"That's our last bag" I announced putting it on the trolley and dodging Spencer's hand away when he tried to push it, I was going to take care of that. After all, my momma raised me to be a gentleman "Now we only need to hire a rent car" I frowned when I noticed that he began fidgeting nervously "If you are tired we can always take a taxi and then ask the hotel to rent one for us later."
"That's not the problem, Morgan..."
My frowned deepened at the mention of my last name. Ever since we had gotten together we had only called each other by our first names or pet names. If he was using my surname it must be serious. However, I swallowed my anxiety, refraining myself from asking, and waited patiently for him to be ready.
Soon enough he began speaking again "I... haven't been completely honest to you... or any in the team. Not that I've ever lied!" he clarified quickly "I just never talk about that part of my life. Hotch only knows because he is our boss and has a copy of our personal files" he started playing with the hem of his sweater, refusing to meet my gaze.
"Come on pretty boy, you are worrying me" I said after a while of waiting and knowing that he wouldn't continue on his own, at least not any time soon.
"Not here, we need a more private place" he replied and guided me outside the airport.
So, we will be taking a taxi then. I thought, and almost tripped when I saw where was my boyfriend walking to.
"Sir, it's good to have you back" a tall Asian man, but not taller than us, wearing a chauffer's uniform said politely with a small bow of his head "Did you bring any luggage this time?"
"Yes, my boyfriend has them at the moment" he replied and this time I couldn't suppress the surprise from my face. Pretty boy wasn't acting in his awkward adorable way anymore, complete the opposite really. He stood straight proud of himself and emanating power "Will you be kind enough of putting them on the trunk for us and then take us to the house?"
"Of course, sir" replied immediately the man and walked towards me, not before opening the door of a very nice white limousine "Sir" I covered my awkwardness at his polite bow at me with a charming smile, before heading to my boyfriend's side to demand some answers.
"It all began when my father left my mother and I to fend for ourselves" he began explaining as soon as I closed the door of the limousine behind me "We didn't have any money at all, and my mother didn't find jobs because of her... medical situation" I wrapped an arm around his shoulder and snuggled him against me, knowing how hard this topic was to him "So, I had to go out in job hunting. Which isn't as difficult as a lot of people think of... I ended up working in a hotel for a man... a man who looked at me as if I was a piece of meat...".
"Christ pretty boy!" I murmured shocked, my embrace tightening. My heart ached for this amazing person that has to go through so much, it was unfair that he has to suffer like that "Please tell me that... that he didn't...".
I survived what... Carl did to me. But if something like that ever happened to Spencer, even as little as almost happening... I wouldn't be able to keep on going.
"Relax, Der" he calmed me down with a soothing tone "He never got the chance to touch me... even if he wanted" he shook his head, as if trying to chase the bad memories away "He was a bad, really bad man. Drugs, sex trafficking, torture, kidnapping, mafia, that bastard was involve in all kinds of bad stuff" I blinked shocked by the crude language that Spencer used, he must really be angry cause he never curses "But I was able to find his Achilles heel, a lot of brilliant people that were on his team were only loyal because he had kidnapped their family. So, I started to work on it and was able to free all of them without the bastard noticing. The families grateful at my help decided to aid me to bring him down. At the end we had enough to exposed him but then I noticed that he had the police force of Las Vegas bought and in his pocket. So we had to take the matter into our own hands... did you know that he had already been married twice? His ex-wives and children all died in mysterious accidents, in our digging we discovered that he had sexually abused his step-children and then orchestrated their deaths when he got bored with them".
"Son of a bitch!" I exclaimed in pure rage.
I decided that when Spencer finished his story I will hunt that monster down and kill him... maybe torture him a it before.
Snap out of it Morgan. I scolded myself. We are not like them, no matter how much they deserve it we need to follow the law. That is what we are, what differences us from them.
My boyfriend smiled proudly at me, surely already knowing what was going in my mind, and continued his story "We already knew that he wanted me so we all needed him is get him interested in my mother".
"Please tell me that you didn't" I begged the love of my life fearful of what he was telling me, when he nodded his head ashamed I exploded "Damn it pretty boy! That is the most reckless and stupid thing you have ever made!".
"It worked! He married my mother and adopted me, we were so close to make him pay for all the pain he did... when Lee appeared. Lee is... was Zero's brother, Zero is the chauffer you had just met. Well, the second wife of that bastard was Lee's ex-wife... when Lee discovered the death of his wife and son, not to mention the abuse that his little boy had gone through... well, let's say that thing didn't go fine. There was a cross fire that killed a lot of people, but principally him and Lee".
"He is dead?".
"Yes" Spencer replied with a tired sigh and rubbed his temple, I frowned worriedly. I hope he isn't having another headache, I thought concerned for my boyfriend's health "The idiot didn't even made my mother sign the prenuptial papers, all his power and wealth passed to her and me. That's when we began the cleansing, every drug dealer, mafia boss, trafficking merchant that ever worked for him, their people and the monsters on his team went to prison for life. Well, the ones that only worked for the big bosses were condemned to a long time in prison and they will leave one day, but not in a long time" he told me, I smiled and puffed my chest proudly at the efficiency of Spencer.
And he was only a kid! I bragged in my head.
"What about the corrupt policemen?" I asked him, not liking at all the idea of them getting out with it.
"That's how I met Gideon for the first time, he heard of everything that was going in Las Vegas and came to investigate. He helped me... us put those men down, they went to prison as well" he answered with a satisfied smile, but I was able to notice how tense he was.
I was so proud of my pretty boy, not only for what he did when he was a kid but being able to talk about it. That was't easy at all, I can't even pronounce the name of... Carl without shivering in sorrow and fear. So I wrapped an arm around his shoulder and snuggled him even closer to me, then I gave him a passionate kiss trying to express all my feelings through my actions. After all, I've always been more of an action man than a word man. By the unfocused look of pure lust and love that he flashed me afterwards I knew that I had succeeded, now not stripping him right now in middle of the limousine was a whole new problem.
"So you have an empire waiting for you here?" I asked him teasingly.
"That I do" he replied with his own sass that only made me chuckled "I made sure that all the money of the monsters on his team went to the families he destroyed with his games. I check every year to see if they are doing fine, for now every men or women have a stable job that pays them well or at least enough to live relatively ok, a home in good condition, they are clean of any drugs, if they have children they go to school and I made sure that they all at least go to see a professional or group therapy once a month. I turned the mansion of that bastard into an orphanage and left my cousin Genim, as the head of it. That is where we will be staying these few days."
I could only stare with wide open eyes at him as he kept on babbling. My profiler's instincts telling me that he was trying to excuse himself of not donating all the money or power by doing good acts, but another part of me could only think: how it was possible that such an amazing and perfect man was interested in me?
"He had a nice hotel with a casino that used as a cover up to from where he got all the money. My mother was in no state to take care of it, so I used my genius mind and learned everything I needed to know about how to direct a hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Soon it became one of the most famous and visited ones in the city, it is almost impossible to find an empty room. Especially, since I added a night club to it" Spencer kept on ranting "I needed the money, Der. For my mother's medicine, to keep the orphanage in good function, my studies, to keep us fed and clothed... I even gave a lot of jobs to the ones affected by Him!"
"Pretty boy stop it!" I demanded firmly but kindly enough not to scare him even more "I love you, and I don't guilt you for anything. You are the most amazing, breathtaking, kind, selfless and pure person I've ever met. You don't need to feel guilty for making the best out of what was left to you, you did perfectly. No one would have acted so selflessly in your situation, and if there are more people then they are only a few" I assured him in a comforting tone, and then kissed him sweetly for a good measure.
"I love you, Der" he sighed happily, resting his head on him shoulder.
"I love you too, Spence" I replied with a happy smile of my own.
