Tori Riordan plopped down on the seemingly brand new sofa cell phone in hand, legs crossed, foot twitching quickly in her aggravation as she listen to her boss lecture her on the phone.
"-enjoy your vacation. You will not get involved in the situation! I forbid you. You are off duty and you work white collar anyways why would they want your help anyways, there is nothing you can do to help them," heavy panting on the other line told her he was catching his breath for another stream of lecturing.
"I passed my test! I use it for my white collar job as you claim and so far it has been helpful so why can't I help out, its my vacation!" she snapped back.
"I am warning you if you even go within 5 miles of there you'll be buried under a mountain of paperwork for 6 months!" he snapped back before hanging up.
She tossed her phone on the sofa in anger, he knew she hated paperwork, "bastard…."
Tori looked around the room, her nose wrinkled, she hated this place, it had been her childhood home. After her grandparents died when she was 7, she not her mother had inherited the house, once she turned 18 she kicked her mother and her step father out. Tori sent money to a professional cleaning and maintenance agency for the house to be cared for and she had ordered complete new furniture and appliances, paid movers to pack up anything that wasn't over 10 lbs, and that her mother hadn't taken, to be put into a storage unit. She used the place as a 'vacation' home now, though this was the first time she had come here since she inherited the place. Her mother and step father had moved to Florida, living in a trailer park in some town called Dunnellon, she sent them a card at Christmas with money inside but ignored them otherwise.
"I should just sell the damn place," she muttered getting up off the never used sofa and entering the kitchen, looking at the gleaming brand new appliances, her fingers touching the granite counter top.
She had slowly house renovated over the years since she was 18 working as a psychology college professor in Washington State University before switching jobs when she was 21. Tori opened the refrigerator which she had filled with some drinks and simple food, she figured she would probably eat out most of her "vacation" then being stuck in the house. She grabbed a soda, cracking the can taking a long few gulps cringing as the carbonation burned down her throat. What the hell would she do today.
Reid returned to the police station with his update, Hotch nodded, "Morgan go with him tonight," he tapped his phone to get Garcia.
"I am still trying to pin point italian designers but not much so far the video is much to grainy so instead I am pulling up the top ten most popular italian designers and working from there. Haven't found much. Also can't find a common connection, same social status, pretty but thats about where the common stops, one girl was still in college working at a restaurant, another was small time lawyer, another was a nurse, etc."
"Keep working on it Garcia," Hotch said before hanging up.
Rossi moved to the board, "so we know the unsub is getting his victims at the clubs which is probably how he is getting into the houses, he is being invited in. Then once in the bedroom all hell breaks loose, however why has he chosen these victims. Victim 1 was a red head waitressing college student, victim number two was a lawyer but not a high roller a simple tax lawyer, victim 3 was a ER nurse, victim 4 was a secretary at a small business and victim number 5 was an elementary teacher, all middle class, single, attractive, living alone which described a large portion of the population. Is the unsub's choices really random? What are we missing…Reid did you find out if these women were part of the S&M club?"
"Unfortunately they are more of AA type of group then a registered one in order to allow those members who don't want their sexual preference to be known, they do have a list of registered members, for those who don't mind their sexual preference to be known its mainly instructors but there are some couples and singles looking for partners as well but none of the victims but that doesn't mean they haven't attended at least one meeting or lesson and that might be all it takes. Miles said he would have a copy of that list for me when I come tonight."
"Good once you get that list we can talk to the instructors see if they remember the victims being in one of the lectures," Hotch said he glanced at his watch it was getting late, "lets order some food then Morgan and Reid you go to that meeting the rest of us will continue to work here on leads. JJ, Morgan anything from the families?"
JJ sighed, "not much really, good women, lives good lives, happy families for the most part, two had divorced parents, but good grades, lots of friends, normal lives."
"None of them indicated any knowledge of the girls possibility being interested in the S&M scene, though two of the victim's mom did confirm that they had read the 50 Shades of Grey series but they are a popular book series right now, they could have been read out of curiosity not interest, both girls were avid readers, their parents and their homes shows that but there weren't any S&M related books on the shelves that I saw," Morgan added.
"Prentiss go with Rossi after you eat and search all five victim's house again for anything that might be S&M related it might be hidden so check under bed mattress, on high shelves, hiding places."
They nodded as JJ who had stepped out returned with take out menus dropping them on the table.
Short, I know. Sorry it took me a while to post a new chapter up. Have a good one coming up!