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NOTE TO EVIEROSE: Actually, it was because of neither. PAX (now ION) cancelled ALL original programming, cancelling all of their TV shows. This was not because Sue was doing poorly, in fact, it was their most popular program. All their other shows weren't doing so good, and because of that, it was cancelled in a whole group. If they could've been picked up by another network, that would've been great, but that never happened. In 2009, Animal Planet purchased the rights in hopes of making more, but that never panned out, and I can see why it would not fit on Animal Planet's show roster. Also, Deanne was pregnant with her daughter at the end of Season 3. No big deal, but if the show continued, I'm sure they would have had a hard time working around that. And Yannick didn't start Murdoch Mysteries until late 2007, so there was 2 years in between there, and he does do other TV shows and movies even in between filming Murdoch, so I don't think it is as much of a problem for him, or anyone from the show in fact. Thanks for liking my story!

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"Remember, the test is on Friday, so make sure you study!" Sue said and signed at the same time to her students as they walked out of the high school classroom. Just as the last student left, she looked at the door and saw Jack, leaning on the door frame, arms crossed, smiling. Sue quickly looked away, rustling papers on her desk, just to look busy.

Jack waved his hand to get her attention. "Hi," he said when she looked up.

She quickly looked down at her papers to grade. "Hi." She said, not knowing what to say. She shifted her eyes from the papers to Jack's shoes in front of her desk and back again to the papers. They both stood there awkwardly for a few seconds that felt like hours. Jack sort-of shook his head to clear his thoughts. Sue noticed the movement, and looked up.

"There is something I need to ask you," he said hesitantly, paused and looked out the window of Sue's classroom. "We are having a bit of an issue, and uh, we need your help." He continued, and looked back at her.

"Me? Why do you need my help?" she asked, totally perplexed.

"'Cause you're the best lip-reader I know. He said, then added quickly, "we know." He slightly smiled at her.

"What do you need me to do?"

"Uh, well, there's this video-It's actually better if I show you. Can I come by your house later this evening?" Jack put his hands in his pockets and looked at her hopeful, but nervous at what she would say.

"Ok."

"Great. See you then." He said, relieved, then turned and starting walking towards the door. Almost immediately, he wheeled around. Startled by the movement, Sue looked at him.

"I just wanted to say how sorry I am to hear about your Dad. Though I only met him a few times, he was a good man."

Sue smiled in appreciation. "Thanks."

With that, Jack left the school. As he walked out the door, he said to himself, "Well, that went fairly well."

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Later that evening, Jack was walking up the path of Sue and her Mom, Carla's home. He couldn't help thinking about some stories Sue told him about her childhood home, and with those thoughts, came the memories of when Sue left D.C. to come back home. Jack stopped on the path, letting the memories come back as if it was yesterday.

Sue was crying at her desk, Levi at her side, paw on her knee. When she noticed Jack was standing by her desk, she said, "My Dad is sick."

"Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that." Jack said, concerned.

"I have to go see him." She said between sobs and wiping her eyes with a tissue.

"Take all the time you need. We'll cover for you here."

"Thanks."

Fast forward to a few weeks later,

Lucy comes in to work, heading straight to Jack's desk. She hesitates before she says anything. It was harder than she thought. She raised her hand and opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Jack looked up at her. "What?" he said expectantly. She tried again. "Sue is uh, not coming back. Her Dad died. She wants to stay in Ohio."

Jack stared at her in shock. He thought it was going so well between the two of them, and just one tragedy, and she ups and leaves. Not to sound heartless, but that's all he could think.

As Lucy walked to her desk, he tried to call Sue. No answer. He tried every day, three times a day, texts, emails, still no answer. "What did I do?" he asked himself, three months later, when he received a mailer daemon email back.

Jack shook his head, bringing him back to reality, a tear in his eye. He wiped it away. It's been over 10 years since this happened. Why can't he get over this? He finished walking up the stairs, knocked on the door, and waited. He heard a dog bark and scratch the door, and almost immediately, the door opened.

"Well, hi there! Sue didn't mention you were coming over! Come on in, we were just going to eat dinner. Would you like some?"

Jack smiled at Carla. "Thank you, but no, I just ate. Sue didn't mention it? I need her help with something."

"How are you? I haven't seen you in ages. You know, I've always wondered why Sue ended contact with her friends from D.C. I hope nothing bad! How is everyone there? How's the weather? It's been nice here." Mrs. Thomas said as they both walked to the dining room, ignoring that he was trying to answer her questions through her chatter.

Just then, a golden retriever was jumping on him. He laughed and pushed her off.

"Oh, that's Sunshine, but we call her Sunny."

"Hi Sunny!" he responded to the dog, petting her head. Always a dog lover, he remembered Levi, which reminded him of Sue.

By that time, they had come to the dining room. Sue looked up from the table, quickly picked up her napkin from her lap and tapped it to her mouth, blotting away some tomato sauce, and quickly stood up. She got up so quickly, she almost lost her balance and her chair fell over. Jack quickly ran to her side, retrieving the fallen chair.

"OK YOU" Jack signed.

She nodded. "Yeah. Wow, you still remember some ASL?" Sue said surprised.

"Well, I had to keep it up, never knew when I would need it." He said, smiling at her, as they walked to the living room, and sat down on the couch.

"So, what did you need to show me?"

Jack quickly went into his messenger bag, pulled out his laptop, did a couple clicks, an brought up the video, and showed it to her.

After it was through, all Sue said was, "Wow,"

"So, can you help?" he said when she looked up to him.

"With a little work, maybe. Can you send me the video, and I will work on it."

"Well, the thing is, "he started." "I can't send it to you because you don't work for the FBI anymore, and besides, the email and phone number I had for you is no longer working."

Sue blushed and slightly smiled with a little guilt. "Sorry about that. That email was attached to a buying site, and my email was hacked, and I thought I transferred all my contacts to my new email address, but I guess I didn't. And since I moved back here, I got a new phone, and new number." she looked down, embarrassed. "No wonder I haven't heard from him in years. From anyone from the team in fact." She thought.

"Oh, Jack nodded, not truly believing her as he turned away.

"So, what do you want me to do?" she continued when she looked back at him.

"I was hoping," he hesitated. "That you could come back to D.C. with me, and help us figure it out. Almost everyone is still together, and I'm sure they all would love to see you again."

"I'd love to too," She smiled, but then got serious again. "But I have a life here, my job, my Mom."

"Well, she can come too!" Jack said, slightly turning towards the wall to the living room, but enough that Sue could still see what he was saying, and raising his voice, so that her Mom could hear him too.

She quickly came from behind the wall, evident she was eavesdropping, and said, "Oh yes! That would be fun! I always wanted to see you all in action."

Sue shook her head and laughed at her mother's reaction, of which she saw some of what she said. They both looked at Sue, with more puppy dog eyes than Sunny gave her. She laughed as she gave in. "Alright, alright, I'll do it!"