~~ Hey Guys! My gosh, it's been sometime since I've posted a chapter to any of my stories and I'm so sorry for the long wait! Let me fill you in on everything that's been happening! First off, thank you to everyone from the community who've reached out to see if I'm OK, you guys are so sweet! But yes, I'm doing great actually and ready to get back into writing. In short, I've had so many things going on that I don't really know where to start. Let's see, I got over worked like most of us did when COVID hit and up until this point, I've worked in health care, so it was a very very stressful time for everyone. Next, I did a study abroad in May to Italy and had the time of my life, I graduated college with my Bachelor's degree a few months later and I quit my job at the beginning of October! At first it was very hard for me to come to terms with needing to leave, however I'm not pre-med at all, I'm actually looking to get into the Entertainment industry and do Marketing. So I needed to take a very scary leap in order to switch career fields and I never looked back. I did a very fun internship a week after leave the office for a film festival and I am now recently hired at Warner Bros! The only thing left besides starting my career is to wait and see where I get accepted for my Mater's program, pray for me lol! I hope you guys like this chapter, and I will be updating at least 3 more of my stories as well! Cheers! ~~ Skye

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Hotch sat at the pool bar a few days later, thinking about the moment he and Emily had shared. They stayed there for another half hour before getting up and breaking their perfect moment of silence. He had brought her home in time for his shift be come to an end, only an hour before Mr. Rossi was due. She had thanked him again as he followed her into the kitchen and watched as she got out food for dinner, she turned to him after pulling out carrots from the refrigerator and told him in a hushed tone to keep everything to himself.

He all but nodded his head and left, going back to his apartment for his Tuesday meetings with the team.

Now, he was watching the kids swim in the pool on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, with Emily due to join them in a few moments. They hadn't spoke of that day since and he doubted they would, but they were both adults, so it came as no surprise to him that they were able to get back into the relationship they had before then. He was as stocked and professional as ever and she of course, was being a trouble maker.

Emily walked out of the house and over to the bar, she sat on a stool and raised an eyebrow at Hotch as his eyes stayed trained on the kids, obviously thinking about something…or someone else.

"You know Rivers, it doesn't take much for a man to notice me on a normal day."

Hotch snapped out of his thinking and quickly apologized to his boss, "May I get you a drink?"

Emily smiled, "Just a glass of wine would be great, thank you."

Hotch nodded and pulled out a chilled wine glass and fresh bottle, "White or Red?"

"White please,"

The man fixed her drink and pushed it along the waxed surface of the bar, "Penny for your thoughts Aaron?"

Hotch shook his head, "Not thinking about anything Mrs. Rossi,"

Emily frowned, a little hurt that he was calling her by her 'title' again, "Oh I see,"

Hotch felt bad at the look she gave him, he opened his mouth to say something but Emily gave him a half smile, taking a sip of wine before quickly getting up and into the pool with the kids.

Leaving him gloomy because he didn't like that little look on her face before her ever so stock mask came back on, maybe he should apologize to her later.

Alec came over moments later, "Well looks like it's girl's night tonight."

Hotch raised a brow to which Alec laughed, "Good luck, I remember when I got hired and I had to go through Girl's Night, I'll tell you about it tomorrow. Can't scare the new guy,"

Hotch rolled his eyes, "Great, after this is all over, I might not have any emotions left. Just stocked and to the point."

Alec smiled, "Oh yeah and a permanent glare, that's the life we live."

Aaron laughed, "Just what I need,"

Alec shook his head, "Where are you taking them tonight?"

Hotch shrugged, "I'm taking them to the night club but first dinner at the lounge downtown."

Alec raised his eye brows, "You're going to the Minx on your first outing?"

Aaron frowned "yeah?"

"No no it's nothing really, but um, has anyone told you want the Minx is?"

Aaron shook his head, "No, I thought it was just a club."

Alec chuckled, "Oh it is, it very much is..."

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Hotch stood by the door waiting on the girls later that night, he had just gotten back from taking the kids to their grandmother's house with Alec. As the two walked into the house, they could hear all the woman upstairs getting ready for what Aaron thought to be, as a 'fun' night. Thankfully to Alec, he was now very unease on the matter.

Alec just smiled at him and through his arm over his shoulder, leading them to the kitchen, "Good Luck Rivers, honestly. I'll see you later tonight."

"Later tonight?"

Alec shook his head and walked out of the kitchen getting ready to take his leave, Hotch stood at the island and heard the other man run into the girls coming down.

"Ladies, looking gorgeous as ever, when will one of you finally say yes to marring me?"

Hotch heard them all laugh; he turned his back to the entry door and folded his arms. He could hear the ladies talking with Alec in the other room and the sound of very familiar heels breaking away.

He turned just in time to see Emily make her way into the room, the two looked at each other for a moment. Aaron looking at her outfit of the night, she had on a white lace body suit with spaghetti straps and a black leather skirt followed by her favorite white pumps. Her hair was curled and make up done so gracefully, she also paired her outfit with a white clutch and silver watch attached to her wrist.

Hotch took a small breath and stared at her for a second longer before puffing out his chest and clearing his throat, "Are you ladies ready to start the night? I have the car ready to go for us."

Emily all but smiled and rolled her eyes, "Yes Rivers, we're ready for dinner."

Aaron nodded his head and walked out of the kitchen and into the entry way where he found the other 3 women of the night, he bid them each a compliment and opened up the garage door. With the girls walking before him and down the stares to the car, Hotch could have sworn Emily was swaying her hips a little bit more then normal, she even stopped at the bottom out of nowhere and caused Hotch to run into her. His crotch hit her ass, making her giggle from deep in her throat, "Easy there Aaron, someone might get the wrong idea." She whispered out before joining the girls, all of them piling into the car and driving out of the lot and on their way to the Lounge.

Rossi rolled his neck as he waited for his next meeting to come into his office, he looking at the clock and saw that it was nearly time for Emily and the girls to get to the club, he surely hoped that this didn't go on to long.

"He's here boss, should I let him in?"

Rossi waved his hand at the door and it opened a few moments later to allow a taller looking gentleman into his office, "Ah Mr. Romero, good to see you again. I was told that you have something you'd like to talk about?"

The other man nodded and sat down, "I'm here to make a deal?"

Rossi stopped his writing and looked up to the man before him, "A deal?"

"Yes sir, I know that you take your deals very seriously so I won't waste your time. I have a great idea for a new up scale restaurant, something fancy but family owned. I already have the lay out of how I'd like the design to be, the floor plans, I priced out a large plot of land at two different locations that are in a booming business spot."

Rossi nodded along with him looking over all of the paperwork that he was being handed, he honestly liked speaking with Joseph whenever they could and he was a friend of the families to begin with, always so well put together.

"I like your item already Joseph but this doesn't seem like the type of plan that needs a deal."

Joseph sighed, "It's a deal because I'll be needing money to front the project. I only have a quarter of what I need to get either location, I don't have the funds for the contractors, the furniture, fountains and decor. I don't have much but my vision can pay back my debt twice over."

Rossi inhaled and gave him a sharp look, "How much would you need to get started?"

"At least a million dollars."

Rossi's eyebrows shot up at the price, "What could this possibly entail for a price that high?"

"The restaurant will be called the Bella Rose, a traditional Italian and Greek food style joint just like grandma used to cook for us as kids. I'd like Greek statues and Italian marble with 3 running fountains, one in the front, one on the roof of the restaurant and one in the back. I'd also like it to have grand ceilings with a roof top lounge."

Rossi looked over the blue prints again, "Let me see your business plan."

Joseph leaned over to give him the file and waited as Rossi thumbed through everything, it's not the worst deal to make. Good food, live classical music to listen to and set the mood, beautiful marbling for the decor. It seemed to shape up as a good offer and hell, Emily would love it for several reasons, the music alone would get his wife.

"I like it."

Joseph breathed finally and smiled, "You do?"

Rossi nodded, "It seems like you have a good understanding of how everything will work and you have the details down to a T, but what's the other side of the deal?"

Joseph gulped, "If you're able to front the million right off the bat, then I'm willing to pay it all back with interest in 1 years time."

"A year? Do you really think that everything will boom that fast in order to pay me 2 million dollars in a year?"

"Yes sir, I'm asking for this money to get everything started and a year after we open our doors to be able to pay you back."

Rossi grinned at the clarification, the kid was smart at knowing some of the tricks to a deal, "The family eats for free when ever you stop by and the grand room that I'm drawing out will be perfect for the many functions Mrs. Rossi hosts. Big money-making functions that will allow us to sell plates at more than 15 thousand."

"That money goes to charity Joseph."

"Not all of it, come on David, I've been in your and my father's shadow since I was young, I ran my first delivery at 13. I know that the money that gets paid for a plate is pricey, but only 10 thousand of it goes to charity. The rest is simply pocketed."

Rossi gave an evil grin, "Well, I promised your father that I would look out for you but you do know what happens when a deal sours?"

Joseph nodded taking a deep breath, "I'm ready to sign the papers, no matter the cost."

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Aaron pulled up to the club right at 11pm, he pulled the car up to the valet in front and opened his door. The cold air hit his face as he rounded the car to catch up with the women, Aaron frowned a bit as he looked at the club. Glowing back at him in neon blue and red lights was the name, 'The Purple Rabbit'

"Um, I think I missed a turn, I don't…"

Emily smiled and shook her head, "The Midnight Minx is inside, it's a…private club."

"Of course, it is."

An older man stepped out of the shadows and glared at him as Erin broke from the group to take his hand.

"Clay darling, this is Aaron. Rossi's newest hire."

Hotch extended his hand as the man gave him a gripping shake, "Clayton Strauss,"

"Aaron Rivers, good to meet you sir." The older man with salt and peppered hair nodded his head before turning him and his wife to the entrance of the club. They walked to the front where the bouncer was holding back the line of people waiting to get inside. He unhooked the rope and stepped back, bid each person a quick hello.

Hotch placed his hand on Emily's lower back as he followed behind the group thru the club and back to the right towards a hidden lounge. Clay waved a hand at the man standing before them, the bodyguard quickly unhooking the red and gold crowd control rope and let the group up the stairs. The second floor was a large VIP section with a white marble bar in the center and railing to look down at the people below.

But, as the group walked towards the left side of the bar, Hotch saw yet another bodyguard in front of a black door. Again, Clay waved his hand and the man opened the door for them to enter a dimly lit hallway that curved to the left.

Aaron was confused on where the hell they were going before they all ducked behind a large red curtain and stopped in front of a gorgeous redhead at a desk. She was dressed in a red silk teddy and robe that opened at the waist to show off her cleavage. She had on a white bow tie around her neck with some sort of red mark that Aaron couldn't quite make out at this time due to the lighting. Finishing her look was a head band with a very small hat on the side of it and a playing card coming out the top, she smiled at the women before her and pressed a few keys on the computer.

"Hello Jules,"

The redhead gave a faint hint of a blush and smiled, "Hello Mrs. Rossi,"

Emily grinned wickedly as the girl got up from her seat and walked them over to the elevator. She placed a key into the lock over the control panel and turned it, the doors opening a few moments later.

"Enjoy the show and enjoy the party." Jules smiled as they all got onto the lift, as Hotch neared the end he was able to make out the bowtie to be a playing card, the Jack of hearts and it matched the card on her hat. He was confused and curious but didn't know which emotion was hitting him more as they waited for the lift to come to a stop, Emily nudged his arm, "Breath Rivers, we're almost there."

The girls giggled, "Poor boy has no idea what's to come."

Clay shook his head, "Play nice Erin,"

The older blonde grinned up at her husband, "Why don't you tell him what's next then honey,"

Clay paled and shut his mouth causing another fit of laughter, "Thought so,"

As the doors stopped and dinged to an open, Hotch saw yet another desk this time a large muscular man was behind it and directly behind him were ceiling high red doors. On one of them painted in black was the King of Spades and the other was the Queen. The man's chest was bare and he had a white bowtie on as well. As he got up, the only thing left to finish his look were a pair of small black shorts.

"Friends, it's great to see you all again. Please," he said leading them around the desk and opening the door, "Enjoy the show and enjoy the party. Welcome, to the Midnight Minx."

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Emily placed her hand in the crock of Aaron's shoulder as soon as they entered the club and turned them to the large bar in the center of the room. She watched as the girls broke free and followed Clay over to their main section of booths before turning her attention to the man next to her. She could see his eyes taking in the dimly lit colored lounge lined with black and red tables and booths. The bar was lit with red lighting giving the affect that the wall behind it was glowing with a neon sign of the name 'Midnight Minx' across the top. The counters were a black and red marble wet top with black stools and a large vase on either side filled with red feathers and black roses.

Emily took a seat at the bar and Aaron stood behind her as she ordered a drink, nothing big was happening just yet, the room was fairly packed with only a few tables empty. Many couples talked in hushed tones around them but seemed to be enjoying themselves and their drinks.

"What type of club is this?" Hotch asked as a waitress walked by him, she was in a lace body suit and black heels, a flirtation smile in place as she passed him and a white bowtie and small hat completed her look.

Emily cleared her throat, "Now that's a loaded question,"

Hotch frowned and finally turned to take a seat next to her, "How so?"

Emily laughed and motioned for the girl behind the bar, a pretty blonde in a red teddy and thin black glasses came before them.

"Valerie, do you mind freshening my glass and getting a scotch for the gentlemen here?"

"Of course, Mistress."

As the girl got to work, Emily looked at Hotch and grinned, "The Midnight Minx isn't your average club, down stairs at the Purple Rabbit you have a simple night club with VIP bottle service and a private lounge. But for the big spending clients and those looking for something more…..entertaining, they have the chance to spend lots of money here at the Midnight Minx. It takes a certain someone, only deemed fit by Dave or myself, to get a membership here."

"What's so grand about the Midnight Minx?"

"It's a way for one's fantasy to come true."

"What does that mean,"

Emily rolled her eyes but her lips curved ever so slightly as she got up from her seat to round the bar, she pulled a bar stool with her and placed it directly in front of Hotch. Valerie finished with their drinks and turned towards Emily after placing them down, her head bowing and her hands clasping in front of herself.

"Valerie, get on the stool facing me."

The girl did as she was told, "Open your legs."

She spread her legs a bit and leaned back against the bar giving Hotch an easy view of her right side and Emily's left, "Now lift up your teddy sweetheart, let's see if you've been a good girl or not."

He watched with wide eyes as the girl did everything she was told to do by Emily, she leaned further back and lifted up the night dress barring herself to her boss. Emily grinned down at her as she took in the sight of bare pussy, "I guess the answer is bad then, you've been a bad girl."

Valerie's breath hitched as Emily moved in closer and cupped her, her eyes couldn't do anything but watch her boss' beautiful face and lovely smile as she sunk a finger inside of her. Emily grinned and gave her lazy little thrusts, teasing her.

The blonde blushed a deep red as she bit her lip to keep from moaning to loudly but Emily shook her head and thrust another finger into her, "I want to her you sweetheart."

The girl whimpered and grabbed at the bar stool under herself for leverage as she started to move her hips in time with her boss' hand.

"That's is sweetheart, ride my hand." Emily licked her lips and saw the girl's eyes follow the motion of her tongue. The older woman smiled and leaned towards her; their lips close to touching as Emily whispered to her.

"Would you like my tongue on you, little Valerie? Would you like me to run it all over your body?"

The girl moaned loudly and Hotch could see several people from neighboring tables watching the show at the bar, even though the angle was keeping them from seeing anything lower than Emily's breasts, their imaginations were surely running.

"Would you sweetheart?"

Valerie nodded her head as her hips moved harder in search of a climax, "Yes Mistress, I would like your tongue on me."

Emily kept her face close as her picked up the rhythm of her hand, "You see Aaron," she spoke, though her face and gaze never left the girl before her as she whimpered and moaned. "The Midnight Minx is a sex club."

And with that, Aaron watched has Emily made the girl practically scream from orgasm.

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Rossi laughed as he watched Emily over the cameras play with her favorite little submissive, it was no secret to the members of this club that Emily always liked to tease and played with Valerie or Jules whenever she could. Both girls were well behaved and always willing to obey Emily when she gave an order.

Everyone knew that Emily would never cheat on Dave….with another man. But as the boss got up from his chair and made his way down to the Minx, he hid a wicked smile that his wife had her pick of any female submissive or brat on staff.

Rossi entered the club from the employee entrance and it was as if a king was walking into his palace. The room seemed to lower an octave in sound as he rounded the bar just in time to see his wife hold up her hand for Valerie to lick clean.

Dave folded his arms over his chest and raised a brow, "I leave you alone for 10 minutes and you already have poor little Valerie misbehaving while on the clock."

Emily straightened her spine and turned after wiping her hand with a damp cloth, she strolled up to her husband and gave him her best 'innocent' smile. "Oh honey, I couldn't help myself, she's wearing the present I got her."

Dave shook his head and point to the ground in front of him, Emily quickly stepped up and gave him a kiss. The woman pulled back and ran her hand up his chest, "Forgive me for distracting your staff my love"

"I forgive you but," His eyes turned to the blonde still seated on the stool waiting for her next orders, "Emily will have your punishment waiting for you later tonight. Is that clear?"

"Yes sir,"

"Good, now clean up your mess and get back to work."

Emily smiled and gave him another kiss before turning them both towards Hotch, who was still trying to process what the hell had just happened.

"Aaron?"

The man shook his head and quickly went to stand in front of the Rossi's, his spine straightened and he extended a hand out to the Boss.

"Sir, Aaron Rivers."

Rossi raised an eyebrow at him but shook his hand all the while, he then pulled Emily into his side and cupped her hip. "It's good to meet you. Thank you bringing my wife up to the club, you may take your leave now Rivers."

Hotch nodded his head and Alec soon appeared at his side, "Come on Rivers, I'll walk you out."

The other man clasped his arm around Hotch even as he frowned at him and they both left the room towards the elevators. Hotch didn't say a thing, he couldn't. He was overly shocked at the turn of events that had just happened in front of him, what the hell had he just seen?

He barely gave it a thought as Alec pulled him along and out the main club doors towards the parking lot, "Here Rivers, take my car back to the house to get yours, I'll drive the SUV home."

Hotch nodded his head and finally blinked, "The Minx is a sex club?"

Alec smiled as they neared the driver side of his truck, "Yes, it's something that has been with Rossi for years, even before he and Emily married. It's a club for people in our line of work to destress with some interesting forms, it's also a way for Rossi to see how business is running."

Hotch nodded, "Interesting way to keep tabs on your enemies,"

Alec nodded, "The Minx is 1 of 4 clubs that the Rossi's have, all down up with secret entrances and themed. Mrs. Rossi has a thing for making things big and grand, before she came along, we only had the Minx here and it was done up with dark tables only. Once Emily came into the picture it changed to what it is now and they bought the other three."

Hotch gave a laugh, "So what's the plan though? How can they keep tabs on everyone when both of them are here at the same club?"

"Oh Aaron, you still have so much to learn about the people you work for. They only have these clubs open 3 nights out of the month and only one is open at a time. The staff and playmates are the ones that keep notes on who they interact with and what type of deals happen. In order to weave out the ones who are spies for other factions, Emily or Rossi will do something to let the members know which club with be in operations that night."

Aaron nodded, "That makes more sense…but Alec, I just watched..."

"Yeah, you did, you just watched our boss' wife finger a girl to orgasm, deep breath Aaron and chin up. My first night was having to watch her eat out Jules."

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"You're terrible," Rossi laughed as he led Emily to the back where their friends were.

Emily giggled and slid into the booth next to JJ, "Oh come on Dave, I had to shell shock the man so that he would be off his game."

"Well, you did that alright Em, poor Valerie was loud enough for us all to hear." JJ winked, "tell me something Em, open to having an audience for her punishment?"

Emily smiled and lean against the blonde, "Only if you bring some cuffs."

Rossi shook his head as his phone rang, "Rossi."

Alec came in thru a speaker phone, "Hey boss, I'm following Aaron back to his place on Boulder Street. He just pulled up to an apartment complex near that French deli,"

Rossi held up his hand as the table laughed again, "He is alone?"

"Yes, let me climb up to the roof across from him and see if I can find something."

"Be careful and don't get caught."

The group leaned in, "What did he find out?"

Rossi shook his head, "Nothing yet, he's in an apartment near the French deli on Boulder. Alec thinks that he'll be able to climb to the roof of the next building and see into the place."

Clay nodded, "Should I send in a team?"

Derek shook his head, "Respectfully boss, I don't think we need a team just yet. Let Alec investigate this first before we jump the gun."

Rossi weighed his options, "You're right, ok here's what we do. Derek and Will, I want you two to gather with Clay's team only, no more then two men on this Clay, I don't need this getting out. I want you guys to meet up with Alec later tonight and go over what he saw and report back to me in the morning."

"Boss, why me and not Doyle?" Will asked a bit shyly.

Rossi sighed, "It doesn't matter right now on why, I need you here with me Will."

The man nodded and shut his lip, Emily piped up before anyone else could speak up, "Erin and I spoke with Alec before we left for the lounge, we were able to sneak a camera and binoculars into the car for him. So, he should be able to get great notes before the meeting"

Rossi nodded, "I guess the only thing to do now is wait."

Emily could feel the tables mood shift as they all waited for Alec to call back, she rolled her eyes as the men continued on in their banter of what to do and what not to do at this time. She nudged Dave to stand and grabbed JJ along with her, motioning for the other two women to follow, "Well if you'll excuse us, I think we'll dip into the playroom before things get too crazy and leave you men to talk."

Emily eyed the bar and locked eyes with Valerie as she nodded her head towards the set of red doors leading to the playroom. The girl nodded her head and motioned for one of the waiters to take over for her, Emily and the girls slipped into the room and headed for their reserved couch in the corner. They could see everything from here, the large bar in the center of the room, the many couples enjoying the flogging show on stage before them and lastly the mini shows going on in the crowd itself.

"Ladies, Mistress," A tall young dark-skinned man with a tribble tattoo down the entire left side of his chest appeared from their right as he bowed in respect.

Erin raised an eyebrow at the man before them, "Jerome,"

The man grinned down at the older blond, "I come barring news madam, Mr. Morgan is in Room 6 for Madam Penelope and Valerie is waiting in Room 4."

Penelope grinned and quickly ran off to find her man as the other three stood, "Anything else to report," Erin challenged as they made their ways to the back rooms.

Jerome smiled, "I set up Room 9 for you Mistress,"

Erin grinned, "Great. I want you in position with a cane and blind fold out on the bed before I get there."

Jerome nodded, "Yes. Mistress."

As the younger man broke towards the rooms, Emily smiled over to Erin and the three walked to Room 4.

"A cane? What did poor Jerome do this time?"

The blonde laughed, "He was flirting with some girl last week and all but grinned when I walked by and saw him."

JJ smiled, "Looks like you have a real Brat on your hands,"

Erin rolled her eyes, "That I do, I'm hoping the cane with get him under control but I doubt it."

JJ shock her head, "How do you do it? I could never train a brat,"

Emily grinned as they came to stop in front of the door, "Easier than you might think Jay, I should let you watch me and Jules sometime, she likes test the limits but isn't as disobedient as the Brats Erin likes."

Erin grinned as she turned on heel, "My door is always open for you to peek inside JJ if you're curious,"

JJ blushed, "Uh….thank you."

Erin laughed as she rounded the corner, leaning the two women alone. "You know JJ, if you're really curious you can follow Erin."

The younger blonde shook her head, "It's not the punishments that I'm curious about, it's the person and their behavior. I don't get why they would want to talk back to their Dom and not enjoy obeying them."

Emily smiled, "And that's what makes you a great little sub JJ, you get pleasure in following orders and pleasing your Dom, making them happy with you. It's the same thing for Brats, Jules get pleasure in making me flustered when she acts out. She enjoys disobeying my rules just to get a rise from me and in turn, I get pleasure from punishing her and making her cry."

JJ followed Emily into the room and both women could see Valerie waiting patiently on her knees, "I'll set something next week with Jules and you can study her."

JJ smiled, "Thank you,"

"You're welcome, now, dress of JJ and into position."

Alec sat on the roof across from Aaron's apartment as he watched through a camera lens and tried to get some good shots of the lay out.

Alec clenched his teeth as Aaron spoke into a black sat phone while looking over a case file.

~~~~~
"I was at the club today and finally got to meet Rossi."

Dale nodded his head, "Good, do you have any information on the Purple Rabbit?"

Hotch stilled for a minute and debated telling the truth, "No, nothing we don't already know. The Purple Rabbit is your average night club with VIP bottle service and lounge. Anyone can walk in off the street."

Dale frowned, "I find it a little hard to believe that Rossi lets him wife dance at a night club if he's letting anyone come in."

"I don't think he is, when I dropped them off, I led them to a door beyond the VIP lounge. Rossi's men were guarding it but didn't let me back just yet," he lied as he started to put away the case files, "I think Rossi has his office behind that door so they're probably going back there."

Dale nodded, "Got it, ok well whenever you can get back there make sure to take good notes. Sleep fast Hotchner,"

"You too Chief"

After Hotch hung up the phone, he packed away the sat phone and files inside their black case and slid his bed back into place. He sat on the bed for a few minutes and rubbed his head, confused on why he was keeping secrets rather than telling his Chief everything.

As he moved around the room and get ready for bed, he rolled his neck and thought the whole night over.