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Chapter 7
Two weeks after his practice exam, Jimmy was ready for the real thing. He was still staying with Gibbs and his father was staying as well. He had not talked to his mother in the two weeks since they had emailed each other, but for Jimmy things were going great.
Jimmy walked out of his exam feeling good. He had found the questions easy to follow and knew that he had done well in this one.
He arrived at work and hung up his coat as he entered Autopsy.
"Mr. Palmer?" Ducky called as he was in the back room.
"Afternoon Dr, Mallard." Jimmy replied smiling.
"You look happy Mr. Palmer, I take it things are going well." Ducky asked smiling
"Yeah, Jethro's helping Dad and I get along and I think I aced my midterm," Jimmy grinned, "Right now things are awesome."
Ducky was pleased for his protégé, having learned about Jimmy's upbringing he was glad that the young man had now found some semblance of peace.
Gibbs walked in with Coffee and a bagel in a bag, "Well how did it go?" he asked Jimmy.
"I think I aced it, I knew all the answers and I think I included everything." Jimmy replied smiling.
"Good." Gibbs replied setting the food and drink down on an empty autopsy slab, "Eat." He said.
Jimmy looked in the bag and smiled, "Wow my favorite, how did you know?" He asked.
"I asked dad, turns out he paid more attention than you thought over the years." Gibbs told him. He stopped as his phone rang. "Gibbs…OK on my way." He said and closed up his phone.
"Got a dead sailor at a crack house in Deantown." Gibbs said, "Meet ya there." He walked out to grab his team.
Team Gibbs beat Jimmy and Ducky there by about five minutes.
"Ok what have we got?" Gibbs asked.
"Petty officer Andrew Janes, 34. A blow to the head killed him, he had a woman with him she was hit as well, the paramedics are trying to treat her but she is being uncooperative. Paramedics think she is high on crack; we are waiting for her to come down before we question her."
"Name?" Gibbs asked DiNozzo,
"She won't give one boss; just keeps saying she's here to save her son and we can't hold her, she's a real handful."
"Ok McGee pictures, you and Ziva bag and tag," Gibbs said with a nod to Palmer and Ducky as they arrived.
They walked over to the body of the petty office, Palmer on the left hand side noticed something, "Doctor, I think the petty officer was using drugs," He said noticing the track marks on his arms.
"We have a witness Doc, Paramedics are seeing to her." Gibbs said and pointed in the direction of the ambulance.
"LET ME GO!" The woman screamed from the back of the ambulance, "Get off me!"
Gibbs and DiNozzo stopped what they were doing and took off at a run as the saw Jimmy go white and drop his bag and run for the ambulance.
They arrived at the same time Jimmy grabbed the paramedic and pulled him off the woman who was cowered in a corner.
"Get the hell off her!" He growled. Kneeling down in front of the woman, he gathered her in his arms, "its ok I'm here now." He said. "Have you been using again?" He asked gently.
The woman nodded, tears streaming down her face, "I'm sorry honey."
"You know her Palmer?" Gibbs asked.
Jimmy looked up at his brother looking guiltier as he held the forty six year old blonde woman in his arms. "Yeah."
Gibbs waited hoping Jimmy would elaborate but he turned and pulled up her sleeves.
"How long have you been using again?" He asked.
"Two weeks. I'm so sorry I couldn't help it, it was the only way I could cope with him being snarky at me and Bruce pushing me to use. I came to save you, but I couldn't find your address and I got lost and met this nice sailor who knew what NCIS was and where to find you…..He's dead Jimmy!" she cried.
"Don't say anything else, you have to go with this Agent Gibbs and DiNozzo, you need to tell them the truth."
"Gibbs?" She started looking scared and backing away, "No!"
"MA!" Jimmy yelled getting her attention back.
"Ma?" Tony said in shock, "She's your mom; she's only a bit older than me,"
Jimmy sent Tony a Gibbs glare, Tony took a step back "Definitely your brother, boss" he quipped and got a headslap for his trouble.
"Mom, it's Jethro, he's an NCIS agent, and they just need to rule you out of the petty officers death, that's all, please go with him." Jimmy begged.
"Don't leave me again." Eunice pleaded holding onto her son's hand.
"Mom, I have to I have to do my job." Jimmy said he extracted his hand from his mom's and stepped out of the ambulance. Out of sight around the corner, he bent over put his hands on his knees and started to hyperventilate.
Gibbs was there in seconds, "You ok Jimmy?" He asked.
Jimmy looked very distraught "She told me she was clean, she promised! Then for you all to meet her like this!"
"We don't think any less of you because of your mother Jimmy, I mean look at DiNozzo's dad, or Ziva's dad."
"Neither of which are drug addicts!" Jimmy moaned.
"No one's a neglectful drunk and the other is an assassin and head of Mossad. No one's parents are perfect." Gibbs told his brother, "I've sent Tim and Tony back with your mother, she should be calmer without me there, and Tony will interview her."
"What if she killed the petty officer?" Jimmy asked fear bubbling up inside him.
"Do you think she's capable of murder?" Gibbs asked him.
Jimmy looked his brother in the face looking sadder than he had seen in months, "Yes." He said simply. He did not want to believe it, but over the years even though he had built the image of a perfect mother in his mind, he knew that when she was using all bets were off.
"She was really young when she had me and with her and dad fighting and her bringing me up alone it was hard. When she was not using and was working she was an awesome mom, we went on picnics she would go to my school plays, we would spend a lot of time outdoors, she was a really nature child. When you see her, you all see the suspect drug addict, I see the mom who taught me to fish and climb trees and had picnics with me, the mom who….who told me I was special." He said
Gibbs put Jimmy in the back of his car and informed Ducky of what had happened.
"Poor Mr. Palmer, I will escort the body back, perhaps young Ziva can accompany me." Ducky said and Gibbs consented.