Ziva said "Tony, I know this case might be hard for you and I want you to know that I am here if you need to talk or anything."
Tony sighed. "I need to tell you about something but after work tonight, there was something that happened on my protection detail and I want you to know."
She said "All right, I will come over at the usual time and we can talk. I am just sorry that this case reminds you of Kate when I am sure you miss her a lot."
He nodded. "Yes I do. She was one of a few women who I ever saw go toe to toe with Gibbs and I think he respected her for that. It was probably why he hired her from the Secret Service and FBI."
Ziva listened. "She was in charge of protecting your president? She must have been very good at her job."
Tony nodded. "She was, we met her when a navy commander died on air force one. He was poisoned and for a while they thought the president was under threat. Turned out the poison was in his uniform."
"Kate and I at first were like brother and sister pretty much I would say. And then when I got the plague well she stayed with me pretty much the whole time and something changed. She was scared I would die I guess. So was I honestly but well here I am now." "Then came Ari again."
Ziva sighed. "I know. I wish I had stopped him sooner. He should not have taken her from you. Not when she was part of your family and needed here to help people."
Tony patted her arm. "This isn't on you, how could you have known then where things were going to go? You have had your own cross to bear with your family being Mossad Zi. That's enough."
Gibbs said "Dinozzo, I owe you a cowboy steak. My place and the usual time."
Tony said "On it boss."
He looked at Ziva. "Looks like I will have to call you later."
She nodded. "I'll be home, take some time with Gibbs. You need a little steak and beer and what is it, oh yes a campfire."
Gibbs smiled. "Very good Ziver. I could roast you some potatoes and vegetables if you want to join us."
She said "No this sounds like a how do you say it guy thing. Besides I do have laundry to do that I am behind on from when I was away recently and a few other things."
Tony said " So i just wonder if we can bring Angelique home finally this time. It would be justice for her family and maybe closure though parents never get over losing a child. Mine didn't."
Mcgee said "Wait a minute, you had a brother or sister?"
Tony replied" My mom was pregnant with a girl before me, carried her six and a half months. They named her Lily. So I did have a sister though I never knew her. I was the miracle child. She wanted to call me Maxwell. Dad won and got Anthony Junior."
Mcgee said "I don't think you ever told anybody here that."
Tony shrugged. " Maybe I need to tell people more about me instead of keeping it close to the vest all the time. I don't do it enough. I learned the wrong way that you didn't talk about your feelings for too many years."
Mcgee patted his shoulder. "It's ok. Senior probably wasn't sure how he was going to handle himself without your mom and then having you to raise. Yes he should have been there and been better. But I have no room to judge. I have the Admiral who thinks I should be teaching at MIT and not working for a federal law enforcement agency as a glorified computer geek."
Tony exhaled. "Fathers, we do have a pair. And you are way more than that Tim. Don't let him or anyone else tell him you aren't. You are a good crime scene investigator and agent. I know I have been here watching you. You have come a long way from the kid who was scared everytime Gibbs said boo in your direction."
Mcgee said "Now the boss is the kind of dad I wish I had."
Tony replied "Despite the headslaps and the sometimes growling I do too kid, but if you tell him I will deny I ever said anything."