[Criminal Minds] years before love

Hotch stood in front of the interrogation room for a while, looking in through the one-way glass. As the FBI, of course the other party knew about this kind of glass and knew that there were people here.Therefore, even though he couldn't see anything, he was still quite alert.The FBI has lost patience after repeated interrogations to no avail, and has temporarily turned its breakthrough to other directions.

Hotch pushed the door open, and Jones turned his back, obviously used to having people come in and question him, even though there were no restrictive measures, he still didn't look back.

"You don't want to talk to Agent Rossi, why?"

After these words, Jones turned his head and looked over in obvious surprise, and even Hotch himself was a little surprised by his opening for a moment. Jones was well aware of interrogation techniques, and he seemed determined not to speak. Since he was not considered a suspect at the moment, the usual practice seemed to be to try to gain his trust first, rather than such a nonsensical question that sounded like this.

"No one wants to talk to Agent Rossi."

What was even more surprising was that he actually got an answer.

Hotch immediately realized that it was clear that Jones had planned countless questions he would hear, and the answers he would give if necessary, and he had relied on these preparations for a long time, but this question was undoubtedly outside his pre-set range, And there is no threat, so he just answered reflexively under the condition of high tension.

Yet Hotch immediately decided to continue the conversation, "You know him?"

"Of course I know him, who doesn't. People like them..." Jones waved his hand.

Hotch raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by their kind?"

"We've got bad enough cases, but they're...and everybody knows, he knows what you're thinking with one look...it's scary."

"I remember, he was involved in your psych evaluation." Hotch nodded, "So there was any… between you two?"

Jones stared up at him. "As far as I'm concerned, I've never met him. But I've had colleagues who have dealt with him, and he's a monster."

"Hey." Hotch was rather annoyed, frowning and staring at him, "This is slander."

Jones shrugged noncommittally. "Who are you? Why are we talking about Agent Rossi here? I don't see him having anything to do with this case."

Hotch leaned on the table, "Perhaps... because you don't want to discuss your partner, so we have to discuss mine?"

"You're Agent Rossi's partner? Oh, you're poor then." Jones shot him a look. "I hear he's pretty terrible to work with."

"At least I'm sure he's not going to put me in serious danger without doing nothing." Hotch stared at him, seeing his fists clenched together, "Jones, I have to remind you that if his death has anything to do with your procrastination, I would consider recommending that you be charged with manslaughter."

Jones bit his lip. "Some things are more important than life."

"I totally agree." Hotch leaned over to stare at him, "but I don't think there's anything more important than stopping a dangerous killer from going on."

"You should go to him instead of staring at the victim here, I don't know where he will be."

"Jones' wife is used to him not coming home, I guess they don't have a good relationship, or are you going to tell me, what kind of partner are you two?" Hotch continued quickly.

"I do not know what you're talking about."

"You obviously knew he wasn't home—you found out he didn't even call to make sure he was home when he wasn't at work." Hotch laid out pictures of the first few victims, "I guess, it wasn't yours." case?"

Jones glanced down quickly, and pressed his lips together, "No, Ben and I are in charge of financial cases."

"What do you think this is?"

Jones hesitated, but said nothing.

"If you can't help us, your...friend will be next."

Jones lowered his head, and shook his head slightly after a few seconds, "Even if I say I know, Ben can't come back, and..."

"Missing for more than 48 hours, if it was a missing child case, I might agree with you. But in this case, I think he still has a chance to come back alive." Hotch forced him to look at himself, staring into his eyes, " I have no doubt that we will eventually catch the suspect, but your friend's return alive depends on you - Jones, knowing where he may be missing will greatly speed up our work. I suggest you think about your little secret Whether it is more important than his life."

"You mean he might still be alive?"

"I'm just saying that our suspect won't let him die so easily for the hard-won victim."