Chapter 14

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Life doesn't require that we be our best, only that we try our best. - H Jackson Brown Jr. 

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Hangovers are devils in disguise, nothing is worse than them. I reached my desk and flopped down onto my seat, Hotch told me this case was in DC so not to bring our to go bags. In which sense is lucky as I don't think I could deal with the shouting on the jet.

"Grace, conference room." Said Hotch as he passed me and I nodded before standing up and heading to the conference room, finding my auntie there with my 4 year old cousin but I couldn't find my thirteen year old cousin. 

"Aunt Gracie!" Maddie shouted, her brown hair falling over her black rimmed glasses and her blue eyes shining. I didn't really think she knew what was going on and for that matter it might be a good thing that she didn't.

"Hey kiddo," I said as she jumped into my arms, I wrapped my arms around her to keep her steady. I saw Garcia looking at us with a look of awe, "Hey kid, why don't you go with Auntie Penelope while I talk to your mommy, You might get to see her fluffy toys." I said and Garcia nodded as she held out her hand. Maddie walked slightly over to Garcia and she leaned down to her and picked her up and walked out of the conference room, letting me take a breath and turn to my auntie.

"What happened to Les?" I asked her, and she sunk her head down. "Hazel, What happened to her?" I asked as I sat down beside her, The whole team looked at me while I tried to comfort my auntie was not looking at me.

"Les was gone this morning when I went into her room," She said and I sighed before pulling her into a hug.

"We've put an amber alert out for her, We've also set up a tip line for it. Grace, I want you to stay with your auntie and other cousin. While we go out and look for Lesley." Hotch said and Hazel looked up at him.

"Call her Les, When you find her she will only listen to that. She doesn't like her real name." She said and I nodded.

"Do what she says, Les will only respond to you by being called that." I said and they all nodded before heading but Rossi stayed behind to talk to me.

"We'll find her kid." He said and I nodded before grabbing my aunties hand. 

"This is the best team you can work with, We will find Les." I said and she nodded before looking once more at the team before they walked out of the office. I looked after their retreated forms before they were totally gone.

"What did you tell Maddie about her sister?" I asked her, her eyes were puffy and red. "That she went for a walk in the morning, and that we were going to see her cousin in the FBI offices." She said and I nodded before standing up and grabbing my laptop. I pulled up photos of all of us.

"Think of her as the pretty girl that you raised, Don't think of the bad things that may of happened to her. We will find her before something happens to her." I said and she nodded, "I'm going to get coffee, do you want anything, water, coffee, juice?" I asked her.

"Water please." She said and I nodded before leaving the room, I took a deep breath before looking back up at the conference room. I promise Les, my team will find you and the bastard that decided to take you.


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