[Criminal Minds] years before love

"Is he crazy?" Payne stared at Conrad in the room dumbfounded.

"It's not so much madness as someone planted those thoughts in his brain long ago, and something stimulated him, and let them eventually consume him - control him." Rossi also looked inside Two people, "Aaron did a better job than I thought."

"Cult?" Payne hesitated, turning to look at him.

"Change your life, use death to live forever." Rossi smiled, "Very typical cult thinking."

"But how do you know?"

"We don't know." Rossi shook his head. "It's just a very vague guess, but obviously his father's death should be suspicious. Aaron took a gamble, and it turns out that this entry point is better than I thought."

Payne hesitated for a while, sighed, "Strictly speaking, if you can't prove his relationship with the case, it's not a crime."

"Oh, come on, Jimmy, I've never met a criminal who Aaron can't ask for a confession. You know very well that the first point of an interrogation is to crush the other person, and then you can get what you want." Rossi slapped him, Continuing to shift his attention to the interrogation room, "I have sent someone to search his home, letters, notebooks, I believe we can find something."

Hotch in the interrogation room was leaning on the chair indifferently, looking at Conrad who was still excited, and pushed the photo of the fingerprint over, "This is your son's fingerprint."

"I don't know about his friendships." Conrad reluctantly replied.

"Conrad, if he was able to keep up correspondence after death, I'm sure in your conception he would do a far better job than your father." Hotch didn't look at him, "and I think in your opinion, This George Bassand is doing pretty... well?"

Conrad's breathing became heavy during the pause after he mentioned the name, his eyes fixed on the photo of the crime scene that Hotch pushed in front of him, "…"

Hotch reached out and brushed the pen stuck around the neck in the photo as if accidentally, then pulled the photo away, leaned forward, and lowered his voice, "Conrad, the only thing I'm curious about is if you want to follow your Father, why don't you come by yourself? I don't think he will be satisfied with what you gave him. "

"I am. Mentor." Conrad closed his eyes abruptly and clenched his fists.

Hotch raised an eyebrow.

Conrad said suddenly, "When I was little, my father told me that when you completely change yourself, you get a new world. Everything. Your life."

Hotch seemed to be thinking about something, and continued after a while, "Then he left you. Are you disappointed that he didn't take you?"

"He said I should stay and lead more people on this path." Conrad raised his head and stared at Hotch, gritted his teeth, "I can do it."

"I'm sorry he abandoned you." Hotch still met his gaze calmly.

Conrad's fingers trembled slightly. "He didn't."

"Conrad, I think you're well aware that he's dead. You've tried so many times, but you've never seen anything reborn after death." Hotch spread out the photos of several dead people again, "Not once. One of them Any one of them has completely disappeared."

Conrad choked on the table, "That's because none of them are good enough. Not all of them are good enough."

Hotch watched him for a moment, then turned and walked out the door.

"Looks like he's done more than that." Rossi gestured to him for the coffee on the table.

"Yes." Hotch came over, "I suggest you review the possible suicides in the precinct again. What was found in his home?"

"I found the notebook, and I'm still searching. I'd rather have a list or the victim's items." Rossi turned to look at Conrad, who was panting behind the glass, "He doesn't seem to be able to hold on anymore, just a little more The evidence will come out. Jimmy, I think I'll leave the rest to you, we have some other things to deal with."

"This...?" Payne turned to look at Hotch.

Hotch nodded, "You can take care of the rest."

"You don't want, uh, it's a case after all." Payne was a little awkward, "No need because I let us."

"We're just here to help." Hotch packed his things. "I can finish the report, don't worry."

"D□□id..." Payne hesitated.

"I'll wait for you outside." Hotch smiled and went out the door first.

"Jimmy? What's wrong?"

Payne sighed, even though he still thinks that the relationship between Rossi and Hotch is not like a mentor and apprentice in the usual sense, but obviously he has no position to explore this matter, and finally he said softly, "Thank you... If it is convenient , Carrie hopes you can attend Harry's funeral."

"We'll go." Rossi nodded earnestly.