Emily had always wanted a child, that was no secret. It was like an unfillable void in her heart, made worse only by the way she knew how to fill it but could never make it happen. She could have kids any day but the guilt was like a wave washing iver her, everything you convinced her she was right for what she did it would drag her back down again. She had to have that abortion. She was just a child herself. Her mother probably would have kicked her out or disowned her but she still missed her baby.

On one particularly tough case however, that hole seems to fill, ever so slightly, and is filled with a girl named Elle. She's only 4 but thanks to the unsub she has nobody left.

Emily immediately felt a maternal instinct towards the child and after only two days she comes to your office door with a question. One she prays you'll agree to

she knocks on the door, and your voice comes from inside "come in!" her heart feels like its left into her throat as she enters the office space

"I wanted to ask you something... about elle..." she says her voice shaking slightly, and her palms sweaty as she wipes them against her jeans