A/N Sorry it took a while to update. I was having issues with writing. Couldn't think of anything.
Chapter 2 – Just Stop
"What?" Tony said, looking at Ziva with concern. She remained silent.
"Ziva! Hishtagata? You are engaged? Again?" the man said, looking angrily at her.
"Aba, savlanut! Atah sa'arah b'kos mayim!" Ziva shot back, standing up and walking to the window with the mystery man. They continued to talk very fast, the word 'American' coming up frequently.
"Ok, that was in Hebrew and English. Anyone good at translating?" Tony said. Gibbs head slapped him.
"Family matter, DiNozzo," he said, taking his place back at his desk.
"What? That guy…him…Ziva's family?"
"Father. Kemuel David." Gibbs said.
"That's Deputy Director David?" McGee said in awe. "Huh. Now that I think about it, Ziva does look a bit like him."
"What are you doing here, Aba?" Ziva said, looking back over at her co-workers.
"You are engaged, Ziva. Again. I never even met the first man," Kemuel said.
"Are you still following me? Is that how you found out?" Ziva asked quietly.
"That is beside the point. Officer Bashan and I spoke about my surveillance on you after the Iranians framed you. I have diminished it slightly, but it is still present."
"You did not answer my question, Aba. How did you find out about my engagement?" Ziva said slowly.
"Neddie told me when I spoke to her a week ago," Kemuel said shrewdly.
"Aunt Neddie?"
"Yes. She thought I would already know. She was quite surprised when I told her I did not."
Ziva ran her hand through her hair. "I no longer have any obligation to tell you anything. You terminated me from Mossad almost 6 years ago."
"You have an obligation as my daughter, Ziva, to tell me what is going on in your life."
"Do not talk to me about family obligation," Ziva hissed. "If you cared about family as much as you say you do you would still have three children, not just one."
Kemuel became furious. "Do not blame me for their deaths."
"Sure, Ari was against you for years. But Tali?"
"Ziva-"
"She was 16! You treated her like just another one of your soldiers. Her death is your fault," Ziva said. She went back over to her team. Kemuel followed her.
"Agent Gibbs, I would like to take my daughter out for a while," he said. Ziva rolled her eyes.
"Alright. Two hours," Gibbs said. Ziva glared at him.
"I will meet you downstairs," Kemuel said, walking to the elevator. Ziva went back to her desk and grabbed her bag.
"Everything alright?" Tony asked her.
"I didn't tell him about breaking up with Chris or becoming engaged to you," Ziva said quickly, running after her father.
"Did I hear her say Ari when she was talking to Kemuel?" Tony said, watching her leave.
"She couldn't be talking about Haswari," McGee said thoughtfully. "Could she?"
Gibbs stayed silent. He and Ziva had managed to keep who really killed Ari a secret. They had also managed to hide who his family was. Gibbs wasn't planning on changing the situation now.
"She'll be back later," he said. The other two agents resumed amusing themselves, waiting for a case.
"Sit, Ziva," Kemuel said. They were in the Head Office at the Washington Mossad Headquarters.
Ziva sat on the couch across the room from her father.
"Why didn't you tell me about Agent DiNozzo?" Kemuel asked, sitting back in his chair.
Ziva grimaced slightly. "Like I told you, Aba, I have no obligation to tell you anything. I call at Hanukkah. What else did you expect after terminating me from Mossad?"
"And like I told you, you have family obligation-"
"You really want me to bring up Tali again?"
"Enough about your sister," Kemuel said loudly. He then spoke quietly to his now fuming daughter. "What happened to your first fiancé?"
Ziva knew he'd find out eventually. "We broke up."
"Why?"
"Because he cheated on me, alright? You can go back to Israel now," Ziva snapped, standing up.
Kemuel looked almost sympathetic. "Ziva, I-"
"I am fine, I have moved on, I am happy," Ziva replied. "You have fulfilled your 'obligation' as my father."
"Why are you being so hostile?" Kemuel asked.
Ziva cringed. "I cannot believe you just asked that."
"You should answer the question anyway."
"You were never there. For me, for Ari, for Tali. Never. And then you terminate me from Mossad, which I thought was the only thing you actually liked about me. And then," she added, as he began to protest, "You show up here wanting to know all of my relationship statuses. It's too confusing."
"Ziva, as Deputy Director, I have a lot of work-"
"There you go again, using work as an excuse," Ziva said, pacing the room. "Your work killed Tali!"
"Enough!" Kemuel said loudly, raising his hand to silence her. "Stop mentioning Tali, Ziva. Just stop."
Ziva could see that she must have crossed a line, so she remained quiet.
Her phone rang. "Agent David."
"Ziva, got a case, we need you," Tony said.
"Alright."
"Everything alright?"
Ziva glanced at Kemuel. "Everything's fine."
"Alright. Scene is at 6273 Stanson Street."
"See you soon." Ziva paused. "I love you."
"I love you too."
A/N Please review!!
I'll be updating soon. I have already written Chapter 3 and I am working on Chapter 4.
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