Metanoia [Book 3]

one

one; her and i

I walked into the BAU after dropping Ellie and Sarah off at school- wearing my dark blue blazer. I had a coffee in my left hand and my bag was in my right. I walked past the desks of my teammates and went to go into my office but as soon as I was going to open the door Penelope stopped me.

"Hadley?" She said but it came out as a question. I turned to her and she gave me a sad look. "Hey. How are you feeling?" She asked and I shrugged and nodded. "Fine. It happened 2 months ago." I said and opened the door to my office- smelling the chemicals.

I walked over to my desk and placed my bag on the chair. I looked over and saw that Anthony's desk didn't have his bag over it- indicating that he wasn't here yet.

I sighed and closed my eyes- remembering that Emily wasn't here- and neither was Azalea- they had both left for Interpol- which meant I get to meet the new transfer today.

I sighed and brought my coffee with me as I walked to the briefing room. I opened the door and there sat the team including Anthony and the new transfer- everyone except Spencer. 

"We're just waiting for Reid to come so we can start. Did he come in with you?" Morgan asked and I shook my head and began making up a lie. "He took Ellie to school." I said and he noddd. I sat in the open chair next to Rossi and he turned to me. "It's nice to have you back." He said and I nodded along with him.

I've been in Seattle the first month- helping out Callie and Arizona- Callie's wife- who lost her leg in the plane crash and their daughter- Sofia who had just lost her dad. 

"You must be Hadley. I'm Alex Blake." A older woman said- she had dark brown hair and caring eyes and I nodded. "Nice to meet you." I said and she gave me a sad smile.

Spencer walked in 5 minutes later and sat down without saying anything. I glanced over at him- and he was just staring up at the board. I twisted the engagement ring in my finger- and my mind went to the worst. What if he was cheating?

"You guys are headed to New Mexico. Our UnSub Du Jour is taking- uh right legs." She said adn began showing us pictures of different victims who lost their left leg. I moved my hand down to feel my prosthesis and felt the metal through my pants.

I began thinking about my life before losing a leg, which was a life without Ellie and Spencer. A life without the FBI especially since I wanted to leave at that time. It was before I knew my mom actually didn't leave me. And before I knew she and Rossi has a kid together. Before Hayley died and-