[CM] THE CASE

Sometimes the right path is not the best one. ——"Pocahontas"

Emily opened Hotch's office door again.

Hotch looked up at her: "What's the matter?"

Emily wondered: "Nelson asked you to go to his office."

Hotch raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Okay."

In Nelson's office stood a man he hadn't expected - organized crime Peter Conner glaring at him.

Nelson rubbed his forehead. "Hotch, sit down. Conner, sit down too."

Conner snorted hard, but sat down anyway.

Nelson used all his patience to put on a calm face: "I heard you captured John Walker?"

Hotch's heart tightened. Nelson called Walker by his full name, which didn't sound very friendly—that is, Nelson wasn't doing favoritism, so it had something to do with Conner. It was even more unlikely that Conner had a personal relationship with Walker, so... did Nelson know that Walker had a problem?

Although he thought so much in his heart, he only said "yes".

"Conner has been secretly monitoring Walker for almost a month," Nelson said. "They have been tracking down a criminal organization of human trafficking for a year and found that the structure of this organization is more complicated than imagined. The specific details need to be kept secret. All I can say is that Walker is An important breakthrough."

Having said that, Nelson's face flickered a little.He propped his forehead with his hand to cover up the anger.At his age and status, he has seen countless people.But he had seen so many people, but he didn't see what kind of monster was under the skin of the man standing next to his daughter.He didn't go wrong many times in his life, one time was enough for him.

Conner finally couldn't hold back: "This will ruin our month-long painstaking efforts! Once they become alert, our clue will probably end here, and it will be even more difficult to catch their feet!"

"Probably not." Hotch said to him, "Sorry, because it's not an arrest warrant, I didn't apply for it. Now we didn't bring Walker into the interrogation room, just asked him to cooperate with the investigation. And this matter is related to a I have to track down the whereabouts of the FBI agents."

Conner's face brightened a little: "But this will still have an impact. We originally arranged an auction four days later as a trap, and this opportunity may be voided."

"I can help," Nelson said. "I can get Walker to leave without a doubt. Next, it depends on his relationship with this organization."

"If he has a high status in this organization, you can hide it from him; if he doesn't have a position in this organization, they may abandon him out of caution, so you didn't continue to investigate His need."

"Also, the auction can be postponed for a few days. Your cover status will definitely be vigilant because of this matter, and the delay is reasonable." Hotch suggested, "I need Girf... the whereabouts of my team members. Your case It's your business, and I apologize for my interference, but I have to."

Conner looked like he accepted his apology.

"That's the end of this matter." Nelson made a final decision, "Hotch, please cooperate with me."

Gideon and Rossi came to the apartment.Because the owner's identity information was in doubt, and now someone from the FBI came to investigate, the property had to send someone to cooperate with the investigation.The manager was sent here, an ordinary middle-aged man. As soon as we met, he apologized to the two detectives: "I'm really sorry, because it was a cash transaction on the spot, we only looked at the authenticity of the identity information." , I didn’t expect... This is our company’s negligence, and we will be responsible.”

"You don't have to be so nervous," Gideon said, "Just show us."

The apartment appeared to be clean - no dust and there were a few group photos on the photo wall.The apartment is two bedrooms and one living room, standard for a family of three.As Ray said, one room was locked, and the property manager tried it with the key, but it didn't open.He looked at the two agents in embarrassment, and Rossi touched his chin and said, "I'll try."

Then he fished a hairpin from the pocket of his underwear.

The manager stared at him dumbfounded, and Gideon sighed beside him.

Then Rossi picked the lock with ease and pushed the door open.

The room seemed to be locked all the time and had a stale smell.The curtains were made of opaque fabric, and the room was pitch black. Rossi wrapped the handkerchief in her hands and pressed the light——

Every muscle in Gideon's body tensed.

It was a children's room, or rather furnished according to children's standards, with a wall full of pictures of the same person.In addition to Griffith's recent photos, there are also printed materials and newspaper clippings from the Internet, and many private photos of Griffith when he was a child.Those yellowed photos are too old, the paper is very fragile, and it has been carefully plasticized.The Asian boy is too thin and barely smiles on his face.He stared at the camera with wide eyes, as if looking at a grinning monster.

Rossi looked at it for a while, then turned to Gideon and said, "Call them over, there is no need to hide it anymore."

Walker looked in good spirits.

He was not like a suspect who was temporarily invited into the bureau for tea, but rather like a consultant invited in for consultation. Garcia observed through the glass for a while, and said, "This is John Walker? He looks handsome."

"John Walker, 34 years old, a legal adviser to a technology company." Emily flipped through his files, "He is indeed a good-looking talent. But Garcia, you can't judge a person by appearance—"

"You can't judge a book by its cover, I know." Garcia nodded approvingly, "I just feel sorry for his fiancée, I..."

Before she finished speaking, the door was suddenly opened, and the fragile door panel hit the wall with a "bang", which startled the two of them.I saw Nelson strode in, followed by Hotch.

This is not an interrogation room, and it is not soundproof.Such a big movement also scared Walker, he just looked up and saw Nelson angrily throwing the file to the ground, Hotch was scolded in front of his subordinates, his face was very ugly.

"…what did I say!" Nelson snarled, pointing at the file. "I said it was a misunderstanding, and I can explain it to you! How can you just bring someone into the Bureau?"

Hotch lowered his head: "I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully."

"Ill-considered? You're telling me this?" Nelson raised his voice.

Walker's eyes flashed.

"I can vouch for him, he can't have a problem!"

Garcia has been scared silly.She approached Emily unconsciously, and asked in a low and trembling voice, "What's the matter?"

Emily was also surprised, but her surprise was different from Garcia's.Although I don't know what Hotch and Nelson's plan is, but it's better to play dumb than anything at a time like this.So she also shook her head blankly.

After this mess, Nelson took one look at Walker, slammed the door, and left.

"Emily, go and ask, don't make it look like an interrogation, we just want to learn more about the situation." Hotch said, "He is also a law student, so it is impossible for him to know the law and break the law."

Emily read between the lines immediately.

Garcia looked in disbelief. "What? But he..."

"Don't you still have a job? What are you doing here?" Hotch said seriously, "Go back."

Garcia stares at him.

Emily pinched her quietly, indicating that there was something else hidden in it. Garcia walked away bewildered.

Emily walked into the room alone, and smiled apologetically at him: "I'm sorry, Mr. Walker, we got something wrong. Now we just need your cooperation. Well, I want to find out, we found a few people at Griffith's house A work of art, the purchase record is written in your name, did you give it to him?"

"Yes."

"Is that worth a lot of money? Such an expensive gift for ordinary friends?" Emily gave him a suggestive look.

Walker smiled. "I think you don't understand, Griffith... No, Foster means a lot to Sally and me. He's more than just a benefactor. What agent would care so much about the recovery of a victim's family? He Helpful for Sally's recovery, I want to thank him, it's nothing."

"And what about the clock you gave him?" Emily asked casually. "It seems to be a set, right? I didn't find it in his house."

Walker paused: "Really? Then maybe he gave it to someone? It's a couple clock. Maybe he has a sweetheart, so he gave it away. It seems that you don't know the private life of your colleagues that well."

Emily smiled at him, asked some innocuous questions, and let him go.

Walker went downstairs and looked around, but he didn't see anyone from the FBI.He was looking at his phone while going upstairs. In a corner where the surveillance could not capture, he quietly sent an email, and then opened the door of his house.

The author has something to say: I think if you apologize again, you should be tired of hearing it, so I feel sorry for you for chasing a Buddhist update. XD