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Chapter 3

"So you do know about it."

"Ya, Sean has been thinking about it for a quite some time. It really took him a lot of courage to make this decision and………. Before Reid could continue, Hotch interrupted him, "Being a chef is not going to bring him anywhere. The right thing for him now is to go to law school and graduate to be a lawyer. He has all the merits to be a good lawyer and he will definitely do well and have good prospects."

"But that's not what he wants. All he wants is to open a restaurant and cook for those who loves his cooking and……."

"NO WAY am I going to approve this. He just lost his direction and as his brother I need to bring him back to the right path so that he wouldn't regret it in the future. Besides it is in our genes to be a lawyer since our grandfather's time. He just hadn't been the same since our mother pass away years ago."

"But it's his life, he should make his own decision and I believe he will not regret it." Reid started raising his voice when he speaks and the rest of the team were shock as he was always soft spoken and no one ever seem him lost his temper no matter how badly he was treated.

"REID, are you part of this? Did you tell Sean to just ignore his family and go ahead to be a chef?"

"I only ask him to take control of his life, but it was after seeking your advice that I was sure that he should go ahead and purse his goal."

"WHAT? When the hell did I say that?"

"When we were on the plane back from the New York case few months ago I ask you that if one should go ahead and purse their own dream not knowing if they will succeed and knowing everyone around him will definitely disapprove his decision and you told me that one should live for ourselves and not others so that we would not have regrets no matter what's the outcome."

"But I didn't know it was SEAN. I wouldn't have……."

"What's the difference?" Reid cut him off. "I think that's enough, just because you are his older brother doesn't mean that you can control his life. Sean is a smart person and he can take good care of himself more than you give credits to him.

With that Reid went off to the furthest seat from Hotch and closing his eyes to ignore his surrounding leaving Hotch faming with anger.

The rest of the team glanced at each other knowing that it is going to be a hard time from now on.

The case took them a week to catch the unsub, who was a temporary baby sitter for the four victims. She baby sit the victims whenever the parents went for business trips or when they wish to spend time alone thus the victims were very close to her. The local police were unable to discover this link is because she had used a different name with each of the victims' family.

And like the rest of the team had expected, this week seems to pass like a month as Hotch and Reid ignore each other totally other than anything that is related to the case. Beside asking and answering questions related to the case they don't talk at all and they no longer have meals together as a team as only one of them will be present each time.

Finally it's time for them leave and fly back to Quantico. Gideon couldn't stand this anymore and the moment the plane took off, he pull the whole team together and tell both of them that they need to iron things out as they can't work while having team members bearing grudge against each other.

"This is my family matter, he shouldn't be interfering."

"NO, this is Sean's life and he should be the one making decision and not you. Beside he really cooks very well and with the chef his is learning from he will definitely fulfill his dream".

"This is insane. So what if he really opens a restaurant? How far can it bring him to? Being a lawyer he will have a bright future, earn a good reputation and of course a more comfortable live."

"But he wouldn't be happy."

"Ha, what do you know about happiness, you are just a kid yourself, don't even know what is reality and real life and……………"

"THAT'S ENOUGH! You are too much, you don't have any rights to say that about me".

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