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Unfinished Business
Well, ice skating with Henry was a bust. It started out okay. The rink wasn't too crowded and although the temps were cold, the sky was clear. I love the outdoor rinks. They remind of the pond at home. Aunt Gina sometimes let me go skating with her at night if the full moon was out and I couldn't sleep. You could always see the stars like diamonds in the black sky. There were a few stars out tonight.
Too bad I didn't get to really spend anytime with Henry. We had just been on the rink for about half an hour when he got a page from the hospital. I guess I can't be too angry with him. I get called away all the time. I guess I'm selfish, because it seems worse when you're the one that's getting left behind.
Then I woke up this morning with a nice head cold. We didn't have a case and Morgan decided he needed to pull me aside and talk. I had no idea what he wanted to talk about and was floored when he said it was about Henry.
He was asking me all kinds of questions about my boyfriend. How serious was I about him? What did I know about him and weird questions like that? I told him that it was none of his business. Morgan just looked at me and then he said that if I was serious, I should introduce him to Reid before the rest of the team got a look at Henry.
I was a little irritated to say the least. Why should I introduce Reid to Henry? What business was it of Morgan's?
Morgan said, "You really don't get it do you?"
I said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."
So he said, "I can see that…"
I said, "What's that supposed to mean?"
He looked at me like he would a victim of one of the crimes we see and it made me mad. Then he said "You don't see the resemblance between Reid and Henry, do you?"
"They don't look anything alike." I told him.
Morgan said, "You really are blind… I'm just saying you should tell Reid before Garcia or Elle gets a look at him, or even Hotch and Gideon."
Then he just walked away. I still don't understand how he can think that Henry and Spence look alike. I'd never date someone because he looks like Spencer. Would I??
I had a lot of time to think about it and I couldn't sleep at all. It was one of those times I didn't mind getting called in the middle of the night.
An old friend of Gideon's who was a fellow profiler was in the office when we all got there. His name is Max Ryan. He recently wrote a book on the Keystone Killer. The killer had stopped killing eighteen years ago and Max was on the case. He never stopped working on it. He was at a book signing tonight when the security guard gave him a letter. It had a word search puzzle and two driver's licenses of the Keystone Killers victims in it.
So it looked like the killer was back. We had to find out why he'd been dormant for all those years. The biggest problem was Max Ryan. The man is not exactly what I would call friendly. In fact, he didn't trust any of us to do our jobs and he questioned everything. I know that neither Morgan nor Elle was really fond of him at the beginning.
We found one suspect that fit the time frame and profile. Ryan insisted that this man wasn't the killer and he turned out to be right. It was a good thing we went to his home and searched, because he had a woman tied up in a coffin like drawer under his bed that Hotch found. That poor woman…
The real Keystone Killer left another note for the team, just left it on the windshield of the truck in broad daylight. These guys get bolder all the time.
I had the fun job of dealing with the press who wanted to blame the FBI for failing to catch the guy all those years ago. I had to do a press conference, scratchy voice and all. One of the relatives of one of the new victims was there. He was so angry and sad. I wanted to tell him that it would be alright, but I couldn't. It was the most difficult press conference I've had in a long time. We always leave the victims behind. I know we can't be saviors, but sometime I wish…
So… the new murders had a new MO. When he killed twenty years ago, he tied the women up with these really elaborate knots and he strangled them. Now he takes them out with a blow to the head and puts flex cuffs on them. Then he suffocates them with a plastic bag instead of strangling them.
When we finally got Ryan to trust the team and work together, we found out that the killer had a bad car accident and had lost most of his strength in his right side. That was why he had to change his method.
The team found him with his next victim, who was a target twenty years ago. You see, he wanted to take care of his unfinished business. Morgan told me that Gideon gave Max the handcuffs to take the guy into custody.
At least the plane ride home was fun despite my stuffed up head. Max was telling stories about the old BAU. He told us a very funny story about Gideon and the Director. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I'm glad we got to hear it after that case.
I'm sitting in front of the window in the living room. The sky is clear and black like the other night. All I can think and about is one thing… Is Morgan right? Am I going out with Henry because he looks like Spence?