Gideon's Legacy
Chapter 8 - The Millionaire
Gideon drove the long way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, to confront the man to whom he gave the sperm to those many years ago, and to find out just exactly how many other children Gideon may have out there, to both protect and connect. What he didn't tell the rest of the team was the fact that Gideon knew what happened to his sperm back then. He had donated it to a very vain man who had desperately wanted a son and was willing to resort to the new technology at the time in order to get that son. It didn't really matter to the man whether it was his biological or not.
"I'm looking for Adam Chandler," said Gideon as he arrived at the house of Adam Chandler, a LA self-made millionaire.
"And can I ask who is looking for him?" ask the servant.
"Jason Gideon."
After a few minutes, Adam emerged. "You have some nerve coming out here."
"I'm sorry we lost touch,"
"After only 25 years or so..."
"Anyway, I need to know if you used any of my sperm for in-vitro."
"I already told the agent you sent the answer was no. The sperm was actually for a friend of mine. He wanted to keep everything secret, so no one else knew. I became the middle man. I don't even believe he told his wife about it."
"Who was the agent you told this to?"
"Yes, I remember now, special agent Frank Breitkoft."
WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM?" bellowed Gideon.
"He didn't relay the information. Obviously not from the look on your face."
"He's not a real FBI agent."
"Could have fooled me. He said that he needed the information for a very important case. Can I ask what exactly is going on?"
"Please tell me where is my-your son."
"I already said I never used the sperm. In fact I had all of it destroy except what I have to my former lawyer. He had always wanted a child but he and his wife had several problems conceiving, and was resorting to artificial insemination."
"Who was it?" asked a very anxious Gideon. He was not liking the fact that Frank had already beat him here, but now Frank was now further ahead and closer towards finding Gideon's other son. Gideon was starting to feel ill at the prospect of losing what little family he had left.
"Ok, he was my lawyer at, well, Weider, Kirschenbaum, and Moore."
"You don't remember his name?"
"Sure I do, give me a moment to think."
As Gideon was trying to get the information out of Chandler, Spencer Reid was busy planning the arrangements for his father's funeral. This felt very surreal to Reid, with him just connecting with his father just to lose him to a serial killer. Dr. Reid silently blamed himself for putting his father in danger through Spencer's work.
As Spencer drove up the long drive to his father's house, he noticed that one of the light was left on. He wondered if one of the police officers or CSI people left it on, or if there was someone else still in the house.
As he turned off the ignition, Reid heard his phone.
"Reid here."
"Hey kid, how ya doing," asked Morgan.
"All things considered, all right I guess."
"The rest of the team is coming out there as soon as we can. Is Gideon with ya?"
"No, he went to LA to visit someone who could help him find his son, and Prentiss is at the police station still looking over my father's case with the detectives."
"Don't tell me you went off all by yourself."
"Hey, I AM a grown adult."
"I know, kid, but this is Frank. He's wildly unpredictable."
"I hope we find Frank before someone else dies."
"Me too. Take care kid."
As Reid came up to the house, the hairs in the back of his neck stood up on end. However, ignored that feeling and just as he entered the vestibule, a vase came down crashing on his head, rendering him unconscious.
A/N - Sorry for the short chapter. Will update as soon as my muse comes back. And as always, reviews are much loved.
P.S. A very delicious digital angel food cake for the person who can guess where the character Adam Chandler comes from. Answer in reviews of pm me if you know which show.
