Gibbs stared at the young woman in front of him in absolute shock. He knew who she was even before she spoke. It didn't matter that it had been so long since he'd seen her or that it should be impossible. It appeared that the clichés were true. A parent knew his own child when he saw her.

Gibbs took a few steps forward and tentatively reached out to touch the woman. It was almost like he thought if he touched her she'd disappear. She didn't though. He touched her and she was still there. "Kelly?"

Kelly nodded. "Yeah."

Gibbs immediately pulled his daughter into his arms and held her as tight as he could without possibly hurting. He couldn't believe this was actually happening. He'd dreamed about it so many times, but he never thought it would become a reality. "Oh my God. I've missed you so much, sweetheart."

"I missed you too, Daddy," Kelly said as she began to cry in his arms. She'd missed her father like crazy. She loved her mother very much and couldn't imagine life without her, but she always longed to have her dad back in her life. There were so many times she wished he could've been there, the most memorable being her wedding day. It just never seemed possible because she thought he was dead. Yet, here he was holding her in his arms.

Tim watched the scene in front of him in amazement. To say that he was shocked would be an understatement. When Kelly looked at Gibbs and called him Dad, he thought for a second he imagined it. How could it be true? Gibbs' daughter was dead. She was murdered by the Reynosa Cartel when she was a child. Although, now that he thought about it, the story Kelly had begun to tell him and the one about what happened to Gibbs' wife and child were very similar.

Tim started to think about all the similarities between his family and Gibbs' and soon started to wonder why he hadn't seen it sooner. His wife and Gibbs' daughter had the same name and they were around the same age, Sharon had a similar name to that of Gibbs wife, Shannon, and she was a redhead just like her. And now there was the whole story about Sharon, or Shannon as it seemed she actually was, seeing someone murdered and agreeing to testify. It all fit.

Gibbs finally pulled away after a good couple of minutes. He put his hands on the sides of Kelly's face and just stared into her eyes. "I… How is this possible?"

"I was gonna ask you the same thing. We thought you were dead," Kelly said.

"What? Why would you think that?" Gibbs asked. That made no sense. It was Kelly and Shannon that were supposed to have died, not the other way around. Why would his daughter think he was dead.

"We were told that you were killed in battle right around the time the Reynosa Cartel attempted to kill us," Kelly said.

"No. No, I got word that you killed by the Cartel while I was overseas. Pedro Hernandez shot the NIS agent you were driving with, causing an accident that killed you both." Gibbs said.

"No, we were never in that car. Nick had been hired by that point and he had taken over protection. We did get word about it though and we were moved at that point. That… that was when we were told you were dead. Right before we were told that we had to go into hiding. It was all a ruse to make sure we'd go," Kelly realized. She couldn't believe it, but this had been done on purpose.

"Who? Who told you that?" Gibbs asked. He wanted to know who had decided to destroy their lives so he could properly take them apart.

"Nick. He said he got word about it from Grandma. Wait, where is Nick?" Kelly asked as she looked around. She hadn't seen the man since she made it downstairs.

"He left. Said he left everything we needed on the table for your mother and then headed out. He said to call to tell her to call if there were any problems," Gibbs said.

"Coward. He knew that when Mom found out she'd tear him apart," Kelly said. Her mother was going to blow a gasket when she found out. She was going to be happy that she had her husband back, but she was going to be absolutely pissed by the lies of his death.

Gibbs was angry too, but he was more angry about the mention of Shannon's mother. She knew that Shannon and Kelly were alive and didn't tell him, worse, she tried to blame him for their deaths. Even worse still, she apparently told his girls that he was dead. What kind of cold woman did something like this? "You mentioned your grandmother. She knew?"

"Yeah, she hired Nick to protect us. She pays him even now," Kelly said.

"Let's sit down," Gibbs said before leading his daughter over to the couch and sitting down. "I can't believe it. This whole time I thought you were dead and you thought the same thing about me. It's unbelievable."

Tim watched his wife and his boss get reacquainted. Actually, to be more accurate, it was his wife and father-in-law. And with that thought, Tim began to completely panic. The shock of it all had kept it from really hitting him, but Gibbs was his father-in-law. He was married to Gibbs' daughter. He was a dead man. Gibbs was going to kill him before those that wanted them dead even had the chance to get close to him. Actually, Tim wondered if it might actually be less painful to let them kill him instead of Gibbs.

"So where's your mother?" Gibbs asked. Now that he was reunited with his daughter, he wanted to see his wife. He wanted to hold her his arms and know that she was really there.

"She went to get some things for the road. She should be back any minute. She's going to be so stunned to see you. She'll be so happy of course, but shocked nonetheless," Kelly said.

"Well, I know how she'll feel," Gibbs said. He was certainly shocked. A part of him was still waiting to wake up from this incredible dream.

Tim headed towards into the kitchen and towards the back door. He needed some air. Also, he thought it might be a good idea to get some distance between himself and Gibbs. It wouldn't be long before the shock wore off and Gibbs finally realized that Tim was married to his daughter. It was best that he not be in the same room when that happened.

Tim had just made it outside when he saw a car pull up. He watched as Sharon, or Shannon got out of the car.

Shannon ran up as soon as she saw her son-in-law and started pulling him into the house. "What are you doing? Get in the house! It's dangerous out here. I can't be sure that you guys weren't followed. Come on."

"I'm pretty sure it's safer out here," Tim mumbled to himself as he allowed himself to be pulled back into the house.

"What?" Shannon asked.

"Nothing," Tim said.

"Kelly, are you ready? We should get out of here as soon as possible!" Shannon called through the house.

"Uh, Mom, you gotta come in here!" Kelly called back to her mother.

Shannon immediately ran towards her daughter's voice in the living room. "What is it? What's…?" She stopped speaking and completely froze when she saw who her daughter was with. She spoke almost inaudible when she saw him. "Jethro."