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A few moments later, movement in my doorway catches my eye. A makeshift white flag is being waved. Damon peeks his head in. “Is it clear? Am I going to get shot if I come in?”
“Come in, asshole,” I grunt.
“I am not the asshole here.” He smirks walking in.
“Sorry. It’s been a shitty few hours.”
“What the hell happened? Last we talked, you were getting ready to leave Texas and everything was fine.”
I sigh. “Addison is being stubborn as ever. And I guess I fucked up.”
“That’s not surprising. But if there were ever two people who belonged together, it’s you two. You’re just as stubborn as she is.” He chuckles.
“Well, that might be our undoing,” I say grimly.
“I don’t believe that. But to get your mind off of it, we just got back the DNA results.”
I lean forward in my chair. “What are you waiting for, tell me the results.”
“We’re meeting in the war room now,” he says, walking out. The war room is the conference room where the entire case is spread out.
I walk into the room and chatter fills the air. Addison’s boss, CJ, my boss, Todd, and a few other agents are sitting around the table. When Todd sees me, he clears his throat to get everyone’s attention.
“Everyone’s here, let’s get started,” he says, looking at me. I nod and pull out a chair. “So, the DNA results came back, but we didn’t get a match in CODIS.” Several sighs can be heard. “But … we did get a DNA match to another case in St. Louis. Seems this wasn’t where he started with his murders. Another family was murdered last September. We are working with the office there to see if there might be more unsolved murders that match. So far it’s just the one.”
“Forensics is running a familial DNA search to see if we get anything there. You never know if there’s a family member in the system who might help us catch a lead,” CJ states. “We started that earlier today, so hopefully we’ll get those results back any time now.”
“What we know so far is that the unsub has only killed families of four. He always rapes the wife.”
“Are there any patterns with the women?” asks Damon.
“The woman in St. Louis was brunette, but the other three here have all been blonde. So we’re not sure if that’s a connection or not. Something might have happened or he just doesn’t care.”
“He must have been following them for a while. Where did he find them? Did they have the same doctor, kids go to the same school? Where’s the link that connects them?” Dave asks.
“We have the analysts looking at everything. The three families all live in the city, so there are a few similarities. They all went to the same movie theater, ate at the same restaurant, two of the three go to the same bank. But schools, doctors, employers are all different.”
My hands are behind my head as I lean back and think. Something in the back of my head is nagging at me, telling me that I’m missing something. It’s like when I have a déjà vu moment but can’t for the life of me remember when I had it.
Then the light bulb turns on. Addison … St. Louis … changing of hair color. I jump up out of my seat, startling people.
“What restaurant?” I fire out.
“What?” Todd asks.
“What restaurant did they all go to?”
He starts looking through his notes. Damon stands with me, walking to the computer and starts typing. He knows what I’m thinking.
“Bella Mistero.” He tilts his head in my direction.
I look at Damon, and he nods his head. “He came from a town not too far from St. Louis.”
“He’s going to go after Addison,” I say quickly, getting ready to leave.
“Aiden?” Todd stops me. Of course he’s going to want more information.
“His name is Marco Aceto.”
