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Chapter 7

"Have you ever seen anyone die?" Reid looked up, surprised. Josselyn was talking to him. He decided to be truthful.

"Unfortunately, yes I have."

"Did you catch the man that did it?" She did not look at Reid, just kept coloring her drawing.

"Yes. We almost always do."

"What happens to them when you catch them?" Reid studied the girl. Her crayon was being pushed hard into the page. She was anxious.

"Well, we put them in jail where they can't hurt anyone ever again. Josselyn, I know you're scared, and that's okay. But if you know who did this, then we can find him and take him to jail and he'll never be able to hurt or scare you again. Can you tell me who it is?" Josselyn stopped coloring. She looked up at Reid. Reid watched a tear roll down her cheek. Slowly, she nodded her head. "Okay, what's the name of the man that did this to you?"

Josselyn looked around, as if to make sure no one else was listening. She leaned in and whispered "Aaron Hotchner."

Conference Room, Woodinville PD

Reid burst into the room. The other agents looked up.

"Did you get something?" Hotch asked.

"Yes," Reid answered, "he knew we were coming."

"What do you mean?"

"Josselyn just gave me the name of the unsub. Aaron Hotchner. He knew we were going to come to investigate this case, and he gave the girl the name of the Unit Chief of the BAU. I've been wondering why the unsub would leave a witness for us, then scare her into not talking to us. He knew we'd get a name eventually."

"He wanted to distract us from the case." Rossi interjected. "Makes us think the girl knows who the unsub is so we spend our resources trying to get it out of her, when in actuality it's all just a big waste of time. She doesn't know who he is at all."

Hotch looked at his team. "But there's a flaw in this plan. This girl knows something, even if he doesn't think she does. It might not be a name, but she knows something. Reid, keep working with her. Find out everything she remembers about the unsub, behavior, characteristics, anything. And let's keep this information quiet. The unsub may very well be in this building, and it's to our advantage that he doesn't know we know his plan."