"Just what makes you think that my wife is involved in the murders?" Hotch asks as he calmly folds his arms across his chest.

It's the younger of the detectives that steps up. "We've come across her name before Siobhan McAdams a complaint was made that she hacked a laptop and caused problem for a student at the college. No proof could be found by our techs, the kid was adamant that she did it. We never went any further with it, we could prove that the laptop had been hacked."

"Why did the student think that she hacked his laptop?" Reid asks.

He told the agents the same thing he had told his partner earlier. He did leave out the part about the kid being his cousin.

"Interesting, just how is the student related to you?" Emily asks with out batting an eye.

Seeing the detective lower his head and take a step back was enough for them. They had to work with the police, they didn't need any hard feelings between them. Their main task was to help find the killer.

Hearing the words laptop and hack and the expression on both Hotch's and Rossi's face the team knew they had found their favorite hacker. Hotch always had the better poker face, as for Rossi well he always had a soft spot for her. They also knew that Penelope was not the unsub she didn't fit any profile of a mass murderer.

"Maybe you call tell us why she told us the she wanted a lawyer and if we wanted fingerprints to get a court order." The captain asks.

The younger man spoke up with a smirk. "Sounds like she has something to hide."

"I'd like to see my wife, now." Hotch tells the detectives.

"You can't see her, she can only see a lawyer.

Emily interrupts with a smile. " You do realize that he is a lawyer and he teaches at the college. I'd let him if I were you or he is going to be calling his former boss, you won't like it if he does."

"Just who would that be?" The captain asks not liking to be threaten.

"FBI director, Aaron Hotchner was our boss before he left the bureau, just so you know she used to work with us as well."

"I have a question." The older of the two detectives says as he comes closer.

"What is it Detective?" JJ asks.

"Why didn't she just tell us, all she said was I want a lawyer and if you want fingerprints get a court order. Then she covered her hands with her sleeves, pillowed her head on her arms. She refused to say anything else."

"She's married to a lawyer, what did you expect? That she would talk to you without legal counsel." Reid asks him.

Rossi looks at the captain then strokes his bread slowly. "Why don't you show us what you have and why you think Mrs. Hotchner is a suspect. Maybe one of your detectives can show Mr. Hotchner where his wife is."


The detective opens the door Hotch turns and gives him a glare before he enters the room, stepping to one side as the door is closed.

Penelope doesn't even lift her head. "If you don't have a court order for my prints or if your not my lawyer get out."

"Would your husband do?" Hotch asks concern lacing his voice.

"She lifts her head looking at him with a tear stained face. "I was scared. I mean murder me? I don't even like stepping on ants."

He goes to her lifting her to her feet holding her close. Then he wipes the threatening tears away.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm better now that you are here. Can I leave yet?

"Not yet, soon."

"Did Gina tell you? I so wanted to be the one to tell you."

"It's okay, I'm so happy we are having a child of our own. Jack can be a big brother now something he has wanted for a long time."

"Are you going to go all agent Hotchner profiler extraordinaire on them to let me go?"

"No need guess who they called to help solve the murders?"

A smiling Penelope answers. "Emily and the team, who else?"

"I have to ask, have you done any hacking at all since you've been here?"

Knowing that lying to him is fruitless and the only way he can prove her innocents is to tell him the truth. "Am I talking to my husband or my lawyer?"

"Lawyer." is the simple reply.

"Twice. You remember that kid that I zapped when I left the scarves for you and Jack." When she sees him nod his head she continues. "The other time was some snot nosed kid that was giving me a hard time because I would fix laptops at no cost for the college kids that came to buy book from me. He tried to hack me to cause trouble I retaliated. Those are the only ones."

"You being you, left no trace." He surmises.

"Well I'm on a list for a reason." she tells him then leans forward to kiss him.

"So why do they think I did it?"

"A report was made that you hacked into a kids computer caused problems for him. They had their techs look at his laptop, couldn't find anything at all no proof of wrong doing."

"Oh." She says then pulls away for him long enough to sit down .

"You look tired."

"I am and I have to use the rest room."

"That one I can manage to fix for you." He goes to the door and tell the guard that they need a female police officer to escort her to the restroom."

The captain watches as his officer brings her to the ladies room and guards the door. He waits until Penelope is being brought back to the interrogation room to call them over. "You can leave now Mrs. Hotchner, you're free to go."

"Thank you." Hotch tells him.

He waits until they are outside before texting Rossi. "She was let go. Thanks for what ever you did. Come for dinner all of you. You have the address for the new place."