Lacuna [Book 2]

eighteen

eighteen; i'd say twins

"Be careful!" Ellie waved as she met up with her friend, Sarah at school. I had my window rolled down and I yelled out after the 9 year old. "Bye. Be safe. Make sure to call me." I yelled and she looked back at me and gave me a small smile.

I then looked in the rear view mirror to see if anyone was behind me and I saw nothing. I rolled the window up and looked out the windows to see if anyone was watching me drop off Ellie.

I sat in the briefing room wearing a dark blue blazer and suit pants. I heard footsteps and I looked up and saw Emily walking in late. "Traffic. I'm sorry." She said holding her hand up and I glanced over at Anthony, who was also wearing a dark blue suit. Azalea and Maxsten walked in together and gave everyone a warm smile. 

"Hey, we didn't know Max and Azzy were coming." Penelope said and Hotch nodded. "They both wanted to come in for a couple of cases." He said and Alyssa stood up and stuck out her hand. "Alyssa Larsen." She said sticking out her hand and Azalea and Maxsten smiled. "I'm Azalea Ivankov. This is Maxsten McKinley." She said and shook Alyssa's hand.

"This is 10 year old Sammy Sparks of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Showed up at his elementary covered in blood." Penelope said and I picked up the tablet and swiped my finger looking at the picture of the boy.

"When police got to his house they found that his parents, Charlie and Alison Sparks, were missing." She said and I looked up and began speaking. "It says here that Forensics indicate, that at least one of them is injured. And, by the looks of it, it looks pretty severe. High Velocity Blood Spatter to the face. The father is 6'1 and the mother is 5'6 so Sammy must've been sitting when one of them had gotten shot or hit by something. My guess is a gun. " I said looking at Anthony and we nodded writing it down. 

"Why call in the BAU?" Rossi asked and Hotch looked down reading his paper. "New Orleans is hoping we can interview Sammy." Hotch said and Alyssa and I looked at him, at the mention of New Orleans. "No one's talked to the witness yet?" Spencer asked and Hotch looked over before Ashley asked a question. "Sammy's autistic. Getting him to tell us what happened isn't gonna be easy." Hotch said and I nodded and bit my lip. "Wheel's up in 20." He said and we all nodded and I stood up going to Anthony.

"You told me you were wearing the black one." I said with a smile and he crossed his arms over his chest, his muscles probably suffocating from the fabric., I watched as everyone left the briefing room and Spencer gave me a small smile and walked out. "I know. I purposely did it, because I knew how you would change." He said and I snorted. "We look like siblings." I said and he laughed.

"I'd say twins." I heard Maxsten say and I turned around and he gave me a big smile. I went in to hug him and he hugged me back. I pulled away and laughed. "Well, in all fairness, my cousins are twins."I said trailing off and Anthony smirked. Azalea and Emily walked up to us and we all stood in a circle.