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Jack reached into his pocket and dialed.
"We found them..." he said simply.
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Martin fell asleep at Sam's bed when Jack walked in.
"Martin...Martin, wake up," Jack said, poking him.
"Hmm...oh, hi Jack. What's going on?" Martin asked, rubbing his eyes.
"We found them..."
"Really? Where were they? Did you find Lower and Walker?"
"No, we're still looking for them. They're going to make it, they are..."
"What kind of condition are they in?"
"They've both suffered. They both have high fevers, some bruises."
"Who was hurt more?"
"Sara, I think. I'm not that sure..." Jack admitted.
"Did he...rape her?" Martin asked quietly.
"They're going to do a rape kit. She's a little disoriented..."
"How is Nick?"
"He's, he's all right. He's better than she is..."
"Jack, he wants to talk to us..." Danny said, poking his head through the doorway.
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"Agent Malone, nice to meet you..." Nick said, as he sat up on his bed.
"How are you doing?" Jack asked.
"Better. I would really like to see Sara, though." he requested.
"I'm sorry. I can't arrange that. Is that why you wanted to talk to me?" Jack asked.
"No, I want to help you find John and...Rosie." Nick replied.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Jack asked.
"I'll try. Where do I begin?"
"In the beginning. What did you and Sara fight about?" Jack asked.
"I proposed to her that night. She uhh..she said she needed to think about it. We sorta, made it bigger than...well, that's when she decided to take a walk," Nick said.
"So, there wasn't a fight? She just stepped outside to think about your proposal?" Danny asked.
"No, when she didn't answer 'yes' immediately, I sensed...that, I don't know. I just, figured she still had a thing for John, her old boyfriend who we met earlier that day. So, I confronted her...she got mad at me. I said some things I shouldn't have, and...she walked out." Nick said sadly.
Flashback:
"...marry me?" Nick asked, on bended knee.
"Oh, Nick. Nicky..I, I..." she said, gasping at the man in front of her.
"Can I, can I think about it?"
"What's there to think about?" Nick asked.
"I just...marriage is a big step. I just, want to make sure..."
"If you love me, what's there to make sure about?" Nick asked surprised.
"Why are you being so defensive? I just want to make sure I'm not making the biggest mistake of my life..."
"Does this have anything to do with your ex-boyfriend, the one we saw today?"
"John? This has nothing to do with John! How can you..." Sara said incredulously.
"He was flirting with you. And you were falling for it!" Nick cried.
"I cannot believe this! I cannot, you of all people Nick!" Sara cried, before grabbing her coat and making her way to the door.
"Fine! Leave, leave like you left San Francisco! I don't care...you're on your own!" Nick yelled.
Giving Nick one last, angry look, Sara walked out of the room.
End flashback.
"What happened after that?"
"Well, she never came back. I got worried and called the cops, who called you. Later that night, when I was sleeping, someone threw me off the bed. I didn't know what was going on...I saw one of the maids, on me, trying to keep me down. A man walked in, and used ropes to tie my hands and feet. They led me out a secret exit..."
"Where did they take you?" Danny asked.
"They shoved me in their car, and drove. They kept driving...and driving. Finally, they stopped. It was a cabin- a cabin near the water. They dragged me...up the steps. I think my head hit something, cause I could feel the pain and I blacked out. When I woke up, I saw Sara, on the floor. She was really bloody. There were bruises everywhere...and, she looked so helpless. She looked dead..." Nick sobbed.
"Was Sara awake?"
"I think she was...sleeping? Maybe unconscious...I don't remember,"
"What happened next?"
"It was a pretty small cabin. So, I heard every conversation they had. John went back to the city, and Rosie...held her guard, I guess. We didn't see John for a day or two...Rosie got really mad. Thought he had gotten scared of the cops...took the blame out on me and Sara. Finally, John phone called her. She dragged me and Sara onto a boat. I didn't know what she was going to do. I was thinking that she would throw us overboard. But she didn't."
"Did Sara wake up at any moment?" Danny asked.
"She did, but then Rosie would always do something that would cause her to...she was unconscious most of the time. Rosie really hated her..she treated Sara far worse than me,"
"What happened next?" Jack asked.
"Then, Rosie left. There was another boat, and she left."
"To rescue Lower..." Jack told him.
"I tried to wake up Sara. I tried, really hard. But, she wouldn't...she wasn't even moving at that point. I decided to try to free myself...from the ropes,"
"And you did..."
"Yea, I did. They were cheap ropes, it wasn't as hard as I thought it was. When I was free, I shook Sara. She began to come around...you should've seen her face. I just, wanted to make all the pain go away. All of it...everything that had happened. She was crying, I was so afraid she would die." Nick said, wiping away the tears on his face.
"Do you have any idea where Lower and Walker might go?"
"Maybe to the cabin?" Nick suggested.
"Where is the cabin?" Danny asked.
"I don't know. It's near the waters though, that's all I remember," Nick said.
"Thank you. You were a big help," Jack said.
"When do you think I could see Sara?" Nick asked.
"When she's ready..." Jack said.
"I want to ask her, again. Do you think, that's appropriate?"
"I think, she would've said yes in the very beginning. But, seeing her old boyfriend, she just got overwhelmed."
"How do you know that?"
"Because, she loves you. And, the same thing happened to my wife and me," Jack said.
"Are you and your wife still married?" Nick asked.
"Happily. With two girls," Jack said.
"Thank you, Agent Malone,"
Jack nodded, and stepped outside with Danny.
"Why didn't you tell him the truth?" Danny asked.
"Because, those two deserve to be together. After what they've been through...those two, they'll make it through. Till death do them part..." Jack said, before heading down to Samantha's room.
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Jack reached into his pocket and dialed.
"We found them..." he said simply.
~*~
Martin fell asleep at Sam's bed when Jack walked in.
"Martin...Martin, wake up," Jack said, poking him.
"Hmm...oh, hi Jack. What's going on?" Martin asked, rubbing his eyes.
"We found them..."
"Really? Where were they? Did you find Lower and Walker?"
"No, we're still looking for them. They're going to make it, they are..."
"What kind of condition are they in?"
"They've both suffered. They both have high fevers, some bruises."
"Who was hurt more?"
"Sara, I think. I'm not that sure..." Jack admitted.
"Did he...rape her?" Martin asked quietly.
"They're going to do a rape kit. She's a little disoriented..."
"How is Nick?"
"He's, he's all right. He's better than she is..."
"Jack, he wants to talk to us..." Danny said, poking his head through the doorway.
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"Agent Malone, nice to meet you..." Nick said, as he sat up on his bed.
"How are you doing?" Jack asked.
"Better. I would really like to see Sara, though." he requested.
"I'm sorry. I can't arrange that. Is that why you wanted to talk to me?" Jack asked.
"No, I want to help you find John and...Rosie." Nick replied.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Jack asked.
"I'll try. Where do I begin?"
"In the beginning. What did you and Sara fight about?" Jack asked.
"I proposed to her that night. She uhh..she said she needed to think about it. We sorta, made it bigger than...well, that's when she decided to take a walk," Nick said.
"So, there wasn't a fight? She just stepped outside to think about your proposal?" Danny asked.
"No, when she didn't answer 'yes' immediately, I sensed...that, I don't know. I just, figured she still had a thing for John, her old boyfriend who we met earlier that day. So, I confronted her...she got mad at me. I said some things I shouldn't have, and...she walked out." Nick said sadly.
Flashback:
"...marry me?" Nick asked, on bended knee.
"Oh, Nick. Nicky..I, I..." she said, gasping at the man in front of her.
"Can I, can I think about it?"
"What's there to think about?" Nick asked.
"I just...marriage is a big step. I just, want to make sure..."
"If you love me, what's there to make sure about?" Nick asked surprised.
"Why are you being so defensive? I just want to make sure I'm not making the biggest mistake of my life..."
"Does this have anything to do with your ex-boyfriend, the one we saw today?"
"John? This has nothing to do with John! How can you..." Sara said incredulously.
"He was flirting with you. And you were falling for it!" Nick cried.
"I cannot believe this! I cannot, you of all people Nick!" Sara cried, before grabbing her coat and making her way to the door.
"Fine! Leave, leave like you left San Francisco! I don't care...you're on your own!" Nick yelled.
Giving Nick one last, angry look, Sara walked out of the room.
End flashback.
"What happened after that?"
"Well, she never came back. I got worried and called the cops, who called you. Later that night, when I was sleeping, someone threw me off the bed. I didn't know what was going on...I saw one of the maids, on me, trying to keep me down. A man walked in, and used ropes to tie my hands and feet. They led me out a secret exit..."
"Where did they take you?" Danny asked.
"They shoved me in their car, and drove. They kept driving...and driving. Finally, they stopped. It was a cabin- a cabin near the water. They dragged me...up the steps. I think my head hit something, cause I could feel the pain and I blacked out. When I woke up, I saw Sara, on the floor. She was really bloody. There were bruises everywhere...and, she looked so helpless. She looked dead..." Nick sobbed.
"Was Sara awake?"
"I think she was...sleeping? Maybe unconscious...I don't remember,"
"What happened next?"
"It was a pretty small cabin. So, I heard every conversation they had. John went back to the city, and Rosie...held her guard, I guess. We didn't see John for a day or two...Rosie got really mad. Thought he had gotten scared of the cops...took the blame out on me and Sara. Finally, John phone called her. She dragged me and Sara onto a boat. I didn't know what she was going to do. I was thinking that she would throw us overboard. But she didn't."
"Did Sara wake up at any moment?" Danny asked.
"She did, but then Rosie would always do something that would cause her to...she was unconscious most of the time. Rosie really hated her..she treated Sara far worse than me,"
"What happened next?" Jack asked.
"Then, Rosie left. There was another boat, and she left."
"To rescue Lower..." Jack told him.
"I tried to wake up Sara. I tried, really hard. But, she wouldn't...she wasn't even moving at that point. I decided to try to free myself...from the ropes,"
"And you did..."
"Yea, I did. They were cheap ropes, it wasn't as hard as I thought it was. When I was free, I shook Sara. She began to come around...you should've seen her face. I just, wanted to make all the pain go away. All of it...everything that had happened. She was crying, I was so afraid she would die." Nick said, wiping away the tears on his face.
"Do you have any idea where Lower and Walker might go?"
"Maybe to the cabin?" Nick suggested.
"Where is the cabin?" Danny asked.
"I don't know. It's near the waters though, that's all I remember," Nick said.
"Thank you. You were a big help," Jack said.
"When do you think I could see Sara?" Nick asked.
"When she's ready..." Jack said.
"I want to ask her, again. Do you think, that's appropriate?"
"I think, she would've said yes in the very beginning. But, seeing her old boyfriend, she just got overwhelmed."
"How do you know that?"
"Because, she loves you. And, the same thing happened to my wife and me," Jack said.
"Are you and your wife still married?" Nick asked.
"Happily. With two girls," Jack said.
"Thank you, Agent Malone,"
Jack nodded, and stepped outside with Danny.
"Why didn't you tell him the truth?" Danny asked.
"Because, those two deserve to be together. After what they've been through...those two, they'll make it through. Till death do them part..." Jack said, before heading down to Samantha's room.
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