Chapter 1

Dr. Temperance Brennan looked down at the remains on the table in front of her. She had been working on these bones since her partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth of the FBI, had called her at eleven o'clock last night.

He had quickly informed her of the situation: A janitor of an apartment building found the remains in the dumpster while taking out the trash. He called the cops and when they arrived they found a Columbian passport of a woman named Juanita Montez. The catch was that the body belonged to a young boy, around 8 to 11 years of age.

Brennan had been trying to figure out who the young boy was and how he died. Booth said he have someone send over some missing persons files and said he would come by later.

It was now one-thirty in the afternoon and Tempe hadn't eaten since last night. She decided she would eat when she had IDed the body.

"Dr. Brennan, how long have you been working?" said Zach Addy, Brennan's assistant, making Tempe nearly jump out of her skin.

"A while," replied Brennan. "Since last night."

"You should go and eat something," suggested her assistant. "If Dr. Hodgins or Angela or I need anything, we'll call."

Before she could argue, Zach had already started with the bones.

Brennan couldn't take it anymore. She had been sitting at a table at the Press Café and waiting for half an hour now for her sandwich. She was frustrated. How could it take half an hour for a freakin' sandwich? As she stared outside, she thought of something Booth had said a couple of weeks ago.

"Next time you miss me, call me. We'll do lunch."

Brennan had contemplated the idea, but didn't want to bother him. Besides, he had said something about having lunch with his girlfriend Tessa, or Sexy Lawyer, as Angela called her. Her thoughts were cut short by the arrival of her food. Famished, she quickly started eating. Suddenly, she nearly chocked on her food when she saw, in at corner table, Booth's girlfriend in a passionate lip lock with another man.