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"Choice & Consequences"

Chapter 9.

Tony entered his new house and a wide smile immediately lit his face.

A large living room with a big kitchen on the right opened in front of him. On the other side of the room, a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows showcased a large yard that ended with a short wall of rocks. In the middle of the rock wall, there were four stairs leading to the beach and the ocean.

To the left of the living room, there was a door that led to a long hallway which branched out to a bathroom, a bedroom and that ended in the master bedroom with its own bathroom and a big wardrobe.

"This is my room," Tony whispered as he sat down on the bed and admired the view in front of him—the same one as the living room.

Then he went back to the living room and opened the door on the right of the entryway and found a spacious office.

The house was all white, except for the tiles on the floor which were dark brown and the dark blue kitchen counter that separated the kitchen from the rest of the room.

In front of the counter, there were two sofas, one white and one white-and-blue-striped; two armchairs, one blue and one white; and a fireplace with a big plasma screen hanging over it.

Looking around, Tony noticed that his friend had removed all ornaments knick knacks and there was an envelope on the coffee table in front of the sofas.

He opened it and smiled.

"Hi Tony,

Welcome home!
Yes, man, this is your home now I want you to relax and enjoy it.
I stocked the fridge with all things you like and I left all the instructions for AC in the office.

On the fridge there's a list of phone numbers you'll need to manage the house.

Make yourself at home!

Peter

PS: if you need help or have questions, ask the nice young women next door."

"Thanks, Pete," Tony smiled gratefully.

He left the letter on the coffee table and brought the suitcases to his bedroom. He really needed a long shower and a hearty dinner.

He was starving.

Washington DC.

It was very late and Gibbs was still in his basement, but he was not sanding. The MCRT Leader was staring at the wall in front of him with a glass of bourbon in his hand when he heard the house door open and shut.

He immediately thought that Tony had come to talk about their last case.

"Idiot!" he cursed. Tony is miles away from here, he thought as he heard someone walking down the stairs.

"McGee," Gibbs greeted, a bit surprised.

The younger man stepped down from the staircase and nodded. He looked around uncomfortable.

It was clear that he didn't know what to do. Tim had never gone down in that basement to talk with his Boss. That's what Tony did.

But I'm not Tony, McGee thought, staring at his shoes and hoping that Gibbs would break that heavy silence. Yeah! Leave it in the hands of a functional mute and you'll live in silence for the rest of your life.

"Boss, I'm here about...I mean, I—"

Gibbs rolled his eyes, annoyed. He was used to Tony who got straight to the point and never wasted time.

McGee took a deep breath. "—about the case."

"Yes?" Gibbs asked, raising the bottle of bourbon and offering some to his SFA, who shook his head no.

"You told me to be very discreet and that no one can know about our investigation, but I need more details if you want my help, Boss," Tim said in just one breath and got a nod from his team leader in response.

Gibbs proceeded to explain to his SiC all that their Director and SecNav had told him about the mole they had in NCIS.

McGee couldn't believe his ears and he wished Tony and his weird intuitions were still part of the team.

"So our mole sells info but no one uses it. That's crazy!" he exclaimed, but when he saw Gibbs raising his eyebrows he added, "I mean, it doesn't make any sense."

"It depends. If someday the buyer uses this info, we're in trouble," he replied. "The problem is that we've got to conduct this mole hunt while we do our regular jobs."

"Boss, Vance knows about..."

"No, Vance doesn't know I told you and it's got to stay in this way."

"This is going to be really hard." Tim rubbed his nape. "And no other team member knows about it, right?" he asked and got a nod in return. "Boss, it's impossible! Ziva will sense that something is not right and... and I'm not Tony. I can't lie as good as he did."

Gibbs pierced him with his blue eyes and growled, "Do it."

Tim just nodded, but he already knew that he'd fail.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Tony was in his backyard, sitting on a very comfortable chaise lounge.

He was enjoying the sound of waves and the perfume of the flowers in the night when the doorbell rang.

Unwillingly, he stood and went to open the door.

"Special Agent DiNozzo?" a young man asked as Tony opened the door.

Tony just nodded.

"Agent Miller, sir," he showed his badge. "This is for you," the newcomer said, handing Tony a big envelope.

Tony regarded the envelope suspiciously. After his encounter with the plague, he didn't like any kind of envelope. "What is it?"

"I don't know sir. It arrived at the office less than an hour ago. It's marked 'urgent' and there's a note of the Director that says we had to deliver it immediately," Miller explained as he showed Tony the note.

Tony read it then he finally accepted the envelope.

After Miller had left, Tony took the envelope to the backyard, got comfortable again and opened it.

There were two files: a heavy one and a smaller one that summarized the bigger one.

The new team leader read it quickly but carefully. "Hunting a mole that apparently is not a classic mole. Weird!" he murmured, raising his eyebrows.

He looked at his watch but he realized that it was too late to call Director Vance in DC.

"Ok, DiNozzo," he sighed. "I can see a long sleepless night in your future...it wouldn't be the first one," he chuckled and started reading the heavy file while he heard "Always" by Bon Jovi coming from his neighbors' house.

TBC


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