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"What happened to Phillip?" I asked, looking up at her icy blue eyes, I knew this was not going to be good.

-Erin's POV-

"He had told me that it was a bad idea to go into the politics, he tried everything to keep me out of it. He even offered for me to stay at home with the girls, saying that they needed a full time parent." I replied.

"Not what I was asking, I asked what happened to him." Dave stated.

"He's gone." I whispered, "Both he and his fiancé."

"Wait, fiancé? Since when are you not a happy couple?"

I tried to smirk at the look on Dave's face, but failed. For a profiler, he is way behind on the news. "We have been divorced for six years. He was killed in a car accident few days ago and the girls saw the whole thing." I felt the tears come rushing back when I thought about how close I came to losing both of my daughters.

"Erin, come here." He whispered. I did as he asked and he wrapped his arms around me. "Nobody will blame you for showing emotion."

That was all it took, I tried to fight against it, but I couldn't stop the tears as my mind flew back to the phone call that I got from Chloe, I was shocked and didn't think about how close that they had come to dying, only how awful it is to lose a parent.

Dave just sat there, whispering in my ear that it was okay, that everyone would solve the case and we could all go home.

-Chloe's POV-

I walked past the Sheriff's office and heard someone talking inside. I know it is impolite to eavesdrop, but I really do not care. I am nosey, and just because curiosity killed the cat does not mean it will kill me.

I peeked in through the blinds, seeing my mother talking to agent Rossi. I watched as she tried to hold back tears. When mom actually broke down, I couldn't help but be stunned. My mom just did not do that, if she had a problem, she always insisted on dealing with it on her own.

I had never really thought about how the wreck would affect my mom, but I also never thought about how close Roxanne and I had come to dying.

I wanted to barge into the office and help my mom, but I watched agent Rossi with her and decided against it. She would be angry enough with herself for crying where one person could see, let alone if more than one person was in the room.

-Erin's POV-

"I'm so sorry, I'm such a mess!" I whispered, pulling away from David. I can not believe that this is happening, the last time I cried was back in the academy, I thought that my problems ended there. Just look at how wrong I was!

"Erin, its fine, now tell me what this guy did." Rossi whispered, patting my hand.

It was oddly reassuring to have him there, it felt good to finally let go, but I still can not believe that it was David that I ended up having this talk with.

"Back in High School, I would receive notes in my locker. He wrote about how I would be happy with him and that I should be his. This progressed to threats to my friends and I finally went to him. He was horrible and had this vision of having several wives. I went to my English teacher at the time and he helped me talk with the councilors. We fell in love, but that only made Eric angrier. It was even worse when I ended up pregnant, Phillip quit his job and we went to my dad. Dad never really paid much attention to me, and just told me to let my mom know. She reacted the same way my father did, wishing me luck with pregnancy and telling me she hoped I had picked a good man.

Eric quit attempting to threaten me when I transferred to the Westridge School for girls. I thought that was the end of my problems. Phillip and I raised our daughters, got married and moved on. I went to academy, and that is where I saw him again. He was also attending academy, the entire thing started over again. Phillip helped me through it, but there were far too many tears and threats not to leave a hole in our marriage. We were not as close, and at the end of my first year in the FBI, we ended the marriage. Eli and I were married two years later, and then Eric showed up again, demanding that I dissolve my marriage and become his." I explained.

Dave's face was expressionless as he listened to my story. I was trying my best to put out as little detail as possible, but it was still too much.

"Go on." He whispered, patting my hand again.

I sighed and continued. "Eli wanted to solve the problem his way, and I let him, under the condition that no one would be killed. Eli got rid of him and we were married for two years before our divorce. Three months ago, Eric showed up on my doorstep. I pulled into my driveway, saw him waiting and drove away. He followed me out to Alex's house, when I got there, Alex was waiting. He came out and saw Eric tailing me, he ran in, got his gun and tried to scare Eric away. Instead, Eric managed to get a hold of Alex's gun and tried to shoot him. I beat him to the draw and he escaped with a shot through his thigh. He should be walking with at least a limp now." I shuttered slightly, thinking about the most recent confrontation.

-Rossi's POV-

"Erin, did he say anything when he left?" I asked, trying to think about the parts relevant to the case, not the part about Erin being in other relationships.

"He swore he would get revenge." Erin replied, looking up at me.

"Okay, I think we will need to assign one of the team to you as protection. Are there any of us you do not want to be assigned to you?"

"I would prefer if Agents Hotchner, Prentiss, and Morgan were given as little information as possible." She replied. I was slightly shocked that she had a problem with Morgan, but the other two made sense.

I led Erin back to the main conference room and pulled Hotch out for a minute. I explained the situation to him and he agreed that Strauss needed a guard.

We walked back in and everyone turned their full attention to us.

"We have a profile and a picture to catch this guy, but in the mean time, I want agent Jereau to work as Chief Strauss' guard, and Dr. Reid to assist with the protection of Strauss' daughters." Hotch announced. I caught the surprised looks on Strauss' daughters' faces and I could tell they had no idea that the recent murders were linked to their mom.

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