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Four days after Booth arrived home, Deputy Directory Andrew Hacker paid a visit. Knocking on the door, Hacker wondered why he got to be the one who always seemed to carry bad news to Booth.

Answering the door, Brennan smiled at Hacker. "Hello, Andrew," Brennan said. Stepping aside, Brennan allowed Hacker to enter the apartment. Looking around, Andrew said, "This is a very nice apartment you have here Temperance."

"Thank you." Brennan said. "Have you come to see Booth?"

Smiling, Hacker said, "Well, yes I did come to see Agent Booth; but, I'm happy to see that you're doing well, Temperance. How have you been?"

"Oh, I'm doing very well, thank you." Brennan said. "Would you like to see Booth now? I'm sure he's awake. He was a little while ago when I checked on him."

"Thanks, Temperance, I need to speak to him about his father."

Brennan walked down the hallway, Hacker following her. She stopped before a door, opened it and looked inside. Turning around she smiled and opened the door wider and walked in to the room, Hacker following her into the room. Hacker saw that Booth was laying on a hospital bed watching TV and there was an older man, laying on a couch across from the bed. Hacker assumed this must be Booth's grandfather. Agent Shaw had told him that Booth's grandfather was staying with Booth for awhile to help out.

"Hi, Agent Booth, how are you doing?" Hacker asked.

Surprised to see Hacker in his home, Booth turned off his TV and said, "I'm doing pretty good. Thanks for dropping by to see me."

Walking over to the bed, Hacker looked at Booth and said, "I wish I was here just for a social call; but, I'm not. I have some bad news for you and I wanted to tell you before you heard it on the news or saw it in the newspaper."

Dreading what Hacker was going to say, Booth didn't say anything. He just looked down at his hands and waited for whatever Hacker was going to tell him.

Seeing that Booth wasn't going to give him an opening, Hacker just decided to tell Booth. "A body was found in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana yesterday afternoon. It's been identified as your father, Joseph Booth. I'm sorry for your loss."

Hearing that his son was dead, Hank sat up and said, "What happened to him? How did Joseph die?"

Turning to Hank, Hacker said, "I'm sorry sir. It looks like Joseph Booth was beat to death. The St. Martin Parish coroner is pretty sure about the cause of death. He informed me that Joseph's body was burned after he was killed. The murderer probably wanted to try to eliminate any forensic evidence."

Getting up from the couch, Hank walked around Hacker and left the room. Booth seeing his grandfather leave, wanted to go after him; but, he knew Brennan would just lecture him if he got out of bed to do anything but go to the bathroom or move to the chair next to his bed. God he hated it when he was sick. Looking back at Hacker, Booth said, "Ok, thanks for letting us know. Do they have any leads as to who killed him?"

"No, not right now," Hacker said. "Is there anything I can do for you? Would you like me to make arrangements to have your father's body brought to D.C.?"

Shaking his head, Booth said, "No, thank-you. I'll make arrangements to have my father buried in St. Martin Parish when they release his body. I also want you to know that you don't have to worry about me investigating my father's death. Someone else can do it."

Thankful for small favors, Hacker said, "Good. If you need anything, you let me know." Looking at his watch, Hacker continued, "I have to go now. I just wanted to make sure you knew about your father."

"Yeah, thanks," Booth said. "I guess someone saved the taxpayers some money."

Not surprised, Hacker said, "Yes, they did at that. At least we don't have to worry about your father carrying out some kind of vendetta against you. That's over. Why do you think your father tried to kill you, Agent Booth?"

"I guess he wanted to make sure that anyone looking into Jared's murder didn't consider him a suspect. He probably thought I'd figured it out that he had something to do with Jared's murder and decided to get rid of me. He's dead so we'll probably never know for sure, " Booth said. "Of course, he just may have wanted to kill me because he thought he could get away with it. He'd threatened to kill me often enough when I was a kid. Who knows?"

Shaking his head, Hacker then smiled at Booth and Brennan and then left the room. Walking down the hallway Hacker saw Hank sitting on the couch in the living room. Stopping next to the couch, Hacker said, "I'm sorry for your loss, Mr. Booth". Hank looked up at Hacker and said, "Yeah, thanks."

Seeing that there wasn't anything else to be said, Hacker left.

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After Hacker left, Brennan walked over to the hospital bed and laid in it next to Booth. Booth, seeing that Brennan was trying to comfort him, took her left hand in his right one and held it. He didn't say anything. He didn't really have anything to say. Much to his surprise, Brennan said, "You don't think Dad had anything to do with your father's death do you?"

Looking at Brennan, Booth said, "No, honey. I don't. Max is in D.C. He wouldn't have had time to get back down to Louisiana, search for my Dad, find him, kill him and get back up here. We just saw him last night. Don't worry about it. I don't care who killed the bastard. Whoever killed my father did me a big favor and I hope the idiot never gets caught."

"You're not upset your father is dead?" Brennan asked.

Shaking his head, Booth said, "No. I'm only upset that Pops had to lose his son that way. He deserved to have a better son than he did."

Looking away from Booth and staring at the ceiling, Brennan said, "Yes, he did. Hank did get a very nice grandson though."

Smiling, Booth raised Brennan's hand up to his lips and kissed it. "Thanks, Honey. "

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