𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙂𝙊𝙀𝙎-ˡᵘᵏᵉ ᵃˡᵛᵉᶻ

thirteen

"DON'T LOOK," LUKE SAID.

"I am not," Sadie giggled.

"I can see you looking," he said, smiling.

"Okay, fine," she replied, closing her eyes.

"Don't let me fall," Sadie muttered softly as she walked, Luke holding her arms and guiding her.

"I would never let you fall," he assured her.

"Are we almost there?" Sadie asked.

He didn't answer.

"Luke?" she asked again.

"You can open your eyes," he replied.

She took off her blindfold, and her smile widened. He had taken her to an amusement park.

She turned to him. "I remember you telling me that you never went to an amusement park," he said, smiling.

She was speechless, unable to say anything. Instead, she hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered.

He made her look at him. "Don't thank me," he said with a smile and then kissed her.

"Sounds like you spoiled a romantic evening for those kids," Rossi said, making Sadie look up as Luke and Emily walked in.

"So the unsub's disposal area is a lover's lane," JJ says.

"Why dump the bodies of grown women in a place frequented by teenagers?" Luke asks.

"Probably because it's secluded and private. That might also be why he goes there," Sadie replies, looking at him. He notices her tired eyes.

"Well, if the unsub took girls there when he was younger, it would explain how he knows the area and why it means something to him," Emily says.

"Maybe he had his first sexual experience there," Luke says.

"Maybe the first time didn't go so well. Lobotomies might be his way of creating a willing sexual partner," Rossi suggests.

"Or he could've recently started dating a single mother with a son. If she rejected his advances or moved away, this could be his way of getting payback," Emily adds.

"Whatever the reason, we've made it impossible for him to return to the sites. So, he's probably angry," JJ says.

Sadie stands up. It's getting late. The four look at her. "Night," she mutters and walks away. Emily looks confused, Luke and JJ frown, and Rossi wears a serious expression.

Sadie was never the first one to leave, especially to go to sleep.

But ten painkillers in a day had made her really tired.

The next morning wasn't any easier. Sadie woke up with her head pounding, so she took five painkillers again. After getting ready for the day, she walked into the station and saw Spencer, JJ, Emily, and Luke sitting in the conference room. She joined them, standing by the door.

"So, we said the unsub may be performing the lobotomies on his victims to manipulate their inhibitions," Emily says.

"People who experience frontal lobe damage often become aggressive with heightened sex drives," Spencer explains.

"Yeah, he may want to alter the sexual behavior of his victims," JJ adds as Spencer picks up the ringing phone.

"Yeah, well, when he becomes bored with them or if the women don't do what he wants them to do, then he moves on to the next victim," Luke states.