[Criminal Minds] The Waiting Behind

"Hi, Aunt Michelle." The soft and waxy look of the little Jack who greeted obediently made Michelle's worries and fears dissipate a lot. She just hugged the well-behaved little boy, stroked his head, and coaxed him say.

"Aunt Michelle misses you so much, do you miss me?" Michelle deliberately made a resentful expression, looking at Jack.

"Well," Baby Jack really took the bait, and nodded his head vigorously. The magnitude seemed to be afraid that the other party would not be able to see if the movement was slightly inconspicuous.

Sure enough, seeing his cute and tricky appearance, my mood will instantly improve. Michelle sat down, couldn't help hugging him on her lap, and told Jack in a low voice that she had learned a new kind of dessert and would make it for him when she was free.

"But, Mummy told me that we're going on a trip soon, and I don't know how to get back." Jack tilted his head, pouted his little mouth in distress.

Michelle froze, did he mean they still had to be jjjed up protectively?She couldn't help but look up and look at Emily, who nodded at her.

Before Michelle had time to persuade the little boy, he suddenly raised his head, his face wrinkled like a little bun, looking at Michelle:

"Is Daddy seriously ill? Mummy said he got hurt trying to catch some bad guys."

Michelle gently smoothed the little curly hair on Jack's head, her voice was extremely soft, "Don't be afraid, your Daddy is a superhero and will get better soon."

"Yes! When I grow up, I want to be like Daddy and be a superhero!" Jack excitedly raised his right hand, as if making an oath, and placed it on his chest.

Then, as if he saw something, he rolled off Michelle's lap and ran in one direction, "Mummy!"

Michelle followed the prestige and saw a woman with short blonde hair standing there with tears still on her face, looking at herself with a complicated expression.

Haley.

This was their first real meeting.

Thinking of this, Michelle stood up from her seat, watched the woman who was slowly walking towards her and greeted her with a natural attitude as if they were friends who knew each other.

"Hi, Haley."

Haley also responded lightly.

The conversation was interrupted momentarily. Emily stood aside, looking at the silent women on both sides, how did she come across this embarrassing sight?

She looked to the left and then to the right, really didn't know what to say to ease the weird atmosphere.

Fortunately, Haley spoke first: "I'll bring Jack in first, he needs to meet his father."

"Well, I'll go in later. You talk slowly." Michelle just nodded and responded with a smile.

She watched the backs of Haley and Jack disappear at the door of the ward, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again.

A shadow appeared in front of his eyes, and a person sitting beside him was Emily.

"Reid and the others have been here, but because there is a case right now, so I am the only one here." Emily first explained to Michelle why the others were not there, and then slowly tried to tell Girls don't pay much attention to Haley.

After all, that was Hotch's past.

It is her who is by his side now.

"Michelle, Haley's only here to see Hotch, after all they used to…"

Unexpectedly, she had just begun her words before being interrupted by Michelle's firm voice.

"I know, Emily. That's not what I've ever worried about. Because as long as Aaron likes me, it doesn't matter."

Now it was Emily's turn to look at Michelle in surprise, she never thought that the girl would take this matter so suddenly, let alone this time Foyet...

"Michelle, although it's not appropriate for me to tell you this matter, as a friend, I hope you can think about it."

Michelle looked at Emily suspiciously, not understanding why her friend's tangled expression came from.Although she does get a little acidic looking at the harmonious scene of their family of three, this emotion is not enough to make her jealous, because she has long understood that Haley will always be important to Hotch.

There was no way she'd just cut Haley out of Hotch's heart.

——However, she can occupy every corner except Haley.

She had already made up her mind.

So, when Michelle heard Emily stammer that Foyet tore up the "B" page in Hotch's address book when he left because Haley used to be named Brooks:

"...you don't want to be unhappy because of this, Foyet will take away the most important things from others...he judges that they are important to Hotch, and has no choice...uh..." Emily was a little incoherent, and the words didn't seem to be right.

"Pfft——" Emily actually found that Michelle was smiling, and she looked at the girl's real smile with some meaning, puzzled.

"Look, you also think it's not a good thing to be targeted by Foyet. I guess Haley will be protected and isolated next, just like I was before. I've been through that feeling, I can't contact anyone, it's almost like myself It doesn't exist..." Michelle obviously thought of the helplessness and fear she felt last time, and couldn't help reaching out to hug her shoulders, not knowing whether to comfort Emily or persuade herself:

"So, you don't have to worry about me being overwhelmed. To say the least, I'm glad Foyet didn't choose me, because then I'm free to stay with Aaron."

——Although she said so and she understood the truth, she still felt a little uncomfortable.

But these words happened to be heard by Haley, who was leading little Jack by the hand. She looked at Michelle not far away from her, lowered her eyes, and her expression was dim.

This girl... No wonder Aaron fell in love with her...

"Mummy, you're holding me too tight..." Jack's words woke up Haley, who couldn't help but be filled with emotion again.

She hastily and softly apologized to Jack, secretly laughing at her complicated thoughts.Straightening up, Haley put on a slight smile and said to Michelle who was already looking this way, "Aaron wants to see you."

When Michelle walked into the room, Mr. Brave Detective's bed had been rolled up and he was sitting in the back.

Almost immediately met Michelle's eyes.

Michelle looked at the white bandages on Hotch's body under the patient's gown, and felt her throat feel a little sore for a moment.

In order to cover up, she purposely exaggerated and made a face at the brave detective, "So my E is still lying there safely?"

Hotch naturally heard the faint concern under the girl's teasing, just smiled softly and waved to the girl.

Seeing Michelle sitting quietly beside him, he slowly stretched out his hand and gently embraced her in his arms, carefully avoiding the gunshot wound on the other side.

"You're not in E."

Seeing the girl's restless behavior, Hotch pressed down with his hands, and watched the girl obediently in his arms with satisfaction, before he said slowly, "gs."

"I don't think Foyet knows your real identity. After all, it's still a secret. You know, Foyet definitely knows that you are my girlfriend."

Michelle clearly heard the consolation and enlightenment hidden in Hotch's words, and the last bit of awkwardness in her heart finally disappeared.She finally stretched out her hand and hugged this sullen man back, and she was so cryptic when she said nice things.

Only at this time did Michelle feel that the dark emotions that had been suppressed in her heart slowly emerged, and she said sullenly:

"I'm sorry I wasn't by your side when you needed me the most."

Hotch had envisioned a thousand scenarios where they would meet, and without any of them, this was the first thing she said when she was relieved.

She didn't cry because she had to be strong before him;

She didn't complain because she knew he couldn't help it;

She didn't even ask him how he feels now, because at least he is alive and well, and she knows about other pains and regrets without asking...

"I'm sorry, too, for everything."

When she heard Hotch say these words softly, Michelle's eyes were instantly moist, and she quickly buried herself in Hotch's arms, wiping the overflowing tears onto her clothes.

She knew it, he understood it.

Michelle didn't want to let him see her tears at this moment.

"Michelle, Foyet must want to see me continue to suffer now. He has already forced Jack and me to not see each other. I'm afraid he will deal with you next."

After the two gradually calmed down, Hotch slowly opened his mouth and told Michelle little by little what he had carefully considered before, including the matter of Haley and the others being protected sex.

"No matter what you say next, I won't take the initiative to find a place to hide, or keep a distance from you." Michelle was not as excited as Hotch imagined, but said her decision very calmly.

Hotch knew that her calm was because no matter what, she would not change the decision she had made.

"Michelle..."

"Aaron! Haley and Jack have left, do you want me to leave too? Do you want to spend the rest of your life alone in missing him, even though you might never catch Foyet?"

Michelle watched Hotch's lips move, but still said nothing.

"I won't leave! Anyway, life is short, why can't I choose to do what I love and be with the person I love? If I really want to hide in a corner and linger on, what's the fun in life?"

Seeing that Hotch couldn't help but want to refute her point of view, Michelle simply didn't look him in the eye, and just poured out her own words:

"Haley is different from me. She still has Jack to protect, but I only have you... If I can, I'm willing to take a gamble with you. After all, I'm also a good bait, aren't I?"

"But if you lose the bet..."

Hotch's rare hesitant look made Michelle smile, because he was already considering her suggestion!

"We lost, we are together." Michelle held Hotch's hand, as if to give each other strength, "And you will protect me, won't you? What's more, this battle hasn't been fought yet Just throw in the towel, it's not the Aaron Hoter I know."

In the small space, hands are intertwined, as if making a vow for a lifetime.

Hotch didn't know at this point how much he would regret his impulsive decision before long.

The author has something to say: Michelle is not the weak woman you imagined!

She is strong!

The last sentence is definitely not abuse! !

Thank you [Hun Jiong] [Tangtang] for throwing a mine! !mwah! !

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