Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.
A/N: Shout out to OhSnapItsMadison, Guest, Mrs. JaganshiReidofHufflepuff, and southernbeauty13 for reviewing chapter 52.
Albert and Ava are now 22 months old.
Even though I've seen a few Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders episodes, I can't wait to see Simmons be a main character in season 13 of Criminal Minds.
Spencer was packing up his desk, and Spencer looked at JJ and Kate.
"I will see you ladies on Monday." said Spencer.
"Taking some time off to spend with your family?" asked Kate.
"It's my mom's and uncle's Gordon 65th birthday this Saturday, so dad, Olivia, the kids, and I are flying to Las Vegas tomorrow morning to celebrate." said Spencer.
"I take it that it's hard to take three kids under the age of three on a plane." said Kate.
"The last time the twins were on a plane was during their first Christmas, but this time my dad, Olivia, and I are planning that we each have a child to entertain and Rossi insisted on paying for the plane tickets." said Spencer.
"That's sweet of Rossi." said Kate.
"He doesn't take no for an answer when it comes to paying for the plane tickets to Vegas to visit my mom." said Spencer as he slung his messenger bag over his shoulder before heading to the elevators.
Two days later Spencer smiled when he watched Piper, Albert, and Ava run to their grandma.
"Nana!" shouted all three toddlers at once.
"Well this is a surprise." said Diana as she saw her son, daughter in law, ex-husband standing in the doorway, "You didn't even call or write to say that you're going to be in town." said Diana.
Spencer approached his mom.
"Happy birthday mom." said Spencer as he gave his mom a kiss on the cheek.
Diana took in the appearance of her 33 year old son and instantly noticed that his curly locks were short again.
"Thank you baby, and I love your new haircut." said Diana.
"Did you notice that Albert has the same haircut as me?" asked Spencer.
Diana finally looked at her only grandson's hair.
"He looks just like you did when you were his age." said Diana.
"I know." said Spencer as he watched his mom get hugged by William and Olivia.
"So how long are you in town for?" asked Diana.
"We're heading back to DC on Sunday." said Spencer.
At that moment Piper looked at her daddy.
"We ride horses?" asked Piper.
"We sure can Goober." said Spencer before looking at his mom, "Since you're having a good day, I got the all clear with checking you out this afternoon since aunt Ethel and Joanna are making a birthday dinner for you and uncle Gordon right now." said Spencer.
Diana looked at Olivia, Piper, and Ava.
"What do you three ladies think about helping me pick out something nicer to wear?" asked Diana.
"We would love to help you mom." said Olivia as she embraced her mother in law.
Spencer scooped up his son before looking at his dad.
"We should let our four favorite ladies have some privacy." said Spencer.
At that moment all three Reid men left the room so Olivia could help Diana get dressed while making Diana's hair a bit presentable.
An hour later Diana was sitting on Gordon's porch laughing while she watched her oldest granddaughter giggle as she rode a horse with her daddy while Olivia rode a horse with Albert, causing her to look at her youngest granddaughter who was sitting between her and her twin brother.
"Are you having fun watching your mommy and daddy ride horses with your brother and sister?" asked Diana.
"Yes, Nana." said Ava.
Later that night Diana and Gordon were sitting in front of a birthday cake while Spencer, Olivia, Andrew, Joanna, and William sang "Happy Birthday" and all four toddlers clapped along before Gordon and Diana blew out the candles.
Two days later Spencer entered the bullpen when he saw Cruz with Hotch and Rossi.
"Welcome back Reid, and head into the conference room after setting down your bags." said Hotch.
A minute later Spencer was in the conference room, and he noticed Cruz, Garrett, and Lily.
"Hi." said Spencer.
"How's your neck?" asked Garrett.
"Even though it's been almost 10 months, I'm feeling pretty great since spending six weeks in at my uncle's ranch did some good for me during my recovery since I got to see my mom nearly every day." said Spencer.
"At least with how young your kids are, it's more sensible to take them to visit their grandma in Las Vegas." said Lily
"I know." said Spencer.
Rossi looked at Spencer.
"So how was your visit with your mom this past weekend?" asked Rossi.
"She was lucid the entire time so celebrating mom's and uncle Gordon's 65th birthday was a success, and she begged Olivia and I to come out for Thanksgiving this year." said Spencer.
"I will make sure that you get that time off Reid." said Hotch.
"Thank you." said Spencer.
"Speaking of your kids, how are they doing?" asked Garrett.
Spencer grinned at the mention of his kids.
"They're doing great, but I'm sad that Piper's turning three in June and the twins are turning two at the end of next month." said Spencer as he pulled out his phone and showed Cruz, Garrett, and Lily a picture of him, Olivia, and the kids with his mom, "That was taken on Saturday since my dad insisted on taking a picture, and Piper was insistent on sitting in her grandma's lap." said Spencer.
"Your son is definitely a clone of you Spencer." said Lily.
Spencer smiled.
"I think everyone is pleased." said Spencer.
"You definitely need to lock up your two little girls when they become teenagers." said Garrett.
"I know, but Olivia's forbidding me from fitting Piper and Ava for chastity belts and building that moat and draw bridge that I've been drawing since finding out that I was going to have a daughter during Olivia's first pregnancy." said Spencer.
"Just show your gun to your daughter's boyfriends because I did that to my oldest daughter's boyfriend." said Garrett.
Spencer smirked.
"I'm already planning on it, and I think my PhD in chemistry can come in handy when it comes to hiding the dead bodies of teenage boys who hurt my daughters in the future." smirked Spencer.
"I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that." said Cruz.
At that moment Garcia, Morgan, JJ, and Kate entered the room.
"Let's get started." said Hotch as he nodded at Cruz to start.
"Our unsub's eluded both domestic and international teams, and we're not about to let him get away with it again." started Cruz before showing some pictures, "As you all remember, last April the Isaacs family was killed in Florida, and the Everetts were killed in Aruba the year before that." said Cruz as he noticed the saddened faces that Spencer, JJ, and Kate were all showing.
"Both families were found 24 hours after they were taken. Each family member had been strangled and their bodies were dumped in a remote area. The trails went cold." said Hotch.
"All signs pointed to the Everetts being his first victims. Because of the hands-on, intimate nature of the kills, we thought it was personal." said Lily.
"And we built on that theory with the Isaacs in Florida, but to no avail." said Hotch.
"Now that he's moved internationally again, it's time to rethink the motive. It's clear he gets off on hunting American families when they're on vacation." said Garrett.
"Just over 8 hours ago he abducted the Sullivans from Barbados." said Cruz as some surveillance footage was shown.
"It feels like he's establishing a clear pattern. He started overseas, came back to the states, and now he's gone to another country again." said Morgan.
"The month of April has some sort of significance to him." said Spencer.
"Maybe it's easy hunting season. All the kills were during spring break vacations." said Lily.
"It takes guts and skill to snatch a whole family, but you wouldn't know it by watching him." said Kate.
"The higher the risk, the lower his heart rate. A true sociopath." said Rossi.
"And the family's too tired from a long day of travel to see the ruse." said JJ.
"And the unsub's probably too charismatic to set off any instinctual alarms." said Morgan.
"I need both domestic and international teams working together on this. If our unsub sticks to his pattern, he'll kill the Sullivans by sunrise." said Cruz.
Hotch made his decision to have Spencer stay close to his wife and kids.
"Kate, you and Reid go to the Sullivans' house in Fairfax county. Look for links between them and the other victims. We need to establish whether he's stalking them at their homes before they take their trips. The rest of us will head to Barbados." said Hotch.
A few minutes later Spencer looked at Kate as they packed up what they needed.
"Should I drive or should you?" asked Spencer.
"How about you drive." said Kate as she rubbed her growing belly.
Spencer and Kate were going through the Sullivan's family home.
"Updated alarm system, no dog doors or hidden points of entry. Garage is even detached. I don't think the unsub infiltrated this house without them knowing. Is this the stuff you got from Florida?" asked Kate as she removed her latex free gloves.
"Well, all the families took the same cautious approach while traveling." said Spencer.
"So, he didn't stalk them from home, he did it from Barbados. Probably tracked the flights on his phone, saw the delays, and knew that he'd found his victim type." said Kate.
"Yeah, he obviously has a clear ideal. Statistically, annihilators are fathers who've lost or killed their own families and are trying to replace their role in the unit." said Spencer as Kate grabbed her tablet.
"Ok, so let's see what type of father he wants to be. My guess is the M.E. report will support your theory." said Kate.
"You OK with being left in Virginia?" asked Spencer.
"I am since I shouldn't be doing any overseas traveling, but what about you?" asked Kate.
"I'm OK with staying behind since that means that I'm closer to Olivia and the kids." said Spencer.
A couple of hours later Spencer and Kate were sitting at the Sullivan's dining room with two laptops out when Kate contacted Hotch.
"Go ahead, Kate." said Hotch.
"We reviewed the M.E. reports and confirmed that the unsub externalizes rage, specifically towards the two fathers." said Kate.
"There was an escalation on the last victim, Mr. Isaacs. Water torture and whipping marks, likely from the same belt used to kill him." said Spencer.
"Sounds like he's getting revenge." said JJ through the phone.
"Given his youth and the anger, he's not trying to fill the father role like we initially thought." said Hotch.
"He's inserting himself as the firstborn child who has the most rage at his father." said Garrett through the phone.
Spencer was sitting on the Sullivan's couch reading a file, and when he noticed something he looked at Kate.
"This is interesting. The first kills in Aruba were less organized and lacked the intense torture we saw in Florida with the Isaacs." said Spencer.
"Well, maybe it's because he had a year in between kills to perfect his game." said Kate.
"It could be, but what if it's more than that? What if his rage in Florida was some kind of statement?" asked Spencer.
"Like what?" asked Kate.
"I'm gonna punish the Americans on American soil." said Spencer.
"So something bad happened to him in Florida." said Kate.
"And I think it must have involved water." said Spencer.
"Why would you say that?" asked Kate.
"All the fathers showed signs of near drowning, but we never figured out why." said Spencer as he decided to patch the rest of the team in and a minute later he was briefing everyone on what he found out, "I double-checked the salinity levels in the fathers' lungs. In Aruba it was freshwater, but in Mr. Isaacs' case, it was a combination of fresh and saltwater."
"Well, the Everglades are fresh, the Gulf and Atlantic are salt. Where do they meet?" asked JJ.
"At the Florida Bay, but that's the bottom of the state. That would have been a 5-hour car ride from the abduction site." said Simmons.
"Well, the Isaacs were found an hour outside of Orlando, so, what did he do, abduct them from the airport, drive south to torture them, then drive another 5 hours to the dump site?" asked JJ.
"I know this guy is cocky, but he wouldn't keep them on the road that long." said Morgan.
"Agreed. Way too risky." said Lily.
"So what if he didn't take the risk?" asked Hotch.
"What are you thinking?" asked Lily.
"He abducted them in Orlando. He could drive them to the coast. That's only an hour away." said Hotch.
"Then he gets them to one of these beach towns, say, Cocoa, Daytona, Melbourne, transfers them to the secluded, controlled environment we know he needs for the torture." said Garrett.
"But the journey south and then north would take 24 hours." said Hotch.
"He's got them on a boat." said Garrett.
"We're hitting a dead end with unsolved cases involving water." said Spencer.
"I've been thinking we should look at solved cases. This unsub isn't old enough to be a hardened criminal. But his countermeasures and his confidence feel like he's had a lot of practice." said Garrett.
"So what if he were a budding psychopath? We should check homicides going back to his teens." said Hotch.
"Lily, cross with juvenile custody worldwide. And check which countries have blue and orange in their flags. Or sports teams. There's a reason he chose those colors. We just haven't found it yet." said Garrett
"You don't think he's American?" asked Spencer.
"He has some sort of connection to the states. That's why he's attacking American families. Now that we feel that he may have committed murder, it's doubtful that state would grant him a passport." said Garrett.
"What country would?" asked Spencer.
"Plenty." answered Lily.
"Wait, but if he was guilty of something horrific before, wouldn't he still be locked up?" asked Kate.
"Not necessarily. Remember when Natalee Holloway disappeared?" asked Lily as she knew that Hotch's genius would most likely answer.
"It'll be 10 years ago in May." said Spencer.
"The prime suspect was never put away despite our profile. He was free. And 5 years later to the day, he abducted and killed another young woman in Peru." said Lily.
"Van der Sloot went dormant, but his underlying homicidal behavior grew stronger. That definitely could have happened here." said Spencer.
"That means the Everetts in Aruba reignited his devious fantasies. So if they weren't his first victims, who were?" asked Kate.
"His own family. Narrow it down to sons who killed their fathers." said Hotch.
"That's it." said Garrett as he looked at the footage.
Spencer and Kate listened in through the phone, and a few hours later they were given the all clear to return to Quantico.
Spencer smiled as he accepted the hug that Joe Sullivan wanted to give him, and he smiled at the sight of Allison and Nick reuniting with their grandparents before Joe decided to give him another hug.
After the Sullivans left, Simmons looked at Spencer.
"I want to thank you again for giving me clothing that Piper and Ava grew out of." said Simmons as he looked at a picture of Spencer with his three kids.
"It's the least I can do so Livy and I know that Piper's and Ava's old clothes are being put to use by someone we know." said Spencer.
Lily looked at Spencer and Simmons.
"You two are quite the breeders." said Lily.
Spencer snorted.
"Twins run through my mother's side of the family, and when it comes to both Olivia and I being only children we wanted to have a big family." said Spencer.
"Plus having your father live with you guys helps keep Olivia a saint." said JJ.
"Speaking of my kids, I better head home since Livy decided to wait up for me since I asked her if Piper, Albert, and Ava could have a sleepover tonight." said Spencer before slinging his messenger bag over his shoulders and walking off towards the elevators.
Over an hour later Spencer was in bed with Olivia and the kids.
A few days later Spencer was in the conference room with his teammates when Hotch entered the room.
"Where are we on the multiple homicides?" asked Hotch.
"It's in Bethesda at the home of Frank and Donna Kingman." said JJ.
"She's the former Donna Stancroft, heiress to the Stancroft Electronics money." said Morgan.
"We're setting up a live feed transmission from the crime scene." said Spencer.
"Sergeant Carlson, can you hear me?" asked Garcia.
At that moment Sergeant Carlson noticed seven agents in a room.
"Sure can. How about on your end?" asked Sergeant Carlson.
"Loud and clear. Why don't you walk us through it, Sergeant." said Rossi.
"Ok, here we go." said Carlson.
"When were the victims found?" asked Morgan.
At that moment Carlson showed footage of the victims.
"About an hour ago. Neighbor noticed the front door was left open, called the police." said Carlson.
"Nothing's been disturbed?" asked Kate.
"No, ma'am. You're seeing what the responding officers saw." said Carlson.
"Is that music I hear in the background?" asked JJ.
"Yeah. A phonograph in the study playing "Jingle Bells" over and over." said Carlson.
"Sleigh bells in April?" asked Rossi.
"The unsub may have been trying to recreate the atmosphere of a holiday meal." said Morgan.
"It looks like their hands were bound." said Rossi.
"They're bound, shot in the head execution style." said Carlson.
"4 victims but 6 place settings." said Spencer as he thought about when he's home there's always six people sitting around the dining room table.
"Maybe two of the intended victims were no-shows." said JJ.
"Or managed to escape?" asked Kate.
"Well, escape seems unlikely given the highly organized nature of-" said Hotch before they witnessed a commotion over the live video feed.
Spencer and JJ were walking through the Kingmans kitchen with Sergeant Carlson.
"There's no sign of robbery or forced entry." said Carlson.
"Dirty dishes in the sink. They already had their birthday dinner." said JJ.
"4 dishes, 4 sets of silverware." said Spencer.
"Frank, Donna, Clara, and Jenna." listed JJ.
"But 5 wine glasses." said Spencer.
"You're right. So who joined them for a drink?" asked JJ.
A few seconds later Spencer and JJ were in the dining room with Sergeant Carlson.
"I guess the killer wanted the victim to go through a make-believe dinner again before he shot them." said Carlson.
Spencer grabbed some latex free gloves from his pocket.
"I don't think so." said Spencer before lifting up a plate, "Look. The splatter, it's on the tablecloth but not the plates. He shot them first and then set the table."
"The ritual wasn't for the victims, it was for the unsub's own gratification." said JJ.
At that moment Carlson sighed before leading Spencer and JJ to another room.
"Obviously there was some sort of fight in here." said Carlson.
"Or someone wanting to make it look that way." said Spencer.
"What do you mean?" asked Carlson.
"There's precision to the disarray. In an actual fight, damage tends to follow the path of the struggle, much like debris in a storm. This feels more like a calm, methodical breaking of specific items." said Spencer.
"And coupled with the dining table, that's very elaborate staging. It's more like pathology than a diversionary tactic. Look, the music's arranged by genre. Got big band, classical, jazz, and Christmas music." said JJ before noticing something, "Hey, Spence."
At that moment Spencer noticed the blood splatter.
Spencer and JJ entered the conference room as they heard Morgan spoke.
"You know, this is beginning to remind me of "Clue." Colonel Mustard's in the billiard room with the candlestick." said Morgan.
"Well, if it's clues you're looking for, we might be able to help you." said JJ as she sat down.
"Prints from an extra wine glass in the kitchen sink belong to Lance Kingman." said Spencer.
"Lance and his dad were supposedly in the middle of a blowout argument, not sipping Merlot." said Rossi.
"I guess they worked things out." said JJ.
"Or Ezra's lying. What if Lance caved to his father's wishes and ended things with Ezra?" asked Morgan.
"That could have pushed Ezra over the edge." said Spencer as he thought about how his parents, aunt Ethel, and uncle Gordon instantly approved of Olivia when he introduced her to them.
"My money's on Dillon. Deep in debt, hated his father, still AWOL." said Rossi.
"And with everyone dead, maybe a lot of that Stancroft Electronics money funnels his way." said JJ.
"Frank Kingman isn't necessarily dead. What if he's the killer?" asked Morgan.
"I'm not seeing the why." said JJ.
"Same why that applies to Dillon. Inheritance money." said Morgan.
"We'd better find one or both of them soon." said Spencer just as Garcia entered the room.
"Dillon already found us. He just turned himself in to Alexandria P.D. They're bringing him here." said Garcia.
Spencer entered Garcia's bat cave just as Rossi was exiting the room.
"I heard you were hungry, so I thought I might bring you a little surprise." said Spencer as he handed Garcia a bag.
Garcia smiled at her happily married teammate.
"What is in this?" asked Garcia as she looked into the bag, "It's a croissant and it's still warm! Oh, you despite you already being married, you love me and I love you since you gave me two godchildren to spoil." said Garcia as Spencer nodded, "I know I flirt with Derek, but that's like an animal blood in the nostrils kind of thing. What we have is a pure transcendent blueberry-filled-" said Garcia as her computer chimed.
"Uh-oh." said Garcia.
"What is it?" asked Spencer as he looked at Garcia's computer.
"Uh, Dillon Kingman's Great Smoky alibi just went up in smoke. And according to his credit card, he went to the same local gas station twice yesterday." said Garcia.
"2.2 gallons at 7:03 a.m. then 15.4 gallons at 9:22 PM. What kind of car does he drive?" asked Spencer.
Garcia did some searching.
"Audi A6, 2012." said Garcia.
Spencer quickly did some math.
"With a highway to city ration of 4 to 1, averaged to 29 miles per gallon, which is standard for that make, model, and year, he traveled roughly 450 miles, which assuming one way and back puts his destination- 225 miles away." said Spencer.
Garcia quickly did some typing, and a few seconds later they saw the connection.
"If I became Mrs. Spencer Reid instead of Olivia, just think about how brilliant Piper, Albert, and Ava would have been if I was the mother instead of your kids instead of Olivia." said Garcia before noticing the scowl on Spencer's face, "Olivia's the perfect woman for you Boy Wonder, and I really love her since she gets you all smiley when you're feeling down, and you two created three very cute geniuses together."
"I'm going to go tell the others what we just found out, and I won't tell Olivia what you said." said Spencer before leaving the room.
Spencer stuck a photo to the clear board as Kate looked at him and Rossi.
"Ok. And we have a new frontrunner in the suspect game." said Kate.
"Maybe when Frank ended things, his mistress decided to destroy his family." said Rossi.
"Saving the most personal kill for the wife, the role she felt she deserved." said Spencer.
"Hell hath no fury." said Kate.
"Except this scorned woman would be closing in on 50 by now. Now, Dillon said she was short. Would she have the physicality to pull off a mass killing like this?" asked Rossi.
"What if Frank and his mistress are in this together? Ezra said Frank and Donna were planning to separate." said Spencer.
"And Donna had most of the money." said Kate as Spencer nodded.
"Could be. Get rid of the family, take the cash, disappear to the islands." said Rossi just as Garcia stumbled into the room.
"Um, I'm not positive, but I'm pretty, pretty positive that C.L. Gilliam is... Cora Gilliam. She's a bookkeeper who lives and works in Rockville, Maryland." said Garcia as she showed a picture.
"What makes you think she's the one?" asked Spencer.
"She's the right age. She fits the description. She's never been married. And she was living well above her means until precisely 10 months ago when she had to downsize. She moved to an apartment. She put up her house for sale. Huh?" asked Garcia.
Rossi looked at Spencer.
"Well, let's go have a chat." said Rossi.
Spencer followed Rossi.
Spencer and Rossi walked up to the front door of a house, and Rossi knocked on a door.
"Cora Gilliam, FBI! Open the door." shouted Rossi.
At that moment Spencer and Rossi saw Cora running, causing them to chase after her.
"Oh!" shouted Cora as she collided with a tricycle.
"Stop!" shouted Spencer.
Spencer and Rossi had Cora trapped, and Rossi noticed Cora pulling a gun out of her purse.
"Gun! Get your hands away from the weapon!" shouted Rossi.
At that moment Cora stopped reaching for her gun as Spencer hauled her up before handcuffing her.
"Oh!" shouted Cora.
Over an hour later Spencer and Rossi were sitting in an interrogation room in front of Cora.
"The gun's registered to me. I'm allowed to carry it." said Cora.
"Carrying it's not the problem. Pointing it at FBI agents is the problem." said Rossi.
"I was scared. I saw the news reports about Frank and his family. I thought I could be next." said Cora.
"Do you know where Frank is?" asked Spencer.
"No. We haven't seen each other in nearly a year. That's the truth." said Cora.
"How long were the two of you together?" asked Spencer.
"26 years." said Cora.
"How did it start?" asked Rossi.
"I was 19. Single mom of a 2-year-old and barely making it, and then I met Frank." said Cora.
"Was he married then?" asked Spencer.
Cora looked at Spencer.
"He and his wife had just come back from their honeymoon." said Cora.
"And that didn't send up a red flag about his character?" asked Rossi.
"When you're as desperate as I was, there's no such thing as a red flag." said Cora.
"And you yourself never got married or had any other children?" asked Spencer.
"Frank's a... controlling person. We had an agreement. I would be there for him exclusively, and in exchange he'd take care of me financially. It sounds colder than it was. We loved each other." said Cora.
"And then he just suddenly ended it 10 months ago?" asked Spencer.
"It wasn't all that sudden. Things had been winding down. After my son graduated high school 6 years ago, we saw each other less and less." said Cora.
"Why?" asked Rossi.
"I don't know why. Maybe he finally just got tired of me. Men are men." said Cora.
Spencer looked at his teammates.
"You let Cora go?" asked Spencer.
"Apparently she's still got enough money tucked away to dial up a good lawyer." said Morgan as he checked his phone, "Hotch says he's on his way back."
Spencer started thinking just as JJ noticed the look that Piper and Albert inherited from their father.
"All right, spill it, Spence. You got that thing going on." said JJ.
"Cora said when she met Frank, she had a child." said Spencer.
"Yeah, that's right." said JJ.
"But then she said that same kid graduated from high school 6 years ago. If he was two when she met Frank, he would have graduated 10 years ago. The math doesn't line up." said Spencer.
"Well, it does if she didn't have the child until after she met Frank Kingman." said Morgan.
"What if her kid is actually his?" asked JJ.
Hotch entered the room, and when he saw Spencer he started debating if he should have Spencer talk to Jessica since he knows what it's like to have to commit a parent for round-the-clock care.
"Have the police been dispatched to Cora's apartment?" asked Hotch.
"They're on their way." said Morgan.
"Well, the kid had motive. Seeing his mother unceremoniously dumped by an absentee dad." said JJ.
"Especially if he and his mom were shut out of the family afterwards. He came back for revenge." said Spencer.
"Ok, but why now? Did the unsub finally just snap?" asked JJ.
"Everything fell apart 10 months ago. The secret affair was out. The blackmail and extortion stopped." said Spencer.
"And something happened in the Kingman family between then and now. Jenna got a new boyfriend. Now, why wouldn't Marc Clifford have sex with her?" asked Hotch.
"According to Ezra, he wasn't gay." said Morgan.
"And he was sexually active with other women around town, so it wasn't a moral issue." said JJ.
"Well, what if he knew something she didn't? That she was his half-sister." said Hotch.
"Thanks, baby girl. You're the best." said Morgan before looking at his teammates, "Garcia says that Marc Clifford grew up by the name of Marc Powers. That's why he was so hard to find."
"Rockville P.D. says there's no sign of Cora or anybody else at her apartment." said Spencer.
"Maybe she's on the run." said JJ.
"Or Marc's already gotten to her." said Hotch.
A few hours later, Spencer entered the house and he smiled when he saw his dad and Olivia getting all three toddlers trapped into their booster seats.
"I see that I didn't miss dinner." said Spencer.
"Daddy!" chorused Piper, Albert, and Ava when they realized that they couldn't get out of the booster seats that they were strapped into.
"Case finished?" asked William.
"Yes it is, and paperwork can wait until tomorrow." said Spencer as he scooped some portions of dinner onto his plate.
A few minutes later Spencer was listening to Piper tell him about his day, and a few hours later Piper, Albert, and Ava were sleeping with him and Olivia in bed.
A/N: I will be revisiting Roy Brooks Alzheimer's Disease in my future story Love Takes Away the Pain: Book Four since I have a scene planned out between Spencer and Hotch.
