It's 4:00am when she makes the decision to just go.  She can't take it anymore and even if it's only for a few days, it'll be enough isolation to keep her from eating her gun ( Read more... )

TO: gibbs.leroyjethro@navy.ncis.gov ( Read more... )

For the first time in nearly a week, Jen left her office well before 9:00.  It was actually even a fairly normal time to leave.  She went home and wandered around for a while, putting off calling Heather.  Eventually she did.  She has no idea how long they were on the phone for--thirty seconds, three hours--but now she feels like she's been hit by ( Read more... )

[continued from this thread which broke the layout]

Jen untangles herself from Gibbs and stands up.  She can feel him close behind her as they head down to her finished basement.  Something changed when she brought up Shannon and it broke the dam.  After that, everything came out and they finally got to the bottom of their problems.  And they both ( Read more... )

It hadn't been her intention to get drunk.  It had been to just have a drink.  But one led to another and another.  When she realized the sun had set, she was very well drunk.  She gets up from her desk and can barely walk a straight line.  She knew better.  Now her balance is off and that same step between rooms is out to get her.  Her foot ( Read more... )

TO: gibbs.leroyjethro@navy.ncis.gov
FROM: shepard.jennifer@navy.ncis.gov
DATE: November 3, 2011 9:27:47PM
SUBJECT: Transfer
+attachment: gibbs_orders.doc

Agent Gibbs:

Effective January 1, you are to report to the NCIS branch office in Paris, France for permanent reassignment.

Special Agent Jennifer Shepard
Director
Navy Criminal Investigative Service
27130 ( Read more... )

It wasn't until James came along that the idea was cemented in Jen's mind: her sister is having an affair. Every time they talked about children, Heather would firmly state she was done with one, but four years ago, she made that announcement. But Jen never suspected who the man could be; she'd just gone on believing he was some nameless, ( Read more... )