Chapter 2
"Is she alive?"
Eric sighs before answering him.
"I have no idea. I tried calling the hospital but they say that they can only say something about her condition to her next of kin and not over the phone."
Hetty sighs. "Well, I'll go to New York and get that information then."
Hetty is listed as their next of kin because as weird as it sounds she's the only person they can call if something happens to them. She's about to walk out of the door when Eric stops her.
"Actually, Hetty, you're no longer listed as her next of kin. According to my records she changed that when she left, three years ago."
Hetty seems as surprised with that information as Sam and Deeks. Callen just keeps staring at the screen with a scared look on his face, something no one has ever seen him show.
"Then who's her next of kin, right now?"
"She used one of Callen's aliases. He's her next of kin."
Deeks and Sam look at Callen, shocked, but he doesn't seem surprised with that information. He just looks at them and sighs.
"Eric, I need plane tickets to go to New York. I want to go on the next flight there."
Eric nods and Callen walks out of the room. Sam follows him but Deeks stays rooted to the floor. A million thoughts are running through his head and he can't think straight anymore. What is he supposed to do, now?
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Sam finds Callen by his desk, turning off his laptop and getting ready to leave.
"Why do I get the feeling you're hiding something?"
Callen shrugs and doesn't even bother looking up. Sam insists.
"Callen, Kensi put your name as her next of kin when she disappeared and you don't seem surprised with that piece of information. Have you spoken to her after she left?"
Callen looks up now, with a worried look on his face.
"Kensi is like a sister to me, Sam. I believe that she had a very good reason to leave three years ago. She loved Deeks with all her heart and she loved her daughter. I know for a fact that she wouldn't leave them just because. And now she was hit by a car."
Sam cuts him off before he can continue. "She dove in front of a moving car. It's not the same."
Callen shakes his head. "It doesn't matter. I can't stay here not knowing if she's dead or alive. So forgive me if I don't give a damn about who's her next of kin. All that matters is that someone has to go there and find out how she's doing."
Sam shakes his head. "That's not an answer to my question, Callen."
Callen sighs just as Deeks enters the bullpen. "It's the only one you're going to get."
Deeks looks at Callen with a look none of them can read. "Call me as soon as you know something, okay?"
Callen frowns. "You're not coming?"
Deeks shakes his head. "Angela is with my mother and I have to go and pick her up before dinner."
Sam looks at Deeks now, a questioningly look on his features. "I can take care of Angela if you really want to go."
"Sam, she left. She freaking left." He's yelling now, not being able to contain the anger he feels inside of him anymore. "I woke up one morning and she was gone. She left me alone with our two-month old daughter. Why would I go? Why would I care about what happens to her? She was the one who left, Sam. She told me she loved me right before we fell asleep that night and I wake up to find her gone. I just need to know whether she's dead or alive, nothing more than that."
With that, Deeks storms off leaving Callen and Sam alone once again.
"He doesn't mean that."
"Callen, Kensi was like a sister to me too but it's time to stop defending her. Deeks is right when it comes to this. Nothing can justify what she did. You saw how hard it was for Deeks to take care of Angela the first few weeks. He's a great dad and we're all here for him and Angela but that little girl needs her mother. How is he going to explain her in a few years from now that her mother chose to leave her? How is he going to convince that little angel that her mother loved her, even though she left? And for some reason, I have the feeling that you know a lot more about this whole situation than what you're telling us, G."
Sam storms off too.
Callen leaves the building after receiving instructions from Eric about his flight. He has no idea of what's waiting for him in New York but he knows that they're all wrong when it comes to Kensi. He just wishes he could tell them the truth.
With that thought in mind, Callen starts driving to the airport. He just hopes she's not as bad as he thinks she is because Sam is right when it comes to one thing. Angela needs her mother and Kensi can't die when she was so close of being able to come back home to her daughter and to Deeks.
Not to mention just how much Kensi needs Deeks and her daughter…
He didn't want to be the one to explain them all this whole mess.
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