Questions from the local law enforcement officers were quickly handled by the BAU team, and soon most of them had left to resume their duties. The team members, however, remained in the conference room reviewing the situation with Detective Wade, Sheriff Gardner, Don Woods, and Deputy Malcolm.
"Okay," Hotch glanced at his watch. "I think we have covered everything we can for the day. Let's get some rest and start fresh again tomorrow."
"Where's Emma?" JJ asked, looking around the room. "Maybe she would like to join us for dinner."
"Dr. Porter left a while back," Detective Wade told her. "It's a long drive back to her apartment and I think she has an early counseling session tomorrow morning with one of my guys."
"She is counseling someone?" Reid demanded loudly. "She thinks she can tell someone else how to straighten out their life when she can't straighten out her own?" His voice was getting progressively louder.
"Reid!" Hotch snapped at outraged the agent. "Outside – Now!"
"I'm sorry about that," he apologized to the local officers as they watched Reid stomp out of the room and into the hallway. "I can assure you that it won't happen again." He quickly followed Reid out the door.
"I would assume that is the problem Dr. Porter is running from," Detective Wade observed dryly.
"Why do you say that?" Rossi questioned curiously.
"Agent, when a young, single, attractive woman takes a job in a place like this, it stands to reason she is running from something," was the response. "I'm not saying that this is a bad place to live because it's not. But it's not exactly the hot spot of the universe either."
"Did you ever consider becoming a profiler?" Rossi smiled at the man.
"I don't think my wife would like the hours," the man replied ruefully.
"I know mine didn't," Rossi confessed.
"So, Dr. Porter doesn't live around here?" Morgan asked curiously.
"No," Detective Wade replied. "She lives in Duncanville, close to our local state police post. That's where she has her office and holds most of her counseling sessions."
"Makes sense," Blake observed. "She's close to the people she works with."
"And she's close to the local pharmacy," Sheriff Garner added. "Apparently she is up on all the latest medications, and has been working with the pharmacist there to make sure he keeps them in stock."
"Although, as for her being close to the people she works with, that may be stretching it a little," Deputy Malcolm smiled.
"Dr. Porter actually has kind of a traveling practice," Sheriff Garner explained. "She has been known to meet with some of her patients for sessions at oddball times in some out of the way places."
"She realizes that the guys have a lot of ground to cover and not much time to do it in," Deputy Malcolm continued the explanation. "So, she sometimes makes arrangements to meet with them over their lunch break or close to their home before or after their shift. I think she actually uses one of the offices in this building from time to time."
"She's quite a change from her predecessor," Detective Wade chuckled. "That guy did nothing but sit around reading gardening magazines and waiting for his retirement date. Doctor Porter has certainly shaken things up a bit."
"And, in a good way," Sheriff Garner quickly added.
"Sounds like she is doing a good job," JJ smiled at the men.
"Now, where do you recommend we go to get something to eat?" Rossi asked, looking over at Don Wood, who had been watching the proceedings with great interest.