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Chapter 15

Agent Booth held his breath as the man came through the door he was stationed behind. He had heard the deep throaty rumble of the Camaro pull in the driveway and shut off, the door of the car slammed, and footsteps on gravel leading up to the door.

The door creaked slightly as it swung open, and without hesitation, the man entered the house. From behind, in one fluid motion, Booth kicked the door shut with his foot and withdrew his gun, calling out to the man "FBI, stop where you are"; his entire body was tense, ready to confront this person.

The man turned to face him, and Booth was taken aback. It was the janitor guy from the Jeffersonian. His dark blonde tousled hair was wind blown, his brown leather jacket unzipped, the young mans face a mask of surprise, then after a second turned to hostility, as recognition crossed his features.

What a pretty boy, Booth thought to himself I doubt with his looks he has had to work very hard a day in his life.

"What are you doing here Booth?" the young man said, as he raised his hands, his eyes dark and angry.

"Follow-up investigation in the kidnapping and attempted murder of Dr. Temperance Brennan, with whom I know you are acquainted" he stated, matter of factly.

"Okay, lets move over here to the kitchen, I need some answers here, Mr. Janitor guy" Booth advised him, gesturing with his gun in the direction he wanted the young man to go.

"Adam. My name is ADAM Agent Booth" he said sarcastically "But you don't care about taking the time to get to know people behind the scenes, do you? All you care about is yourself and maybe Dr. Saroyan" he continued on bitterly, as he lowered himself onto the kitchen chair, hands still raised.

Saying nothing, Booth quickly handcuffed Adam, and sat across from him. Regarding Adam for a moment, digesting what he'd just said, and asked "So, why did you kidnap Dr. Brennan Adam? You know you almost killed her with the drugs you gave her? Huh?" he nearly shouted at him, "I know she's been nothing but kind to you and this is how you thank her. Nice." He stated plainly

Adam turned his face away from Booth, and laughed mirthlessly. "Kidnap" he said and shook his head with a smile. "I didn't kidnap her Agent Booth, I rescued her" and he turned back to meet the agents eyes.

Booth struggled to remain calm, and not to choke the life out of this bastard, who was obviously delusional.

"Rescue her huh? You wanna enlighten me here Adam from what it was she needed rescuing from?" he asked calmly, watching the young man closely. Calm calm calm…stay calm he chanted to himself mentally. The FBI frowns on killing suspects, he reminded himself

Adam barked out a short laugh, "You, Agent Booth, she needed protection from you. She didn't need to find out about you screwing her boss behind her back." Adam paused, looked away and then back at him again "You are supposed to be her partner. You are supposed to care about her. I mean, come on man, anyone, including a lowly janitor like me can see she cares about you, and what do you do in response? You screw her boss. Now that's classy" Adam said sarcastically, and he laughed again, almost manically.

Unable to restrain his temper any more, he reached across the table, and picked up Adam by the collar of his shirt and jacket, bringing his face inches from his own, "I've had just about enough of this. I don't need you telling me what you think I have or haven't done. I'm taking you in, Adam" he told him. Before he could say anything else, Adam went on, his voice quiet, resigned:

"Everyone in the world has left her. Her family, even that boyfriend David. Now you do this. As wrong as it was to do what I did, and I know it was wrong, I was trying to keep her from being hurt. I was going to show her someone could be there for her always; even I am not a big shot FBI Agent or an investment banker. I was coming back here because I was worried. Worried because I deserted her like all the others, left her alone, and was worried I gave her too much Rohiphnal. I knew the chance was likely I'd get caught Agent Booth" Adam met his eyes, his guilt evident, his anger gone.

Booth released him from his strong grip, gave him a shake, slamming him down into the chair he'd been sitting in, came around the side of the table, and read Adam his Miranda rights, and escorted him out to his SUV.

Adam said nothing during the entire Miranda rights, and nothing at all during the walk to the SUV, or on the ride back to DC.

Booth turned him over to the authorities, and before they led him away, he turned to look at Booth for the first time since their confrontation and said "She isn't going to wait around for you forever Booth. Act now before it's too late", the officers jerked him away, and left Booth staring after him, eyebrows drawn, lost in thought for what the other man had said.

End this chapter!