Balancing Act

The next day we were back at the office and I was a bit envious of my sister. We had been up until the wee hours of the morning having a good time at the party. Jen got to sleep in, she got to stay in her nice warm bed with Jethro at her side. On the other hand, I was counting down the hours before I got what my sister was enjoying at the moment. Of course Hannah, Leah and JD were completely embarrassed by Ziva and me dancing the night before. The icing on the proverbial graduation cake for the girls was having Jen, Kate and Abby dancing too.
While Tony and the team continued working on the case, I looked over some case files. I desperately tried not to fall asleep at my desk, but it was getting hard not to. Within minutes I went over to the couch to catch a few minutes of shut eye. Unlike Jen and Jethro who had been coffee aficionados for my entire life as well as being the ones who always mainlined coffee whenever they were this tired, my feeble attempt at replicating their way of staying awake wasn’t working as planned. I had left my office door unlocked just in case anyone needed something or they needed to drop off a case report for me to read. As I started to doze off two things came to mind. The first being that before long I would be leaving the building to meet up with Jen for lunch. Then the second was hearing Nick utter the words he said to me the first night of our honeymoon as I fell asleep in his arms that night.
“You look like an angel when you sleep, my love.”
From that point on I had been Nick’s angel. Then when the girls came along more angels were added. As I fell asleep, I secretly hoped that the team was making further progress in the case so that I could get SECNAV off my ass. But I had a gut feeling that by the time I woke up that I would have that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when I was told that they hadn’t made any progress.
It was quite clear that we were still on the mend not only from the night before but also from the departure we had to endure prior to last night. An hour or two later I was woken up by Tony knocking on my office door. Even in the half dazed state I was in I knew that he was up here to give me an update on the case.
“Come in Tony.” I said as I got up and went over to the front of my desk.
As Tony came in he had that same bewildered look on his face that he had the night that he went to give Jen his answer about having his own team. On top of his bewilderment, Tony had a somewhat major case of déjà vu as we were position in my office the same way he and Jen were when he had gone to her for relationship advice during their case where Sarah had been a suspect.
“That was weird.” Tony said.
“Having déjà vu, Tony?”
“You can say that.”
“Don’t worry its apart of our charm. Now what do ya have for me?” I asked.
“We’ve hit a road block with the case. We chased down leads; Ziva worked her contacts and got nowhere. The murderer has covered his tracks pretty well.”
“Great, this is just what I need today.”
“I know, SECNAV wants answers.”
“Not just SECNAV, Tony. The other Directors are trying to snake us out of jurisdiction on this case.”
“Second guessing your decision to succeed Jenny?”
“Not anymore. Just thinking that we’re gonna need to call in the cavalry at this rate.” I said.
“But Gibbs and Jenny are retired. And Abby said that Gibbs is planning on taking your sister down to Mexico to see Amira since her birthday is coming up.”
Once Tony had brought Jen and Jethro’s impending trip there was a look that came across my face that Tony picked up on. It was a look of worry and panic with a hint of concern. I knew that once Jethro got down to Franks’ little piece of paradise that it was virtually impossible to get him to comeback state side. I also knew that Jen was easily persuaded and was even more persuadable now. Tony was able to read me just as he had been able to read Jen when she was in charge.
“Don’t worry Jay, they won’t take up residence down there. Abby won’t let them and they would dare be away from Kelly and Liza for an extended amount of time.”
“I hope you’re right Tony.”
“I am; Jethro wouldn’t want to be away from his girls for too long. Any of his girls.” Tony said explicitly including Ziva, Kate, Abby and I in the same category that Jen, Kelly and Liza were in to assure me that he was right.
We both stood in place for a few seconds trying to figure out a way to get this case solved. I was silently debating on if I was going to pull my sister and brother-in-law away from their retirement or not.
It wasn’t until Palmer came in saying that he wasn’t far with the bodies when I had decided to call our veterans back.
Tony had gone back down to the squad room after I had instructed him to tell the others that I was calling for help and I had told Palmer to call Ducky, saving me a phone call.
Then after about five rings, Jethro answered their home phone.
“We need you guys; we need help on a case.” I said.

First Case without the Veterans

Of all the days to have to go into work, the day of the girls’ high school graduation had to be the worst day to be ordered by SECNAV himself to go in just to work on a new case. Especially one that could wait until Monday for our attention. SECNAV fought with Ziva and I toe for toe. He didn’t give a damn that our daughters were graduating in a few hours. All he wanted was the case to solved and for it to be solved ASAP.
Apparently a case with a dead Petty Officer and a dead Lance Corporal warranted our attention immediately. But solving the case was the furthest thing from our minds at the moment. It was our first case on our own. It was mine and Tony’s first case being in charge. Tony was a bit better at being team leader than I was when it came to being the Director.
I wanted more than anything to have Jen and Jethro as well as Ducky back with us, once the case got underway. When I had stepped into my office that morning it felt oddly empty and the feeling of it still being Jen’s office hadn’t dissipated within the intervening hours. I sat my desk and looked at the pictures that sat off to the side. I stopped on the picture of my mother.
“What am I gonna do without Jen here, mom? There’s no way I can run the agency like she did.” I said to my mother’s picture.
“Baby girl, you always worried too much about the little things.” My mother’s voice said.
I had briefly thought I was hallucinating when I heard my mother’s voice. The last time I had heard her voice was the morning of the day she died when she had sent me off to run some errands for her.
“Is that you, mom?” I asked.
Thankfully the door was closed so Cynthia didn’t hear what was going on.
“It’s me, my beautiful girl.”
“Where are you?”
“Look in front of you.”
I looked in front of me as my mother had instructed and saw her sitting on the couch.
“What are you doing here? I have to imagining this; you’ve been dead since I was ten.”
“I know, but you need some help and my daughter doubting herself definitely warranted me dropping in like this. Your father and I thought it was important enough.”
As I stood in the presence of my mother’s ghost, much like Demi Moore had with Patrick Swayze in Ghost; I was reminded of how much I looked like my mother. We had the same eye shape and color, Jen and I had gotten our red hair from our mother too as well as other features.
“Looks like you still have your sense of humor, mom.”
“Now listen to me, Jay; I don’t have that much time before my free pass runs out and I have quite a bit to tell you.”
“I have been listening mom.”
I still thought that I was hallucinating.
“I know you can handle being the Director of NCIS and that you’ll do just as well as Jennifer did. Your father, sister and I raised you to be able to handle just about anything.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“I’m sure that you can handle this because I have seen how interact with your colleagues, how you are with your husband, how you and your husband raised my three beautiful granddaughters. You’ve made me so proud, baby girl.”
I started tearing up as my mother’s ghost said this.
“I want you to do me a favor.”
“Sure, anything mom.”
“Tell Jennifer and your girls that I love them. And please keeping telling my granddaughters about your father and me. Please tell your sister’s granddaughter about me so that she knows she has three great-grandmothers.”
With that my mother disappeared from sight and I leaned back in my seat to fully digest what had just happened. It still mind-blowing that I just had a conversation with my dead mother. Once that thought had come to mind. Seeing my mother or at the very least her ghost reminded me of much my father said that I was her doppelganger. But I was also reminded of how much of my mother was in the girls. They would definitely her granddaughters.
A few minutes later the team was hard at work on the case with the goal of making some headway by the time we got closer to the graduation. SECNAV did leave it up to me to decide when we left for the day after I had to remind him that I wasn’t a pushover and that I would be just as much of a pain in his ass as Jen was.
By 3:30pm; we had some breakthroughs in the case. Palmer had autopsied the bodies and sent samples up to Abby. Tony, McGee, Kate and Ziva chased leads on the case while corroborating Palmer’s findings along with Abby’s evidence findings with what they had been working on. During the few brief times that I had left my office to go elsewhere in the building I could see how antsy Ziva was getting. Tony wasn’t that far behind her. Nick had been fortunate to stay home with the girls when I had been called in.
I knew that by the time I had gotten home; Nick and the girls would be ready to leave for the graduation. As soon as I had started down the stairs the team got the hint that it was time to go. Abby and Palmer had come up when I given the five minute warning at 3:25pm.
Thankfully, we had made it with time to spare. Hannah, Leah and JD had left early as instructed by the teachers who were in attendance. Jen, Jethro, Ducky and Jordan had met us at the high school. Then the lot of us then went to the seats the school had reserved for us. In the weeks leading up to the graduation we had to contend with some disgruntled students and parents. The disgruntled parents saw it as unfair in their words that “the DiNozzo girls and the Balboa girl were able to invite more than the allotted three persons for each graduate like their son or daughter had to.” They saw it as the school giving Hannah, Leah and JD special treatment because their parents worked for the government. They also saw it as the school pathetic attempt to keep the girls’ famous Aunt and Uncle, especially their Uncle, happy with what would occur at the ceremony. After a while the girls’ classmates weren’t as upset as their parents were, they realized that their parents were just embracing the way acted when they were at work. Most of the graduating students had one or both parents in some part of the government, either way it was a level playing field.
By the time the ceremony had started everyone had put their opinions and feelings aside to watch their son or daughter walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. The girls had a surprise for all of us. We soon found out that all three girls were graduating with honors at the top of their graduating class. But the biggest surprise of all had to be when the Georgetown Regional High School Principal named JD as the valedictorian.
“I’d now like to invite our valedictorian for this year’s graduating class, Ms. Jennifer Delaney Balboa to the podium.”
The Principal stepped aside to let JD to the podium as I began to tear up. I was so proud of JD it wasn’t even funny. Shortly after JD gave her valedictorian speech the Principal handed out the diplomas.
“Jennifer Delaney Balboa.” Principal Millwood said.
We all stood up and applauded JD as she walked across the stage. Minutes later and a few other students later Principal Millwood had gotten to the D’s.
“Hannah Tali DiNozzo.”
We applauded again.
“Leah Jacey DiNozzo.”
We were all quite proud of them.
After the graduation ceremony we threw the girls a surprise graduation party where their entire class and their families were in attendance.
Halfway into the party the band we had hired started to play Pink’s So What. At this point the kids had left the dance floor and our significant others followed suit. AJ sat at one of the tables with baby Ryan in her arms just as Kelly was with Liza. So Jen, Ziva, Abby, Kate and I left on the dance floor. The band had just finished playing a song by the Beatles when they had started playing So What. Once the music started to play the five of us resumed our dancing and singing along. The kids from Hannah and Leah down to Drew Jr. were completely embarrassed. Of course; Hannah, Leah and JD were a bit more embarrassed than the others. Our significant others loved seeing us let loose; Tony, Nick, Drew Sr. and McGee were thrilled at the sight before them. Then there were the other parents who obviously didn’t approve of us dancing. We didn’t care, we let loose and acted as if we were all still in our twenties.

A New Era

After I had explained the scar on my hand to Nick we had settled into bed for what was left of the night. I was unable to fall asleep; I was still wound up from the emotionally charged goodbyes from earlier. Nick was drifting off to sleep while I lay in bed next to him as I had for the past eighteen years. I played with my rings in a desperate attempt to forget how painful the goodbyes were. Nick sensed my fidgety nature and started massaging my back in attempts to get me to relax.
“Leave work at the office, Jay.” Nick whispered.
“Wish I could.” I said as I continued to play with my rings.
“You need your rest.”
“No, I can run on little sleep. I’m a Shepard after all; it’s in my blood.”
“You’re also a Balboa and you need your rest.”
“I’ll be fine.” I said as I stopped fidgeting with my rings, sat up in bed, turned my bedside lamp on low and picked up some files that I had brought home with me.
“You are so much like Jen.”
“Ha, she did raise me; besides you were the one who started our fairy tale.”
“And I’ve loved every second of it.” Nick said as he grabbed the files I had picked up moments before and tossed them on the floor.
“Nick!!!”
“You’re tired, close those gorgeous brown eyes I fell in love with.” Nick said as he kissed me and turned off the light.
“Not before we do this.”
I kissed Nick’s sculpted body as I straddled him. Of course Nick didn’t resist as he let me do away with his drawstring lounge pants and boxers.
“So you want more?”
“Yes, I want more but I also want to forget about work and you’re the only one who can make me forget about all the pain.”
Nick took the verbal cue and removed the black lace lingerie I had on. Nick and I didn’t fall asleep until 4am that morning. Thankfully it was Saturday so we didn’t have to worry about getting the girls to school. JD had graduation rehearsal with Hannah and Leah at 10am. Then the actual graduation ceremony was at 4pm. JD had decided that she was going to follow in mine and Jen’s footsteps as far as what college she was going to attend in the fall. Jen and I were more than thrilled that she was going to Georgetown. Hannah and Leah had also decided to go to Georgetown in the fall.
It completely blew my mind at how fast everything was going. Between last night and the impending graduation, I was surprised that I was still sane. In my mind things were the way they were before. When JD was still my baby girl who loved to follow me around, loved to help me with her sisters and wanted to be just like me when she grew up. With that last thought I pushed everything on my mind aside and focused in on the moment.
Eighteen years of marriage and three kids later; Nick and I hadn’t lost our touch. It was as if we were still the people we were when we first started dating. I didn’t know where Nick stood on the subject of our sex life, but in my opinion it was still pretty damn good. Everything was familiar to say the least; Nick knew what I liked as I knew what he liked. Nick knew that I liked to be on top, what every little movement and sound meant. I barely had to utter a word when we were this in sync with each other.
This time when Nick and I had sex; it was beyond bliss, it was beyond anything we had experienced together before. Nick was on top, which left me on the bottom. I met Nick movement for movement, thrust for thrust. Before long he had me reminiscing back to our honeymoon, back to the night that we conceived JD. There were a few times where Nick got me to arch my abdomen towards him as he went on his hands and knees above me.
After a while Nick noticed that I was finally getting tired and we stopped for the night. Neither of us bothered to get back into our clothes, instead we stuck with the bedding to cover our bodies. Nick had let the bedding rest on his waist line letting it cover everything from his waist down. Of course the bedding covered me completely, from my shoulders up were the only things showing. The last thing I remember before falling asleep around 4am was Nick’s warm body against mine. It was always comforting to me when Nick and I were this close; it just went with the bond we had built over eighteen years of marriage.
Hours later we woke up at 10am to the sound of the twins knocking on our bedroom door telling us that JD had gone to graduation rehearsal and they were going for a run. Nick and I lay in bed for a bit before we reluctantly got out of bed. We lay in bed together much like Dr. Gregory House and Dr. Lisa Cuddy did in the seventh season premiere of Fox’s House MD, few years back. Nick replicated House by laying on top of the bedding with his laptop covering the part of his anatomy that had serviced me quite well the night before. I had on the other hand was mirroring Cuddy perfectly, I had one of the pillows covering my chest and the bedding covered me from the waist down; which left my back along with a side view of stomach as I laid on my stomach like Cuddy did in the premiere. Nick could never see what I liked about the show.
“You look like you are pretty happy with yourself.” I said.
“Where are you going?”
“To the bathroom, to shower before Jay and Joce get back from their run.”
“Oh, I really you would stay here in bed for me just a little bit longer.”
“I can tell that you want to join me.”
“Do you blame me? I have a hot boss and an even sexier wife.”
“Just do me a favor, Nick; and keep it professional when we’re at work. The last thing I need as the new Director is for the entire agency to think that I’m giving you any kind of special treatment because we’re married. I’m already getting slack from Vance and the other agencies’ Director for succeeding my sister.”
Nick nodded as he reluctantly watched me get out of our bed and walk into our master bath that was connected to our bedroom. I purposely left the bathroom door open since Nick was the only one in the adjoining room. The need for modesty was minuscule, he had seen everything the night before and we were married so I just left everything as is.
“Did I tell you today that you have a hot body?” Nick called to me.
“Okay, if you want me that badly why don’t you come do something about it?” I called back.
Nick got out bed as I stepped into the shower, then a few seconds later we were at it again. When I felt the temperature change in the water I knew we were no longer alone.
“It was fun while it lasted.” I said as I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body.
“It was too short, babe.”
“Je vous aime, vous savez que mais nous avons besoin d'une pause, c'est le temps pour prendre une pause de tout le sexe.”
“You know that I am not as well versed in the various world languages as you are. You know that my mind doesn’t switch between English and another language with the ease that yours does.”
“I know, love; it’s just so much fun to toy with you.”
Nick laughed as we both picked up on me reverting back to my free – spirited twenty – five year old self from years past.
“I love it when you’re this happy, Jay. It reminds me of the early days of our relationship.”
“I love you too.”
With that exchange, Nick and I got dressed and resumed our roles as parents.

The Final Goodbye

By the time I got to see my sister after she and Jethro got back to the agency it wasn’t long before she picked up on what had just happened upstairs a mere few minutes ago. Between my hair being one big tousled mess then mine and Nick’s hand being laced together was a dead give away.
“I see that you’ve christen the office.” Jen said.
“Oh come on Jen, don’t pass judgment; when you’ve done the same.”
It was nearing midnight at that point and the rest of the agency had left for the night. The custodial staff was on one of the floors beneath us. Nick had gone to wait for me outside of the building just as Drew had. So it was just the team, all ten of us together. Tony, Ziva, McGee and Abby all stood where they had in the squad room when Gibbs retired. Palmer stood next to my old desk while I stood where Jen had when Gibbs was saying his goodbyes years ago. Jen and Ducky were standing next to Jethro.
Everything and everyone was absolutely serious. From where I was standing I could see how much damage this did to Abby. We were all resilient; we had to be with our chosen careers, but no matter how you sliced it saying goodbye was never an easy task. We all knew that this time for Jethro was permanent, there was no way any of us could persuade him not leave or even come back to the agency like Jen had.
Jethro was the first to say his goodbyes. Just as he had years ago after his coma, Jethro handed his badge and gun to Tony.
“It’s time, Tony; it’s your team now.”
Like before Tony was speechless and my heart was beginning to become overloaded with emotions that it felt like it was going to burst out of my chest. McGee was up next.
“Remember what I said last time, Tim.”
“I will boss.”
“Gibbs…..” Abby uttered in a barely audible volume.
“Shh, I’ll always be there for you Abs.” Jethro said as he kissed her cheek.
“Keep him in line, Ziva.”
“I will Jethro.”
“Keep an eye on Abby for me, Kate.”
“I’ll do what I can, Gibbs.”
Jethro then walked over to the stairs. I crouched down so that we were on the same level.
“You’re just as good as she is, Jay. It’s time for you blaze your own path and show those politicians that DC can handle two Shepard women in power.”
A tear slide down my face, Jethro always knew what to say to me. Palmer was up next.
“Make us proud, Palmer.”
Once Jethro’s goodbyes were done, Ducky took his turn. Ducky shook Tony and McGee’s hands then he hugged Ziva, Kate, Abby and I before saying goodbye to Palmer.
“I know that you will be a good M.E.; Mr. Palmer. Make that son of yours proud, Jimmy.” Ducky said as he shook Palmer’s hand.
Jenny had said her goodbyes to the team earlier so I was the only one left. I had left where I stood on the stairs to go down to the squad room. We both knew this was the hardest part of the day. The tears were freely flowing down my face at this point. In one instant it was like there was a marine combat knife being jabbed into me. In another instant it felt like my comfort blanket, my shield was being ripped away from me.
“Look at me, Jay. Wipe away those tears. I know that you can do this; I know you can handle the politicians and Leon. Being the youngest agent and a mother of three has prepared you for this. I know you have the strength and the tenacity to be the Director, it’s in our blood after all.” Jen said as she took me into her arms for one last comforting hug.
“I don’t care if I’m prepared for this or not, I don’t want you to go.”
“Jay, you know I’m only a phone call and a short drive away if you need anything. I’ll always be there for you.”
“But you have a new husband and a new family that comes with your new husband. Which means I take the backseat.”
“You will never take the backseat to Jethro, Kelly, Liza and Jason. You were in my life long before they were and that will never change. You will always be my baby sister, even with these on my hand.” Jen said as she held her left hand up.
“And you’ll always be my big sister, even with these.” I said as I replicated Jen’s last move.
A few seconds we let our left hands drop as we looked at the palms of right hands. There was a scar in the center of our palms from a summer we had spent at camp. That summer when Jen was one of the camp counselors and I was six, we had promised not only to be sisters but also to be friends.
“Sisters.” Jen said as she held her right hand up.
“Friends.” I said as I raised my right hand.
“Forever.” Jen and I said in unison.
Jen, Jethro and Ducky left. Which left the seven of us alone in the squad room.
“Now what?” Abby asked.
“Now we go home.” I answered.
Later on after years of not noticing, Jethro and Nick finally noticed the scars on our hands.
Of course they had asked what happened.
“It’s nothing, it’s just something Jen and I did as kids when we were at camp.” I answered Nick.
“It’s nothing, it’s just something Jay and I did as kids when we were at camp.” Jen answered Jethro.

Jen and Jethro's op

With Jethro driving himself and Jen to the resort I knew it wouldn’t take them long to get to there. I tried to busy myself with meaningless paperwork, pointless phone calls and what seemed to be endless video conferences in MTAC; just to keep myself from worrying about my sister and her husband. It had been three weeks since Jen and Jethro joined the ranks of married federal agents. But it was still weird to think of Jen and Jethro as a married couple. There was one particular video conference that bugged the hell out of me. It was one with Leon and he was beyond the point of replicating Tony’s childish nature and completely past the acting like a petulant two year old stage.
“What the hell do you mean? You can’t be the Director of NCIS!!! You are too young and if anything I should be in charge.”
“Like that worked out so well the last time, Leon. Did you forget Jen and I busting you for treason already?”
“No I didn’t forget, either way; you are still too young to be the head of a federal agency.”
“To hell I am, I’m the same age my sister was when she first became Director; so cut political, chauvinistic bullshit and tell me what the hell you want? I have other things that I have to worry about that are more important than standing in MTAC listening to you bitch.” I said.
At that point Leon started talking again and all I heard the sound that all the adults made when talking in those old Peanuts cartoons they use to show on TV. After five minutes of Leon’s rant I was bored once again and my mind was wondering back to Jen and Jethro. Their reservation was at a resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The op Jen and Jethro were on was pretty straightforward, as simple as any op could possibly be. The op was an easy drop in and snag, but no matter how simple it was the thought came to mind was the same thought that had constantly crossed my mind whenever my sister and Jethro had an op in Europe.
My mind continued to wonder, but now it rewound back to the day we learned that Jen and Jethro got hitched. Once we had heard their announcement everyone had basically dispersed into other rooms. Jen, Jethro, Franks and I remained in the kitchen.
“Well it’s about damn time you did something to keep a gorgeous woman like her to yourself, Probie.”Franks had said.
After Franks’ comment Jen and I raised our left eyebrows which from what our respective husbands called our way luring them in, teasing them with the Shepard wiles. I remember myself telling Jen and Jethro that I was more than happy for them and echoing Franks by telling them it was about damn time they settled down together after twenty plus years of being on again and off again.
“I guess your “no off the job” rule is now completely non-existent.”
“Jay, we both know it became non-existent the day I returned to NCIS.”
After our small chat three weeks ago, I pulled Jethro aside.
“Don’t screw this up, Jethro. She loves you with every fiber of her being; don’t make her your fourth ex-wife. Remember what you told Nick on my wedding day?”
“I won’t break Jen’s heart”
“You better not or you’ll have to answer to me.”
Thankfully after the flashback ended the screen in front of me was dark. Apparently Leon ended the video conference when he noticed I wasn’t paying attention. At that point I was tired of MTAC and was in desperate need to take a break from being the Director for awhile. So I left MTAC and went back to my office, which in my mind was still Jen’s office despite the fact that on a technicality she was retired and was working on their op as a former NCIS agent.
Shortly after I returned to my office, I had a visitor. I knew it was only a matter of time before Nick came up. It was quite clear what he wanted as his eyes kept darting to the couch that sat across the room from my desk. I took one look at Nick then looked at the pictures sitting next the picture of mine and Jen’s dad that Jen left behind. My father’s picture was accompanied by a picture of mine and Jen’s late mother, Emma; Nick, the girls and then there was a picture of my sister and Jethro smiling at the camera on the day we had the twins’ fourteenth birthday.
Nick snapped me back to reality.
“Are we just going to sit here doing nothing or am I gonna be lucky enough to reap the benefits of sleeping with the boss?” Nick asked as he tipped his head back in the direction of the couch.
“That couch has seen quite a bit over the years.”
“Babe, this is your office now; not your sister’s.”
“Fine, lock the door.” I said as I got up from my desk and sauntered over to the couch and sat down provocatively.
“You’ve learned way too much from Ziva over the years.”
I laughed a bit.
“Do you want to do this or should I go back to running the agency, Agent Balboa?”
“And there’s the Shepard wiles.”
“Do you want to do this or should I go back to running the agency, Agent Balboa?” I asked again, but this time reinforced it by slowly unbuttoning my shirt to reveal the black lace bra that sat underneath it to further tease my husband.
“You know damn well that I want you, Jay; I always do. You are my wife after all.”
“I know that.” I said as my shirt came off followed by my black pencil skirt and stilettos.
“Still the seductress after all these years.”
“If you want this, I suggest you do something about what remains on my body; before it’s too late.”
Of course Nick knew better than to leave me standing in front of him in very little clothing so he unhooked my lace bra without any problems and wasted no time in removing the matching black lace underwear.
What seemed like hours later I laid in Nick’s arms completely blissed out by what had just went on between Nick and I. We slowly and reluctantly got up from the couch and got dressed.
Following our little escapade, Jen and Jethro would soon arrive back at the office with the suspects in tow. Once they had returned, I know that the one thing we had all be dreading would take place.
When they got back and the suspect were each in an interrogation room with an agent outside guarding them; it had become time for the seven of us to say good bye to our mentors.
Slowly things were becoming official and it scared the hell out of me.