A/N: Thank you so much for your patience.
A short chapter that I think does well on its' own.

"How?" came the automatic question, fired back at Tony without hesitation. "TELL me she didn't kill herself!" the emotion in that demand came through loud and clear.

"No, Gibbs, she did not kill herself. She was killed by a hit and run driver three days after she was here." Ziva answered calmly even though the boss' reaction baffled her.

"Okay. Write it up, just like a regular report." Gibbs directed, as he turned around and headed back down to talk to Ducky. The relief he felt that his agent's mother hadn't taken her own life, was palpable even in his wake.

"Tony? I do not understand. Why was Gibbs worried that June Harris had killed herself?" Ziva asked.

"Because, Ziva. If she had, Probie would never have forgiven himself. He would have taken the blame and buried himself under it. We probably would have lost him, not just to the guilt either. He probably would have quit his job; believing he didnt' deserve it." Tony explained.

"How can you be so sure he would react that way?" Ziva didn't believe for a minute that Tony and Gibbs knew Tim that well. From what little inter-personal interaction she'd seen, they didn't take the time to understand the younger agent at all. Until this last case, that is.

"Ziva, McGee is the first one in line when it comes to taking on blame and guilt for something that goes wrong, especially when it involves people who are affected by choices he's made." the Senior Field Agent explained further.

"Tony, he's been here less than two years. You know him that well, do you? I do not think it is possible that you do. You spend so much time making fun of him and harrassing him, you do not have time to get to know the real McGee." Ziva charged.

"Two weeks ago, I would have had to agree with you, Ziva. But, things are different now. We've all seen a big part of the real Probie and truthfully; now that we have, he's not that hard to figure out or understand." Tony stated.

Meanwhile, downstairs in Autopsy, Gibbs had informed Ducky of the end results of the search for Tim's mother. Knowing this needed to be handled with kid gloves, Gibbs had turned to the M.E. for guidence.

"Jethro, I suggest we inform his Doctor and allow him to handle it. You may want to go talk to him personally. I suggest you take Anthony with you. That young man is anxious to be there for Timothy and this will help him do just that." was the suggestion from Ducky.

"Not a bad idea, Duck. Thanks. Call over there and set it up, will ya, Duck? Oh, and make sure Tim's gone already."

"Certainly, Jethro. I shall call you if there are any problems with you going to see him in an hour?" Ducky suggested.

"Yeah. That'd be fine, thanks."

As Gibbs headed back to the squad room, he made a stop at Abby's lab first. She needed to be brought up to speed on things. He didn't want her accidentally setting off a chain of events that would make this whole situation worse.

"Hey, Gibbs! What brings you down here to my humble abode? I dont' have anything cause you don't have a case!" Abby reminded him.

"Yeah, Abbs. I know. Just came to bring you up to speed on something." Gibbs quietly led into the crux of the matter.

"Gibbs, you're scaring me. You don't usually hedge. You usually go straight for the jugular!" Abby pointed out with worry tainting her voice.

"Not this time, Abbs. When's the last time you talked to McGee?" Gibbs wondered.

"Last night, when I called him to check on him. Why?" Abby asked.

"Did he mention anything to you about wanting to talk to his mother?" Gibbs pushed.

"Which one?" the Goth asked. After seeing the look on the boss' face, she knew. "Oh, that one! No, he hasn't. Why? does he? Why would he want to do that? Oh, right! He thinks he needs to set things right with her! Timmy and his manners!" Abby said with a hint of sadness on his behalf.

"Abby, the point here is that in case he does say something to you about it, you need to be aware of what we've just found out."

"What?"

In response, Gibbs pulled out his phone and called Tony.

"DiNozzo, send what you two found out about June Harris to Abby, oh, and Ducky, too."

Ending the call, Gibbs waited while Abby recieved the information in her email and opened it. Watching her read the accident report and the accompanying file information, Gibbs hugged her briefly to comfort her but otherwise remained silent. When she turned around and looked to him for something, all he could give her was his request.

"Don't say anything to him. We're gonna let his Doctor handle this with him. Clear?" the boss asked.

"Of course! Why can't anything go right for him?" Abby cried on Tim's behalf.

"Abby, things have been going right for him. He's come a long way in the last two weeks. He'll get through this. He's not alone, remember?" Gibbs pushed her to get past this and get back on track. Giving her a peck on the cheek, he headed out, calling Ducky for confirmation of the appointment to see Tim's Doctor as he went.

"Yes, Jethro, he's expecting you in an hour. Timothy has gone already." Ducky advised.

"Call and check on him, Duck." Gibbs request wasn't unexpected.

"Relax, Jethro, I think I'll do better than that. I believe I'll take the young man to get a bite to eat. Doctor's privilage, you know, to make sure my patient is taking care of himself."

"Good idea, Duck. Thanks." Gibbs ended that call and entered the squad room on his mission.

"Tony, pack up, we've got an appointment. Bring the report and everything you've got on June Harris. Ziva, pack up and call it a night. DiNozzo, let's go!"

As they headed out Tony was quietly thinking of how they were gonna break the news to Probie. Gibbs was hoping the Doctor would take this problem and handle breaking it to McGee. Ziva was hoping the guys knew what they were doing. All of them were hoping things were gonna work out okay for Tim.

An hour later found Gibbs and Tony both feeling much better. Tim's Doctor had completely agreed with them about how to help Tim find out about this and help him through it. In fact, he'd called Tim while they were there and requested that he come back to the office for what the Doc had deemed "an important discussion" that night. The guy knew that no one wanted or needed to be keeping this from Tim any longer than they absolutely needed to. He'd advised Ducky to hold off on taking the young man to dinner, so Ducky had instead made due with a phone call to check on the young man, before going home.

While Gibbs and Tony didn't want or need to be there when Tim found out about his mother, Gibbs was determined to be there for him before he even got out the door after he found out. Staking out the Doc's office, Gibbs and Tony waited a good 20 minutes after Tim arrived and headed in before going back in themselves. With the determination of a tenacious bulldog, they waited, ready to be there when they were needed.