Hello there ! I'm so happy to be back and that we are so close to the new season. The idea for this story just came to my mind and I wanted to share it with you.

Sharon came out of her bathroom and went for the sofa. The TV was on but almost on mute. She wanted to read. It had been a long time since she had took some time for herself, alone. She loved her boys. She did. But sometimes a woman needs to take a moment to relax. She grabbed her book and started reading.

Andy was still at his AA meeting and Rusty was working with Andrea. She sighed as she relaxed against the cushions. She also took a sip from her glass of wine.

When she heard a knock against the front door she smiled. Andy often did that when he came back from his meetings. A knock on the door instead of using his keys would often mean a hot meal or flowers for her. Her husband was indeed full of surprises. She let down her book on the sofa and went to the door.

"Hi honey." She said while opening the door. Her smile immediately vanished when she saw who was actually there. "Jack."

"Hi Sharon. I guess this welcome was not for me then."

"No." She answered coldly.

A silence came between them before Jack coughed. "Won't you invite me in?"

"No. You can say whatever you have to say just here."

"Look. I came in peace, I promise."

Sharon huffed before turning her back and going to the kitchen. "You want something to drink?"

"Yes, please."

Sharon turned and narrowed her eyes. "I'm not giving you alcohol."

Jack took a seat on a stool behind the bar and shook his head. "It's okay. I don't drink. Sparkling water is fine."

"Good."

Sharon gave him a glass before leaning against the counter in the kitchen. She looked at him for a moment without saying anything.

"Congratulations by the way." Jack said totally out of the blue. He made a sign with his head toward Sharon's wedding ring.

"Oh." She looked at it too and started to toy with it. A habit that she also had with her previous ring. But she had taken that one off a long time ago. "Thank you."

"I won't say that it isn't weird, but still. Congratulations. You deserve it."

"I don't know what you want from me Jack."

"Nothing. I swear. It's just been a while. My life is kinda back on track. I'm talking to the kids now and I have a new job."

Sharon nodded. "Yeah, Ricky told me that you were calling every week now. It's good. Where are you working?"

Jack toyed with his glass for a moment. "Well, actually that's also why I stopped by."

Sharon stood back and sighed loudly. "I knew it! God, Jack! I'm not giv-"

"I promise it's not money. I need a recommendation later."

That stopped Sharon in her rambling. "A... A recommendation letter?"

Jack nodded and Sharon looked at him, dumbfounded.

"We don't share the same name anymore. We kinda worked together..."

"You were defending the suspects that we wanted in prison, Jack. I wouldn't call that working together."

"Look. It's a good job. At the DDA's new office. I would be a good attorney there. They just want a letter saying that I'm able to do my job even tho I'm an alcoholic."

Sharon listened to him and just looked at him. "And you think I'm the best person for that kind of stuff?"

"Well. You know me better than anyone. You've seen the better and the worse."

"That I did." She sighed again and walked to where Jack was sitting. The counter still between them. "Okay. I will think about it. Give me the paper."

Jack reached for it from the inside pocket of his vest and gave it to Sharon. "Thank you." He stood from his stool. "Well. I'm gonna get going now."

Sharon smirked. "Yeah. Now that you have everything you came here for."

Jack let out a laugh. "You're really a Flynn now. Smirking and being sassy at the same time."

Sharon smiled at him. Well, not really at Jack but about what he had said. She really was a Flynn now.

"Thank you. I was pleased to see you in good shape Jack." Sharon said while opening the door for him.

"Me too. I won't be trouble anymore, I promise." Jack seemed to hesitate for a moment but after a while, he put his hand on Sharon's arm and dropped a quick kiss to her cheek. "Bye." He said to her. When he was in the corridor he stopped and turned to look at her. "Oh, by the way. Did Andy told you that we were in the same AA group."

"Oh. No he didn't. But we don't talk much about it. If he wants to tell me about it, he can. But I understand that it's private for him." Sharon did not want to explain the dynamic of her relationship with her husband to her ex-husband but she also knew that Jack would not miss a chance to say something.

"Yeah. I understand that. Well, anyway, I already told him when he left with that girl tonight after the meeting but say to him that I said hi."

"I will." Sharon said before closing the girl after him.

That girl.

Sharon shook her head while a heavy weight dropped to her stomach. Jack hadn't change. He was still an asshole as Andy would say.

And if she listened and believed what Jack had said, Andy and Jack went to the same AA meetings. So it would mean that they left at the same time tonight. Jack had had the time to come and visit her at the condo but Andy was still not here. And apparently, Andy had left with a girl tonight.

Who was she? And if Andy was not here, where was he? Sharon finished her glass of wine and quickly nursed herself to another.

TBC...

Next chapter already written... Don't worry it will be really quick !