On the way into work Friday morning, Emily cursed herself for being so stupid. She should have known that Callen would not want to talk about his past but she didn't expect him to walk out. When she saw him today she would have to do some major damage control. She would apologize and bribe him with coffee and donuts and hopefully he would let it go. As she drove along the highway, she couldn't help but admire the beautiful sun that was making its appearance above the ocean crests. Surfers were already catching the waves and families were out walking their dogs on the beach. She envied them. They were so oblivious to what goes on in their own city and they didn't care. It must be nice.

Pulling into the lot at NCIS, Emily prepared herself for the icy looks that Callen would be giving her all day. Or maybe he would act like nothing ever happened. "Thant would be even worse." she mumbled as she walked towards the bullpen. All at once she heard outraged screams and questioning sounds coming from Hetty's office. She set down her bag and walked over to see what all of the commotion was about.

"He did WHAT?" Sam yelled with a look on his face that could kill.

"I can't believe this! What was he thinking?" Kensi chimed in.

"This has got to be a joke. He wouldn't do that." Eric whispered

"What the hell is going on in here?" Emily said loudly, causing everyone to stare at her with pained looks.

Hetty just looked at her. Normally in check of her emotions, Hetty looked as if she had been crying. "Mister Callen has left NCIS. Permanently."

"What? No, there's no way." Emily answered.

"This note was on my desk when I came in this morning." Hetty said handing her a white piece of paper with Callen's messy handwriting.

Hetty,

Please accept this as my official resignation from NCIS. I have no place here anymore and I have found myself a danger to the entire team. I need to figure some things out about my life. It has been an honor working with each of you.

Callen

The letter fell out of Emily's hand. This was her fault.

"Why would he do something this stupid?" Sam asked out loud. Because I got too personal

"What does he mean that he doesn't have a place here?" Deeks added. Because I reminded him that he doesn't have a family

"Why does he think that he is a danger to the team?" Nell asked in disbelief. Because they used me to get to him

"I wish we knew more about his past." Kensi said. "Then maybe we could figure out where he is going."

Emily wished that she didn't know what she does sometimes. She wished she didn't know so much about Callen and the other agents' pasts. Being as high as she was in the CIA made her privy to quite a bit of information about her team. For example, she knew that Sam was divorced with two kids that knew nothing about the real reason why their father was never there. They think that he runs a private security firm and that he had a family on the side thanks to an NCIS undercover mission gone terribly wrong. His wife broke it off and took the kids, not able to blow his cover; Sam had no choice but to let it happen. She knew that Deeks had shot his own father at a young age in self-defense. The guilt led him to drugs and a long stint in rehab before getting clean and joining the police academy. She knew that after Kensi's dad was murdered she sank into a depression and still regularly attends therapy sessions, not that she would ever admit to it. All of these are things that she wished she didn't know and she would never tell anyone. But there was one thing that kept her up at night. She knows who Callen's parents are and she knows what the G stands for. She also knew that if he knew, it would destroy him. She had to go find him and she had to go without the team. They couldn't know about Callen. She didn't know where she would start. She didn't know how to explain all of this to Hetty. She didn't know if she should. One thing she did know, she had to find Callen before he found out the truth about his past.