The Man With Blue Eyes
- Chapter 2 -
Gibbs went to stop the doors but they had already closed. It took him half a second to recover and he darted towards the stairs, Tony and Ziva hard on his heels, McGee calling Abby. They reached the bottom floor just as Abby did but found no one. Gibbs ran outside to see if he could spot her but he didn't and came back looking worn and defeated.
"DiNozzo!"
"Find out who she is and if this sister claim is true, on it Boss."
"No."
"Boss?"
"She was Jenny's sister."
"Gibbs it is not terribly difficult to find out about Jenny, anyone..."
"Boss we can just..."
"Get us on a plane to Miami."
"Miami, Florida?" Abby piped up rather confused as to what was going on.
"Boss..."
"We're going to deliever her flag to her nephew," Gibbs snapped and retreated into the elevator the doors closing before the team could get in. He flipped the emergency switch and punched the wall.
Four hours later in sunny Miami Dade Julia Winston got out of her black porsche and walked into her upscale home. Kyle was sitting on the couch playing a game she had got for him and glanced up at her as she came in. He pointed out to the patio where Julia remembered Horatio comforting her so many times. She stepped out and found Horatio there with the other woman.
"Julia why...where have you been?" Horatio asked calming down upon seeing her. He had gotten over protective of her since the whole pill thing.
"I was in Washington D.C."
"Doing?"?"Visiting NCIS' finest."
"NC...what?"
"Naval Criminal Investigative Services, they recently lost their Director."
"Right...the woman in the house fire," Horatio said.
"Yes, Hayley has been staying here looking after Kyle and until she can find her own home. I didn't know you two knew each other..." she trailed off looking over to her friend Hayley.
"I was here working with the race cars for a bit, there was a murder committed. Lt. Cane suspected me. I was cleared.
"And you left Miami, why are you back?"
"Because I liked the weather," she remarked sarcastically.
"Julia she's..."
"Horatio please, I know what I'm doing. Now you should probably head back, NCIS is going to come looking for me."
"What did you do?"?"This I didn't have control over."
"Julia..." he sounded tired.
"Their former Director was my sister."
"What?"
"Always surprised me to, I wasn't the best apple in the family, more like Dad than anything. Jenny though...you think I'm horrible Horatio, you would flinch at the things she's done."
"Julia...you're scaring him," Hayley cut her off. "How did you piss off NCIS?"
"Who said I did?" Hayley glared at her before turning on her heel and going inside the house.
"Julia what aren't out telling me?" Horatio asked gently pulling a wrap around her pale shoulders.
"Hayley is a good friend of mine, she's never done anything wrong."
"She knew about a murder."
"She's never committed a murder, at least not to my knowledge and I would know."
"She seems to close to Kyle."
"We go way back, she did mention you once, but only to compare you to another man," Julia teased.
"Oh?"
"Apparently she has thing for blue eyes, he was the only man she loved."
"And this man?"
"I suppose one day I'll find out if he actually loved her," she answered. "Now are we done with this?"
"For now...I'm going to have to take her into custody temporarily."
"If you must...Hayley!" The woman reappeared and glanced from Horatio to Julia.
"Plotting my demise?"?"Already been tried," Julia remarked. "Horatio has to take you in."
"Don't suppose I get a phone call?"
"I don't think you'll need one," Julia assured. She walked with them through the house, Kyle saying his goodbyes. As she watched Horatio help Hayley into the car she couldn't help but think that her perfectly crafted plan was coming together.