Thnks to everyone who has reviewed. These first chapters have been difficult to write because it's case stuff and i'm not too good with it. I'm including Cam in this fic and i'm writing her as if she is not too fond of Brennan. Booth and her are not romantically involved though.
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Chapter Four
Booth couldn't help but have total admiration at how she handled the situation. It was almost like she was an old hand at it, even though he knew she had no experience with kids whatsoever. "You know Bones. I am really impressed at your sudden child rearing skills."
For a moment there she thought he was being scarcastic "What's thats supposed to mean?"
"Nothing. It's just sometimes I think you don't give yourself enough credit. You try to act as if you're this strong woman with a hard exterior, with walls no-one can penetrate. Just remember, deep down Bones you're only human with feelings and emotions. Also from what I can see there are some certain maternal instincts breaking their way through."
"That's illogical Booth. Just because i'm a woman doesn't mean it's my biological destiny to have children, to nuture them, to give up my whole life up for them. I would never allow myself to bring a child into this world knowing the horrors of what we do to one another. Besides, there has never been conclusive proof that women just 'have' maternal instincts. It can derive from ones own upbringing, socioeconomic conditions and culteral beliefs. Even some pregnant women don't develop their maternal feelings until the last stages of pregnancy when progestoron levels decrease.
Booth stood there open mouthed. She always has an answer for everything, even something as simple as having kids, which to most people would be the most joyous occasion in the world "You know forget I said anything."
Brennan knew she had hit a sore spot. "I'm sorry Booth, but you didn't carry around your son around for nine months, and then give up your whole career and life to take care of him. I'm sure you love Parker very much but no amount of babysitting will ever get me to change my mind."
Booth was about to say something when there came a knock on the door. It was Cam and it looked like she had something important to discuss with them.
"I'm not interrupting anything am I?" she eyed them both suspiciously. She knew she must have come at a bad time.
Brennan stood up from the couch where she had been sitting with Caitlin. "No you weren't interrupting anything. Did you get any results from the autopsy?"
"Cause of death was definitley asphyxiation from drowning. Body was in full rigor which sets in approximatley 12 hours after death. I'd say she died anytime between 12-24 hours ago. The bruising on her upper arms did form a handprint which suggests she was held down very hard. I've sent scrapings from the fingernails and hair samples. I also carried out a tox screen but it came back negative" She sighed, wishing there was something more she could tell them. "I'm sorry but other than that there isn't much more I can tell you."
Brennan's heart sank. Normally it would be Booth who would get stressed when they reached a dead end, but this time she felt like she owed Caitlin to find out who did this. "I need to find out if Angela has an ID yet" Saying that she left the room leaving Booth and Cam alone.
Cam watched as Booth stared at Brennan as she hurried from her office. Booth noticed Cam was staring at him and he turned to face her, either one of them not saying a word.
After what seemed like several minutes but was really only seconds, Cam broke the silence.
"Are you and Dr Brennan involved in something I should know about?"
Booth instantly felt awkward, as he hadn't expected her to ask that as a random question. "What do you mean?" He answered defensively.
"Oh come on Seeley! I've seen the way you look at her, the way you act when she's around. I am a woman, so just call it a womens intutiton."
Booth really didn't have the energy to strike up a conversation with her on this matter. "I really have no idea what you're getting at. She's my partner Camille. We work together."
Camille smirked "Whatever you say Seeley, whatever you say. Just remember I call the shots around here so if you are screwing the doc and it causes friction in the lab, then I won't hesitate to take matters in my own hands."
Booth wasn't really in the mood for mind games. He approached her until his face was inches from her. "I believe you've been told before if she goes you'll lose the whole damn team and that includes me."
A small yawn from the direction of the couch broke up their bickering as Booth quickly tended to Caitlin. "I really need to make arrangements for Caitlin until social serices come get ther tomorrow."
"So what is the deal with the kid?" was her next question.
"She's a possible witness in a homicide" He suddenly felt a chill as he realised from the way she had freaked out just before. It was now obvious one of the bodies recovered was her mother and she had watched her murder.
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When Boss had arrived back from his trip that afternoon he had instantly requested Carlos to meet him in his study.
Carlos nervously entered What does he want this time "Yeah boss you wanted to see me."
"I've just recieve some information pertaining to recent events. It saddens me to the point of disbelief that we have been betrayed not once but twice by our sweet Rosanna."
"Carlos didn't have any idea what boss was talking about "What'dya mean boss?" He asked rather calmly.
It has come to my attention that that she was hiding a very dark secret from us."
Carlos was confused "How so boss?" He was hoping this business would be put behind him, but it seemed there were some undiscovered skeletons lurking in the closet.
"Our Rosanna was hiding a child from our little happy family" he remarked in a cold voice. "Her child!"
"Her child?" Carlos exclaimed, a little shocked that in the year and a half he had become involved in her she never cared to mention she had a kid.
The boss came closer and Carlos could see rage in his eyes. "Now where do you suppose that child is now?"
"How the fuck would I know!" Carlo spay back vehemently. "I just did what you ordered me to do. I got rid of her meddling parents and I then I got rid of her."
"So there was no-one in the house on both visits then?"
"Absolutley not!" Carlos snapped. Only now, how could he be sure. What if there was someone else there? What if I had been seen Then he thought of Benny he was in the house too. What if he had been seen? It was becoming more and more apparent that this wasn't going to be as simple as it first seemed.
"I can't afford to take any chances. I want you to find the kid." Boss then commanded, his tone of voice told Carlos that he was deadly serious.
"What! How?" Carlos was severely enraged at what he was being asked. Like I don't have anything else to do.
"Use your imagination Carlos. Don't let me down or there will be consequences."
Carlos nodded thens slipped away wandering where the hell he would start.
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Brennan had her fingers crossed that Angela had something for her. "Ange? tell me you have something."
Angela smiled at her best friend "It just so happens I do."
"So come on tell me what is it?"
"Well the victims were definitley Juan Benitz, forty two years old. He worked as a nutritionist, so nothing sinister there. Maria Benitz was thirty three years old. She worked as bank teller. They were Originally from Columbia, South America but had been living legally in the US for three years. Their last known address was in Odessa, Texas. The file stated they had one child, a daughter named Rosanna Benitz, nineteen years old.
"So what about Caitlin?" Brennan asked.
"I didn't find anything on her. Maybe she wasn't their child."
"Then who's is she?" Brennan's mind drifted back to when Caitlin had cried out, and finally it dawned on her.
"Oh god!"
"What is is?" Angela asked. She could tell Brennan had had some sort of answer come into her smart head.
"We just presumed that Juan and Maria were her parents. What if is was Rosanna who was her mother" It was a long shot but it was certainly a possibility.
"The daughter?" Angela questioned, now quite intrigued which Brennan's theory. "How old is Caitlin though?"
"The landlord said they moved into the house a couple of years ago and he guessed Caitlin was about four or five. I'd put her now at maybe six or seven."
Angela gasped "That meant Rosanna would have have been pregnant when she was twelve or thireen. Wow being a teenage mom wouldn't have been easy."
"I need to speak to Booth. Find Cam. Ask her to examine the body again to see if she has indeed given birth. If the people who killed Rosanna and her parents know about Caitlin then her life maybe in danger."
