(Abby follows Gibbs upstairs)
(Back at the club, up in Gibbs' office)
Abby: "What are we going to do? He is looking at me as a main suspect – I can't go to jail! I just can't! "
Gibbs: "Calm down Abs. I know you didn't do anything, and I sure in hell didn't do it… I don't even know Petty Officer Manning."
Abby: "Then who do you think did it? Do you even think any of us did it?" (As she walks around the room, pacing back and forth, in a panic)
Gibbs: "Actually, I do know who the murderer is. I just wanted to protect you all, and I did what I thought was best at the time."
Abby: (She stopped pacing, with a shocking look on her face had said…) "Wait, what? You know who killed the Petty Officer? "
Gibbs: "Yes (sighs and sits back in his chair). I've been observing everyone. I know all my employees inside and out – well, that's what I thought."
(As Gibbs is taking, there is a Flashback:
See, I knew everybody's whereabouts the entire time except Jimmy's. He is the bust boy. He is in and out of the kitchen the whole time, taking dishes and trash back there – he could have easily slipped out the back door. He could have seen the Petty Officer leave, went through the back entrance and followed him until they hit a dark alley.
When Vance showed that picture I didn't notice at first, but when I took a second look, I knew I had seen his face before.
The man was here that night, Palmer must have seen him, recognized him, and kept his eye on him the entire night. There is obviously a past between them and Palmer wanted to settle it)
(Flashback over)
Gibbs: "Abs, I don't know how Palmer knows him but if we are the only suspects, Palmer seems to be the only explanation."
(Colored photo snap of Abby looking down at Palmer from the top office)