Here's chapter 11! Thanks for the reviews! And I'd like to thank CelticCrossings, my beta, she always does a great job. :)
Happy Season Premier! (tomorrow technically) Best birthday present ever, as my birthday is tomorrow as well. :)
Caitie waited outside her school; the day was over and she was waiting for Gibbs to come and pick her up. Looking across the street, she noticed a car still there; it had been there when she'd been at lunch.
Bored, she rifled through her backpack and came up with her cell phone, flipping it open she realized the battery was dead. Hopping down from the planter she was sitting on she walked to the car, she could see a figure inside and they were the only person she could see, she needed to know the time.
After she knocked lightly, the man turned and rolled the window down. "Yes?" He asked.
"Could you tell me the time?" Caitie asked she held up the cell phone. "My battery died." She shrugged, helpless.
"5:15," the man said.
"Thank you." Caitie said, she turned to cross the street again and wait for Gibbs but noticed that Gibbs had already pulled into the parking lot.
He was getting out and she called across the street. "Hey!" he walked towards her, and motioned for her to get into the truck.
"Get in the truck." His voice was curt and he walked right past her, in the direction of the car she'd been at.
Wondering what was up; she continued walking towards the truck, but turned to watch what Gibbs was doing. The older man walked up to the car she'd been standing next to, and knocked on the window roughly. It lowered again. She couldn't hear what the man said, but Gibbs' response was loud and clear. "You can stop following my daughter around, that's how you can help me."
Caitie was surprised, that man had been following her around? Opening the truck door she deposited her backpack in the front seat but didn't get in as she listened to what Gibbs was saying.
"Yeah, I've seen you around, taking pictures of my daughter." Gibbs' voice came across the small street. "I want it to stop."
From her vantage point, Caitie could see the man was scared and she smirked, while she knew Gibbs would never hurt her, she knew all too well how intimidating Gibbs could be.
"I don't care if you're getting paid to do this, you tell your boss, whoever he is that if I ever see you taking pictures of my daughter again, I'll make sure you're never able to take a picture ever again." Gibbs threatened. "And if your boss has a problem with it he can take it up with me." And with that, Gibbs turned and walked back across the street.
Caitie quickly got into the truck and put her seat belt on. "I didn't know he was taking pictures of me." Caitie said quietly as Gibbs got into the truck.
"They're really good at staying out of sight, if you hadn't been over there I probably wouldn't have even noticed him tonight." Gibbs said. "What were you doing by his car?"
"Asking the time, the battery in my cell died." Caitie said, "He was the only person I could see around."
Gibbs looked in his rear view mirror, he could barely see the car and it finally disappeared.
"If you ever see him again, tell me."
"I will," Caitie promised. "What's for dinner?" she changed the subject.
Back at Caitie's school the man in the car called up the woman who had hired him.
"The father told me that he better not see me taking pictures of Caitie again." He reported when the woman answered.
"I'm heading back to D.C. I can keep tabs on the family myself, you'll get one last paycheck on Saturday and then I won't need you any longer."
"All right," the call disconnected and the man started the car up and drove away.
Caitie dropped her backpack at her desk and started to go into the kitchen, Gibbs stopped her, "Start your homework." He said.
"I already worked on it, I only have some math left; can I have some lemonade first?" Caitie asked.
"One glass, but get right onto your math after."
"Alright." Caitie got her snack and then went to her desk.
Gibbs pulled out his cell phone and dialed Abby. He knew that she was working late and he wanted to give her an update on the information he had about the man who had been following him and Caitie around.
"Hey Abs, I got more information, that man was waiting across the street from the school." Gibbs kept his voice low so Caitie wouldn't over hear.
"What's the update?" Abby asked.
"Caucasian, blond hair, green eyes, mid to late 30's, no visible tattoo's, but he was wearing a suit so they might have been covered. He had a scar that ran up into his hair." Gibbs told her, "He's about my height, maybe an inch or two taller. And from our conversation, it looks like he's a private investigator. He had a car, with Maryland plates 4 door sedan dark color. Zulu, Niner, 8, 2, Juliet, Oscar, Romeo." Gibbs rattled off the plate information.
He could hear Abby typing on the other end of the line. "I'm running the plate information and…" she stopped as something beeped.
"What do you got Abs?"
"The car is registered with a Sean Murray, he's a private investigator."
"Look into his financial records, find everything about him." Gibbs said shortly. "I'll be there in about an hour." And with that he hung up.
An hour later, Gibbs walked into Abby's lab to find the woman typing on her computer, McGee was next to her typing on the second keyboard, both were looking up something, and Gibbs quietly set down a Caf-Pow next to Abby.
"What do you got Abs?"
"Not much." Abby's voice was apologetic.
"But we're working on it." McGee interjected.
"What have you found?"
"He's a private investigator, in Baltimore, who up until May 2008 didn't have a very good reputation, then he started getting payments from a bank account which we are tracking and hasn't had any other jobs since, then."
"He's been following Caitie around since when?" Gibbs was pissed.
"Looks like it." McGee said "he gets wired money every Saturday."
"Keep me updated on what you find." Gibbs said turning to leave. Something beeped though and Abby spoke up.
"Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs!"
"Yeah, Abbs?"
"The bank account that's paying him is a government one."
Please review!