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As soon as Booth was out of surgery and they let Max in to see him, Max called Brennan to let her know about Booth. "They put some plates in his arm, so I can imagine Booth is going to be pretty pissed about that when he wakes up." Max said to his daughter. "Now he'll set off the alarms on metal detectors every time he goes through one."

Smiling sadly, Brennan said, "Yes, he will be very annoyed. Can I speak to him?"

"No honey," Max said, "He's still knocked out. They said I can stay in the room with him so I'll make sure that he behaves."

"Thanks Dad," Brennan said, "Call me when he wakes up. I want to talk to him."

"Sure honey." Max said. "Did you call Booth's boss?"

"Yes, I did. Andrew is very concerned and he's sending Agent Harris down to New Iberia. He's also notifying the Baton Rouge Office so they can start a man hunt for Booth's father. Andrew said he isn't mad at Booth. He gave Booth permission to go to Louisiana as long as he didn't interfere with the investigation. He said he's fairly sure that no one suspected Booth's father of murdering Jared. He's quite angry that Joseph attacked Booth. He said Joseph can't be be very intelligent if he thinks he can get away with attacking an FBI agent. He also said he's contacted the Sheriff's office in Iberia Parish and has offered the services of the FBI if the Sheriff needs it. Andrew said it's important that the Sheriff understand that they want Joseph Booth in custody as soon as possible."

"Ok, honey, that's fine." Max said. "How are you doing? Are you OK?'

"Yes, Dad, I'm fine. I'm just worried about Booth. He really hates to be in the hospital."

"That's ok, honey. I'm here and he's not alone. You'll see. He'll be fine. I'll call you later when I have some more news about Booth. I love you honey."

"Thanks, Dad. I'll talk to you later."

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Max was dozing in a chair next to Booth's bed when the Sheriff of Iberia Parish walked into Booth's room.

Shaking Max's shoulder, Sheriff Ben Rawlins asked Max to wake up. Max seeing a Sheriff standing over him, frowned. "What's up? Did you find Joseph Booth yet?"

"No, we haven't. I read over the incident reports my deputies filled out and I wanted to come by and see how Agent Booth is doing."

"He's still out cold. He's been unconscious since his father knocked him out." Max said, rubbing the sleep from his face.

"You wouldn't happen to know why Joseph Booth might have wanted to kill Agent Booth, do you ?" Sheriff Rawlins asked.

"Hell no, Seeley just came down to see if his father had seen his brother, Jared, before Jared was killed, that's all. He sure as hell didn't expect his father to try to kill him. I don't know why Joseph Booth would try to kill my son-in-law. I mean, Joseph's an asshole; but, according to Seeley, Joseph always has been. Seeley and Jared haven't even been in contact with that son of a bitch since he deserted them when they were kids."

Nodding his head, Sheriff Rawlins said, "I see. Well I had a couple of my detectives go through Joseph Booth's house and they found something very interesting. They were going through his files and they found a life insurance policy for Jared Booth for $250,000, to be paid to Joseph Booth in the event of Jared Booth's death. Joseph Booth bought that policy four years ago. You say that Joseph Booth hasn't had any contact with his sons, since they were kids?"

Shaking his head, Max said, "No, he hasn't. If he bought a life insurance policy for Jared, I can assure you, Jared didn't know anything about it."

"Well, when we find Joseph Booth, maybe he can explain to us why he has the insurance policy and why he has Jared Booth's motorcycle in his back yard. My deputies ran the plate on the bike and they weren't surprised to find the owner listed as Jared Booth. Deputy Director Hacker of the FBI has called me and told me that he would appreciate it if we posted a guard on Agent Booth's door just in case Joseph Booth tried to finish the job he started."

Nodding his head, Max said, "Good. I'm old you know and I don't know what I would have done if Seeley's father had come here to hurt him again. "

Staring at Max, Sheriff Rawlins asked, "Yeah, uh huh. If you're so helpless, then why didn't Joseph Booth attack you when he saw you? Why did he just drive off?"

"I don't know." Max said, "Maybe he thought there was someone else with me. I mean, you can see I'm too old to defend myself in a fight. Maybe he just panicked and ran. The guy's a damn nut."

Shaking his head, Sheriff Rawlins said, "Yeah ok. I have to go. If you can think of where Joseph Booth may have run off to, let my deputy know. He'll pass it on to me."

Leaving the room, the sheriff stopped and turned back to look at Max. "I think you best know, I know who you are Max Keenan. I checked the NIS records and found your career listed. You have had a very colorful past."

"Then you'll also know that I've never been convicted of any major crimes." Max said.

"Yeah, I saw that." Sheriff Rawlins said. "Let's keep it that way."

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I don't think Sheriff Rawlins trusts Max. Reviews would be very nice. Thanks.