Booth didn't make it down to the bottom floor before he decided to go back upstairs. There was no way he was going to leave the hospital as longs as Temperance was lying in that bed. Angela looked up when she saw him walking back towards her.
"I thought you were leaving?"
"I can't leave. Not until I know she is going to be okay."
"They said I could go in a see her. I won't be long okay." Booth watched Angela walk towards the ICU doors and wished that it was him that was going in to see Bones. Little did he know it would be the same routine for nearly two weeks.
"How is she?" Booth asked when he called Angela after work one evening.
"She is healing on the outside but I am so worried she is not getting better on the inside. I talk and talk to her and I get nothing, not a single sound. She won't look at me or acknowledge me." Angela sounded morose and Booth could tell her hope was faltering.
"Well, the guys have run everything they could through every gadget you have in the Jeffersonian and they still have no idea who did this to her. The results from the rape kit showed no presence of seaman, which I guess is a good thing."
"So, we nothing more about who did this to her."
"Hodgins is filtering through all of the particulates on her clothes and he's trying to find a trace of anything we can use to identify the attacker. It's just a slow process and it's driving me insane." Booth ran his hand through his hair in frustration. "I need to see her Angela. I need to see for myself how she is doing. Maybe she'll talk to me now." Angela watched as he began to pace.
"Dr. Rainier has been adamant about not letting you see her but…"
"Has she been consulted by a therapist or something?"
"Yeah they are coming in to talk to her once or twice a day but she is not talking to them either."
"I'm going in to see her Angela." Booth left her standing in the waiting room as he headed for the room that Bones occupied. He cracked the door slightly as he poked his head inside. Her face was directed towards the window and away from the door. She made no sign to indicate that she had heard him enter the room. He walked slowly to the side of her bed and looked lovingly down at her. He could tell that the bruising was healing and the swelling was all but gone.
He had to admit that she looked more like herself than she had the last time he saw her. Having worked together three years, he had become accustomed to seeing her frequently. There was no doubt that he missed her and to what extent disturbed him. "Temperance," he said quietly. He waited and saw no sign that she heard him. "Temperance," he said in a louder tone. Still there was no kind of response. He decided to walk around the bed and stand in front of her to see if he could get some type of reaction. "Come on Bones, I know you're in there. Please just talk to me."
Moments passed and there was still nothing. Booth reached out to touch her face and she thrust her hands up to knock him away. The slightest touch sent her into a violent fit of fighting. Booth tried to hold her arms to her side but she just fought harder and harder. Just then a nurse entered the room and saw the scene before her. She immediately stepped into the hallway and yelled for security. Booth looked panicked and was unsure of what to do. He stepped away from Brennan just as the security officers entered the room.
The officers reached for him and escorted him out of the room. "Sir you need to come with us." They grabbed hold of him when it seemed he was going to resist.
"I'm a federal agent guys." He yelled as the pulled him from the room. Booth noticed Bones' doctor coming toward him.
"What did you do Agent Booth. I told you that you weren't to go into Dr. Brennan's room. Now I see you have upset and agitated her. I will have guards posted at the door if you do not stay away. She was starting to make progress and you may well have set her back."
"Progress to what? She is nearly catatonic. What the hell kind of treatment are you giving her? I want some answers or I'll find a way to have her moved from here." Booth's anger had been pent up for weeks and threatened to violently boil over.
"I'm sorry for what you are going through but Dr. Brennan is in a fragile condition and anything upsetting her could set her back. Please understand, I am trying to get her well. You just have to realize that is going to take time."
"She didn't react until I touched her. She was fine until I touched her face." His anger was beginning to fade and guilt started to set in. "I shouldn't have tried to touch her."
"I heard what happened yesterday. Dr. Rainier asked me to talk to you to make sure you understand how important it is to…" Angela began explaining.
"Yeah I get it. They don't want me going anywhere near her until she is better. It may kill me but I'll do what they ask."
A week had passed since Booth had tried to see Bones. It was a miserable week spent trying to piece together evidence that the squints had put together. Although they had no traces of DNA they were still hopeful they could get some type of lead on a suspect.
Booth was talking to Hodgins when Cam approached them gravely. "I've got something you need to see." Booth took the paper she held out to him.
Temperance has not recovered enough to return to work I see. I guess I did a better job on her than I thought. It was wonderful to hear her begging me so I just kept giving her more. I want you to know Agent Booth that she is amazing. You should really give is ride.
Booth's first instinct was to crumble the letter but he held back realizing that it was an important piece of evidence. "Cam, where did this come from?"
"It came through the Jeffersonian mail. It was addressed to me but when I read it I knew who it was from."
"We need everything to see if they can pull anything off of it. Prints, DNA, anything., this may be the first break we've been given in this case."
