Brennan was sitting on her couch, still weakened from the injuries that she had gotten when the cave entrance collapsed. Booth had just left to pick them up some food. Brennan wasn't eating much, not having the urge since she found out she had family out there that she never knew about. She was still very angry at Max and Russ. Not so much Russ since he really did believe that they were cousins. She thought back to her childhood and how she never noticed that her mom was pregnant.

She remembered a time when she did tell her mom that she was gaining weight and she advised her to eat better, drink more water and exercise. 'That was it!' she thought to herself. When mom went away for 4 months. She wasn't off in LA setting up a new wing in their museum, she was having a baby. Dad had left just before she had the baby telling us he was going to see the ribbon cutting event for the new wing. Then… she stopped in her tracks and picked up the phone.

Brennan, "Dad, I want to see those old pictures you had of mom."

Max, "Does this mean you are speaking to me?"

Brennan, "Bring me the photographs and I will think about it."

Max, "Ok sweetheart, I will be over there soon."

Meanwhile Richards and Hall had entered the lab….

Hall, "I can't believe you wanted to come to work today!"

Richards sitting at her desk in Cam's office, "It will take my mind off of things. Plus I missed Friday and I am too new to have any vacation time."

Hall, "Since you were hurt on a case, I think it's considered workman's comp."

Richards, "Not so sure about that. Since someone is trying to harm Brennan or myself or both."

Hall, "Well if they were going after Brennan and you were there working on a case then it is."

Richards, "Maybe, but Cam gave me a list of what needed to be done before Monday and if I finish the pathology report on this one I have finished before Monday and met the deadline."

Hall, "I don't think Cam would expect you to be here a day after your release from the hospital. Brennan isn't even here."

Richards, "That's because she had more physical injures, while I had more, (she paused) well other ones." (She said with embarrassment).

Cam walked in while they were talking and they hadn't noticed her.

Cam, "Don't feel embarrassed. We have all had traumatic experiences here. In fact I believe that everyone here has been tortured, buried alive, poisoned, or kidnapped. Your feelings are normal and it takes awhile to work through them." (As she hugged her around the shoulders)

Richards, "Well I was threaten a couple of times when I was working part time as a coroner."

Richards stiffened up and began to compartmentalize, "I am almost finished with this report and then I will have completed the list you gave me last week."

Cam, "That's why I came in today. Michelle and I went by your place and you weren't there, so I figured since you were Brennan's sister, you might be here. I was going to finish it up."

Richards, "Where is Michelle?"

Cam, "She went to the diner to grab a snack."

Richards, "I am almost done, I just need 15 minutes. But I still have 4 hours of time to make up."

Cam, "No you don't! You spent all night in a cave. That counts as work hours."

Richards confused still looking down working on the pathology report, "I wasn't working the whole time."

Cam, "Crudely repairing our most esteemed anthropologist's hand counts, plus we will call it workman's comp."

Hall, "That's what I told her." (he looked at Cam and they chuckled)

Richards said slowly, "And I thought I had better finish in case I didn't have a job here by Monday."

Cam surprised, "Why in the world wouldn't you have a job here?"

Richards, "Logically speaking I do not know the protocols about going out after hours to look for evidence, almost getting killed by someone or a group that has a personal interest in killing you, and working with family."

Cam, "First of all, we don't have regular working hours, we work at all hours, people are always trying to kill us, because of the work we do, and Max works at the museum teaching a science class."

Richards, "So I am able to still work here then?"

Cam, "I really think it would be foolish of me not to have you around." (as she started to joke around with her), "But I am sure that Sweets will want to give you therapy appointments."

Richards, "Working is my therapy."

Hall, "No use arguing with Sweets! He will just tell you that your behavior is masking some deep personal struggles.. Blah blah blah.."

Cam, "You really nailed that one!"

Hall with a lot of smug or cockiness in his voice, "Yeah I know!"

Cam, "Are you done yet?" (speaking to Richards)

Richards now hitting the save tab on her laptop. "I am now."

Michelle walks into the office. She runs up to Richards and gives her a big hug.

Michelle, "Why are you so stiff?"

Cam speaks quickly, "She is still working through being trapped in the cave. Just give her time."

Richards gave Cam a 'thank you' look.

Cam, "You know what else is good therapy?"

Richards afraid to ask, "What?"

Michelle, "Shopping! Cam was suppose to take me shopping at the mall today."

Cam, "Big sale you know."

Richards starting to tear up, "How can I even consider shopping when my (she paused again having trouble getting the word sister out) Temperance is still recovering?"

Michelle had the answer, "Then buy her something, you know a get well gift."

Richards slipping back into her rational side, "She doesn't have a need for anything at the mall, she is well off financially and can buy herself whatever she needs."

Michelle playful speaking to Richards now, "Silly girl, It's the thought that counts."

Richards a little confused about the whole sentence, "How will she know what I am thinking just by buying her something?"

Hall, "It's like when your patients give you chocolate after you have taken care of them, consider it a token of affection."

Richards, "But what if Tempe doesn't return my affection? She might not even want a sister. I mean I still don't know if I want one or at least the complications of having one. Most families I have observed in the hospital, consisted of sister's fighting over a sick loved one."

Cam, "Having a sister is full of ups and downs, but you still love them anyway."

Richards, "Well I certainly feel some sort of bond with her, but I attributed it to a stress response of being trapped in a cave facing our mortality."

Michelle, "There are many sisters that get along."

Richards, "Examples please."

Cam, "The Mandrel sister's for one."

Richards, "I don't know them."

Michelle, "How about Paris and Nicky."

Richards, "Hilton?"

Cam, "How do you know about them and not the Mandrel Sisters?"

Richards, "They like one of my books."

Cam now confused, "Not the Guatemala one!"

Richards standing up looking on Cam's book shelf, and pulling it out. "This one."

Cam looking embarrassed that Richards found her romance novel at work, which she thought she had hidden it amongst her books.

Cam, "You are Christine Richards?"

Richards speaking very logically, "I can't publish my medical articles and romance novels under the same name. I used a pen name not to weaken my creditably."

Cam, "You don't seem like a romance writer. I mean this one is definitely more upscale than your typical trashy romance novel."

Hall, "She really wanted that town house she is in, I mean have you seen how fancy that thing is?"

Cam, "I love that book! Are you going to put out more? Are you going to make it a series?"

Richards, "I haven't thought about it. Do you want me to sign this one for you?"

Cam, "By all means!"

Richards, "Well this is a strange predicament. Who do you want me to sign it as?"

Cam, "Just put Christine Bren.. (she stopped before the rest of it flew out of her mouth) Richards."

Hall noticed the uneasy feeling that Richards was showing with her body language, "I thought we were going shopping."

Richards, "But you don't like shopping."

Hall, "It's better than sitting cooped up in this office, wouldn't you agree? Anyway I can get one of those gooey cinnamon rolls."

Richards, "Those are so bad for you!"

Hall, "That's why I love them so much."