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Reid walked into Kyle's empty office and closed the door, sat down in Kyle's chair with a pencil and paper and said"Okay, fire away Garcia." He listened intently to all Garcia was telling him and took notes. Writing it all down and reading it back to himself would cement it in his mind due to his eidetic memory.
Colleen was watching him from the station's main room. He had dashed off so quickly when the call came; she had heard the voice, although she couldn't understand what it said. It sounded like a woman. Maybe he has a girlfriend, she thought. Of course he probably had a girlfriend, how could a great guy like him not.
Miriam was watching her daughter from across the room noticing the look in her eyes and followed the direction of her gaze to the young man sitting in Kyle's office. Oh well, it had to happen sometime, although Colleen was very pretty, she had only been on a few dates and never seemed particularly interested in anyone until this young man happened into the diner the other night. From the look on her daughter's face, Colleen was very smitten with this fellow and Miriam just hoped her girl wasn't headed for a heartache.
Ruby James, the secretary/dispatcher for the sheriff's office came up to Miriam, also looking at Colleen and said to her friend, "So the love bug bites at last."
"Yeah, I hope she's not headed for a fall."
"If it's any consolation, Miriam, he seems like a stand up guy."
"I know it but I still think she's gonna get hurt when he leaves."
Reid came out of Kyle's office and headed back to his lunch with a thoughtful expression on his face. Colleen approached, "Hi, I saw you on the phone. Is everything okay?"
"Oh yeah, I was just talking to our computer tech at Quantico and didn't get the answer I was looking for. I guess it couldn't be that easy."
Colleen heaved a small sigh of relief and sat down by him, "I'm sorry."
"I'll keep digging, I'll come up with something, I'm definitely not giving up. Thanks for the lunch, it was delicious," he said with a smile in her direction.
"Anytime," Colleen smiled back. "If you need anything, I'm here."
Reid nodded, smiled, and then was off to talk to her father and the deputies.
Garcia was typing on her keyboard when Hotch walked into her sanctum. "Hi Garcia, any word from Reid."
"Okay, you're the third person in the last hour that's come in here asking about Reid. First Morgan, then JJ and now you; Yes, I talked to him, gave him the info I found on his victims, not much helpful there and yes he sounds okay." At that moment Gideon walked in. "Oh not you too, I thought you were going to leave him alone and yet someone's in here every five minutes,"
"Right, we're out of here, come on Aaron." Hotch and Gideon left and Garcia sat back in her chair with a big grin on her face.
Reid spoke to Kyle and the deputies. Garcia gave me all the info on Clisby and Simms. "Clisby was born in Pikeville in 1960. Nothing untoward in his childhood. Attended U of K and married his high school sweetheart. Came here after graduation as a history teacher and has been here ever since. Involved in the PTA and the Boy Scouts. No arrests, no wants or warrants. Two children, girl 16, boy 14."
"Simms was born here in 1968, went to school here, had Clisby as a history teacher, passed his course with a B+. Left Brookdale to attend college but came back after a year and started working at Walgreen's and stayed there until she was killed. Single and never married. No arrests, no wants, no warrants."
"We're still waiting on the lab results and the autopsy reports. What did you guys find out about their activities last evening?"
"I spoke to Elaine Clisby," Kyle reported, "She said Jeff got a call about 10pm and he said he had to go out. He didn't tell Elaine who it was. She thought maybe it was about a student."
"Did he often get late night calls from students?" Reid inquired.
"No, Elaine said it rarely ever happened."
"Well, I talked to Val's neighbors and nobody heard or saw anything at her place and nobody saw her go out." Roy said. "I don't know about anybody else but I need a little break here. I came in for work last evening and haven't had a rest yet."
"Yeah," Kyle said, "We should all take a little break. How about we meet back here after dinner and we'll brainstorm." He looked at Reid, "Maybe by then there'll be some word from your colleague in Quantico."
Reid nodded, "Sounds like a good idea to me."
As the men split up Ruby said, "Do one of you guys want to take these dishes back to the diner?" Reid volunteered to return the dishes saying he had to go get gas for his vehicle anyway.
When Reid walked into the diner with the dishes, Miriam and Colleen were alone in the place. Reid thanked them again for the meal and told them everyone was taking a few hours break. He himself was heading to the motel after he stopped for gas.
Colleen jumped up, "Can I come with you?"
"To my motel room?" Reid's voice squeaked and his face turned scarlet.
"No silly, I'm meeting a friend at the strip mall across from the gas station. Could I get a ride with you?"
"Oh sure, you can get a ride with me," he accepted, relieved. He turned to go out to his SUV and Colleen followed with a huge smile and a wave to her mother. Miriam smirked at the young man's naiveté. Colleen hated that strip mall.