Booth shrugged. "He's with his mother most of the time so he's all right. I'd rather him be there than here, you know? He's safer and in good hands. Her current boyfriend came up clean on his background check." He grinned innocently at the last part.
"You talk tough but can you back it up?" he taunted her jokingly.
"I'm trying my damndest, I swear." He held up his hand in a boy scout salute of promise.