Thanks for reviewing my story. I'm glad you didn't give up on it.

I don't own Bones.

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Max spent the next two days, approaching his contacts in the D.C. area. His plan was to leave his most important contact for last. First he had to check into what had happened to Booth. It took awhile; but, he had discovered that Booth had been drugged and a bomb vest had been locked onto him. Max hated hearing that. He knew that Booth had been in three war zones and was more than familiar with bombs and what they can do to the human body. He hoped Booth wasn't having nightmares; but, he was pretty sure that Booth probably was. Booth already had nightmares that he lived with and being trussed up in a bomb vest had to have scared the Hell out him. Max knew he would be a wreck if it had happened to him.

Once Max was certain that the bomb squad incident had really happened and that the story wasn't a plant, Max checked into the Pelant investigation. Max had contacts in law enforcement that very few people knew about. Max was a charming man and he had made a lot of friends in the last few years in the D.C. area. His friends ranged from con men to policemen, from a couple of paroled murderers to a couple of FBI agents, from reformed holdup men and not so reformed hold up men to one assistant district attorney.

Once Max was sure it was safe to do so, he contacted the ADA he had been friends with for quite awhile and arranged a meeting. If anyone knew about the Pelant case then his contact would.

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Meeting at the Jeffersonian Memorial two nights later, Max waited behind the statue of Thomas Jefferson. It was 11:30 p.m. and it was unlikely that the memorial would have very many visitors. Leaning against the statue, Max was looking around when he spotted his contact walk around the statue and approach him.

Shaking her head, Caroline said, "You know leaning against that statue isn't very respectful, Max."

Smiling, Max held out his hands and took Caroline's hands in his. Leaning towards her, Max kissed Caroline and said, "You know me, you have to earn my respect and good old Tom here never did me any personal favors."

Shaking her head, Caroline said, "It's always tit for tat with you. What are you doing here, Max? I thought you and Dr. Breannan were hiding out in the woods somewhere."

Shrugging his shoulders, Max said, "Tempe heard about what happened to Booth. She called him and even though she didn't say anything, Booth must have guessed it was her and he told her that she can home when she's ready. Can she?"

Letting Max's hands go, Caroline hugged herself and said, "She might as well. Since Pelant tried to blow up Booth and since Angela Montenegro-Hodgins has finally pointed the evidence away from Dr. Brennan and towards Christopher Pelant, the Director of the FBI along with Cullen and Hacker have decided that they've been played long enough. Agent Flynn is no longer in charge of the Ethan Sawyer murder investigation. Agent Perotta has been put in charge and Agent Flynn now answers to her. Your daughter is no longer the prime suspect in the murder of Ethan Sawyer. Christopher Pelant is."

Smiling, Max said, "What about you? Are you reinstated yet?"

Smirking, Caroline said, "Of course. Once Pelant's activities were dissected by the Jeffersonian it came to light that the money transfers to my account were not done by Dr. Brennan. Of course, the bank that does business with Dr. Brennan was very sorry for the mix-up. I'm going to wait a week or so and then sic the bank regulators against them. Maybe I'll get more than a simpering half apology when they're done with that bank."

Noddging, Max said, "Remind me not to piss you off."

Smiling, Caroline said, "You should already know that Max. When are you and Dr. Brennan coming home?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Max said, "Soon. We'll be careful coming back. I don't want some over enthusiastic state trooper arresting us. I'm going to assume that once we're back the FBI will rescind the arrest warrant for Tempe."

Nodding her head, Caroline said, "Of course. Once we do that we'll have to explain what happened to the press, well some of it anyways and take our lumps. The point is once Dr. Brennan is back in the loving arms of her boyfriend, we're going to increase the pressure against Pelant. He's done enough damage. His war against the FBI has been damaging and we need to reign him in before he kills anyone else. The Director of the FBI would like Christopher Pelant's head on a spike; but, I think he'll settle for Pelant sitting on Death Row."

Putting his hands on Caroline's shoulders, Max leaned over and kissed Caroline again, "Once this mess is over and Tempe is back home, look for a little visit. I've missed you baby."

Smiling, Caroline said, "Don't call me baby, Max. I'm a woman and I'll show just how much of a grown woman I am when this is all over."

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Looks like Brennan will be returning home soon. Were you surprised by Max and Caroline's conversation? I think they'd make a cute couple.