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He straightened up in his chair and began to think. By the end of the hour he had done everything that he had told Hotch that he would do. Also, against his better judgment he had decided to also list what each victim had in common with himself as well as everything that he knew about Gary Lifton, his ex-lover and current stalker. He knew that although it was a shot in the dark, if in fact it was Gary then they would want this information later. He knew that if h just talked to Gary, then maybe he'd be able to figure out if he was behind the killings or if it was someone else. He didn't even consider the fact that he could lie to him. Gary had never lied before so he didn't think that he would lie now. There were down sides to Reid's plan. The first being that he would have to tell Gary where he was (but since the man was stalking him he was pretty sure that he knew that already) and the second was that he would not be telling anyone from his team what he was planning on doing or where he was going. He knew that this was risky but he had to make sure that if it was Gary that they didn't waste any more time then they already had.

Morgan and Hotch both watched as Reid stopped writing. They knew that he was thinking and they knew that whatever it was, it wasn't good. Reid was one hell of a profiler and when it came to lying and deceiving he was pretty decent. After all, one couldn't cheat at card games if they were bad at lying. So, of course they were both suspicious when their resident genius got up from the table, grabbed his messenger bag and walked calmly into the bathroom.

Once there Reid closed the door. He knew that he should tell someone what he was doing but he didn't have the chance to, his phone rang almost immediately. "Hello."

"Are you ready to talk now, Spencer?"

Reid tried to ignore the chill that was running up his spine. He was mentally counting to twenty in his head. It was the only thing that he could do to try and remain calm. He had to keep his voice steady. He knew that if his plan was going to work he had to keep Gary clueless. He knew what Gary was capable of and there was no way that he wanted to go back to that place. "Yes, I think that we should meet somewhere so that we can talk."

"I'll meet you in your hotel room."

Reid's first reaction was to say no, but then he realized that this would be perfect. "Sure, I'll meet you there tonight."

"Do not tell any of your team members where you're going. I know that they consider me a suspect. I don't want any trouble, I just want you."

None of this surprised Spencer. He knew that in one way or another that Gary was watching him and that he probably had been since the case first started. He knew that Gary being the way that he was, he had to feel as if he was the one in control. This was one way that Gary felt that he could control him. Spencer knew, that to Gary this was all a game and one that he thought that he could win.

"I know that. I'll see you tonight." He hung up the phone before any else could be said and walked out of the bathroom.

By the time he came out of the bathroom, the team was busy trying to figure out who the next victim was going to be. This was proving to be more difficult then they thought. Reid knew that it would be, at this point he was pretty sure that Gary was the guy that they were looking for and that he wasn't gong to make anything easy for them. He leaned over the desk that he had been working at, wrote something on a piece of paper while looking at the map. He had no doubt that Gary was watching him and he didn't want to do anything that would cause that man to be angry with him. He laid the piece of paper on the desk and tried to get Morgan or Hotch to look at him. Luckily Morgan saw him writing and caught by the way that he was looking that he wanted him to see what was on that paper.

As soon as Reid left the police station, Morgan walked over to the desk.

~Stay calm, don't attract anymore attention to this then you have to. I have a meeting with my stalker. I don't think that anything will happen to me but in the event that something does check my hotel room—I'm meeting him there. You'll know if things went bad because I won't be at the station on time tomorrow. Please don't follow me and don't call my phone. I wasn't supposed to tell anyone where I was going but frankly, I'm terrified.

Spencer~

Morgan didn't know what to do. His first instinct was to tell Hotch what was going on. But if Gary wasn't the guy that they were looking for, that would be a waste of time. He had to trust that Spencer knew what he was doing and that he would take every precaution necessary. All he could do right then was watch the clock and hope that Spencer returned.