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Ok, I know you want to know who Tim is; so, without further delay lets go.
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Booth had been driving for about ten minutes when Sweets turned to Booth and said, "Where are you taking me?"
Not responding, Booth continued to drive in silence.
Very nervous, Sweets said, "I asked you where are we are going Agent Booth?"
Glancing at Sweets, Booth said, "You wanted to see Bones. I'm taking you to see her."
Swallowing, Sweets said, "And where is that?"
Shrugging his shoulders, Booth said, "You'll find out when we get there."
Angry, Sweets said, "You have no right to kidnap me like this. You can't do anything to me. Cindy knows I went with you. If anything happens to me she'll tell them I was with you."
Very angry, Booth pulled over to the side of the road and parked his truck. Gripping his steering wheel in his hands, Booth looked straight ahead.
Sweets sensing that Booth was on edge and that he may have pushed him too far, remained silent.
Trying to controll his emotions, Booth turned to Sweets and said, "Who the Hell are you to talk to me like this Sweets? What have I ever done to you to make you assume that I plan to hurt you? You said you wanted to see Bones and I'm taking you to see her."
Licking his lips, Sweet said, "There was blood on your apartment door and in the hallway. There's blood in the parking garage and on the back of this truck. No one has seen Dr. Brennan for a few days now. No one has talked to her. You had blood on your shirt the other day. I asked you where Dr. Brennan was and you refused to tell me. What am I supposed to think? Where is Dr. Brennan? Where are you taking me?"
Taking a deep breath, Booth slowly expelled it and then said, "I thought you were my friend Sweets. That's what you've told me in the past. A friend would never behave the way you have for the last few days. Friendship is based on trust. You've seen some things that didn't look good; but, instead of waiting to see if anything was really going on or asking me directly about what you were seeing you just jumped to conclusions. You don't trust me. I don't know why and frankly, right now, I don't care. I'm taking you to see Bones."
Taking his truck out of park, Booth signaled to get back on to the road and then continued to drive. Sweets, very confused as to what was happening remained silent.
After a while, Sweets noticed that it looked like they were headed for the airport. Staring at Booth, Sweets then turned his head and stared straight ahead.
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Arriving at the airport, Booth parked in short term parking. Getting out of his truck, Booth started walking to the main terminal. Sweets, unsure what was going on, got out of the truck and followed Booth from a distance.
Booth walked through the main entrance and then walked over to where a group of people were standing. Walking up to that small group, Booth put his right arm around Brennan's shoulders and leaned over and kissed her cheek. Sweets, surprised and curious, walked over and joined the small group. Looking around, he found himself facing, Caroline Julian, Brennan and the blond haired man that Sweets had seen outside of the Cracked Egg. There were also two men he had never seen before standing next to Caroline.
Looking around, Sweets said, "What's going on? Dr. Brennan, where have you been? No one has seen you for several days? We've been very worried about you."
Frowning, Brennan said, "You mean you haven't seen me for several days and you've been worried about me. You interfered in my private business, Dr. Sweets. Your behavior has been inexcusable and as far I am concerned, unforgivable."
Frowning, Caroline said, "What's going on?" Looking at Sweets, Caroline said, "Why are you here? You are not supposed to know what's going on."
Shaking his head, Sweets said, "I don't know what's going on. I came with Agent Booth."
Staring at Booth, Caroline said, "Care to elaborate, Cher'?"
Smiling, Booth said, "Dr. Sweets saw Bones outside of Littleton, Littleton and Reed the other day with Tim. He came up with the idea that Bones was having an affair with Tim. When he hadn't seen Bones for a few days, he also came up with the idea that I had found out about Bones and Tim and either killed Bones or hurt her."
Laughing, Tim said, "Are you crazy Dr. Sweets? What did I do to make you think I was having an affair with Temperance?"
Blushing, Sweets said, "I saw you kiss her, twice and I saw her kiss you."
Glancing at Brennan and then back at Sweets, Tim said, "On the cheek you asshole. What's the matter with you? And by the way, Booth would never hurt Temperance. Never. You are an idiot."
Turning a deep shade of crimson, Sweets said, "I asked Booth where Dr. Brennan was and he refused to tell me. He's been acting suspiciously for several days now. I found blood outside his apartment door. What was I supposed to think?"
Shaking her head, Caroline said, "Booth was under strict instructions not to talk about what was going on to anyone. Dr. Brennan was under the same instructions. You had no right to interfere in what was going on. If Booth refused to tell you where Dr. Brennan was then you should have stopped asking. Booth is the most trustworthy man I know. As for finding blood outside his apartment, so what. It could have been caused by a leaky trash bag. I hope like Hell you haven't talk about this to anyone else."
Shaking his head, Sweets said, "Angela and Hodgins know."
Turning to look at Booth, Caroline said, "I hope you talked to them."
Speaking up, Brennan said, "I talked to them. They know not to say anything until later today."
Nodding her head, Caroline said, "Good."
Seeing Tim's face light up and staring over Booth's shoulder, Sweets turned around to see what he was looking at. Stunned, Sweets saw Zach walking towards them. There were two men dressed in suits walking with Zach.
Smiling, Zach said, "Thank you, Dr. Brennan. Thank you, Agent Booth."
Smiling, Brennan rushed towards Zach and hugged him. The two men who were with Zach seemed annoyed; but, didn't say anything.
"Zach, Booth and I plan to take a week of vacation and come see you in a few months." Brennan said, "We want you to have time to settle in first."
Nodding his head, Zach looked at Caroline and said, "Miss Julian. I want to thank you also. I know this wouldn't have happened if you had disagreed with my transfer."
Smiling, Caroline said, "I don't see why you can't move closer to your family, Mr. Addy. You'll still be locked up."
Turning to Caroline, Tim leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks, Miss Julian. Our family has been trying to get my brother transferred to that institute in Michigan for a long time. Once he's there, my parents can visit him on a regular basis. My mother has been grieving for a long time and this will really help. My family will always have you in our prayers along with Booth and Temperance. You have done a great service for me and our family and we'll never forget it."
Nodding her head, Caroline said, "You need to get moving. Your plane leaves soon and the Marshalls need to have Zach seated in the plane before they can load the regular passengers."
Turning to Zach, Caroline said, "I didn't do this for you, Mr. Addy. I did this for Booth and Dr. Brennan. They've done a lot for the FBI and I think they deserve to have their wish for you to be sent home to Michigan granted. You behave on the plane ride and the Marshalls won't have to shoot you."
Nodding his head, Zach said, "I understand."
Turning back to Brennan and Booth, Zach said, "Thank you again Dr. Brennan. Thank you Agent Booth."
Smiling, Brennan stepped away from Zach and said, "Bye for now, Zach."
Smiling, the Marshalls that had been standing next to Caroline moved to stand next to Zach while the Marshalls that had escorted him to the airport, turned around and exited the building. Tugging on Zach's arm, Marshall Stewart started walking away from the group and towards the metal detectors guarding the airport. Zach, not having a choice followed. Tim, smiling, rushed over to Brennan, bent down and kissed her on the cheek. Slapping Booth on his arm, Tim then turned around and followed Zach and the Marshalls.
Turning to look at Sweets, Caroline said, "You will be in my office tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. You have a lot of explaining to do."
Looking at Booth and Brennan, Caroline said, "You two will behave and not come to me and ask me for any more favors for awhile. I had to use up some of my accumulated favors to get this done."
Shrugging his shoulders, Booth said, "Sure thing, Caroline."
Shaking her head, Caroline walked towards the main entrance and then exited the building.
A little stunned about what he had seen, Sweet said, "What the Hell just happened?"
Sighing, Booth said, "We've been trying to get Zach transferred to an institution in Michigan for a quite a while now. We finally got a judge to listen to our request; but, we had to keep it quiet because this whole thing was pretty controversial. Tim had tried to petition a judge to allow this right after Zach was locked up; but, there were too many very strong politically connected people who stopped it. Gormogon killed a lot of very important people and since he was dead, they wanted to keep Zach close by so that they could feel that justice was being served. The only way we could get Zach transferred was to find a judge brave enough to buck these very influential people and it all had to be done quietly. If anyone had found out what was going on, they would have put more pressure on the judge than he would have been able to ignore."
Raising his right hand, Booth poked Sweets in the chest and said, "You interfered in our business. You could have easily screwed this up. You had no right to do that Sweets."
Shaking his head, Sweets said, "I didn't know."
Shaking her head, Brennan said, "That was the point. When you saw me with Tim, you should have come to me and asked who Tim was. I would have told you that he was a family friend and that would have been the end of it. Instead you chose to think the worse and then involved others in your interference. You are a grown man and yet you behaved like a child. It's time you grew up Dr. Sweets. You need to do that before you lose all of your friends."
Swallowing, Sweets said, "Have I lost your friendship?"
Shaking her head, Brennan said, "You almost did, Dr. Sweets. You have behaved deplorably towards Booth. He didn't deserve to be treated like you've treated him in the last few days. You saw a few things that didn't seem right and yet you refused to trust that Booth wasn't doing anything wrong. Booth and I have talked this whole thing over and we have decided to forgive you. This time. There had better not be a next time."
Nodding his head, Sweets said, "There won't be. Will you answer a question for me? What about the blood?"
Laughing, Booth said, "It was cow's blood from a blister pack that held some steaks I bought. I did that to see what you would do or say. I figured you might take a sample and have Cam or someone run a test on it. I can imagine what that conversation would have been like if you had. You know, you must think I'm pretty stupid. Do you really think that if I murdered someone that I'd leave blood evidence behind?"
Nodding his head, Sweets said, "No, I guess not. I suppose I deserved the run around."
Shaking his head, Booth said, "No. You deserved an ass whipping. What you got was a prank. The next time, I'm going to beat the shit out of you."
Turning crimson again, Sweets said, "Got it."
Nodding his head, Booth said, "You better."
Putting his arm around Brennan's shoulders, Booth said, "Come on Bones. We have to go. Sweets can take a cab back to the Hoover."
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Well that's it. I hope you were surprised about the identification of Tim. Hopefully, Sweets has learned his lesson. I wouldn't count on it though. Let me know what you thought of my story. Thanks.
DorothyOz and Chosenname PM'd me to tell me who they thought Tim was and they guessed correctly. Chosenname even guessed what Tim was trying to do. Congrats. I loved that I got so many PM's from readers trying to guess who and what Tim was up to. I appreciated the fact that no one put their guesses in their reviews. That was very considerate and I appreciated your thoughfulness.
I am currently working on two new stories, "Lessons Learned" and "The Smell of Death". I will probably start posting one of them in about three weeks.