[Criminal Minds] The Waiting Behind

Quantico BAU and everyone sat at the round table to exchange the information they got before.

"Hotch," JJ stood in front of the table, propped his hands on the table, and murmured in embarrassment, "You asked me to check the video data of the nearby cameras. No one stayed at the crime scene for a long time. Whether it was before the crime happened Or after the fire.”

Hotch and Man frowned at the same time, this thread is broken?

"Hey, Garcia?" Hotch pressed the phone on the table.

"Hey, sir. According to what you asked me to check, I found nothing, no firefighters who love fire, no one with a history of vandalism as a child. But—"

The sound of Garcia's typing on the keyboard stopped. This computer expert who seemed to have nothing to do with the identity of an FBI agent deliberately kept it a secret: "Look at what I have found through hard work? Every time the firefighters who went to the scene of the fire at the first time Among them, I made a cross-comparison, and they are all the same." Garcia became excited while talking, and the topic began to deviate from the continuous praise of her smart and beautiful qualities.

Hotch looked up speechlessly, which could almost be called rolling his eyes. Although he is a person who can tolerate some minor shortcomings of his subordinates, sometimes he needs to put the thinking of this technician who has always divergent thinking into consideration. Pulled back from a different dimension. "Garcia...just give me a name."

Hearing the faint stop and reminder in the boss's words, Garcia knew that he couldn't help but go astray again, and readily apologized, "I'm sorry, sir. Yes, I know his name...uh...JacobValley."

"If he's the guy we're looking for, then he's a typical heroic killer." Man got up with a coffee cup in his hand, and he couldn't last a night without a break.

Hotch thought for a while, "I'll apply for an arrest warrant and bring him back for questioning right away."

They easily brought Valley back for questioning, only to find that the reason why he was the first to arrive at the scene every time was because there was always a call to him the day before his shift telling him where there was a fire.At first, Valley didn't take it seriously, thinking it was a prank by some boring guy, but after one or two times, he found that the prophecy had come true.

Hotch looked at Man, who was interrogating with him, and the latter left clearly, ready to go to Garcia to verify the authenticity of Valley's words.Although he already felt that Valley was telling the truth, Hotch still had doubts about one point, "Why didn't you tell the police this?"

"That person calls from a different number every time, and I'm afraid that if I speak out, I'll be suspected." Valley stammered.

Hotch took a deep look at Valley, who was visibly embarrassed, he crossed his hands and rubbed them non-stop, obviously very nervous.Walking out the door silently, just in time to nod to the oncoming Man, Hotch knew that what the man said was true—"He is not the person we are looking for. And our murderer is the unknown caller."

A hammer is fixed.

"Hi, hello. This is FineDelicatessen."

"Hi, we need to order some takeaway here... Uh, Michelle?" The other party seemed to hear Michelle's voice, and chatted happily: "Do you have the noon shift today?"

"Yeah, it's quite busy at noon. Emily, do you want to order something?" It's not difficult to tell who the other party is from a few words, after all, there are only a few people who know me here, isn't it?

"Yeah, we're busy with a big case right now, and we can't get away at all. So please." Emily didn't reveal too much on the phone, she just chatted casually and then started holding the menu, "Two ham and cheese Sandwich, a tomato and cheese sandwich..."

"Okay, I see. It will be delivered in about 10 minutes, thank you for your patronage." Michelle wrote down the details of the order in detail, and she almost knew who ordered what just by listening to the content, basically the same as usual Well, the life of an agent is boring.

"Oh, you don't have to be so polite with us, thanks, bye!" Emily hung up the phone readily.

Three or 10 minutes later, Michelle carried the takeaway bag and followed the guard into the elevator.

Sure enough, Quantico's management is very strict. Only the nearby restaurant staff who often come to deliver food can enter with the previously issued pass.And even so, they have to be led every time, which is really heavily guarded. Michelle secretly slandered in her heart, in fact, it was obvious that she could manage a gentleman but not a villain.Those criminals with high IQ can still find a lot of loopholes if they want to come in, and they are not the ordinary people who are restrained.

"Hey, Michelle! Why did you come here in person?" Emily was obviously surprised when she saw Michelle. Indeed, it was the male employees in the store who were responsible for delivering food before.However, this time it was indeed proposed by themselves out of selfishness, so they were naturally happy and relaxed.

But she would not be so stupid as to admit it to Emily, although the other party might be able to profile it.Damn profiler, huh! Michelle resented angrily in her heart. Wouldn't it be nice to have such a feeling that no secrets can be hidden?

Emily looked at Michelle's expression of not knowing where she was wandering, and nodded helplessly to the guard behind, who understood and left first.If I hadn’t gotten to know Michelle well, I would have thought that this child was impolite. In fact, she was always distracted and would run away if she didn’t pay attention. This kind of confused temperament is quite cute, like soft like small animals.

Emily, who is born with femininity and loves small animals, is full of motherhood, and hugged Michelle, "Thank you! Since you are here, let's stay for a while before leaving. By the way, you can go and see Reid and Hotch."

Michelle, who was completely buried in her breasts, was secretly gnashing her teeth to envy and hate the other party's turbulence. When she heard this sentence, she immediately broke free from her arms like a kitten whose fur was blown, her face flushed: "What... What...why am I going to see Hotch..."

The voice became lower and lower, and her head lowered lower and lower under Emily's teasing eyes. Michelle really felt very embarrassed.This is the first time that a female friend teases herself like this. Does this mean that Emily at least agrees with her feelings for Hotch?

Emily folded her arms in a funny way, and looked at the little hedgehog in front of her who huddled into a ball as soon as she was hit. She was really not very optimistic about this relationship before. On the one hand, she felt that Michelle was just a little girl for a while, and on the other hand, Hotch had her own happy family.But she could see clearly that Michelle never bothered Hotch from the beginning to the end, and even chose to escape with self-loathing for a while.

Hotch and Haley's marriage is coming to an end and they both know it, it's a pity but one has to live. Since then, Hotch has become even more stern-faced. Working overtime every day is simply commonplace, and he almost regards the office as his home.Whether as a friend or as a subordinate, Emily feels that Hotch needs to get out of this failed marriage, and the best way is naturally to start a new relationship.Divorce is nothing. I didn't know that Rossi had been married many times without seeing Rossi!

"Reid and Man are in the conference room, where they asked you last time. As for Hotch..."

Emily elongated her tone on purpose. After seeing Michelle who was as shy as a small animal but still stretched her ears to pay attention, she finally couldn't bear to continue teasing her—"In his own office. It says on the door, don't need me Did I take you there?"

Then, seeing Michelle's distressed back almost running away, Emily laughed silently.I really look forward to the future life!I don't know if Hotch can be won by Michelle.

Michelle felt her face was terribly hot, this Emily... BAU's profiler is terrible!She felt that she had already acted very low-key, how could she see through one or two of them! Michelle suddenly thought, wouldn't Man, JJ, and Penelope all see it... so I have to face these ridicules every day... I will definitely have a fever! Michelle thought bitterly, feeling a little headache, let it be.

Gritting her teeth, Michelle rushed into the meeting room, ignored everyone's surprise at being interrupted suddenly, handed the takeaway to Reid who was even more surprised, and ran out without listening to the yelling behind her.

In the house, Man looked at Michelle's back who was scurrying in and out like a small bullet, took the takeaway bag from Reid's hand, and rummaged through to find his beef sandwich with ketchup: "Although I know she wants to see you soon." It's someone's mood, but it's not like we don't even have time to say hello to unrelated people like us... Tsk tsk!" He shook his head while sighing, picked up his own sandwich and started to eat it.

"Eat yours." JJ rolled his eyes helplessly, men gossip like this.

Rossi also took out his takeaway and ate the coffee in his hand, continuing to look at the documents in his hand, young man. . .I can't help but think of Jessica, who is the first...

Just when Rossi was immersed in the romantic memories of the past, Reid didn't notice the sandwich that JJ had already stuffed in his hand, but just looked at the crowd with a look of astonishment and shouted out, his voice was even extraordinarily high because of nervousness——

"You...you...how do you know...no, you...who are you talking about...why...you all...know..."

The expression was incoherent, but everyone understood it.

Man swallowed the last bite of the sandwich in his hand, licked the corner of his mouth, and then looked at the only doctor who was not calm, "Do you think we are all blind? You don't know what the profiler relies on for a living, right?" .”

Seeing Reid's widening eyes, JJ made up his sword maliciously, "Not only this, we also know that you have been inexplicably depressed for a few days, and from time to time you aimed at Hotch as if no one was paying attention."

Reid opened his mouth even more in disbelief, then closed it in frustration. JJ met Man, this charming and handsome detective was giving himself a thumbs up, silently mouthing "Good Job". JJ raised his head proudly, showing a smug smile, like Her Majesty the Queen who defies all living beings.

"Yes. It's very cute like a mouse stealing food." Just when Reid was about to accept the fact that his EQ was too low and his cultivation was insufficient, Emily, who happened to walk in and was about to have lunch, suddenly interjected in agreement.

"Hello!" The genius Doctor finally got a little annoyed, thinking of the conversation with Hotch that was interrupted in the prison, so in fact, Hotch guessed it if he didn't ask later?

Everyone burst into laughter, and even Man made a zipper movement with his fingers around his mouth, laughing endlessly.

As always, how can I let go of the opportunity to tease the genius baby?Only by laughing heartily from time to time in this way can they temporarily forget those sad cases and get a moment of relaxation.

So, Reid, you resign yourself to your fate.

Michelle, who didn't know that her affairs had been fully understood by the BAU elites long ago, but she didn't show it out of some tacit understanding, had been standing outside the office with "AaronHoter" written on it for several minutes.

Every time I stretch out my hand and retract it.reach out.Retracting...it's useless!It's not a dragon's pond and a tiger's den! Michelle secretly spurned herself, took a few deep breaths, and finally reached out her hand—knock on the door.

"Please come in." Sure enough, it was the eternally calm voice in the imagination, almost to the point where there were no waves.

Michelle took another deep breath, clenched the takeaway bag that had been packed separately in her hand, pushed open the door and walked in.