27~Jacob

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I sat on the edge of the couch.

"Are you okay?" Blake asked

"I don't know." I said

"This happened to Marie. We should get her to the hospital." Jack said

Marie is his wife. They have two kids together.

Blake and Jack helped me stand. They took me out to Blake's car. When I was in the back of the car, Blake got into the front and Jack got in his car. Blake drove. She handed me her phone.

"Call Spencer." She said

I called him. He picked up immediately.

"Is everything okay? How's Emily?" He asked

"We are on our way to the hospital." I said

"I'm on my way. Emily, stay calm okay?" Spencer said before hanging up

I handed Blake her phone back. I was squatted in the back seat, hanging onto the bars. I felt another contraction.

"We are almost there. Just hold on okay?" Blake said

"Can you drive faster?" I said through clenched teeth

She sped up. We arrived at the hospital. There was a nurse with a wheelchair outside. Blake helped me out. When I got into the wheelchair, I saw Spencer run up to me. They put me on a bed in a delivery room. Spencer held my hand.

"Your dads on his way." Spencer said

A woman came into the room.

"My name is Rebecca. I'm just going to make this go smoothly." She said

"Smoothly?" I said rather harshly

Spencer rubbed my hand. I leaned my head back.

"I want you to rate your contractions okay?" Rebecca said

Dad came through the doors. He stood on the other side of me and held my hand. I felt a contraction rip through me. I clenched my teeth.

"10." I said

Spencer rubbed my hand.

"Did you guy have a case?" I asked dad

"No. Just paperwork." Dad said

Another contraction.

"10." I said

"You're doing great Emily." Rebecca said

A doctor came in.

In the hospital room
Spencer sat by my bed and dad stood in the other side of me. Rebecca came in with a blue blanket. I looked at Spencer and smiled. She placed him in my arms. He was quiet. I smiled at him.

"I'll let you pick the name." Spencer said

"Jacob Matt Reid." I said

A two weeks later
I woke up to Jacob crying. I got up and calmed him down. I set him back in his crib and left the room. I checked the time. 7 am. I went downstairs. Spencer was sitting in front of his laptop.

"Hey." I said as I sat next to him

"Hey. How'd you sleep?" Spencer asked

"Better. Isn't the company soccer game today?" I asked

"Yeah. You should get dressed. We have to be there by 8:30."

I went upstairs and put on my soffee soccer shorts and my tank top jersey. I pulled my hair up into a pony tail. I slipped on my athletic socks and my slides. I woke Jacob, dressed him and brought him downstairs. Spencer was waiting with my soccer bag. We went out to the car. I strapped Jacob into his carrier. No one has seen Jacob yet except for dad and Spencer. We drove off to the field. When we got there, I pulled the carrier out of the car. Spencer grabbed my bag and we met everyone else on the sideline. I gave Spencer Jacob's carrier and Spencer gave me my bag. I sat down on the bench and changed into my cleats. I put on my shin guards and slipped my headband on. Morgan and Penelope came up to us.

"Is this Jacob?" Penelope asked, motioning to the carrier

"Yeah." I said

"He looks just like his dad." Morgan said

JJ, JJ's sister, Prentiss, Blake, dad and Rossi came onto the sidelines. I said hi to everybody.

"Let's get practicing. I think Emily's a little rusty." Morgan joked

"I'm rusty? We'll see about that." I said

JJ's sister went to the goal. I grabbed a ball and stood in the middle of the field. I kicked it straight past JJ's sister.

"Rusty?" I said, looking back at Morgan

We started the game. I kicked 4 goals. Dad was cheering on the sidelines. After we won, 6-1, we went on the sidelines.

"How about that marathon?" Rossi said

"Not happening." I said

We all laughed.

"When do you start back with performances?" Morgan asked

"Next week." I said

Dad came back toward us.

"Come on. Emily, get in a vehicle. Spencer, take Jacob home." Dad said

I got into dads vehicle. I pulled my extra running shoes out of my bag. I took my shin guards off. He sped off.

"What is it?" I asked

"They found the unsub in a bowling alley. He has hostages." Dad said

I pulled my gun and badge out of my bag. I put on a white shirt and slipped on my black pants. I put on a bulletproof vest. Dad pulled up to the bowling alley. I jumped out with my gun in front of me. I burst into the bowling alley.

"What are you doing here?" The unsub hissed

I recognized him. He killed my mother.

"It's Emily Reid." One of the hostages whispered

"Emily? Oh do I miss you." He said

"Come any closer and I'll shoot you." I said

Dad and Morgan came into the alley.

"Let these innocent people go." I said

"If you stay with me." He said

I froze and my hands tightened around the trigger.

"You know I won't do that." I hissed

"Remember when you stood helpless as you watched her die?"

I saw my mother collapse to the ground, dead. I squeezed my eyes shut.

"You could've helped her but you didn't. You let her die." He said

I saw her die again. I squeezed my eyes shut and tightened my finger on the trigger.

"Stop." I hissed

"No. It's your fault she's dead." He said

"Stop." I said

"You let me, a monster, kill her. You didn't stop me." He said

I saw him shoot her. Tears started to fall. I tightened my grip around the trigger. He pulled out a gun.

"Go ahead. Shoot me. We both godown anyway." He hissed

His is the man that killed my mother. He is a monster.

"You're right. But only one of us can make it out alive." I said as I pulled my gun to my head

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