Two Months Later
Jack was restless. His workload was as full as ever. He was working long days, coming in early and staying late, yet no matter how long or how hard he worked, he still felt edgy. The feeling had been growing for two months now, ever since he'd learned of Sue's transfer to the New York City office. To say that he had been upset with what had transpired was putting it mildly. He'd been livid. To know that an agent would pull rank and go over another employee's head, one that had already declined the exact position, to get what he wanted, did not sit well with him.
His teeth clenched at what had been done to her. Sue had been transferred for a trial period of six months. At the end of said time she could continue her current job as Senior Investigative Analyst in Counter-Terrorism or request a transfer to another department. She had not been guaranteed a return to her former team.
Jack had been in contact with Sue since the time he had returned from his out of town assignment to find her gone. He'd started with emails but had quickly grown dissatisfied with not hearing her voice. They now talked two or three times a week by phone. Jack looked forward to each conversation but was growing concerned by what he wasn't hearing; gone was the optimism, the vivaciousness, with which she approached life. She put up a good front, but Jack knew better. She was unhappy, which in turn made him restless.
Jack's email notifier sounded, bringing his attention back to the present and his desk. Opening the program, a smile hinted at the corners of his mouth as he saw the return address. Double clicking on the message, he eagerly sat forward and read:
Hi Jack,
Your email made me smile. I never tire of reading about the antics of Bobby and Myles and their continuing war with Randy. Seems some things never change, which is refreshing in itself.
I am glad to know the Hanover case is over. Maybe things will slow down just a bit so you can catch your breath and maybe actually have a day off. I think you have been working too hard by the way you avoid the subject and Lucy doesn't.
I get more and more organized each day so I guess things are going well here. Levi misses all the treats you and the rest of the team would give him when you thought I wasn't looking.
Tell the gang hello from us.
Love,
Sue and Levi
Jack rubbed his hands over his face wearily and then slapped them on his desk. He was a man of action, a risk taker, a go-getter. He wasn't one to sit back and give up. He'd had enough of simply letting things happen as they may. The time had come for him to do something. Pushing way from his desk with purpose, he made his way to D's office to talk to his new supervisor. It was time to rid himself of his restlessness, once and for all.
