“I know, I have Garcia looking through tax records, known
associates, anything and everything that might give us a clue as to where they
could have been taken.”

“Where who could have been taken?”  The innocent question from Maura surprised
them both. “I have the preliminary autopsy reports you requested, and you
didn’t answer my question.”

Seeing the look that passed between them, she started to
object when Korsak asked her to sit down.

“No Vince, tell me what’s going on, please…”

Korsak knew there was no easy way to say what he had to say,
“Maura…Rodriguez has Jane and Agent Jareau” he spoke quietly, knowing the pain
this was going to cause her.

“No, that’s not possible Vince, she wasn’t alone…they were…I
mean there were three of them…he’s only one man…he couldn’t have gotten them…”
shaking her head from side to side, she couldn’t stop the tears from rolling
down her face.

Taking her hands in his, he made her look at him.  “Maura listen to me, it looks like Rodriguez
was working with his father.”  The
shocked look made him continue, “These people are the best Maura, we’ll find
them.”

Maura turned to look at the pictures of the dead women still
hanging on the wall and saw Jane in those pictures.  Her heart felt like there was a vise around
it and she started hyperventilating.

“Doc…Doc…Maura…look at me, breathe, slowly…that’s the way…”
Korsak heard her and the look on her face scared him.  He knew about the whole “vasovagal” thing
because Jane had told him about it a while ago, “good thing Janie”

“Are you all right?”

Taking deep slow breaths, she looked at him and nodded. “I
need to help Vince, what can I do?”
Helpless he looked at Hotch who shrugged his shoulders, “are you any
good with computers?”

“Uhm yes, why?”

“Then you can help Garcia.
With Frost in the field, we need someone on this end, plus we can use
your insight.” She knew what he was doing, giving her busy work, but it was better
than doing nothing, and she couldn’t just do nothing.

“Fine, give me a few minutes and I’ll check in with
her.”  As she got up to leave, she turned
around “promise me that regardless of what you find, you will tell me, please.”

“We will Maura, I promise” Korsak watched her walk out and
head to the restroom.