Description: Rossi and Reid arrive at the Cooper home.
Disclaimer: I only own the Cooper family in this chapter.
"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons." ~Johann Schiller
"Hi Mr. Cooper, I'm SSA David Rossi and this is SSA Spencer Reid. We're with the Bureau. We're here to talk to you about Chandler. May we come in please?" Rossi asked.
"Hi, I'm Miles Cooper. Chandler's uncle. Please come in." Miles said as he stepped aside for Rossi and Reid.
As Rossi and Reid stepped into the house, a woman appeared from behind the kitchen counter.
"Agent Rossi and Agent Reid, this is my wife Sasha. Sasha, this is agent Rossi and agent Reid. They're here to speak to us about Chandler."
"Good evening gentlemen. Can I get you anything? Coffee or something?" Sasha asked.
"No, thank you." Reid and Rossi answered.
"What about you dear?" Is there anything I can get you?" Sasha asked, Miles.
"No thank you. I think the living room would be more comfortable to talk." Miles said to Reid and Rossi.
"Alright, that's fine with us." Rossi said.
The four of them walked into the living room.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, we're very sorry for the loss of your nephew. I know this is all of sudden and you're probably going through a lot of emotions. If it's alright with you, we'd like to ask you a few questions about Chandler. It shouldn't take that long." Rossi said.
"Thank you. We're kind of in shock over the whole thing, but we'll try to answer any question you have about Chandler." Miles said.
"What can you tell us about your nephew?" Rossi asked.
"Well, Chandler came to live with us when he was nine years old. We never really thought of him as our nephew, but we always thought of his as our own son. The doctor said we never could have any children of our own. We wanted to adopt him, but my brother and his wife wouldn't allow it. Chandler loved sports, especially baseball. His favorite team was the St. Louis Cardinals. We were going to surprise him with tickets to the next game, but I guess he surprised us, instead because we never expected something like this to happen. He had planned on playing for the Cardinals, if he ever got the chance to."Miles said."
"Why didn't Chandler's biological parents have custody of him?" Reid asked.
"Mason and Michelle were unfit parents. They never really took care of him. One night when he was three years old, he went missing for a couple of hours. He was found wandering through the park, a couple of blocks from the house. There were also times when they would leave him at the house by himself when he was younger. When we found out about them leaving him home for a week by himself, that was the last straw. We gave them so many chances to be better parents to him, but I guess they never really grew up." Miles said.
"Where are his parents now?" Rossi asked.
"Well, Michelle is living in Denver, Colorado. And Mason is living in Tallahassee, Florida. They got divorced about a few years ago Chandler moved in with us." Sasha said.
"Does either of them know about his death?" Rossi asked, concerned.
"Yes, we called them as soon as we heard. We didn't want them to know at first, but we figured it was the right thing to do. Every person has the right to know if their child is alive or dead." Sasha said.
"I agree with you. Did Chandler have any enemies? Anyone you could think of who would want to harm him?" Rossi asked.
Miles and Sasha thought for a few moments.
"We can't think of anyone. When Chandler first moved here, he didn't have any friends, until a couple of weeks later. You know how it is for a new student at school; it usually takes them a few weeks to make any friends." Miles said.
"What was his relationship with the other victims?" Rossi asked.
"They were his best friends." Sasha said.
"I'm sorry to have to ask you this, but did Chandler ever bully anyone in school?" Reid asked.
"No, of course not. He knew that was something that we didn't tolerate around here. Why would you ask that?" Miles asked, seeming upset.
"It's just that so far all the victims have been popular kids. And it's usually the popular ones who tend to pick on the least popular kids. I'm sorry if I upset you." Reid stated.
"That's alright. We understand that you guys are just doing your job." Sasha said, forgiving Reid.
"We have no further questions. Thank you both for your time and cooperation." Rossi said.
"You're welcome. We hope you'll be able to catch the person who did this to Chandler and his friends." Sasha said.
"We hope so too." Rossi said as he and Reid walked out of the house.
Meanwhile outside the houseā¦
Reid and Rossi are discussing the interview that just took place a few moments ago.
"Don't you think it's strange how each victims story is about the same? All of them were really popular, played sports, but none were accused of bullying?" Reid asked.
"Yeah, I do think it's strange, but maybe they really weren't bullies. It is possible for a kid to be popular and not be a bully." Rossi said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. It's just a lot of this doesn't make sense to me." Reid said, sounding disappointed.
"The more information we get, then the more it'll make sense to all of us." Rossi said, reassuring Reid.
End of chapter nine. Please review. Chapter ten will be up soon.
