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Chapter 4:

Tony and Ziva locked eyes as Gibbs stepped out of the elevator the next morning and went to his desk. Both were wondering if Gibbs would tell them what was going on.

"Everything okay Boss?" Tony asked.

"Fine," Gibbs said shortly as he went through the files on his desk.

"You sure? Because if you need some help we'll be glad to…." Tony started.

"What kind of help do you think I need DiNozzo?"

Tony paused for a moment, obviously trying to come up with something.

Gibbs glanced at McGee and Ziva, they were both looking at their computers, clearly trying not to be drawn into the conversation.

"What's going on?" Gibbs asked.

"What do you mean Boss?" Tony asked.

A barely disguised cough coming from Ziva's desk caught his attention. "Ziva, what happened yesterday?"

Ziva looked at McGee who picked up his phone and dialed something.

"Ziver…." Gibbs drew the nickname out a little; he knew that if he was patient Ziva would tell him what he wanted to know.

"Abby, come up to the bridge." He heard McGee telling the forensic scientist.

"Coming!" Abby's loud voice bled through the phone.

"Why is Abby coming up here?" Gibbs asked, although he was asking his team members he still looked at Ziva. Each member of the team looked down at their desk, not saying anything. "What is going on?" Gibbs demanded.

"We could ask you the same thing." Ziva's mutter was so quiet Gibbs almost didn't hear it. He looked at her sharply and she continued to talk, her voice getting harsh.

"Yesterday, you went out for lunch, which you never do and you came back looking like you'd seen a ghost." Her tone softened now and she continued to speak. "It takes a lot to scare you Gibbs. We're worried."

"It's none of your business." Gibbs said, he wasn't trying to be rude but he didn't want the team to get attached to the girl if she wasn't going to be staying long. Oh who was he trying to kid? What he really didn't want was for him-self to get attached if the girl wasn't staying long.

The elevator beeped and Abby stepped out. "I want to know what was up with you yesterday Gibbs." Abby told him firmly, getting right to the point.

"I'm fine Abby; don't know what you're talking about."

"So yesterday you just went to a DNA testing facility in Alexandria for fun?" Abby raised an eyebrow.

Gibbs sighed heavily and looked from at each team member. They'd clearly tracked his phone; he mentally kicked himself for not leaving it on his desk.

"Boss, what is it?" Tony asked, looking concerned.

"Jenny left something to me in her will." Gibbs started. As much as he didn't want to, he figured he should tell them, they'd get it out of him anyway.

"Why wasn't it given to you before?" McGee asked, "she died 4 years ago right?"

Gibbs nodded, not letting emotion reach his face as McGee talked of Jenny's death. "There was a codicil in her will stating that it was to be given to me upon her mother's death."

"What did you inherit?" Ziva asked.

"Jenny's daughter, I was named as the girl's father. I was at the DNA testing facility yesterday to see if she's mine."

The four adults just stared at Gibbs for a moment before Tony burst into surprised laughter. "Yeah right, Boss, April fools is in April, not June."

In response, Gibbs looked at McGee, "Pull up Cathlynn Jackson," He told him. "She's a member of the JROTC." He mentioned something that Caitie had spoken of the night before while she'd been making cookies.

McGee typed something into the computer, and Caitie's picture showed up on the plasma. Abby suddenly turned and went to the elevator, jabbing the button the doors opened and she left. Gibbs watched her go, realizing that she was having difficulty hearing this news.

The remaining three team members looked at the picture in surprise. Gibbs moved from his desk and went to the elevator; he had a folder with him. "I'm going to go ask Ducky about the body we got yesterday," he said. "I want all of you to be working on the case when I get back." And with that he was gone from the bullpen.

Tony looked to Ziva. "Looks like Mom and Dad really were Mom and Dad."

"Hey Duck, what do you have for me?" Gibbs asked walking into autopsy.

"The poor girl was raped, brutally." Ducky spoke of the woman on the table in front of him.

"Something I don't know Duck." Gibbs suggested.

"He used a condom."

"He used a condom on all his victims." Gibbs reminded Ducky.

"He did not kill her."

"What?" This was a new piece of information

"This young lady died of a heart attack, not a beating."

"When did she have the heart attack?"

"After the rape," Ducky told Jethro, "If I had to guess, he raped her and then she had the heart attack he noticed, and left her there, correctly figuring she'd die before she got the chance to tell anyone about the rape." Ducky took in a breath "Last week if the team hadn't realized that all his victims had dog tags on them and put a bolo out, local LEO's might not have realized she raped by our perp."

Gibbs nodded silently as he walked around the table, looking at the victim in front of him.

"So is everything from yesterday settled?" Ducky asked.

"Duck…."

"I only ask because Abigail was worried." Ducky told him.

"I know."

"So?"

Gibbs turned to Palmer, he looked at both of the older men for a moment before realizing that they were waiting for him to leave autopsy.

"You know, I've gotta get something up to Abby, I'll take it up to her and….yeah." Palmer trailed off as he grabbed a piece of evidence; finally he simply turned and left.

Gibbs turned back to Ducky, not realizing that Ziva was coming out of the elevator as Palmer went in.

"I was at a DNA testing facility in Alexandria, Jenny had a codicil in her will that was to be opened on her mother's death."

"Yes?" Ducky prompted.

"Apparently she had a daughter." Ducky nodded and Gibbs looked at him. "Did you know?" He asked.

"When I did her autopsy, I could tell that she'd been pregnant and that she had carried the child full term. But in an autopsy it's difficult to tell when a woman gave birth. If I'd had to hazard a guess as to the child's age I would have guessed the child was about 10 at the time of the director's death."

"Nine." Gibbs corrected. "Caitie was nine."

"Since she never mentioned the child, I simply assumed that the baby had died." Ducky told him.

"Nope, she's been living with her grandmother. I got custody when her grandmother died."

"Do you think she's yours?"

"Yeah," Gibbs said. "I just have no idea what I'm going to do with her; I can't take care of a teenager."

Ducky gave him a look. "I think you could do anything you put your mind to Jethro."

"I'm not good with teenagers; I'll probably look for a family to take her in." Gibbs said. "Even if the test comes back that I am her biological father."

A scoff from the doorway made them both turn, Ziva was there. "I didn't think it was possible." She spoke only when she knew they were paying attention to her, her voice was thick with disgust and restrained anger.

"What?" Gibbs asked.

"I can't believe that you would have something in common with Eli David."

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