JJ tried her best to help Peter's mother calm down, but it was hard to do when neither of them could speak. She continued to try and break free, but Peter noticed, and drove the van to that she and his mother would be thrown around the back of the van. After thirty minutes of driving, he pulled in to a church parking lot, got out of the van, and forced the two women to go inside at gunpoint. He silently led them to a set of stairs.
"Go down there, and wait for me," he said," You first, agent Jareau."
He kept his mother upstairs with him until JJ set foot on the basement floor. He sent her downstairs with her hands untied. The door slammed and locked upstairs. JJ turned so his mother could untie her. After her hands were free, she pulled the duct tape off of her mouth. The basement had a small kitchen, and bookshelf, and a bathroom under the stairs. She got Peter's mother a glass of water and sat her down.
"When he was in his early twenties," she said," his father taught him how to do plumbing and electrical work. He started doing maintenance work for a living about a year ago, and I thought that he was finally getting better."
She broke down into tears as JJ tried to help her.
"This isn't your fault," JJ said," you had no way of knowing he'd do this."
"When I got pregnant with him," she said," my daddy was so mad, he kicked me out of the house. I never saw him or my mother again. I had scholarship money to go to the local community college, so I got a job waitressing tables, found a friend who would let me sleep on her couch, and took night classes. I wanted to give my baby the best life I could. I scraped by until I could find an apartment I could afford. Peter was born three days after I moved in. I got my teaching degree, found a job at the local high school, and things were finally coming together. But, Peter was always different from the other boys. He didn't want to make friends with the other children. He wanted nothing to do with the boys, and I know it's normal for boys to pick on girls but he tormented them. He would find whatever girl he could intimidate the easiest, and leave her in tears on the playground."
JJ thought back to how he treated Garcia. Once she showed him fear, he spent all his time focused on her. She prayed that he would leave her alone now, but she knew that wasn't likely.
"What state are we in?"
"Pennsylvania," the woman said.
Peter ran downstairs and gave them a bag from a fast food restaurant.
"Enjoy," he said," that's all you're going to have until we get this done."
"Peter," JJ said," think about what you're doing. You've kidnapped three federal agents. You left two of them alone. What happens when one of them escapes, or the team finds them. What happens when they find us? Because their main priorities when they find us will be to get me, and your mother out unharmed. They don't care what happens to you."
"So," Peter said," tell me, is there a point to what you're saying?"
"My point is," JJ said," if you let us go, turn yourself in, and tell the police where Garcia and Reid are, and then they might give you a lesser sentence."
"Darling," Peter said," tomorrow is going to end one of two ways. Either, I am going to die in a blaze of glory, or I am going to make it back to my secluded cabin in the woods, and spend all the time I can with my lovely, Penelope Garica. I have no intention of turning myself in, and I have no intention of giving away the location of my princess. "
Robert Rollins, and his mother, Sarah arrived at the bureau late at night. Prentiss interviewed Sarah, and Hotch interviewed Robert.
Prentiss took Sarah to a conference room and got her a cup of coffee.
"It's like it's a bad dream," she said," you know? It's like any moment I'm going to wake up and my Samuel will be alive. I swear, all the men in this family are cursed. First, my husband dies in a car accident, then my youngest causes a girl to kill herself, and now my last son is murdered in his home."
"Ms, Hanly," Prentiss said," have you noticed anyone acting in a threatening manner towards you or your sons in any way?"
"Only our entire town," scoffed Ms. Hanly," everyone hates my boy. That's kind of what happens when you make the pastor's daughter commit suicide."
"Okay," Prentiss said," but I'm talking about someone who really sticks out. Someone who Robert may have told you made him scared or uncomfortable."
"No, not really," she said," but Robert doesn't talk to me much."
Hotch took Robert to one of the interrogation rooms and immediately began to intimidate him.
"Robert," he said," we believe that what's happening to my team members right now is being done by someone is angry at you for what you did to Mary. Have you noticed anyone who's been especially angry at you? Maybe someone who made you nervous?"
"Yeah, actually," Robert said," It was a couple of months ago. I wanted to go to the cemetery where Mary and her dad are buried. I just wanted to pay my respects. I had a small bouquet of flowers and a card that I had written a note in. There was this guy that saw me walking to the cemetery. He just stood in my way. He said that after all the trouble I'd caused, at the very least I should let them rest in peace. He took the note and the bouquet from me, and after that, I never saw him in town again."
"What was in the note?"
"An apology," Robert said," and a confession."
"A confession about sending the pictures?"
"No sir," Robert said," a confession to lying about who did."
Hotch's phone began to ring, so he excused himself.
"Hotch," Derek said," I think we found the clue he left at Garcia's apartment. I sent Kevin a picture,"
Hotch ran into Garcia's office to see a picture of a pink sympathy card, and a note was written inside of it.
I'm so sorry. This was all my fault. It never would have gone this far if I hadn't lied to protect Sam. Maybe you'd both still be here.
Hotch turned back to the interrogation room.
"What's the full story?"
"A couple of years ago, I snuck out and went to a party," Robert said," my mom found out, so she made me give my phone to Samuel for a month. When I got it back, I noticed that he had been messaging Mary using my account, and that was how he got the pictures. When I asked him about it, he had already sent them to my friends. When I told my mom what happened, her main concern was protecting Sam. She said that because he was an adult, it would hurt him more than it would hurt me, and Sam was going to get a job soon, which would help the family. I never even had to lie. Everyone just assumed that since it came from my phone, that I sent it."
Hotch left the room again and got Prentiss out of the conference room.
"Derek," he said," is Dave there?"
"Yeah," Rossi answered
"I think this note may be our trigger," Hotch said.
