Disclaimer: I don't own Bones or any of its characters…

Max Keenan paced the room after having made the call to warn his daughter,

"Ah, Temperance why must you always look to deep?". He hated to stop her from what she did best but if she dug any deeper she'd be too deep into things like he and Ruth had gotten.

Ruth, His beautiful Ruth. To think of his wife's bones locked away in storage all those years, his daughter the one to identify them. He didn't even want to think of what Temperance and Russ were going through right now, after all it had been fifteen years.

15 years,

15 years missing from his family, Russ had left Tempe to the foster care system, which he couldn't blame Russ for it, it wasn't Russ's fault after all. Now Russ fixed carnival rides and cars to earn a living while, his was daughter was a famous forensic anthropologist and author.

He had missed so much and he would probably miss more. Unless of course he thought that FBI agent Booth caught up with him. Of course Max Keenan wouldn't be found if Max Keenan didn't want to be found.

Did he want to be found? Not now, of that he was sure but to see his children again, talk to them, to apologize above all… maybe someday. Today may not be the day but who knew tomorrow, the next day or the day after that. He could wait, and while he waited he would keep a close eye on his family. He would take pride in their accomplishments and watch out for them when they got in too deep. And if anybody hurt them he would be there, that person would hurt 100 times what they had done to his family. Because nobody and he meant nobody messed with his Max Keenan's family. He would prove that no matter where it took him.

They got Ruth but they wouldn't get his children.

A/U: I went back and read through this…and noticed all the errors. And while I surely haven't fixed them all. I hope I got most of them. I know it's short…but hey, I put in what I thought was needed. And I like it. Thought I would certainly appreciate reviews pointing out mistakes I may not have caught or just to give me your opinion on the story. But if you want to flame me? Have the courage to log in so I can respond.