Booth and Brennan caught up with Marta/Maria in her dressing room.
"Hello? Can I help you?'
Booth flashed his badge,
"Special Agent Seeley Booth, this here's my partner, Dr. Brennan. Do you mind if we ask you a few questions?"
"Well, I do mind, actually. I need to prepare for tonight's performance, and I always, always have at least three hours of complete silence in order to perform."
"Yeah, she's funny, huh, Bones? Listen, lady. I'm not sure where you're from, but FBI kind of trumps everything else….but, hey, it's your choice. You can answer a couple of questions here, or…I have no problem taking you down to the FBI office. I've got a nice, quiet room you can stay in for a few days…it's super quiet."
"He'll do it too. He hates musicals." Brennan added.
"Okay, okay…but, can we go somewhere else? I don't like my dressing room to have negative energy."
"Yeah, sure." Booth rolled his eyes at Brennan as they went to stand on the stage.
Brennan settled into one of the make up chairs next to Marta, and Booth stood between them.
"Could I have your full name please?"
"Marta
Cantas."
"Okay, Ms. Cantas, could you please tell us about
your relationship with Kyle Baxter?"
"Well…he played Tony to my Maria. He's new, but he's fantastic. We've really connected, you know" She buried her face in her hands and started sobbing.
Brennan caught Booth's eye in the large lighted makeup mirror. He shook his head slightly. Sure enough, when she didn't get the reaction she wanted, Marta looked up, nary a tear on her face.
"Yeah, I can feel the love tonight, anyways…what we want to know is…was the relationship going on both onstage and off?"
"What? Why would you even think that?"
"We have reason to believe that you and Kyle Baxter were having sexual intercourse."
"Don't say intercourse, Bones" Booth whispered.
"Okay, yes, we were…together sometimes…but it didn't mean anything. It just helped with the mood on stage you know? I would never kill him. You should talk to Matt."
"Matt Martinez? The guy who plays Chino"
"Yeah, he's the one
who pulled the trigger, right?"
"Well, we'd love to, but
he's disappeared."
"Oh well, I saw him
last night around midnight. He was with an older couple…looked like
some sort of aunt and uncle maybe. They looked pretty rich."
"Where
did you see them?"
"Outside the theater, why?"
"What were you doing here then?"
"I…well…okay…I was with Matt last night. He and I are kind of…well you know, I mean…Chino and Maria are supposed to be together in the play too, so…it helps…with the…"
"Mood, got it…let's go Bones."
"You know" Marta called after them, "It does wonders for relieving and clearing the mind between partners on and off stage!"
Booth met with Dr. and Mrs. Santos again, but this time he was not as kind.
"I said I want to know why you didn't come to us with the location of your nephew, Mrs. Santos."
"Well…we didn't lie when we told you we didn't know where he was. He called us late last night asking us to meet him at the theater."
"And you should have called me then."
"You're right…we were just nervous, but really. We don't have anything to do with murder."
"Where is Matt now?"
"We don't know, he wouldn't tell us where he's going. He did say he was innocent, though."
"And you believe him?"
"Yes, we know he would never willingly murder anyone."
"Did he tell you he was also sleeping with Marta, Kyle Baxter's girlfriend?"
Both of the diplomat's paled with the knowledge.
Booth sat back in his chair and crossed his arms.
"I'm putting you both under total FBI custody."
"Is this an arrest?"
"No, it's a precautionary measure. I want you protected, and I want to know if Matt contacts you again."
"Yes, Agent Booth…please…help my nephew."
Booth stood.
This was turning into a regular mess.
In the lab, Angela handed Brennan the results for the remaining two sets of fingerprints.
"Matt Santos…"
"Bren,
isn't he the one who pulled the trigger?"
"Yes, so it's
obvious his prints would be on it too. Who else?"
Angela handed her the paper.
"Marta Cantas?"
"I need to call Booth."