Again, i own nothing....
This is how you remind me Nickleback
He stood at the top of the steps and stared at her. She looked different tonight. Her hair was down and she had on a flowery dress. She looked softer and more feminine than he had ever seen her. When he heard that tape playing and saw the swish of her dress as she turned to face him, for a split second he was reminded of the nights Shannon would come down to the basement dressed as if she was going to a party…dressed just for him. They would play music and dance around in the sawdust laughing and end up making love on the couch seat he had stuffed in the corner.
That memory was shattered the second he saw her ash blond hair and shocked expression. He was glad he did not have his fire arm on him or he may have shot her right there.
"Jethro…what is this?" Hollis said with a gesture towards the cassette player.
He carefully kept his eyes on the cassette player as he slowly walked down the stairs and across the room to the table where the cassette player lay silent and Hollis stood, her expression having gone from shocked to angry. He gently took the cassette out of the player and slipped it into his pocket. It was only then that he looked at Hollis with a gaze so cold that she shrank back from him.
"This?" he said with a quick hand gesture towards his pocket and the tape. "This was none of your business Hollis. You have crossed a line."
Hollis let her anger get the better of her. "This was my business Jethro! I have every right to know about the fact you had child with your first wife! I am your partner…"
Gibbs let his hands slam down on the counter next to her causing her to jump and the counter to crack. "You are NOT my partner. You push and push for control of everything around you. You still haven't figured it out yet have you…you do not control me Hollis. You were never a partner…you were a convenience." He spat. Then he got real close to her. "You take that job in Hawaii Hollis. Keep a country and an ocean between us because heaven help me, I have never hit a woman before but there is a first time for everything."
With that he turned, grabbed the bottle of bourbon he kept under the bench and started up the stairs. "You know the way out Hollis. And if you feel the urge to break anything, remember that there is nothing in this basement that I can't replace, including you."