"William Colton has filed for custody of Diana and Elena." JJ explained

"When was this?" Hotch asked.

"Half an hour, the same court house where you filed for guardianship for Garcia and Morgan."

"He's in town then, do you have an address?" Hotch asked.

"Yes he's staying at the Milton Hotel."

"That place is not cheap, must be trying to prove to the judge he can take good care of Elena and Diana."Emily said

"Or he really is well off, we have no idea how much he inherited from Emma Belle and Hades Bar looked to be doing very well."Emily said.

Hotch turned to Emily "We'll go and talk to him now. "

Hotch stood and so did everyone else. Hotch however waited for JJ and Emily to leave but stopped Garcia. He closed the door and turned to her.

"Garcia William Colton has a strong claim for getting custody of Elena and Diana. We are going to investigate him and if he is innocent this is an out for you."

"An out sir?"

"When Reid came in he was bleeding out from a gunshot wound. Every one's emotions were running high and no one was thinking clearly. No one will think less any less of you if you don't want to raise Elena and Diana. Colton is Anna's brother he has a business and a home, he can give the twins a good home."

"I, no Hotch I won't give them up. Reid entrusted me to take care of his children, I have given this a lot of thought and I will do what he asked. William Colton may be the greatest man in the world but Reid entrusted his children to me, he risked his life to give them to me and Morgan they are ours until he or Anna is ready to take care of them."

"Okay, in that case we need to build a strong case. We need to get you into a house as soon as possible. Did Morgan give a list of houses before he left?"

"He did along with the names of two other people who renovate houses. I've started going through the list but I get off work I go home even with JJ and Will's help there's so much to do. Elena wakes up at odd hours, it takes Diana half an hour of walking and." Garcia paused and didn't continue clearly upset.

Hotch put a hand on her shoulder "What is it?"

"I don't know what they want. They start crying and I don't know if Elena wants her diaper changed, I don't know if Diana is hungry. I feel like I'm missing something but I don't know what." Garcia said sadly

"Penelope it took Haley weeks to figure out what Jack wanted when he cried. Often she and I would figure it out by accident. Eventually you start getting an instinct about it, just give it time."

Garcia nodded and Hotch put a hand on her shoulder and a small smile. They both left the room and went to work. When Emily and Hotch got to the hotel instead of going to Colton's room went to the garage to look at his car. It was a different make and model from the one that had been at the gas station where Reid was shot and the one seen outside Garcia's apartment. They then went to William Colton's room and knocked on the door. A handsome man with blonde hair and a beard answered; he was dressed in slacks and a blue t-shirt.

"I was expecting you." The man held out his hand "William Colton."

"Aaron Hotchner." Hotch said taking his hand

"Emily Prentiss." Emily said shaking his hand after Hotch

William gestured for them to come in. They entered the room walking past the kitchenette and over to the sofa and TV, noting the half empty suitcase on the other side of the room half unpacked.

"Sorry to drop in on you without warning. Planning to stay long?" Emily asked taking a seat on the sofa, William sitting in a nearby chair.

"As long as it takes to get my nieces. Listen I appreciate everything you've done for them for but they belong with me."

"How did you know Diana and Elena were here?" Hotch asked

"Anna told me she planned to stay with Spencer and leave the children with him."

"Leave them? Anna didn't plan to raise her daughters?" Hotch asked

"She was on the fence, she loves her children but Anna has a wanderlust she can't control. I was hoping that her pregnancy would make her want to finally settle down but it didn't."

"Do you think living in Gary may have been the reason she was so restless?"

"Because the town is full of moral, pious, busy body hypocrites who judge you for supporting your family." William said bitterly

"We talked to Pastor Anderson and Karen Lane they both said Anna wasn't well liked in town."

"When my dad, sister, and step-mom died the whole town helped us out. Bringing us food, giving Anna rides to school, church, watching her when I needed to work, as time passed they lost interest and soon it was just the two of us. Emma had known my father for years, actually moved to Gary to try and get him back. She checked in on us now and when and when I turned twenty one she hired me to work as a bartender."

"Were the two of you involved in a romantic relationship?" Emily asked bluntly

"Even if we were it's none of your business. She cared about us, looked after us, and never asked for anything in return."

"Yet you and Anna both worked for her." Hotch said

"She offered us work and we took it, the pay was good and she was flexible about the hours." William stood "Thank you for coming but I have things to do."

Emily stood and went over to Hotch who had been standing by the sofa.

"Mr. Colton do you know where your sister is or when she is going to come home?"

"Anna told me she was going to see some old friends before she went to stay with Spencer. I don't know where she is now but I'm sure she's fine." William said blandly but traces of worry he couldn't hide.

"Where have you been for the past three weeks?" Emily asked

"I had business to take care of; I've been looking to expand our line of liquors and was meeting with various producers."

"You were gone three weeks why didn't you use your credit cards and why did you turn off your GPS?" Hotch asked

"I prefer paying in cash and I don't like being tracked." William stood and walked to the door "If that's all I have a lot to do." William opened the door

"That's not all; we are going to need a list of every person you met and we need to know where you were four days ago."

"You think I shot Spencer? I would have preferred a different father but I didn't hate him enough to shoot him."

"Why didn't you like him?" Hotch asked

"Spencer's job is dangerous and it requires long hours I wanted someone with a steady nine to five job. He is also a ticking time bomb." William said

"A ticking time bomb?" Emily questioned

"Schizophrenic; he's only got a few more years of sanity and of course Elena and Diana might go crazy was well." William said

"Mr. Colton just because Dr. Reid's mother is schizophrenic does not mean her son or grandchildren will be schizophrenic. " Hotch said a bit too calmly trying to hide his anger.

"May be but I would have preferred Anna to not make that gambit. Still I know Spencer will make a good father to my nieces if he recovers." William said hastily trying to recover from his plain speaking.

William again opened the door and Emily and Hotch left. They drove back to Quantico where Hotch assisted Garcia in looking at houses, while Emily dug into William and his father Harold Hill's background. At six they went home, the next morning was spent compiling more background information and checking out property. That afternoon Morgan and Rossi checked in.

"So we're hot on Reid's trail but have little information about Anna. Some of the bars remember Anna most don't, it looks like she visited friends but without more information it's impossible to tell who." Morgan said

"I need you to go to Smithville, Kentucky that's were Emma Belle lived." Hotch said

"Emma Belle that's Colton's girlfriend why are we investigating her?" Rossi asked

"Emily researched Anna's father Harold Smith she discovered that when Anna first left home at eighteen she was following her father's path."

"What do you mean?" Morgan asked

"Her father before he married Marion Bellows, Smith traveled around the mid west as a traveling salesman. Anna visited the towns her father visited years ago, including his home town. When I searched Anna's apartment I found a few old travel plans of her father, plus some old train ticket stubs." Emily said

"So when she took off at eighteen, she was trying to connect to her father. So you think this time she was trying to connect to Emma a second mother figure." Rossi said

"It's only a theory I mean she did periodically take off for years but with her impending due date she might have been looking for guidance " Hotch said

"Okay, will do, oh Garcia how are my goddaughters doing?" Morgan asked

"They're doing great, we found a house a three story Victorian you where rebuilding. Hotch had a top of line alarm system installed and we're going to move in this weekend." Garcia said

"That old place, I should have known you'd pick an old fashioned house." Morgan said

"It's near a park, it in a good school district actually two if I do some geography and it's cheap, and." Garcia broke off

"What is it baby girl?"

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