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The look on Carter's face remained the same as before as she mulled over what to say before deciding the short answer was the best answer. Taking a deep breath she replied, "she's my daughter, sir." Everyone trained their eyes on Carter; again the look of shock was evident in everyone's faces except for Janet, even Teal'c had a raised eyebrow showing surprise.

"You have a daughter?" Daniel asked, sounding hurt as he finally broke the silence that had fallen over the room.

"Yes," she answered. But quickly realized that more information was wanted and needed so she continued. "A little over 4 years ago I had twins, Elizabeth and Grace. When they were a few months old, a family friend was watching them, and they got into a car accident. Liz didn't make it, along with my friend. Grace was the lone survivor of the accident." The grief was written all over her face as she looked at Liz.

"Sam, I am so sorry." Daniel said.

"Don't be, it was years ago and you weren't at fault," Sam stated as she turned her attention to Daniel.

"How come we didn't know you had a child?" Daniel asked in rapid fire. "What if something happened to you while you were off world? We would never have known to contact anyone in regards to your child."

"I didn't want people to think of me differently or be given different treatment just because I had a child. This was my dream job and I wasn't going to let people decide what was best for me since I am a single mother." Carter stated, forcefully before realizing how she sounded.

Calmly she continued, "I may be a single mother but I'm not dead, I can do what I love and raise my child. Anyway, it's not like no one on this base knew. Janet has known since she was placed here, and Sergeant Harriman knows."

"No one is doubting your ability to work and raise a child, Carter." O'Neill said, shocking the rest of the room before adding a very O'Neill-esque question, "and what do you mean Walter knew before we did?"

"Sir, Walter knows everything about everyone, whether you want him to know or not." Sam replied.

"Then how come Janet knew?" Daniel asked, his face showing the hurt at not being trusted.

"I'm her doctor, it was in her file; Doctor-Patient confidentiality applies." Fraiser replied, quickly.

"Mommy," Liz, still being held by O'Neill, spoke up for the first time. "Why doesn't daddy know about Grace?"

Carter took a deep breath; as much as she hated her secret being revealed, the next part of her secret was something she was deeply ashamed of. Taking another deep breath, she answered in a whisper, "because I don't know who Grace's father is."

The look of shock in the room was exactly why Sam didn't like people to know. They always started to judge, and being in the military some even assumed she slept her way up the ranks. The straight-as-an-arrow Sam Carter was not without faults, but people always assumed she was a goodie goodie. She was human like everyone else. "It was a one night, umm," she nervously started, but couldn't bring herself to finish her statement because as much as it was she never felt it was. Denial, most likely, but it never felt like a one nightstand.

"Mommy, this is Daddy." Liz pointed her little finger up to O'Neill's face. O'Neill already knew that he was Liz's father, well another version of him was, and he was already starting to put things together. Liz had mentioned that she and her sister looked alike. Since Carter had already mistaken Liz for Grace, it was safe to assume that there had been an event that was the same in both realities, he just couldn't place his finger on how, since the first time he remembered meeting Carter was in this briefing room when she challenged him to an arm wrestle.

"No, Liz, the first time I met Colonel O'Neill was in 1997." Carter spoke up, repeating exactly what O'Neill had just thought. "That was after you and your sister were born."

"No, mommy, this is 'The Colonel'." Liz stated. The table watched the ping-pong battle of information travel across the table, trying to figure out what the little girl was talking about.

"Yes, Liz, Jack is a Colonel." Daniel spoke up.

"No, No, NO," Liz stated with much force. "This is the Colonel from the ball." Putting emphasis on the word Colonel. There was a point there and she was hoping her mother, well alternate mother, would know what she was talking about.

O'Neill got it before Carter did, all the dots connected and he put it together. He always felt like he had seen Carter before that day in the briefing room years ago, but now he knew. It was the morning just as he was getting ready to leave. She looked so peaceful that he didn't want to wake her, maybe he should have.

"Captain?" O'Neill said, softly, as he looked into Carter's eyes.

"Holy Hannah!" Carter exclaimed before burying her face in her hands. "This cannot be happening, this cannot be happening," she continued in a whisper that only she could hear. Confusion was evident on everyone's faces except for Liz and Jack's. General Hammond was trying to figure out what to do with the current situation when he was saved by a knock at the briefing room door.

"Come in," Hammond called.

"General Hammond, sir. Dr. Warner wanted me to inform you that the Alternate Carter is awake, sir," the Sergeant informed him.

"Thank you. Dismissed, Sergeant." Hammond commanded. "The rest of the conversation will have to wait until later. Let's go see what else we can find out from our other visitor."


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