In our culture, we have no relationship with not-knowing. But not-knowing is the essence of receiving. -- Mary Saunders
"Nina!" her friends all shrieked. "Oh my goodness…you're alive…oh!" Nina cried. Her friends nodded, "Why is Millie doing this?" they asked her. Nina shook her head, "I don't know…I don't know."
***
Beck Household
"Thattt sucks." Prentiss frowns as Rossi tells her about Nina's disappearance. Rossi walks up to Millicent's front door, with Prentiss following behind him.
When he knocks, Millicent answers. "Let me guess," she says boredly, "I'm not the person you're looking for."
"No. But we believe you are the unsub's next victim." Rossi replies. Millicent shakes her head, "A few months ago, Adele and I got in a fight. She went off during the night and I figured she just got mad and flew the coop. But then do you know what happened?" she tests. Rossi shakes his head, "No. We don't." he answers.
Millicent smiles sadly, "I got a note. Not from her - from Millie."
"Millie?" Prentiss asks, "Who's she?"
"Mildred Farmer. She's the one who first learnt I didn't like girls in the same way as everyone else. She made my life hell," Millicent gives a bitter laugh, "Those girls I thought were my friends were disgusted by me. I never liked them as anything more than friends, but they flattered themselves, of course." Millicent shrugs.
"What did the letter say?" Prentiss inquires. Millicent looks at Emily sharply, "That she was sorry. That she would make it up to me. And that she had taken Adele…for herself."
"She knew how it felt." Rossi concluded. "Yes. And she had to repent. It was her fault I don't have any good memories of high school. Now she's fixing that in the best way she can." Millicent agrees.
"If you knew Mildred Farmer was the unsub the whole time -" Prentiss starts in. Millicent shakes her head, "That's the thing. I just figured it out. Mildred moved out of this town a while ago and she just came back two weeks ago…right before the kidnap." finished with helping, Millicent shuts the door.
"We have to get back to the others." Rossi decides, "Do you think she'll call Mildred? Warn her?" Emily worries, "I don't know. But staying here won't help."
***
"That was interesting, apparently Millicent Beck knows who our unsub is." Morgan says, repeating what Prentiss had called to tell him.
"Does she know where they are?" JJ asks. "No, but the woman's name is Mildred Farmer." Morgan responds. "I'll call Garcia." Hotch decides, and in a moment she's on speaker.
"Looks like Millicent was right, Mildred just moved back in to Germantown, and just purchased a cozy little nook. It seems like she only moved in to Germantown when the girls would have been in grade nine…her Mother had just died." Garcia informs them.
"New girl in town, just her and her Father…she needed to fit in." Morgan sighs, "So she picked the most popular group in school and figured out how to get in with them." JJ adds. "Mildred and Millicent must have been close – first Millicent tells Mildred her secret, then when Adele goes missing Millicent doesn't tell the police she knows where she is, and even now Mildred feels guilt for what she did to Millicent." Reid speaks up.
"Garcia, what's the address of Mildred's house?" Hotch inquires, and in return Garcia reads out an address.
"I know that place," Police Chief Deluchi says, "But it's to small to keep four women hidden. There's only three rooms."
"Is there a cellar?" Reid asks. "Well I guess so. Most houses here do have a basement of some sort." Police Chief Deluchi replies. The team shares a look.
"JJ, phone Prentiss and Rossi and give them the address. Reid, go check and make sure Millicent Beck hasn't gone anywhere." Hotch orders.