AN: I don't own Bones, sometimes it seems to own me.
Here comes Chapter 4 of The End Of How We Know It, Enjoy!
CHAPTER FOUR- CLEAR MEMORIES
"Come on Bones you're taking your time you know," laughs Booth.
I was just getting ready to go and examine the crime scene with Booth and supposably I was taking too long. I quickly put on my purple trench coat, undo my ponytail and shake out my auburn hair.
"I'll be right there Booth" I respond.
Our two children were under the strict care of their babysitter Dr Lance Sweets. Oh Lance Sweets does that sound familiar? Sweets had been the children's babysitter since last year when he had resided at Booth and my house whilst getting over his breakup with Daisy and finding an apartment. He loved to babysit Christine and one day when Parker was staying over he found out that he enjoyed 'Parker Sitting' fondly as well. Ever since then Sweets has been our first choice for babysitting. Besides the fact that the kids love him he was also free of charge.
I get into the car next to Booth and we begin the five-minute drive to the crime scene.
"Booth what sort of evidence do you think that we are going to find out about the murder and the murder victim?" I ask.
Booth just glances over at me unsure. "Oh I don't know? A murder weapon or the killers DNA would be nice" he replies.
I nod. This murder seemed especially important to me considering that Parker had such a close relationship with the victim. The boy was only twelve and he really needed some closure.
I look over at Booth. "You don't seem very upset about this murder Booth" I begin "I thought it would mean more to you" he just shakes his head.
"Bones you didn't know Rebecca, you just met her those few times when we dropped Parker back at her house or when we all went to a school function" he replies "I knew her Bones…and I loved her"
I look over at Booth. I knew that Rebecca had hurt him but I had never really gauged how much.
"What happened with her Booth?" I ask.
Booth just shakes his head "That's all in the past now Bones"
I lay my hand on his shoulder. "You know that you can tell me, it may help us out on our murder investigation"
Booth looks at me solemnly "I'll tell you if you promise not to tell a soul" he replies.
I look at him confused "You know that I don't believe in souls but if you mean not to tell another person then I'll keep that promise"
Booth just smiles "Alright Bones then let me start from the beginning" he then exhales lightly and begins to tell a story "I met her, Rebecca, back in 2000 at a function, I had only just started working at the FBI. She was beautiful, blonde and a really nice young lady. I suppose that back then I was young and foolish thinking that she actually cared about me and wanted the relationship to work…" his voice trails off.
I just nod indicating that I wanted him to continue. "I asked Rebecca out back then and she accepted. I believed that the relationship was going somewhere especially when she told me that she was pregnant." he continues.
I glance over at him and pat his shoulder. "Yes continue," I prompt.
He nods "Okay, well so then when Rebecca was pregnant with Parker I proposed. She being the rude, self-centred person that she is turned down the proposal. She dumped me and didn't want me to ever meet my son, I never even was there for him on the day he was born…" Booth's voice trails off slowly; I hear some sadness and disappointment in his voice also.
"Booth just forget" I begin "Parker doesn't care that you didn't see him when he was first born, the boy loves you Booth, he idolises you"
Booth just nods "Yeah Bones I know but do you think that he is disappointed in me?" I see tears welling in Booth's dark eyes.
"No Booth, Parker loves you and you know that" I wipe Booth's eye with my small pale hand "And you know the best thing you can do for Parker is to show him that you care, love him Booth that's just what you need to do"
"Seeley, Dr Brennan" we hear Cam's voice call out.
We had just arrived at the crime scene and my boss was hurrying towards me clutching a piece of paper.
"Hey Cam what have you go there?" asks Booth.
He was now all cool and collected once again it was hard to believe that he had been crying just a few minutes earlier.
Cam smiles looking eager "I've got a warrant to search the office from where Ms Stinson was last seen alive" she tells us.
I nod as Booth grabs the warrant. "Great job Cam" Booth says as he eyes off the warrant.
Cam nods knowingly "Thank you Seeley, Agent Sparling is already examining the office she would like to see you as soon as possible" Cam informs us.
I nod at Booth and we both head into the office block to be greeted by a plump smiley receptionist.
"Hello I'm Maggie Thompson" she chuckles.
I look awkwardly over at Booth. He does the talking, thank goodness.
"I'm Seeley Booth FBI agent," says Booth as he holds out his badge for the receptionist to see.
She then leans over "Did I do something wrong?" Maggie whispers so that the rest of the office workers that were lolling around in the hall couldn't hear.
Booth shakes his head "This here is Temperance Brennan she is a Forensic Anthropologist who works for the Jeffersonian" Booth says formally introducing me to the receptionist.
"Oh hello Dr Brennan I've read some of your novels…" the lady begins but Booth cuts her off.
"Okay, okay we can do the fangirling later" he begins "We're here on a murder investigation".
Maggie nods intently as she pats her frizzy grey hair. "So who got killed now?" she asks.
Booth glances over at me, obviously irritated by the woman's lack of knowledge.
"Have you ever seen this woman" Booth asks as he shows Maggie a picture of Rebecca.
It was an old photo that was taken at least fourteen years prior to this investigation today, I had suggested that Angela could find a more recent image but Booth objected saying that she looked the same. He also said some other things about her too but they were a lot worse.
Maggie leans over and glances at the picture through her little crescent shaped eyeglasses.
"Oh yes that's Rebecca something" she says pausing to think, "Stinson, Rebecca Stinson that's what it is" she announces sounding quite proud of herself.
"Oh thank you," I tell her but Booth wasn't finished with the questioning quite yet.
"So how do you know Miss Stinson?" he asks.
Maggie just smiles "Oh well that's easy, she works here doing some secretarial work for one of the big shot executives" she tells us.
Booth looks interested in this new information "So who is the big shot CEO guy?" Booth asks Maggie.
She leans over to whisper once again "His name is Tom Fletcher, he's a CEO for a law firm and there was more going on between him and Rebecca then just work"
Booth scribbles something down onto his pad before snapping it closed. He nods and starts to thank Maggie but she cuts him off.
"Oh there's one last thing" she whispers, "Rebecca wasn't the nicest woman, I didn't like her much and I don't think she was such a big fan of her son either"
Booth's eyes open up wide "What makes you think that?" he practically demands.
"What does it matter to you, you don't know the kid?" Maggie asks.
Booth just looks at her " The kid is my son"
"Oh I'm so sorry I didn't know that I was talking to someone who already knew Ms Stinson, but if you really want to know, I've heard her talking to some men, I presume boyfriends about how she has an irritating little boy, sometimes she's said that she may even put him up for foster care if he didn't behave" she says.
Booth looks at me; I can see the pain welling up in his face.
"Thank you for your time" Booth says not making direct eye contact.
I lean over and shake Maggie's hand. "If we need anymore help we'll just contact you" I tell her.
She just nods and begins to say goodbye but Booth had already let himself out.
"Booth, Booth wait!" I cry waving a group of case files in the air whilst exhaling and inhaling quite abruptly as I chase after Booth.
He had stormed off and could jog faster then I could run.
"Now I find out that my ex has been treating my little boy like rubbish while she makes out with this executive guy" he cries pure pain filling his voice
"Booth, she's dead," I cry "Parker's fine he's probably playing Xbox with Sweets right now"
Booth then stops and sits down on a bench. I hurry over and sit next to him.
He just wraps his arm around my shoulders and smiles at me "You're one special woman Bones" he says as I snuggle my face up to his broad chest.
"Parker's fine Booth, it's not like he doesn't have a mom now" I tell Booth "He has me, I'm his mom now"
Booth just nods "God I wish that I had a mom like you Bones, that way she'd never have left me"
"Seeley, Dr Brennan why did you just rush off like that?" I hear a voice crying out from behind us.
I turn around on the park bench just in time to see Cam running up towards us, hobbling awkwardly in her Jimmy Choo heels. "What happened in the office building, any suspects?"
I open my mouth to reply but I see Booth flash me a look, I suspected that he wanted to keep the Parker thing to himself.
"The receptionist we spoke with may need to be brought in for questioning along with a CEO that Rebecca was supposably involved in a relationship with" Booth informs Cam.
My boss nods knowingly "Good job Seeley but I'd be getting home if I were you, I don't think Sweets can put up with this much babysitting" she replies.
I smile over at Booth, poor Sweets. Parker and Christine could be real handful.
Cam had phone calls Agent Sparling up as we were leaving saying that she would come to look at some evidence shortly.
I thank Cam, I think that all Booth needed was to go home and to see our kids; he'd already had a very stressful morning.
We say goodbye to Cam and then we begin the five-minute drive home.
AN: Hope you enjoyed the latest chapter. Chapter 5 will be up soon. It will be called "Come on Sweetie, you can trust me" Angela will talk to Parker about his mother's boyfriends and Caroline will bring some shocking news.
I'll be writing a story all about Sweets soon, he is so adorable. Ideas are greatly appreciated, add them to your comments.
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