Sam found Jack in the mess where he said he would be; Cleo was sitting on his knee, and Ferretti was sitting across from him. Sam moved over to the table. Cleo was the first to see Sam and she dropped what she had in her hands and reached up for Sam. She picked her up and sat down next to Jack, both oblivious to the looks coming from the officers in the mess hall.

"What did you want to talk to Hammond about?" Jack asked,

"I'll tell you later" she answered, Jack just nodded.

"Ok, well do you want to head home?" Jack asked, Sam nodded and began to stand.

"Later Ferretti,"

"Colonel" Sam said as she walked away from the table. Ferretti sat there for a minute before standing and moving over to another table

"Hey Walter" he said as he sat down,

"Where's that bet book of yours?" he smiled.

Jack, Sam and Cleo reached the surface, and moved out into the car park, "So, are you going to go home?" Jack asked and Sam nodded.

"Yeah I should, it's been a long trip" Jack nodded.

"Want some company?" he asked,

Sam looked relieved that he had said that "Yes thanks."

"Ok we'll meet you-" Jack stopped and looked at Cleo and then to Sam, both thinking the same thing,

"Car seat" they said at the same time and smiled.

"I'll ride with you and we can go to the mall and pick one up" Sam said walking over to Jack's truck, "Ok, good idea."

They went to the mall and got the car seat; Jack promised Cleo they would come back and get more things as soon as the house was set up for her.

When they finish at the mall, Jack drove to Sam's house. Cleo was fast asleep in her seat so Jack walked Sam to the door,

"Hey Sam, is ok with you if I come in for a minute?" Sam smiled.

"That would be nice, but what about Cleo?" she said looking at the truck.

"I just want to make sure everything is ok" he said, she looked at him. He was being completely sincere; she nodded, opened the door and walked in. She stopped dead in her tracks when she reached the end of the hall. Jack, who was standing behind her laid a hand on her shoulder and said, "go get what you will need for a few days" into her ear.

She just nodded and moved down the hall. Jack looked at the mess in her living room; every thing was thrown all over the place and some things where smash to bits. When Jack heard a loud thump and he moved quickly down to where Sam's bedroom was.

She was sitting on the floor, curled up in a ball crying. Jack moved over to her and pulled her into his arms; she tensed at first but then relaxed. Jack looked up to she what had caused Sam to break down like this.

Like her living room every thing was in a mess, but what caught Jack's eye was the writing on the wall;

'YOU WORTHLESS WHORE' was written all over the wall above her bed.

Jack stood up with Sam up and carried her out to the truck; she was now sobbing quietly to herself. After making sure she was ok in the car he went back inside to lock the house up. When he came back to the truck he saw Sam had cried herself to sleep.

He got into the truck and drove to his house. He first took Cleo out of her car seat and carried her to the spare bedroom and then he went back out to get Sam. He carefully lifted her out of the truck and walked into the house. He took her down the hallway to his bedroom and put her on his bed, then pulled a blanket over her. He sat watching her for a while before standing up and leaving the room, closing the door partly. Jack then made his way to the kitchen.

He picked up the portable phone and dialed the SGC,

"This is Colonel O'Neill, I need to speak with General Hammond. Its very important lieutenant. Thank you"

After a moment Hammond's voice came on "Jack, what's so important?"

"You need to send a team to Sam's house to clean it up" Jack said.

"What, why, what's wrong, is she ok?" Hammond asked worried.

"She's ok, sort of"

"Jack?" Hammond asked concerned.

"Sir, it wasn't a pretty site; the house was trashed and when she went to her bedroom to pack up a few things she found it trashed and he had written some pretty mean stuff on her wall"

"Ok son I'll send a team over there, where is she now?"

"She here at my house; she's asleep at the moment."

"Alright, I want her to stay with you for few days"

"Yes sir," Jack said.

"Sir, if I may ask, where is Shanahan?"

"He is in a holding cell in Washington DC waiting to being charged with rape and abuse of a USAF officer."

"Ok, thank you for telling me sir."

Jack let out a sigh of relief that Pete was in a cell in Washington and not in Colorado Springs.

"No problem son, you just make sure she is ok"

"Will do, sir" then they both hung up.

Jack turned to see a sleepy little face looking up at him in the doorway. He smiled "hello sleepy head" Jack said as picked her up and gave her a kiss on the check.

"Where Sam?" she asked,

"She's asleep," he said, then he sat down at the table with her on his lap.

"Cleo I need you to do me a big favor, ok?" he asked, and she nodded.

"I need you to be really quiet and be careful around Sam, ok" she nodded again.

"Good girl, now do you want to watch some cartoons?"

"Yes" she said smiling.

Jack carried her into the living room and put her on the couch, then picked up the remote that was sitting on the coffee table. He turned on the TV and flicked through some channels until he found the cartoon channel. Then he put the remote back on the coffee table before leaving the room to check on Sam.

She was awake when he entered his bedroom, "Hey" he said.

"Hi" she whispered as he sat down on the bed next to her. He unconsciously pushed a stray hair behind her ear and then put the palm of his hand against her check. She leaned into his touch while looking into his brown eyes.

"You ok?" he asked, she nodded.

"Good, I'm going to run out to the store and get some groceries. Will you be ok with Cleo?" she nodded again.

"Ok good, do you want to get up?"

"Yeah"

"I'll wait until you freshen up before I leave, ok?"

"Ok thanks."

Jack got up and walked out of the room; Sam got up and walked into the bathroom. Once she finish she made her way to the living room just in time to see Cleo laugh at something funny on the TV. She noticed Jack standing on the steps looking at his goddaughter; he was smiling at her. Sam stood next to Jack looking at him, seeing him smile for the first time in days. She could see how relax he was, then he turned his head and to look at Sam.

"I'll be back soon as I can, make yourself at home."

"Thanks"

She walked down the steps and carefully sat down next to Cleo who snuggled into Sam's side. Sam put her arm around Cleo's shoulder and looked up at jack whose smile had gotten even bigger. This made her smile also, then she turned to see what Cleo was laughing at. Jack watched them both for a minute before he left to go to the grocery store with the smile still on his face.

TBC.