[Criminal Minds] The Waiting Behind

"So, what's going on here," Michelle asked with a frown as she looked at Reid's leg resting on a stool next to it. "The last time it was poisoned, this time it just limped."

"Not lame yet..." In front of Michelle, Reid was always obedient, and could only retort in a low voice.

"Ha, don't you want to be really lame," Michell heard Reid talking to himself, and Michell looked at the more aggrieved Reid angrily.

His appearance of swallowing his anger and shrinking into a ball is really like a Labrador that has made a mistake... Michelle thought to herself, but listened carefully to Reid's honest account of what happened before.

"Although the original intention of saving people is good, you can't make fun of your own body." After listening to Michelle, she warned Reid seriously, but the moment she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong and racked her brains to add, "Well, I also know that there are always dangers in your field work, and sometimes you will inevitably put yourself in danger, but it's better to be careful. Oh, the more you say this, the more contradictory it is..."

Just when Michelle was struggling to touch her chin, thinking about how to say what she wanted to say, she heard Reid's rare guarantee that she didn't find out the logical errors in her words:

"I understand. I'll try my best, don't worry about me."

Michelle was in a trance for a moment when Reid's understanding, determined face was what Hotch had said at the time.

Are all the men in BAU so empathetic and scary... Michelle couldn't help but smiled, and was about to say something when Garcia's phone rang.

"Garcia, help us find the basic situation of the new missing victim, Heather Vanderwaal."

Seeing Garcia enter the working state in an instant, Michelle quietly waved to Reid and left the room.

Just don't bother them with their work.

Michelle stepped out of Quantico's building and looked up at the sky.

The sun is shining and the weather is fine.

I don't know if it's the same there...

Michelle squinted her eyes, trying to resist the too strong sunlight, wondering if that person got her present.

Back at her shop, Michelle said hello to Kelly and Wu who were cleaning the tables, and went back to the second floor.The business is gradually on the right track, and she can basically be a hands-off shopkeeper now, and she only needs to help out occasionally when there is not enough staff.

Now, she has more important things to do.

Michelle went under her bed and pulled out a cardboard box from the inside.

Inside the carton are outdated newspapers and magazines about the FBI.But this is not her purpose, Michelle flipped to the bottom with ease, and took out a small black bag.

Open it and take out the contents skillfully.

It was an unregistered pay phone.

Michelle took it out, kicked the box back under the bed first, and turned it on.

After almost no time, the call was connected, and Michelle smiled and said, "Hi, Moon, this is Lin. Did you get the stuff?"

It seemed that something was said there, and the smile on Michelle's face widened and widened, sincerely, "No, no, you don't need to thank me. I just want him to know that we all remember his birthday."

After chatting for a while, Michelle opened her mouth full of hope, "Is J there, can I have a word with him?"

Michelle waited silently for a few minutes, and finally heard a familiar voice from over there, soft and soft.Almost immediately she said cheerfully, "Happy birthday, little birthday boy! Do you like my new dim sum?"

Little Jack's excited voice came clearly through the phone line, and Michelle could easily hear the joy inside, "Thank you, Aunt Michelle! I really like the cranberry biscuits this time. They are very fragrant and delicious. Mummy and I are very happy." like!"

"As long as you like it." Michelle coaxed the cute little baby over there, "Is the journey with Mummy going well? Do you like the new place?"

"Well, I like it very much! We have changed to a new residence, and we have many new friends." Jack said loudly, but then his voice became softer and softer, aggrieved and sad, "But why is my birthday Daddy Why don't you call me?"

Michelle was at a loss for words, she knew that Jack didn't know that they were not traveling, but under protective custody.There is very little she can do:

"Because Daddy is still busy catching bad guys, but he always remembers your birthday, and he even asked me to send you a birthday present! And he asked me to say happy birthday to you, little guy."

"Really?" Jack was instantly amused, and Michelle lowered her eyes, continuing to chat with the little boy on his favorite topics, without feeling childish at all.

——Because, she can't tell him that the gift was given by her.

Time slipped by, and the call was quickly picked up by Haley, "They're coming back soon, I have to hang up."

Knowing that Haley was talking about the agents who were protecting her, Michelle didn't say anything more, just reminded her to be careful again, and hung up the phone.

She sat blankly for a while before she came back to her senses, continued to shut down the phone, put the phone back in its original place, and everything returned to normal.

The ones who contacted her just now were Haley and little Jack who were protected and moved away.

However, Hotch knew nothing about her secretly contacting them.

Michelle did it anyway, even though it didn't feel right to hide it from Hotch. She had to prepare for what was to come soon.

The plots of these few times have been turned around by her.Although the general direction seems unshakable, at least the degree of tragedy is reduced every time:

Kate is not dead, Hotch is not in danger of deafness; before and Foyet, Hotch did not suffer such a severe knife wound, healed well, and will not relapse in the future.

Michelle felt that it would be the same this time.

I don't know why, but she just feels that way.

So, Hotch, sorry.

Michelle silently thought again in her heart, if he knew, she would never allow her to do such a thing.Because he didn't know what was going to happen next, he just thought it would give away Haley's whereabouts.

However, she really didn't know about this matter, she only knew their general location.

Michelle just secretly found a time for the gift she gave to Jack, traveled to several places, and deposited it at the only real destination station, asking to give it to a woman who called herself Moon.

Yes, she and Haley made a secret sign, Moon and Lin.This actually originated from his previous name, so no one would guess it.

Michelle thought faintly, and couldn't help but think of the scene when she and Haley met in the hospital before—

"Aaron wants to see you."

Michelle looked at the woman standing in front of her, with short blonde hair, which gradually overlapped with the face of the strong and tearful woman in her memory, the one who tried to hold back the tears and said "you must tell him you are not always so serious" woman.

Instead of going in right away, she turned to Emily and asked, "Can you take Jack with you for a while? I want to have a few words with Haley."

After squatting down and talking to Jack softly, Michelle handed the obedient little boy into Emily's hands, and said to the surprised Haley, "Come here."

They walked to the corner of the corridor, which was a dead corner, few people passed by, and their conversation would not be easily heard.

Michelle approached Emily, stretched out her hand, friendly and kind, "Although we all know each other's existence, we still want to introduce ourselves seriously. Michelle."

Haley glanced at the smiling girl in front of her, she continued in this position, and finally held her hand, "Haley."

But the moment he touched the opponent's palm, Haley's eyes widened.this is……

The next second, Michelle leaned into Haley's ear and whispered, "This is my phone number. When you get to a new place, please text me the new number I told you."

"Why? Don't you know that Jack and I can't contact anyone we know?" Haley wondered what the hell this girl meant.

Michelle just blinked mischievously, "To be precise, we don't know each other, do we?"

Seeing Haley's astonished expression, Michelle knew that her joke had succeeded, so she slowly said seriously, "Aaron doesn't know, this is what I meant."

"Why?" Haley still looked puzzled, of course she wouldn't foolishly think that the other party was deliberately revealing her whereabouts to attract the murderer.Even for Hotch and herself, she wouldn't do it.So Haley didn't understand even more.

"I thought, occasionally you still need to find someone to vent your emotions."

After finishing speaking, Michelle ignored Haley, who looked even more inexplicable, and went to Hotch's ward.

She had done everything she could, and it was up to Haley to choose.If she doesn't believe it, then she has another trick.

It's just a little troublesome.

Thankfully, Michelle bet on Haley's character.A few days later, she received a text message from a stranger.

Haley's.

Michelle bought a disposable phone almost immediately and hid it away.

She and Haley agreed on a secret code to call each other. Haley contacted her with Michelle's original mobile phone, but Michelle always used a disposable mobile phone to contact her.

This is also to prevent others from finding their connection.The reason why they don't all use disposable mobile phones, Michelle thought helplessly, is that she has a boyfriend who is good at profiling by her side.

She was already carrying out secret activities without telling him. If she used this phone, Michelle couldn't guarantee when she would be caught by him.

What's more, they are living together again now. Michelle looked at the two pillows side by side on the bed, as close together as they were.

Seemingly thinking of some embarrassing scene, Michelle stroked her hot face, and silently sighed in her heart:

How sweet and painful!

On the other hand, Hotch and the others had just found the last mastermind and lost him at the same time-on the federal judge's list of murderers, the last person was himself.

On the plane back, Man was already leaning on the sofa and fell asleep, and Emily was whispering this to JJ, who had been sprayed with blood at close range before.

And Hotch, looking at Rossi on the opposite side, thoughtfully holding a pendant with a photo of Emma - Emma is the judge's wife and Rossi's first love, a woman he once thought would be with him for life.

At first, he just listened to Rossi reminiscing about the past, regretting why he wasn't with Emma back then, but the more he listened, the more something went wrong, as if Rossi meant something.

Especially when he heard Rossi say, "I've been missing out on Emma all my life because I was obsessed with that chase, that search."

Hotch raised his eyebrows and looked straight at Rossi, "David, he's threatening my family."

"We'll find Foyet, Aaron," Rossi said firmly, more like an oath, a promise.

Rossi blinked, clasped his hands, leaned forward, and left the chair behind him, "You not only have your family, you also have your lover. Don't ignore Evans because of Foyet. I don't want you to wait until After everything is over, you regret why you let the most pure and important things in life go away from you."

Hotch just looked at Rossi's sincere eyes, and didn't speak for a long time.

Outside the window, the sun is about to sink into the horizon, and night is coming soon.

The author has something to say: Little Jack is here! !Everyone has never thought of it, wow!

I found that I really like to put stems in the article

Then when it was revealed, I was so happy!

In the end, the dialogue on the plane is different from the plot, after all, there is no heroine in the original drama...

I feel like Foyet's shadow hangs over everyone

Hurry up and come out, hey!

By the way, tomorrow is the extra episode!

It tells the story of the heroine going to another parallel world

If you don't like it, you don't have to buy it

I haven't written it yet, I don't know how many chapters there are

1? 2?Anyway, no more than 3...

Those who are interested can take a look!

Thank you Jiuju Pinelli for throwing a landmine!