Chapitre Deux: Un Autre Enfant ?

"DiNozzo, what have we got?" Gibbs asked, coming back into the bullpen and sitting down at his desk.

"The woman was Lieutenant Carol Kaelak, her husbands name is Mark. They got married eight years ago and have two children. Isabelle and Liam who is-"

"They have another kid? Liam. How old is Liam? Where is Liam?" Gibbs interrupted.

"Liam is four months old. I talked to the neighbours; they said that they babysat Liam during the day when Mark was at work. Since Carol has been home, they didn't think they would be needed. But one night, when Carol and Mark were out, they left Liam at home alone. The neighbours heard him screaming and decided that they didn't want Liam to be taken away, so they took him in. They claim Mark and Carol never noticed."

"And they just left Izzy?"

"I asked about that. They said they couldn't find her, and assumed they took her with them."

"She was probably hiding. Ziva, go to these neighbours and bring in the baby. I want Ducky to examine him too. Bring the neighbours in for questioning."

"Ok. I'm on it." Ziva responded, grabbing her coat and heading out the door.

"DiNozzo, I want you to find this man, Mark."

"But Boss I-"

Gibbs stared at him for a moment and then said. "Now, DiNozzo."

Tony started searching his computer.

"What do you want me to do, Boss?" McGee asked him.

"Did you fix Abby's Mass Spec?"

"Yeah, it was just a problem with the-"

"I don't care McGee. Help Tony find Mark."

"Boss," Tony said excitedly, "I think I found a picture." Tony pushed a button and put it up on the big screen. "He was in jail a couple of years ago for stealing a car."

"That's good DiNozzo, get that down to Abby and run it just to make sure you get the same person. See what you can find. Come on go!"

Tony smiled at the praise and ran towards the elevator, down to Abby's lab.

"All we have to do is get Izzy to identify the picture, find Mark and bring him in. It's an open and shut case." McGee rambled.

"I don't think it's going to be that easy, McGee. First of all, how the hell are we going to find Mark, and secondly, I don't want Izzy to have to look at that picture anytime soon." Gibbs explained to him.

"Well I can answer you the first one, but I'm not so sure what the problem is with the second." A voice came from across the room.

Gibbs spun around. Standing in front of the elevator was a man, who looked just like the man in the picture.

He smiled. "I heard you have my daughter, and I'd like to get her back."

Gibbs stared at him in shock for a second before saying, "You're not getting you're daughter back. Ever. McGee, cuff him."

He did, and begun to read him his rights.

"Take him up to interrogation; I'll be up there once I find out about Izzy."

"What the hell did I do?!" Mark asked. "I went the house to get my daughter and Ted, the next door neighbour, told me NCIS had come by and picked her up along with Liam! Now where are they!?"

Just then, Ziva walked into the room. "The neighbours Anna and Kyle are in interrogation, Liam is here with me."

In her arms she held a tiny sleeping boy.

"Give him to me." Mark told her calmly with a sweet smile.

Ziva looked over at Gibbs, not knowing what to do, or why Mark was here.

"Ziva, I will take Liam down to Ducky."

Ziva nodded and handed Liam to Gibbs, who smiled down at the sleeping baby.

"Who's Ducky? Why can't I have him?" Mark asked.

"Ducky is our medical examiner and he is going to do a quick examination of Liam to make sure he is healthy and hasn't been physically or sexually abused." Gibbs told him calmly. "You can't have him because you are going to jail for killing your wife."

"What?! What are you talking about? My wife is at home! Here, I'll call her, I'll tell her to come down here." Mark told them, "Or I would if you would take off these stupid handcuffs."

The elevator dinged again and Izzy came running into the room. Ducky followed close behind. "Daddy!" She screamed excitedly. She ran over and gave him a big hug.

"Hey, baby." He smiled and kissed the top of his head. "Daddy's here now, everything is going to be ok."

Izzy was smiling and Gibbs looked at the two of them in shock.

"Daddy it was horrible," Izzy said to them. "He killed mommy!"

"Izzy, sweetie, I thought you told me it was your daddy who killed mommy?" Gibbs asked gently.

Izzy looked up at him. "Not this daddy! My other daddy."

"Her mother and I got divorced a year and a half ago. She remarried not six months after that. He forced her to call him daddy. That is probably who she is talking about." Mark explained.

"I'm sorry Mark." Gibbs said, taking off the handcuffs. "We didn't realize the lieutenant was remarried." He glared at his team; all of them looked down in shame.

"However, we're not going to be able to let you take the kids home just yet. He's still out there, and since Isabelle here was the only witness, he might try and find her. We are going to keep Izzy and Liam here with us to keep them safe. We have to question you, and then you are free to go."

Mark looked like he was in a bit of a tough situation. "I don't want to leave the kids here, but my other boy, Jake, will be out of school in a couple of hours. I need to go pick him up."

"It's ok," Gibbs told Mark. "We will take good care of the children, don't worry." Gibbs looked over at Ducky, who looked sad and nodded. "We need to ask you a favour though."

"Anything." Mark replied. "Anything to help you solve this case and put that bastard in jail."

"We will need a DNA sample from you." Gibbs told him.

Mark looked confused. "Am I a suspect?"

"No, but we do need to rule you out as one. If you were a suspect, we wouldn't be letting you go."

Mark shrugged. "Ok, you can take it then."

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Mark was able to give them enough of a description of the man to get a good picture to run. After a few odd questions that didn't lead them anywhere, Mark left.

Then Gibbs went into to talk to Anna and Kyle. He sat down at the table and started looking through some of his papers. Anna and Kyle looked terrified.

"Sir, we're not sure why we're here…" Kyle questioned.

"You're here because you could technically be charged for kidnapping." Gibbs told them calmly.

"But sir!" Anna exclaimed, "They left him all by himself! He could have died!"

"And you should have reported this to the authorities. Social Services. Anyone!"

"I grew up in foster care, sir." Anna explained. "I couldn't let the same thing happen to that little boy. We really don't have the money to take care of him, but I as afraid of what would happen if he was taken away."

"What about Izzy? How come you didn't take her with you then?"

"Isabelle? She was never left at home. Only Liam."

"Izzy was left at home just as often as Liam. Izzy was shy, and afraid and probably hid."

Anna and Kyle looked down in shame. "Are you going to charge us?" Anna asked.

"No. Because even though I don't think what you did was right, you had good intentions. That isn't why you're here."

"Why are we here then?"

"You're here because Carol Kaelak was murdered last night."

Anna gasped. "You're kidding."

Gibbs shook his head. "You had Liam last night?"

Anna nodded. "Carol and Darren had gone out to celebrate Carol's coming home. She had been gone for almost six months."

"The left the kids at home?"

Anna nodded. "I heard Liam screaming and went in and got him."

"Did you hear anything last night? Screaming? Fighting? Did you hear The Kaelaks come home?"

Anna shook her head. "After I got Liam settled down, it was after midnight. I'm pretty sure I just feel asleep with him."

"How about you Kyle, did you hear anything?"

"I thought I heard some one screaming last night." He told them quietly. "But it happens so often over there, I didn't think much of it."

Anna nudged him with her elbow and glared.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" Gibbs asked.

"It's really none of our business." Anna muttered,

"Anna! Carol is dead!" Kyle almost yelled. "Darren killed her. I know it was him. He beat her, Sir. All the time he beat her. I'm pretty sure he hurt the kids too. I don't know to much about Izzy, because I didn't see her very often, but he hurt Liam. A baby! A four month old baby! What kind of person would hurt a baby so small?"

"Thank you both. You can leave. Don't leave the city. I will need your names, phone number and address written down here. If we need to talk to you, we will let you know."

Anna nodded and Gibbs left the room.

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