Hey guys! I'm glad you guys like the story! Here is Chapter 3!
A week went by with no mention of Joe. Everything went back to normal. Booth and Brennan went on with life as usual. They caught a case of a man found in a landfill with two shots to his chest. Time of death suggested six years ago. They got to work fast. Angela was preparing to do a reconstruction and Booth wanted to watch. Brennan ushered Booth into Angela's office so they can watch her reconstruct the skull of the victim. Brennan forgot the file in her office so left Booth in Angela's office and went to her office to retrieve the file. As she was walking she was stopped by an intern. The preppy young girl stopped Brennan in her tracks and spoke,
"Dr. Brennan, you have a visitor!" She said. Brennan smiled and thanked the young intern and walked to her office. She saw the security guard by her door and smiled at him. She relieved the guard and looked in the door way. She peered over slowly and saw that it was Joe sitting there. Her blood ran cold. She remembered what Booth had said to her if he ever showed up again. She pulled out her phone and texted Booth to come to her office immediately. She took a deep breath and walked into her office; she was soon in front of him with anger with a touch of fear in her eyes.
"You need to leave right now." She said sternly. The man looked up at the angry woman and spoke,
"Dr. Brennan. I need to talk to you." He said. He got up from the couch and took a step towards her. Brennan took a step back. She held up her hand and spoke
"No, you need to leave." She said. He took another step closer to her and she took one back. He spoke once more.
"Please, I need you to get Seeley to talk to me. I want to make things right." He said. Brennan's anxiety subsided alittle when she heard quick footsteps. Booth ran into the room and saw the love of his life almost being cornered by the man who had made him suffer for years. His blood boiled at the scene in front of him. He stepped into the office and yelled out to Joe,
"Hey! Get away from her right now!" He said. He ran and grabbed him by the shirt and threw him back. Joe stumbled back and tried to regain his balance. Booth turned around and looked at Brennan. She was looking at them with wide eyes. He looked at her with concern in his eyes.
"You okay Bones? Did he hurt you?" He asked. She nodded her head and spoke.
"Yes Booth I'm okay. He didn't hurt me." She said. He nodded at her and turned to his father. Anger filled his eyes as he stared at the man. He watched him gain his composure and spoke once more,
"What did I tell you. Do not contact me ever again. I do not want to talk to you and I don't want you near my family." Booth said angrily. The man sighed and spoke
"Seeley please. I want to talk to you." He said pleading. Booth looked at him in angry confusion.
"Talk? You want to talk? You don't deserve- h-how did you find me anyways?" He asked all flustered. The man shrugged his shoulders and spoke
"I'm in DC for a few weeks and I saw an article about you and Dr. Brennan. Since I couldn't find anything on you I found Dr. Brennan. Plus I know that you wouldn't want to see me so I went through Dr. Brennan." He said. Booth was fuming. Joe spoke once more,
"Look Seeley, I want to apologize for everything that happened as a child. I want to make amends with you and Jared. Please can we talk?" He asked. Booth stood there speechless.
"Amends? You want to make amends?! There isn't a shot in hell that what you did to us will ever be forgiven. You treated Jared and I like trash; you abused us and Mom too and you think you can come back after 20 years and think that you could be forgiven? I will never forgive you. Now leave right now before I make you leave." He said angrily pointing at the door. Brennan stood behind Booth and watched everything unfold. She watched Booth speak then looked at Joe. Joe hung his head in defeat and spoke,
"Okay. I will leave but when you are ready to talk here is my number-" He said holding out the card to his son. Booth made no effort to take the number from him. Joe placed it down on the table and spoke again,
"-I will be in DC for another week. Please give me a call. I want to talk to you." He said. He turned around and left. The partners watched as Joe, the man who abused his children for years and tracked them down to apologize, walk out of the Jeffersonian. Booth could breathe a little easier knowing he wasn't in the building anymore. He turned to Brennan and she quickly pulled him into an embrace. She soothed him by rubbing small circles on his back whispering softly. He felt calmer in her embrace and her being there helped him a lot. They let go and he spoke,
"Thank you Bones." She smiled at and kissed his cheek. She held his hand and guided him to Angela's office. They went on and continued with the case and tried to get their mind off of what had just unfolded.
Okay guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I know its short but I promise that next chapter will be a lot longer! See ya on the flipside guys! -J.A.
