As Bones took her "cat nap," Booth took the opportunity to call Hacker and see what Intel he had for the two of them, now that they were settled in.
"Other than snoop around, anyone specific we need to be paying attention to?" Her great aunt in Oklahoma had adopted Madelyn shortly after her parents' death 2 years ago in a freak car accident. The aunt, 72 when she had adopted the little girl, had unfortunately been diagnosed soon thereafter with leukemia, lasting only a few months before passing. Child protective services had placed Madelyn in Brewster with the Tourneau's just last spring, and by all intensive purposes they had been loving and caring foster parents. Looking at the chart, they were an average couple with no children, and John was coming into retirement. John was a local watercraft mechanic, who was also in the local volunteer ranger chapter. An avid fisherman and hunter, he had lived in Brewster all his life and was well liked. His wife, Cara was from Oklahoma, and had met John during a fishing tournament 10 years ago in Brewster. She moved up to Brewster after she finished her elementary school teaching certificate, and was 20 years John's junior. The couple had never been able to conceive, and according to local friends had been foster parents for the last several years.
"Booth, when I say the leads have gone cold, I truly mean it. Neither the couple, nor any of the neighbors can fathom how little Madelyn fell off the face of the earth. To make matters more complicated, the little girl has recently come into a large sum of money, as her deceased mother inherited a large estate from her brother just weeks before she went missing. Mother and brother were estranged for the last 25 years, but I guess his will was never changed. The brother was not married, but left half of his estate to his girlfriend's son, and half to any surviving heirs. Madelyn would have inherited around 500,000 dollars if she had not gone missing. "
"Where do the girlfriend and son live currently? Any lead on possible bad feelings there?" Booth asked. It wouldn't be the first case Bones and he had seen grown adults and greed lead to the early demise of an innocent child.
Hacker growled sarcastically "You know, Booth, your right . . . and we never even thought to question them. Maybe the crime fighting team of Booth and Brennan can quickly clean up the mess we have left them." A pregnant pause hung in the air between Booth and Hacker, until he decided to turn the knife a little more. "By the way, how are our newlyweds Andy and Kathy fairing in their love nest on the lake?"
Booth was caught between seething anger, and professional duty. Metering out his statement carefully, he decided to hit Hacker where it hurt the worst.
"You know what, Andrew, it was awfully nice of you to pick out such a picturesque cozy cabin for us. It's not every day that I can spend a full week together with my beautiful, sexy, partner and enjoy a getaway like this. Since you two dated, I know that personal and professional relationships are hunky dory with the FBI, so I think I might take it to the next level with Dr. Brennan. Perhaps a little romantic dinner tonight is in order…she is just waking up from sleeping in the bed we are going to share tonight, so I better run." With that, Booth hung up and smugly threw the phone on the loveseat beside him. He was feeling pretty pleased with himself until he turned to see the shocked expression on Brennan's face as she stood rooted to the floor in the hallway.