Tony and Charity soon arrived at the hospital. "I'll stay out in the waiting room." Tony told Charity. Then he gently grabbed her by her upper arm. "I know he's a jerk, but I don't think John could have killed anyone."
"Julia seemed to recognize him." Charity said. "I just need to find out how and why she didn't say anything."
Tony nodded. Then he bent and gave Charity a quick kiss. "Just be careful."
"Always." Charity said, giving him a wink. Then she walked into Julia's room.
"Agent Gibbs, what are you doing here?" Julia asked.
"Call me Charity." She replied, sitting on the edge of the bed again. "Was there anything else that you remembered and you just didn't want to say it in front of the detective?"
Julia looked up at Charity, fear in her eyes.
"You can trust me." Charity replied. "I'm here to find out the truth."
Julia looked at Charity for a moment. Then she nodded. "I remember who I am." Julia answered. "My name is Julia Vagn."
"Earlier you said you remembered a man giving you something and then putting a bloody knife in your hand. Do you remember anything else?"
Julia nodded. "Yes, I know my mom...is...dead." She answered. "I...I remember a...foggy feeling...in my head. Then standing over...mom's...her...her body...and having the knife in my hand." The tears had started to fall in from Julia's eyes.
Charity knew the heart break she was feeling. Her heart ached for the girl. Then her gut seemed to be churning. "I know that this is difficult for you, but I have to ask you another question."
Julia looked at Charity, she already knew the question. "I was afraid to talk...before with...John here...he...he was my mom's...boyfriend."
Charity's gut really started to churn all of a sudden. "Tell me more."
Tony...
Tony sat in the waiting room. After about an hour, Charity emerged from Julia's room. She had a determined look on her face. Tony stood up. "What's going on?" He asked.
"John lied." Charity answered. "Your cell phone should be ringing any minute now, too."
Just then Tony's cell phone rang. He looked at the id and saw that it was his boss. "Hello?" Tony asked.
"DiNozzo, you're working with NCIS on Daniels's case." His superior said and then hung up.
Tony looked at Charity. "Why did my boss pull John off the case and put me on?"
"I'll explain on the way back to NCIS." Charity answered.
They then headed to the car and hopped inside. "So, once again, what's going on?" Tony asked Charity.
"John was dating Julia's mother." Charity answered. "He's been working her murder, saying she's a Jane Doe when he knew exactly who she was."
"So, you want to know what else he's been lying about." Tony replied.
"You know me and my gut too well."
"Well, since I'm going to marry you, I would think that that would be part of my job." Tony responded.