Previously...

She hung up on him.

Booth's grumpy enough after his interview with the Vickerses. Having some starlet hang up on him because she's peeved he interviewed her boyfriend - well, that's just the icing this cake needed.

So when he knocks on the door of Trina's apartment, he's not exactly gentle about it.

Previously...Booth's found Java the Hut, which he likes better than Starbucks. It's a little heavy on the adolescents, but during the middle of the day, it's pleasantly free of them. There are a few adults typing on laptops, but Booth's used to that. They're all over D.C., although the Royal Diner is pretty free of them ( Read more... )

Previously...

The last interview with Trina Echolls can't really be called a rousing success, Booth reflects as he waits for her to enter the interrogation room at the Neptune Sheriff's office. He's hoping this one, with slightly more specific questions in his arsenal, will be a little more helpful.

Still. It's Trina. There's just no telling.

Previously...Starbucks, Booth reflects, has no soul. It's beige and green and sort of bland, but at least you can always count on your coffee having exactly the same amount of burned flavor ( Read more... )

It hurts to move ( Read more... )

Booth reflects on the case, his display of temper, and eats Chinese food with his shrink, Gordon, Gordon Wyatt (that's how he introduces himself).

Booth sat in the diner, waiting for the call from the Squint Squad (what was left of it, without Hodgins) to tell him if they'd been able to find anything usable from the corpse to link it to Robert Frasier.

He's reading the day's Washington Post, which, as usual, focuses mainly on the latest disaster in Iraq. It's not doing much to cheer him up ( Read more... )

After this.After Robert Frasier's conviction for murdering Terrence Bancroft, Booth's feeling pretty good. He's got his "bilious socks" and "ostentatious ties" back though he still hasn't quite gotten over the codpiece comment enough to wear a big belt buckle just yet. In spite of being lectured by Carolyn about wrecking his car and letting the ( Read more... )

( Therapy and Chinese food. )

Previously...The former Pretentious Umlaut doesn't look nearly as relaxed as his one-time wife did, but then, Booth would be surprised if he did. Normal people - even normal people who are rich and famous - rarely feel comfortable in interrogation rooms. It's how things should be, in Booth's world. When they start looking relaxed, he starts ( Read more... )