"Sciuto! David! Someone had better start explaining what the hell is going on!"Knowing that Abby wasn't in a state to be objective, Ziva stepped forwa...d to make her report and debrief the Director."Director," she began in greeting. "We apprehended this suspect, known as Jet Brooks, through Franks' op this evening. On the way here, he was Mirandized and detained. However, no charges were given to him, as per orders from Franks. When we arrived, I was instructed to bring him here and to guard. As the two dressed, Brenda asked casually: "So, Jimmy, what was caused by the collision of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates, fifty million years ago?" Uh - I don't know. Why?" Tell me what the effects of Asia's monsoons are, Jimmy." Hmmm," he replied. "I'm not sure." Try this one: In what types of Asian vegetation regions does nomadic herding take place?" Wait - I know that," Jimmy lied.Brenda sighed as she tucked in her blouse. "Jimmy." Yeah?" You answered all those questions correctly. ‘No, the police were right there,’ she said with a sigh. ‘The neighbors had called and they showed up, but those two no-goods were so drunk they wouldn’t have seen the archangel Gabriel if he’d been there. I heard one of them had a gun and one had a knife, so the police were waiting it out.’ She gave her son a small smile. ‘Gossip runs down the grapevine in a town like this, you know how it is.’ ‘I do,’ he said. ‘Then what?’ ‘Well, I heard from Cassie — you know her Joe’s a policeman — that. I tried again, but no sign of activity. Perhaps he was shopping or simply at work somewhere, I figured.With little else to do, I sat down by his doorstep and admired the pictures a little longer. It wouldn’t be long now, I thought. It would be a happy little family reunion. Maybe I could even convince him to meet mom again and to start dating. She must have seen something in him all those years ago, surely she would be willing to give it another try with him. He probably has a great personality.