A/N Thanks heaps for the great reviews! So glad you guys are enjoying this story! This chapter deals a little more with Brennan's backstory... as a word of warning there are some not so nice situations about to be described.

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"I have to admit I didn't really think anything of it at first. I was so scared and frightened all the time that I was just happy to have someone to talk to you know..."

Booth gripped her hand tighter, his jaw beginning to clench in anger.

"He was nineteen when I moved in with them, and even though he was only a few years older than me, he was a lot bigger. He was easily 6 foot, and he was a solidly built guy. At first he would just come into my room and hang out. Ask me what I was reading, what schoolwork I was doing. Just normal questions a foster brother would ask."

He heard her voice begin to shake, and he looked up at her carefully.

"The he moved on to questions about more personal things... like how many boys I had dated, or kissed..."

She trailed off, and he nodded at her to show he understood what she meant. He heard her take a deep breath and look over at him. She kept her eyes focused on him for a few seconds, before quickly diverting them to floor in front of her.

"The first time he came into my room at night I was asleep. He woke me up when he got into bed with me. Before I could even ask what he was doing he just grabbed me and pinned him underneath him..."

Booth quickly put his arms around her, holding her body tightly as she began to shake all over.

"And he just kept going... he wouldn't stop. I tried to push him off me but I just couldn't. I went to scream but he just covered my mouth. He told me they were the only family I had, and if I told anyone that they would kick me out."

"Bones... I'm so sorry..." he stuttered, completely thrown off guard.

She pushed herself further into his arms, her head buried against his chest as she cried heavily.

He stroked her hair and told her that everything was alright now. She had him... and he was there to protect her always.

She looked up at him as she wiped at her eyes.

"Thanks" she whispered.

He could see how upset she was, and he knew he should just leave it alone, but something she had said earlier was still relaying in his mind. He was hoping that she had simply mixed up her words, or hadn't meant it as it had sounded.

"Bones... what did you mean when you said the 'first time he came into your room'? Please tell me this didn't happen more than once..." he said urgently, his own eyes beginning to water at the sight of her in his arms.

She didn't answer at first, but he felt her place her hand on his chest. He felt her place her hand across his heart.

"It was more than once Booth." she said quietly, and he thought the perhaps his heart had just ripped itself in two.

"How many times?" he asked, his voice hoarse.

"Every night for three months... " he felt bile rise up in his throat, and he had never in his life wanted to kill someone as much as he wanted to kill the guy who had done this to her.

"... until I just couldn't take it anymore. I just packed my stuff and got the hell out of there."

His heart was hammering and he suddenly realised why she had put her hand where she did. She was trying to hold his heart together. She knew what she was telling him would break his heart, and she was trying to calm him down.

"I can't believe this... I don't know what to say Bones. What he did to you... what that whole family did to you was unspeakable... I just don't know what to say..." he stammered, feeling at a loss of words for the first time in his life.

"You don't have to say anything. Trust me... you being here and listening to me... not just now but all the time. Your a good man, and you always do more than enough..."

He looked at her questioningly, and she gave him a small smile in return. She lifted her head off his chest and left a lingering kiss on his cheek.

"You are the most amazing person I have ever known Seeley... and that's enough for me..." she whispered, tear stains covering her cheeks, and her breath hot on his ear.

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