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Strauss
The expression on Alex Blakes face did not bode well. Aaron recognized the change in her immediately.
"What?" he asked her.
All of the team members saw that the new Agent in the team felt uncomfortable.
"There was this case, must be 1999 or 2000, she was on. I was in another unit, so I only heard about it. She was in San Diego to investigate a number of serial murders by young Jane Does who appeared weekly in the Forrest around the city. Strauss followed the trace to Sergej Petuchow."
"The father of Alexej and Michail." Rossi interrupted and Reid asked: "Didn't he die two years ago?"
"Yes, he died in a car accident two years ago, must be around the time when Alexej died too." Garcia told the others.
"But that time when Strauss finally had enough evidence to bring him to jail she was abducted by the men of Petuchow senior. I don't know what happened, but only three days later she was found healthy and safe in the Forrest, where the Jane Doe's were found dead before. She arrests a guy named Li Chong, the head of a Chinese gang and handed him and the evidence nobody knows where it came from over to the police. "
"Garcia, I want you to find out what happened in San Diego." Aaron ordered the technical analyst with an angry voice. Penelope didn't take it personally, she just jumped up from her chair and went to her office.
"Since Strauss knows what we are doing, we finally can interview her about this." He looked at Dave who nodded to him. "I'll bring her in."
"And you," he looked to the rest of his team, "look for something we perhaps missed about the other suspects."
David Rossi had to call Strauss in a Meeting with the heads of the FBI and tell her, that he wanted to speak with her. She didn't sound surprised.
When she finally found her way into his office, Aaron was gone. Dave convinced him that it would be better he would spent the time with Amy and Jack. He was still angry and strained and it wouldn't be helpful.
"I suppose you want me to talk about my connection with Petuchow?" She just started right away.
"So you have still a connection to him?" Rossi made the counter-question.
"I only met Sergej Petuchow when his men abducted me and hold me for three days in their captivity. And that was in 2000."
"Why you didn't tell Agent Hotchner about this?" Rossi wanted to know. Strauss sighed.
"Because he would suspect me from the beginning and I hoped you would find out who the mole is, before you find out about me."
"We didn't. Right now you are the only one with a connection to Petuchow." He raised his voice a bit. "So you have to tell me why he didn't hurt you and why you didn't arrest him."
Aaron was exhausted when he got home at lunchtime. "Daddy!" Jack shouted at him and jumped into his Arms. "Amy and I backed cookies." The little boy told his father.
"Yeah, I can smell that." He answered with a smile.
Amy stood in the kitchen, making fresh coffee. When he entered she gave him her wonderful smile. "You look like you need one." She said and offered him a cup. Thankful he accepted it.
His mobile rang and he went into his bedroom. "Hotchner." It was David Rossi to tell him about his interview with Director Strauss.
"She confirmed the story Blake told us. And she explained that in the three days, she was held hostage, Petuchow showed her the evidence that he wasn't the murderer of the Jane Doe's. He had no intention to hurt or kill her; he just wanted to nail the real killer, because Li Chong tried to destroy the trust in Petuchow of his customer, whatever they are. When she promised him that she would put Chong behind bars, he let her go."
"And you think she says the truth?" Aaron wanted to know.
"As far as I can tell, yes. "
Aaron rubbed with his hand over his forehead. "But someone has to be the mole at the FBI. "
"Garcia is digging deeper and it looks like the Hermandez worked before he joined the Miami State Police as a security guard in our building."
"She shall go through the phone records of Petuchow and Hermandez. Maybe she can find something." He hung up.
"Is everything okay?"
Aaron turned around when he heard the voice of Amy. She came to him and laid her head on his shoulder. He wrapped her in his arms. "It's hard to find the unsub, because if you work for the police you probably know how to hide your traces." He explained. She looked at him with her brown eyes and touched his cheek gently. "You make a great job and you will find him." She encouraged him.
Thankful he gave her a tender kiss on her lips. It was so good to have her support.
