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Tony glanced up from where his gaze had been fixed abstractly for the last five minutes. He had been staring down a lady's top on the floor below, but not seeing anything. He had been thinking. Through the potted fern that he was hiding behind, he saw Kate's sensible blue shirt and Abby's black top still sitting at the booth. He checked his watch. 15 minutes till he had to report to Gibbs.
He had followed the two girls into the massive and impersonal mall, and watched them sit down in the café. After ordering drinks, they just sat there talking. For over an hour.
He was going crazy. Everywhere he looked he saw someone looking suspiciously at Kate. He was jerky and nervous, seeing Aris and stalkers everywhere.
The man he had seen following them in the car had disappeared as soon as they entered the mall. But he was so sure that it had been him. And by him he meant Andy.
This had gone way past the weird jealousy he had felt before. He had seen him in the car, seen him get out. Only an hour before Kate got the package and Gibbs started freaking out, who was there? Working with Gibbs for so long had affected him, and he knew, knew in his gut, that something was wrong here. Lost in his thoughts, he hardly noticed a tall man dressed with red hair stride past him. He jerked his head up when he heard the loud, booming, Texan voice come from Kate and Abby's table. He jumped up, almost knocking over the fern and, avoiding many of the stares he received, crept around to get a clear view of the table. Andy had sat down, with or without an invitation Tony couldn't tell. Kate had that look on her face- the one where not a muscle on her face moved, and she just looked like she was pleasantly interested. But Tony had evoked pretty much every emotion from Kate, and he knew them all. So he knew that she was not feeling as calm as she looked. Her hands were clenching under the table, and she was smiling too much. Tony was confused for a moment, but then suddenly realised. She was scared. Caitlin Todd was scared. Surely of this big, freckled man who had just sat down at her table. She was glancing around the mall, and suddenly her eyes met Tony's. He just stood there for a moment, not realising that his cover had been blown. A look of mixed disgust and disappointment came over her face, and Tony backed away slowly, merging into the crowd. Andy saw where she was looking and leapt up, scanning the crowd, but Tony had ducked into a photo shop and was peering through the windows. Abby suddenly sprung into action, hustling Kate out of the booth and frog- marching her away. Andy started to follow, but the Abby sped Kate off into the crowd. Tony waited until he was sure that Andy had gone off in another direction before following his partner and his forensic scientist.