"So," Booth said, wanting to turn the focus away from him for a few minutes. "Why were you up on that mountain?"
"That's why you were so angry with me, wasn't it?" she asked. "You were angry because I went up there by myself and didn't tell anyone."
He nodded. "You could have told Angela, or Cam, or left a damn map in your apartment where someone could find it."
"I gave myself a long lecture about that when I was up there by myself. Not one of my better decisions."
"The brilliant Bones is actually admitting she was wrong?" Booth put his hand to his chest in mock surprise. "I didn't think I'd ever live to see this day."
"I didn't say I was wrong," she said trying not to smile at his dramatics. "I just said I could have made a better decision."
Booth waited for her to continue, but for several minutes, she was silent. He recognized she was trying to understand her own actions and find words to explain them.
"I went up there once with my father. Not long before he and mom disappeared."
"We called Russ. He said you guys used to go up there all the time."
Brennan nodded. "I remembered that spot so clearly, because it was one of the last happy times we had together. I wanted to lose myself in those memories for a time."
"That seems like a pretty emotional decision for you, Bones."
"I know. I blame that on you."