(Mother and Child in the Bay)

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This story is being told from Booth's point of view.

I don't own Bones.

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A body had washed up in the bay and it looked like it might be Carlie Richardson. She disappeared over a year ago. She had been a newlywed whose husband had been cheating on her. They had a fight the day she disappeared. We could never find her body; but, most of us suspected that her husband had murdered her and had dumped her body out at sea.

I went over to the Jeffersonian to get Bones. She had never heard of Carlie Richardson. Bones can be snobby. She doesn't own a TV or read most newspapers or popular magazines. If it wasn't for me, she'd never know what was going on outside her own back door.

Bones started to pack up some supplies that she thought she would need; but, I told her Cam had a truck packed with supplies and was ready to go. The second I mentioned Cam, Bones wanted me to hurry. She was in some kind of competition with Cam and acted like Cam was going to ruin her crime scenes if she didn't get to them first. I think that was Bones' answer to Cam being put in charge. She didn't trust Cam and was treating her like the enemy. Not good for anyone, including me.

We were on the way out of the Lab when Rebecca called me. She wanted to tell me that she and Drew (her new thing) were going to the zoo with Parker. I'll admit it, I was pissed. It's not like I get to see Parker every day and here's Rebecca telling me that she had this cool trip planned to the zoo so that Parker could bond with her boyfriend. Bones was bugging me while I was on the phone. Rebecca was telling me how hot her boyfriend is and Bones was telling me to get off of the phone. I was not having a good day. Bones threatened to go without me so I had to end the call. It wasn't my day at all.

Bones was really agitated about Cam getting to the crime scene first. I called her on it; but, she tried to turn it around on me by saying that I was agitated about Rebecca's new boyfriend. I was. I didn't know anything about the guy and I was just supposed to stand by while her new thing took over being a Dad for Parker. I wasn't going to let that happen. I'm Parker's Dad.

Bones tried to be a back seat driver. I decided to let her. She wanted me to go her way and I did it. It took longer and Cam beat us to the crime scene. That just pissed off Bones. I hate it when she gets a stick up her back. I'm the one that suffers for it.

When I got to see the body of Carlie I found the whole thing pretty horrifying. There was a baby's skeleton with her. I knew she was pregnant when she died; but, seeing the baby's skeleton made it real.

While Bones and Cam were looking over the body, they got into it. Bones had a snit because Cam was doing something she didn't like. I tried to nip that in the bud. I didn't need the aggravation of Cam and Bones going toe to toe. Cam sort of backed down, in her way.

I had enough. I went after Kyle Richardson. I took some agents and went over to his house; but, he wasn't there. He had hit his current girlfriend and left. He had found out that we had found Carlie's body. It was plastered all over the news. A story that used to be hot was hot again.

I took over a box of evidence to the Lab to give to Cam and the squints. I needed them to see if any of it would show Kyle as the murderer. I watched Cam and Bones work on Carlie's remains for a while; but, I couldn't seem to take my eyes off of the baby. Bones told me the baby had been a boy. I felt bad for Carlie and her baby. I wanted justice for them.

I had Kyle's girlfriend, Karen brought in for a talk. She showed up with a lawyer. She told me that she and Kyle didn't get together until after Carlie went missing. She told me that Kyle was really broke up when he lost Carlie. I wasn't buying. I showed her some pictures of Carlie's body; but, Karen wouldn't budge. I told her if Kyle contacted her to let me know or I would charge her with aiding and abetting a murderer. I don't think she was impressed with me. That's usually a bad sign. That means that she wasn't going to see the bad side of Kyle no matter what proof we showed her and she wasn't going to help us capture Kyle.

I was at the diner when Bones found me. I was talking on the phone to Parker about his trip to the zoo. Rebecca's new whatever, Drew, had taken Parker to the zoo and Parker was happy to tell me about all of the animals he had seen. I wasn't very happy; but, I tried to be for Parker's sake. I guess I was jealous that Drew could see Parker every day. It's more than I have. Parker knows I'm his Dad; but, I worry that someone will come in and think that Parker is his. I have to tell myself that I shouldn't worry about crap like that; but, I do. Pops said that Parker loves me and know the difference between me and some boyfriend; but, I'm human. I'm jealous. I'll admit it here. I'm jealous.

Bones said that they had found a locket on Carlies' body. It had the inscription "I love you Kenny" in it. I had never heard the name Kenny associated with Carlie so I needed to run that down. Bones and I decided to go talk to Carlies' friends. Maybe they knew who Kenny was. We went over to a playground that I knew that they hung out at, at that time of day. They were there with their kids. They told us that Kenny was Carlie's dog. He was killed when Kyle ran over him a few months before Carlie disappeared. They hinted around that Kyle did it on purpose. I believed them too.

We went back to the lab to let Cam know. She was happy that Kyle was back as our only suspect. While we were talking to Cam, Bones asked Cam if she wanted kids. Cam said no. I know Cam doesn't want kids. She says she doesn't have time and she really doesn't like the changes that a pregnant woman's body goes through. That's Cam. I think Bones was trying to make a point with me that not all women want kids. I'm not a brick. I know that. I just don't see the point of mentioning it every time we have kids in our cases. I get it. Bones doesn't want kids. She just can't get over the fact that I do. It doesn't matter if we disagree about this. It's not like we're dating. It's her loss if she doesn't want kids.

Hodgins found proof that Carlie's body was in fresh water for six months before it came into contact with salt water. Kyle Richardson had been seen at a marina the night Carlie disappeared and there was very little fresh water near where he was. Cam was pissed. She was so sure that Kyle was the killer and didn't want any loopholes left open that would allow the guy to walk. She had Hodgins and Bones go out and see if they could find the fresh water that matched with whatever they had found on Carlie's body.

I went out to some pond near the marina with Bones and Hodgins to see if we could find out if Carlie's body had been there before it ended up in the bay. They found some slime stuff and some bones and took it back to the Lab. It ended up not being anything. Besides the pond, the closest fresh water to the marina was 60 miles away. If it turned out to be where Carlie's body was dumped then that would take Kyle off of the hook.

I was at the Hoover when Carlie's parents showed up. They had a photo that proved that Kyle's girlfriend, Karen, did meet him before Carlie went missing. It showed Karen looking at Kyle while he was sitting next to Carlie. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell let me keep the photo.

Bones wanted me to come over to the Lab to do some weird experiment. I told her I would; but, before I left, Rebecca showed up. She was pissed at me. I got her to go to my office before we talked. She was hot for blood and I didn't want her venting where anyone could hear her. I had sent a couple of agents to check on Drew, her boyfriend. Hey I was just making sure he was an upright guy. Parker is living with him. I needed to know that Drew wasn't a danger to Parker. Rebecca didn't see it that way. She threatened me. She told me if I didn't leave Drew alone, all of her boyfriends alone, I'd never see Parker again. I believed her. She'd do it too. She's a lawyer. That scared me. It scared me a lot.

I was in a real pissed mood when I drove over to the Lab. Cam and Bones wanted me to stab some dummy dressed up as Carlie. They were trying to figure out if Kyle could have stabbed Carlie. I was the closest to Kyle's height and weight so they needed me to stab the dummy. I was still angry about Rebecca threatening me so it was weird to stab a dummy that represented Carlie. It kind of made it real in a weird sort of way. I did it; but, it was creepy. The shit they make me do is unreal. Bones, Cam and the squints also stabbed the dummy. They figured out that it was a woman similar in build to Angela. Kyle didn't do it. I couldn't believe it, all of this time we thought Kyle had killed his wife and someone else had done it.

So a woman approximately 5'7" and weighing about 135 pounds was the murderer. Kyle's girlfriend Karen fit that bill. I had Karen brought in and Bones did a swab of her mouth for DNA. She admitted to knowing Kyle before Carlie was killed. She also said she didn't kill Carlie. She and Kyle kept their relationship a secret because they were afraid of how it looked. It looked just as bad now as it would have then. She said that they were in love. Bones wanted me to know that she was leery of relationships because of the crap she was seeing going on between Carlie, Karen and Kyle. That's bullshit; but, I didn't tell her that. She's always looking for reasons to keep her heart in a little box away from everyone. I'm getting used to the comments. It makes me sad though.

Hodgins found out that Carlie's body was dumped in a creek in New Jersey. Because of heavy rain, the body floated into the Delaware River and eventually made it to the bay. We went out to Rancocas Creek and looked to see if we could find evidence that Carlie's body had been dumped there. We found Carlie's suitcase.

Bones and I went back to Carlie's friends with a photo of Karen and asked them if they had ever seen Karen with Carlie. One of the women, Mary, said she had seen Karen around.

Bones brought up motherhood again. She really doesn't understand why anyone would want kids. She tries to feel me out; but, sometimes the things she says can really be bad. She wanted to know, if I had known what I was going to go through with Rebecca, if I would have still have had Parker. I think she mixes up her feelings for her parents with my relationship with Parker. I would never just walk away from Parker. I'm not her parents. I told her that too. I think it just confused her feelings more. I told Bones that Parker was fine even though Rebecca and I are fighting. I don't think she believed me.

Karen's DNA didn't match the skin found under Carlie's fingernails. Karen didn't do it. They also found drugs in Carlie's baby's body. That didn't make sense. Carlie wasn't taken anti-depression medicine. I asked how the baby could have got drugs into its system. That statement was enough to make Bones look at the fetus again. Only it wasn't a fetus. That skeleton was from a baby that had gone through the birth process. Since Carlie was pregnant when she died then that meant that the baby didn't belong to her. Bones figured out that the baby had been cut out of Carlie and stolen and this dead baby was left in its place.

The dead baby had evidence of shaken baby syndrome.

They finally tracked down Kyle Richardson. I had him been brought to the Hoover. Bones and I had a talk with him. We let him know we knew he didn't kill his wife. I wanted to know if he knew who might have done it; but, he didn't have a clue. Even though Bones had proved that Kyle was innocent, she didn't have any use for him. She thinks he's a pathetic bastard for wanting to abandon his pregnant wife and I agreed with her. I don't have any use for Kyle. He is a bastard. We let him know his baby was probably still alive and we were looking for the child.

Angela used her Angelator to give us an idea about what the dead baby would look like as an adult. We could use that picture to see if we could find the mother. When I saw the aged baby, I knew who the mother was, Mary Corbis, the veterinarian and one of Carlie's friends. She had Carlie's baby.

Bones and I took a social worker out to the park where Carlie's friends hang out and got the baby from Mary. She had all of these excuses for why she did what she did. I was pretty disgusted by the whole thing. We got the child safely from her and I arrested her for the murder of Carlie and kidnapping of Carlie's baby, plus the murder of her own baby.

We had Kyle come in and we gave him his son. I think he was afraid of the responsibility; but, I think he'll be alright. I hope it works out for him. I hope he knows that he can't be the cold callous bastard he was to his wife. I saw him hold the baby and I think he will change. He has to. I'll check on him once and a while and make sure.

Bones and I went over to the diner. I had made arrangements for Rebecca to drop off Parker there. She showed up with Drew. Ok, I'll admit it. I was angry. I didn't want to meet Drew. Rebecca said that the meeting was Parker's idea. Drew told me that he sympathized with me. Drew is going through the same thing I'm going through with his kid. I could hear the concern in Bones' voice when she said my name. She didn't like what she was seeing. She was concerned about how I was behaving. I could see that. I could also see that I was upsetting Parker. I hated that. I really was putting Parker in the middle of my fight with Rebecca. It wasn't right. I realized that I had to let my jealousy go, at least in front of Parker. I offered to buy Drew and Rebecca a cup of coffee. They accepted. Bones was feeling like a fifth wheel and so she left. We sat at the diner for a while and I talked to Drew. He's ok. We went out to a burger place I know and ate dinner together. It was weird; but, I think it made Parker happy.

I guess Rebecca could do worse. I know she could do worse. I have to be more careful of my temper. I guess I'm human. I get jealous. I do. I know that. I have to try to control that. I don't want my son to be afraid of me.

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Dad keeps saying Mom didn't want kids. She had to have changed her mind sometime. Me and my brother aren't adopted. Oh, God. I hope I don't read in here somewhere that we're adopted. Now, I have to read all of Dad's entries. Why the hell did I start reading this?

Michael Hodgins here - because you're a snoop, my dear. You're your father's daughter.