Chapter Forty-Five: Stranded

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Standing here helpless
Where do I go
If you leave me alone
Where do I turn now
If it don't work out
As far as I can see
This isn't the way
That you said it would be

NCIS Special Agent Jennifer Sheppard stood facing a fellow agent, her partner and lover on the Paris undercover mission, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Anger, disappointment, and fear swirled inside her. Finally the redhead snapped and snarled, "I can't believe you're breaking it off!"

Jethro took a few steps back, eyes wary. "Jen, I'm sorry, but—"

She cut him off. "This isn't the way that you said it would be."

His ice-blue eyes were suddenly cold as he looked at her before turning away.

Don't leave me like this
Don't leave me stranded
If you walk away now
You leave me empty handed
Don't leave me like this
Don't leave me stranded
Don't leave me now
Don't leave me

Jen wanted to tell him not to leave her like this, leave her stranded. She'd be empty handed if he walked away now.

"Don't leave me," she whispered.

If Gibbs heard her, he didn't show it.

Wasn't it you
Who brought me here
To the place lovers go
Just look at these arms
Reaching out to you
You said that you'd always care
I just turned around
And there's nobody there

After all, it was him who brought her to the place lovers go—even if he said Jen was the one who was all over him.

The redhead pleaded silently, Just look at these arms reaching out to you.

Jethro had said that he'd always care about her—love her—but when she turned around, he had disappeared.

Don't leave me like this
Don't leave stranded
If you walk away now
You leave me empty handed
Don't leave me like this
Don't leave me stranded
Don't leave me now

She cursed him inside her head, thinking of every unprintable word under the sun. Jen couldn't believe that he'd just leave her, especially after all they'd been through together.

The worst part was, she knew he would stay away if he had to.

You said that you'd always care
I just turned around and there's nobody there

Don't leave me like
Don't leave me like this
Don't leave me stranded
If you walk away now
You leave me empty handed
Don't leave me like this
Don't leave me stranded stranded
Don't leave me like this
Don't leave me stranded
Don't leave me like this

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