The Marriage

By Meekerprincess9778

Ch 34

So the girls came home. Pops all ready heard what happened. Apparently he had gotten a phone call from Rebecca's mother. She apologized for her daughter's behavior. At least she had been kind in this odd situation.
"I found it odd that Britney had dragged her away as well. Maybe Britney just did what Rebecca had told her to before. Who knows? I am just happy she took Rebecca out of the situation." Brennan said. The girls agreed.

"You know what, though…..Britney is still on probation. She probably doesn't want any more trouble. She might still get her scholarship to Penn State." Naomi added.

They had all talked for a while, but they had tests to study for. Jared had to get ready for football practice. Jared had given Katie a peck on the cheek. Brennan was happy for both of them. Everyone had left except for Katie.

"Hey, get going. Don't worry about this guy, okay? I know him. I just want you out of here. I will call you after practice." Jared told her. She could tell he was nervous about something, probably this guy. "Tempe, get in the house, now. Go up to your room. I don't want you downstairs." Katie's car pulled away.

"Jared, what is wrong?" Brennan was confused.

"My dad's here. Please go upstairs." She knew he wasn't trying to order her around to be dominant. He was trying to protect her. She did as she was asked. Walking up to the house was Edwin Booth.

"Pops, Dad is here. I don't know why. I told Tempe to run upstairs. Did she?" Jared was spouting. Pops just nodded.

"Hey. There's my dear old Dad and one of my boys! Good to see you both!" He said far too loudly.

"Yeah, real pleasure, Dad." Jared muttered.

"What do you want, Ed?" Pops asked him.

"I heard my oldest got married and has a kid on the way. Is any of that true?" He sat down next to Jared.

"How do we know what you heard, Dad?" Jared asked.

"Always the smart ass; is it true?" He asked again.

"So what if it is?" Pops countered.

"I want to meet her. I want to know why I wasn't at the wedding. I think I should be able to kiss the bride, right?" His words were slurring. "Where's Seeley? He needs to be accountable as well."

"They are gone…. Like another honeymoon…."Pops said.

"Well I will just sleep in Seeley's room until they come back. Don't worry; I won't go through his stuff or nothin'."

"It's not just his stuff anymore; how about we get you a room at the hotel?" Pops asked.

"See it's funny to me, because I heard he went to war. My boy, going to war, it ain't right. You tell me he is with his bride on a second honeymoon. Now, which is it?" No one said anything. He decided to put his fist in the kitchen wall. He passed out.

Jared called out to her. "Tempe, come down please." She came running down, fast. "His hand, do you think his hand is broken?"

She went over to him. She couldn't believe what she saw. The man that she heard yelling and screaming had a face very close to Booth and Jared. She looked at his hand. "Yes, definitely broken." Pops called 911.

The police and the ambulance came. They were taking him to the hospital but with a handcuff on the other wrist. They were used to seeing him every couple of years. He hadn't come by since Booth's graduation. He still hasn't showed up sober. He woke up as they put him on the gurney. He saw Brennan. "Are you my son's wife? Wow, has he got some taste. If you ever want to know what a real man can do….." The EMT's took him away. She didn't even acknowledge him.

"I am sorry my Dad was gross to you, "were the next words spoken. "I am late for football practice."Jared got his gear and left.

Pops looked at the wall. "Maybe you can help me pick out new wallpaper for the kitchen?"

"Yeah, we can go tomorrow." She smiled at him.

Hank looked at her. "My son, he wasn't always like this. He came back from the war and he was a different person. Apparently he hit his wife. He hit the boys. I didn't know until one day I stopped by unannounced. How I took it, it was Seeley was taking the brunt of it. He was protecting Jared. Seeley had passed out after Edwin hit him. I told his father to get out. Seeley and Jared never knew I told him to leave. He comes back every couple of years. He's always drunk. He just keeps hurting them all over again."

"How does he find out about them? How does he know about us?" Brennan wanted to know.

"He will go to Frannie and Ruth's and breaks stuff up. He will threaten them and hit them up for money. He hadn't had time to do that here all the way, yet. Maybe he saw a wedding picture."

"I want to talk to him."Brennan decided.

"I don't think it will do you any good. But go ahead, take my car." Pops handed her the keys.

She went to the hospital. She asked to see Edwin Booth. Being his daughter in law, it was easy access. There was a policeman outside of his room. She knew him from the debacle with her foster father. Everyone in town knew who she was because of the incident with saving Katie. She entered the room. He was still handcuffed to his bed. He looked up and got a big smile on his face.

"Are you here to take me up on my offer? While my son is fighting a war and becoming a man, you will try a real man on for size?"He sneered.

"I came here to introduce myself. I am Temperance Brennan Booth. Technically, I am your daughter in law. Your son is a real man. I want you to know that I have been in the foster care system and I don't take any shit. Your family, the one that you threw away because of abuse and alcohol, is my family now. I can fight and I can shoot. I can also make a body disappear. So, either sober up, or just plain go away. I don't need people like you in my family." She sighed.

"Who do you think you are? You can't just threaten me, there's a policeman outside." He grabbed at her with his good hand, in the handcuffs. She took it and twisted his wrist. He yelped in pain. She hit the nurse button. The nurse came in.

"Excuse me, miss, but I think there may be something wrong with my father in law's other wrist. Is it possible for anyone to check it out?" Brennan asked. The nurse nodded. She left the room quickly.

"Like I said, sober up or don't come around anymore. I won't expose my child to you."Then she left. She drove home. She didn't know what Pops would think about what she had done. She had decided to keep it to herself for a while.

Booth had killed five men. It had torn him up. All he could think about was going home to Bones. He was sent to do a job. He had to do it. It was the only way he was going to get home. Teddy wasn't having that easy of a time at it either. They both knew it was for the greater good. They both knew why they were sent. It just amazed them how they were taking lives and these people didn't even see it coming.

Teddy talked about Claire. It was almost nonstop. Booth felt like he could have been quizzed about all of her favorite things. He would pass with flying colors. He was probably talking a lot about Bones and the baby. He wanted to be back in Pennsylvania. He wanted to pick on his kid brother. He wanted to rub his wife's belly and hear her argue with him. He wanted out of the desert. He wanted to sleep and be able to actually relax. He really wanted home.