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Well we come to the end of another story, I hope you all enjoyed reading it and that no one is disappointed by the ending.

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Chapter 12

Sharon sat in the interrogation room at the boatshed. She could not believe how in the space of one day, she had lost her career all because of the kid.

She sat up as Sam walked into the room.

"I don't know what the brat told you…..but it's all a lie." She spat. She was furious that after all these years they would take the word of a worthless orphan over hers.

Sam put the file he was holding on the table and sat down but never said a word.

"You know he's a murderer, don't you? He shouldn't be working for a federal agency." She looked around and spotted the camera, "Is this your idea of revenge, abusing your position trying to get me fired?"

Callen stood up and glared at the monitor, only Deeks' hand on his arm stopped him from barging in there.

Sam looked up from the file he was holding, "We have a sworn statement plus a video tape of you admitting to knowing about the abuse of young boys at the hands of one Jeremy Kendall, and you deliberately placing certain boys there for him." Sam felt sick that this woman could abuse a position of trust like that.

Sharon looked defeated "It wasn't….." she stopped.

"It wasn't?" Sam asked prompting her.

"It wasn't young boys, just him. Just Callen, the others…..They had families, people who cared or asked about them, He didn't, no one wanted him, no one cared what happened to him." She stopped.

"He was more vulnerable! You were supposed to protect him." Sam said.

"Jeremy loved me!" She said trying to rationalize it in her mind, "He knew no one would care about him, it helped with his temper. The boy took everything, he never complained."

"Who could he trust? YOU were his social worker, the one person above all who should have looked out for him!" Sam looked at her incredulously. "And what about Martin Brandel, you knew about Kendall yet you placed him there with his sister."

"Had no choice, Callen was acting up and not co operating with Kendall. It was his fault, we needed a way to control him and make sure he didn't run away, I knew he'd stay and protect the kid, I didn't think Kendall would kill the girl though." She said.

"If you knew Kendall killed Emily Brandel, why did you make Callen confess to the crime?" Sam asked.

"He had no one to loose, Kendall was all I had." Sharon wailed. "He only killed her because he was falling for her."

"Who?" Sam asked.

"Callen. Kendall doesn't like his property to even think about leaving him." Sharon said.

Deeks looked over at Callen who looked stricken and was backing up to the doorway.

"I'm not his property," Callen whispered his eyes wide. Deeks held his arm and walked him back to the monitor.

"He's not property!" Sam said to her.

"Try telling Kendall that." Sharon said.

"Sharon Lewis you are being charged with being an accessory to murder and for aiding and abetting in child abuse." Sam said smiling.

He got up and walked out as she burst into tears.

Sam walked up to Deeks who high-fived him. "We got em both with the video and her testimony Kendall should wake up behind bars." Sam smiled.

Callen sat on the couch in the corner not focusing on anything, slowly processing what he had heard in there.

"Callen?" Sam said and knelt near his partner.

"I…..I could have left, Deeks would have been safe!" Callen said.

"Yeah, but you didn't know that, you protected me, I owe you for that." Deeks told him.

"You can pay in Tootsie pops, Cherry flavor." Callen grinned. Filing the conflict, he was feeling for another day.

"We got em Cal," Deeks said sensing the emotions running through his friend. "Emmy's killers going down."

"I have something I need to show you." Callen said. "Can you meet me here later?" he asked Deeks giving him an address.

Deeks took the paper and nodded "Sure." He replied.

As Callen turned and left the boatshed, Sam called out to him, "G, Are we good?"

"We're good Sam, It's just I have to do something. I'll be ok." Callen reassured his partner.

Three hours later. Sporting a few new bruises Callen knew he would never talk about, he lent on his car outside the Cemetery waiting for Deeks to arrive.

Worried for their friend not only did Deeks arrive, but Sam, Kensi and Hetty too.

Callen glared at the others.

"What are you guys doing here?" He asked.

"You just walked off, we were worried." Kensi said.

"I'm fine just needed to work some stuff out." Callen told them.

Sam and Hetty looked at the bruises he was sporting.

"Are you injured at all Mr. Callen?" Hetty asked.

Callen looked away, "Nah, I'm fine," he said and took a couple of steps back.

Although from this Hetty knew he was not telling the whole truth, she knew that he would have told her if he was seriously injured.

"So, G. You gonna tell us why we're at the cemetery?" Sam asked.

"Just Deeks, Come with me." Callen said grabbing a paper bag from the front seat of his chair.

They walked for a few moments and just out of sight of the others Callen stopped.

He opened the paper bag and took out two white roses. He knelt down and placed them on the grave.

The marker on the grave just had a number. Callen looked up at Deeks, "I always wanted to get her a better headstone, but I didn't know all the information they needed." He admitted.

Deeks looked at the marker and felt tears pricking at his eyes. "Is this….Is it Emily's grave."

Callen nodded, "Hers and my sons. I found the records the DNA samples they took said the baby would have been a boy." He stared at the grave, "I come here every month, have done where possible since they died." He said.

"Thank you," Deeks said. Callen handed him the paper bag, "Got one from you too." He said.

Deeks took the flower out of the bag and placed it on his sisters' grave.

"Hey, Emmy, Look who I found, me and Cal work together now." Deeks said he let his tears fall unabated.

"I'll leave you be." Callen said quietly and stood back.

"Cal….Stay please?" Deeks asked.

Callen nodded but stayed behind him and sat on the ground.

Deeks sat silently for ten minutes thinking about Emily and what she had been like. Then he turned and looked at Callen.

"Your son, my nephew what would you have called him?" Deeks asked.

Callen sat, no one had ever asked him, even when they had told him about the baby, "I….I think, Emily liked Caleb. We would have called him that." He said

Deeks stood up, "Thanks Callen. I think we should get the others….I'll go." He said and left Callen sitting there.

Callen looked up again he thought he saw Emily and a baby smiling at him, but figured it was just his imagination.

Hetty put her hand on his shoulder and brought him back to the present.

"Mr. Callen?"

"Emmy and Caleb are buried here Hetty." Callen said.

Deeks stood nearby with Kensi and Sam.

"We should all get her a nice headstone." Kensi said.

"Them," Deeks corrected, "Caleb is here too."

Sam held his hand out to Callen and helped him up from the grass.

"Time to go home Mr. Callen," Hetty said. "It's time for you to heal and come back to your family."

"Yeah," Deeks smiled remembering something, "Remember, Brother in law….but no cops." He grinned and with that, Callen could see the six year old he had loved.

"Lets go home Bro." Callen said and they walked off towards their cars.