Tony knew that feeling sorry for himself was useless but given his situation, it was pretty hard not to. He had lost his leg and the first woman he had truly loved in a long time. He adored Marley and wanted to do right by her but he couldn't seem to do right by anyone. He had first gotten Becca pregnant when the doctors warned that while pregnancy was highly unlikely, it was incredibly risky. Even though Becca had desperately wanted to continue the pregnancy. He still felt as if he had pressured her into keeping the baby. Then when Angela was born he was so upset he was making her demise about him. He was crying for himself and barely even paid attention to her. He just sat around in the NICU crying like an idiot. Kate was another of his failures. He had loved her not as much as Ziva and Becca but he genuinely loved her none the less. He had let her slip through his fingers. If he had consoled her after she was hit in the chest by Ari's bullet and a sneeze was the only thing that saved her from being hit in the head. Instead he just stood back, while she broke down. That's why Director Shepard put her on leave, that is why she went home to Indiana, and that is why she drowned in the creek behind her parents house. He had failed Jeanne and that's why he missed the first nine years of Marley's life. If Jeanne hadn't died he would have never known her. Now he had failed Ziva, he could do nothing right and eventually Marley would be added to his list of victims.

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs called.

"What do you need boss, therapy was brutal this morning." Tony yawned.

"I just want to talk." Gibbs replied.

"That's never good." Tony sighed.

"You mind telling me while your child is thinking that she hates you?" Gibbs questioned.

"Kids tend to make assumptions?" Tony asked.

"No! It's because you are so busy wallowing in self pity, you have refused to see her. Now she thinks that you hate her." Gibbs explained.

"What's the point of seeing her?" Tony asked.

"Because she's your daughter!" Gibbs snapped.

"I know but I fuck up so much she will eventually hate me, too." Tony sighed.

"She will hate you if you make her hate you. Which is what will happen if you keep acting like this and ignoring her." Gibbs explained.

"I just feel like I ruin all of my relationships." Tony sighed.

"Take care of your girl and you will be happy." Gibbs replied.

"What about Ziva?" Tony asked.

"She will either come around or she won't but she is not important. Marley is your number one priority. Ziva and AJ only get close if you become a family. Then it is all equal." Gibbs explained.

"Why is losing her so hard?" Tony asked.

"Because you love her but you have to get out of this spiral before you can work on your relationships. Now get some rest, I am bringing Marley over for dinner." Gibbs ordered.

"Yes sir" Tony replied. Gibbs was right, he was always right.

Ziva was slowly settling into her new life. AJ was improving with everyday but that didn't change the fact the he would never be the same. Her heart broke as her son had seizures and struggle with tasks he had been doing since he was a baby. It pissed her off that Adam had done this to him. Tony had saved him but even that wasn't enough for her to trust him. She hated feeling this way but what was she supposed to do? Yes he didn't know Marley was alive but why didn't he just tell her? Did he really think that him dating another woman was a deal breaker? It wasn't. The lie was. AJ was at therapy and she was trying to keep herself busy.

"Ziva!" Jimmy called.

"What do you want?! I don't want to hear you pleading Tony's case!" Ziva snapped.

"I actually came to see AJ but he is in therapy. I do think we should talk about Tony." Jimmy replied.

"What's there to talk about? He couldn't tell me about Jeanne. I wouldn't have been mad." Ziva commented.

"Tony's relationship with Jeanne was a train wreck. He was in love with her not like he loves you but he was bonded to her. It was an undercover mission that got out of hand. I can't give away too many details but it was just a case. The relationship ended with Jeanne accusing Tony of killing her father. It broke Tony's heart. I honestly thought that he was going to kill himself. Then Jeanne found out she was pregnant and they tried to work things out. I thought they had and then when Tony was on Agent Afloat Jeanne told him that Marley was stillborn. Again he lost himself. I don't know why Jeanne did what she did but Tony never spoke of it and he would freak out if you asked. It's not that he thought you would be mad. It tore him up inside to even think about it." Jimmy explained.

"Yeah right!" Ziva scoffed, storming out of the cafeteria.

Ziva was enraged by Jimmy's visit. She knew that he was just lying to help Tony. What kind of undercover mission involved dating a woman? It sounded like a lot of bullshit to her. In a blind rage she stormed back to AJ's room. A nurse was standing over his bed, a look of concern on his face.

"What's wrong?" Ziva asked.

"He threw up in PT and when we checked him he had a fever. Now he's congested. We are sending him back to children's." The nurse explained.

Gibbs stepped into Marley's room. All day she had been excited to finally get to see her daddy again but, now that it was time she was not even responding to his calls. He found her lying on the bed, curled up in a ball. He got closer and noticed that she was running a fever, she had one hand on her side and he could tell she had been sick. He had seen this before. When Kelly had appendicitis.

"Come on Marley we have to get to the hospital." Gibbs called.

"To see daddy?" Marley asked weakly.

"No honey you are sick and I need to get you checked out." Gibbs explained.

"Not sick" Marley argued.

"Your dad tries the same thing or at least he did." Gibbs laughed.

A/N: Even though Marley and AJ will be at different hospitals it will still get Tony and Ziva to talk. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.