[Criminal Minds] years before love

Payne saw the two people staring at him in silence, a little panicked, "Does this mean?"

"He had a very strict father or mother," Hotch said hesitantly. "Given the choice of suicide method, I think it was the father."

"why?"

"Very few women would use electrocution to end their lives." Rossi stepped forward and pulled him in, pressing him on a chair. "Most of the time we choose what we are familiar with."

"Is this related to my son's death?" Payne pursed his lips and squeezed his hand tightly.

"It's possible." Rossi looked at Hotch, who had a slightly unbearable look in his eyes, and finally he looked away, "We are indeed looking for a middle-aged white male who may have lost a child, but is it him? How much you did to your son's death is just speculation."

"Is it because of me that Harry came into his sight?"

"Payne, I think this person would choose Bassand and your son, probably just because...it's easy to contact." Hotch hesitated for a moment, and put his hand on his shoulder, "Although I'm sorry, he may not be you The main reason for the son's suicide."

"So he's actually after Harry because of me. Agent, I know it's us, me, and Carrie who are at fault." Payne sighed and buried his face in his arms, "But I have to figure it out What the hell happened before he died. You know what? I couldn't even show Carrie that note."

"Do you have any special memories of his father?" Hotch patted him lightly. "What does he do?"

"I didn't investigate his work further. But he seemed very sad." Payne recalled, frowning. "I lost my own child, and I have seen many parents who lost children. Some seemed indifferent and others were so sad that they almost collapsed." Yes, but he, how should I put it, he is indeed very sad, but that kind of sadness seems to have more... Regret, I don't know how to describe it, it's a bit strange, but it doesn't mean that he will kill someone."

"Yes, that doesn't mean he's going to kill people." Hotch nodded, "But we have to find him. His son is our key clue. Even if it's not him himself, he is very likely to know the suspect."

"But you just said he moved?"

"Change the phone, move." Hotch paused, looking at Rossi. "To be honest, for a strict single male, it seems very suspicious to me. Trying to start a new life needs an opportunity."

Rossi sighed, "Actually I agree. Jimmy, would you recognize him if you saw him again?"

"Of course." Payne stared up at him. "David, if you remember, it's one of my jobs."

"I don't think you're ready for the funeral yet," Rossi said, avoiding his gaze.

Payne, the policeman who has also been there for many years, immediately understood what he wanted to do, and almost wanted to go up to him for a moment, but in the end he just sighed, "David, if you need, I can persuade Carrie, but you have to understand... ...and she'll really hate you for doing that."

Rossi was silent for a moment, and said with little fluctuation in his tone, "I don't mind that much either."

Hotch patted Rossi on the shoulder, turned to Payne and said, "I'm going to have the police find someone to give a public lecture on youth suicide prevention. I'm sure if he's the one we're looking for, he'll be there to pick the targets .”

Payne nodded. "I'm fine."

"I'll arrange it." Hotch went out the door.

Both Rossi and Payne were silent for a while, and finally Payne hesitated and said, "David, don't you...do you?"

"What?" Rossi looked up from the files on the desktop.

"You know what I'm talking about." Payne whispered, paying attention to the movement outside the door.

"Jimmy, that's not your concern right now." Rossi's fingers tightened slightly.

"David, you know this is going to ruin you, don't you?" Payne stepped forward, lowering his voice even lower. "I don't think the FBI is any different than ours on this one."

"No." Rossi paused, then continued, "He won't."