Oktober 2009
After a very slow process of discussions and conversations Temperance Brennan has let her brother Russ back into her life. It had been painful and sometimes almost unbearable for Temperance. Seeley was at her side the whole time. He had done everything he could to help her and to make things easier for her.
Buy know she, Booth and their children already got to know Amy´s daughters Emma and Hayley. They were almost like a normal family again. Over the past two years her father had returned, had ended up in jail and had been released. He was also back in his daughter´s life.
Temperance had one of the people back, who she had missed dearly for years, her father Max. He finally got to know his granddaughter Christine and his grandson Zachary.
They were getting together as a family at the Booth house. Booth and Brennan and bought their own house. They were preparing everything for their guests to arrive. It was just the family. They had not invited the team.
When the doorbell rang Seeley answered it and led the five people, Max, Russ, Amy, Emma and Hayley into the living-room where Temperance was sitting with Zachary asleep in her arms. Christine ran to her father when he entered and he picked her up and she snuggled into his chest. He then turned around and looked at his beautiful wife. "Hey guys. He just fell asleep." "Do not worry. I know how it is Temperance" Amy said. Temperance nodded and Booth sat down next to her with Christine on his lap.
Over the next few hours they talked about everything, how Russ and Amy met, about Booth´s life and about his and Brennan´s life. Booth knew that Temperance did not want them to know everything so he was careful about the things he said, always trying to protect his family.
A little while, later she got up and brought Zachary to bed, and then returned to bring Christine to bed, too. While she was gone Max spoke up. "Booth what has she done when we were gone?" He looked at his father-in-law and knew that he wanted to know what happened to his daughter but Seeley also knew that it was Temperance´s decision if she wanted him to know. "You will have to ask her. But I cannot guarantee you that she will tell you."
"That I am going to tell him what?" asked Temperance as she re-entered the living-room. Booth knew better then to lie to his wife. "Your dad asked me to tell him about your life after, he left." She looked at him with shock. He gave her an encouraging smile. "I told him that he had to ask you." She gave him a grateful smile. She sat down next to Seeley again holding his hand. Hayley and Emma were sleeping on a mattress Booth had brought down.
"What happened, Tempe?" she looked at Booth and then back at her father. "A lot of things happened over the past almost 18 years Max. Can you narrow it down?" Max looked at her and knew that it would not be easy to get answers. "What happened until you started to work at the Jeffersonian?" Seeley could feel her tighten her hold on his hand and could feel her tense up. "I do not think that it would productive to talk about that time now." She looked at her father, Russ and Booth. Booth knew that look and knew that it meant she would not talk further.
Russ and Max somehow also gathered that she did not want to talk anymore. They changed the subject and talked about other things until Russ, Amy, Max and the girls left. After they had left Seeley and Temperance retired to their bedroom where she immediately feel asleep. He watched her for a while and knew that her past might come up again in the future. He himself did not much about it either. She would tell him in time.