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"When the cat's away the mice will play, huh?" Julia smiled at the gun wielding Brennan.
Brennan shook her head and squinted at the young girl, "That doesn't make any sense in this situation."
Julia shrugged, "It was worth a shot." She said.
"Were you sleeping with my husband?" Brennan asked calmly, knowing that she now had the upper hand.
Julia rolled her eyes, "How could I when all he could talk about was how upset you were all the time?" she said, "Not for lack of trying of course, but he never seemed to take my advances seriously."
Brennan cocked pistol, "Then why did I believe that he was?" she asked.
"God knows why, Doctor Brennan." She said, "You were always the jealous sort, I guess." She took in a heavy breath, "I called him often, he was trying to get me into a psychiatric facility." She admitted.
"So he never cheated on me?" Brennan asked.
"No." Julia answered, "But he'll come around." Julia smiled. Her arrogance becoming apparent.
"Now," Brennan said, sounding much stronger and authoritarian than she had before, "Since I have the better weapon, I'm in control of this situation. Leave now and never come near my family again and I might not hunt you down and kill you, gut you, hang you from a pole and burn your remains in the traditional Brennan family style." She said matter of factly.
Julia sighed, "Alright." She said holding the knife at her side, "But one day, you'll realize that I was right about everything, Doctor Brennan, and you'll regret not making the right choice. You're children love me more and your husband can't stand the sight of you anymore. He just feels bad that you lost your memory."
"Go find another family to terrorize." Brennan said bitterly.
Just as Julia began to turn away from Brennan all of the doors and windows unlocked. Brennan looked down at the front door being busted open and a swarm of police enter the house and running just behind them was Booth. He looked up at her and she looked down at him and smiled. Then his face went blank and Brennan suddenly felt light headed. She turned to see Julia running toward the master bedroom and pulling the window open and jumping out and then down at herself. It was like déjà vu.
Her sweater was covered in blood from an injury in her chest but no weapon was apparent. She must have taken it with her Brennan thought before falling down on the floor. The gun in her hand was released onto the cream colored carpeting and she laid there for what seemed like hours.
Booth saw Julia plunge the knife straight into Brennan's chest and then take off down the hallway. Brennan stood for a moment and he began to race up the stairs, but didn't make it up fast enough to catch her before she fell. He ran to her and covered the wound with his hand but there was already so much blood to contend with, any rational mind would know that it was too late and that she wouldn't make it through this.
Brennan lifted her hand to his face and wiped away his tears with all of the strength that she had in her.
"Temperance!" he shouted, "You can't leave me like this. Oh God, I love you so much. Please! I can't do this without you! Come on Bones, stay with me, please baby!"
She rested her hand on the back of his neck and pulled him closer and he hunched down over her motionless body. Her voice was barely a whisper when she said, "I would do it all over again just to be with you."
Those words broke him. He sobbed into her hair repeating over and over again, "I love you, Temperance. I love you so much." He rubbed her arms trying to maintain her body heat but it was hopeless.
Brennan looked him in the eyes, "I love you Seeley." She said. Her eyes got wide and she coughed and a stream of blood trickled out of her mouth before she finally lost consciousness.