BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL, ICU, FLOOR 3; JULY 30, 2011, 12:00
Ziva sat with Tali as she spoke about the past…what had occurred with her. The doctors found that she had severe liver damage due to years of being injected with Sodium Amytal or truth serum. Her only hope was a new liver and the wait was too long…the doctor said Tali would probably die before she received a new liver.
Vance and Gibbs were trying all avenues to get Tali an American citizenship; she stood a far better chance of receiving a new liver as an American and not as a resident alien.
"I could never break," Tali looked at Ziva, "no matter how much he gave me…I never broke. Eventually he realized that nothing would work so he threw me to his men like I was a piece of meat. Just because I loved the enemy…I know how Aryeh felt but unlike him, I lost the man I loved and our child due to Eli."
Ziva squeezed her sister's hand, "you're safe now."
"But dying…all due to our father. He was always angry that I never showed interest in Mossad like you and Aryeh had. I never expected him to use my love against me. I watched him murder my child…yet I never broke."
"What did the baby look like?"
"He was beautiful…I named him Isaac, after our grandfather." Tali smiled, "his eyes were brown and warm…he had this look of peace in his eyes. He only lived two days due to his grandfather's cruelty."
"He is no more; he can harm no one else." Ziva smiled and pushed her sister's hair out of her face, Tali had straight hair instead of curls. "You my sister will find someone else to love…someone to spend your life with, have children."
"I will die Zivy, we both know that."
"We have hope…hope that your reunion here is not short lived." Tali eyed Ziva and squeezed her sister's hand, Ziva smiled. "Besides, we need you to get better...we can't lose you again, not after we've just found you."
A knock made them look at the door, Kate was there. "Gibbs said to relieve you Ziva…I'll take over."
Ziva smiled and bent over, kissing her sister's head. "I'll see you soon Tali."
Ziva left and Kate sat down, she smiled. "How are you doing today Tali?"
"Better then yesterday but still dying…I have to ask how you fell in love with my brother; he was a murderer and a killer."
"I just did, I can tell you about our life right after finding out about Sarah. Your father ordered Ari to kill me but he couldn't. We had to plan to go into hiding."
"He was a monster…Eli had no compassion what so ever."
"Ari has a gentle side to him…he has never raised his voice to me and has never laid a hand on me unless it is out of love."
Tali smiled, "we never thought Aryeh would find a person to love, I always thought he would be a killer. Tim said that he faked his death to live a life with you."
"We both had to fake our deaths."