[Criminal Minds] years before love

Rossi has an urgent assignment.

A prisoner in the federal prison was released on bail. The prison found some suspicious items when sorting out the things he left behind. When he tried to control the person, he found that the prisoner could not be found. Rossi rushed over with a trainee agent.

Almost every prisoner would curse the police officer who caught him, and the police had of course notified the person concerned.But a serial killer like Max K. Redmond left behind a stack of paintings, including those belonging to known victims and others the police had never seen, can only be considered a dangerous travesty.

"Why is such a prisoner released on bail?" Rossi frowned, listening to the local police briefing.

"His victims were all men. He claimed to be interested in women, and his psychiatrist declared that he was cured, and he was doing well and passing the assessment," explained the competent-looking police officer. While directing his subordinates to put two huge boxes on the table.

"Even if he did target women—wouldn't that be worse?" Rossi was baffled. "I thought you all knew that sex crimes would never stop."

"Yes. We are clear." The police officer looked at him, "but the prison is not under our control, and we are already investigating whether there are other illegal transactions. At the same time, we are comparing the paintings he painted, but the reason for asking you for help this time That's not it."

As he spoke, he handed over a separate folder, "Aaron Hotchner is the prosecutor in this case, and we believe he has no personal contact with the other party, but..."

The moment Rossi heard the name, she almost dropped the things in her hand.

The intern detective next to him hesitated and asked, "Is that the Aaron Hotchner I know?"

Rossi controlled his emotions and opened the folder, but fortunately it wasn't as bad as he guessed.It was indeed filled with portraits of Hotch, but at least the top one was just a facial portrait.

"According to our information, Redmond only saw him twice, once before court and once in court, and there is no visitation record." The police officer continued, "but the proportion of his appearance in these paintings is also a bit too high. "

"You think he was one of the Redmond victims?"

"It's more likely to be his next target." The police officer shook his head, "Although Hotchner has not served as our prosecutor for a long time, his integrity and outstanding ability have impressed those who have worked with him. If He is really one of the victims, I believe he will avoid suspicion. And Redmond was tricked by him in court, admitting several cases that we have no direct evidence, I believe that if he is really a victim, Redmond will definitely It will be bitten out in court."

"You notified him?" Rossi stared at the familiar face in his hand, thinking that this person probably wouldn't leave this kind of matter to others.

"We couldn't notify him." The police officer shook his head. "Hotchner entered SWAT after leaving his job, and then entered the FBI. His information was kept confidential from us, which is why we turned to the FBI."

"You seem to have a good impression of him?"

"Oh, Aaron Hotchner's defense was extremely aggressive and brilliant. Personally, I think his departure is a loss to us."

"Should we notify him?" the probationary agent tugged at Rossi. "Sounds like Hotch might be in danger."

"Of course." Rossi nodded, "You know Hotch well?"

"Not to mention, but it can be seen that he is very smart and hardworking, and he is likely to stay." Although he is only an intern at BAU, his colleague who has been working in the FBI for many years smiled, "Of course there will be people who are jealous. , but to be honest, looking at him at my age, I just admire him. You don't like him?"

"Jason likes him a lot." Rossi was noncommittal.

"Jason Gideon?" The detective smiled as if understanding, and said nothing more.

"It seems that you know him?" the police officer asked after listening to the conversation between the two.

"Just in our department." Rossi didn't intend to explain further, but went to the phone to contact Gideon, who everyone thought had a tense relationship with him.

Hotch almost never intends to introduce his family to him, and even puts Gideon and his name directly in the emergency contact, and Rossi doesn't want to push him too hard.

Gideon on the other side of the phone seemed hesitant, "David, you can tell him yourself."

"It's business, Jason." Rossi felt that he really needed to review his image. "For his safety, it's better to tell you than to tell him himself."

"I thought you needed me to send him there as bait." Gideon seemed relieved.

"Of course not." Rossi froze for a moment. He admitted that his methods were often quite extreme and risky. At least he remembered that he didn't intend to put Gideon in danger, and he really didn't think about using Hotch as bait, "So don't Let him know, or he'll be sure to ask."

"I'll keep an eye on him."

Rossi frowned in displeasure, if he didn't know Gideon too well, he would almost have wondered if Gideon had any thoughts about Hotch.