Broken

Lies

Emily's POV-

I arrived at the building and walked in. I clicked the button for the elevator and yelped with pain as I lifted my arm up.
"Whoa whoa whoa... Are you alright Emily?" I hear Spencer say as he grabs my arm.
"Yeah. I fell down the stairs before. I'll be fine.."
"But.. You don't have stairs at your house.." He said with suspicion.
"I mean the stairs in the mall. I went shopping this morning..." I say hoping he doesn't realize I'm lying..
"Emily.. That's not it. What really happened? Was it Travis? Did you get in a fight? This is too many bruises--"
"I said I fell down the stairs Reid. No further questions." I cut him off. I feel bad for snapping at him but I'm not in the mood today. I feel my eyes start to tear up.
"Aw Emily.. Come here.." Reid put his arms around me and pulled me in for a hug.
I started feeling his hands rubbing my back. I think he feels the gauze.
"Emily.. Why do you have gauze on your abdomen?"
"When I fell I cut up my back pretty bad..." The elevator door opened and I saw JJ on the other side.
"Hey guys" she said.
"Hey JJ, Emily and I are going to take the stairs the rest of the way up. See you in a few." Reid said as he took my hand and dragged me towards the stairs. I'm trying not to cry but it hurts to much I let out one loud scream as soon as we get to the stair well.
"Emily lift up your shirt."
"Uhmm.. Reid?"
"I mean so I can see the gauze."
I lift up my shirt and Reid takes the gauze off.
"Emily there's a shoe print right here! What happened? Who did this to you?" Reid was livid. He wanted to know who did this and he wanted to know now. But I couldn't come up with the words to tell him..
"Reid..."
"Emily I'm not falling for the stairs thing. Tell me who did this. There's a burn going down your side, and a hand print on your stomach. I'm not stupid I know someone did this to you. Either you tell me now, or I'm going to have the team come down here and profile your a*s and come up with a story ourselves." I had to tell him..
"Travis--" Reid cut me off..
"TRAVIS DID THIS!? Oh when I get my hands on him---"
"You will NEVER get your hands on him. He's still my husband and I know he's in there somewhere! He's a good man Reid, and I know he's going to overcome this."
"Why are you defending him? He's a jerk who is beating you! You don't deserve this Em. You deserve to be treated like a queen, not like this." I can see how much this means to him. But I can't do anything about it.. I'm married to Travis, and it's only been the past year that he's been like this.. He's been under a lot of stress. He got fired from his job, his dog died.. He's a mess... It's just his way of coping with his stress.. I have to deal with it. Just a little bit longer..
"Just don't tell the others..." I say now crying because he found out..
"I won't. You will though. Come on... This is the only way to make it stop.."
I can't stop crying. Reid has his arm around me the entire way up the stairs. It begins to hurt walking so Reid picks me up and carries me the rest of the way. We come to a stop right before we open the door of the stairwell..
"I'm not saying anything.." I say under my breath. Reid gives me a look.. And we walk into the room with everyone sitting around......