(After "The Beginning in the End')

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Booth tried to time the call to Rebecca so that he could catch her before she went to her office. He made his call at three in the morning Eastern Standard Time and hoped that she answered.

"Rebecca Stinson."

"Hey, Rebecca, it's Seeley." He hoped this conversation didn't end in an argument. "Parker got here fine . . . I need to talk to you about something. I was talking to Parker and he told me that you hated his school over here and you were scared for him. Is there something I need to know?"

I'm not sure really. A little over two months ago, about four weeks before we moved to England, someone tried to sign Parker out of school. The office manager was going to allow it, but the principal stopped it. You know we had explicit instructions that if someone wasn't on the list then Parker couldn't go with him or her . . . We also had instructions that we must be told if someone tries to take Parker from the school. Principal Walters called me about it. I went down to the school to get a copy of the paper the man had tried to use to sign out Parker, but the office manager had thrown it away. I was furious of course. She was very defensive and told me that she hadn't done anything wrong, but of course she had and the principal backed her up . . . It worried me believe me. Then Parker's nanny told me that someone was watching them whenever they went to the park and a few times she noticed that the same car followed her home from Parker's school. I hired a detective to see what was going on and the man I hired, Harry White confronted the stalker when he found him. The stalker is Bud Carson and he told Harry that he was a reporter working on a story. Harry got a friend of his at Metro Police to run the plates on Carson's car and he found out that Carson isn't a reporter. He's actually a retired Baltimore police officer. I don't know if Carson was the one who tried to kidnap Parker or not. The office manager at Parker's school destroyed the only evidence I could have used to confront him . . . The camera they have at the school is aimed at the parking lot and it was broke at the time. I was afraid Seeley. Someone was stalking our son and I thought it might have to do with a case I was working on. I don't care if someone is stalking me. I can take care of myself, but not Parker, Seeley. I told Darren, one of the partners at my law firm about what was going on and it rang a few alarm bells with him too. He agreed with me that it might be the Simmons case. Alan Simmons is suing Kerry Blakley in court for millions and Blakley is very dangerous. His enemies have a tendency to disappear and never be heard from again. I don't think he'd bat an eye if he had to kidnap or kill a child to send a warning. Darren offered me the new position in England and I took it.

"Why didn't you tell me this?" Booth was angry. Too many things were going on and he couldn't get a handle on any of it. "You should have told me."

I handled it, Seeley. I took the job here in London to get Parker out of harm's way. The Simmons case is big and it could have led to a partnership for me when it was over, but I had to think of Parker first. This job in London will get me a partnership, just not right away and I won't have to worry about our son's safety.

He was angry that he had been kept in the dark, but now that he knew, he understood why Rebecca had been so quick to get out of town. He just wished she had trusted him and told him about it. He grabbed a notebook near the phone and jotted down Bud Carson's name and Kerry Blakley. "Okay, I get it, but you should have given me a heads up. I know that the Simmons case is still going on. It's in the news every day. Do you think Parker is in danger being back in the states?"

No, I'm not the lead on the Simmons case anymore. James Tyler took over the case for me and he's been warned about Bud Carson. Darren has hired a bodyguard to keep an eye on James' wife until the case is over. It's a dangerous game Blakley is playing, but he doesn't have a reason to go after Parker now.

"Well, I'm going to keep an eye on him while he's here." Booth would make sure that his son was with someone he could trust at all times. "You should have told me what was going on, but that's water under the bridge. I'll have Parker call you every night around eight our time while he's here."

Alright. I have to go. I'll talk to Parker tonight.

The call ended, Booth sighed. He was going to pay a visit to Bud Carson. He needed more information.

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He tried to be quiet when he entered the bedroom, but he wasn't quiet enough. Brennan sat up and hugged her knees. "What did Rebecca say?"

Booth sat down on the mattress next to Brennan and placed his hand on one of her feet. "It's bad. She was working on the Simmons case, you know the one that's in the news all the time?"

Brennan nodded her head.

"Some guy tried to sign Parker out of school several weeks ago and he wasn't on our list. It was a close call. The principal stopped it from happening . . . Rebecca says she hired a detective named Harry White because Parker's nanny claimed she was being followed a lot from school to home. The detective tracked down the stalker and found out he's a retired Baltimore Police Officer named Bud Carson. Mr. White couldn't prove that Carson was the one who tried to kidnap Parker since the school doesn't have any video feed on campus except for the parking lot and she was told that the camera was broke at the time . . . An expensive school and their security is shit . . . My gut tells me that the office manager was paid off to do the shit she did, including making sure the camera wasn't working . . . Rebecca was afraid that Parker was in danger and one of the partners at her law firm agreed with her. He offered her the job in London to get her and Parker out of town and the case was turned over to someone else. It's galling that she couldn't trust me to tell me what was going on. Attempted kidnapping is a crime and she didn't call the police. It's just unbelievable . . . I'm going to look into that believe me."

Worried about Parker, Brennan bit her lower lip and thought about it for a few seconds. "Rebecca is assuming that this is about the Simmons case."

"What do you mean?" Booth was surprised that Brennan thought something else was going on.

"What if this has nothing to do with the Simmons case but is connected Danny's person of interest?"

That thought had never crossed his mind. "If it is then Parker being back here could put him danger . . . Damn it. I better call Danny tomorrow. I wish I knew what the hell was going on . . . When Max gets here tomorrow for the barbecue I plan to talk to him and warn him. I hate to sound paranoid, but . . . well, I'm offered a job in Afghanistan and you a dig in the Malukus. Danny tells me that we have a congressman that had connections to Deputy Director Kirby who wants to shut down the contract the FBI has with the Jeffersonian and now Rebecca tells me that someone tried to kidnap Parker . . . I think this is all connected. How and why, I don't know, but something is wrong and it looks like we're smack in the middle of it."

"I agree, the facts are pointing towards a conspiracy aimed at us. Why I have no idea." Brennan was worried. "I think we should invite Dad to stay with us while Parker is here for the summer. He can watch him while we're at work. He would do a better job than a baby sitter could. Plus, if this is about Kirby, he's connected and he needs to be warned . . . I'm going to call Russ in the morning and tell him about what's going on. He needs to be wary of strangers."

"Danny said not to tell anyone else." Booth was worried that if too many people were brought into this mess that they might be placed in danger.

Brennan reached out and placed her hand on Booth's upper arm. "Russ was almost killed by Kirby. If Kirby has allies that are out for revenge then Russ could be in danger. I need to make sure he knows what's going on. He and Amy may need to send the girls to her grandparents to live for a while."

"Damn, what a mess." Booth nodded his head. "I think you're right, but we need to consider all of our options . . . when we have the barbecue tomorrow, not only do I want to talk to Max, I think we should talk to Cam, Hodgins and Angela. We could all be in danger . . . I have no idea what Congressman Abbot is up to, but if he's connected to that incident at Parker's school . . . he will not walk away from that."

His voice was menacing and it sent a shiver down Brennan's back. She knew that whoever was trying to interfere with their lives didn't know just how dangerous Booth was.

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