"Still here" - Spencer Reid - Book 3

"You know, Spencer, her Dad was a great man. A brilliant mind. A dangerous opponent. Almost invincible. He had just one weakness" Guideon turned around and looked at Reid. "HER... I have met a lot of people, but Ava and her Dad... They are the strongest two people out of them. Her Dad was a fighter. And so is she."

Reid frowned, having a hard time to concentrate as his mind was always drifting off to Ava, who was still in surgery.

"I had to get away. I made a promise to Alexej, but I couldn't keep it. Everytime she got injured and I have heard of that I... hated myself more and more for not being able to protect her" Gideon slowly sat down. "I watched her from afar and spent YEARS hating myself for not keeping that promise. And then.. one day... she just... seemed happier. Everytime we talked, she... she was happier and I wondered what had changed."

Suddenly Gideon got up again and kneeled down in front of Reid. "It was you" he whispered. "It was you, who changed her life. It was you, who made her happy. I know you love her, Spencer. And I... I love you both... But...I can't protect her. YOU can't. No one can."

Guideon got up and sat back down in the chair across from Reid, his elbows resting on his legs, looking at the younger one. "Run with her."

"What?"

"Run with her, Spencer. She is not safe here. He is too close, too strong, too... dangerous. Run with her and don't look back" Gideon said and Spencer saw the seriousness on his face. "Don't look back. Don't look back."

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Ava and Spencer had made things up and moved in together in a new apartment, still hiding from Avas stalker, still hiding from their colleagues.

John had calmed down but Ava still tries to find a way to free herself while enjoying her life with Reid who couldn't be happier to have her back.

Will Ava finally get rid of John and reveal her darkest secret to Spencer?