American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1413: Taking Rossi to Chase His Daughter
"You can call me Emily. I'll pick up your brother later and then take you to your aunt's house." Emily sat down next to the girl who was crying silently.

"This is all my fault. I know she hasn't been feeling right since the car accident. I should have done more, reminded Dad, or even told other people. This is all my fault."

Cathy, the family's young daughter who had just reached adulthood, burst into tears as she watched the ambulance carrying her seriously injured father away and her mother being handcuffed and taken to a police car.

"Don't say that, no one could have foreseen this," Emily whispered soothingly, holding her hand.

Hotchner walked up to newcomer Luke Elvis with a stern face, his eyes falling on his arm that had been scratched in the fight.

The handsome Latino man seemed a little nervous under his gaze and forced a smile. "I know my behavior was a bit reckless, but I think... at least I shouldn't shoot her mother in front of her daughter."

Hotchner bent down and took out iodine and gauze from the first aid kit on the ground, motioning for him to stretch out his arm. "You did a great job, Luke. This family shouldn't have to endure any more tragedy."

The course of events was not complicated. The husband, as his wife's partner, had long noticed that something was wrong with his wife recently. He used the excuse of being too busy at work, leaving home early and returning late every day, and even going out in the early morning saying he was going for a run for rehabilitation.

If at first he just thought that his wife's personality had changed slightly after the car accident, but as more and more things were wrong, especially after hearing this morning that his wife's colleague Sarah McKinley was murdered, Mike Cornell knew that he could no longer escape like this.

He knew how gentle and kind his wife was. In fact, even after the car accident, she was still the same except for some slight changes in her behavior.

Although Mike is not a psychologist and doesn't even understand medicine, he guessed that something must be wrong.

After finding his wife's blood-stained T-shirt in the closet, the husband chose to confront his wife and tried to convince her to turn herself in, but he was stabbed in the abdomen by the enraged Allen Cornell.

Cathy, his daughter who happened to be home, witnessed the scene, and then the FBI arrived. Allen, who was completely out of control, immediately took his daughter hostage.

Rossi came to the girl who was still crying, squatted in front of her, and explained seriously.

"It's not your mother's fault. Her brain was damaged after the car accident, so what she did was not her original intention."

"So. What will happen to her?" The girl's face was already tearful, she raised her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"She will receive long-term treatment in a mental hospital. If she is lucky enough, there may be hope for recovery. In any case, she needs the support of her loved ones."

Rossi said it very tactfully, but the actual result was that even if the jury was sympathetic enough to Ellen Cornell's experience, she would most likely still not be able to leave the mental hospital for the rest of her life.

In the kitchen, Jack finally cleaned the blood off his hands when the phone rang again. It was Garcia calling, "What do you mean she left?"

"You asked me to keep an eye on her, but the credit card records show that she checked out of the hotel room an hour ago and left," Garcia replied.

"Are you sure? Okay, let me think about it. Please help me check the list of the nearest flights departing from Los Angeles to Miami. OK, thank you. I will come back and explain it to you later."

Jack hung up the phone and walked quickly towards Rossi. Hotchner noticed that something was wrong with his expression and asked with concern, "What happened?"

"Um, the Suburban we drove here has hidden police lights, right?" Jack answered the question irrelevantly.

"Of course." Hotchner subconsciously took out his car keys, but they were snatched away the next second. Then he watched Jack stride forward and pull Rossi, making him stagger.

"What happened?" Rossi's complaint overlapped with Hotchner's question. "Help you chase your daughter." Jack hurriedly pushed Rossi into the car.

The other members of the group also heard his answer and stood there in a daze.
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"What are you talking about? That girl, she is my daughter?" Rossi's voice rose an octave, and he even froze while fastening his seat belt.

Jack stepped on the accelerator to the floor and, while overtaking all the vehicles on the road at high speed, told Joey Struthers the exact story he had heard from him.

"That's impossible. If Hayden was pregnant, she wouldn't have not told me." Rossi's first reaction was to retort loudly.

Jack said calmly, "You need to confirm the truth of the matter yourself. The problem is that Joey suddenly wants to leave Los Angeles for some unknown reason, and the plane will take off in 25 minutes. Are you sure you want to argue with me about this issue now?"

"You really didn't say anything excessive?" Rossi's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

It seemed that even he himself realized that this change was too abrupt, and even a bit angry, so he subconsciously added, "I'm sorry, actually I want to say okay, I admit that my mind is a little confused now."

Jack resisted the urge to complain and replied after a long while, "Why don't you think about what to say to her when you see her?"

With police lights flashing and sirens blaring, Jack was driving the Suburban, a large SUV, at a speed that was only possible in the game "Need for Speed".
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"Joey!" Rossi rushed into the terminal hall breathlessly, and finally stopped the girl dragging the suitcase before the security gate.

At this time, the old man had completely lost his previous doubts and subconscious resistance, and stopped in front of Joey Struthers with an excited expression.

"What are you doing here?" The girl looked a little surprised, but then she saw Jack following closely.

"You flew across half of the United States to see me, and I knew you must have questions for me. Jack told me everything, so I also have questions for you.

But before that, I want to apologize to you for my previous attitude. Even if you tell me angrily, "Please stop bothering me," I can accept it."

Before Rossi could finish his words, the girl couldn't wait to ask, "Why didn't you stay with her?"

Rossi's expression froze slightly. Although on the way here, those past memories flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern, facing the questioning of the strange daughter in front of him, many of the words he had prepared could not be said.

"Your mother and I had a complicated relationship. We had a whirlwind summer in Paris, but when it was over, we had to face a lot of realities.

At that time, I was still a nobody in the FBI, and she was already a diplomat. "

Rossi's words made the girl's face turn ugly, because such an answer was too easy to be misunderstood. "This reason is not enough."

The old man's face flushed with excitement, "Listen to me, I was very ambitious at that time and wanted to become famous, but she was already famous.

I couldn't accept the fact that I was visiting different countries and chatting and laughing with senior officials from various countries. I didn't even behave like a man, but instead pushed her further and further away in a despicable way. "

Rossi's eyes became red as she spoke, "I said some irresponsible things, but to be honest, I just wanted to catch up with her."

(End of this chapter)