"Ima look at this" Kashan squealed, as she ran along the sandy beach front with a shell in her hand
"You can hear the ocean Ima. Listen" she said handing it to me, a huge smile plastered on her face. I held it up to my ear and listened to the shell
"Your right tataleh you can hear the ocean" I said and she smiled a big grin on her face.
"Ima when is Aunty Jenny getting here?" she asked and I smiled
"She should be here soon tataleh" I told her and with that she ran further down the beach and started building a sandcastle. It was about ten minutes later when Kashan returned to my side and just as I was about to offer her a snack she squealed
"Aunty Jenny" as Kashan ran over to Jenny I noticed that she was trying to compose her emotions and keep them in check.
"Shalom Kashan" Jenny said picking up my three year old daughter
"Shalom Aunty Jenny" she said placing a kiss on her cheek before she was placed back on the ground and ran to my side, saying excitedly
"Aunty Jenny's here Ima" I nodded at her and then whispered to her
"Go finish buiding your sand castle tataleh, I need to speak with Aunty Jenny for a minute" I said and she nodded running back to her sand castle. Jenny sat next to me on the sand and looked at me not even bothering to hide her distress.
"What is it Jenny?" I asked and tears brimmed and escaped
"Its Ari" she whispered and I went into shock
"What is it? What happened to him?" I asked and she frowned
"He was tortured, by a Mexican drug lord. That's why we lost contact with him, apparently the Mexican authorities found the drug lords hide out and when they were there they found Ari along with three other agents, two Mossad and one NCIS" she explained and I felt the warm moisture falling down my face
"How bad?" I whispered and she placed a hand on my shoulder
"Ari was so badly beaten that he doesn't remember anything, once he's well enough to travel then we'll bring him back here. As for the other agents none of them made it" she said, all I could do was shake with misery. I felt strong masculine arms wrap around my waist and heard the soothing voice of

I snapped back to reality, bolting upright and shaking terribly. I felt Tony's hand on my shoulder and looked down at it. It was just a memory, a flashback to when my relationship between my brother and my family changed. After that moment my relationship with my father which was faulty enough almost fell apart and there was nothing that I could do to stop it.
"Zi its alright, it was just a nightmare. It can't hurt you" he said and I shook my heaad it wasn't a nightmare it was my past coming back to haunt me. All I could do was turn in his arms and hold him close as I sobbed uncontrollably.
"Hey now Zi. I'm here, everything will be alright. Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, I started to shake my head and then stopped maybe I could tell him. I mean he'd more than proven that he cared for me and showed me more times than I could count that he loved me to the end of the world and back. I sighed, sitting upright and looking at the time. It was almost 0700 anyway,
"Can you ring Gibbs and tell him we won't be coming in to work today?" I asked and he nodded grabbing his cell phone off the nightstand and dialling the ever familiar number. Whilst he did that I got up to go to the bathroom. Before making my way into the kitchen to grab a drink of water. Sitting on the couch I waited for Tony to come and find me. He did less than a minute later, his focus on me as he waited for me to speak.

"I haven't told anyone about my past before I came to America, no one knows apart from Jenny" I said and he raised his eyebrows at me and I placed my hands on his
"I'll get to that, just please know that this is really hard for me to speak about and I don't know if I can do this" I told him and he leant forward and kissed my cheek
"Whatever it is Zi, know that you can trust me with anything" he said and I nodded before saying
"I know that Tony" I told him squeezing his hand. He smiled and said
"Please tell me Zi, whatever it is. I will help as much as I possibly can" he promised and I nodded
"I know you will try Tony, but your going to hate me for not telling you" I said starting to cry
"I won't hate you Zi, I could never ever hate you my love" he said pulling me in for a hug and holding me close. When he felt me relax he pulled back and looked at me with a smile on his face
"Go" he said and I smiled weakily, taking in a deep breath I started
"It all started 15 years ago" and his smile never fell from his face it was reassuring to know that he was truly there for me.

A/N: I know its short but I haven't really had time to write it. I hope you enjoy it!