New Experiences, Same Feelings

Jealous

Hotch watched from the conference room, tapping his fingers on the table, contemplating something. "You look deep in thought. ..."., Rossi said, shaking him out of his thoughts., "...About the case or something else?"., "uh..the case"., Hotch cleared his throat, looking back at Cam. Rossi followed his eyeline, pursed his lips and nodded.

Cam sat on the table, her chin resting on her knee as she read the essays. She sighed deeply and shook her head., "wow, this stuff if depressing"., "tell me about it"., Morgan shook his head. "Hey, guys. ..."., Cam looked up to see JJ., "...How's the essay's going?".

"Terrific. ..."., Cam said sarcastically., "...Take a look a Em"., Cam moved on to the next essay, completely zoning out - blocking out everyone around her as she read it. Her eyebrows furrowed together in worry for whoever wrote this essay.

Samantha Malcom.

That name caught Cam's attention., "what about Samantha?"., Cam looked at them., "she's sewn the same handkerchief hem that's found on the victim's dresses"., "oh, well I've got her essay here, listen to this".

"Sally doesn't like the room with the lightning".

"That doesn't sound good. ..."., Morgan shook his head., "...It looks like she's our unsub"., "we should get Garcia to get some more background on her"., Morgan got his phone out and the rest of them walked into the conference room.

"We think we found the unsub. ..."., Reid stated., "...The same handkerchief hem that was sewn onto victims clothes, Emily found it on one of the dolls pieces of clothing. Her name is Samantha Malcom, Garcia is getting some more background on her".

Cam stepped outside and got her phone out of her pocket, dialling Stan's number. "Hello, Cameron. How's the case?".,  "kind of weird, I guess. How's Teddy?"., "he's good, I think he's asleep right now. He misses his mom".

Cam nodded and smiled., "I miss him too, how are you and Be-"., "Cam. ..."., she looked over her shoulder, seeing Reid., "...Garcia's on the phone"., she nodded., "uh Stan, I have to go, tell Beatrice I said hi"., "okay. Don't worry about us, just go solve the case so you can come home"., "I will, I'll talk to you later".

Cam hung up and Hotch cleared his throat., "okay, everyone's here Garcia"., "okay so I was going through Samantha Malcom's medical records and..."., Garcia sighed sadly., "...Boy, she was doomed. Like Emily Brontë doomed, like Shakespeare doomed-".

"Garcia"., Hotch cut her off., "right sorry, uh for the first ten years nothing and then her father, Dr Arthur Malcom started her on electroshock treats. He runs an inpatient mental health facility for troubled young people call New Lives.

At first the essay that Samantha wrote raised some red flags but her father explained that the therapy was to deal with the recent death of her mother. After that he started her on a serious regimen of anti-psychotic drugs which he weened her off of a few years ago".

"Where is she, Garcia?"., Cam asked., "her father declared her as incompetent so he's still her legal guardian and everything is in his name..and all of her records list New Lives as a residence"., "she wouldn't be able to keep her victims there. ..."., Rossi shook his head., "...She would need privacy".

''Garcia, check of any real estate holdings in the father's name''., Hotch stated., ''hm..no. Just his own but New Lives has a bunch of residences all over town''., ''JJ where does Samantha work?''., Cam asked, looking at her.

JJ looked down at the sheet in her hand., ''uh..I have her placed at three different shops around town''., ''we'll split up, cover all the shops and the facility''., Hotch spoke and Reid put his hand up., ''I want to go to New Lives. Whether Samantha's there or not, I want to talk to the father. There are plenty of things to do before you introduce a ten year old to ESP''.