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Chapter Five – Holly

Awkward. That's the only way to describe the car ride to Lovejoy's house. This was the first time I had

been alone with Sweets since the incident in his office. It had been about twenty minutes of strained

silence when I decided I couldn't last another hour in the car like this. Just when I was about to break

the ice, Sweets spoke.

"So…did you hear about Hodgins and Angela?" Sweets asked. Angela and Hodgins recently set a date for

their wedding. It was going to be a small ceremony held in a church, in about two weeks. Angela, who

had immediately taken a liking to me, invited me as well as everyone else from the Jefferson.

"Yeah," I began, "knowing Angela, I'm sure it will be interesting." Well, it was better than silence, but not

a whole lot. Our conversation felt forced, where it usually flowed freely. I was about to give up when I

saw we had reached our destination.

We filed into the Lovejoy's house silently and I started to grow nervous. I had no idea what I was going

to say. How do you tell someone their daughter was murdered? Fortunately for me, Sweets had

accompanied Booth and Brennan many times and knew exactly what to say. In fact, I only had to speak

a few times, and only about forensics.

"Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy, did Sadie have any enemies?" Sweets asked.

"No." Mr. Lovejoy said, "Everyone loved Sadie."

"Everyone except Charles." Mrs. Lovejoy said.

"Charles?" Sweets inquired.

"Charles was Sadie's boyfriend." Mrs. Lovejoy said. "Sadie broke it off about a week before she…." And

with that Mrs. Lovejoy collapsed in great heaving sobs.

Mrs. Lovejoy tried to compose herself while Mr. Lovejoy continued. "Sadie broke up with Charles about a week before she died. He didn't take it very well."

"Mr. Lovejoy, do you know where we can find Charles?" Sweets asked.

"Charles is out of town on vacation with his parents. They should be back in a week, when they return give me a call and I'll give you the address." Mr. Lovejoy said.

"Well, that's all then." Sweets said. "We'll be in touch." Sweets and I made a move towards the door when we heard Mrs. Lovejoy speak for the first time in ten minutes.

"You catch whoever did this to my baby, you hear me?" She said.

"We will Mrs. Lovejoy, I promise."

Having a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, my mood lightened considerably. I was feeling so much better that I started to talk to Sweets as if nothing had ever happened.

"How do you do that?" I asked.

"Do what?" Sweets asked me.

"How do you tell someone their daughter has been murdered? I mean, I can't even imagine…"

"Sometimes you have to distance yourself emotionally." Sweets said.

"You sound like Dr. Brennan. You want me to become a robot like her?"

Sweets chuckled at this. "Of course not. I think you know what I meant." He gave me a small wink as he

said this. I smiled, knowing that all was forgiven. The ride back to the Jeffersonian was exponentially

better than the ride from it. Sweets and I talked nonstop as we had quite a bit of catching up to do. I

learned that Daisy had left for Maluku and that the two of them had ended their engagement. He didn't

seem too bitter about it, but I could tell he was still upset. Hopefully with time Sweets would find

someone else. I never liked Daisy, and I thought she didn't deserve someone like Lance.

"Holly?" Sweets asked.

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if you would be my date to Hodgins and Angela's wedding." Wow. Only a few days

since Daisy left and Sweets is asking me out. "I mean as friends, of course." He added a little too quickly.

He probably just wants someone to go with so he doesn't feel alone. He has been looking rather down

since Daisy left. "Yeah, that sounds like fun." I smile, so he knows I meant it. And I had, this is the first

time I had been asked out since moving to DC. Even though we were going as friends, I couldn't help but

feel superior.

"Okay, well I'll call you and we can work out the details." Sweets says.

By the time we finished our conversation, we arrived back at the Jeffersonian. With Booth now back from

his excursion, we filled everyone in on what had happened.

"Well, I think me and Bones will take it from here." Booth said as Sweets had finished. He turned to

Brennan. "Tomorrow we should check out Sadie's school. You know, talk to her friends and when that

boyfriend of hers gets back we should have a chat with him."

"Actually Booth, I was thinking that since Holly and Sweets conducted the interview with the parents,

that maybe they should be the ones to interview her friends and talk to Charles." I looked from Cam,

then to Sweets. He looked nervous, this couldn't be good.

"Camille, is this some sort of punishment? They have no experience in the field. Holly is a lab rat –"

Booth was cut off by Dr. Saroyan.

"Just like Dr. Brennan was before she started going out into the field with you, and look at how much

she's learned since then. Also, Sweets has accompanied you on many trips and let's not forget he is a

psychologist, a damn good one at that. So I'm handing this over to them both. Of course Dr. Brennan

you will still be of use in the lab, and Booth you can start filling out paperwork."

"I need to focus on finishing my book anyway." Brennan says. "Which reminds me, I need to give my

publisher a call." Brennan walked away into her office, and everyone seemed to leave as well. My first

time working in the field, this should be interesting.