Hearing the worry and eagerness on the other end of the phone, Winnie smiled, but in her voice was still hesitant and nervous just now, and said: "I am not in danger, I know a family, and this is how it ......"

Winnie tells Rhett briefly about how she knew the Colemans, and what she had just heard, about the fire in Esther's original family, and about the nun who died not long ago.

Red is also aware of the danger of the girl. But after all, Winnie listened to others, and Red was willing to believe Winnie, but in the end, he had to speak with evidence.

To find out the truth, we must start with the murder of the nun, Max is only a 5-year-old child, her testimony may be valid but limited, and they must find conclusive evidence that Esther killed the nun and manipulated Kate's diet.

Winnie: "No one would believe that a 9-year-old girl could be so scary, and now Kate is being treated as a psychopath by her husband, and it is difficult for her to get custody of her two children in a divorce situation, so ......"

Rhett: "I understand, she needs help. ”

Winnie: "Yes, she needs a clean slate. She is not a vicious adoptive mother, she is doing everything in her power to protect her family and children. ”

Red also frowned deeply on the other end of the phone, and although he wanted to help Winnie, he still said truthfully, "You know, our cases are screened by JJ, and it is rarely up to us to decide. I'll talk to Hodge about the case, but there's no guarantee that the BAU team will take it. ”

After finishing speaking, he was afraid that she would be disappointed, and Rhett hurriedly added: "Don't worry, if the BAU team can't pick it up, I will also help you." ”

Winnie couldn't help but smile again, her fingers curled her hair in a lazy posture, but her voice sounded like a sigh of relief: "I'm relieved to hear you say that." "It seems that with Rhett's involvement, this case can be solved perfectly.

The girl's tail fell, and Red inexplicably felt itchy in his ears, and couldn't help but clear his throat and ask, "Do you have an appointment for Christmas?" After speaking, he picked up a book on the coffee table and put it on his lap a little nervously, and turned a few pages with one hand but didn't read a word.

His purpose was so obvious that Winnie pretended to be ignorant and said, "There are a few people who have asked me out, but I haven't accepted the invitation yet." "It sounds a little distressing, like I don't know which one to agree to.

Unexpectedly, it was this answer, and Red's expression went blank for a moment. Red, who is not good at expressing feelings, subconsciously wants to find an excuse to round back the question he just asked, he is like a snail quietly poking his head out, and he wants to retract when he suddenly encounters an obstacle.

But some of the girls who knew Rhett's personality went on to say, "After all, I agreed to a date with a little agent, maybe he asked me out at Christmas?" ”

It is no exaggeration to say that Red seems to feel the bloom of fireworks in his heart at this moment, how can he not understand Winnie's hint if he is as smart?

She's waiting for me!

Rhett's face couldn't help but show a smile that was too bright than before: "I...... I'd love to come to you on Christmas Day, but our job ...... Sorry, I don't know if I have time that day, I ......"

His head raced to calculate how many days were left until Christmas. Their work is special, and they can't be sure that they will have time on Christmas Day, and maybe they won't be able to make it back to Washington.

Winnie understood, "So you're not sure if you want to date me or not?" ”()

Red was a little entangled, he really wanted to date Winnie, but he couldn't guarantee that he would have time that day, so he couldn't let other girls go on the pigeons, right?

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Knowing his difficulties, Winnie didn't embarrass him anymore. She only has a little affection for Red, but she hasn't liked it yet, and there is no need for people to express their stance immediately. So he said very understandingly: "Okay, it's still important to work, let's talk about it when you have time, you don't have to wait for Christmas." ”

Red felt relieved and a little lost at the same time, and added with a bitter face: "I'm not a little agent, I'm 25 years old." ”

In this way, Dean is a year or two older than Red, but Dean feels much more mature.

After hanging up the phone, Winnie started the car and went home, Red stared at the phone screen for a while, and when the screen went dark, he couldn't read the book, and went to the computer to look up the report of the murder of Sister Abi Gale.

……

The next day, Rhett was running to his workstation with his hot coffee in hand, and Morgan came out of the elevator on the other side and called out to him, "Hey, Rhett." ”

Red stopped and turned his head, pursed his lips and smiled at the sight of Morgan.

Morgan's perceptiveness was just an ordinary smile, but he noticed that Red was different from his usual life. He walked up to Rhett in three or two steps, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "Did something happen?" ”

"Hmm." Rhett's eyes rolled, and he cleared his throat with excitement that only acquaintances could see, "Yesterday Winnie called me and I asked her if she was free for Christmas. You know, I don't know if I'm going to be available on Christmas Day, but Winnie says she's willing to wait until 1 day before Christmas. ”

Morgan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, smiled with a mouthful of big white teeth, and patted him on the shoulder again: "Not bad, good." "To make such a beautiful girl, such a popular girl, refuse other people's invitations, just to wait for him to be free, already shows an attitude.

"Listen lad." Morgan was in a good mood to suggest to Red: "If you're really ready to date her, maybe you can spend your vacation on Christmas, don't you think?" ”

To be honest, Red was very impressed when he heard this, and it was useless for him to save up for the holidays anyway, and it was worth it to go on a date with Winnie on Christmas Day. It's just that he was still worried that his companions would receive a difficult case that day.

"I'll think about it." Red said seriously.

Morgan nodded and gave him an idea: "Perhaps, you can start by choosing a gift?" What does she like? ”

Rhett's face furrowed when he heard this, because he really didn't seem to know much about Winnie's preferences. He only knew that Winnie would read books on the supernatural aspects of demons, but that was to prevent another encounter with paranormal events, not that he was interested in it.

"See, what did I hear?" Garcia held the document and pushed her glasses with a beautiful ballpoint pen, and after the two of them turned around, she raised her chin at Red and smiled confidently, "Isn't this easy?" Leave it to the almighty computer queen and I'll sort out all her preferences for you. ”

"Ugh." Rhett paused for a moment and said embarrassedly, "That's not necessary, I might be able to pick a book?" ”

Garcia looked at the shy Red and shook his head disapprovingly, then raised an eyebrow at Morgan: "So what's that girl's name?" ”

"What girl?" Emily asked with interest as she walked out of the pantry with her cup in her hand. ()

Morgan smiled evilly, "Of course it's the girl our genius baby likes." ”

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Red lowered his head in embarrassment, and Emily opened her mouth in surprise and smiled, silently saying "Wow".

"Is that Winnie?" Emily asked, after all, such a beautiful girl was indeed unforgettable.

Garcia also let out a "wow" when he heard Winnie's name, and his expression was still excited: "Oh my God! Red! You're really amazing! She was so excited that it looked like Red had already chased the man.

As they walked to their desks, they heard Garcia say, "I follow Winnie's account, she often shares food online, and if you want to treat her to dinner, I can tell you which restaurant she likes best." ”

Hearing this, Red couldn't care less about being embarrassed, raised his head to look at Garcia and asked in surprise, "You followed her account?" ”

Garcia snorted, shook his hair, and shook the red earrings on his ears, "It's not just men who like pretty girls. "Their liking is more pure! Who wouldn't want to take a closer look at a pretty girl? It's a pity that Winnie rarely puts selfies on it.

As soon as the words fell, as if to confirm her words, Emily on the side said, "You wait and push her account to me." ”

Garcia gestured "OK" to Emily.

After returning to their places, Red saw Hodge enter his office before getting up and walking over there. Morgan and Emily, who were sitting below, looked at each other strangely when they noticed it, and turned their gaze to Red.

Red stopped at the door of Hodge's office and raised his hand to knock on the door.

The inside immediately responded: "Please come in." ”

Pushing the door in, Hodgge sat down on the office chair, and when he saw that it was Red, he asked suspiciously and seriously, "Red?" ”

Red closed the door, organized the words and told him what Winnie had told him last night, asking if BAU could take on the case.

It stands to reason that BAU can take any kind of case, but it is not possible to accept it if it wants to, and if there is a more important and urgent case in hand, they will still listen to the above arrangement.

Hodge kept frowning as he listened, and after Rhett finished speaking, he didn't refuse or give a guarantee: "If JJ doesn't give other cases, we can ask." ”

In fact, because they have dealt with two serial killer cases over there, although they have cooperated well with the local police station in the process of handling the case, the police department is still very dissatisfied with BAU. They couldn't find the murderer, and BAU caught someone as soon as he came, which made it seem that they were very useless and had a bad impression of BAU.

The case was not delivered to JJ's office, and BAU took the initiative to intervene in the police department's case, and Hodge felt that the police department would most likely reject them outright. No one likes to be judged by others about their work and appear to be incapable of their work. It's just that Hodge doesn't plan to tell Red that this is something he, the captain, needs to worry about.

JJ also came over with the case during the routine meeting in the morning, and after JJ finished the case, Hodge didn't ask the team to pack up their things and get ready to get on the plane as usual, but asked Red to tell him about the case he received.

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Red.

Red licked his lips under the gaze of his companions

() said: "That's right, I got a call for help from Winnie last night......"

The playful eyes of Morgan and others, who originally heard Winnie's name, became more and more serious in Rhett's narration. The murderer is already known in this case, and their only targeted investigation cannot be fruitless, if the words of Coleman's mother and daughter are true, the child is indeed very dangerous.

"Born with an antisocial personality?" Morgan said.

Esther's killing of her own family is just Kate Coleman's speculation, and if evidence can be found that the nun was killed by Esther, she may be able to investigate the truth about the fire in her original family.

After the team had learned about both cases, Hodge asked them which one they would prefer to take.

"Let's take the case at hand first." Gideon said that after all, the case was more urgent, "and we would hurry up and close the case and then rush to the small town of Radebila." "Now that there are target murderers, it will only take them less time to close the case with their ability.

Seeing that everyone agreed to Gideon's arrangement, Hodge said dryly: "Okay, now go pack your bags and board the plane in 10 minutes." ”

The group members got up and picked up the papers on the table and walked out of the conference room, and before getting on the plane, Red messaged Winnie, telling her that BAU would take the case and that it would be over when they had the case at hand.

Then Winnie waited only a day before she received a call from Red.

The BAU team did not go directly to the small town of La Debila to investigate the nuns' case, which would have aroused the resentment of the local police officers. But if it's to investigate the car accident case of Kate Coleman's mother and daughter, it's much simpler.

JJ is assigned to meet Kate's mother and daughter at the hospital, and Morgan and Emily go to the orphanage where Esther had been staying to find out.

Today is a weekday, and the students are naturally still in school, and due to Kate's car accident, she was hospitalized, so she was temporarily left by her grandmother

Barbara came to take care of their daily life.

So when Red and Gideon knocked on the door of Coleman's house, Esther, who was sitting in the classroom, didn't know that she was about to die.

It was a sunny afternoon, and the snow outside was showing signs of melting.

John Coleman's mother, Barbara, was sitting on the couch knitting a ball of yarn while watching a TV show, and when she heard a knock on the door, she glanced in the direction of the door, put her things down, got up and walked over there. While walking, I glanced back at the TV, worried that I would miss the next exciting plot.

As soon as the door opened, Barbara saw two strange men standing outside the door, and she closed the crack a little less with a vigilant expression and asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”

Gideon smiled at Barbara inside the door and showed her ID: "FBI, let's find out about the car accident between Ms. Kate Coleman and her daughter." ”

"What?" Blank and shocked, Barbara asked, "She just fell asleep in the middle of the drive because she was mentally tired, why did the FBI come to investigate?" "Her daughter-in-law can't have some hidden identity, right? Could it be that there is something else going on in their car accident that day?

"Can we go in?" Gideon asked.

"Of course." Although she was still at a loss, Barbara moved out of the way when she thought that these two were the FBI.

Gideon and Red entered the Coleman house after kicking the mud and snow off the soles of their feet outside the door, and they took a quick look at the environment inside, judging from the decoration, the Coleman family conditions were indeed relatively good.

"May we go to Esther's room?" Red asked.

The request sounded even more confusing, and Barbara hesitated to lead the way in the direction of the stairs, thinking to herself what her son had told her. She already knew that her son was going to divorce Kate, but Kate has not yet been discharged from the hospital, and there is no agreement on the ownership of child custody.

Thinking of what her son said about Kate's hostility towards Esther, Barbara guessed something and said, "Is it Kate calling the police?" She's been mentally ill lately, and she's been a bit paranoid. You know, Esther was only 9 years old, she couldn't have been a murderer. Barbara felt sorry for Kate's mental state, after all, Kate was indeed a good woman before.

But under the blow of losing a child and giving birth to a stillborn, it is inevitable that the human spirit will not be able to accept it.

Gideon listened and did not comment, but asked, "Is their relationship bad?" Kate and Esther. ”

"It was good at first." Barbara told the truth, "I don't live with them, and I only come over to cook for the kids after Max and the others have been in a car accident." So it's not clear how they usually get along, but according to John, Kate has a lot of hostility towards Esther because Esther is currying favor with her in the wrong way, but in Kate's opinion, Esther's behavior is lying. ”

Gideon twitched the corners of his mouth, and from an onlooker's point of view, this was probably the relationship between Kate and Esther. If Kate and Max weren't lying, then Kate would be in such a situation.

was misunderstood by the people around him, and it was really suffocating when he couldn't argue.

By this time they had reached the door of Esther's room, and Barbara pointed to one and said, "This is Esther's bedroom, and next to it is her studio." ”

Gideon first pushed open the door to the studio, and the room was filled with paintings. Their eyes swept over the painting one by one, and from the picture, the colors were bright and full of the smell of childlike sunshine.

Could the person who painted such a work really be an antisocial personality?

Gideon looked at the paintings and pondered, and Rhett walked into Esther's bedroom, walked to the cabinet and opened the drawer casually, there were many things inside, and on top was an old Bible.

Seeing the book, Rhett subconsciously took it out, judging from the appearance, the book has been many years old, and the paper inside has been degummed and fell. He carefully flipped through it and found a picture of a man sandwiched inside.

Red put the book on the cabinet, took out his phone and took a picture of the photo and sent it to Garcia, after the message was sent, he put the photo back and continued to look for clues, and then found that there was more than one photo of the man.

Why does a 9-year-old girl keep so many pictures of men?

On the last page of the Bible was stamped with the seal of the "Sarn Institute," and Red immediately photographed it and sent it to Garcia. That's when Garcia's call happened to call.

Red picked up the phone and answered: "Garcia." ”

Garcia said on the other end of the phone, "I've found the man in that picture." Garcia's eyes fell on the computer screen, and in addition to the man's photo, there was also a photo of his family: "He is Esther's father, and two years ago their whole family died in a fire except for Esther. ”

Red frowned and wondered why Esther only kept pictures of his father if this man was Esther's dad and all his relatives had died in the fire

without seeing the rest of the family. ()

Rhett: "Okay, you can help you look up the Sarn Institute again." ”

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Garcia confidently said into the phone, "I'll give you the answer right away." After saying that, he hung up the call with a pen.

Barbara, who had watched their series of actions, was inexplicably a little uneasy, and Gideon, who had been observing the paintings in the studio, said, "It tastes a little wrong." ”

He leaned over a painting and sniffed it carefully, then picked up the paint next to the tray and sniffed it and compared it carefully.

"What's wrong?" Red walked over from the bedroom.

Gideon didn't know what he was thinking, but he looked around the studio and suddenly noticed that there were external long-tube lamps in the studio in addition to the ceiling light. He pressed it, and the blue light lit up.

The clever Red immediately went to the window to close the curtains, and when the room was darkened, those paintings full of childlike sunshine suddenly changed into a different look!

Fluorescent paint sticks a knife in the head of the woman in the painting, a happy family of three has a hanging rope around their necks, a cute child has blood and tears, and the warm house is burning.

Barbara covered her mouth in astonishment, her eyes staring at the wall directly opposite, two naked men and women were intercourse/comming, the man was John's face, and the woman was Esther's face when she grew up.

Red takes the painting off the wall, revealing a multi-erotic/erotic portrait behind it, with the main characters John and Esther. He and Gideon glanced at each other, and this scene basically confirmed Kate's words.

But the other person present couldn't stand the shock, she clutched her heart and screamed "Oh my God, oh my God", and ran to call her son in a panic.

"John! You have to come back now! ”

Not to mention how shocked John Coleman would be when he returned to see the painting of his adopted daughter, Morgan and Emily were asking the nuns at St. Mary's Orphanage about Esther's condition.

The information in the orphanage tells that Esther went missing as a child and was exiled to Russia, where she was only recovered by her parents two years ago. Her family of origin was very wealthy, but unfortunately everyone died due to a fire, and Esther was orphaned and sent here.

"Esther's a very quiet kid and a sensible child, but not very gregarious." A nun said.

"There's always going on big and small things around her, so the other kids don't like to play with her."

"Esther rarely comes out to play and likes to be in the studio."

In fact, there are not many things to ask about in the orphanage, there are too many children here, and Esther is relatively quiet, and the nuns will focus more on the children who cannot take care of themselves and are mischievous.

As the two leave the orphanage, they receive a call from Red, who finds a clue at Coleman's house.

When the group returned to the police station, JJ also handed Max's testimony to the police, and Hodge led the police to the location that Max said. There were buried the murder weapons that Esther had used to kill and clothes stained with the blood of Sister Abi Gale.

And Garcia, who stayed in the headquarters office, made an even more amazing discovery!

Garcia's face appeared on the computer screen, and she opened her mouth and said with a shocked face: "I found out Esther's true identity according to the clue of the 'Sarn Institute', oh my God, you will never think of it!" This institute is actually a mentally ill prison in Russia

() Prison for criminals! Esther's original name is Lina and she is 33 years old! ”

JJ asked incredulously, "33?!" ”

"I know!" Rhett suddenly said: "This should be a hormonal disorder caused by hormonal imbalance, and people with this rare disease are characterized by not growing up. That's why she fell in love with Mr. Coleman and wanted to get rid of his wife! ”

"Yes." Garcia affirmed, "In addition to this, she is very dangerous! Once designed to be adopted by a family, because he failed to seduce his adoptive father, he killed his adoptive father's whole family. She was sent to the Sarn Institute for forced containment, but later escaped from it and killed 3 people along the way. Later, he was taken to the United States by impersonating Esther's identity. ”

Morgan said clearly: "So the biological parents she did are also fake, and she is afraid that she also seduced the male owner of the family, and in the end, of course, it was unsuccessful, and she killed his whole family in anger and set it on fire." ”

Everyone feels a chill down their spines, a 9-year-old girl looks like a mature adult, and this person may go berserk at any time to destroy you!

Hodge, who was searching for the murder weapon over there, was also listening to the call, and the police dog he brought over had already found the murder weapon and bloodstained clothes that Esther had buried. So they simply drove directly to Esther's elementary school to arrest him.

The police car roared all the way to the school, and when the dean of education led the police to Esther with a panicked face, Esther reflexively turned around and ran. But even if she had the wisdom of an adult, she was trapped in the body of a child, and the police easily pushed her to the ground, screaming, kicking, and handcuffing her.

The students on the first floor all ran out of the classroom to see the excitement, and the expressions on their faces were panicked and excited.

"What did she do?"

"I heard Daniel say that Esther caused his mother and sister to get into a car accident."

"So what Daniel said is true!"

"She's a murderer!"

Esther rolled and screamed like madness on the ground, her hands bound reminded her of her days in a mental hospital, so loud that a grown man couldn't restrain her. When she was finally stuffed into the police car, the police officers in charge of controlling her were relieved.

…

Soon, the blood on the murder weapon and clothes was also confirmed to be from Sister Abi Gale, and with the archival information from the mental hospital, there was no doubt that the murderer was Esther.

Winnie received a message from Rhett after school, and when she heard that the case had been solved, Winnie was sincerely happy for Kate. She drove the car directly to the entrance of the police station, and by this time the BAU people had not left the small town of La Debila.

When Red heard Winnie coming, he happily went to the door to pick her up, and Morgan and Emily sat on their chairs and looked at each other, and quietly followed.

"Hi, Winnie!" Red became shy when he saw Winnie herself.

"Good afternoon, Rhett." Winnico was much more natural than Red, and she walked up to Red and asked him, "Are you in a hurry to go back?" I'd like to invite your colleagues to a meal. ”

"Uh...... Actually, it's all our job, and we don't need to invite you to dinner. Normally they don't stay long after they're done with their work, and he doesn't know if Hodge wants to stay and eat.

"Tomorrow is a day off, so Hodge might agree." JJ, who had returned from outside, glanced at both of them with a see-through gaze and said to Red with a smile.

Red pursed his lips and smiled at Winnie, "I'll ask Hodge about them." ”

He had just taken two steps inside with Winnie when he saw Morgan and Emily turn away as if they had done nothing, but Red could already see the smiles on their faces!