tell me what to do, Dr. Reid

They sent Austin to the nearest hospital along the way.

Austin has been insisting that his bones are broken, and the doctor who received them looked quite helpless.

"Don't worry, Mr. Austin, your bones are intact," said the male doctor.

"Tell you, I'm also a doctor!" Austin said excitedly, "Don't try to fool me - I want to take a film!"

"Okay, Doctor Austin, let's take a picture of you right now, don't be impatient, okay?" the doctor comforted patiently.

Austin immediately settled down a lot.

Fiona turned away quickly, knowing Austin would be fine.

Then they rushed to Toland's house without stopping. His house was in a residential area in Atlanta. By the time they arrived, the fire had almost been put out.Thick smoke that has not yet dissipated surrounds the charred ruins, looking particularly bleak.Fortunately, the fire did not spread to other houses in the block.

Toland wasn't there, but Agent Rossi was already there, talking to a firefighter. Fiona and the others walked to Rossi's side, and they simply nodded to each other as a greeting.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it is probably an explosion caused by a gas leak, which caused the fire." The firefighter said.

"Overall, gas leaks are the most common cause of urban residential fires," Reid said. "Last year alone, there were 50 building fires in U.S. cities, of which more than 30.00% were due to gas leaks, while arson was a high proportion It’s not high, but there are 3,1 cases.”

Fiona looked at the firefighter, "What else did you find?"

"As far as the current situation is concerned, the fire started in the living room, and the explosion should have been caused by a candlestick placed on the dining table."

Just then, Toland's voice came from behind them.

"Oh, my god!"

He walked quickly to his house, looking terribly ugly.

Although she didn't like him, Fiona said coldly, "I'm sorry, Toland."

"What the hell is going on?" Toland said. "I was at a friend's house and I heard the news—Jesus." He stared blankly at the ruins of his own house, still seemingly in disbelief of what he was seeing of.

Firefighters told him the cause of the fire.

"Impossible!" he cried impatiently. "For God's sake, I haven't lighted the candle on that candlestick for almost half a year."

"Are you sure?" Rossi asked.

Toland categorically stated that he was sure.

"Damn it!" he swore, "someone must have set the fire!"

He glanced at Fiona subconsciously, which made Fiona feel very uncomfortable.She said coldly: "Don't doubt me this time. I was in the car when the fire broke out, with Spencer and the others."

Toland looked a little embarrassed.

"I didn't mean to doubt you." He frowned. "Damn, I have to call the insurance company. Excuse me."

After the smoke had mostly cleared from the house, firefighters briefly inspected the house, and they said there was no damage to the basic structure of the house, so it was safe to enter.

Fiona opened the charred front door and walked in. Reid followed closely behind her.

"This is where the fire started." The firefighters pointed to Fiona and the others the dining table that was almost charred, and they immediately noticed a silver candlestick lying among the charcoal.

They briefly inspected the entire house.

"Fiona." Reid called her name suddenly.

He was standing in front of the sofa in the living room on the first floor, staring at something on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Fiona stepped over the charred coat rack to Reid.

"You should see this," Reid said.

There was some charred remnant on the ground that looked like it had fallen out of a nearby glass cabinet.The explosion completely shattered the cupboard, with pieces of china and books strewn all over the place.

Reid took out a handkerchief, and picked up something on the ground through the handkerchief.

——It was a copper badge that was distorted due to high temperature, but the pattern on the surface of the badge was still clearly visible.

It was a logo in the shape of a rose.

"You think this rose has something to do with the roses I received?" Fiona asked.

"Maybe, or maybe it's just a coincidence." Reid murmured, he looked up at Fiona, "Do you know that roses have other meanings besides love?"

"do not know."

"The rose has the same letter as Eros, but in a different order. In primitive goddess worship, it once represented female fertility, and its shape represented—er, female appearance." Regen. Genital. The five petals represent the five most important stages in a woman's life, namely birth, menstrual cramps, pregnancy, menopause and death." Reid quickly explained, "The cut roses are It also represents the passing of life and death. In ancient Rome, people sprinkled rose petals on the graves of the dead to pay homage to the dead."

"So you mean—" Fiona pondered the deep meaning of his long piece of science, "the person who sent me the roses was probably just to remind me of Trent Stewart's death."

"possible."

"It relieves me somewhat." Fiona sighed and said sarcastically, "I wish he wasn't some crazy suitor."

Later, they showed toland the rose badge.

"Is this yours, Toland?" Fiona asked.

"Oh." Toland said with a frown, looking a little absent-minded, "That's my sister's relic, what's wrong?"

"Do you know what this is?"

"It's just a badge, what else can it be?" Toland said with a shrug.He doesn't look like he's lying.

They then heard from a helpful housewife who had seen an old Beetle parked near the Toland house just before the fire broke out.

"I've never seen that car around here," she said.

"Did you take down the license plate number, ma'am?" Rossi asked.

"You are really asking the right person." The housewife quickly took out a small book, which recorded something in neat words.

Fiona accidentally caught a glimpse of the top line that read: Bobbysmith didn't mow the lawn today, he probably finally found out that his wife would go out every afternoon wearing heavy makeup, God knows what she was doing...

It seems that this lady likes to keep a detailed record of the neighbors' trivial details. It's just... scary to have such neighbors.

"Let me see—" she quickly flipped through a few pages, "here."

Rossi told Garcia, who had returned to the police station, the license plate number, and asked her to check the owner's information.Within 2 minutes, Garcia called back.

"Guys, I have some sad news for you," Garcia said.

"Oh, don't tell me that's a reported lost car," Rossi said.

"Exactly, sir," Garcia said. "The original owner was a 63-year-old widow. Oh, I've never seen such an honest person—he didn't even have a parking ticket, can you believe it?"

"Thank you, Garcia," Rossi said.

"You're welcome, sir!" Garcia said flattered.

At this time, his mobile phone showed another incoming call.

"I'll hang up first," he said, and then pressed the hands-free button, "Tell me, man, what did you find?"

"We met Trent's mother," Man's voice came from the phone, "She proved that Trent once joined a very secret club called the Red Rose Club."

"Red rose?"

"Yes, that sounds familiar, doesn't it?" said the man. "It must have something to do with those roses that Mars received."

Reid couldn't help asking: "What kind of club is that?"

"Oh, Reid." The man's tone was a little teasing, "Actually, this is not suitable for children."

Reid frowned and muttered, "I'm not a child."

"——It's a sm club." Man said.

"Self-defense mechanism (self-defense mechanism)?" Reid said immediately.

"What?" Fiona said.Everyone looked at Reid in surprise.

"Uh, wrong?" Reid blinked and looked at the others in bewilderment, "It can't be samarium (chemical element samarium)."

Rossi raised his eyebrows and looked at Fiona.

"——is sadismandmasochism (sexual abuse)." Fiona explained calmly and seriously.

"Oh!" Reid swallowed, and looked away awkwardly, "Uh... ok. I see."

"Hey guys!" the man yelled, reminding them they were still on the phone, "I just got the membership list for that club."

Rossi opened his mouth as if about to say something.

"Wait, don't ask me how I got it - I went to the speakeasy that the club often hangs out. To be honest, I never want to recall that experience again." Man emphasized his tone.

Fiona more or less guessed what he went through.He must have seen something similar to what she had seen in that house not long ago.

"That list has Trent Stewart's name on it," Man said, "and its members should each have a rose symbol, maybe jewelry, or a tattoo."

"We just found a rose badge at Toland's house." Reid said, "Toland said it was his sister's relic."

"That's right. Also, I sent the list to Garcia, and she is going through the names on it one by one now." Man said, "But I'm not sure what we should look for."

"A lot of sexual abusers have criminal records, and many of them are used to hiding their 'little hobby', so there must be many of them using pseudonyms, so I'm afraid she won't find it useful. stuff." Rossi said bluntly, "But let her check to see if anyone has recently moved to Atlanta."

"No problem." Man quickly hung up the phone.