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Yankee White Lies - Chapter 9 - Curiosity

Meeting Tim

After packing some fresh clothes Caitlin went to meet her 'old friend' in town. She told Jethro she didn't know what time she'd be back but she would be back in time to go to the airport. She left with a quick 'Goodbye' and drove off down the street. As soon as she left, Jethro called Abby, "Labby of Abby!" she greeted cheerfully.

"Hey Abs."

"Hey Gibbs. Why are you calling? I haven't found anything yet? You usually call or turn up in my lab when I have something….I don't have anything for you!" she jabbered.

"Abby?"

"She bossman?"

"I need you to get me a location on a cell phone." he gave her the number and she started her search.

"So…? Who's the unlucky person?"

"Agent Todd." that was all she needed to know.

Her computer suddenly beeped. "Found her bossman. She's at bar." He jotted down the address, thanked Abby and set off to find her. He was curious to know who her friend might be.

Kate was sat in the bar across from Major Tim Kerry, he was supposed to be on Air Force One, they raised their glassed and Tim proposed a toast to Commander Trapp "To Commander Ray Trapp. To come all the way through the war without a scratch and then die in a stroke… He was in the thick of it on the push to Baghdad."

"You never said that you knew him." Caitlin stated.

We met up for a drink when he reported to the Whitehouse. He wanted to know if I had any tips I could give him."

"About the Football detail?" she queried.

"Yeah. Where he could find a good gym. Dry cleaners. Grocery mart. Local watering hole."

She looked down, Tim could see the sadness in her eyes. "I'm sorry Kate."

"For what?"

"That you had to go through that….watching him die."

"Well, I wasn't alone…Jethro turned up." he saw a flash of anger in her eyes.

"How's he doing?""He's good. For now. I could kill him for what he did!" she meant what she said…she'll have her revenge. She always did.

Jethro was sat in his black Dodge, watching as the two conversed, 'Why was she meeting him?' he wondered. 'Was she having an affair?' 'Is she cheating on him?'. These were the thoughts in his head as he watched them.

Kate and Tim exited the bar, unaware that they were being watching, He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and helped her into her silver Ford Mondeo. He stood and watched as she drove off before getting in his own car. By this time Jethro had already left, tailing Kate. He figured she'd be on her way home after her coffee stop so he went on ahead. If he had stayed to watch Major Kerry he would have seen what happened next. As he gets in his green sports car he started to sweat profusely and tugged at his collar then suddenly starts convulsing and falls to one side. He has white foam coming from his mouth, the same way that Commander Trapp had. He suddenly goes still, eyes wide.

Airport Trip

Jethro drove in silence, the only sound was that of the radio. None of them were really listening to it anyway. He decided to ask her who she had met up with, "Did your friend turn up?"

"Yes, we had a nice chat and a drink."

"Who'd you meet up with?" knowing the answer.

"With, err…Maisy, why?" she looked over to him, he looked straight ahead. 'She lied.' he was upset but didn't let it show.

"Just wondering. What'd you talk about?"

"Girlie stuff." he looked over, eyebrow raised, "…you know? Men, marriage, sex. Stuff like that."

"You talked about sex?" 'Was it just talk or had they been having sex?'

She rolled her eyes, "No, you moron. We were catching up and reminiscing about 'the good old days.'"

"Oh."

"Why'd you ask anyway?

He shrugged, "Curious."

When they boarded the plane and got seated Caitlin heaved a sigh. "You ok honey?"

"Just tired. Fed up."

"Of what?"

"Everything. I can't think straight. I've never had something like this happen to me when I'm on the job." she stopped and thought for a second, "The President is a moving target and I'm part of his human shield. I know that someone is gonna try and kill him but…" she stopped there.

"Baby, you are great at your job, I know that. I'm not exactly happy with the idea of you being a human shield either. To be honest, Katie I'm scared to death of losing you. And part of the reason I took this case was to make sure that you were safe."

"You're so sweet sometimes." she smiled and gave him a sweet kiss on his lips. He lips tasted like coffee. "But this doesn't mean I'm no longer pissed at you. I'm gonna kicked your sorry ass after this is over!"

He chuckled lightly at her threat, 'well it beats being shot', "I don't doubt that for a minute!"


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