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"I checked all the hospitals and emergency centers, but there was no news about Hotch." When Gracia called, Jessie and Elle were checking Hotch's apartment with the police who arrived. "But someone dropped an anonymous person at St. Sebastian's Hospital. This person's name is Haley Brooks."

"Haley?" Jessie pinched the center of her brows, something was wrong...

"Gracia, tell me the address, and Elle and I will be there right away."

Outside the ward, Jessie and Elle looked at Hotch, who was still in a coma, through the glass on the door.

"Doctor." Elle tugged on the white coat she passed by, "Our officer, what's the situation?"

"He was stabbed seven times." The doctor frowned and shook his head, "But fortunately, none of them hit the vital point."

"Can you tell us how he was brought here?" Jessie asked, "If possible, we would also like to get the surveillance video from the hospital."

The doctor readily agreed, "A man sent him here, saying that it was his colleagues who were attacked." He looked at Hotch lying on the bed, "The nurse on duty at the time asked him to leave his name, but he hurriedly did not reply. , just said that the name was his wife's name, but it's strange that after you came, he said his name was Hotcher...the name left behind was Brooks."

Jessie called up the previous photo of Foyet from her mobile phone and motioned for the doctor to identify it, "Is it him?"

He nodded, "Yes, yes, yes."

Elle and Jessie looked at each other and understood.

"OK, what I can tell you is that Foyet avoided all the cameras perfectly. I checked the surrounding surveillance and found no other suspicious vehicles. He should have left on foot...but there is another news for you guys Talk about good or bad."

"Go ahead. Gracia." Jessie frowned.

"Megan is here." Gracia sighed. "An anonymous phone call told her where Hotch was."

"Is it Foyet?" Jessie wondered.

"It's from a disposable phone, but I think it should be." Gracia was silent for a moment. "Are they going to be okay? I mean, Foyet's after Hotch, Haley, and Megan…"

Wherever Jessie looked, she saw Megan rushing in through the door.

"No..." She was actually a little uncertain in her heart. "Everything will be fine."

"Gracia, if Foyet has stabbed himself many times to see how much blood he bleeds to convince the police that he is a victim, then he must be in need of all kinds of drugs to keep his body functioning normally."

"That is to say, as long as you find the list of medicines he purchased in the past ten years, you can follow the clues and find his address..." Gracia understood Jessie's intention.

"Pay attention to those prescription drugs." Jessie urged, "treatment of hyperthyroidism, relieving heart palpitations... irreplaceable drugs, this will narrow down a lot."

"Get~"

"How's Arron?"

"Just woke up." Elle walked out of the ward, "You can go in and see him." She whispered to the little doctor, "I asked Hotch, Foyet attacked him in his room, apparently he has followed Hotch has known about Haley and even Megan for a long time."

"This is just the beginning." Jessie leaned against the wall, "He ripped Haley's address from Hotch's planner, and knew that her maiden name was Brooks..."

"He also called Megan." Elle folded her arms, "Who is his target?"

The little doctor shook his head blankly, "Who would have guessed..."

The phone in her pocket rang, Elle took it out and took a look, "It's JJ." She pressed the speakerphone, and JJ's voice came through immediately, "Any news about Hotch?"

"What's wrong?" Jessie could hear something wrong in her tone.

"Reid got shot in the knee," JJ sighs. "We've got to get him to the hospital first."

"Come to St. Sebastian's Hospital." Jessie looked at her watch, "It's not too far away."

"And...Hotch is here too."

The rest of the BAU rushed to the hospital as quickly as possible, Reid was sent to the operating room, and the rest were joined in the Hotch ward.

"He's hiding at my house." Hotch opened his tired eyes, and softly restored the situation to the surrounding people. "I put the gun on the table when I walked in... He pointed it at me. I glared at him to hide my fear..." Sweat dripped from his brow, and Megan hurriedly took the Towel, wipe gently.

"Morgan and JJ went to Haley's house." Rossi stared at Hotch on the bed, "He left you here in Haley's name and called Megan..."

"Is there anything left of him?" Hotch tried to pull himself up, groaning at the pain from the wound.He looked at Jessie, "Where are my clothes?"

Jessie handed over a bag of bloody clothes, and Hotch took it, pulling a photo from his shirt pocket.In the photo, Haley and Jack looked brilliant.

He closed his eyes and said nothing, and let out a long sigh.

Megan stood by the bed, looking at Hotch who closed his eyes in despair, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.

Seeing the flash of loneliness in Megan's eyes, Elle didn't know how to comfort her for a while.

"We're going out first." Rossi said to Hotch who was lying on the hospital bed, "You have a good rest."

When Elle went out, she saw the little doctor leaning against the door.

"Are you okay?" She put a hand on Jessie's shoulder.

"It's okay." Jessie's tone was sad, "I just don't dare to think, if this happened to us..."

"No..." Elle hugged Jessie, "Don't think about it."

A look of sadness flashed in the little doctor's eyes, and he leaned his head on Elle's shoulder and rubbed it affectionately.

"Are you okay." Haley took Jack and rushed to the hospital under the escort of Morgan and JJ. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Hotch frowning on the hospital bed and Megan lying on the sofa beside him.

Hotch heard Haley's voice, opened his eyes, and looked at Megan.

Megan looked back and forth between the two for a long time, Hotch didn't intend to let her stay, while Haley and Jack looked blank.She hesitated for a while, then walked out angrily.

"Megan." JJ and Emily who were guarding the door stopped her, "Where are you going?"

"Leave me alone." Megan was a little annoyed, obviously they were divorced, but she still looked like an outsider when she stayed there.

"Little beauty..." Jessie grabbed MeganMegan's collar to stop her from moving around, "Are you jealous?"

"Don't analyze me!"

"We want to protect you and Jack mother and child together." Rossi walked towards the few people gathered at the door of the ward, and said leisurely.

"Am I the same as them?" Megan shook her head dissatisfied, "I don't want to be locked up in a so-called safe place...every day is a bodyguard...these days are the same...I think your BAU office is quite safe."

"How about you help me?" Megan blinked at Rossi.

"..." Rossi looked at the helpless group of people, "Yes. But..." He motioned to JJ and Emily, "Take her to the lounge first, and watch her."

Biting her lip, Megan glanced back at the ward, and reluctantly was carried by JJ and Emily to the lounge.

"Women rely on coaxing." Rossi dropped this sentence, and went to the operating room with Morgan to check on Reid's injuries.Leave the little doctor and Elle who don't know what to say.

Jessie looked at the back of them leaving, and then at Elle in front of her. "Do you need coaxing?"

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"I talked to Spence," JJ said to the people outside the door. "His leg is going to take a while...but he said it's Morgan's job to kick doors anyway."

"Cut..." Morgan pouted, "This guy."

"Haley and Jack will be directly taken away by the government department for protective-imprisonment-." Elle paused, "Because of regulations, we cannot know their addresses." She looked up at the man who was walking over with Jack in his arms. Haley, with deep eyes.

"You... take care of Aaron." Haley couldn't say anything else...

"If there are other strange things, don't immediately believe them." Jessie reminded Haley, "Our team is not so easily defeated, and neither is Hotch."

Haley nodded.

"He said he would spend the rest of his life to make it up to you..." Emily consciously slipped, "I'm sorry, I... overheard."

"It's okay." Haley smiled wryly, "I may still love him, but I can't be with him."

Jessie frowned, "Why?"

"I used to think he was very cool in punishing evil and promoting good, but after having a child, I began to complain that he spends too little time on family..." Haley said in a very low tone, "When he was at home, he was really kind to us. 100% committed...Maybe I'm too greedy...Hopefully he can live a [-] to [-] life, but he can't let go of these cases..."

The police car honked its horn outside, Haley hugged Jack, smiled at the few people, and strode forward.

"Is that Hotch's ex-wife and son?" Megan slipped out of the break room. "Since the bad guy knows where they live, why haven't they been threatened?"

"Because Foyet was torturing Hotch, he wanted him to experience powerlessness," Elle explained.

"Powerless?" Megan repeated. "Is there nothing he can do because he can't protect his family, or is there nothing he can do because his wife doesn't want him?"

Elle was at a loss for words, "I don't know..." She thought of the sweetness that Hotch once had, and was a little sad.

"I asked Gracia to check the drug records." Jessie said, "Foyet stabbed himself repeatedly, the damage to bodily functions is permanent, he must need prescription drugs to stay alive..."

"This is a breakthrough." Elle nodded in agreement, "Then let's go back to the game and discuss it."

"Hey, hey..." Megan followed the steps of the others, "walking forward on their own... Is that how you protect me?"

"Oh..." Rossi pretended to be exaggerated, "I'm really sorry... the few of us have no experience as bodyguards..."

Megan gave a low "cut", then smiled again, "As compensation, let me join in and help catch the bad guys, okay?"

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate..." Elle looked at Rossi.

"I know, you are also the boss." Megan smirked, "At least let me listen to it... Although I can't understand a lot, but at least it feels like this, and it can reduce the threat of that bad guy to Aaron."

"..."

"If you don't say anything, you will agree by default."

Rossi smiled, "It's Hotch's favor anyway."

"Hotch's favor?" Elle heard it in a daze, looking at Jessie who was holding her hand with half understanding.

The little doctor thought about the relationship for a long time, then shook his head blankly.

"Megan likes Hotch, and Hotch seems to have an old crush on Haley..." Elle and the little doctor fell behind in the line, biting their ears, "Who do you think is more likely?"

"do not know……"

"Choose one..."

"Megan... right..."

The author has something to say: The next chapter preview:

Hotch's original plan was to stay outside the hotel room door, but Jessie's story really frightened him a lot, he was afraid that Megan would do something reckless if he was self-willed... For example... After thinking about it for a while, he had an arrangement in his mind .

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