Morgan looked at the body and shook his head. He turned when Prentiss and Rossi walked up to the body. They looked at it then looked at Morgan. None of them needed to say how important it was that they didn't make a mistake here.
"Was there a note?" Prentiss asked pulling on her blue gloves to not contaminate the crime scene.
"Yeah, there was along with something else," Morgan admitted turning to a CSI tech. He handed Morgan the two clear evidence bags. One of them held the note and the other held the picture.
Rossi took the note and looked at it, "I have found Deliverance From Evil. It will all be mine once again," he read out loud.
"That doesn't sound good," Prentiss said.
"This is worse."
Morgan showed them the picture. Prentiss and Rossi looked at it then looked at Morgan. It was a picture of Tucker and Reid. Reid was holding the door open for Tucker as they walked out of the book cafe. Reid's face was covered in a red substance though. Morgan thought it was blood; the blood of the victim they had just found but he wasn't sure.
"We need to tell Reid," Rossi said looking up at Morgan.
"If this was all I would have called him already but there's more. He left another note on the back of it."
Prentiss took the bag and flipped it over. She leaned closer to Rossi so he could read the writing on the back. It was written in black marker; She is mine, Dr. Reid. Stay away from her or what happened with Tobias Hankle will seem like a stroll in the park once I am finished with you.
"He threatened Reid outright. He has never ever done that before," Prentiss said.
"Tucker has never been as close to anyone before as she has been to Reid. It's all in her school files. She was labelled a liar, a psychotic as a father; it's a miracle this girl didn't pick up a gun and end her life," Rossi said.
"He's unravelling. He has held it together all these years thinking when he found Tucker she would go right back to where they had left off. He would kill and she would help him," Morgan said.
"Reid is complicating it. Clayton can see how much Tucker cares for him. He's jealous and wants Reid out of the way," Prentiss added.
"Which is what will happen when Tucker sees this. She feels guilty enough about her involvement in these murders. The threat to Reid will be too much for her. She will bolt and go to her father," Rossi stated looking at the young woman at their feet wishing that they could have done something to save her. The young ones always got to him.
"I'm counting on it," Morgan said walking away.
Prentiss stood there for a minute shocked. She looked at Rossi then went after Morgan ripping her gloves off. She heard Rossi talking to the responding officer in the background but what she was focused on was what Morgan had said. She grabbed his arm before he climbed into the SUV. Morgan turned and looked at her.
"What did you mean by you're counting on it?" she demanded.
"I am going to lay it all out to Tucker. We can put a plan together and trap her father using her as bait," he explained.
"Reid is never going to go for that. You saw him Morgan, he loves this girl. Are you really going to take the risk of her dying just to catch this guy?" Prentiss demanded.
"I don't know Prentiss, are you willing to keep her safe and risk Clayton going after them both?"
Prentiss didn't say anything. She watched as Morgan got into the SUV. He took off and she cursed. She knew that none of this was going to end well. She turned and walked back over to Rossi.