Bed of Fire
Chapter 5
Following the previous day's events, there was no way in hell that Seeley Booth was going to leave his partner, Dr. Temperance Brennan alone, even at his place that he'd always considered secure. Even after the whole Jenny Montgomery debacle that happened last year, he still was satisfied at the security. Plus, Bones wasn't your average female, who'd cower in a corner, she was the type to get right in someone's face and fight back. It was something he loved and admired about her.
On his way to his office, Booth whistled, content in knowing that his Bones was safely sleeping at his place, still on her vacation. She put up a big fight, wanting to not only go back home, but to go in to work, to keep busy, since security was so tight. He didn't want her to sacrifice her much deserved vacation because of some lunatic out there, so she finally relented. After he was off work tonight, he was going to take her back to her place to get her laptop, and her car, although he wasn't comfortable with her out on her own, she vehemently insisted on that one freedom. She loved to wave that huge gun of hers in his face, that she had it, and could protect herself while alone. He had all he could do to take the damn thing away from her, but he'd save that fight for another time.
Booth spied a box of doughnuts in the coffee room, and made a quick detour to grab one before they all disappeared. Filling a cup of coffee, doughnut in hand, he smiled as he made his way to his office. He nodded to his co-workers and his assistant as he entered his office.
Seeley Booth set the coffee and pastry down on his desk, and began to survey the day's workload. He sifted through a pile of completed reports that needed signatures from various people, and waited for his computer to boot up.
He picked up is coffee cup and took a cautious sip, in an effort not to scald his mouth. It was perfect. He took a bite of the doughnut and set both items back on his desk. He leaned back in his chair, and noticed something sitting on the incoming fax tray.
Standing and walking over to the machine, he picked up the sheet of paper, and turned it over, when he did so, his heart plummeted and he couldn't breathe. It was the second in the series of pictures that Jenny had sent him last year. Same picture, same words on the back. His eyes scanned the top of the sheet, to see if there was a number from which it had been sent from, and upon seeing the number, reached into his inner coat pocket and dialed for a team to go to Bones' apartment. The fax had come from her home, and judging from the time, not even minutes after he'd insisted she leave yesterday afternoon.
Booth left his recently acquired coffee and pastry, and hurried back out of the office to his SUV, to meet the FBI Team at Bones' apartment. He knew he should call her first and tell her what was going on, but to be honest, fear was keeping him from doing so. He was afraid of what was happening, he was afraid of what could happen to her. He knew she was strong, and was not afraid of this, but he was. He also realized she'd be very angry that he didn't tell her about this upfront, but he would, he promised himself mentally. I'll call her just as soon as I get to the scene, and get a feel for this…
End this chapter!
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