McGee emerged on the main floor, unsure of how to tell Gibbs. He knew that Gibbs just liked straight facts, no fluff, and that's how he intended to tell him. He spotted Gibbs behind his desk flipping through a file.
"Hey, boss, Abby found the identity of the John Doe from yesterday," McGee began.
"And..?" Gibbs asked, growing irritated at McGee's uncertainty.
"And…well…we're pretty sure it's Kate's brother, Joseph…" McGee said, trailing off. Gibbs shifted his sight to Kate's desk; she was bent over a file, studying every last fact.
"Yea, that would be correct McGee, that's one of her brothers…so the logical guess is that the girl there was involved in some way with him," Gibbs said.
"How are you going to tell her?" McGee asked.
"You just get back to work and let me worry about that," Gibbs said, walking over to Kate's desk.
Sensing eyes watching her, Kate tore her attention away from the information in the file to find her boss looking at her.
"Yes?" she said her weariness evident in her voice.
"Abby has confirmed the identity of the remains we found yesterday…meet me in the conference room in five minutes," Gibbs said.