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A/N: Ok, so thanks for the Reviews, They make me happy, alright here we go… : ) (If you hadn't noticed I am a very cheery person… despite all my story themes, expecially this one it just keeps coming in doom and gloom…)
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Gibbs didn't leave Abby's side the rest of the burial, though she did calm down a little, at which time, Gibbs took Kalila from Tony. Who then stood behind Abby and Gibbs, with an extra eye on the three men. Gibbs tried not to look at them, in case Kalila or Abby caught on.
Directly after the burial service itself was done, Gibbs and Tony escorted Abby and Kalila back to Tony's car. Gibbs still wouldn't put Kalila down, he put her down, finally, into her car seat, where Tony got her all buckled, while Gibbs brought Abby around to the other side of the car.
Tony pulled out of the funeral home's driveway five minutes later, and snaked through the country roads and took extra time to get back to the house. During which Kalila fell asleep in her car seat.
"Ok," said Abby, "What's going on?"
"Three guys, black suits watching Kals," said Tony, "The whole time, never took their eyes off her. And now they're following us, I'm trying to loose them."
"The question is why," said Gibbs, his mind working over time, "What did Lauren do?"
"She was a nurse," said Tony quickly, "No big enemies there."
"And Kalila's father?" asked Gibbs.
"Was never around," said Tony, "He found out she was pregnant, left, then came back wanting a part of Kalila's life, but Lauren brought him to court, they couldn't tell me the details. Or they wouldn't. The judge said under no circumstances was Kalila to even get visits from her dad; he's got a restraining order even though he was in jail at the time of the trial."
"You know his name, DiNozzo?" asked Gibbs, looking out the back windshield, "I think we lost 'em."
"Daniel Lawson," replied Abby, as Tony took a right, and got back on the main road.
"Know anything about him, Abbs?" Gibbs asked, turning in his seat to look back at her.
"No," said Abby, "Lauren never wanted to talk about him. She said he wasn't one of her best boyfriend choices."
"I'd say so," said Gibbs, getting out of the car as Tony parked his car in the driveway.
"You think it's Daniel?" Abby asked as she hopped out too, and Gibbs got Kalila out of her car seat, and carried her as she remained sleeping, into the house, and he put her on the couch, propping a pillow underneath her head, and returned to the kitchen.
Abby immediately flung her arms around him, and he took her in his arms.
"It's gonna be ok, Abbs," He whispered in her ear, and then he released her with a kiss, "Where'd Tony go?"
"He called McGee they're running a background check on Daniel," said Abby as Kalila walked into the kitchen, carrying her stuffed monkey, and Abby picked her up.
"You do know she can walk right?" Gibbs asked teasingly.
"Well I wouldn't be talking," Abby replied with a smile she added to Kalila, "You hungry?"
"No," She said and she smiled, "I'm thirsty."
"Ok," said Abby and she grabbed Kalila a juice box from the fridge and set her down, and Kalila left the room as Gibbs's phone started to ring.
"Special Agent Gibbs," He answered and Abby left the kitchen, a few minutes later he hung up and followed her into the family room where she was playing in a doll house with Kalila.
He stood there and watched her play with Kalila for a few minutes. Abby had always said she wanted kids, eventually, even before they were together. He had no doubt in his mind that she would be a great mom, but he was even more reluctant to try for one now. They were now already raising a little girl, and there was no real need to put another kid in danger. Their jobs were dangerous for the ones they loved, he had learned that the hard way, and to add to it, they were both workaholics. A second kid with their life style, it just wouldn't be fair to the kid. But God, was Abby beautiful, more than ever sitting there playing with a child, even if Kalila wasn't technically their child.
"That was DiNozzo," He finally said, and Abby looked up at him, "Get your stuff for the night, we're gonna have to go in, I'll pack the car with some of Kalila's toys and books and stuff."
"Kalila, go upstairs and get Simba," Abby said not taking her eyes off Gibbs, once Kalila was upstairs, Abby added, "They find anything out?"
"Not much, he was just let out of prison, was in there for a rape/homicide," said Gibbs quietly enough so that Kalila would not hear, "Earlier this week, a warrant was sent out for his arrest, for the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl in Maryland. So, we're going to the Navy Base, she'll be safest there until they can manage to track him down. Tony managed to identify the three men at the cemetery as a couple of men who had just got out of the same prison as Daniel."