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Chapter 7

Later that day, Ducky was reporting his findings to the team, Kate and Agent Fornell. A spot of orange was found on the brain scan. "My neuropathology exam indicates that our victim succumbed to a cerebral embolism here in the parietal lobe. I also found a number of clots, most of them centred in the renal artery."

"Isn't that unusual?" Kate asked.

"Oh, not at all. In most cases of arterial thrombosis clots will develop over a period of minutes or hours, spread to the rest of the body." He explained.

Gibbs asked the next question of what caused them. Ducky deflected the answer to Abby. "Well I did a fibrinogen test. The pro-coagulant numbers were high, but weren't off the chart."

"Any drugs that might have induce clotting?" Agent Fornell asked.

Abby replied that those that could, didn't come up. Tony asked about the vitamins. "Well, the guy was an organic freak. I mean, he probably whizzed green. But none of that will cottage cheese your blood."

"Did you test the food he ingested on Air Force One?" Kate asked.

"Everything that was bagged and tagged. It was ribs, coleslaw, barbie sauce; it was all negative for toxins. I mean, that stuff will kill you, but it'll take, like, thirty years. Do you dudes in the Secret Service ever think about throwing yourselves in front of the President's diet?" Gibbs laughed at her comment.

Agent Fornell tried to get their attention back on the case, "So you're both saying he wasn't murdered?"

Ducky replied this time, "No, however freakish and tragic, it apparently was an accidental death." Of course the FBI wanted to check all the results though. "Of course. You and Agent Todd will be receiving copies of all our tests."

Agent Fornell stood and went over to Tony. "How's your butt?"

"It's still bouncing on the beltway."

Kate smiled at him. She got up to leave, but Gibbs stopped her, calling her name. She turned around to find him offering a piece of gum to her. She walked over to him and took the gum. "When's the President returning?" He asked.

"Uh, tomorrow noon. I'm flying back tonight to rejoin the detail. Hopefully I can speak with Emily before I leave though. I'll just be a minute." She walked over to Tony. "Hey. I'm gonna phone her babysitter. You wanna speak to her?"

"Of course. You think she could stay with me tonight?" Kate thought about it before nodding. Tony gave her a huge grin.

Kate got her phone out and dialled the familiar number. "Hi Janet. It's Kate. Could I speak to Emily please?"

"Sure, I'll just get her for you." Kate could hear her friend calling Emily's name and the padding of feet before a little voice could be heard.

"Hello?"

"Hi honey. It's Mom. How are you today? Have you been a good little girl?" Emily giggled. That normally meant that she had been a little bit naughty. "What did you do?" Kate asked her.

"Drawed on Mrs Davies floor."

"Emily DiNozzo! I hope you said sorry." She could just about make out a rustling noise that meant that she was nodding her head. Emily hadn't quite grasped the fact that if you're talking to someone on the phone, they can't actually 'see' you. "Well I've got to go, but someone here wants to talk to you."

"Who?"

Kate passed the phone to Tony, and walked back to Gibbs. "Hey sweetheart." Tony said down the phone."

"Daddy?"

"Yeah it's me. I've missed you loads." Tony was trying very hard to not break down.

"I missed you too. I love you Daddy." That nearly did it, and he had to blink rapidly to hold back the tears.

"Hey, how would you like to spend the night with me tonight?" He could hear the 5 year old jumping up and down. He chuckled, "I'll take that as a yes then. Alright then, could you pass the phone back to Mrs Davies please?"

"Ok. Bubi Daddy. Give Mommy a big kissy please."

He laughed again. "Ok I'll try. Bye Emily." The phone was passed back to the babysitter. Tony carried on the phone for a few more minutes sorting out the information for later that night.

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