Nathan sat in one of the visitor’s chairs in the Assistant Director’s office. His direct supervisor, the man heading the BAU, occupied the other. Both men sat quietly as the AD spoke.
“Nathan, this move isn’t a negative reflection on you or your work, at all. You know that. Your files, methods, research, on all this have been exemplary. But it was a gray area already to leave you on this case, given that Mikel Metzger stalked, then took hostage and attempted to kill, your girlfriend. This new data that’s come to light pushes this whole deal from gray right over into the no-go section.”
The AD went on.
“We have to have a one-hundred percent airtight case here. We have overwhelmingly solid physical evidence that cannot be refuted; the defense attorneys won’t even bother to try. What they
