Chapter 3
As Cam and I piled in to Booth's car, dressed in the itchy Jeffersonian jumpsuits, Booth started to tell us what he knew about the crime scene.
"So a body was found on the side of the road, literally hacked apart. We are missing a leg, I've been told."
"Seely, you are an asshole." Cam shouted, making me jump.
"Camille what in the-" Booth was cut off by Cam, who seemed really annoyed.
"You shouldn't be taking me out to a crime scene. Or Spencer- sorry Spencer, I'm sure you're very good at your job, Dr Brennan should be here! But now, for a month, she hasn't been talking to you, because you said yes to the proposal, and then got cold feet. You need to sort this out."
"Woah, Booth, that doesn't sound like you! I saw you two together and you seemed really happy. What happened?" I asked curiously. The Booth I knew would never do that to someone.
"You know what Zoey, Camille, it is none of your goddamn business so would you just shut up!" Booth yelled, causing us to fall silent before I said,
"Don't call me Zoey."
"Don't call me Camille."
And the rest of the journey was in silence.
"We are here." Booth said grumpily, helping me out of the car.
Cam? Can you help me over to the bones?" I asked sweetly, pulling on the latex gloves and tying my hair into a ponytail.
"Sure, this way Spencer. Who is Zoey?" Cam asked curiously, leading me to the remains.
"My kidnappers changed my name to Zoey; Booth only calls me that when he's annoyed or trying to annoy me." I explained. We walked quietly weaving between the forensics team. When we got to the body, I crouched down and ran my hands over the bones until I reached the pelvis. There were fabric remains covering it.
"Male, mid-teens, no left leg. There is blunt force trauma to the skull, possibly cause of death." I sighed. He was so young. "All the remains and soil samples need to be taken to the lab." I reeled off, sounding slightly bored.
"All of this to the lab!" Booth called out from behind, making me jump. "C'mon Spence, Cam, lets go."
Once we got to the lab, an awkward silence once again fell over the lab as Brennan made her way over to Booth.
"I called you. Christine wanted you." She told him, sounding tense.
"Am I even welcome at our, I mean your house anymore?" Booth asked, and she didn't reply. "That's what I thought."
"I'll drop Christine off at your flat at 5. If you aren't there, you don't get her this weekend." Brennan said sharply, before walking over to examine the remains, leaving Cam and I to back away awkwardly. I walked over to the platform, which was where Brennan was, to help examine the bones.
"Have you found cause of death? I thought it could be the trauma on the back of the head." I asked whilst putting on gloves.
"Yes, I believe that could be the cause of death. Hodgins, do you want the remnants of the clothes?" She asked Hodgins who had just arrived.
"Yeah, sure thing Dr B. Hey Spencer, do you know any good lawyers? I want compensation on all the money Pelant stole from me." Hodgins asked, sounding really pissed off.
"Yeah, my best friend is a lawyer and she's won almost every case she has dealt with." I told him, before giving him Willow's number. "Tell Willow I say hello!"
"Well, I'm going to continue cataloguing the injuries the victim sustained; you can go help Angela or Hodgins or Cam maybe?" Brennan said, clearly dismissing me.
I walked through to my office and pulled out a memory stick, with the Pelant programme on. I plugged it in and started working on the file that caused me to lose my sight. I was almost finished; just a few more pages and we would have that arsehole! I almost didn't notice that someone was at the door, until I heard a cough. Quickly I saved and shut down the CTA programme. (Booth named it, it stands for Catch That Arsehole)
"Hi, do you know where Seely is? I was in town so I thought that I would visit him, I thought this was Temperance's office but…" The woman said awkwardly.
"He should be here in a minute to find out who the victim is, I'm Spencer." I told her, shaking her hand.
"Hey sweetie, the victim's name is Samuel… Hannah?"