breathed out relieved as she read it.

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Later that day they went back to DC.
Emily got to the BAU to find Bella asleep on Penelope's couch.
"Hey" she said waking the girl up. "Hi baby" she said giving Bella a hug and pulling her up.
"Why did you sleep so early?" Emily asked.

"I don't know" Bella said and Emily smiled.

"Well, I have something special prepared" Emily said.

"What is it?" Bella asked with a smile.

"Come on" Emily said and they went out. They said goodnight to the team and went to the car. Emily drove to The Jefferson Hotel.

"wow" Bella said as they walked in.

"you can wait for me in there if you want" Emily told the girl and Bella walked and sat on a couch while Emily went to the desk and checked in with fake passports.

"Why are we in a hotel?" Bella asked her as they walked inside the elevator.

"I thought we could use some really comfy pillows and a lot of room service" Emily said smiling.

"Cool" Bella said.

They went to the room and Bella loved it. The place was awesome and had a really cool view. Emily ordered room service while Bella showered. They ate while watching a movie.
Later, Bella was getting really tired so she laid on the bed. Emily laid down too, wrapped her arms around the girl and hugged her really tight. Way tighter than usual. Bella just knew something was wrong.

"Mom, can I ask you something?" Bella said.

"Sure" Emily said letting go of the hug.

"What's going on?" Bella asked sitting up on the bed.

"Nothing is going on baby" Emily said.

"Mom, I'm not dumb. You told me to fake being sick. Now we're in a hotel in the middle of the week for no reason and you're hugging me super tight. What the heck is going on?" Bella said.

"Nothing is going on Bella. The case was tough today and I didn't want Penelope to know I was having a hard time." Emily said and Bella just stared. "She's picking you up because she said she could and I don't really like you walking around alone. And I came here because I just needed a break. That's it" Emily said.

"Are you sure?" Bella asked.

"I am, Bells. Don't worry" Emily said with a small smile and wrapped Bella in her arms as she felt her eyes sting as tears filled them. She lied to Bella because she didn't want the girl to be scared. She lied because she was scared and she couldn't let her daughter know that.

She pushed the tears away and laid down taking Bella with her. They stayed close together and Bella soon fell asleep.
Emily felt bad for lying to the girl but she knew it was the right thing. If Bella knew it would just make it worse. The kid would be terrified and probably wouldn't be able to hide from the team.

Emily had a hard time going to sleep but around 3am she finally ended up sleeping.

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Bella woke up that Wednesday morning and Emily was asleep. Bella checked the time and it was already a little over 8am. The alarm didn't go off.

"Mom! Mom!" The girl said waking Emily up. "I'm super late for school" Bella said.

"What?" Emily played clueless. The truth was that she had not set up the alarm.

"I'm late for school. Come on! It's over 8 already!" Bella said jumping out of the bed and running to her bag.

"Honey, calm down" Emily said getting out of bed.

Bella looked through her bag and her school clothes weren't there. "my uniform" Bella said sitting on the ground.

"It's fine. Chloe can get your homework. It's okay to miss today" Emily said.

"Really?" Bella asked a bit surprised.

"Would you like to do that?" Emily asked and Bella shyly nodded yes.

"Alright then" Emily smiled. "Go change your clothes so we can go hang out at the office" she said and Bella went and did that.

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They walked inside the office and Morgan asked why Bella was there.
"We woke up late" Bella said and Emily smiled.
They sat on Emily's desk together and Emily started working on some papers while the girl played on her phone.
Suddenly Hotch walked in.

"Prentiss. There's something for you at the front desk" he said.

"I'll be right back" Emily told Bella and went there. She got a package. It didn't say who it was from but she just knew. She ran out of the building, with a tight grip on her gun and looked around. Suddenly a car passed by slowly and the window rolled down.

Her heart seemed to have stopped when she saw his face.

It was him.
It was Ian Doyle.