"This is Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner of the FBI. Who am I talking to?" Hotch asked into the phone.

"Agent Hotchner, how are you?" replied the deep voice.

Hotch pressed on the mute button and turn to Rossi, "Have Garcia track down this call"

Rossi shrugged, "Yes. I'm also calling the others, try to keep him talking"

Hotch returned his attention to the phone while the rest of his team (minus JJ) entered the room.

"I'm sorry but if you don't have any information for me, I don't have time to waste" Hotch said brusquely.

"No no no. Don't be arrogant with me Agent Hotcher. Has my sexygirl received my little note yet?" he said ending the call.

"Who are you talking about? Tiffany Watts?" Hotch demanded

"No Agent Hotchner. I found my soulmate. Tiffany is no longer worth my attention. My sweetheart will soon learn all about me, we will soon be together. Goodbye Agent Hotchner". With that the phone went dead.

"What the hell did that mean?" Hotch asked his team.

"Something must have happen to make him change his target." stated Morgan.

Hotch nodded, "Okay. What do we know about him?"

"His M.O is divided in different parts, first he chooses a victim, everytime they are very beautiful independent women. It seems that he spends as much time choosing his victim as spending time with them" analyzed Prentiss

Morgan continued, "Once his victim chosen, he starts to harass them from afar with letters and gifts sent by post. Then he gains in confidence and start follow them and drops his letters and gifts on their doorsteps, in their cars and even at their workplace. He rapidly gains in confidence. The first victim received her first letter by post in December and two months later, in February, she received a gift on her doorstep"

"He is patient and well organized. He harasses his victims for 6 months and then kidnaps them. The kidnapping is as meticulously planned as the rest. He chooses the place and the time of the abduction. In a parking, outside a club but never in his victim's house." added Rossi.

"Yes you are right but why never in the house? He would have been more safe to attack in their empty house than risk witnesses abducting them in public places. We know that he keeps his victims alive for 6 months. Maita Eyning, the first victim was still alive when he started to harass the second one." said Reid.

The police of Colorado Springs called his team three days ago and they were still trying to understand this unsub. From the information they gathered there were atleast four known victims over the last two years.

This unsub was most unusual. He starts with harassment to end with murder. His victims were all found at six months interval. His first victim, Maita Eyning, had been victim of harassment for six months before being kidnapped. As per the corroner's report, she was kept alive for 6 months, during which she was repeatedly raped before being strangled with the bare hands of her aggressor.

Several hours later, they were still with no new elements. And Hotch knew his team was getting frustrated.

"Ok it's late, let us all return to the hotel and maybe we will see all this differently tomorrow."

"JJ has not yet returned. She was interviewing Tiffany Watts" said Reid

"I'll wait for her. You go ahead." replied Hotch.

After the others left, Hotch sank back in a chair and took five minutes to think about the past few months of his life. Things have changed rapidly. With the death of Haley almost two years ago, he found himself even closer to his team.

Hell, who was he kidding? The correct statement was that he found himself closer to JJ. Hotch let out a sigh. JJ. He had always admire her for her efficiency at work, her innocence despite all the horrors she face at work. He always could count on her at work. And after Haley's death, she had been even more present in his life. She and little Henry. And now he realized that he fell for her. How did that happen? When did that happen Aaron?

It happened a long time ago, but he always could bury it deep down under his stoic facade. He remembered clearly a couple of weeks ago, the night JJ showed up at his door and...

"Hotch?"

He heard her soft voice calling out

"Yeah"

"Where are the others?" asked JJ

"They went back to the hotel. The unsub contacted us. He said Tiffany Watts is no longer his target and that he had a new 'sweetheart'. We don't know if he is bluffing or if it's true"

"He really is hard to understand this one" JJ said pensively.

"We will break through him eventually. You ready to go?" Hotch replied.

In the car, the atmosphere between the two agents changed subtly. They had not had the time to really talk since JJ showed up at his door.

JJ's phone rang and he heard her sigh before answering, "Hi, can I call you back? No I don't know when I will be back Will. I cannot just drop everything here and hop on plane! Because I'm on case. Just don't use Henry to blackmail me, he knows I am working and he is just fine with it. I'll call you later. Bye"

"Hey everything ok?" he asked seeing her distress.

"Yeah I'm fine.. Um no, not really. In fact I don't know." she sighed. "I'm the bad guy in this story"

"What? No, JJ"

"Sure Hotch, I'm the mother who is refusing to stay at home and spend time with her son."

"JJ don't do that to yourself. You are a great mom. Henry is really lucky to have you."

She did not seem convinced by his statement. The remaining ride was quiet, both agents lost in their thoughts.

JJ really felt lost. When did everything with Will became so complicated. Deep down she knew the answer - Will was a fighter, he persevered and she found that romantic but she wanted to take things slow... but then she got pregnant and told herself that she had to give Will a chance. There were no reasons not to. Will seemed perfect. Then things started to go downhill. If at the beginning he understood her odd hours now he only complained about it. He used their son to blackmail into quitting her job. But she loved her job. And she loved her son. She tried her best to spend as much time with Henry. Every minute she has off, she spends it with her son. Why should she choose between her job and her son?

If she was a man, no one would have expected that she quit the BAU upon the birth of Henry. We all think that there is gender equality etc etc... But when you look closer there is still this gap between what is expected from woman and what is expected from a man.

A woman choosing to have a career is automatically a bad wife and mother. She is not putting the needs of her family first. A woman should work enough to have a good salary and then she should eliminate any ambitions she may have to go further up in her career because that would mean less time for cooking, doing laundry, keeping the house...

She had a right to do what she felt good.

"Earth to JJ?" Hotch said looking at her slightly amused. It seemed that it was not the first time he was calling her name.

"Oh, sorry." She smiled shyly

"Come on, lets try to have some sleep. I feel tomorrow is going to be a long day"