Poet Haniel Long said, "So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty."
Spencer Reid was tired he had been working practically two days with little to no sleep. He had no idea when he would be able to get home but knew that they had to catch the guy soon. They were close because they only had a hundred suspects now after Garcia did a little bit more digging.
"Pretty boy we got another interview to do." Morgan called.
Reid snatched up his bag and met Morgan by the door. He didn't say anything nor did he try to get Morgan to let him drive –which was odd but Morgan chose not to comment on it. Both men climbed into the Black SUV provide to them by the local FBI field office.
Reid watch the tall gray looking building's pass by as they headed out of the city and into a small German cultured neighborhood. They pulled up to a small two story brick home. An elderly couple was sitting outside on the modest porch.
"Excuse me Ma'am." Morgan said walking up to the couple.
"How may I help you sir." The woman asked.
"I'm SSA Derek Morgan and this Dr. Spencer Reid we need to talk to you about your son and some threats he made on the internet." Morgan said.
"Our son has nothing to do with those bombs going off." The woman said. "He's been in a hospital Bed for the past six months after getting shot for the comments he made. The doctor said he could die at any moment because they can't remove the bullet."
"I'm sorry ma'am we didn't know. When we checked into him there was nothing about him being shot." Morgan said.
"I don't know why it wouldn't be. The cops come here wanting to know what gang he was involved with but he wasn't in any gang. He wanted to help kids get out of that life not get into it."
"Ma'am could you tell us any reason someone would want to shoot your son?" Reid asked.
"The only people I can think of are the ones who don't like having us here because my husband is Irish and I'm German they think that because my family wasn't Jewish that we supported Hitler. My grandmother and father were killed in those camps because they voiced their opinions against it they sent my mother off to an aunt here in America where she met and married a German man and later had my sister and me."
"Think you for your time Ma'am and if either of you think of anything call us at the numbers on the cards we gave you." Morgan said.
"We will if we remember anything." The man replied helping his wife up.
Reid and Morgan watched as the couple walked inside their home before they walked back to the car. If he wasn't the one setting or making the bombs then Marcus Ackmen was connected to the case somehow and they needed to find out on their own since he was in no condition to speak with them.
Morgan pulled out his phone and dialed Garcia.
"Hey Baby girl I need you to look deeper into Marcus Ackmen he's been laid up in a hospital bed for the past six months because of an inoperable bullet."
"I know I found the prayer page online for him and I also discovered that the rambling I found on line were pieces from a novel the guy was writing a complete work of fiction the last entry was made six months ago and I haven't been able to get his medical records so I didn't know about the bullet."
"It was his mother that told us but something tells me that we should look into his shooting because it was never solved."
"I will see if I can get the file from NYPD and if I do get it I'll send it to your phone."
"Well pretty boy and I are heading back in now unless you have someone else for us to interview."
"None right now so see you in a few." Garcia said.
Morgan hung up his phone and pulled away from the home of Ackmen's parents. It wouldn't take them long to get to headquarters. Reid was silent again but Morgan didn't bother to ask him what was wrong this time because he knew he wouldn't get an answer just like the last time he had asked. Reid didn't like talking about what was going on with him when they were on a case because he was always jumpy about it but then again after the case they had when he met Olivia; Morgan didn't blame him for being scared about what could happen to Olivia and Jane while he was away from the two girls for a small amount of time.
But Morgan also felt that way when he was away from his family which is all the time because with his job he has to live in Virginia instead of Chicago but then again his sisters are probably glad that he's not there full time because he can't play the part of over protective big brother.
Realizing that they were nearing the parking lot Morgan sat up straighter and started looking for an open parking space close to the building but not in the handicap section. He found one but it was still pretty far from the building.
"Hey Penelope." Morgan greeted walking into the small office given to Garcia so she could work her magic so to speak.
"I'm doing well; I have a partial of the file. I'm waiting for the rest to be faxed over Rossi is getting coffee and Hotch is out giving a press conference to calm down the press about all the threats and attacks that have been going on." Garcia replied. "It would be so much easier if J.J. was still with us."
"It would be but Strauss made her take the job at the pentagon. The only good thing that comes from it in my point of view is that she gets more time with Will and Henry."
