I don't own NCIS. DPB and some others do. That disclaimer is probably enough.
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……………One day many years ago……………
"This is the last time you'll ever see me or your children! I want you to get out of our lives and never ever come back into them. We're better off without you." A woman told a man. Both looked very angry and the tension was getting more intense by the second.
"I'll fight you. Until I'll die. I have a job and more money than you. You'll never win." The man told the woman.
"I don't hit my wife and children. You do. You'll never win. We never want to see you again so don't go and look after us again because then I will call the police." The woman told the man.
"You've always said that but never called them. You don't have the guts to do it now either. I'll get custody over my daughters and they'll never see you again." The man told the woman.
"We'll see about that. Now get out of here." The woman yelled to him.
"Until you'll die you'll always be Mrs Finley." The man told her before turning around.
"Don't threaten me. I will always be Emma but not Mrs Finley. I threw the ring a long time ago." The woman yelled as the man walked away.
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………….At the same time……….
"I love you. I'll pick you up at your aunt's house after work. Be nice now." The woman told her children.
"I will." The eldest child answered.
"Me too." The youngest one then said.
"We have two great boys here…Your sister is home all day, right?" the man asked his wife.
"All day." The woman said before giving her two sons their final goodbye.
…………Later that day………..
"Mr Dinozzo, I'm so sorry but your wife died on the operating table. She had severe head trauma and other injuries. Do you want some help in contacting your family?"
"She was just going to pick up our sons…Grace can't be dead…" the man said not wanting to believe it.
"I'm so sorry." The doctor told him.
……………Four years later………….
"You married me…You asked me to marry you…I said yes…You want to leave me with your sons and my two daughters just like that…Who are you leaving me for? It must be someone else?" the woman asked her husband really upset.
"No one…There is no one else…This marriage isn't what I thought it should be. Just false pretences…I'm so sorry but this will never work out." The man answered her.
"You wanted me to quit my job, stay home with the kids and now you're leaving me…I can't believe you…Have you ever considered the children's feelings? First I came in your sons' lives, you came into my daughters' lives, we moved in together, we got married and then we moved to a new house and a few months later you decide this isn't what you want? So are you taking your sons with you because just taking them away from here won't be easy since they've been uprooted a lot in their lives? I don't want them to go through that again!" Mrs Dinozzo told her husband.
"Emma…They can stay here. I'll be in L.A for a month and I think that's all we need to know if we can save this marriage or not." Mr Dinozzo told his wife.
"David is dead…You're the only father my daughters know. I know Tony is 11 and Andy is 9 and you think they are so big now but you're their only parent and you can't just take off." Emma pleaded to him.
"You've been in their lives for three years and they speak to you more often than they speak to me." Mr Dinozzo told his wife.
"Stop working so much and stop hanging around with your friends so much. Whether you like it or not you have four children. If you want to leave then you have to tell them you're going to leave. If you want some advice then don't tell them together. Tell Tony and Andy alone and then tell Isabella and Kelly alone. Remember that they are just seven and five." Emma told him.
"I do remember how old my children are! Why do you have to keep on reminding me that?" Mr Robert Dinozzo asked her.
"You're not good with dates, ages and you name it…Where were you last week when I was with the kids at the cemetery? Getting drunk on her birthday as usual? They needed you there…Don't think I won't mention that in court if you don't grant me joint custody over the boys! I'm a fighter you know." Emma told her husband. All the children meant equal as much to her.
Robert knew Emma had fought long and hard to get full custody over her daughters before David died. Just as she had got it David decided to get drunk which led to someone putting a knife in him and the injuries killed him.
……………Back in November 2005……….
"So if you can't, Jenna can't then who am I going to the gallery with? I just need to go there before my mom comes. The only weekend I know I have some time off she decides to come!" Kate said a bit frustrated.
"You don't seem happy." Abby told her.
"I'm happy she is coming but she chose the wrong weekend. I wanted some me time not mother and daughter time." Kate complained a little.
"Can't you just tell her?" Abby asked Kate. She had never met Kate's mother.
"You can't tell Emily Todd that."
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"Just the person I'm looking for." Tony said as he barged into the room.
"Who?" both Abby and Kate asked.
"Kate." Tony answered.
"I figured." Abby then said.
"What do you want?" Kate asked a little annoyed over Tony barging in like that.
"I want to know what cultural stuff is happening this month here." Tony asked her.
"Why?" Kate asked.
"Someone I know is coming for a visit." Tony answered not wanting to be more specific.
Abby saw her chance. It was a great opportunity to stir some things up which should have been stirred up a long time ago.
"Kate is going to a great gallery on Saturday and you should go. Great way to get know things especially if you have someone guiding you. Then you can tell the person you're showing it to that you know some stuff." Abby explained.
"Just what she likes." Tony said with a smile on his face. A gallery seemed perfect.
"I knew it was a woman involved here." Kate told him. She knew he wouldn't go to these kinds of lengths if he wouldn't be scoring.
"It's my mother…I'll see you on Saturday." Tony said before he left the room. Even if he slightly felt insulted by Kate he knew he had to go with her on Saturday.
Kate and Abby both stood there with a stunned face.
"His mother…I have to talk to him to say I'm sorry." Kate told Abby.
"I think he understands…So what are the odds for both of your mothers coming here to visit?" Abby then asked Kate.
"Very high but as it seems not unlikely…It's hard understanding Tony even has a mother. He doesn't speak much about her." Kate told Abby.
"He barely speaks about his family. I know he has a father and mother who are married and a brother. The brother I only know about since he called here once. I think Gibbs knows a bit more but in that area they are really alike. They never talk about their families." Abby told her.
"How will I ever find out what his mother likes then? I need to know so I can help him." Kate wondered feeling that the least thing she could do was to help him out.
"I don't think you'll have a problem with that. He came to you now didn't he?" Abby said answering her question.
"I'll go talk to him." Kate said and then she left the room in a hurry.
………….A while later……..
Kate had tried to talk to Tony but work kept getting in their way but now she saw her chance as Tony was heading somewhere.
"Tony, wait up…I'm so sorry." Kate said when she caught up with him.
"It's ok. Shouldn't you be at your desk? Gibbs will be mad if you're not there." Tony asked her.
"I'm going back soon. I just wanted to say that you can try to come up with things she likes so I know what to show you." Kate asked him.
"Pictures, sculptures, gardens…Something deep…That's what she says…I don't really know what she loves most at the moment but it is things like that." Tony answered.
"You're really trying hard to impress her." Kate told him. She liked seeing this side of him. Kate didn't know he had such a soft side.
"My mother died when I was seven…A year later she came into my life and picked up the pieces in my family…I'll always be grateful for that. She did what my father couldn't. Be there." Tony said to her. It felt good to finally tell someone this and he was glad Kate was the one he told it to. Gibbs knew but it wasn't the same.
"Oh…So when is she coming?" Kate asked not knowing what to say.
"On Sunday."
"My mother is coming late Saturday night so it seems they'll be here at the same time." Kate told him. She hadn't planned on saying it but it just came out.
"Seems we have the same predicament here…Abby has already told me." Tony told her.
"What?" Kate said wondering why Abby had told Tony that.
"She told me just so I wouldn't spend all day with you since your mother is coming. Not that I want to be with you the whole day." Tony told her.
"Same here." Kate said.
Then Tony felt a smack on his head.
"Didn't I tell you to go out and find that guy? And did I say you were going with him?" Gibbs asked his two agents.
"I'm on my way, boss." Tony told him.
"On my way back." Kate told Gibbs.
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