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Chapter Eleven:-
The next morning, Tim opened his eyes to find Jessica already awake and watching him.
"Good morning handsome" she said with a smile
He smiled back "Good morning gorgeous" he pulled her into a gentle hug
"How did you sleep?" she asked
"Like a baby"
"You look like one. You have a baby face" she smiled "Your features are very peaceful"
Then she burst into laughter and said "The soup is still on the table" she laughed out loud
"I don't regret it for a second" he shared the laughter
"Last night was amazing" he whispered
Resting her head on his chest she said " It was much more than that"
"I'm starving but before we eat, I want to explain to you what happened that day. Abby I mean." He explained everything ending his speech with
"Abby is a good girl I'm sure she meant well. We are close friends"
"It's okay Tim just forget about it. Listen Tim, there's something I want to tell you…I.."
She hesitated for a second and before she says what she wanted to say, Tim's phone started ringing, checking the Caller ID he said
"Give me a second please. Hi mom, how are you? No mom I'm fine please don't cry. Mom I promise you I'm fine….mom…..Hi dad. No dad I'm Okay... don't...no don't blame Sarah it's not her fault I was the one who told her not to tell you. I didn't want you to get worried over nothing. Of course you are always welcome dad but don't worry, I'm in good hands" he said that and kissed Jessica's hand
After Tim ended his phone call he looked at Jessica, who was already putting her outfits on, and said "What did you want to tell me?"
"Nothing" she shook her head "I just want to go home to shower and change before I go to work. I'll see you there" she said
"Wait….that fast…..did I say anything wrong?"
"No Tim you didn't. Quite the opposite, you are a wonderful man. I just don't want us to be late." She kissed him one last time before she goes "I'll see you later"
NCIS
"Good morning, guys" Tim said cheerfully
"Morning McGee, welcome back" said Ziva
"Morning probie, good to see you buddy"
"Let me start working we are already late" Tim said
"Wow, somebody is in a good mood today. You have anything to share with us probie" Tony said playfully
"Shut up DiNozzo" Ziva said and elbowed him
Tim just rolled his eyes and didn't answer.
Jessica walked into the bullpen with a glowing smile on her face
"Good morning everyone" she greeted them
Gibbs was right behind her "Tim, welcome back. Abby wants you to check her computer at her lab"
"Abby…..I….."he gulped "I mean….." he looked at Jessica who shrugged and nodded
"Okay boss I won't be late" he said and headed for the lab
Abby met him with tearful eyes and she gave him her trade mark bear hug
"Welcome back Timmy" she whispered
"Everything alright Abs? Why do I see tears in your eyes?" he said gently
"Timmy I'm sorry that I was selfish and ruined your happiness with your new love. Are we still friends? Or did I lose that too?"
"Of course we are still friends Abby. How can you ask me that? You'll always be my best friend Abby, but nothing more than that. I'm sorry"
"Me too Timmy"
He helped her to fix her computer problem then he went away. Watching him leaving she mumbled to herself
"I will always love you Timothy McGee" and her tears rolled down her cheeks
NCIS
Back to the office he found Jessica grabbing her bag and preparing to leave.
"What's going on? Where are you going Jess?" he asked
"I'm sorry Tim. My mom called and they need me one more time. I have to go to Arizona now. I've already taken permission from Fornell and Gibbs."
She gave him a soft kiss on his lips surprising everyone in the office including Tim himself who immediately blushed
She whispered in his ear "I love you Tim"
She took his breath away with her unexpected words
"I love you too" he said
NCIS
Tim started working on the laptop one more time but one hour later, McGee Shouted "Dammit. "Furiously
"What is it McGee?" said Gibbs worriedly
"It's that damn laptop boss" he huffed and added "The files were protected with a fire wall which was obviously done by a professional." Huffing one more time, he rubbed his face and added
"It started deleting all the information once I logged in"
"Dammit" they all said at the same time
"What now boss?" said Tony
"I don't know Tony that case just gets more and more complicated. These are not a bunch of amateurs. They know what they are doing. I'll go talk to Vance" Gibbs said and left
Till the end of the day, nothing really happened and they went home disappointed and empty handed.
NCIS
The next day, at the office, Gibbs walked in with his coffee cup and said
"Listen up people! Today I want you to start working on, tracking the employees of John Edwards Jr's company may be one or more of them are involved and also the close friends and family of Corporal Will Henderson. Who knows? may be some surprises are waiting for us. Check their phone call records and their bank accounts even their social life and their back grounds anything that can help. NOW"
"On it boss" they said at the same time
At the afternoon, Vance asked for a meeting with Gibb,
After which, Gibbs went straight to his agents and said
"Hey did you find anything interesting?"
"Not yet boss"
"Okay grab your gear we are going to the FBI agency"
"What is it boss?" asked Tony
"We have a meeting with the director of the FBI and Fornell, even Vance is invited." Gibbs said
"Something important must have happened" Said McGee
"Yes McGee. Let's go" said Gibbs
NCIS
At the FBI building, Fornell asked for a closed meeting with only the FBI Director, himself, Gibbs and Vance before they have the larger one with the rest of the agents.
Tony and Ziva were chatting with two of the FBI agents, while Tim was chatting with agent Brown, Jessica's partner.
"How are you doing Tim? Hope everything is fine" Agent Brown said
"Yes Jerry, thank you. Where's agent Miller? Thought he will be attending with us" said Tim
"Actually, Frank is in a sick leave starting from today" he sighed and added
"He resigned a few days ago and took a few days off till the resignation is signed"
"What happened? Why the early retirement? He's still young" Said Tim
"He said that he's tired of living on the edge, and that dangerous life doesn't suit him and he wants to settle down. Now how's Jessica doing with you people? Is she giving you a hard time?" Jerry laughed
Tim smiled when he heard her name and said "NO, she's wonderful. She's…..a faithful agent"
"I have to agree with you. Where's she by the way? Why isn't she with your team?" Jerry asked
"Her sister had a car accident and she went to help out" Tim simply said
"She doesn't have a sister!"
"What?! What do you mean she doesn't have a sister?" Tim was shocked
"Jessica doesn't have a sister, only a brother" Jerry said
"May be it's her brother then. I may have heard wrong" Tim started to question himself
"I doubt that" said Jerry "Her brother lives in the UK not in the USA"
Still unable to process the new information Tim shrugged and said "May be it's a friend then and I got it all wrong" he tried to smile but he failed
"Or maybe it's not just a friend, maybe it's a new boyfriend" Jerry laughed mischievously but Tim couldn't really share the laughter so he just nodded
Tim was very confused. Could it be another man! But why? She said she loved him just before she left. Why would she lie? Could that be important? Does he need to share the information with his team?
He was jarred out of his thoughts as they were called for the meeting.
NCIS
Foenell and Gibbs were standing by the door, but before the agents walk in, Fornell stopped them
"Officer David, gentlemen. With all due respect, you will all pick up your cell phone and hand it to my good assistant here and you can have them back later." He said firmly
"What's going on here Gibbs" said Tony
Gibbs nodded for his agents to do what they were asked and said "You'll understand in a minute Tony" and they all obeyed
NCIS
"As you all know" started Vance "we are in the middle of a very complicated case, whenever we put our hands on a new lead it miraculously and unexpectedly disappears.
One of our agents was insulted twice, which is unacceptable, and two potential felons were killed before we blink which indicates, with all due respect to all of you, that there's an internal informant who tips them off.
Without further delay, we had a tip from a trusted source that a big (human trafficking) deal, related to our case, is happening in a few hours on the docks and we may stumble on the snake's head, if we are lucky, and cut it off.
So to avoid jeopardizing the mission, we have taken your cell phones, which you'll retrieve once the job is done, and we'll give you new ones with your colleagues numbers saved on their memories so you can contact. And I have to warn you that your phones will be monitored just in case any of you thought about making any suspicious call. Am I clear?"
They all nodded and they left the room preparing for the big bust
The whole way McGee was lost in his thoughts
"Earth to McGee" Tony said humorously
Tim shook his head "Sorry, did you say something Tony?"
"We are in our way to do a big bust Tim, you need to focus" the SFA said
Tim just nodded in agreement
"Are you okay? Are you up to it buddy" Tony said with a caring attitude for his little brother
"Thank you Tony. I'm fine" Tim smiled
Once they all gathered on the docks, Gibbs and Fornell gave their orders to their agents to secure the location and check if there are any suspicious activities.
"I think we still have time till this evening that's what our source told us, but we need to secure ourselves just in case" said Fornell firmly "NOW Go"
They spread carefully and they tried not to draw the attention of the workers on the docks.
Among the countless number of the shipping containers, they walked while their trained eyes were watching, like a hawk, everything and everyone.
NCIS
Tim was walking among the containers, his eyes on every detail that's when he thought he heard muffled voices coming from a distance , getting closer to the source of the voices, he was now sure something is suspicious.
He quickly looked around trying to locate one of the fellow agents to be his back up and when he didn't see anyone he reached for his cell phone to ask for back up that's when he saw her.
He saw Jessica's back a few steps away from him.
He got closer to her and whispered "Jessica what are you doing here? I thought you are visiting your sister" he said accusingly
Shock was obvious on her face, she said
"Tim what are you doing here? I mean I thought you are still sick and you won't join us"
"I'm doing my job, that's what I'm doing here and I'm more than fine thank you. Now what are you doing here?"
He was aggressively questioning her
"Um….. Fornell called me and told me he needed all his agents today, so I had to leave my sister to join you" she gulped loudly
"Your sister, ha? Jessica, I know you don't have a sister. Now what the hell is going on?"
"Tim, listen it's not the right time to do this okay?! All I can say is that I was helping a friend. Now let's go join the others" she said grabbing his hand and leading him away from the container
"You are right it's not the right time, but there's something we need to check. Listen! Can't you here these muffled voices" he said while getting closer to the source "let's check if there's something that needs to be reported"
"Tim, wait please" she said, but he just kept going forward
As they approached the site of the container, he saw a man with a gun in his belt guarding the container. Tim quickly scanned the area with his eyes to see if there's someone other than that man and then yelled
"Federal Agents. Drop your gun" Tim said firmly to the man in front of him. The man didn't blink he just raised an eye brow and smiled. That's when Tim heard the last thing he expected
"No, Agent McGee, it's you who will drop your gun NOW" Jessica said with a wide grin on her face.
Tim turned his head slowly to face the barrel of the gun aiming at the side of his head.
Shocked with the change of events, Tim's eyes widened in horror "Jessica what are you doing? it's not the right time for a bad joke"
"Who said anything about jokes agent McGee. I'm as serious as a heart attack. Now drop your gun please" she said with a smirk
With gloating in his eyes the other man approached and kicked McGee's gun away when the later dropped it.
She pushed his shoulder with her gun "Now walk!" She ordered him, and they walked till they reached a very distant and abandoned workers bathroom, which is hard to be noticed
"Now, what do we do with him, boss? Shoot his head off?" said the man to Jessica
"No, don't you dare do that, if we do that his boss will hunt our asses down. He takes his agents very seriously. I don't want to live the rest of my life looking over my shoulder I want to enjoy the MONEY. So Just tie him to this chair"
"I don't believe it, My God, is it a damn nightmare? You?! Of all people, you?!" Tim was in shock.
He kept looking into her eyes trying to find the warmth he used to see, but all he could see was just a cold stare.
"Believe it agent McGee and PLEASE spare me the Moral speech. I told you before that you read too many romantic stories. I'm a good actress, that's all. okay?!
Of course I have to admit that I enjoyed the DETAILS" she winked at him and added
"You are quite handsome. I was weak and couldn't resist the temptation and I had fun with you I can't deny that but…Sorry agent McGee money talks. They gave me a good offer and I couldn't say NO."
"DETAILS?! You call what we had between us, DETAILS? I thought u loved me"
"There's no such thing as love agent McGee. Love is a big lie, GROW UP"
"So, all that time it was YOU!"
"Yes agent McGee it was me. Brilliant ha?" she said coldly
"We all trusted you for God's sake. I don't believe that"
He didn't want to sound desperate or pathetic but he was in shock
"Stew, just shut him up with that damn duct tape"
"Are you sure you don't want me to shut him up with a bullet in his head?"
"Yes Stew I'm sure"
"Okay then, and I will smash his cell phone too so they wouldn't trace it"
"Good idea"
After Stew was done with McGee, she leaned and kissed his cheek "Good bye agent McGee."
Waving good bye sarcastically, she left with Stew, leaving Tim behind
"Do you think, he could escape somehow or be found and warn them before we leave for good?"
"No, genius, he can't escape cause we tied him very well and took his gun, besides do you think they will ever imagine, that their agent is locked up in that distant abandoned bathroom in area 13 in which no one works anymore? I don't think so.
And even if they notice that their agent is missing, they will take time till they get there, right? Hurry we need to meet the boss and warn him that the Feds are here"
He nodded in agreement with what she said
"Now let's go to meet our friends on our beloved ship, El Magnifico" he laughed loudly
Tim was all alone in that abandoned place, feeling an overwhelming feeling of shock and sadness. The pain was very deep in his chest as if his heart was shattered
This damn case consumed his power; his body sustained a lot of injuries like no other case. But this time the pain was different, this time it's his heart. It's bleeding tears and the pain is unbearable.
God, he can't believe he did it again, he trusted someone with his heart and was left with nothing but pain and betrayal. Is he a magnet for disasters?
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