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Chapter 7: Friends always want us to be happy

Sue and Jack were interrogating Vanessa Roberts.

'' We are from the FBI and we have some questions we want to ask you about your friend Anne-Marie '', said Jack to Vanessa.

'' I already I have already gave the information to the police, why would the FBI be interested? '', asked Vanessa.

'' Because your friend was killed by a serial killer who killed 2 agents from the FBI after Anne-Marie. We have a suspect, and if you could tell us if Anne-Marie knew him we could tie him to this case '', said Sue

'' What's his name? ''

'' Brad Kent '', said Jack.

Vanessa furrowed her brows somewhat, thinking.

'' Do you know him? '', asked Sue.

'' Not really, I never saw him, but he was in Anne-Marie's life '', said Vanessa.

'' How did she meet him? '', asked Jack.

'' I don't know the real story, but they knew each other since 2 years, when Anne-Marie came to Washington to go to the university. They lived in the same building. Anne-Marie learned ASL with him, they were friends. Two months ago, I came to see her and she introduced Brad to me. I never really liked him, even when she talked about him a lot. So I said nothing, I wanted her to be happy in this new country. 3 weeks ago, she called me, but she wasn't the same and I knew there was something wrong. Even if she didn't want to talk about it, I convinced her to talk to me. "

" She said Brad wasn't the same after someone from his past came to see him and he beat her because she refused to be his girlfriend. She said he apologized and convinced her not to talk to the police. I came here to convince her she had to talk to the police, but I never had the time '', said Vanessa.

'' Are you sure Anne-Marie didn't know what was going on in Brad's life? '', said Sue

'' Maybe she knew, but she never told me more. If you want, I can give you her diary, she wrote everything in it. ''

Meanwhile, back at the FBI, the others were in Ted's office talking about something totally different.

'' You can't fire Sue and Jack because we'll lose our most important agents '', said Lucy.

'' But I never...'', Ted started to say.

'' You also can't put them in different teams, they do good work together '', said Bobby.

'' I say the...'', Ted tried to say

'' And you can't oblige them to be apart, you see how they love each other and...'', began Tara.

'' Enough, can't you let me say at least something please. I totally agree with you and I don't want to separate them, they are made for each other, but it's not my decision, It's in the big boss' hands '', said Ted.

'' But you can do something, right? '', said D.

'' I thought I had nothing more to say in their favor, but now I do. Partners and friends supporting them and want them to be happy, this will help '', said Ted.

Sue was reading Anne Marie's diary in the conference room, alone. Nothing could really help them yet. Anne-Marie was such a wise person. She didn't deserve to be killed only because she didn't love him. After a few minutes, Sue finally found what Anne-Marie had written 3 weeks ago. She wrote that someone from Brad's past forced him to move out of his apartment and to stay with him. Anne-Marie thought it was his father, but she never knew the truth because Brad never told her who this mysterious person was. She also wrote Brad had beaten her because he didn't accept that she didn't love him. She didn't talk to the police because she knew this wasn't the true Brad. She hoped he would return to be the same person as he used to be . This was the last thing she wrote before she was killed.

Sue went back to the bullpen. The others were talking about what Jack had told them.

'' Now we know that with the notes, Brad explains why he killed them. 'Love' for Anne-Marie James, because he loves her but she didn't love him. 'Work' for James Scott because he didn't hire him and took Brooke Taylor instead so he wrote 'Favorite' for her. Maybe he wrote 'Help' for Rose Fortier because she didn't help him the way he wanted. Finally, 'Idiot' for Paul Graham because they were at the same high school and maybe Paul wasn't so gentle with Brad '', said Miles.

'' The only thing we have to do is to find him '', said Bobby.

'' But where? '', said D.

'' I think I know where we can find him'', said Sue.