The Reid Method: The Next Generation

Chapter One- If I Was Dying On My Knees, You Would Be The One To Rescue Me

"Alright, so what's the plan for this year?" Henry asked.

"Training...at the Farm" Jonah looked at his brother.

"The C.I.A.?" Henry raised his eyebrows.

"They want to recruit me" Jonah smiled.

Henry was proud of his brother. As much as he worried both Henry and their parents, Henry was proud of Jonah. He wondered why his brother was telling him of this, especially when CIA recruits are usually kept secret.

Henry pulled his brother in for a hug. "I'm proud of you, Jo" he said as he rested his head on his brother's shoulder. They pulled away and Henry asked why Jonah had brought him out here like this.

"I wanted to tell you the truth. I wanted at least one person to know the truth" Jonah said and hesitated before saying the rest. "I wanted to ask you to be my next of kin."

Henry hesitated and thought about his parents. "You don't want Mom and Dad to be your next of kin? You're only twenty years old, Jo."

"It's more than just of being a next of kin, I want you to be my power of attorney. If something should happen and I can't speak for myself, I want you to do it for me."

Henry took a deep breath and sighed.

"I know it's a lot right now and that's why I wanted to give you some time."

Henry pulled back the button on the side of his seat and leaned back, the seat slid backwards under the weight. He rubbed his eyes and ran his hands through his hair.

"I'm telling Mom and Dad that I got accepted into Georgetown to complete my Master's in Business."

"You're really trying to make this easier for Mom, aren't you?" Henry questioned with a smile.

Georgetown was where their mother had went to school and she would be very proud of having one of her sons graduate from the same school.

"More like trying not to break her heart" Jonah sighed and rested his hands on the steering wheel. "It's better than her knowing the truth."

"What are you going to tell Holly?"

Jonah sighed. "I haven't figured that out yet."

Holly Grant and Jonah Reid started dating three years ago when they were in their final year of high school. She had been accepted to SNHU with Jonah and had finished up her second year of her Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education.

"Speaking of Holly, how have you and Lucy been doing?" Jonah looked over at his brother with a smirk on his face.

Lucy Grant is Holly's older sister. Lucy had completed her first year at Yale in Connecticut and then transferred to NYU in the fall of the past year. Lucy had claimed it was because she wanted to explore New York but Jonah was sure it was because she wanted to explore Henry. He had turned out to be right.

"Don't tell Mom and Dad but I may have asked her to move in with me and she may have accepted."

Jonah chuckled. "I guess I'm not the only one keeping secrets."

Before he started his training in September, Jonah invited his brother out to meet one of his friends from SNHU. They met at a local bar in Virginia.

"Henry, this is Maya" Jonah introduced his brother to Maya Evans. She had also graduated from the Criminal Justice program this year and was two years older than Jonah.

Henry was glad to finally meet Maya. Jonah had talked about her many times over the summer.

"Maya, this is my brother, Henry" the two of them shook hands.