Cardigan, Criminal Minds¹

𝒙𝒍𝒊𝒊. casey

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: CASEY !

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HOW DID HE DO IT? How did he pull it off? How did he get away with framing the wrong person with no questions asked? It was easy to frame Cooper. He would be the most obvious choice, right? It would be easy to get Casey that way. Her guard would be down.

Adam drove down the road with an unconscious Casey in the bed of his truck. He had thought of the events that led him up to this moment.

     He remembered when he first sent the flowers. A simple gesture and a card to go along with it for some fun. 'To you, C'. Obviously, she never put two and two together.

He did murder five women — five of them were being held at a secret location.

     He paid Cooper Rogers a lot- a lot of money to pretend as if he were stalking her — but Cooper didn't know that the FBI would get involved. It was never part of the deal. Adam went into the interrogation room himself when everyone walked out and told Cooper that if he didn't admit to everything, he would kill him and his entire family.

     Far as he was convinced — all he could do was think of Lucy York, the girl that was turning his life around. He didn't want her to get hurt. But now, she was gone. She was the reason he got into this mess in the first place. Adam had told Cooper that he had kidnapped her and would kill her if he didn't complete a simple task for him. Cooper couldn't let that happen.

Cooper had lied to the FBI about sending the flowers and heart to Casey and about Lucy being dead. Now, Adam was gone and he took Casey with him. Now, as for everyone else, their day carried on and everyone had been unaware of what happened to Casey.

JJ sat outside of a coffee shop as Emily had grabbed their two coffees and headed over to their table. Casey hadn't shown up yet. Emily handed JJ her coffee and JJ thanked the girl. "I barely ever get out anymore with Will and I needing to take care of Henry." JJ stated.

"How are they?" Emily asked. "Everyone's good.
Henry has a slight cold and Will's staying with him. A couple of hours out won't hurt — he understands that." JJ says and Emily decides to check her watch.

"Did Casey say what time she was gonna meet us here?" Emily questioned. "Yesterday was insane," JJ says. "I wouldn't be surprised if she slept in for a bit."

Emily had tried to call Casey and she wasn't picking up. Something inside told Emily that something was wrong and that they needed to check on Casey. "We should probably stop by her apartment. She's not answering her phone. The line keeps going straight to voicemail."