Tony felt as if his heart was being torn to shreds by a pack of wild dogs. Remembering his second daughter was almost harder than remembering Angela. At least he had the happy memories of his love for Becca and the support of both her family and his surrogate family. To carry him through the dark times with Angela. His relationship with Jeanne was so bad they only agreed to be on "positive terms" for the good of the baby. Jeanne would text him after her appointments and she had sent him a copy of the ultrasounds. He had brushed up on his Lamaze coaching, and bought a furniture, clothes, and toys for his apartment. He spent weeks touring larger apartments and small houses. He even began scouring baby name books trying to find a name for his new baby girl. Only to have his heart ripped out and stomped on once again. He was in the middle of the ocean on the SS. Ronald Reagan. He had hidden the news and claimed that his depression was caused by his girlfriend breaking up with him. Jimmy knew about his second daughter but nobody else. He was too pained by her loss and he didn't want to be "that guy who lost both his kids." Even more so he didn't want anybody to try and pressure him into fixing things with Jeanne. So for eight years he hid his pain. Now here it was exposed all because Gibbs was claiming that he had met his daughter. Then again Gibbs knew the pain of losing a child. Surely he wouldn't make something like this up. At least he hoped he wouldn't, but maybe this was a test or some sort of payback for AJ.

"What do you mean she was stillborn?" Gibbs asked finally breaking the silence after what felt like an eternity.

"She was born dead!" Tony snapped, snarkly.

"I know what it means, Tony. What I want to know is why you think that your daughter was stillborn and I am really curious as to why you never told me." Gibbs explained.

"Jeanne got pregnant the last night we were together. She didn't find out about our daughter until between Thanksgiving and Christmas of that year. She told me in January of the following year and we agreed to attempt to get along. For the sake of our daughter. Jeanne even agreed to let me keep her some weekends. Then Jenny died and I was sent to Agent Afloat aboard the SS. Ronald Reagan. I was on that ship exactly fourteen days when I received a call from Jeanne. She had given birth that morning to a baby girl; seven pounds six ounces, seventeen inches long, blue eyes, and wavy blonde hair. Her name was Marley Evelyn Benoit, she was perfect, and she was stillborn." Tony explained.

"Tony, Marley was not stillborn. She is very much alive and she is going to need you to take care of her." Gibbs explained.

"What the hell do you mean?!" Tony cried.

"When AJ was still in the regular ward I went down to the playroom on that floor and I met a little girl named Marley. She turned eight years old this spring and she is Jeanne's and your daughter. Abby ran the tests and you are in fact the father." Gibbs explained.

"Where's Jeanne? Why do I have to step up as father all of the sudden?" Tony demanded.

"Jeanne was killed in a car wreck, that is why Marley is in here. She was hurt in the accident that killed her mother." Gibbs explained

"How badly is Marley hurt? I mean does she have lasting injuries?" Tony asked.

"A few but nothing to life altering. She has scars on her forehead and leg. She did something to her knee that required surgery and she may walk with a limp for the rest of her life but she is only doing outpatient Physical Therapy four days a week. She also broke her arm but has no lasting effects from that injury." Gibbs explained.

"Does she know about me?" Tony asked.

"Not yet I wanted to gauge how you reacted before I told her." Gibbs replied.

"When can I see her?" Tony asked.

"Well you have appointments all day tomorrow and Marley is going to need a day to adjust. So how about Friday?" Gibbs asked.

"That sounds great." Tony replied.

"I will talk to Marley tonight." Gibbs replied.

"Where is she staying while I am in the hospital? They aren't putting her in a home, right?" Tony questioned.

"I called in a few favors and was awarded temporary custody with the option to adopt if you did not chose to take custody." Gibbs explained.

"No I want custody." Tony assured.

"That's what I thought but how are you really feeling about all this?" Gibbs asked.

"I am glad that Marley is alive and that I can gain custody. I am also hurt, angry, and above all confused. That is all directed towards Jeanne though." Tony explained.

"Nobody blames you for that, Tony." Gibbs assured.

"Why would she lie to me?" Tony asked.

"I guess that she was just that angry with you and you being at sea gave her the ability to lie to you. I am sorry." Gibbs explained.

"Rule six" Tony reminded.

"I would say that your ex lying to you about your child being stillborn for eight years is worthy of an apology." Gibbs explained.

"I wonder what she told Marley about me. What if she painted me as some kind of monster?" Tony asked.

"Marley's a smart girl. She may be skeptical at first but she will catch on that you are a good guy pretty quickly." Gibbs explained.

"What does she look like?" Tony asked.

"She looks like you." Gibbs replied.


A/N: Tony and Marley will both have some major adjusting to do but Gibbs will see to it that they are happy. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.