Chapter 4 Questions

When Emma dropped Gibbs and Jenny back off at the inn after she showed them around town she sighed in relief but knew that she wouldn't convince them to leave town soon. When they were walking around town they were asking Emma questions about it, questions she couldn't answer without giving away the secret. She knew that Gibbs was suspicious about the town and it showed that he started to rub off on Jenny as she tried to get the truth from Emma.

When Gibbs and Jenny walked upstairs Emma looked at Granny and said "screw tomorrow. If we leave it any longer they will find out about the town. Call the council together for tomorrow night".

Red was back from the diner and she said "what's going on?"

"Gibbs may be onto us".

Red opened her eyes wide and then Granny said "I'll call the council while you tell your parents".

She nodded and said "okay. Tell everyone to meet at the town hall at 8 o'clock" then she left.

What none of them realised was that Jenny and Gibbs were stood at the top of the stairs and heard the entire conversation. When Emma left they walked into Gibbs room and when the door was closed Jenny said "you were right. This entire town is hiding a secret".

He narrowed his eyes then said "when am I not right. Did you hear what Granny said? Emma's parents are here".

She narrowed her eyes and said "why didn't she tell us?"

He shook his head and said "I don't know but there is something more to this. Not just the town but to her parents to".

They spent a couple of hours talking about what they could do about the town and then Jenny returned to her own room. They knew what they have to do and the next day when they interviewed the people they would drop questions about the town and Emma and see if anyone cracks.

The next morning Gibbs told the team that when they interview people drop questions about the town and he would explain why later. When they all walked downstairs and out the door Gibbs and Jenny held back a moment and Gibbs looked at Granny and said "you wouldn't happen to know where I can find Emma's parents, would ya?"

Granny hesitated for a moment then looked at the paper work in front of her and said "Emma is a orphan".

He nodded then him and Jenny left. When they were out the door Gibbs said "she hesitated".

"Which means she's lying".

They walked up the path and there stood the rest of the team. Gibbs and Jenny would cover all the shops and business, while Tony, Ziva and McGee cover the houses.

As Jenny and Gibbs were questioning the people he noticed that most of the people tried to avoid him and if they had children with them they would cover the children's mouth as if the children couldn't keep a secret. They had just finished interviewing people in a local shop when they ran into Henry. Literally, as Gibbs stepped out of the shop Henry ran into him and Gibbs caught him in time before he fell to the floor.

Gibbs smiled at Henry and said "hey kid".

"Hey Gibbs" he then noticed Jenny and said "hi Jenny".

"Hi Henry".

"So, what are you guys doing?"

Gibbs still had a small smile on his face as he said "we're questioning people".

"Have you found any leads yet?"

He shook his head and said "none" he then shifted a bit and said "Henry do you mind if I ask you some questions?"

Henry shook his head and said "I don't know anything about the murder".

Jenny laughed a bit and said "we know that. What if we were to ask you some questions about the town?"

"Erm...sure" Henry wasn't sure what to say. He knew that he had to keep the town a secret but Gibbs and Jenny seemed like people he could trust.

They began to walk down the street when Gibbs said "so Henry what's so special about this town?"

Henry narrowed his eyes and said "what do you mean?"

"Everyone in this town acts kind of strange".

Henry laughed for a moment then said "their always like that".

They all froze then Gibbs said "what's the secret to this town?"

Henry hesitated then said "look...the town is special, and I don't mean personally I mean...it holds a secret that no one would believe".

Gibbs and Jenny leaned in closer and Jenny said "what is the secret?"

Henry was about to tell them then he sighed and said "you wouldn't believe me if I told you".

"Try us. Me and Jen will take in whatever you have to say".

Henry took his bag off and got the storybook from there. He passed it to Gibbs and said "I shouldn't be telling you this" he put his bag back on and then said "look in the book and you'll know the secret".

They looked at the book then Gibbs said "it's a fairytale book".

Henry smiled and said "exactly. If you really want to know the secret look in the book and you said that you would believe".

Jenny narrowed her eyes and said "what are we meant to be looking for?"

"That's for you to find out" he gave her a cheeky grin then turned around and started to walk. As both Jenny and Gibbs held the book for a few seconds Henry turned around and said "whatever you do don't show the book to anyone. If anyone sees that you have it then they will know I gave it to you".

Henry then walked off and he left Gibbs and Jenny curious. They decided that they would take the book back to the inn and when they did the rest of the team was there. The team all went to Gibbs room and they shared info. Everything was the same; no one knew the man and was trying to avoid the questions about the town. Gibbs and Jenny knew that only what Henry said would lead them to the secret of the town. But they didn't believe Henry.

The day quickly moved on and then it reached seven forty-five and Gibbs and Jenny stood up and went to the car. The team didn't ask where they were going because they knew better when Gibbs was on a secret case. The only difference was this time the team knew nothing about it.