Isabel heard another voice. But this time it was a woman's voice, one that she felt she should recognize, but didn't. The voice was telling her that she had been there too long and that she should come back. The voice told her that she missed her. But Isabel didn't know who the voice belonged to, and honestly, why should she go back? She was content where she was, floating blissfully in the peaceful nothingness. So she let herself descend further, the voice soon forgotten.
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"Ciara's what?" Reid asked, completely flabbergasted. Ciara had a sister? No, that couldn't be right. Her file clearly stated that she was the only child of Simon and Kasey Byrne. They would have known if she had a sister; and even if she did somehow manage to lie on the file, why would she? Why would she have wanted to keep Teresa Byrne a secret? What could have been so damaging about the knowledge of her sister's existence?
Unless... Was Teresa Byrne some sort of criminal? Maybe it was just his overactive imagination, but that was the only thing Reid could think of. Why else would Ciara hide her sister from the members of the BAU if she hadn't done something that the BAU would arrest her for?
"Her sister. According to Teresa's information, anyway. I told you, this is where it gets dicey," Garcia answered.
"'Dicey' is putting it nicely. Ciara's file clearly states that she's an only child," Hotch reminded the room, and Garcia sighed in exasperation.
"I know, and that's why I pulled Ciara's file when I first found Teresa. When looking at Ciara, it says she's the daughter of Simon and Kasey Byrne, but it says she has no siblings. But if we pull up information on Teresa..." Garcia drifted off, typing something. A box of information came up on her screen, and she beckoned Akilah closer. "Go ahead, read the names of Teresa's parents."
"Simon and Kasey Byrne," Akilah gasped. Reid ran his fingers through his hair, trying to make it make sense. Unless there was another Simon and Kasey Byrne, that shouldn't be possible.
"Now, look at her birthplace," Garcia instructed.
"North Platte, Nebraska. That's about an hour from where Ciara grew up and the same hospital we found the Jane Doe record in, isn't it?" Akilah asked, and Garcia nodded. "And for siblings, it says... Ya Allah."
"What?" Reid asked.
"It says Teresa's siblings are Ciara and Tybalt Byrne."
"So wait a second, Ciara doesn't just have a sister, but she has a brother, too?" Morgan asked. "Why didn't we know about any of this?"
"I guess Ciara didn't want us to know about her siblings. But why wouldn't she? It seems her siblings are still alive, or at least Teresa is, and they didn't appear to have a falling out. If they had, why would Ciara visit Teresa every Friday?" Rossi wondered.
"I think the more important question is, how did Ciara lie on her file?" Hotch asked, the gears obviously already working in his head. Hotch didn't like it when his team kept secrets this huge from them- that was what led to Morgan's arrest, Prentiss's death, Akilah's drugging, and Ciara's abduction. But there was a bigger implication here. If Ciara was found to have lied on her file, then what kind of shit would she be in for if she was found out?
"To be honest, I think she had help. I've looked through her file again, and it's weird. When was the last time any of you closely looked at it?" Garcia asked, and everyone asked what she was on about. "There's a lot missing in her file. Let me ask you this. Does anybody know when Ciara's birthday is?"
"It's... um..." Reid started, before remembering that he had no clue. He'd asked her before, but she'd never answered. "Akilah?"
"I don't know. She never told me," Akilah answered. "Hotch? You're the unit chief, do you know?"
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Psychopathy
Fanfiction(A Criminal Minds Fanfic {Dr. Spencer Reid}) Book 2 in the "Psychosis" series. As long as the members of the BAU have known her, Ciara Byrne has kept a wealth of secrets- secrets that seemed to destroy her even as she held tightly onto them. After...
