Author's Note: On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, Hotch and Jack visits Haley's grave. And Jack sees something that upsets him. As always, thank you so much for reading! Feedback would be much appreciated.

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of its characters.

"Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Hotch and Jack are standing in front of Haley's grave on a beautiful Saturday afternoon with a bouquet of red roses and a bouquet of lilies. Jack placed the bouquet of lilies on Haley's grave while Hotch placed the bouquet of red roses on her grave. Hotch took a seat on the bench after he placed the roses on Haley's grave and watched his son who is still standing at his mother's grave after a few moments later he went and sat with Hotch.

"Daddy, I miss mommy a lot lately." Jack said when he sat down beside Hotch.

"I miss her too buddy, but why do you miss mommy lately?" Hotch asked cautiously.

"Because I wish mommy can see me play soccer like the other kid's moms watched them play soccer." Jack said.

"Jack, you know that your mommy loved you very much and she still loves you. She's always watching you play soccer just because she isn't there she's always right in here." Hotch said, as he placed his hand on Jack's heart.

"I know mommy is always right in here at my heart." Jack replied back, as he slid his hand under Hotch's hand to his heart.

"Don't you ever forget that?" Hotch said.

"I won't." Jack replied back.

"You want to know something?" Hotch asked suddenly.

"What?" Jack asked curiously.

"Most the moms and dads don't really pay attention to the game because they're looking down at their phones." Hotch stated.

"But mommy would watched the game if she was still here." Jack said.

"Yes, she would because you were your mom's favorite man in her life." Hotch said, as he put his left arm around Jack as he said it.

Jack and Hotch sat in silence with their heads down and looking at Haley's grave.

"You ready to go buddy?" Hotch asked after a few minutes later.

"Yeah." Jack said.

Hotch stood up from the bench, while Jack sat there a few seconds longer looking at his mother's grave with sad eyes. Hotch let's his son sit there a few seconds longer because he knows Jack misses his mom. Hotch finally extended his hand out for Jack to take afterwards. Jack stands up from the bench and takes his father's hand.

~.~.~

They started to walk out of the cemetery to their car, when Jack sees something that upsets him more. He let's go of his dad's hand and stood there looking at the thing that caught his eye.

"Daddy, you said that Emily went away for a while." Jack said almost shouting.

"What?" Hotch asked confused not knowing what his son was talking about because he did tell Jack that Prentiss was going away for a while. "Emily is away for right now buddy." He said after realizing that Jack was looking at Prentiss' grave.

"Emily is with mommy and she's helping mommy watched over me." Jack said not even taking his eyes off Prentiss' grave.

"No, Emily isn't with mommy." Hotch said.

"But Emily wasn't a bad person. Why can't she be with mommy because she did the same thing that you do daddy catching bad guys and protecting people from the bad guys?" Jack asked with watery eyes.

"Jack look at me please." Hotch said, as he turn Jack to face him. "You know your mommy died protecting you from the bad guy and what I told you about Emily going away for a while is the truth. That's her way of protecting you from the bad guy because the bad guy was never caught yet and so we have to make the bad guy think he killed Emily." Hotch said, as he got down to Jack's level.

Jack didn't say anything for about a minute after what Hotch had told him and finally he said something.

"If she isn't with mommy then where is she?" he asked with tears in his eyes.

"I honestly don't know where Emily is at the moment buddy, but she is trying to catch the bad guy." Hotch told his son.

"I don't believe you right now." Jack said turning his head back to Prentiss' grave.

"Jack, everything I've been telling you about Prentiss is the truth." Hotch said.

"You're just saying them things about Emily because you don't want me more upset." Jack said, trying his best not to cry.

"Jack if you miss Emily like you do mommy it's alright to cry because I miss her and mommy every day." Hotch said, pulling Jack into a hug.

Jack broke down in tears on his dad's shoulder, knowing that he wouldn't be able to see his mom again and not knowing if he will see Emily again.

"Then when is Emily coming home?" Jack asked in a whisper with tears running down his face.

"I don't know when, but I'm going to take you somewhere and maybe she will help you understand this more about Emily." Hotch said scooping a crying Jack in his arms and carrying him to the car.

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