The kidnapper squeezed her body tightly to himself.

"Are you his mother?"

She took a deep breath and decided that she really had no choice.

Parker has to be protected.

No matter what.

"Yes."


Booths head snapped up and his breath hitched in his chest.

What the hell is she up to?

Why did she just say that Parker is hers?


"Don't lie to me."

He tightened his grip.

She yelped, Booth clenched his fists and Parker moaned.

"I'm not lying. Please, Parker..."


To Booths surprise, he saw tears in her eyes.

She's crying.

I know she cares about Parker, but I never knew she cares so much about my son.


"Then why didn't you pay me?"

"Because,..."

"Shut up!"

He threw her on the floor.

Booth stood there resisting the urge to pull out his gun and start shooting.

And he would have done just that, if Parker hadn't been there.

But he was.

And Parker is the most important thing, him and Bones.

But I will protect them!

No matter what!

He let all the other agents focus on the kidnapper and focused on Parker and his partner.


Parker was shivering and he was still bleeding.

She immediately scooped him up into her arms and started rocking him back and forth.

Parker instantly hugged her back.

No wonder that he believes she is his mother.

I would to, if I didn't know for sure that she wasn't.


She started to whisper soothing words into his ears.

"Shhh. It's okay, Parker. It's okay. You're going to be fine. Your father is here, I'm here. Shhhh."

Parkers voice was barely audible, but his sentence still shook her.

"He's still here too, Dr. Bones."


Suddenly she felt incredibly angry.

Apparently it was a creative kind of anger, because she got the most brilliant, risky idea of a lifetime.

She looked at him and whispered softly:

"Parker, do you trust me?"

He nodded.

"Okay, do as I say, and you will be with your father in no time."


What are they whispering about?

She is up to something, I just know it.

Damn it, Bones!

Please, don't do something stupid.

Please, don't put any one in any unnecessary danger.

Please, don't put Parker in danger.

Please, don't put yourself in danger...