A/N: Dear Guest reviewer, thank you for taking the time to review. Wow. I really didn't mean to anger you or anyone else. But you felt passionate enough to let me see a big flaw throughout my original chapter 2. So I apologise to you and Tony. I never intended to paint Tony in that light. I never intended to make light of his situation and I'm really sorry if that's how it came across. His anger towards the situation was going to appear in chapter 3 when he went to the farmhouse, but I've scrapped what I had written now and I'll start anew. This is a redo of that chapter, with more of his anger coming through. His anger will be more present towards Ziva in chapter 3, with his anger towards Orli in chapter 4. I really hope that you can read this chapter and please let me know if this is any better. The last thing I want to do is make light of a situation or upset/anger anyone. I will understand if you are beyond angry with me and do not want to read anymore. I won't be offended by this but I can only hope that re-doing this can begin to improve things a little. I'm sorry again.

Guys, thank you for your support. At 11am on 24/5/16 Chapter 1 had 10 reviews, 8 favourites, 21 follows and over 600 views from over 30 countries. I'm just so humbled, thank you! I'm truly grateful to you all :)

Spoiler alert: I do intend for Ziva to be alive and for her and Tony to meet up again. There will be angst between them before they can move forward. If you don't want to read that, I won't be offended.

HUGE shout-out to the 21 followers: 4susan41, 1994omi, Athenalarissa, Aubrey Etta, HarrylovesGinny09, HoldxOn, LoveZoraLancasteranSonnyMunroe, Mockingprettygirls, Rach4, angry penguin, bunnykoko, cindy Seidenberg, klutzysunshine, kurrumu, love is only a dream, moviesmadewithlove, ncisgirl18, scarredlove, seriously56 , sonckad and tazmania081005.

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HUGE shout-out to the 10 people who reviewed (this includes guest reviews): Cham-TIVA4ever, angry penguin, TivaRulesInGreece, anniemous27, HarrylovesGinny09, Qoheleth, Sue Dooley, Guest, Debbie and Libs1709. I hope that the 6 with FF accounts got my replies ok and I will reply to the guest comments below as they didn't appear under the reviews page (I'm so sorry I've got no idea why this was).

Sue Dooley: Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad that you enjoyed the first chapter. YES! Tiva forever haha :)

Guest: WOW haha! Thank you so much, I really hope that once this story is finished that I will be inspired to write more TIVA fanfics. Thank you, you've made me feel encouraged to do so :)

Debbie: Thank you so much for your review! I have written Chapter 3 about Tony going to the farmhouse, but I will definitely be including your suggestion for him to go to the orchard, thank you! :)

Libs1709: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad that you enjoyed chapter 1, I really hope that I can continue this story well for all of you :)

Chapter 2 Tel Aviv, Israel Sunday 22nd May 2016 4pm

"Net-Net!" squealed Tali, reaching out her little arms towards Nettie.

"Shalom, my little motek! My, how you have grown since I last saw you" exclaimed Nettie, gathering Tali in her arms. She closed the door after Tony and turned back to face him.

"Anthony", she sighs, drawing him into a big hug, squashing Tali in the middle of them who squealed and giggled loudly. "It is so good to finally meet you. I am only sorry that our first meeting had to be under these circumstances."

"Me too. Thank you for letting us stay here, Nettie, I don't want to intrude" Tony explained. Nettie wouldn't have any of it, shaking her head.

"Nonsense, Tali is an incredible gift and she is family. Both of you are. Ziva spoke of you all the time and I could see what she felt. She loved you with all her heart, Anthony, please say that you know this?"

Tony sighed, then looked down at his hands. Nettie noticed that he was absent-mindedly rubbing his ring finger. "Yes. I do. And I love her so very much… I don't think I've ever stopped." Nettie smiled sadly at this and beckoned him towards her sofa, where they both slumped into the cushions, Tali seated on Nettie's lap. She started to squirm and mumble, so Tony unzipped the go-bag and handed Kelev to her. While she contemplated this for a moment, she happily took the dog and began to try to bite its ear.

Nettie laughed gently. "She's definitely her mother's daughter!" Tony gave a small smile at this.

"You seem troubled my dear, and not just by the news about our Ziva". Tony glanced back to Nettie, trying to think of where to start.

"I guess, I'm still just trying to wrap my head around, why she didn't tell me. About Tali" he indicated towards his daughter, who was happy babbling away to Kelev.

"Oh my dear" Nettie began as she took Tony's hand, "she wanted to tell you. But she went through a tough pregnancy. She had pre-eclampsia and was put on bed rest from her fifth month of pregnancy. So she decided to wait until after Tali was born, in case she or the baby did not make it."

"And what about after that? Tali's nearly 2 now, why didn't she tell me? I would have been there for her. For both of them!"

Nettie was silent for a moment, trying to think of where to start, how to start. She stroked Tali's short curls for a while before she got her words together.

"Ziva was so unsure about what to say to you. She felt that she had pushed you away for good. How could she explain that she had a daughter with you? Ziva did not want to disrupt your life further. She knew that you would leave NCIS and your family if you knew. She had asked you to move on and you had."

"That still gave her no right to hide our daughter from me!"

"Anthony…"

"NO! She should have told me! She's not the only one who had a broken family. Did Ziva not trust me? I'm not the man who was afraid of commitment and children anymore. I spent the last 3 years thinking about how we could have started a family and now I learn that she was hiding Tali from me! I thought she knew me better than that."

"Tony…"

"Look, can you take care of Tali for a little while? Please?" Tony rushed. Nettie raised her eyebrows in surprise and then frowned deeply at him.

"Sure it is not a problem, why?"

Tony paused, then exhaled and continued to look down at the floor. Finally, he looked back at Nettie.

"I have something that I need to do."

Nettie slowly nodded and looked at him knowingly. She reached out and took his face in her hands.

"Go, find your answers, Anthony."

A/N: Next chapter will see Tony go back to the farmhouse and the orchard from PPF. I didn't want Tali to see the house after the fire so she will be with Nettie. Any suggestions/comments about where I should take this story, what you would like to see or anything that I need to improve, let me know. Thank you for reading this far :)