[Criminal Minds] The Waiting Behind

In the morning, Michelle, who tossed and turned all night, still chose to get up.Thinking of Reid's silent company last night, he didn't even ask or say anything, just sent her home, and said goodbye good night as usual.Sure enough, Reid understood her very well and knew what she needed most. There was warmth in Michelle's heart.

Open the beige curtains, and the slightly warm sunshine shines on the face. It's a new day.

The most depressing thing in this world is not being rejected before confessing, but being rejected before confessing.

There is no one in this world who cannot live without it.come on!Silently cheer yourself up, put all the unclear thoughts behind you, just like Hotch, leave everything to time to decide.When one day she can take this matter out and talk and laugh happily, she will really be relieved.

A few hours later, the coffee house.Scene as always.

"Hi, Michelle! The old rules." Garcia didn't seem to be too much affected by that incident, and walked into the coffee shop as usual.

"Okay." Taking the coffee cup and handing it to Alison who was making coffee next to him, Michelle noticed that Garcia's face seemed not very well: "Penelope, didn't you sleep well?"

"Oh my God! Michelle, you don't know what happened to me last night!" exclaimed the perfect Garcia.

Use facial expressions to express doubts, did something happen again?

"I can't believe he ran to my apartment!"

A word without beginning and end, who? Michelle was completely clueless.Could it be an ex-boyfriend?

"Hey ~ Penelope, I don't want to know your romantic history." She didn't even figure out her own, but she is not qualified to be someone else's love consultant.

"Aren't you interested in knowing why Agent Rossi showed up at my door in the middle of the night while I was having sex with FBI tech analyst Kevin Lynch after we were done?"

Wow!What a gossip! Michelle's eyes were bright, and she vaguely had the impression that it was about an early case of Uncle Rossi.

"And then?" I really want to know the follow-up.

"Are you taking a shower?"

"Yeah, I was nearly naked/nude...and dripping...no, that's not the point. The point is that agent Rossi knows, and the bureau has no romantic relationships! If he told anyone, I'd be screwed !” Once Garcia became agitated, her speech became as fast as a machine gun.

"Hey, beauty, don't be so anxious, watch out for wrinkles." Michelle comforted with a smile, Rossi should not be so bored to sue, but logically speaking, it is impossible for her to understand him, so there is no way to guarantee Garcia's comfort.

"Oh! Really?" Garcia covered her face with her hands nervously and fumbled, "Has it grown?"

Michelle shook her head helplessly, picked up a cup full of coffee and handed it to Garcia, "Is this a joke? It's so funny... Go to work quickly, don't think too much."

Connecticut, Reid and Hotch are waiting to be interviewed by the warden in the prison.

"Didi" SMS?this time?who is it? Reid turns on the phone, Michelle?

He gave Hotch a complicated look, what Michelle said last night really scared him. Reid really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to two people who seemed to have no intersection at all, and they were both his friends.Is this world really too mysterious...

"Spencer, thank you for your company last night. Thank you for understanding my embarrassment. I didn't say anything. If you can, I hope you have never heard anything and don't need to do anything for me. Next time we meet, we will never talk No mention. Sincerely Michelle."

As if nothing... nothing... happened.

Reid sneaked another look at Hotch, and said that Hotch didn't see any clues at all, except that he didn't talk to Michelle very much, but Hotch was not the type who would be very enthusiastic about anyone.

"What's wrong? You've been watching me hesitate to speak for a few days, what do you want to say?" Hotch said suddenly, looking directly at the captured Reid.

"No...nothing." Stuttering was too unconvincing at this moment, Reid thought angrily.

Just as Hotch's suspicious eyes were about to take down Reid's small bunker, the ringing of the phone saved him.

Hotch glanced at Reid, who was obviously relieved, and picked up the phone: "JJ?"

Reid had been paying attention there, but found that Hotch seemed to have heard something, and his face changed instantly.

"No, it's...it's a private matter."

"...yes, thanks. I will when I get back."

private matter?Looking at Hotch walking around and frowning, it seems to be a troublesome private matter.Speaking of which, Hotch has been frowning lately... Reid is thoughtful, although he has always had this expression, but recently there is something different. Reid knew that it was impossible for Hotch to be depressed to such an extent just because of Michelle's affairs. It seemed that it was a matter of Hotch's family.

"Is everything all right?" Reid asked with concern, looking at Hotch's irritated look.

"It's okay." Obviously Hotch didn't want to talk about anything here.

Reid shrugged. "We can go back to the interrogation sometime. And I can go alone..."

Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by an unnecessary gesture by Hotch. Reid raised his eyebrows, and it was better not to help himself, "Got it, I'm sorry."

Then a man walked in, "Hi! You must be Agent Hotch and Doctor Reid, and I'm the assistant warden here..."

Quantico, everyone gathered outside Rossi's office, looking at the mess inside, very worried.

At this time, Garcia is facing a difficult choice: on the one hand, it is an agreement with Agent Rossi, a secret that only the two of them know.

On one side is Emily, JJ and Man's continuous persuasion——

"Rossi is discreet in form, picky, obsessed with cleanliness, never misplaces things, everything is in order," Emily pointed to the clutter in the room, "I dare say this is a cry for help."

"He's in Indianapolis. It's a double corpse case that seems to have haunted Rossi for a long time."

Everyone looked at each other, "The plane is fine." JJ said knowingly, "Let's go."

So in the remote Indianapolis, a happy ending in which the awkward uncle became angry and finally accepted everyone's help to work together to clear the fog of sorrow was staged.

On the other hand, Reid feels that Hotch today is not like the usual calm and self-sufficient Hotch, and his whole body seems to be leaking restlessness.

In the beginning, interrupting the warden's greetings with himself, this kind of impolite thing, could be considered reasonable if it was based on the idea of ​​wanting to start early and end early.

Later, when faced with the routine questioning of the prison guards for not removing the shackles, Hotch actually raised objections.Just talking?Don't you need to worry about your own safety?Or is it just based on strong confidence in one's own strength.Well, Reid admits, at least on this point he's personally beyond comprehension.

If there was a reason for all this, what about now? Reid is about to touch his forehead!

Facing the time trap deliberately arranged by a serial killer like Chester Hardwick, and facing the plight of no one coming for the next 13 minutes, he even provoked him impulsively, which led to the current tense atmosphere.

The battle is imminent.

The phrase "In my opinion, you are a coward" is indeed very imposing, if it is not in this extremely dangerous situation.Of course, it would be better if Hotch didn't point his index finger at each other...

Seeing that Hotch handsomely took off his suit and tie, and was about to have a fight with Chester, Reid took a deep breath and began to use his strengths, which was "endorsement"——

"Do you want to know why you killed those women? I can tell you why you killed them. Why you are the way you are."

Having managed to get Chester's attention, Reid hastily diverted his attention away from Hotch: "Your mother was bipolar...your father was severely shell-shocked in the war...a lifelong clinical type of depression...53% of family members of serial killers have some form of mental illness...both your parents have...so violence becomes a natural expression of love...the limbic region of the brain has an area called the hypothalamus... ..."

Seeing Chester, all the attention was attracted by Reid's extended version of the mental speech, Hotch slowly stepped back a few steps, and stood close to the wall.This position was neither far nor close, neither would it cause psychological pressure on Chester or even make him subconsciously ignore himself, and it would also be able to stop him immediately when he suddenly launched an attack.

After observing Chester's behavior for a while, and finding that he really didn't mean to attack them suddenly, Hotch secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and temporarily took some time off to think about his abnormality just now.Of course he knew that he was too aggressive or even lost his cool. This was not his usual style at all, and it could be said that it was not a low-level mistake that a profiler would make.

But he did, yes. Hotch has to admit that his state has not been very good recently. Any man who finds out that his beloved wife is having an affair and returns home again after an unpleasant conversation finds that the other party has moved out of the house without hesitation. normal.

Hotch pinched the bridge of his nose with his hand, really feeling a little tired. Haley actually called JJ, so eager to get in touch with him and sign the divorce agreement?A bitter smile slowly climbed onto the corner of Hotch's mouth, and the fine lines between his brows seemed to deepen. At the beginning, she was the one who saw that he was serious and responsible in his work and promised him to pursue him. Now she is the one who complains that he is serious and responsible in his work.Although he knew that he did miss a lot of things because of work. When Haley was pregnant, her sister was busy and busy, and he couldn't even be there for Jack's birth. It is normal for Haley to complain.But couldn't she see the same effort she was putting in?Although he is often ridiculed, Hotch is always unshakable and will call back to care for Haley and Jack when he is in the middle of a case; he will go home as soon as possible after get off work to be with his family.

He is obviously doing his best to maintain the family, trying to be a good husband and father. When did Haley stop participating in it and just stand aside and watch it coldly?And now, does Haley finally want to take back the rights and obligations given to him? Hotch pursed his lips, his knife-sharpened face was unusually serious, but it seemed to be wearing a mask that repelled people thousands of miles away, making it difficult for people to get close, and also made all his emotions shrink inside, making him unattainable.

The expression gradually returned, Hotch's sharp eyes turned to Chester, this man... squinted his eyes... What a cunning man.He's a natural-born psycho serial killer, devoid of emotion, feeling no guilt whatsoever, and this time they picked the wrong guy.

"Yes,"

"...Before, you said that your victims had no chance. I think, deep down in your heart, you understand," Reid paused, raising his eyebrows a little nervously at the end of his analysis speech. ,

"It's you who never had a chance."

Looking at Chester's pensive look, Hotch gradually raised his vigilance. What will be waiting for them next?Just as Hotch was on the alert, the door opened.The prison guard rushed in, "Are you okay?"

look around.

It's all over, Hotch thought.

"It's okay." Picking up the tie and suit jacket that had been thrown aside, Hotch left the small room without looking back.