Chapter
Two:
Chapter
Two:
Introductions
"What's who doing where?" Matt asked. Emily did not get the opportunity to answer his question before Cheryl opened the door to her office and both occupants walked out.
"Hey, rookie, it has been too long." the mystery man said. Emily smiled and went over and gave him a hug.
"It really has been to long, Brady" She said. She knew her friends particularly her boyfriend was staring at them; maybe she should give them an explanation to why she was hugging a strange man. She pulled back from the hug and turned around to face everyone.
"Everyone this is special agent Max Brady, we were partners back when I worked on the behavioral unit in Phoenix. Max this is Frank, Duff, Samantha, Lia and Matt" Emily said. Everyone said a polite hello. Emily was glad to see her old partner; she hadn't seen or heard from him since she left Phoenix close to six years ago. But she knew that there had to be a reason for him to be there in L.A. in her bosses' office.
"I'm glad to see you again but I doubt you came down here so we can grab a beer and talk about old times." Emily said
"Same Emily, straight to the point. Max replied "maybe we should discuss this privately."
"It is fine Max, whatever you have to say, you can say in front of them. Plus they'll find out anyhow" Emily said. She had no idea why Max was here, but she wanted to know.
"Ok. Do you remember Kyle Marshall?" Max asked.
"Yeah of course, I remember him and the case. Please don't tell me you found another victim." Emily said
"No, it is worse than that" Max replied
"What can possibly be worse than finding another one of his victims?" Emily asked
'Wait a minute, whose Kyle Marshall?" Lia asked. She was trying to follow the conversation that was going on between her best friend and the very handsome stranger but she needed details and she figured everyone else did too, they were just to polite to ask.
"Ok about six years ago, there was a serial rapist and killer in Phoenix, the media dubbed him the grab72 killer because he would grab his victims and hold them 72 hours. He raped, tortured and murdered six women that we know about. The Phoenix bureau set up a joint operation between homicide, sex crimes, and behavioral. We eventually caught the grab72 killer, A.K.A. Kyle Marshall and I profiled him for the bureau." Emily replied. "So what about Marshall?" Emily asked Max.
"He escaped from prison." Max answered her question.