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Chapter 12
Gibbs and Katie walked back in the house as Tony walked back into the kitchen from one of Rachel's new rooms. He was pleased with the way they had turned out. Katie had designed Rachel's bedroom in a sage green with natural earth tones to compliment the room and a royal blue and white ensuite adapted bathroom.
"Daddy!" Katie called as she slung her bag onto the sofa.
"In here honey!" He called back to her.
She came running in and launched herself at her father's legs, "That's from Auntie Rachel; she's pleased with my work and says she can't wait to come home next week."
Gibbs sat down heavily next to Tony, "You took her to the park didn't you." Tony grinned. Gibbs nodded and smiled back.
"Yep, are you ready for Rachel coming home?" Gibbs asked him.
"Yeah, her personal assistant starts tomorrow, I'm going to get her up to speed on her duties and let her learn where everything is in the house for her." Tony told his dad.
"Well that's done, Tony, your house smart system is all installed." Tim said coming in from a back room.
Tony walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa as Tim sat beside him and showed him how the system worked. "This is great Tim!" Tony said enthusiastically.
"So I hear the new P.A. starts tomorrow, what's she like?" Tim asked.
Tony grinned, "You'd like her, but I could honestly see you two fighting like brother and sister." He said cryptically.
Tim looked at Tony quizzically, however his next question was circumvented by Abby coming in. "Are you ready Tim…And is Katie ready?" she asked smiling.
"NEARLY!" Katie's voice called from upstairs. She came downstairs carrying her backpack over her shoulders and her teddy bear in her arms. She climbed onto her dad's lap and kissed his cheek. "I'll be good for Abby and Tim I promise," She said.
Tony smiled at her, "I know you will now you promise no studying and nothing educational, this weekend with Abby is all about being a kid and having fun."
"But daaaaaad!" She moaned and rolled her eyes, "Education is fun!" she insisted.
"Yeah Dad!" Abby joined in, "We're going to the aquarium, that's educational and fun." She laughed.
"Alright, but as long as you have fun." Tony smiled. He loved his daughter learning but needed to remind her occasionally how to be a kid.
The next morning the house was quiet and Tony sat enjoying a rare leisurely breakfast.
The doorbell rang and he walked to the door. "Sarah!" He smiled as Tim's sister stood at the door.
"Hey Tony, thanks for this job, it's going to be great having it fit around my studies."
"Come on in, I'm so glad you took the job, it's nice to have someone I trust around my girls." Tony said.
Sarah looked around, "Yeah Tim mentioned you have a daughter, is she here?"
"Nope Katie's spending the weekend with Tim and Abby, She's sleeping at Abby's and all three are spending the day together." He told her as they walked through to Rachel's apartment.
"Wow!" Sarah said as she looked at the rooms, "She has a kitchen, living room, a bedroom and ensuite and a sauna and hot tub/Jacuzzi for water therapy and we have the new pool out the back, all adapted for you to use with Rachel. She has complete autonomy and will tell you how she likes things done," He stopped and opened a large walking cupboard. "This is for her medical supplies, there is a delivery every week on a Tuesday and the sharps bin is kept in here. This cupboard must stay locked and Katie is not allowed near it." He told her. He showed her round the kitchen where she would be preparing the meals and showed her the smart house system that Tim had installed. "Also, when you use something the fridge is computerized to you can type on this panel what you've used and once a week the house will send a shopping list to the local supermarket and then they deliver. They have all the card details on file so all you have to do is type in what you need. "Katie is to be kept away from this too or we'll have peanut butter and candy everywhere." He said with a grin. "So you still want the job?" he asked.
Sarah sat down. This seemed just too perfect.
"OK, yeah, and the pay?"
"You'll get 15 dollars an hour plus if I need you to help with Katie sitting, that's another ten." He said.
Sarah smiled, "That sounds great but if you need to pull an all-nighter? I know what Gibbs' is like remember."
"Not a problem, Dad tends to send me home about six. Or he comes himself for her."
"Dad?" Sarah asked confused, Tony made her a coffee, and he told her all about it.
Sarah and Tony stayed talking for hours, he found her easy to get along with and as he realized it was three am, he let her sleep in the guest room, which he had told her was for her use if neither he nor Gibbs could get back for Katie.
Tim arrived at six am the next morning with a sleepy Katie, he had a writer's seminar to attend and promised to drop her off first so he carried her up to her room and placed her in her bed, and quietly he turned around to go back downstairs when Sarah walked out of the bathroom in a towel.
"Sarah!" he said surprised,
"Tim!" she squeaked.
"What the HELL!" He hissed not wanting to wake Katie up.
Tony walked out of his room in sleep shorts his hair all mussed up, "What's going on?" He asked.
Tim whirled and punched him in the nose, "I have your daughter so you can sleep with my sister?" He hissed.
"Downstairs." Tony growled and went to throw some clothes on texting Gibbs on the way.
