Our Life, Our Family

Chapter 31

After several minutes of debating with her father and husband, Charity passed Kelly to Tony and then she headed out the door, having permission from Vance to go into the interrogation room alone. "She is so stubborn." Gibbs muttered.

Vance and Tony both just looked at Gibbs, niether one saying it, but both were thinking something along the lines of, Isn't that the best example of the pot calling the kettle black. Then everyone turned their full attention to the scene that was about to unfold on the other side of the glass.

Charity opened the door and stepped through. She walked over and seated herself across from Sheldon. "You wanted to talk, so talk." She told him, staring at him, looking so much like her father.

He smiled at her. "You're as beautiful as always." He said.

"Is this what you wanted to talk to me about? Even after all you've done? I mean, seriously?" She asked him, incredulously.

"Then shall we talk about what you want to talk about?" He suggested.

"How about we talk about how you went from selling knock offs and stolen goods from the trunk of your car, to an arms dealer."

"Oh, that's a wonderful topic." He told her smiling. "All I did was learn that if I wanted to make more money, all I had to do was sell bigger. So, I started selling weapons to the highest bidder."

"Why?" Charity asked.

"Oh, the why is so much more interesting." Sheldon replied, smiling.

"Then tell me Sheldon."

"Oh, I love the sound of my name on those beautiful lips."

"Just get to the why." Charity said.

"Always right to the point with you, my love."

"Don't call me that."

"As you wish." He said, smiling. "Now, do you remember what you said to me the day you found out that I was a criminal for a living?"

"I said a lot of things to a lot of different guys when I dumped them. You'll have to refresh my memory."

This seemed to ruffle Sheldon a little. "You said that I had no future selling these stolen items. You said that that was no way to make money. You were right, so as I said before, I moved on to bigger and better."

"You know that's not what I meant right?"

"I know, but that's how I took it. Since then everything, I've done has been for you." He told her.

Charity didn't know why, but she couldn't help but ask, "And just what all have you done for me?"

"For starters, I became one of the world's biggest arms dealers so that I could provide for you." He began. "Then, do you remember Jorge Luis Garcia?"

"The man that kidnapped Tony and me." Charity said.

"Yes, I told him where you live and everything he needed to know to find you. Even the locations of all the safe houses."

"Why would you do that? He tried to kill me." Charity said, having to hold back her anger.

"The plan was that I was going to rescue you and then you would fall in love with me." Sheldon told her. "Of course that plan, failed. I forgot how much fight you had in you."

"What else have you done, Sheldon?"

"You remember Damen Langston? The one who shot your precious Tony?"

"You didn't."

"I did. I'm also the one who helped Jason Wilkins out of prison, but I didn't think he would go after you. I thought he would go after Tony. anything to get him out of the way so that you and I could be together. Don't you see it Charity, I did it all for you. I love you."

"You sick and twisted bastard!" She shouted at him. Then realization hit her. "You don't have a mole at NCIS, now do you."

"You're right, I don't. All I've had to do was follow you and DiNozzo." Sheldon said, sneering the name. "I bugged your phones."

"Sheldon, I can't wait for you to go and rot in that jail cell." Charity said, getting up and heading for the door.

"But, Charity I love you." Sheldon said, rising from his chair.

"Sheldon, if you have any sense left at all, you will sit back down in that chair." Charity said.

"Don't you love me? After everything I've done for you."

"No, Sheldon. Actually, I despise you. You put my life and the lives of my family in danger. I don't love you. I love my husband."

Sheldon had slowly been stepping toward Charity. "You ungrateful bitch!" He shouted and started toward her. His hands went straight to wrap around her kneck.

Tony and Gibbs burst through the door and pulled Sheldon off of Charity. Gibbs had him pinned against the wall and Tony helped Charity up and wrapped a protective arm around her. Then he walked her out the door.

"Are you okay?" Tony asked, holding Charity out in front of him and looking her over.

"Fine." She answered slightly out of breath.

Tony pulled his wife to him and held her. He stroked her hair. "If there's anything left once your dad's done, I'm going to kill that bastard."

"Where's Kelly?" Charity asked, once she had caught her breath.

"Right here." McGee said, coming out of the observation room door, holding the young child.

Tony unwrapped his arms from Charity and she walked over and took Kelly from McGee. Then she stepped back over to Tony, who wrapped one arm around her shoulders.

Charity looked up at him, suddenly seeming very tired. "Lets go get AJ and go home."

"That sounds good to me." Tony said, and kissed her forehead.