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Pain, that is all she could feel. Pain came in waves, each one taking their time to run over her body. She had never felt any physical pain like this, nor had she ever felt such emotional pain. It was literally going to be the hardest day of her life, she could tell. There was always hope for a new day, hope for the future, but it was hard to think there was going to be anything after that day.
"How are you feeling?" The man asked.
"I am in a lot of pain." She replied.
"Well you will have a baby soon."
If only she was going to get to keep her baby and watch her grow up, but she knew what she was going to do, she was going to provide a better life for her child. She felt overwhelmed; she wanted her child to know that she loved her, that she loved her more than anything the universe could offer her.
"Okay Temperance on the count of three I am going to need you to push."
Temperance could feel the sweat trickling down her forehead and onto her neck and chest. It was not like the movies, but she did not expect it to be, that would be idiotic. But still she wished there was someone there to hold her hand and talk her through it. She wish she knew who here baby's father was, she wish she could keep her daughter and raise her and show her the love that she had longed for, for so many years.
After what seemed like millenniums of pain, Tempe finally held what made all that pain worth it. Wrapped up tightly in her arms was a tiny blue eyed baby girl. This baby was her daughter, oh how nice it sounded, Temperance's daughter. If only that it would stay that way. The doctors had just left the room, leaving Tempe alone with the baby. Even though she knew magic was not real, at that point in time she could feel it swirling around the two of them.
"You are beautiful little baby do you know that?" Temperance said, as she looked down with tearful eyes at the sleeping baby in her arms. "You are the most beautiful thing that has ever entered this universe. No matter what anyone ever tells you, you can say 'My mommy thinks I am beautiful and she loves me, that is all that matters!' You should always remember that." A tear rolled off her cheek and onto the baby's, she gently wiped it away, knowing that it was probably the last tear she would ever be able to take away from the precious face. "And you know I do not want to give you away, I swear, but I want you to have everything, every single opportunity and I cannot give that to you. I want you to know that I love you Lili Christine, I always will love you."
"Lili Christine, what a beautiful name." A harsh toned voice said.
"What do you want?" Tempe asked.
A shadowy figure appeared. "Time to say bye bye."
"No you are not taking my baby." She wrapped her arms tighter around the baby.
"You gave her up, you cannot go back now." The figure forcefully yanked the baby from her arms. Lili let out a loud shrieking cry.
"LEAVE MY BABY ALONE!"
"She is not you baby anymore! She is a young woman."
Temperance was suddenly looking at a fifteen year old, bloodied Lili. "MOM!" Lili screamed, her voice gurgling as she choked on her own blood. "MOM!"
"Do not hurt her!"
"Temperance you are the only one who has ever hurt her. If you never gave her up she would not be in this situation."
Lili's pleas for her mother continued each one more desperate than the last. "I did what was best for her."
"Well obviously death is the best thing for her." The figure held a knife up to Lili's throat.
"NO LEAVE HER ALONE! DO NOT HURT MY BABY!"
Temperance threw herself wildly in her sleep. "DO NOT TOUCH HER! PLEASE LEAVE HER ALONE!" She screamed.
Booth bolted over to the couch. "Hey Bones wake up." He shook her slightly. "Come wake up Bones." Booth lifted Brennan onto his lap. Brennan woke up, shaking in his arms. Sobs racked her body, she was a wreck. "Hey it was just a dream."
Her breaths were shaky and her eyes were stung red. "It's..it's...it is all my fault." She stuttered. Booth was having trouble comprehending what was going on in her head, well he always did, but this was a whole new playing field.
"What is your fault?"
"It is my fault Lili got kidnapped."
"No it is not Bones. Don't you ever think that. It will never be your fault."
"No Booth it is my fault. If I chose not to give her up she would never be in her current predicament. If I had kept her she would not be being tortured, wondering if she was going to live or die. I should have never given her up."
He began to understand how in her super logical brain this would make sense, and how she phrased it, it would make sense to anyone. But just because something makes sense does not always make it true. "Bones, I understand how you could think that, and how every part of your brain backs up that explanation, but you are not the one who kidnapped her, you are not the one torturing her. You are the one missing her, you are the one loving her." Seeley paused, trying to let her see the tears in his own eyes. "Many people do not see it, and I know you don't see it half the time, but you have one of the biggest hearts a person can have, people don't understand the way you think or the way you process and do things, and at times I still fail to understand it but unlike those people I know the love you have in your heart. Angela sees it, Hodgins sees it, Cam sees is, I see it, and your daughter Lili even though she hasn't seen you in fifteen years she can see it."
"Thank you, so much."
"No problem Bones, that is what I am here for."
"One more thing Booth."
"Yeah?"
"You are probably one of the best friends I ever have had, and I love you."
Whoa he never thought he would hear those words be spoken from her lips. He gave her body a tight squeeze. "I love you too, bestist buddy."
Thoughts speed through Brennan's head, like cars on a highway. Each one related to the one thing in her world that she would do anything for. Beloved plot lines, large ballet and dance numbers, songs sung so tenderly that the ear could not help but take pleasure in them. What could this all mean? Then it hit her.
"The theater, Booth have you talked to the people at the theater?" She asked.
"What theater?" He replied.
"The one where Lili did most of her work at?"
"No I haven't, but now that I think of it I should."
"I want to come with you."
"Are you sure that is a good idea?"
"I want to get to know her, I cannot learn who she is and how she became that from a case file."
"Okay Bones, that is good enough for me, let's go."
The O'Neill Theatre was incredibly lavish for a community theater. It was well designed and fancy. Brennan took in what her daughter saw, and for some reason she got this incredible feeling knowing that Lili might have once stood where she was currently standing. She was snapped out of her thoughts and back to reality when a tall, thin man walked up towards her and Booth.
"Dylan said that you would like to speak with me." The man said, he spoke rather eloquently.
"You are Kevin Parks, correct?" Booth questioned him.
"I am, may I ask who you are?"
"I am Special Agent Seeley Booth with the FBI and this is my partner…"
"Dr. Temperance Brennan, one of the girls I have worked with is a big fan of you books. But I am sure you are not here to discuss that."
"No we are not sir we are here to talk to you about Lili Kendall."
"Oh, um yeah she really does like your books. Have you found out anything new?" His mood quickly changed.
"I am not allowed to discuss an ongoing investigation, I am sorry. We would like to learn about Lili though."
"Well I can tell you that she is probably one of the most artistically gifted person I have ever had the pleasure to meet."
Brennan's heart fluttered hearing those words. "When did you first meet Lili?" She asked.
"I met her in the fall or 2002, she was seven years old. We were holding auditions for the musical Annie at her school when she just showed up out of the blue basically. Lili blew the whole panel away with her huge voice. Ever since then I have directed every single one of the works she has done with this theater."
"Are you two close?"
"In ways, sexually no, I am gay and Lili is well Catholic. But professionally we work very close together and we have a very good emotional relationship. She needs some kind of person who will always be there in her life and I have become some sort of adult figure."
"Did you have any arguments?" Booth questioned.
"Yes, it is not unusual for us. You see she has a certain way of seeing things than I do and we often butt heads."
"What else did she do at the theater besides acting?"
"What doesn't she do is the question. She helps with younger actors, she deals with hotheaded divas, she choreographs dance numbers, and she teaches people their songs and lines. Lili is a truly tender soul, she convinced the board of directors to allow us to perform a show just for sick children in the hospital and their families. Because of her nearly thirty percent of our proceeds go to different causes."
"Why may I ask was she playing adult roles, like Mary Poppins?" Brennan butted in.
"It is simple, Lili has a way about her. She can be much more mature than the adult actors but still hold onto that sense of a child."
"Do you have any videos from Ms. Kendall's performances? Booth asked.
"Yes, every single musical I have taped. And I have last year's concert."
"Concert?"
"Oh yes she did a solo concert, it was tremendously successful."
"Can we have those tapes?"
"Sure, whatever will help you find Lili."
TBC…
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