Brennan drove Booth to the hospital to see his son. After hearing about the horror of the accident, nothing was left to do but to go and be with Parker before they make the final arrangements for his burial. Rebecca opted to stay back, she could not accompany the two of them, she had stayed with her son for 12 hours after he had died urging him to come back to life, to open his eyes one more time, to smile. She even told him that she would sign the papers for him to stay with his dad forever. She was ready to give up custody after fighting Booth all these years, nothing seemed worth it, if her son never wakes up again. And he did not, not because what she offered was not tempting enough, but because the he had moved on and could not hear her, feel her or respond anymore. Parker was declared dead on the scene, there were no complications, no surgery, and no major decisions to be made. No internal bleeding to be stopped and no resuscitation to be performed; like everything else in Parker's short life decisions were made abruptly. He was born 10 years ago with no complications. Rebecca was at the hospital for her final check up when her water broke and was moved to the delivery ward. An hour later Parker was born and 24 hours later Booth met his one day old Son. It felt like the history is repeating itself with all the tears and sobs, except this time instead of happiness, grief is there, instead of the warm little blue blanket in the little warm crib, Parker will be held in a very cold place.

Booth was yet to say a word; he has not spoken to anyone for the past 24 hours. He was watching everything around him, happening to him. It is a good thing that Brennan was in control. She has shut down her emotions completely for the sake of the man striding next to her. She pushed the elevator button to the 3rd floor underground. This is where they keep the dead. Because no one wants to know about them, it is like the culture teaches us, if we hide the grim truth then we don't have to acknowledge it. Have you ever been to a bank's vault, where all the safety deposit boxes are, a full room with tiny drawers that mean nothing to bank's employee except it held the precious entities of their owners. This place was identical, Brennan thought, similar to her bone storage at the lab, where each drawer told a sad story. A tiny drawer was opened in the last raw, and Brennan had to hold back from caving in and falling over Booth as soon as crouched down. He seems to be going down on his knees all the time these days, and it had nothing to do with proposals, praying or even begging. His muscles are so weak that he barely can hold himself up, and everything he is going through these days is breaking him some more. And there the silence was broken for the first time, and his eyes moved for the first time from his son to Brennan "this is my boy…. My boy" and it is like these simple words explained everything to her, He described all, with the simple words he had spoken, the past; the happy memories he had shared with Parker, the painful present where his son laid in the cold, and the miserable empty future, the pain, the agony and the cold horrifying nights and days that laid ahead.

Booth held both of his palms around his son's face and brought his lips to his forehead, a thing that he so long did to his son, every night when he had to sleep over. He would come to him after he had gone to sleep and he would wipe his curls from his forehead and give him a butterfly kiss. Only this time Parker is not expecting it, and does not hold his palms on top of his dad's hands and tells him I will miss you too dad. It is only Booth's words this time, "Sleep my son, I will miss you".

Everyone attended Parker's funeral, The FBI, all of the Jeffersonian team, Parker's class, his teachers, even the doctors at the hospital, they had known about Parker because one of their own had caused this. They were supposed to be healers, not killers, first rule Do no harm, in the physicians' book of rules and they have caused a lot of harm. Regardless of the reason, or for it being an accident, the damage is done and cannot be reversed. The mother of the pre-mature baby, the doctor was trying to get to save had heard of the accident, when the doctor failed to come on time, although the baby was born and she is doing well now, her happiness was tainted with the blood of another soul. She had asked around and found out what had happened. She named her daughter Josephine after Parker's middle name.

Rebecca was holding Booth's hand during the ceremony, Brennan was sitting by his side, and every now and then she would squeeze his arm as if to give him a boost of energy to keep him in this world. She was afraid he would drift away to a dark place she had visited once and had trouble leaving for a long time. Everyone wanted to speak and say their last goodbyes. Parker was a well loved boy, isn't it always like that; the loved ones always die young.

Angela and Hodgins flew back from Paris to be with their friend, to give support, Parker's teacher cut her holiday in Aspen to be at the funeral, to give support not only to the family of the deceased but to her class. The only person that was not there was Drew. It was not guilt that kept him away; it was Rebecca, who told him not to be there because she could not forgive him yet. He understood, and he respected her wishes, but he loved Parker like a son, so he had sent his last goodbyes in a form of a poem to be read at the funeral.

Jared and a very Pregnant Padme, were sitting in the front row seats listening to the priest closing up the service; when Brennan waved at Jared to tell him it is time for his speech.

Everyone said their goodbyes and it was a surprise for Booth when Brennan stood and went to the podium to speak. She could not dare to move her gaze from Booth, she did not know if she was doing the right thing or not, she was never good at these things, but she had to follow her hear this once and believe that she is doing the right thing and saying the right word. Her main fear was offending Booth during his son's service, but she gathered her courage and closed her eyes for a second before opening them and the words she had prepared came out like a healing balm to both grieving parents. She explained how in many cultures and religions children leave this earth and live as angel birds in heaven, and although she mentioned that she was not one to believe in the after live, she truly believed that is only place Parker would be and she cannot accept any other fact. Booth looked at her amazed by what he heard and very thankful. She concluded her speech by saying:

"Parker's last wish was to read his father's letter" She looked at Booth trying to have his permission, he simply nodded.

"It was the last thing that Parker laid eyes on, and I wish to share it with you Parker, I know you are listening"

(Brennan skipped the first part of the letter, because it contained a lot of personal information that she knew Booth would not appreciate sharing with anyone and went straight to the last few sentences. She believed Booth can read that letter to Parker.

"Dear Son,

It is this time of the year, where everything should be as white as snow, but it is sad that everything around me is dusty and sprinkled with dirt. Don't mention to Dr Hodgins Bugman ever that I said the word dirt. But soon, I will be back to be with you and I promise then, that I will never leave. I will also promise you that when we are back together I will never let go. So be brave for me and your mom and know that I will not ask you to be good, because as always you are the best thing in my life.

Love for eternity

Your Dad."

I know this story is not for everyone, it is grim and sad, but I did warn you about it. I hope you stay with me on this journey and let me know what you think. I do appreciate your feedback. Thanking you a lot .