If I do remember -and I'm not nearly old enough to have forgotten- that at the beginning of this story I mentioned that Tony's Gift has a prequel.

Max is explained in the prequel and is not a very large part of this story but will be bigger in later chapters.

Okay, now that I've explained that again I guess I'll be writing another chapter.

Oh look!

I already did...

(Sorry for the cheesiness of this intro but had to be done.)

Gibbs' POV

DiNozzo finally found his way into the interrogation room... to be interrogated by me.

I sighed as I stared into DiNozzo's eyes, already regretting the choice to take up the position as lead of this case.

"For the record, tell me how Paine came into your custody."

DiNozzo blinked but willing described to me everything that had happened since Paine had arrived to his desk by mail.

"And the case of his biological parents?" I asked as soon as DiNozzo finished speaking.

He nodded and said, "Well, Abby sent a test in and it confirmed that I'm Paine's father. She ran another test that should've matched Paine to his... his biological..." I sat in silence as DiNozzo fought to find the right word and force it from his lips. "... to the monster that bore him." He finally managed.

I nodded, letting him know that I accepted this answer and that he was alright to continue.

"There was no match, meaning that she isn't a convicted criminal," He put extra emphasis on 'convicted' letting the recorder know that he believed her to be a criminal whether or not she'd ever been charged. "Nor had she ever been the suspect in a criminal investigation. She must not be a practicing physician, or government employee, nor did she serve in any branch of the military." DiNozzo rattled off everything she wasn't which left me with my next question.

"Then what is she? What girl did you sleep with within the last year that isn't any of those thing?" I asked.

"Boss, I honestly don't know." DiNozzo replied, as he stared directly into my eyes before the shame I could read there forced him to drop his gaze.

"What do you mean, DiNozzo?" I asked as I watched the knuckles of his hands turn white.

"There are three possibilities; a Puerto Rican I meet while I was in Puerto Rico." He said with a small laugh. "I don't think it's her... a girl I met at a casino and a girl I met at a bar locally." He muttered and got a far away look in his eyes.

"Got names, DiNozzo?" I asked when he remained silent.

"I don't remember the casino girl's name and I only remember a last name of the girl I met here." DiNozzo said, trying to be helpful.

"What ever you have I'll take." I said and waited.

"Walters, something Walters. I think it might of started with an 'M' or a 'K'..." DiNozzo trailed off and rubbed his temple. "She had blonde hair and blue eyes; and the casino girl had black hair and brown. Abby said that with my genetics mixed with... her's... that it's most likely that she's lighter hair and has light eyes." DiNozzo said. "Basically, since his coloring is so much like my own then then her coloring would have to be similar." DiNozzo added after another moment.

I nodded and stood. "We'll catch her, DiNozzo. She won't get away with this." I promised quietly, not wanting to enrage only wanting to give hope to a new father.

DiNozzo nodded. "Thanks, Gibbs. For everything. For agreeing to investigate... for the crib and toys... just for being here for me." The younger man whispered as his voice broke and he rolled his shoulders, trying to down play his emotion.

"Go home. You've got the rest of the day off." I said and he left the room. "Ziva," I said, staring directly into the mirror where I knew she would be standing looking in on the other side. "Make sure he gets home. You're off for the rest of the day too."

Ziva's POV

If I hadn't have known Gibbs better my jaw might have dropped in shock; how did he know about Tony and I?

Easy, Gibbs knows everything about his team.

Everything.

And it killed him when he didn't know something or was only getting half truths. That was why he didn't like Max at first, the kid wasn't spilling truth instead he was sowing deception. That is why it is now killing him that he doesn't know who the moth- monster the bore Tony's baby is.

I was oddly okay thinking about Tony having a previous relationship with a woman. As long as he stays faithful to me while we are together, it doesn't pain me to think about his past bed mates. After all, we are both adults and we both have had multiple relationships -if you can call some of them that- in the past.

Sighing, I left the room to followed Tony home. I knew that by the time I reached my car Tony would probably just have picked Paine up from day care, so I had plenty of time to stop and get us a nice dinner.