He doesn't call, or give warning that he's coming. He just jumps into his car, and drives to her place. He reaches her apartment door, and starts banging. He pounds the door with his fists, infuriated that she could keep such a thing from him.

"Open up. Temperance! I know that you're in there. Let me in."

She stops at the door. She looks through the peephole, at him. She shakes her head.

"Go away, Booth."

"Open up, or I'll break the door down."

"I am not letting you in here, until you calm down. If you can't do that, then you should leave."

"I am calm."

"No you're not," she argues.

"I just... I don't understand."

"We can talk, when you calm down."

"Fine," he crosses his arms, and leans up against the wall, outside her apartment.

Ten minutes later she returns to the door. She looks through the peephole.

"Are you still out there?"

"You know that I am. Can I come in now, please."

"Are you going to have a tantrum?"

"I don't have tantrums, I'm a grown man."

"Then what was that?"

"Please, just let me in," he insists.

"Ok," she unlocks the door, and pulls it open.

He steps in. He stops, a few inches away from her. He pulls at his tie, in agitation.

"Can you tell me what's going on, please?"

"It's complicated."

"It's not that complicated. You were pregnant, and you didn't tell me. You have a child, my child."

"My child," she corrects him.

"I just don't understand why you wouldn't tell me. I didn't deserve to know?"

"Your mind was somewhere else."

"You should have told me."

"And what would you have done, exactly?"

"Whatever you needed me to do. Why would you hide this from me? You thought that I would never find out?"

"I just needed time."

"Time? To do what?"

"To sort things out. I didn't expect this. I never intended for this to happen. I wanted to know that I could do this. And, I didn't know if I could trust you."

"Trust me? Why couldn't you trust me?"

"You know why."

"Because of Hannah?"

"Because you betrayed my trust."

"Temperance that is not a good enough reason, to keep my child from me."

"I am not keeping her from you."

"You didn't tell me about her."

"For good reason."

"What reason is that?"

"I knew that you wouldn't understand.""You're damn right I wouldn't understand why you chose to keep it a secret."

"No, you wouldn't understand when I told you that I didn't want you here."

"Why wouldn't you want me here? Don't you need help? You've never had a newborn before. I know what I'm doing."

"Exactly. You would have taken over. I didn't need that. I am a quick learner, but I can't learn, if I never get the chance. I needed time. I still need time."

"Time? Time for what?"

"I need the chance to bond with my daughter."

"I don't get that chance?"

"I know that it's selfish, but I just wanted a few days, to have her to myself."

"Other people know about her, other people have seen her."

"They come, and visit. That's not you want. You'll want to stay and help. You'll want to take her with you, so I can sleep. I don't want that. She's my baby. I know that you doubt my ability to be a good parent. I am not used to what taking care of a baby entails, yet. I just want to do this right."

"You should have told me."

"Maybe."

"Maybe?"

"You would have treated me like an invalid."

"I would have protected you."

"I don't need protected."

"Temperance, why are you being so damn hard-headed?"

"I have spent my whole life working. I am good at what I do. I am great at what I do. I need more than my job in my life. I have nothing to show for all the hard work I have done. I want this. I want her. I want to put as much time, and effort into taking care of her, as I have my career. I may not always have my priorities straight. I don't always make the right decisions. I need to do this, for her. When I'm old, and decrepit, no set of human remains is going to help me. She is the one who is going to be there. I..."

"You think that I am going to come between the two of you?"

"I didn't say that."

"You sort of did."

"You want to swoop in, and make everything better. We're very different people. You want to do things your way, and I want to do things my way."

"You think that you know how to be a better parent that I am?"

"No," she shakes her head, "You're not listening."

"What are you saying?"

"I know how you want this to turn out. I need to do this on my own. We can't be a happy little family. Not now, maybe not ever."

"I don't understand."

"Things have changed, I have changed."

"Meaning?"

"I don't want the same things that I used to want."

"Like what?"

"I don't want you."

"I'm not with Hannah anymore."

"That's fine."

"You don't want to be with me."

"Not now. I can't focus on what we are, or what we might be. We both need to focus on her."

"Ok. So what is my role? I sit on the sideline, and wait to get called into the game?"

"You can see her, whenever you want."

"But?"

"You can't come over, unannounced. That's not ok. If you want to see her, then call."

"Ok."

"And don't come over after eight o'clock. She's asleep, and I don't let anyone see her."

"You're kidding right?"

"No."

"It's after eight now. You aren't going to let me see her?"

"You can go see her, but don't pick her up."

"Are you serious?"

"Very."

"Ok. So can I see her now?"

"Yes," she nods.

He follows her into the nursery. He stops at the crib. She flips on the lamp. He peeks inside, and the sleeping baby girl. He turns, and looks at Temperance.

"I don't know how to make this work. I don't know how to..." he begins.

"We won't be partners anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"I will only be at the Jeffersonian long enough to train my replacement."

"Then what?"

"I'll be teaching."

"Teaching? I don't see you as a teacher."

"The hours are better."

"But you love what you do."

She nods, and looks into the crib, at their sleeping daughter, "Yeah, but I love her more."

He stares at her in disbelief. Of course, a mother would love her child, more than her career. He just never expected to hear that from he. He never expected a lot of things from her, but she was always surprising him. Even with the future up in the air, he feels at peace, in that moment.