Angela looked over to Tempe and she nodded, it was time they told the story of their dear friend, something that had happened ten years before and was promised never to be spoken of again was about to change.

"It was ten years ago," Angela started out. "We were all in college at the time and met each other; the three of us became really close."

"Samantha was a smart one, very sharp." Tempe said in a low soft voice. "She was going places, until HE walked into her life."

"He?" Hodgins asked.

"Who's he?" Booth questioned.

"Kenneth Thomas, he was a regular psycho." Angela answered. "He always wore black and leather, never saw him without it."

"For a while he acted like he loved her, I mean even we were fooled." Tempe continued on. "He was always nice to us and told her how much he loved her."

"Then one day it all changed. Samantha came to us crying that day, she told us he was beating her and raping her." Angela continued the story while Tempe sat there remembering every little detail. "We tried to tell her to call the police, but she didn't. A few months had passed and we hadn't seen her, we were worried something had happened. Until she came to us one day crying, she told us she was pregnant and needed to know if Kenneth would stay with her.

"We told her to just leave him, that if she told hi he would really hurt her. Well she didn't believe us and when she told him we found out how horrible he really was.

"It was late that night we were heading to a club for some fun when we stopped by her dorm to ask her if she wanted to come, what we found shocked us…" Angela trailed off and was embraced by Hodgins and tears rolled down her face.

"We found her on the floor," Tempe continued. "She was badly beaten, and bleeding everywhere. We called the police just in time to save her life, but we never knew the severity until later. She had lost vision in one eye, her vocal cords were injured due to him choking her and the baby was at high risk of death.

"It was a couple of months later the baby was due, she was so beautiful. Sam was still scared for the baby's life, Kenneth was still out there and she thought he'd come back and kill her and the baby. Sam had asked us what to name the baby and we all agreed on the name Alicia.

"She was so young and innocent and we had to protect her from her father's wrath. She didn't have a dad, but she had three mothers that's who we were to her. Well time passed and we noticed Samantha acting different, she became careless of Alicia and one day I got a call. She was in hysterics." Tempe lowered her head and allowed a few tears to fall, it was long ago, but the memories were still so real, the cries would always echo in her head.

Booth walked over to Tempe and held her close, stroking her back and softly telling her he was there.

"She called me." she continued on. "She said she did something bad, I could hear the cries of the baby in the background, she told me she needed help before it was too late. I dropped the phone, ran over to get Angela and we rushed to her house.

"by the time we got there it was too late, we saw Sam laying on the floor crying screaming she was horrible, that she didn't mean to do it. Angela stayed with her and I walked into the bathroom to see Alicia floating in the water, dead.

"Sam was taken to court and convicted of insanity, Alicia was taken away, but nobody ever knew what became of her. After the trial we asked her why she did it and all she said was, 'She looked like him, just like him. The voices told me to do it.'" Tempe was crying, tears stained her face.

"It had been a couple of years later and we had just started working at the Jeffersonian and our first baby case came in. we had to identify the body and give the cause of death. The only thing we knew was that the baby had died four years prior and it was badly decomposed.

"Imagine our surprise when Angela constructed the face and we were starring at Alicia. We had her body buried and never spoke of it until now, it was too hard, and I knew that I could never get close to another again. She was so young and didn't deserve the death she got, Sam was sick and we don't blame her, we blame Kenneth."

It was silent all around the room for some time, both women were faced with the horrible memories they tried to hide, but had failed to forget that fateful night. The cries and screams would always haunt them and the dead baby floating in the water, murdered by her own sick mother would always serve as an unwanted memory.

It had been sometime later when a nurse entered the room, gaining everyone's attention. Angela cleared her face from the tears and looked up to her, hoping to hear good news.

"Mrs. Hodgins, we have great news." She said and Angela's frown became a smile. "Your baby is fine, we got the child breathing at normal paces and the doctors will bring it up as soon as possible."

Angela smiled and hugged Hodgins close, her baby was going to be ok.

"What is it? A boy? Or girl?" Hodgins asked looking over to her.

"I'm sorry I'm, not sure, but they should be up shortly." She said then departed.

Soon the room was filled with commotion as the newborn was brought in the room with a doctor and two nurses, Angela was handed her baby and looked deep into the eyes of her child. The baby starred back at her and Angela knew she was home.

"What is it?" Booth asked from the corner where he held Tempe.