Never Alone

Chapter 14

"Did you know?" he signed again.

Gibbs nodded once and guided Tim to the couch, "Let me explain." Gibbs said.

Tim nodded.

"I found out when your mother...Angela, came to see you, when you first came here." Gibbs told him, "She didn't want to tell you, she's been your mother your whole life and she loves you so much. She knows that she made a mistake. Your father was so adamant that he had seen you, the nurses thought you might have been there too so she had no idea that your being in the hospital was an hallucination."

'Why didn't they tell me?' Tim signed.

"What did her letter say, did Angela not tell you?" Gibbs asked.

Tim shook his head, 'All she wrote was that it was the Admirals decision, that he didn't want me to know.' he signed.

Gibbs moved to sit on the coffee table and took the now crumpled piece of paper from Tim's hand.

He looked at the letter, "Can I?" he asked.

Tim nodded gently, as his head was still aching.

Gibbs quickly read through the letter, Angela had explained her behavior at the hospital and her treatment of Tim. She had explained that she was not his biological mother and that she had adopted him as a child as her husband had insisted she do so as his real mother had died just after giving birth to him and she had been married to another man.

"Boss?" Tim signed, "Did she tell you anything about my birth mother, she doesn't say in here. It explains why they all love Sarah better though."

"Tim…?" Gibbs moved to make sure Tim was looking at him. "Angela did tell me the name of your mother."

Tim cocked his head slightly to the left waiting to hear it.

"Elizabeth Paddington-DiNozzo." He said softly.

"Like Tony?" Tim signed, "An aunt?" he asked.

Gibbs stood up, he didn't want to be the one to tell him. Inwardly he cursed Angela Murray for not telling her…,telling Tim the whole truth.

Gibbs shook his head, he turned his back to the window as a taxi pulled up outside.

Tony walked up the front path seeing Gibbs with his back to him and watching as Tim signed to his boss.

He was looking forward to watching some of his favorite movies with his brother and learning more about him, things that Tim had never told Tony the friend, he was would be willing to share with Tony the brother.

Maybe if he spent time with him, when Tim finally found out they were related he would take it better and accept Tony in his life.

It was obvious that somehow Tim had found out about his mother, he looked stricken but gave a small smile.

Tony watched as Tim signed, 'An Aunt?'

Not wanting to intrude he watched for a moment his hand gripped on the two bags he held, one full of DVD's and one with his clothes.

'That's good I'd hate to be related to Tony.' Tim signed.

Tony read the hand signals and his heart dropped, "Tim didn't want him...not as a friend and not as a brother."

He dropped the bag of DVD's he had been holding in shock and turned around and slipped off the porch heading away from the house.

"Tim….Tony is your brother, your half brother to be exact."

Tim looked at Gibbs in shock, "You're joking?!" he signed, "My brother….Tony?!"

Gibbs nodded, "His mother is your mother, she died when he was eight...A few weeks after giving birth to you."