The beginnings of a new life
Chapter 36th
Gibbs walked out of her room perhaps for the very last time. His life once again was going to be changing for the worse. But first he had a job that needed to be done with going home to pack his things.
Walking out into the crisp air and a threat of possible rain. He headed on home breaking speed records without any police along the way to be surprising for him. He was thinking about his wife and how he had first met her...
He had been recovering from coming back from Paraguay the first time with being gone for two months with field agent Timothy McGee. It was rather hard for him to try and deal with the torture, while McGee was watching in front of his eyes.
They were always huddled up together in the corner of their cell on board the ship on the Rio basin of Paraguay. Once they were rescued and talking with Doctor Grace. Leon Vance had asked a old friend of his Lt. Loreile Ann Baskins working at the Evergreen safehouse to help Gibbs out with further rehab.
They had first met at the SECNAV celebration. He was ordered to attend wearing a nice Tux or suit for the affair. He walked in using his cane to get around since his right leg and knee was still an issue. Leon Vance and the Secnav members were chatting when they noticed Gibbs walking over to the food table with Baskins already grabbing her food onto a plate.
Loreile turned to face the silver hair fox gentleman handsome as hell wearing the black suit he had on and she was able to smell his Old Spice cologne this evening. "Sir am I in your way of the table?" She said with a smile that was a real killer to his eyes and especially his dark blue eyes filled with pain.
"Not really! I was going to wait until you were finish." Gibbs said with a slight smirk on his expression.
"Please move over to the table and take your choices. There are plenty of them. By the way my name is Lt. Loreile Baskins of the Evergreen safehouse." She shook his firm callous hands from his work with the boats and other projects in his basement.
"Meaning the safehouse in Alexandria, Virginia?" Gibbs knew the place with Leon mentioning it to him on occasion.
"Correct for the last five years I have been working there since transferring in from Norfolk, Virginia. And you are?" She asked with curiosity with the question.
"Me. I am Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs of NCIS of the Naval Yards. I was forced to come here with my friend and boss Director Leon Vance telling me to dress in this monkey suit." He quipped with his words to have Loreile chuckling..."What's so funny Lt. Baskins?"
"I know Director Leon Vance really well from years ago for when I was with the marines in Camp Pendleton for two years in the field of communications. Have you ever served Special Agent Gibbs?" She asked the right question...
"Marines." He returned back to reality with parking his grey truck on the side of the curve since he was coming back out once he was all packed. He walked inside to head upstairs. But first he stopped into the nursery that was going to hold Shane in the cradle that he had made for his son. He was remembering Kelly at that age even though he wasn't at her birth while on deployment.
Running his hands over the cradle and other furniture. After feeling sorry for himself. He went to the bedroom to change into his green fatigues in the closet. He dressed quickly with placing the green cap over his head. He grabbed his go bag to head to the basement to grab his guns and other things he will need. When he went to his large toolbox with other knives. He found a letter that was written in Loreile's handwriting dated a week ago. She had told him to read the letter when he was on board the flight heading for Paraguay.
He didn't know what to do but wait until he was abroad the transport plane. Checking one final time...He headed back upstairs with turning out the lights and locking the door for the last time...
Some time later reaching the Dulles airport freight area. He saw the others waiting for instructions to board the flight. Meanwhile the Marines were inside already with given orders to board.
Director Vance dressed and ready to go with the NCIS team. He asked Gibbs on whether he was alright.
He said the following..."No. Loreile wrote me two letters asking me to write them when we were aloft in the air. Any further word from the source in regard to the Intel on Hernandez and his regime?" Gibbs needed to asked the question since it was his life on the line...
"Nothing at all Gibbs." The pilot came over to the group to let them get abroad the transport plane.
Vance shouted to everyone to get moving abroad. With Torres anxious to arrive already and search for the terrorist Hernandez. He was wondering just how many more of the family is still alive to make their revenge on Special Agent Gibbs.
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An half hour later in the air with everyone settled...Special Agent Gibbs in the corner removed one of the letters from his fatigues jacket pocket... He opened it to begin reading...
Dear Jethro
The reason I am writing this letter is to let you know that I truly do support you in every way with your need to get rid of your dark void of our lives. I love you a great deal and I want you to do what is most important to protect our family.
I understand that you're going to be leaving soon for Somalia, Paraguay and you might not be coming back to us meaning our son. No he's not born as of yet. But I have a feeling it's going to be soon and I need to express myself.
Please don't worry about us while you're on your endeavor Jethro. I fully support even though we will be separated for sometime. I will be here for you and our son.
Love,
Loreile
Gibbs had tears in his eyes as he wipes them away with putting away the first letter. He decided to read the second and opening it...
Jethro, I am writing this letter with some help in having this letter placed in the proper spot. I am truly angry at you for your obsession with Hernandez. I need to stop worrying about you. But I can't ! My love for you is just too strong to ever leave and our child giving you no rights to him. I might say that when I find out you're leaving with the gang for Somalia, Paraguay.
it's interesting with the correlation between me and you and the differences. Ever since I lost Elizabeth and came back to the land of the living. I have been fighting an inner battle to control like yourself with the lost of Shannon and Kelly.
However if we can't settle our differences depending on whether you're going to come back. Even though you have stated to me, Vance and others that your not at the hands of Hernandez and even maybe this Marie a very dangerous creature to you and me.
How well I know you well and the inner workings of your physic nature. So I will say in closing to a very sexy silver hair fox that I love you deeply and want you back in any shape or form.
Love,
Loreile
Two different letters even though she was basically telling him that she supported him in every way with his endeavor.
