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Acquiesce
Tony had struggled with guilt all his life. His father told him it was his fault his mother died. Wendy told him it was his fault they broke up. When McGee and Ziva turned him off, he wondered if that was his fault too. He’d been told all his life that things beyond his control were his fault and eventually he just acquiesced and took the blame for everything.
He didn’t even consider reporting Ziva or McGee since he knew that the result would be more blame placed on him. Instead, he pretended that everything was fine and that there was no problem. He pretended that it didn’t hurt.
