Drumming her fingernails off of the metal desktop Abby gazed impatiently at the screen, watching the flickering images as her computer's tried to find a DNA match. For once in her life though she didn't actually want to be in her lab, she wanted to go and see how Jenny was, not knowing what was happening was driving her mad.

Only a few minutes ago she had snapped at Tony when he came in and told her about the argument that Gibbs and Hollis had just had up in the bullpen and how it had culminated in her smacking Gibbs with a stapler and then throwing her wedding ring at him. Abby hadn't been in the mood and had lost it, screeching at the top of her lungs and waving her arms in the air, unable to quite bring herself to believe that Tony was so childish as to gossip when Gibbs and Jenny were in despair.

Her mind had drifted away and she was so caught up in her thoughts that she jumped when the machine began emitted rapid beeps, indicating that it had found a match. Jumping up Abby studied the screen, glowering at the face of the man who had inflicted so much pain on the people she cared about.

Ducky tutted as he placed another butterfly suture across the gash in Gibbs's forehead. The man in question growled, 'Don't even say it Duck'

The older man shook his head, 'I'm not going to tell you I told you so Jethro, I will however ask you what on earth you were thinking? Why did you marry Hollis if you had been seeing Jennifer?'

'I thought I could make it work with Hollis, that was why I proposed but Jenny…..', he trailed off and looked away from his friend's inquisitive gaze and focused instead on the far away wall, 'She got under my skin, I don't even know how but I couldn't get her out of my mind and then one thing led to another….'

'Yes Jethro we all know what it led to. The question is what are you planning to do next?'

'I need to go and see Jen, I need to be with her and make sure she's ok', he swallowed heavily but still his voice was filled with pain when he spoke again, 'Most of all I need her to wake up and tell me what a bastard I am'

'And Hollis?'

'I think we both know it's over, even if I wanted to fix it I very much doubt that she would give me another chance'

Ducky stepped back after securing the last suture and stepped back to examine the wound, 'Well it won't scar, although that is the least of your problems', he narrowed his eyes slightly, 'Jethro…..if Jennifer wasn't carrying your baby would you be throwing your marriage away quite so carelessly'

Gibbs closed his eyes and squeezed the bridge of his nose, 'I know how it looks and I'll admit that it took Jenny being hurt for me to realise what I really wanted but with or without the baby it's her I want and knowing that I should never have married Hollis. Now all I can do is hope and pray that she'll wake up and that she'll forgive me'

Patting Gibbs on the shoulder Ducky murmured, 'You never make it easy on yourself, do you Jethro?'

Gibbs didn't answer, he didn't feel there was anything he could say to that. For a few moments the two old friends sat in silence, neither one sure what else there was to be said. The silence was broken by the doors swooshing open and Abby running in,

'Gibbs we found him!'

At that Gibbs jumped off the table, swaying slightly as a wave of nausea hit him but determined to push past it he barked out, 'I need an address, we can go pick him up'

Abby took in the determined set to his jaw and the pallor of his face and moved slightly closer, her hand resting supportively on his forearm, 'Fornell and Langer have went to get him, they figured that we were too closely involved'

Forcing himself to meet Abby's eyes Gibbs asked, 'Who is he, why did he do this?'

'His name's Sean Allen, he works for a plumbing company that Jenny called out to fix her hot water yesterday morning. Turns out this guy has previous for breaking and entering, Fornell thinks he cased the joint in the morning and came back later. It looks like a burglary gone wrong, they're bringing him back here for questioning'

'Right', Gibbs nodded and moved towards the door, Abby's voice halted him,

'Where are you going?'

Once again he didn't answer, just continued his slow walk to the elevator.

Shifting nervously in his seat Sean swallowed hard, his mouth felt like sandpaper. The past day had been hellish, his heart had stopped when he saw the woman from last night on the news. At first it had just been out of shock that she had survived, then guilt that he had left her lying there and then the fear had kicked in, he had had no idea she was such a public figure, knowing they wouldn't stop till they found who was responsible.

When the FBI agents had first turned up for him he had tried to run, only to be tackled to the ground seconds later. Sean picked nervously at the graze on his hands, he had only been in this claustrophobic room for ten minutes but already he was going stir crazy, he just wanted to get this over with.

It was as though someone had been listening to his thoughts and the door swung open and the man who he had earlier heard being referred to as Agent Fornell walked in and sat down across from him.

Gibbs watched the interrogation through the window, he wanted to be in there but he knew he wouldn't be able to restrain himself and would throttle this guy with his bare hands. He could sense the fear radiating off of the young man, felt his gut twist as he saw him run a hand over the scratch marks on his face, the marks that Jenny had left in an attempt to escape. Breathing heavily he braced one hand against the window, watching as Fornell began to speak,

'You fixed a boiler yesterday at the home of a Ms Jennifer Sheppard, is that right?'

'Yes'

'You have previous for breaking and entering, Ms Sheppard's home has some nice valuables, doesn't it?'

Sean brought his clasped hands to his mouth, he knew there was no point in lying, anyway he was overwelmed with the need to confess, his eyes squeezed shut as he muttered, 'I didn't mean to hurt her, she wasn't suppose to be in. I had heard her talking to a friend and she said that she would be at work. So last night I went round and picked the lock at the back door. I decided to look around first, only take the real valuables, I started upstairs. I had just come out of one of the bedrooms when I saw her, she tried to run and I knew that if she got to the phone I would go back to jail', he took a deep shuddering breath, trying to calm himself as he continued, 'All I wanted to do was buy some time to run, I was just going to shut her in a cupboard but she fought me and she was stronger than I thought she would be. She scratched me so I grabbed her wrists, then…….then she stumbled and I had a split second to decide what to do. It seemed so easy, if I let her go I would be free, so that's what I did. The look on her face when I let her go, the shock, I heard her scream and I knew I'd made the wrong decision, I tried to grab her again but I was too late. She wasn't moving and she was so pale and I saw the blood so I thought I'd killed her and I ran'

Gibbs wanted to slam his fist through the glass, wanted to this guy to hurt as much as he did right now, wanted him to understand the suffering he had caused. He let his hand drop, in the back of his mind he heard Fornell charge him but it wasn't his main priority anymore, his main priority was Jenny, he had to see her, he had put it off long enough.

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