Ch. 11

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Author's Note: Merry Christmas. I am enjoying having a quiet evening at home. We had my grandparents at my house for dinner and they left a couple hours ago. Now I am in my room watching NCIS. I finally have all 7 seasons on dvd. I got the last two I didn't have for Christmas. My best present though was a 32 inch HD television.

Tim is sitting at his desk in the bullpen, working hard to trace the large deposit that had been placed in David Luis's account in payment for beating Tony up severely. The entire team were certain that it was Tony's father, but they had to be able to prove it in court, otherwise he would get off Scott free and that would be the worst thing that could happen. Abby has come upstairs and is seated at Tony's desk trying to help Tim, figuring in this case, two heads are better than one.

Jethro meanwhile is still trying to break Senior, but his lawyer is making that extremely difficult. Joshua knows what he's doing even if he's pretty new to this. He'd been a legal assistant for several years before he'd gotten his law degree, so he has more experience than most new lawyers do when they first start out.

Tim comes running to the observation room. He has found the evidence they need to connect the attackers to Tony's Father. He sees that Jethro is trying his absolute hardest to break the older DiNozzo, but with his lawyer present, it is extremely difficult.

"Agent Gibbs, could I see you for a moment?" Tim says timidly knowing how much his boss hates being interrupted in interrogation. This time, it will be worth the possibility of facing Jethro's anger for a moment.

Jethro leaves the interrogation room figuring that Tim wants him because he has found the link. He wouldn't dare interrupt otherwise as many times as he's gotten mad at him for doing exactly that. Tim has learned that lesson well over the years.

Tim meets him outside the interrogation room. "Boss, it took a lot of doing, but I got it. The seventy-five thousand dollars came from a personal account of one Anthony Dominic DiNozzo Sr. He must have had someone with excellent computer skills to hide his trail, but while it was difficult to find, I did manage it with a little help from Abby. I think I owe her a Caff Pow," Tim said.

Jethro smiles at the Caff Pow comment. He knows his forensic scientist's addiction to the drink and he nods his head agreeing with Tim that he should get one for her.
"Good work,Tim," Jethro tells the younger man. The rare praise is well deserved at this point. He could nail DiNozzo Sr. now. There is not getting out of it now. Jethro is glad. He hates it when one of his agents is hurt and this man was the cause of those problem.

Tim heads to observation planning to get the Caff Pow later. He wants to see the end of the interrogation. It should be interesting. Jethro can be pretty persistent, especially when he has enough evidence to go to trial and most likely get a conviction. He wants a confession whenever possible, especially in this situation. He knows that every little bit helps.

Jethro walks in determined. He has the upper hand at long last. He's been waiting for the information. He has the paperwork about the bank account that Tim had given him in his hands. That way he has proof about what they no and Josh won't think they're lying to get a confession.

"Mr. DiNozzo, we found a link between you and David Luis. We found seventy-five thousand dollars that was transferred from one of your bank accounts to the of one David Luis. My agents are working on your phone records," Jethro tells him. He is certainly glad that he managed to get a confession out of both David Luis and Alec Martinez. Jethro had suspected Senior, but until they had something to go on, they didn't have enough probable cause to go through his records.

At this, Senior realizes he's screwed. He had made a mistake not to pay these guy in cash. If he had, they wouldn't have been able to prove he had paid them off.

Joshua could see the look on his client's face and could see that in all likelihood he's guilty. He hates when there's a situation like this when he has to represent someone who has done something so horrible and yet he has to do it. His bosses had ordered him to take care of him.

"Agent Gibbs, could I speak with my client alone for a moment?" he says politely not wanting to antagonizing him.

Jethro leaves the room after having nodded to the equipment technicians in the observation room while Ziva also leaves. The techs shut it down and quickly leave the room. Jethro stands outside the interrogation room waiting to be told to come back in.

Ten minutes later, Joshua tells Jethro they're ready for him again.

"Special Agent Gibbs, I have barely had any contact with Junior in many years. He and I have never really gotten along. The last time I saw him is an obvious example of it. I do admit that I may have tried to hit him the last time," Senior tells him.

Jethro is surprised that he has said this much, especially on record. He hasn't known for long about how he treated Tony growing up, but he practically hates him. No one has a right to treat their child the way Senior has treated Tony.

"Mr. DiNozz, I know you have done this. You could make things a lot easier on all of us and just admit it," Jethro barks at him.

Joshua watches Jethro in awe. He had told his client not to say anything else, but he certainly won't blame him if he does. This agent Gibbs is scary.

"Alright, I did it. Is that what you wanted to hear. Junior disrespected me and deserved everything he got. Your Agent McGee is lucky I didn't do the same thing to him. He stopped me'" Senior says.

Jethro stands him up immediately and then reads him his rights again. It can't hurt.