Chapter 3
A/N: This chapter is going to be a little different. It's going to be told through Booth's POV. Hope you like it.
Bones and I were about to interview a likely suspect when my phone started buzzing. I looked at the name and when I saw that it was Lacey calling, I stepped aside and answered. "Lacey, I can't talk right now, we are about to interview a suspect right now.
"Daddy…" That little voice I heard on the other end of the phone, just made my heart shatter into a million pieces.
"Christine, baby, what is it? Where is Aunt Lacey?" I asked, my hand gripping the phone tightly.
"She's gone, Daddy. Some bad men came and took her away." My little girl said as I could hear the tears in her voice.
Bones came over to me as she saw the look of distress on my face. "Ok, Christine, listen to Daddy for a few minutes. Mommy and I are coming home and we are going to find out whoever did this to Aunt Lacey."
I ended the call and looked over at Bones. "We have to go. Lacey has been kidnapped and Christine is going to need us both." Bones nodded and we left to go to the house. When we got here, I had a feeling where Christine was hiding; I went to the laundry room and opened the dryer.
As soon as she saw me, Christine leapt into my arms and started to cry. I rubbed circles on her back as I carried her out of the room and out into the living room. I sat down on the couch and rocked her. After a few minutes, Bones came over and showed me a note that she had found.
I took it from her and I read:
Seeley,
I'm sorry for what you are probably feeling right now, but I'm not sorry at the same time. The people who kidnapped me was really going after Christine, but I wasn't about to let that happen. Christine's life is worth a whole lot more than mine, so if I die I just want to let you know that you are and always will be my hero.
I love you so much and I hope that I get to see you again real soon.
Your sister,
Lacey Booth
As I read the note, the only thing I could think of is how much Lacey meant to me. I looked over at Christine, and I saw the fear in her eyes. I picked her up and held her close to my chest.
"Lacey got kidnapped in order to make sure that Christine was safe." I said as I looked at Bones with tears in my eyes. I then looked down at the note that Lacey wrote to me and I crumbled it up. "I'll find you Lacey. If it's the last thing I do."