CHAPTER 7
A day or so later….
Tony fumbled for his cell phone and answered it with a "mmmm"
"Tony! Wake up, I found the link"
"…time is it?"
"4am, Tony, I know, just please listen. I found the link"
Suddenly all thoughts of sleep vanished and Tony sat up "You found a link?"
"Yes!"
"How? Where? What is it?"
"It'll be easier to show you, my place, not the office"
"Got it, you call Ziva I'll bring Abby"
Less than an hour elapsed before the sleepy team were assembled in Tim's apartment.
"ok, so I started running the string searches.."
Abby interrupted him "Timmy! The short version"
"Right….Gibbs has crossed paths with every one of our victims"
Everyone sat forward, incredulous. Tony broke the silence, "Show me"
McGee spun his computer screen round and pointed out his findings.
"We've got witnesses, people connected to suspects, people connected to victims, all with one thing in common, they were all interviewed by Leroy Jethro Gibbs"
Tony looked at the file McGee had pulled together "Thompson's not on this list"
McGee passed him another file. "Thompson's brother was a petty officer put away 14 years ago, according to the file, he'll never be a free man, 111 years to run concurrent. 56 charges, all involving children. The boss got the confession"
Tony rubbed his face tiredly, wincing at the roughness of his stubble. "So did Gibbs interview the brother, the dead Thompson?"
"No, he only came into contact with the arrested Thompson"
"I don't get it. Why did he shoot him?" He looked at everyone to see if they had any answers.
Ziva shook her head slowly while Abby shrugged.
"McGee, can I take these?" Tony held up both files
When McGee nodded Tony headed for the door, "Cover for me McGee, I'll be in as soon as I can"