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Sitting in the boat shed everyone (except Dawn) was listening to Ray recount how he got sucked into yet another federal investigation.
"I own a resturaunt with Jenna, and four years back I started noticing a young girl standing out back. I never said anything because she never bothered any one. I just figured she hung out there after school or something like that, one day I asked her what an eight year old was doing standing out side a random guy's restraunt...I'll never for get what she said," Ray chuckled fondly at the memory.
"She says, 'keeping the trash company; it gets lonely out here all alone'. Keep in mind she was eight, but something in her Marty reminded me of us as kids. Cheeky, but good-natured...well at least you were. Anyway I started to talk to her more often, and she was a nice girl; so I gave her a job busing tables," Ray took a breath.
Before he started up his story again, all of the agents looked at the screen toward a girl who most probably ran all the way to Florida. Deeks knew that she had good reason with Gordon, but hearing that she had courage to run was remarkable.
"Dawn's a good worker. A night after her working there for a month, seven guys stormed the restaurant and demanded money. Before I could stop her Dawn walked up to them, and just started to throw punches, kicks, everything under the sun. These guys were like two...no four times her size. After that day Jenna and I took her in, enrolled her in school. We basically became family. Everything was great up until three months ago, Jenna and I come home and all her stuff is gone. There was a note explaining how her old guardian would hurt us if he stayed, so she left."
"Thanks, buddy can you think of anything else?"
"Naw, but dude did you take a good look at her? I swear it's like I'm looking at your wife in kid form. Except for the eyes, wierd man. Anyway why is she being brought in for questioning?"
"Ray, her guardian was...is my dad."
"Marty you can't let her stay with that creep, get her out like ASAP."
"Bye Ray"
"Bye Marty, always shoot first"
"Never shoot back."
While Ray was giving background on Dawn, she was freaking out. What if I endangered Uncle Ray and Aunt Jenna? What if Gordon finds them?
The door opened and she expected Agent Hanna or Callen, but instead a woman came in. She was beautiful, tall, with hair like Dawn's and two-tone brown eyes. She sat down at the table and smiled.
"Hi, Dawn, I'm Kensi," she spoke with a sure voice.
"Hello," Dawn replied. She didn't plan on saying a word, no matter how nice this woman was. Those were the only words they exchanged for a good twenty minutes. Finally Kensi left feeling defeated.
"I can't get her to say a word, she's like mute!"Kensi yelled exasperated.
"Don't feel bad Kens, none of us can get her to talk," Callen consoled.
"I'll give it a shot, I've lived with Gordon, maybe she'll talk to me," Deeks volunteered.
And with that said, Deeks went to talk with his daughter.