My musie hasn't been so co-operative with me just now but I hope that I can bribe her work with me and that next chapter sooner. And big thank you to Redrider who is my beta. Without her help I wouldn't have courage to post my writings to here.

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Chapter 11

"Can we please go to see Sid? We haven't been there a long time and I don't feel like sitting in the middle of that noisy diner," Angela said.

"That would be good idea" Brennan said. "I don't feel like going to diner either."

When the quiet group walked into Wong Fus Sid took one look at them and knew that they had had a rough case. He nodded to indicate that he had seen them and that their food was on its way. They sat in a booth toward the back of the restaurant so they would have some privacy. Angela was first to break the silence.

"I should be used to this kind of work, but this case has been worse than any of my nightmares. I'm going to take couple weeks off when this is over. I think I need to draw something other than dead bodies. My heart breaks with every skull I bring back to life." She had tears in her eyes.

The others looked at her with sympathy and Hodgins took her hand in to his.

"You heard Cam--you can take some time off," Hodgins said softly.

"I'm glad that Gillian isn't in the lab now, if this is this hard for us, I can't imagine how it would be for her."

"She's reliving it all over again, Brennan replied and everybody looked at her. "She's living her worst nightmare. I had the same feeling when we found my mother. I'm just happy that she has her mom here to help her through this."

"If she wasn't we'd be there for her like we were for you--she is one of us," Angela said.

"Yes, and you really were there for me. I don't think I ever really thanked to you for that. I really appreciated it," Brennan said quietly.

Sid arrived with their food and everyone welcomed the diversion. Sid nodded and left them to eat in peace, disappearing into the kitchen.

Brennan found herself pushing her food around the plate. She wasn't really hungry and images from the crime scene and lab kept playing in her head. She didn't notice anything around her and when Booth put his hand over hers she jumped little.

"Bones, you've got to eat," he murmured gently.

"I'm not hungry," she said huskily.

"Sweetie, I don't think anyone could be hungry after seeing what we've seen today, but you need to take care of yourself and eat." Angela knew that Brennan had tendency to forget herself when they had rough case.

After eating they all felt a little better and talk turned to case.

"Did you have time to look through the boxes?" Booth asked Hodgins and Zach.

"Not really. There are so many of them, but I'm pretty sure we'll find something that will help the case," Hodgins said.

"I have faces and IDs for about twenty of the girls, all from the missing persons reports. I really hope that we can ID all of them and return them to their families," Angela said.

Brennan looked at Angela. "I do too, they deserve a proper funeral." She paused with a frown. "I don't understand how no one noticed anything weird happening at that house. How did that bastard get away with it, how he was able to kill so many innocent children? I don't get it. People should pay more attention to what is happening around them." She was so frustrated. She really hated cases where children were involved and now she had one with 63 of them.

"I think we should look through the old case files and the evidence boxes before we go to see Gillian. Then we don't maybe need to bother her so many times with our questions," Booth said as he reached to take Brennan's hand to his own. He understood so well the frustration she felt, they all felt it.

"You're right. Do you have Gillian's file? I need her medical information including her x-rays. I should be able to tell what happened to her when she was prison. That way we won't need to ask her so many painful questions."

Feeling better now that they had a plan of action, they all returned to the lab, ready to work. Booth noticed that Gillian's medical reports were missing and remembered they were back at his office. With all the running between the Bureau and the lab he was starting to feel like a messenger boy. He could have worked in his office, but it felt easier to be in lab so he could be there if they did find something new. He was on his way to his SUV when his phone rang.

"Booth."

"Hi, it's Gillian."

Something in her voice halted him midstride. "Hi, what's the matter?" She let out little sob.

"I…I think I saw him outside my apartment couple minutes ago."

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