Moments (Bones)

The Past in the Present

Evie felt terrible. For months she had been visiting Pelant bringing any old technology she could find. She had also been assisting him in anything he needed her to do on the outside of his house. She hated doing everything for him but she knew it was the best thing for her to do in order to help her gain his trust again.

Now, because she had been asked, she was at Pelant's parole hearing. It had taken a long time for her to convince both Booth and Caroline that she should go but eventually she had won. She was sitting beside Brennan, as far away from Pelant as possible. They had both known that this was what would happen and they had excepted it.

Evie watched was was going on. She knew herself that she needed to be there to help keep everything on track. She would have to make sure nothing changed from what she remembered the outcome being. Pelant had promised her that he wouldn't say anything about the two of them as she wasn't yet ready for the team to know about it.

"Ms. Julian, sit!" The woman of the parole court, Harriet Grover, said to Caroline. "You'll have your time."

"I just can't believe you're even considering removing this man's ankle monitor!" Caroline said from where she stood.

Caroline had gotten up from her seat and was now standing right in front of the desk.

"That's our job." Ms Grover said to her.

"Your job is to protect people from this psychopath." Caroline said.

"Are you going to allow her to talk to him like that?" Pelant's lawyer said.

"Both of you, shut up!" Ms Grover yelled at them. "And, Ms. Julian, if you don't sit right now, I will toss you out of here. You can finish, Mr. Pelant."

Caroline walked back over to her seat in front of Booth, Brennan and Evie. Evie sighed she knew this was what would happen. She hated hearing them all yelling at one another.

"Thank you." Pelant said. "I suppose I deserve whatever happens here today. What I thought was a prank at the time turned out to be destructive to our government and a danger to the public. I know now that computer hacking is a serious crime..."

Evie smiled at the sincerity in Pelant's tone. Evie knew the lies that were intertwined with his words having helped rehearse what he was going to say previously. He was doing better than when they'd practiced.

"Actually sounds like he means it." Booth whispered to Caroline.

"That's what I'm afraid of." Caroline told them.

"It says McCann Academy is willing to hire Mr. Pelant as a tutor and teaching assistant?" Ms Grover continued.

"That's correct." Pelant's lawyer said while Pelant nodded along with her.

"And they know about Mr. Pelant's criminal record?" Ms Grover asked.

"They've seen everything." Pelant explained. "They even read the transcripts of my trial. I insisted on it. I didn't want there to be any surprises. I can assure you, I'm not the same person I was then."

"He's right." Caroline agreed getting up from her seat once again. "He's not a hacker anymore; now he's a murderer."

Evie just put her head in her hands at Caroline's actions. She needed to calm down. Although she knew this was what had to happen, she felt as though Caroline was getting slightly out of hand.

"Ms. Grover, this is outrageous." Pelant's lawyer said standing up and turning to Caroline.

"What are you talking about, Ms. Julian?" Ms Grover asked Caroline.