Chapter 210

*Guys I apologize in advance for this gory case. I'm sorry if I offend anyone by writing this please bear in mind that it is thought out and did not really happen. It is not and never is my intention to offend anyone whenever I am writing and if I did once again I am sorry. *

Ryan was awaken by the vibration of his phone on the bedside table and somehow unaware of what time it was, but it felt like he only had about two hours of sleep. Yes he loved his newborn son but now that it was time to get up Asher was sleeping peacefully. Ryan felt bad about him and Alex's somewhat argument, and the two of them took turns to get up and tend to Asher during the course of the night.

"Yes?" He asked grumpy when he saw it was work calling.

"Booth, I need you to come in today, even if it is just for a few hours. We have a really gory case at hand and we need all hands on deck." Liam said from the other end of the phone. "It involves a three year old child." He added and Ryan sighed loudly and agreed to go into work for the day. He put the phone down on the bedside table and looked over to Alex wondering if he should call her but he was certain that by the time he gets out of the shower she will be awake.

Alex was awaken by the shower running at 6AM and saw the empty space beside her and assumed that it was her husband who was in the shower. She got out of bed and walked downstairs towards the kitchen taking one step at a time before she got to the next one, and was surprised when she found her sister in law sitting at the kitchen counter with a steaming hot cup of coffee. "Nadia?" Alex asked just to make sure that her eyes weren't deceiving her.

"Hi Alex…uhm Ryan said it's fine if I spend a few nights here I hope you don't mind. If it's an issue for you I can go elsew…"

"No no no you're more than welcome. Are you oka…what happened? Does mom know you're here?" Alex asked a bunch of questions all at once.

"It's a long story. But I'm going to the cops today so they can handle the issue." She said quickly.

"Okay. Uuhhm if you need a change of clothes you can raid my cupboards for something to wear until you get your things." Alex offered and Nadia got up offering Alex her seat while she got up and made some tea for her sister in law.

"Thank you. I just can't go home because they'll look for me and this was the only place I could go to that I know they will not look for me." Nadia explained once again and before she could continue any further her brother came downstairs.

"O'Connor called and asked me to come in for a few hours. Should I wake Phoebe and take her to daycare or will you manage?" He asked and started drinking Nadia's half cup of coffee that were on the counter, ignoring the look his sister gave him.

"You can take her and then pick her up when you come back from work, since you said it won't be all day." She suggested feeling bad, but there was really no way she would be able to run after a toddler at the moment. Ryan walked down the corridor towards Phoebe's room almost feeling sorry for his daughter who was enjoying her sleep and now he had to wake her up. Running a hand through her hair at first. "Phoebe, time to get up sweetie." He said softly until she started stirring and opened her eyes to look at her father. Ryan bent down and picked her up. "I sleep Dada." She yawned running a little fist across her eyes. "I know, but it's time for school."

Ryan walked into the office that seemed so much busier this morning compared to other mornings. He barely made it past Roxanne at reception when the elevator doors opened and Liam walked out towards him and handed him some files.

"I'll explain on the way out." He said and walked towards the doors Ryan just entered and confused Ryan followed his superior to the parking lot as they got into the black SUV.

"Care to explain what all of this s about?"

"Murder." Liam said and Ryan nodded yawning while his boss gave him a weird look despite the fact that he had a second cup of coffee in his hand. "I have a week old baby at home okay – I'd appreciate it if you don't judge me." Ryan said putting on his seatbelt while Liam punched in their destination code in the GPS and they drove downtown. When they pulled up to the house it didn't really look like a crime scene, but the people standing outside and yelling in the same direction made them wonder what was actually happening. In front on the lawn were a woman. They were about to get out of the van when another one showed up with Natalie, Shelby, Nimah and Maranda.

The woman walked into the house while the men tried to ask one of the people standing around what happened. "Go inside and ask that crazy son of a bitch who calls himself a father!" One woman yelled pointing towards the house when another added "I hope they lock them up and throw the key in the ocean." Liam and Ryan looked at each other, waking around the house at first to see if there were any imminent threat or danger before they walked inside to inspect the matter further. Walking down the corridor Natalie came running back outside almost bumping into Ryan and Liam and at the side of the house she emptied the contents of her stomach, and the men prepared themselves for what they were about to witness but they weren't quite prepared for what they saw.

On the bed were a little girl's lifeless body and there was a towel wrapped around her face with an hysterical mother holding her child as she rocks back and forth. Ryan walked out of the room to check on Natalie and call their forensics department to the scene. In the corner of the room were a man dressed in sweats, his hands shoved deep in his pockets as he looks between the FBI team and the mother and daughter on the bed. "Ma'am can you tell e what happened?" Maranda asked and the woman looked up at her and then at the man standing in the corner, and then back at Maranda but she never uttered a word besides her heart wrenching sobs.

"Sir can you come with us please?" Ryan asked and walked towards the lounge as the man followed him and Liam. "Are you related to them in any way?" Ryan asked and the man nodded.

"Yeah. It's my daughter and my wife." He said calmly, but too calm for their liking. Natalie came back inside and asked Maranda if she can go sit in the car because she cannot handle being inside anymore.

"Do you know what happened?" Liam continued and the man ran a hand across his face and blew out a long breath.

"Look, I am the only one working in this house. I work long ass hours and I'm tired when I get home and I don't have time for nagging four year olds. She woke me up after I only slept an hour and asked to watch cartoons, dunno where her mother was." He said and sat down on the couch leaning back and making himself comfortable before he continued his story. "I told her I was tired she wouldn't stop nagging. I got up and put a towel around her face to shut her up and walked outside to look for her mother. When I got back her mother miraculously appeared and somehow the child died." He concluded. "So gentleman if that'll be all I really need to get some sleep I have a shift n a few hours." He said getting up and Ryan had no idea what came over but before he could stop himself his fist hit the man's face. Since the guy wasn't expecting it he fell to the ground and Ryan took advantage of this opportunity and continued his punches in the guy's face, and regardless of his bleeding nose and Ryan's bruised knuckles Ryan continued punching him until Liam and Maranda got him to stop somehow.

"Dammit Booth that's enough." Liam said as he restrained Ryan to the nearest wall while the man got up slowly. Ryan breathed loud and hard as he was far from done but the grip Liam had on him were too strong. "Go to the car and you and Natalie can drive back to the office. We'll finish up here." Liam said but Ryan shook his head not wanting to go, not until he knows what this guy's fate will be. "I'm the ranking officer in this case Ryan! That's an order or you'll get your first written warning." Liam said and the younger special agent didn't have much of a choice but to obey. He walked towards the car seeing Natalie sit in the passenger side while he got behind the wheel and they drove off in silence. Natalie didn't have to ask much his bruised knuckles and the jumping muscle in his jaw explained everything.

Ryan and Phoebe walked into the house and he was expecting to see Nadia but she was no where in sight. So he and Phoebe made their way upstairs to check up on Alex and Asher. Asher was laying awake in the middle of the bed while him and his mother were watching some soap opera. "Maaammmaaaa! I home." She smiled and ran over to the bed, struggling to get up and hug her mother before she kissed Asher's cheek. "Ashie I home. You miss me?" She asked and laid down next to him telling him about her day although the baby might not have understood much of what was being said – Alex was just glad that the two of them were getting along in person compared to when she was pregnant. Ryan was still standing in the doorway looking at his family, but yet he couldn't help but feel sad about what he'd witnessed earlier. "Your mom came to get Nadia and took her to the hospital before they went to the police." Alex explained and Ryan nodded as if that were irrelevant information.

"Are you okay?" Alex asked when she noticed something was off with her husband and he nodded walking over to her side of the bed.

"Just came back from a case where a father suffocated his daughter because she woke him up because she wanted to watch cartoons, and he wanted to sleep. Her mother was hysterical, she sat there holding her child's lifeless body. " He said sitting with his his back turned towards her his elbows resting on the rails of Asher's crib that stood close to Alex's bedside. "She was four Alex." He said softly as he sniffed. Alex sat up as best as she could and held his waist laying her head on his back. "I'm so sorry." She whispered.

Guys, I apologize again for this case. I wanted to show a side of Ryan where cases get the better of him as well. Hope you enjoyed this. Lovies-S