The phone call was unexpected. Everyone in the bullpen had watched as Tony took his cell into the alcove by the stairs, talking quietly. When he came back and sat at his desk, he was pale and his hands were shaking.

"Tony?" Gibbs called from his desk. "What's wrong?"

Tony glanced up and blinked a few times at Gibbs. "She ... she didn't have any family - no brothers or sisters, no husband, parents are gone ... "

"Tony, what are you talking about?" Gibbs asked, frowning.

Tony took a deep breath. "I'm a father."