Chapter 1 The sun shone through Dr. Temperance Brennan's window on a Saturday morning. All was peaceful when suddenly there was knocking at her door. "Ugh." She got up, 'The day I actually take a break I get interrupted.'

Once she reached the door and opened it she saw a man in his mid twenty's, tall, in a nice expensive looking blue suit, with a little girl about five to six years old standing in front of him. She was wearing a skirt that went just above her knees with a pink butterfly in its left corner and a pink shirt with a dark pink butterfly in the middle. "Mommy!" the little girl yelled hugging Brennan's waist. Brennan picked her up and said "Hey baby! What are you guys doing here?" "Hey Tempe. We need to talk." He looked at the little girl. "Sam, why don't go in the living room a watch
some TV?" "Okey-dokey, daddy!"

And with that, Tempe put Sam down and she ran into the living room and turned on the TV. "Do you want some coffee?" Tempe offered as she walked into the kitchen with him behind. "Sure" He said as he sat at the table. "So what are you doing here? I thought you were going to bring her next Friday." Tempe said when she was done putting the coffee into the coffee maker. "Remember what I told you about that job in New York City." She nodded. "Well, I got it." "Tom, that's great!" She said with a smile that slowly turned into a frown. "But – wait…what about Samantha? I won't be able to see her!" Tom could see the sadness in her eyes. "Um, yeah, well, here's the thing…I can't take her with me."

"What?" "Look, I thought that you could take her until I get back." "But what if you don't?" Tom started to get angry. "I need a LIFE, Temperance and if SHE'S around I won't have one! I took her when she was born so YOU could get YOUR doctorate, so YOU could have a life! And now it's my turn!" "What about you DAUGHTER, Tom? Are you going to walk out on her just like that?" "You take care of her." And with that he headed towards the door. "TOM-" But he cut her off: "Look, Tempe I have a flight to catch." He opened the door "Here are her bags, I have to go." And with that he left. Tempe couldn't believe what just happened. She closed the door turned around and leaned back against it with her eyes closed. 'What am I supposed to do? How am I going to raise her well? What if I hurt her?' Tempe's thoughts were cut short when she heard Sam's voice. "Daddy doesn't want me anymore?" Her eyes were full of tears. Tempe rushed over to her "Of course he does, baby! He just needs some time alone to do grown-up things, okay?" She whipped her daughter's tears away. Sam just smiled and nodded. "Okay, so what do you want to do today?" Tempe asked. Sam just shrugged. "Umm…so, how about we unpack you clothes, then go to Blockbuster and rent a couple of movies? Maybe order some pizza?" "Can we go to Wal-Mart too and get some candy and other stuff?" Sam was jumping up and down, making her mother laugh.

"Sure, sweetie! Now let's get you unpacked." Tempe said as she smiled down at her daughter.

Sam nodded, grabbed a bag and ran towards her new room. Tempe laughed again, grabbed the other bags and made her way to the bedroom room thinking 'maybe this can work out…'