two people's agreement

Here, Quantico BAU headquarters.

"Sorry, I'm late!" Reid rushed into the BAU conference room and took off the shoulder bag. JJ is telling the circumstances of the case.

Rose, who was sitting comfortably in a chair, teased with an "I understand" face: "I hope she deserves your lateness."

"I hope that's her." Morgan, standing at the blackboard making coffee, turned to join Rose, grinning meaningfully.

Reed took out his notepad, focused on his work with a pen in his right hand, and threw out a sentence without looking at them: "Sorry, I'm watching a movie."

Ross continued to ask, "Oh? Really? What movie did you watch?"

"I left early, so don't..." Reid raised his head and lied hastily, trying to keep his tone as calm as possible. He glanced at Rose with calm eyes and turned to Morgan.

"I know it's late and everyone is tired, but two police officers were killed." Hodge said to resolve Reed's dilemma.

JJ took Hodge's words and turned the topic back to the case, picking up the victim's photo. "Okay, the owner Rod Norris was dead when the police arrived. They are still identifying the No.2 victim. They think it is his 16-year-old daughter Jordan."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the photo of the girl with some sadness, turned the front to his companion, and continued to tell: "According to the condition of the body, she may have been in the house near the source of the explosion."

Rose took the photo from her hand and looked down.

Emily next to JJ opened her mouth to express her understanding of the case: "Obviously they used bombs to lure the police into an ambush."

"Kill civilians first, then those who are first on the scene." From Reed.

"Do the locals think it's terrorism? In West Bune, Texas?" From Morgan.

"This is not a preferred target for terrorist acts, but DHS issued a terrorism alert to border states yesterday. Because of the timing and nature of this incident..." FromJ.J.

Morgan interrupted her: "I've never heard of this place. If it's a militia, I can understand."

"It's close to the border, it might be a message from a smuggler." Emily.

Ross concluded: "Whoever it is, they shot two police officers, killed a young girl, and unless they stop, there's danger to everyone out there."

"We have to be careful with the relationship with the local police. They have lost two members. They are anxious and terrified and want revenge." Hodge finally made a suggestion.

"Can you blame them?" Rose seemed to be questioning, but also defended helplessly.

Everyone looked at each other, but there was no answer.

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Sad souls can devour a person faster than bacteria.

——John Steinbeck (American writer, Nobel Prize winner for literature)

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Hodge and Reed are talking to Unsub's counselor about Owen's situation, which has touched Dr. Reed's inner pain.

"I told him that fighting evil is part of growing up."

Reed couldn't help his own malicious ridicule, "It's really familiar."

"Boys have their own solutions."

Why is he still irrational, Reid sneered, "Of course, the current situation is that Owen chooses to use an offensive rifle to solve the problem."

Seeing his face full of horror, Reid couldn't help but relieve his hatred.

Hodge stopped him from continuing, and Reed threw the document on the ground and left angrily.

Hodge had already noticed Reed's abnormality, but the tight time prevented him from solving his personal knots against the team members.Or maybe Hodge himself actually agrees with Reed's idea, so he let him go, and only stopped him after Reed went too far.

What is the reason, Hodge himself does not know.

Finally, when the crime test was given to all the police officers, everything broke out. Reed accused Owen's father's colleagues in front of everyone.

Even in the end, he used his body to block Owen's front, regardless of his own life.

Fortunately, the result is good.

Hodge was relieved when Reed carried Owen into the police office and asked Owen to put the necklace into Jordan's hand.

On the return flight, Hodge sat across from Reid, clasped his hands on the table in front of him, and looked straight into his eyes seriously.

"Do you know that you risked the lives of everyone present?" There was a strong accusation in his tone.

Reed lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.

"I should have shot you."

Hodge's words surprised Reed, who looked at Hodge for help like a helpless child.

Hodge couldn't bear it, and his tone softened to comfort him: "You are the smartest kid here, but you are not the only one, if you do this, you will be the only one left in the end, understand?"

Good boy Reed nodded and assured Hodge, "Yes, sir. It won't happen again. Thank you."

"What were you thinking?" Hodge asked again.

"I was thinking that maybe it was the second time a child fell down in front of me." The impact of the boy who was shot in front of him came to his mind as clearly as yesterday.

"You're counting down, just like Owen."

"It's my turn to save people." Dong Nong laughed at himself.

"But it wasn't saved that way."

"you're right."

"Reed, I know it pains you that you feel the same way as a bad guy."

"What made me become what I am today?" Reed was very disappointed, and he didn't know whether he was asking Hodge or himself this question.

"You should know that it's not what makes you who you are today, but what you make of yourself."

"This sounds so familiar." Reid smiled slightly, put on the strong shell again, and gave Hodge a reassuring expression.

"Good work." Hodge got up, "I know it's none of my business, but after landing, I think you should go and see that movie."

Reed shook his head, recalling what Hodge said.Really familiar, as if someone has said it.