Deanna was booked into jail, thrown in an orange jumpsuit and placed in a cell by herself. How could this of happened? Why would no one believe her? She was used to being on the other side of the bars. Her jail cell was cold, dark and quiet. She could hear her own thoughts and replay all the events over and over in her mind. She laid down on the cold hard slab they considered a bed and began to cry. Just a week ago Tony was here and her life was whole. Now she felt paralyzed by grief. Was she wrong in not calling 911? Was she wrong in turning off the machines? Dr. Pitt told her he had no chance of survival, yet she felt like it was her fault that he died. The last few words Tony told her haunted her and she couldn't get them out of her head. He told her that he loved her, she tried to tell him that she loved him more. With his smirk smile he answered if you say so. It was a burning pain of guilt and she laid awake and cried. Watching him get shot haunted her thoughts and she replayed it over and over in her mind. Who would have done this? Why did he have to leave her this way? She just wanted to feel his embrace once more and see his face and tell him she was sorry for not trying harder to save him. She just wanted to his voice. This was pure hurt and hell. Would she get over this? Now the team was accusing her of killing Tony, how could they think that? She was in her own personal hell. Lost in her thoughts it scared her when a guard came and unlocked her cell.

"Mrs. DiNozzo someone has bonded you out." The guard said.

"What? Who? Was it Gibbs?" She questioned as she jumped off of the slab.

"No it was me" a strong voice said and it almost sounded familiar. A little too familiar. The person walked next to the guard. When Deanna seen the person she fell to the ground and began to cry. This guy whoever he was looked identical to Tony, only difference was this guy wore black glasses, wore a sweater and a suit. She never recalled seeing Tony in any kind of sweater. This guy was just as handsome as Tony. Tony always insisted on being clean shaven. This guy had a little bit of scruff to him, which honestly Deanna felt looked kinda hot. The guy knelt down beside a weeping Deanna.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Dr. Jason Bull. My team has taken your case and we intend to prove that you are innocent." Bull said. He put an arm around Deanna and tried to help her up.

"How did you hear about me?" Deanna asked wiping her tears.

"Your story is all over the news." Bull answered.

"Great that blows my career working at NCIS." Deanna said with sarcasm.

"We are going to get you off of your murder charges and you will be able to go back to work." Bull explained.

Bull handed her some fresh clothes to put on. He then helped her to his car and they drove to a familiar neighborhood, they stopped at the apartment in which Deanna and Tony lived at when they first got together.


Ziva moved in with Abby so they could work out the details of their plan. She had moved everything of hers out of the apartment. She was excited to be getting everything that Tony owned and the fact it would all go to her and Tali made everything sweeter. She felt little remorse for putting a fellow agent into jail but it had to be done. Now there was talks of a trial. Abby and her had to make sure that there was no way of Deanna walking free.


"I don't know if I can walk back in there Dr. Bull. This was the first place my husband and I lived at." Deanna explained.

"Deanna its ok. My whole team is set up in there. We will try to make you as comfortable as possible." Bull said. He then got out and opened her car door. At least we aren't doing this at the house she thought. Someone would excuse me of returning to the scene of a crime. The apartment looked vaguely familiar. The walls were still painted the same but to say it was like the apartment she remembered was a stretch. There was computers and different screens set up all around the living room, small air mattress set up in the living room and bedroom as well.

"I would like to introduce you to my team." Bull stated "This is Benny Colon he will be your attorney during the trail."

"Pleasure to meet you" Deanna said shaking Benny's hand.

"Likewise" Benny answered.

"This is Marissa Morgan. She will be watching the mock jury and the real jury to see if they are swaying in your favor. Over here we have Danny James, she will work to get the evidence and the facts about the murder of your husband. This is Chunk Palmer he will be getting you ready for trial letting you know how to wear your makeup, clothes and hair. And this is Cable McCrory. We keep her around for good luck." Dr. Bull said pointing to each member of his team.

"Hey, I do more than that Bull. If it's anything technical, I'm your gal." Cable said.

A knock came at the door and it startled the team.

"Who is that? I didn't think anyone was supposed to know we were here!" Deanna exclaimed.

Marissa looked out the peek hole in the door. "It's the surprise I special ordered for you Mrs. DiNozzo." Marissa opened the door and there stood T.J. and Tonya.

"My babies!" Deanna screamed. The twins went running over to Deanna and gave her big hugs.

"They are so precious." Bull says admiring the twins.

T.J. and Tonya look up from their mother

"Daddy?!" Tonya exclaims.

"Your back!" T.J. exclaims. The twins run to Bull. I guess it wasn't just me that thought Dr. Bull and Tony looked a lot alike Deanna thought. Bull took a few steps back. He had never had kids and didn't know what to say with two calling him their daddy.

"T.J., Tonya that's not daddy that is Dr. Jason Bull." Deanna tried to explain.

"No that daddy!" T.J. said "Play piano?"

"Actually I do play piano and guitar." Bull answered "But I'm sorry little man I'm not your daddy."

"How about we go see if we can find some cookies in the kitchen?" Marissa told the twins trying to pull them off of Bull. They had wrapped themselves around his legs.

"I am so sorry about that. You look and sound just like their father. It's uncanny how much you two our alike. Tony played piano and guitar as well." Deanna explained.

"Maybe he's my long lost twin." Bull smirked. Deanna almost melted. Dr. Bull even had Tony's smile. It would be really hard to get through this without herself thinking Tony had come back in disguise.

Once the twins calmed down and had went to sleep, they started working on her case.

"The charges filed against is that you murdered your husband." Bull started "The report we got says your husband Tony DiNozzo was shot from inside the house, you moved him, never called 911 and that your agency issued gun was used to kill him. That gun has your prints on it."

"None of that is true. Technically speaking Tony was still in the house when he was shot. But I never tried to move him. I called our boss because I panicked because there was so much blood. I knew he was shot in the chest but I didn't know it shredded his heart. As for the gun, yes I have an agency issued gun that more than likely has my prints on it. I had cleaned it outside that afternoon and Tony cleaned his. I must have forgot to bring it in."

"You will have to tell all this to the jury." Bull said. "We pick the jury starting tomorrow."

"Mrs. DiNozzo, can I help you with your look?" Chunk asked.

"Of course" Deanna answered.

Chunk changed her appearance in a way she didn't know was possible. He cut her hair to just above her shoulders and gave her some side bangs. He brought in some glasses "Here try these on" to her she felt out of place but Chunk and Bull thought it looked perfect. "As for wardrobe I'm thinking a black dress show you're still mourning the loss of your husband. Might do just some touch up makeup to make it look like you are still in shock however not going out and trying to find another man right away."

It was after midnight before they had everything nailed down. Bull felt confident that they would be able to get Deanna DiNozzo off the hook.


"I can't believe someone bonded that bitch out of jail." Ziva said pacing the floor. "If I knew where she was right now I would go over and kill her myself.

"Ziva calm down. If you did that you wouldn't get anything. They will want me to go on the stand and I will explain everything in a way that will put her behind bars for good. We don't have to worry about anything." Abby said as she touched Ziva's face.


Finding a jury was a lot harder than Benny thought. He asked them questions like have you ever been bullied?

"No I was the bully" the juror answered.

"I think we need to strike jury number six." Bull said in his earpiece. Marissa agreed and Bull gave a slight nod to Benny. Than Benny asked the jury about had any of them panicked under a stressful situation to raise their hand. All but jurors number five and eight raised their hands. Bull nodded again at Benny to strike those as well.

"I think we have a jury." Bull said.

Marissa turned to Deanna "We have a jury."


Prepping for trial was one of the hardest things Deanna DiNozzo had ever done. All she wanted to do is sit in a corner and cry her eyes out that someone would actually think she killed her own husband. As she walked into the courtroom she seen many familiar faces sitting in the crowd. She seen Gibbs, Kate, McGee, Palmer, Ducky, and towards the back was Ziva and Abby. Had all of them really turned their backs on her?

The trial started with bringing Abby to the stand first. Deanna felt like this would be a mistake.

"Can you tell me who you are please" the prosecuting lawyer asked.

"My name is Abby Sciuto. I am the forensic specialist for NCIS."

"Ms. Sciuto, on your findings of the crime scene what did you find?"

"I found that the victim Tony DiNozzo was shot from inside the house with a gun belonging to his wife. I also found that the body had been moved from its original spot that it landed at."

"Was there anything that could have provoked Mrs. DiNozzo for killing her husband?"

"She had found a picture of his girlfriend Ziva David in his closet. It was covered with blood and fingerprints at the crime scene."

Bull whispered into Deanna's ear "Is that true?"

"No I didn't even know they had dated until I met her at the funeral home." Deanna responded.

Benny got up to question Abby. "Is there a way that the gun was left outside and someone else used it to kill Agent DiNozzo?"

"It's impossible. Agents know not to leave their guns just lying around."

"But could something of caught her attention to where she forgot about her gun being out there. Say she was attending to the twins and forgot about it?"

"Objection relevance" The other lawyer asked.

"Denied proceed" the judge answered back.

"There could be that possibility however I highly doubt it. Deanna was furious with Tony after she found out about Ziva and his daughter Tali. So she wanted to make him pay by killing him and receiving all the benefits for herself." Abby answered.

"No further questions." Benny said going back to sit down.

Abby was excused from the bench.

"This is going to be harder than we thought Bull. None of the jurors are on Deanna's side right now. They are all finding her guilty." Marissa said.

"Give it time." Bull answered back.

What will some of the Team members say about the case when they are called to the stand? And will Dr. Bull have to go to extremes to convince the jury that Deanna is innocent? New chapter up soon! Please review!