Fingertips | Spencer Reid

Chapter 68

Chapter 68

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QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER: Are you left handed, right handed or ambidextrous?

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"What's his problem?"

"Whose?"

"Lopi, there's only one person in this place other than you and me... I'm obviously talking about The Pope"

"If you haven't realised, I'm typing away on my computer at the speed of light trying to come up with a list of mentally disturbed men in the state of Florida- I will not ask for forgiveness because I asked who you were referring to, my love"

"I forgive you anyway" she kissed the woman's cheek "Bubbles"

"Why do you call him 'Bubbles'?"

"You don't need to know that"

"Of course, he's the only one you'll ever tell"

"If I ever do- stop changing the topic!"

"I don't know what his problem is" Garcia glanced at her friend "Why don't you ask him?"

"I already did... a week ago. But there's obviously something else other than what he said back then"

"Can't help you there"

"So you know!" Thaleia squinted her eyes at her friend "And you're not going to tell me?"

"If he wants you to know, he'll say it"

"It's annoying"

"So are you, but we don't say it every time we think it" the boy they were talking about stood next to them "I might have something else to help you narrow down that list, Garcia"

"We were just talking about you, Bubbles"

"All bad things I hope" he replied setting down some papers on the table the girls were working on. Penelope had appeared at his door the prior night when the team was called for a case, insisting on either taking Thaleia with her to her own apartment or letting her stay. The answer to that was obvious.

"Of course" the girl winked his way with a teasing grin.

"Get a room you two"

"We will when you and Morgan get one as well"

"That was a low blow, Tali-cake. Really low" she typed away the information the Doctor had brought on the system "But I didn't hear a 'no' there"

"It was implied" Reid leaned on his hands over the table "Prentiss said the last victim was found on the side of the road, close to a tourist attraction, just like the others"

"Well, he obviously wants the bodies to be found. Probably wants to make a statement. Only he and God know about what"

"It's part of your job description to figure that out, baby" Penelope snickered "Time to get smart"

"You've been dragging me since you got here- I thought we were friends"

"This is what friends do, Tali-cake"

"Friends suck"

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The trio worked on the case throughout four long days.

It wasn't that they were boring or tedious, and they definitely didn't feel as long for the girls as they did for the owner of the apartment they were working from. It was the fact that, with Penelope there, Thaleia spent most of her time with her.