Alrighty so here we have a little split action; first is what Booth was up to, followed by Brennan. It's simultaneous.
Booth sighed and sunk onto his bed. It hurt him to see Brennan in so much pain, and he wanted to confess to her why he called off the engagement more than anything, but he could never live with himself if he was responsible for the death of so many innocent people. He was just going to have to hope that they caught Pelant soon.
He picked up his phone and tried to call Brennan, but she didn't answer. Again he tried, but it went straight to voicemail.
"So she's ignoring my calls," He said aloud to himself, "Great. Just great."
He got up and went downstairs. He wandered from room to room of his empty house, remembering all of the best times he had enjoyed with his family. He got to the kitchen, and remembered the time he and Brennan had danced to "Hot Blooded" with Christine. He had told her that, "Every couple has a song". "Hot Blooded" was theirs. He wanted more than anything to go back to that time in his life, when things weren't so complicated, when he wasn't at risk of losing his family.
Family meant everything to Booth. He tried his hardest to get custody of Parker, and when he didn't, he tried his hardest to get as much visitation as possible. When Rebecca decided to take him abroad, it nearly killed Booth. Now that he could be losing Christine and Brennan, he would have nobody left.
He abruptly wiped the sorrow from his thoughts and changed his went to the computer and looked up the address of the nearest casino. He grabbed his wallet and car keys. He Almost left his phone on the table but then turned it off and forced it deep into his pocket, then practically ran out the front door.
Brennan saw she was getting a call from Booth, but she had to turn her phone off because it was dying and she needed it in case she got lost later. She wasn't really mad at him; she was confused, but mostly upset. Yes, she was the one who originally didn't believe in marriage, but she knew Booth always had. She had finally come to realize why, but it was too late; Booth didn't want to marry her anymore.
'That's the only explanation,' she said to herself out loud, "He must not be too sure about it anymore, about us anymore. I guess, Booth has just, moved on from me."
Christine cooed, "Dada!"
"Yes, Christine," Brennan sighed, "Booth is your dada".
She knew that he would never move on from Christine; Booth was a family man. But as for her, he wouldn't have any qualms about moving on. When she denied him a few years back, he quickly found Hannah. And now, nothing was different. They had no ties other than Christine.
Brennan shook the thoughts from her mind and put in a children's CD for Christine, listening to her child giggle and sing along to songs about elephants and bananas.
'She's all I need', Brennan thought. 'I'll be fine without Booth. I had been fine alone for so long…' she paused, ' I can be fine again'.
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