The next morning Brennan was waiting outside the Jeffersonian for Booth to pick her up. He was running ten minutes late and Brennan began to worry. Finally she saw his car pull into the parking lot. She grabbed her things and raced to the car.

"Where you've been? You told me you'd pick me up at 7:30 and now it's almost quarter til 8:00"

"Sorry Bones I kinda overslept"

"Are you eating a kids' cereal bar?"

"Yeah, Cinnamon Toast Crunch"

"That's not very healthy Booth"

"Well it's better than no breakfast, besides these are Parker's anyway. He just loves these things"

"Yeah but he's a child. You're an adult (at least I think you are..) you need good nutrious food to get you going in the morning. Start off with some waffles and toast, maybe eggs..."

"Bones, I have a good nutrious well balanced diet. I was just running late this morning and needed something in my stomach so I grabbed one of Parker's cereal bars. IS THAT OK WITH YOU?"

"Oh sure..."

They spend the rest of the drive discussing breakfast and healthy foods. After what seemed like forever to them in the car they finally arrived at the house of Gabrielle Ronalds. When they knocked on the door a young boy about 7 years old answers the door.

"Hello who are you?"

"I'm Special Agent Seeley Booth from the FBI we're looking for a Gabrielle Ronalds. Does she live here?"

"Yeah...Mom you have company"

A woman enters the room and goes over to the door. She's 65, with short red hair.

"Agent Booth I apologize for my son. He's expecting some friends over. I guess he got excited..."

"sorry mommy"

"That's alright Daniel why don't you go play in your room while I talk with Booth here."

Booth and Brennan give each other a puzzling look as if they were saying to one another "Isn't she a bit old to have children?" Gabrielle goes on to explain that she can't have kids so she adopted Daniel a few years ago.

"Now Agent Booth, you and Dr. Brennan have some questions for me?"

"We found 10 bodies at the Lindsay Chaffmin Academy for Girls. 8 of those bodies have been identifed, 7 were murdered we're hoping you can tell us about those 7 victims."

"I'll do my best to provide you with any help I can"

"Here's the list of all of our identifed victims. Do you know of any similarities between these girls?"

"Well, yep I knew all of these girls, infact Selena Hackerman was my best friend. One thing I can tell you about each of these girls is their parents sereved on the local jury except for Lisa Tuttel. Her mother worked as a librarian and her father used to own a local body shop just down the road."

"At the time f these girls' deaths was there anything strange going on? fights, parties, etc?"

"I remember the big prison outbreak in 58 I think it was..."

"We've been informed of that. Do you suppose that it could be connected to death of these girls? Are any of them a relation to the Dalison Brothers?"

"Oh you know about them?"

"Yes"

"I know none of them are related to those boys. I do remember one thing that happened. It was the last time I saw Selena she said her family had been recieving threats. She was very scared when I last talked to her. After that I never heard from her or the other girls. Everyone at school and even the media believed that the girls had been kidnapped. No one heard anything for years. So the police just gave up, but if I remember correctly 10 people went missing. Not just just these seven."

"Ms. Ronalds, as Agent Booth told you eariler we have only identified 8 bodies. One is not related to the murders and we are still looking into the remaining two."(Bones)

"Of course I apologize. Will there be anything else?"

"Not right now. If you can think of anything else that would be helpful to us please give me a call. We appericate your help"(Booth)

"My pleasure Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan"

Booth and Brennan leave Gabrielle's house and prepare to visit Rachel. Brennan hopes that she and her parents may be able to provide some clues about her family, while Booth hopes Rachel can give him some answers to the whole "ghost" mystery. Rachel was home for the weekend to visit her family and had invited Tempe over for lunch eariler on. When they arrived at the house Brennan could see the grill in the back yard that was cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. Rachel's mother came out into the front yard to welcome Booth and Brennan. Rachel soon followed.

"Aw you must be Temperance. It's wonderful to meet you I'm Carly Keenan, Rachel's mother."

Brennan and Carly shake hands. Tempe introduces Booth to her and they enter the house.

"Well Agent Booth and...can I call you Temperance?"

"Tempe is okay with me since you're family."

"Ok well then, um, would you both like anything to drink we have plenty!"

"Could I have some iced tea please?"(Booth)

"Absolutely, Tempe you want anything?"

"No I'm fine thank you"

Rachel comes over to Brennan to hug her.

"Rachel how are you?"

"I'm fine. It's good to get away from school though, everybody's all shaken up now about the case. I think the girls are starting to drive Headmistress McClavicker crazy. All the questions and suspicsions...it's kind of funny in some respect."

"Rachel while to food is still cooking, Agent Booth would like to ask you some questions about the school. I'm going to talk with your parents if that's ok..."

"Sure go ahead..."

Carly comes into the room and asks Brennan if they could talk outside so her husband Richard can watch the grill. Tempe agrees. Booth sits on the couch and starts to talk to Crystal. Tempe helps Carly take some things out on the patio.

"Richard, darling our company is here. There's somebody you need to meet."

Richard comes over and wipes off the charcoal off his hands with his apron.

"Darling this is Max's daughter"

"You're Joy?"

"Yes, but my parents had their names changed and so is mine. I go by Temperance Brennan, but you may call me Tempe."

"Oh, forgive me, but never the less it's always a pleasure to meet another member of the family."

"Sweetheart, Tempe here has come to see if we can help her find Max"

"Oh my goodness Tempe you can't find him either?"

"Yes"

"Right now your guess as to were he is, is as good as ours. I haven't heard from him or your mom in several years. God you look just like her of course a little bit of your mom. Sorry it's just I haven't see you in so long. You've grown up very nicely Tempe."

"Thanks, has no one heard from him?"

"Your father must be mad at the family or something. I haven't talked to him in years. Nor have I seen you or brother since you were little. How is Kyle and mom doing?"

"Kyle's name is now Russ and mom is dead"

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that. Whoops! excuse me ladies better check those burgers, don't want them to burn!"

Booth and Rachel come outside. The girls are still talking. rachel goes to sit next to Carly. While Booth yells out...

"Did someone say burgers?"

"You're just in time Agent Booth. Ladies and Gents. FOOD'S READY!"(Richard)