Kaylin was cleared by the doctors exactly one week after her release. She wasn't quite one hundred percent but she was a million times better. She would be able to return to school the next day but was told to come home if she started to feel bad. Tony and Avery really couldn't miss anymore work but Avery's sister was available. It had been a long week for the family but it was worth it, knowing that Kaylin had recovered from her illness.

"So you can go back to school tomorrow. Are you excited?" Avery asked.

"I actually am." Kaylin replied.

"That's where you and I are different. I would do anything to miss school at your age." Tony laughed.

"School was always my escape. Now I just like to learn." Kaylin explained.

"No need to explain yourself." Tony replied.

Later Kaylin was in her bedroom doing her homework. Over the week they had been moved to a different safe-house. It was still smaller than the family was used to but Kaylin was able to have her own room. Tali was sleeping in Tony and Avery's room. The privacy was a major victory for the new family. Especially given the current circumstances.

"Have you heard anything?" Avery asked Tony, looking around to make sure the girls were not around.

"Not yet but they said about thirty days." Tony replied.

"Should we tell her or do you want to wait until we get the results?" Avery asked.

"I think it would be best if we told her now. I wanted to tell her last week but the doctor said not to stress her and I don't know how she would react." Tony explained.

"So we'll sit her down and tell her tonight?" Avery asked.

"Yes" Tony replied.

Before the news came the big dinner party. Well maybe big was not the best word to describe the party. It was only the family, McGee and Delilah, and the Palmer's. Everybody was very anxious to meet Kaylin and Jimmy was looking forward to get to know the not seriously ill Kaylin. It was a last minute get together but Tony had thrown together spaghetti and meatballs and Avery had made a Ceaser Salad. They were having a store bought cake for desert.

"Do I need to adjust the table for Delilah?" Avery asked as she was preparing the table.

"She has a tray." Tony explained.

"Is Breena sensitive to anything?" Avery asked.

"She isn't coming. She was feeling bad and Jimmy did not want her to overdo it." Tony explained.

"So we are set?" Avery asked.

"I think we are." Tony replied.

"Are these people nice?" Kaylin asked.

"Some of the nicest people you will ever meet." Tony assured.

"Let me know when they get here." Kaylin replied.

"Alright" Avery replied.

Half an hour later all the guests had arrived. The guests were sitting around the living room and Kaylin was leaning against the kitchen door. She was terrified to go out there. Even after all the love the DiNozzo's had given her. She was still terrified of strangers. The DiNozzo's were good people or at least they seemed to be and their friends seemed nice, but a lot of people seemed nice. Her father had once seemed nice even. So she just stood there crying on the other side of the door. Avery emerged from the master bedroom and headed her way. There really was no point to hiding. Taking a deep breath, Kaylin forced herself into the living room. Two men sat on the sofa, one wore glasses and had a look of concern on his face. Kaylin recognized him from the night she got sick. The other man was thin with reddish brown hair. A woman in a wheelchair was beside the skinnier of the two men. Her stomach was round. Right in that stage where she might be pregnant or she may just be overweight.

"Hello, I am Kaylin." Kaylin greeted.

"I am Jimmy Palmer. We met before. My wife was supposed to join us but she is pregnant and having a hard day." Jimmy explained.

"I am Tim McGee and this is my fiancee." McGee introduced.

"Delilah Fielding, until September that is." Delilah introduced.

"Kaylin was asked to join a STEM program today." Avery announced.

"They have to ask so many girls." Kaylin explained.

"Don't be modest, you are a brilliant girl." Avery reminded.

"That's so cool. I wish STEM had available when I was in school. The program was fairly new and I grew up in a pretty rural area. My school almost got a tech center with a monetary donation but the PTA voted on a new gym instead." Delilah explained.

"Was it at least adaptive?" Kaylin asked.

"I actually wasn't in a wheelchair back then. That happened just a few years ago. Though my gym coach did always joke that a quadriplegic could out run me." Delilah explained.

"Sounds like me." Kaylin laughed.

"Do you see yourself going into math or science? Maybe medicine?" McGee asked.

"I kind of want to be an optometrist. It's weird but I just think it's so cool." Kaylin explained.

"My dad was an optometrist!" Jimmy cried.

"Really?" Kaylin asked.

"Yeah it was pretty great. Except for when I needed glasses. He would give me the old ones off the discount rack. The glasses too ugly to send to poor kids." Jimmy explained.

"That's unfortunate." Kaylin replied.

"So what else do you like?" McGee asked.

Abby double checked the number before knocking on the door. The handle jerked and DiNozzo Senior stepped into the hotel hallway. He had aged since she had last seen him. Probably the stress from Tony's latest drama. She wished he would just let go and embrace his father. How petty could you be?

"How are you?" Abby asked sympathetically.

"I'm alright, charges are worrisome. I am going to head to Italy in the morning." Senior explained.

"They are at a safe-house. I don't know the address but I know they are at a safe-house." Abby explained.

"Get the address and I may just stick around." Senior replied.

"Deal" Abby agreed.

A/N: Will Abby and Senior be caught in time? New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.