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"Your lying", he sneered. Hoping against hope that she was and Bones was somewhere safe.

"I wish I was", she admitted softly.

Booth felt sick. He dealt with death on an everyday basis yet he never thought this would happen. He dealt with battle buddies dying in his arms but he knew he wouldn't survive a life without Bones. Her office was getting smaller and smaller. It was harder to breathe suddenly. Bones would call it irrational and stomp on his feelings intentionally causing them to bicker distracting him from what he was really upset about in the first place. Now she was just gone. He prayed God forgave her ignorance and he would see her again because underneath all that logic was a beautiful soul. Hannah was still talking but he couldn't make out the words."Where is she", he asked. Hell Hannah knew everything else and he needed proof. That was what Bones would have said. Never jump to conclusions without proof. He watched as Hannah froze and he went towards the door.

"The platform Seeley but I really think we should just go home. You don't need to see her baby".

"She's my partner", he stated as if that would justify everything and went to the platform.

What normally took seconds on a good day felt like hours. He swiped his card and dragged his feet up on the platform.

"I really don't like her", Angela cried dramatically. "I mean come on all because she's screwing Booth doesn't just give her the right to say she can break the news more easily. Like my best friend's death will somehow be sweeter coming off her lips", Ange cried appalled.

"Well did you want to be the one to do", asked Cam soberly. "I think we all could use the day off", she said her voice was trembling as she heard someone drop to their knees. The group all turned to see Booth by the replica of Dr. Brennan's body. He didn't even make it far before he collapsed.

"No", he howled in agony. Seeing her just made it more real.

Angela started crying again and knelt down next to him. He gripped her furiously as he tried to pull it together. Angela hated herself because she knew it was going to be bad but not this bad. She had a gut feeling that this was only the beginning.

"Please tell me that's like a long lost twin or something", he pleaded looking her dead in the eyes.

"I wish I could", she cried. "I miss her so much Booth".

He took her in his arms and held her as she sobbed. She was the closest thing he had to Bones. He thought about the baby she asked for a year and half ago and wished that she went through with it. Then he could have a little piece of Bones with him. Instead he had nothing.

"Seeley", Cam stated. "I know this is hard. Believe me its hard but we need to know rather Broadsky killed her or was the fatal injury the car accident."

"Broadsky", he repeated. "I'm going to kill him", he determined. "He tried to take away my family, he halfway succeeded." He detangled himself from Angela and went to the body.

Everyone hid their breath as they wondered if he was really fooled.

"Where's her ring", Booth asked. Everyone mind began to panic. How could they forget that?

"She never takes it off. Are we sure this is her? How many times did you run a DNA check? Remember that doctor…she look just like bones. This could still be someone else", he pleaded.

"This is hard for everyone but we know how to do our jobs. And because of-of Dr. Brennan we triple checked everything to make sure it was right", Cam announced. "Everyone off the platform, go home. Tell your loved ones you love them and be prepared to work with a heavy heart tomorrow because we need to catch this creep pronto."

At Cam's order everyone left but Booth. He sat staring at,. m his Bones. She looked like she was sleeping. He held her hand and sat in the chair next to her. He cried silently. This was his entire fault. "Baby, I like to believe that I'm right and you're really mad that I was and that you can hear me right now. I want to tell you how sorry I am. If you- you saved our son Bones. I know he's not biology yours but that blood stuff don't matter. I shouldn't have given up on you. I should have told you that every night I still dreamed of those 30, 40, 50 years. I wasted so much time in trying to be mad, that I lost sight over what's important. I lost sight of you and now you're gone."

"I don't think I can do this alone Bones. Us, isn't us without you. I'm not me without you. I'm so sorry Baby. Please forgive me. I lied Hannah wasn't never the standard. You were, and you were right I was just trotting around with a consolation prize. I'm going to find who did this to you and I'm going to kill him. I love you Dr. Temperance Brennan that was always a constant and I'm sorry you had to question that for a second. "

Booth sat waiting for an answer, only none came. He sat waiting for a finger to twitch or a eye to flutter but she laid their as cold as stone. "I don't want to leave you", he admitted.

"Booth".

He turned to see Cam back on the platform. "Camellie", he whispered. "I messed up and I can't fix this". He looked so lost with his big brown puppy dog eyes.

"Seeley", she started to say but she had no words. "We all mess up sometimes", she admitted. 'Like now', she thought. "I'm sorry but I'm kicking you out the lab and I need to put- put the body away before I leave".

Booth eyes got wide. "Put-put her away. No, you can't I don't want her to be alone Cam. You just can't put bones away like she's nothing. Like she meant nothing", he screamed.

If Cam was a lesser woman she would have flinched. "it must be done, or the body will start to decay if it's not on ice".

"Please five more minutes", he begged.

"Booth this isn't healthy.

"Cam, as a friend".

"As a friend, Seeley go home. Get some rest, hug your little boy, and get a clear mind so we can stop Broadsky".

Booth looked at Bones once more before he got up. "Bye baby", he whispered while kissing her forehead. He looked at Cam and left wordlessly. He didn't want to see Bones get into the fridge. Therefore he didn't see Cam turn off the projection table and place the head and hand in a box within a cabinet.

"Seeley", Hannah stated.

Booth looked exhausted and his eyes where blood shoot red from crying. Looking at Hannah she looked pretty pissed but he was too drained to care. "Not tonight", he said.

"If not tonight then when", she cried following him to his car.

"What are you still doing here", he countered.

"I was waiting for you but I didn't expect to hear some Romeo and Juliet confession", she hollered.

"I don't know what you want me to say. My partner just – she's gone".

"Sounds like she was more than a partner", she hollered.

Booth looked wordlessly at his girlfriend. "Look I", he started to say.

"No I get it. I was rebound girl. We both knew it, you're in no position to drive. Let me take you home and I can pack my stuff and be on the way."

Booth inhaled sharply. "Your leaving", he repeated like if his day couldn't get any worse.

"You honestly expected me to stay", she asked.

Booth sighed. "Guess not".

They turned to go to her car because booth did think it wouldn't be best for him to drive. They stopped in front of a yellow sedan. "Ah, where's your red one", he asked.

"It's in the shop", she quickly stated.

"Why, where you in an accident, are you okay", he asked genuinely concerned.

"Let's not talk about this right now", she said.

The rest of the way was driven in silence. It wasn't the comfortable silence that he driven with Brennan in. that silence he would never have again. This one was tense and awkward. Wordlessly they went to his apartment. He went to the fridge and got out a beer and she went to pack her things. She was gone within the hour and Booth was once again alone.