KEEPING UP WITH THE MONEY . PART 1
When Jane and Maura get to the crime scene, in Marina del Rey, they see Dinozzo and Gibbs looking to the body, that had already been packed.
"Hey, boss, what happened here?" asks Jane.
"She was found floating 40 minutes ago by a fisherman. NO ID." states Gibbs.
"Look at her. Don't you recognise her?" asks Dinozzo.
"Oh my god, this is Kim Kardashian!" exclaims Maura, getting closer to the body. Jane does a perplexed expression before looking closer to her face. Maura continues, " Her body is inflated because of the prolonged time she passed in water, so it's hard for me to determine the cause and time of death."
"You should take the body to your lab before her death becomes public. And something tells me it won't take too long for that." says Jane, looking around to see if there's anyone suspicious on the area.
"There are also evidences of trauma in the back of her head," goes Maura, "and that's usual to happen with drowning victims, specially if they struck against the rocks."
"Alright Dr., you can take her now." affirms Gibbs, "Let's give the family one more night of sleep, tomorrow we'll take care of it. See you tomorrow" says Gibbs walking to his car.
"Did Gibbs really say what we all heard?" asks Jane surprised.
"Yeah, he did." answers Maura, "Jane do you think I can sleep in your apartment tonight? It would be easier for you. You wouldn't have to drive me to my house tonight and tomorrow we could drive together to work and I would totally start early the autopsy."
"Yeah, sure Maura." replies Jane, "Tony, there's something wrong with Gibbs...He has been acting weird all day, and now this?!"
"Yeah... but if Gibbs wants us to know he would tell us..." states Tony.
"That will never happen and you know it." says Jane.
"We should..." Tony starts, but is interrupted by Maura.
"You should do nothing, I'm sure Gibbs is ok and just needs some rest like us. Now let's go." says Maura and they start to walk to their cars.
"YOU KNOW SOMETHING!" shouts Dinozzo, shocked.
"No, I don't." Maura tries to disguise, but every time she tries to lie her breath becomes inevitably more intense and her eyes start to wander.
"You can't lie Maur." says Jane solemnly, "Now spill it out."
"Ok... but you have to promise you won't ask Gibbs about it or mention it to him." begs Maura with a remorseful face.
"I promise." Tony and Jane say at the same time.
"Exactly 20 years ago today, Gibb's child died.." states Maura. Jane and Dinozzo look dismayed and perplexed.
"What? Gibbs had a kid? And is dead? I know he is divorced but..." starts Tony, still confused.
"Woow..." goes Jane, " But how do you know that?"
"Well, I was still doing my internship at the hospital when I met Gibbs for the first time. I was doing the night shift when he arrived at the hospital, alone, with several injuries on his body and highly inebriated." starts Maura.
"Gibbs, drunk?!" asks Jane.
"Yes. He totally lost control of himself that day. His medical condition was very unstable, so after treating him, I thought I should talk to him and try to regain his composure. He told me about his ex-wife, his job... I told him about my dream of becoming a medical examiner. He made me promise I would work with him one day," and Maura laughs nostalgically, " and then he told me about his son. He died at birth."
"Ok... That explains much about his distance today... He didn't even want to interrogate Jonathan..." says Dinozzo.
"Now you two have to promise me you won't tell him anything about this!" requires Maura.
"Of course we will." states Jane.
"Now let's go, I don't want Rizzoli here to look like a monster tomorrow" says Tony. Maura laughs softly and gets in Jane's car.
"Fuck you! And Tony?" says Jane while opening her car's door.
"Yes, Jane?" says Tony putting his head out the window.
"How did your date go? At the hotel?" Jane laughs and gets in the car.
"Fuck you!" Tony starts the car and drives off.
"You are terrible Jane." says Maura, playfully, while Jane starts the car.
"He asked for it" and Jane drives.
The next morning Maura is in the kitchen making coffee and Jane is in her bedroom dressing when Tony enters in Jane's apartment. Maura doesn't notice.
"Morning doc." greets Tony.
"How did you get in?" asks Maura, shocked.
"Emergency key." says Dinozzo, showing the key.
"Yeah only for emergencies." states Jane, emphasising the word "emergencies", while entering the room.
"Well you did the same yesterday, and besides you are late." replies Tony.
"So are you, asshole." reacts Jane.
"Enough you two. Jane grab something to eat and let's go. When we get to the precinct you should get a more nutritious breakfast." Tony laughs at Jane, "And you too Tony," now is Jane's turn to laugh. Maura walks out of the apartment.
"Maura slept in your bed?" asks Tony while Jane pours some coffee.
"Yeah, so?" dismisses Jane.
"So..." Tony tries Jane to say something about Maura and what happened.
"There's nothing, Tony. We are best friends, that's all." states Jane and takes a sip.
"For her maybe, but not for you... Does she even know?" asks Tony.
"No. And I don't love her like that, she is... just...very attractive, that's all." says Jane.
"Yeah, she is very attractive. And that's obviously not all." says Tony knowing that Jane isn't telling everything she thinks of Maura. "Rule 12" Tony reminds Jane Gibbs's rules.
"Shut up I don't want to talk about it." states Jane.
"Are you two coming or what?" Maura appears in the door. Tony and Jane share glances, Jane throws her mug to the sink and they follow Maura out.
When they get to the precinct Maura goes to the morgue, Jane and Tony are in the elevator.
"Oh we are so screwed. And it's all your fault!" exclaims Tony.
"What?! You went to my apartment and started asking stupid questions! You could've just come to work like always!" reacts Jane.
"They aren't stupid questions Jane and you know it! I'm just trying to make you see..." They are interrupted by Gibbs waiting for them in front of the elevator.
"Rizzoli, Dinozzo." says Gibbs patiently.
"Morning Gibbs!" "Morning boss" Jane and Tony say and Gibbs walks in the elevator and presses the button to the garage.
"I won't ask why you are late." Gibbs says and Jane and Tony start accusing each other. "I said I won't ask"
"Sorry boss." states Tony, "Where are we going?"
"Kardashian's mansion." answers Jane.
"Do you watch the Kardashian's show?" and Dinozzo starts rambling about the show the entire ride.
The team arrives at the Kim's house, in Bel-Air, and goes to the entrance, where they are stopped by two security agents. Gibbs opens the window so he can speak with them.
"This is a private residence, who are you?" asks the taller agent. He is bold and has an austere expression that doesn't go unnoticed to Dinozzo.
"Hey, mate! This is LAPD, we wanna talk to the master of the house!" exclaims Dinozzo, who shuts up immediately after Gibbs glance.
"We would like to speak to Mr. Kanye West, please." asks Gibbs.
"Yeah right... We've heard that many times before, mate. We're not allowed to let anyone in unless..." starts the other agent with a foolish tone.
"We're investigating the circumstances of a death, so you really should let us in." says Gibbs, after getting out of the car and showing them his badge.
The two agents back off and open the gates while talking to the microphones on their wrists. Gibbs parks the car at the entrance of the mansion, and they go to the door. A middle-aged woman with black hair and tanned skin opened the door with a smiling but worried expression.
"Hello... how can I help you?" asks the lady.
"Hi, Kris Jenner!" exclaims Dinozzo, while passing through Gibbs and Jane so he can reach Kris and give her a handshake, "Detective Dinozzo, LAPD. Huge fan of the show!"
"Oh, thank you..." replies Kris, still confused.
"Unfortunately, "starts Jane, while pulling Dinozzo out of her way, "we're not here to talk about your show. Do you mind if we come in?"
"No, please, come on in..." and the team enters the house. Kris leads them to the living room, where they see several men with shooting cameras.
"We're gonna have to ask you to leave." states Gibbs to those men.
"It's ok guys, the police just wants to talk to us, you can go for a moment now." replies Kris to the shooting team.
"Police?!" asks a young woman who is immediately recognised by Dinozzo as Khloé Kardashian, one of Kim's sister. Although her clothing simply consists on jeans and a black shirt, her face is full of makeup, with intense eyeshadow and deep red lipstick, as she was about to do a photo shoot.
"She's wearing more makeup today than you in your entire life!" mumbles Dinozzo to Jane and she elbows him.
"LAPD. We're here to ask some questions about Kim Kardashian." informs Gibbs.
"My daughter?! What's wrong with her?" asks Kris in a disparate way.
"We're sorry to tell you that she was found dead last night." states Jane.
"WHAT? MY DAUGHTER, DEAD? OH MY GOD, MY BABY! KIM!" Kris starts screaming while falling to the floor. Khloé runs to her to catch her, but she starts to cry desperately as well.
"How did it happen? What happened to my sister?" shouts Khloé.
"She was found floating in Marina del Rey last night. We know it's hard for you to talk right now, but we really want to ask you some questions." answers Dinozzo.
"How? She was supposed to be in New York, that's why where here. Kanye is on tour and the baby... Oh my god, poor baby, " and Khloé and Kris start crying even harder "We were going to take care of her baby until she's back... But she won't... Oh my god..."
"We're very sorry... When was the last time you saw Kim?" asks Jane.
"Yesterday morning, when she came here and she left... She was so happy... I can't believe it... Oh Kimmy..." says Kris with tears all over her face.
"We'll inform you when we find out more about her death. Once again, we're sorry for your loss." states Gibbs.
The team leaves Kim's house and go to the car. If Kim was supposed to be in New York, what was she doing in Marina del Rey? After getting in the car, Jane's phone rings.
"It's Maura", says Jane, "Hey Maur!... Ok... Ok we're coming, I'll be there in a few moments." Jane hangs up the phone, "She has more information about Kim's death for us."
"Let's hear what she has to say then." says Gibbs, and starts driving back to the headquarters.
"Hey, Doctor, what do you got?" asks Gibbs while entering the autopsy room with Jane.
"Hello Gibbs, Jane! How did it go in Kim's house?" replies Maura, who's still working on Kim's body.
"Kanye wasn't there, he's on tour, so Kim's mother and sister are there taking care of their baby..." starts Jane.
"Oh really? They must be devastated..." says Maura.
"Yeah, you know... Her daughter and sister just died... But the weird thing is that Kim was supposed to be in New York. Dinozzo is now trying to find out more about Kim's plans for this weekend." explains Jane.
"Yes, but we'd like to hear you now, Doc." cuts Gibbs.
"Yes, sure," says Maura, smiling, "So, I'm finalising the autopsy report. First, the victim exhibits a depression on the bone, it is an evidence of blunt force trauma." and Maura shows the monitor with the image of the victim's skull.
"Do you know what might have caused that?" asks Gibbs.
"It's hard to tell..." says Maura, hesitant.
"Come on Maura, we don't even know if this was a murder or not, pleaseee..." begs Jane.
"It could have happened when she fell to the water... She may have hit the rocks or the boat, if she fell overboard. But it's really difficult to determine yet."
"Alright, anything else?" asks Gibbs.
"Yes, she also has a pulmonary edema from drowning, and besides, her stomach contents allow me to determine that her last meal consisted of black linguine and garlic parsley shallot sauce. There's only one restaurant in Los Angeles that serves a meal with these ingredients. The Stinking Rose. It is a very interesting restaurant, I've been there a couple of times." tells Maura.
"Ok, so we should go there and check if Kim was alone or not." states Jane.
"I'll check Dinozzo now, thank you, doctor!" says Gibbs.
"I'll meet you in a minute." states Jane to Gibbs. "What about that dress? Didn't you find anything on it?" asks Jane, pointing to a black, fancy dress with long sleeves in a plastic bag.
"That is a cashmere dress. One of those is extremely expensive." says Maura.
"What, this little black rag? Really?" asks Jane, ironically.
"Yes! It is made of the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goats!" replies Maura, enthusiastically, "But the texture should be softer. The sea salt exposure had made it feel like this."
"Yeah... well, going for a boat ride in a dress? What would you expect?" asks Jane.
"I have to agree with you there, Jane. A dress is definitely not a good outfit for a boat, maybe something like..." agrees Maura.
"Are we really agreeing on something Maur?" jokes Jane.
"Yes, it looks like we are, Jane." laughs Maura, "What did Tony mean this morning Jane?" Maura asks. Jane's heart starts beating faster fearing that Maura had listened something.
"What are you talking about?" inquires Jane, worried.
"When he said that yesterday you entered in his apartment unannouncedly." states Maura.
"Ahh that" Jane thought "It's a kid thing, we do it to each other all the time. When we were kids we just used to barge in each other's bedrooms, we hated it and we still do but we keep doing it. It must sound stupid but we like to piss each other off, I guess." answers Jane nostalgically.
"I don't think it's stupid, I think it's your way to show your concern and friendliness for each other. . I wish I..." says Maura but Jane interrupts. She puts her hands on Maura's shoulders and looks into her hazel eyes.
"I know it's hard, but forget about your childhood. Think about that now you have a great adult life, you love your job and you are the best at it, you have Gibbs and Tony that have your back, aaaand of course you have the bestest best friend in the world." says Jane grinning.
Maura laughs and nods still looking at Jane in the eyes.
"Thank you Jane."
"I would hug you but you are covered in blood" says Jane disgusted. Jane's phone rings. "I got a text from Dinozzo. I have to go. Call me if you find anything else ok?" says Jane making her way to the elevators.
"I'll call and Jane?" Maura waits for Jane to look at her,when she does Maura continues "Thank you... for everything, Jane."
"Always Maur" replies Jane smiling and let's the elevator doors close.
Jane arrives at the squad room and joins Gibbs and Tony at the white board.
"Ok, I'm here." says Jane.
"Had a nice chat?" teases Dinozzo and Gibbs gives him a head slap and Jane smiles.
"Go Dinozzo." Gibbs
"Ok. Kimberly Noel Kardashian, now Kimberly Kardashian West, but just known as Kim Kardashian, born in LA, October 21 in 1980, model, actress and businesswoman. Father Robert Kardashian, dead in 2003, esophageal cancer. Mother Kris Jenner. Has 5 siblings, Kourtney, Khloé and Rob Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Married to Kanye West and has a daughter North West." informs Dinozzo.
"North West? Really? The next one would be what? South?" Jane jokes and receives a head slap.
"Sorry Gibbs" mutters Jane.
"Did you figure out what she was supposed to do in that photo shoot?" asks Gibbs.
"Yep, I did. It is a photo shoot to promote her new perfume, but she was never expected there. She wasn't the model for the new perfume." finishes Dinozzo.
"So Kim lied to her mother and Khloé?" asks Jane confused.
"Yeah it looks like she did... But why?" wonders Dinozzo.
"I'll call to the Kardashians and ask for a description of their missing boat and send a BOLO for it while you two go to the Stinking Rose and find out who our victim had dinner with." orders Gibbs sitting on his chair.
"Going to the Stinking Rose, boss" reports Dinozzo.
"But I'll drive this time." says Jane taking the car keys from Tony's hand.
On the ride to the restaurant Tony decides to finish his conversation with Jane from this morning.
"Jane, don't you think you should at least tell Maura that you are bisexual?" asks Tony.
"No." Jane replies, annoyed.
"Why not, Jane?! It's been 3 years! This is an important fact about you! If she finds out about this and she'll see that you didn't tell her you are screwed!" says Tony raising his voice.
"She didn't find out these 3 years! Why would she find out now Tony?!" exclaims Jane "And why are you worried about this now?!"
"DAMN IT JANE! Because you aren't being reasonable!" shouts Tony.
"I KNOW OK?!" Jane yells "I know, just let it go... ok?" she says more calmly now.
"Fine. I'm not pushing it anymore, just know that I don't support this." states Tony.
"I know, thank you. Now here we are." says Jane parking the car in front of the restaurant.
"Let's go Ravioli." mocks Dinozzo getting out of the car.
"Shut up." Jane smiles and follows him into the restaurant.
"LAPD, " states Jane, while showing her badge to the waiter, "We wanna speak with the manager, please.". The waiter does a scared expression, but agrees with his head and goes to the kitchen. A minute after the manager, a middle-aged woman with grey hair and black eyes, shows up with a concerned smile.
"Yes, how can I help you?" she asks.
"We're investigating a crime and we need to take a look at your receipts from yesterday, whose costumers ordered... let me see... something with black linguine and garlic parsley shallot sauce" replies Dinozzo, and the woman, even more concerned after hearing the word "crime", rushes to search for it and gives one receipt.
"Only one?!" asks Jane, surprised.
"It is our most expensive meal... even though this is L.A. and many people can afford it, it is not a very appreciated and common meal..." explains the lady.
"And paid in cash... Do you remember who ordered this?" inquires Dinozzo.
"Of course! It's not everyday that a Kardashian shows up in our restaurant! She looked so pretty, with her hair..." starts the manager.
"Do you remember who was with her?" cuts Jane.
"It was a man, a big white man... Not her husband, or her brother. I'd recognise him. I watch their show every week! First I wasn't a great fan, but lately.." exclaims the lady.
"Me too! Didn't you love that episode when they..." starts Dinozzo, excited.
"OKAY, ALRIGHT..." shouts Jane, "I think we're done here! Thank you for your time." and Jane pushes Dinozzo to the exit.
"Heeey, you didn't need to..." starts Dinozzo.
"Shut up! We still don't know if we have a murder or not and we need to solve this before her death becomes public..." says Jane.
"Alright alright... Hey, look!" exclaims Dinozzo, pointing to a traffic camera on the corner of the restaurant's street, "maybe we can still find out who was with Kim!"
"Yeah! I'll call Gibbs and ask him to get the images while we return to the headquarters." states Jane.
When they return to the LAPD headquarters, they find Gibbs seated on his chair looking to his monitor.
"Hello, boss! Did you got it?" asks Dinozzo
"Well, they sent it to me, but I can't find a way to open the files... I've been looking at this thing for 10 minutes..." answers Gibbs, whose lack of interest for technology is no surprise for Dinozzo and Jane.
"Let me see, " requires Dinozzo, "Ok, yesterday... here it is... Let's pass this... Ok, there she is!" and the monitor shows Kim and a tall man, like the manager said, entering the restaurant and exiting an hour later. "I know him! That's Kim's ex-husband! Kris Humphries! " yells Dinozzo.
"Really?! Do you really know everything about them?" asks Jane perplexed, while searching Kris' adress on the system and writing it on a paper.
"Well, not everything... He's a great professional basketball! I just know that they broke up after..." Dinozzo starts explaining, but Gibbs interrupts him.
"Let's go, Dinozzo." orders Gibbs.
"Where?" inquires Dinozzo, distracted.
"Let's meet your idol." states Gibbs, and Jane starts laughing.
"Oh he's not my idol, I just..." and he shuts after Gibbs final glance, "Shutting up, boss."
As they leave the building, Maura shows up in the room with the autopsy report.
"Here it is, the autopsy report." informs Maura.
"Thank you, Maur!" replies Jane.
"So how is the investigation going?" inquires Maura.
"Well... We still don't know if it was an accident or not... Gibbs and Dinozzo just went to Kim's ex-husband's house. He was the one who had lunch with her on the day she died." explains Jane.
"Yeah, the autopsy didn't help to determine if it was an accident... It's really difficult to solve that without the boat..." states Maura, "But you're saying she had lunch with her ex-husband? What about her current husband?"
As Maura says this, a man enters the building screaming and Jane and Maura run to check what is going on.
"That's Kanye!" exclaims Maura.
"I WANNA TALK TO THE DETECTIVES! I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY WIFE!" he screams repeatedly.
"Sir, I have to ask you to calm down... WHy don't you come here so we can talk?" requires Jane, calmly.
"DO NOT ASK ME TO STAY CALM! I CAN'T BE FUCKING CALM, MY WIFE JUST DIED AND I DON'T KNOW..."
"I know, but please, come with me..." insists Jane. After a while, she was able to control him and Kanye, Jane and Maura are in an interrogation room, where they can talk more quietly.
"I get back from my tour and my family just tells me my wife died, " he cries, "and no one can tell me why or how or..."
"We still don't know the circumstances of her death, but we're doing our best to..." starts Maura.
"WELL YOUR BEST IS NOT ENOUGH!" screams Kanye.
"Where were you yesterday, Mr. West?" asks Jane.
"ARE YOU TREATING ME LIKE A SUSPECT?! YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME..." shouts Kanye, but after a while, he mumbles, "I was in London, on my concert... While my wife was dying... Oh my god..."
"Kanye... I'm sorry but we really have to ask this. How was your wife lately?" asks Jane.
"She was... She was so busy, so tired... And I couldn't be there for her because of my concerts..." answers Kanye while crying.
"How was your marriage, Kanye?" inquires Maura.
"We...", starts Kanye, crying, "We were really trying to work things out, mainly because of our baby... And I love Kim... But she was so exhausted lately... And so annoyed... But we were really trying to get better."
"Ok, we're gonna ask a police officer to take you to your house, to your daughter. You have to be strong for her, alright?" says Jane.
"My baby... My poor baby..." and he starts crying again. Jane gets up walks out the interrogation room to look for an officer.
"Officer Williams would please escort Mr. West to his house please? Thank you." says Jane while guiding Officer Williams to the interrogation. Jane and Maura go back to the squad room.
"Are you psychic or something Maur?" asks Jane.
"What?" asks Maura confused by Jane's question.
"Well as soon as you mentioned him, he appeared out of nowhere." jokes Jane.
"Don't be silly Jane" laughs Maura "I'm going to check if he really was in London yesterday." says Maura really confident.
"Doctor Maura Isles doing detective work? I have to see that!"
"I just have to google and see how great was last night's concert" states Maura, she sits at Jane's and starts googling.
"Very smart of you Dr. Isles." jokes Jane and Maura sticks out her tongue.
"Well, it says here that it was, and I quote, a blast" says Maura.
"Really? Let me see!" Jane positions herself behind Maura and watches over Maura's shoulder. "Yeah, it seems it was cool but not my style." says Jane.
"You are more in a Led Zeppelin style." Maura
"Hell yeah" Jane starts to sing Whole Lotta Love from Led Zeppelin and begins air guitaring too.
"Did you know that there are air guitar competitions? In many countries actually like USA, Germany, Russia, Brazil, The United Kingdom, Norway and more." says Maura, and Jane is perplexed, shocked to know this and Maura continues "You know first air guitar competitions were organized in the early of the 80's in Sweden and here in the US?
"Really? You're joking right?" asks Jane still shocked.
"No, I'm not." replies Maura amused.
"We should do one then. I will rock you!" states Jane.
"No you're not! Why would you?" asks Maura outraged.
"Well, because you are all into Yo Yo Ma and Mozart stuff." replies Jane
"They are pretty good, you should listen to it too. it would make you feel calmer. And that is not a reason for me not to kick your ass in air guitar."
"We'll see then." challenges Jane. Jane's cellphone rings.
"Rizzoli... Really?...Ok, I'll pick you up, I'll bring Maura with me...Shut up." Jane hangs up.
"Where are we going?" asks Maura.
"C'mon, I'll explain on the way" says Jane.
"Let me just go down and grab my things." says Maura and starts to go to the elevator to the morgue.
"Then meet me in the car" says Jane going to the opposite elevator.
As Jane exits the building, she is immediately mobbed by several journalists asking multiple questions at the same time.
"What happened to Kim?" asks the fat lady on the right.
"Do you already know how she died?" inquires loudly the tall blond man with glasses.
"Is the LAPD planning to do a press conference?" asks angrily a young woman.
Jane, surprised and irritated, is about to open her mouth when the LAPD chief, Roy Montgomery, a black bald man, who is known by his calmness and politeness even in the harder circumstances, exits the building, "Jane" he shouts, calmly.
"Hey... what the hell is this? How do they..." mumbles Jane, angry.
"I don't know, but I got this. You can go." he answers.
"How are you gonna handle this? We still don't know..." she starts again.
"Jane, I told you, I got this." and he approaches the journalists, while Jane goes immediately to her car. A minutes later, Maura joins her.
"What's happening here?" inquires Maura.
"They're asking questions about Kim's death... Now let's go." says Jane.
"But where are we going?" asks Maura, and Jane explains her what Dinozzo told her on the phone as she starts driving.
Meanwhile, Gibbs and Dinozzo go to Kris' house and knock on the door. He opens the door.
"LAPD, Detective Dinozzo, Detective Gibbs, "says Gibbs, pointing to Dinozzo and then to himself, while both show their badges, "We'd like to talk to you."
"About what?" answers Kris, rudely.
"Would you mind to let us in?" asks Dinozo with a smile on his face. After some seconds staring at them, Kris finally gets out of the way and lets them in.
"Your ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, was found dead yesterday." informs Gibbs.
"WHAT? KIM? NO WAY, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?" yells Kris.
"We have found out that you had lunch with her that day... Do you have anything to tell us?" asks Gibbs.
"Well, yes, I did, she called me... We we're getting closer lately... Her marriage with Kanye was not going well... Oh my god, how did she die?!" replies Kris.
"She was found floating in Marina del Rey." states Dinozzo.
"Her family has a boat there, they used to go there many times... Oh my god..." says Kris.
"Where did you go after your lunch with her?" inquires Dinozzo.
"I went to a photo shoot... Do you think I had something to do with this?!" roars Kris, "I can prove that! Call to the magazine! Here, take the number!"
"We'll check that, thank you." states Dinozzo, "And one more thing. Kim was supposed to be at a photo shoot that day. Do you know why she lied to her family?"
"Yeah... Like I said, things weren't really great for her and Kanye... And the pressure with her career and with the baby... She said she just needed a moment for herself, to think about her life and get away from her problems..." replies Kris.
"And she called you?!" inquires Gibbs.
"We're not married anymore, but I'm still her friend. I guess she just needed to get her problems off her chest..." answers Kris, honestly, "Oh and she got a phone call during our lunch..."
"Really? Did she tell you who it was from?" asks Dinozzo.
"No... And I went to the bathroom, when I came back she had already hang up."
"Alright, thank you for your time," says Gibbs, while he and Dinozzo walk out the door.
"I'll call this magazine now, boss." and Dinozzo does the call. After some minutes, he hangs up and approaches Gibbs, "It's true, he was here until 22 p.m. We got nothing, boss... What are we gonna do?"
"I think it's enough for today. Could you call a cab to take you home? And tell Rizzoli to get some sleep to. Tomorrow we'll think about this case again." requests Gibbs.
"Alright, I can... Boss, are you sure you're..." starts asking Dinozzo, but then he remembers what Maura told them about Gibbs' family.
"Yes, Dinozzo, I am. There's just something I have to do today." and he goes to the car, leaving Dinozzo alone on the sidewalk.
Dinozzo grabs his cell phone and calls Jane.
"Hey, it's Tony, Gibbs left me here in Kris house said he had to do something... Yeah and I thought if you can pick me up?... Of course, bring your crush too frog..." Jane hangs up "...face... Hello?...hey?...HURRY!" Tony shouts to his cellphone in vain.
As Gibbs starts to get closer to the cemetery, his heart started to get tighter. He wanted to go there yesterday, but Mina's case took all day and he didn't have a chance to go there during the day. After parking his car, he gets out of it and stops in front of all those graves, where beneath them many lost lives are laid. Gibbs is the only one there. He starts to walk slowly to the grave. "Tom Gibbs, Beloved Son, 1994" is written on the marble stone. First, he just observes it, silently. He wants to say some words, as he likes to believe that he could be listening to him. But nothing came out of his mouth. There's nothing he can think about that doesn't sound pathetic to say out loud. Even after 20 years, he couldn't find the right words for him. A few moments after, he finally lets it go. He gets on his knees in front of the grave and starts crying quietly. After a while, he gets up, wipes his tears, and starts walking calmly to his car. The cemetery was still empty. Or at least, that's what he thinks.
A few meters away from his car, another car was parked. Inside, patiently observing Gibbs, is a woman. When he exists the cemetery, she walks to Tom's grave, looking at the flowers Gibbs left there.
"I'm so sorry... For both of you..." she says, before getting back to her car.