Scarlet Rose

10

"So are you thinking of getting it?" Garcia asked the two of us as we stood in my office.

"Maybe. It's a good deal." Spencer said.

"And Spence said we could get a dog and a cat!" I said from behind my desk.

Spencer laughed. "I said a dog or a car. Weirdo."

I let out a dramatic sigh. "Fine."

"Besides. We're already having a baby. We don't need two extra little creatures roaming around." he said with a little smile.

Someone knocked on the door and I told them to come in, having JJ open the door and look at Spencer and Garcia already in here.

"Is a party happening here?" she joked.

"No, JJ. Spencer and Vanessa are looking for houses." Garcia told her friend.

JJJ smiled at me. "I remember when Will and I were looking for houses to raise Henry. It was stressful, to say the least."

"Hey, JJ, when can you get an ultrasound? We want to know if we're having a boy or a girl."

"Or possibly both. Twins could be possible." Spencer pointed out.

"Aw. That's a lovely image." JJ smiled. "You can get an ultrasound at 18 to 20 weeks. Tell me the gender, okay?"

"Will do. Only got 17 more weeks to wait." I said and sighed. "It's going to be the slowest 17 weeks ever."

Spencer smilers at me. "Well, when you're in our line of work, it doesn't seem that long. It'll be here before we know it."

Aaron came into my office. "We got a case."

I got up and the five of us walked I to the debrief room.

"What's the case, Garcia?" I asked as we all took our seats at the table.

"We're heading to LA. There have been five kidnappings of women in their late 20's to early 30's this past week. Except for a 16-year old girl."

"We know who they are?" JJ asked.

"28-year old Stacy Whitmore, 25-year old Olive Lakes, 32-year old Autumn Harrison, 27-year old Hannah Ford, and 16-year old Casey Lawrence."

"Casey Lawrence?" Aaron asked, turning to me. "Do you know her?"

"She was like my little sister. Nice kid." I said, then cleared my throat. "Any suspects?"

"None so far. But there are some past criminals that the LAPD has sent us. Just some local druggies, robbers, stuff like that." Garcia said, clicking again to show more people.

"There is 45-year old Sage Hernandez, 30-year old Niko Whitethorn, 25-year old Drew Xanders—"

"Wait up. I know him." I said once I saw his face pop up on the screen.

"Drew Xanders?" Garcia asked.

"Yeah. He had this weird crazy obsession with me back when I was in LA for a week or two." I said, "even as a criminal, I had to move around a lot to keep off his radar. He was a real perv."

"Any useful information we could know about him?" JJ asked.

"Besides the fact that he's a perv? He almost set my LA hideout of fire. With me still in it. Come to think about it.....everything he's done has been about me. In a......romantic...kinda creepy way. He also has a history of attempted kidnapping."

"Yikes. And you had to put up for that for how long?" JJ asked.

"Only a few weeks. His sister had to deal with that her entire life. She's actually pretty cool. Steered away from the crime and went straight. Got a nice family and house, and owns a business."