Tony woke up that morning and found that Penelope hadn't come to bed with him last night again. The trip to New York and her meeting Senior had gone as well as he had expected it to. He looked in the spare bedroom and the blankets she had brought with her were rumpled so she had fallen asleep in there. There was a note for him that read "angelfish had an early call out for a new case so I left before you were out of dreamland. I'll see you tonight . Text me later., sunshine."
Tony sighed and went to start coffee. He found a box of cereal and some milk and poured it into a bowl. He had time to eat before he showered. It was time to go back to work again which felt good. He ate his breakfast and then moved to shower. He shaved and pulled out a dark blue shirt and some gray pants. Casual but comfortable and good enough for the office. Another day solving navy and marine crime and then he would hopefully figure out what was going on with Penelope.
He fed both cats and gave them fresh water while checking their litter box. He tossed the red mouse down the hall for Coal while Ace was playing with his velvet rabbit toy. "You both be good today and I'll see you tonight."
The bullpen: "So people what happened while I was away? " "I know that there were some cold cases unless you helped Gibbs with something."
McSassy said "We have a missing kid , Tony. Navy lieutenants teenage daughter, had a dance at school Saturday night and never came home after. Meet Naomi Millstone, 15 years old."
She clicked a picture up on the plasma then of a curvy African American girl that appeared to also be partially white as well.
Tony said " Have her friends been in here yet? What about online activity, teenagers are on the internet or their phones all the time there has to be something ."
Kevin said "We are about to have a few interviews with some girls who were at the dance. It was on base so how did she just disappear?"
Sam replied "Maybe she didn't, maybe she got mad at mom and dad for something and is having a friend hide her. It is possible and could happen with an angry teenage girl if she wasn't allowed to do something she wanted."
" Get her friends and not friends in here, I want to talk to everyone who was in her class at school. Someone knows something and they are going to tell us." "I want her bank records, she could have a part time job somewhere. From the way she dresses, she likes Old Navy and I would think she has to spend her own money on her clothes and things. I did."
Nick said "Uh weren't you rather well off Tony?"
He sighed. "Don't believe everything you read Nick, my father cut me off when i was 12. Went to boarding school that same year. The first one anyway .Grandparents felt bad for me and gave me a small allowance back then. Moms parents didn't speak to my dad after well." "But enough about me , let's get back to this case."
"You've had a rough week Agent Dinozzo, you could take another day off." Hetty said.
He replied "Madame Director , I need to be here. My father is going to be fine . I need my mind back at the job again. It helps me move forward."
She nodded. "If you change your mind , you have plenty of unused vacation time to take just say the word ."
He said "I will keep it in mind maam thank you."
He checked his cell phone for a moment and no text yet from Penelope. Maybe she was busy, he would wait a while and look again.
The team looked at Tony. He was definitely preoccupied with something but was it business or personal. Oh well they would leave it alone until he wanted to share with them.