Chapter 14
The next morning, he went into the city to see the architects about the extensions on the cabin. He showed them the blue prints of the cabin and photos of it, then what he had in mind. When he finished talking to them and paid the deposit, he walked out knowing everything was going to be fine.
Then he went to see other contractors about other things he would like to have done to the cabin before he left to drive down to Colorado Springs. When he got there he stayed at the Cheyenne mountain resort. When he got to the hotel it was late at night.
Once he was in his room, he went straight to bed since it was a long day for him. The next morning after Jack had a shower, shave and breakfast; he left to go into town to real estate places to see what houses there were for sale.
By the end of the day, there were none that were what he was looking for, so he returned back to his hotel after he been to O'malley's for dinner. He thought about what sort of house Sam would like to have. He knew he wanted a house with a big back yard. All he could do was sleep on it.
The next morning he woke up with a smile on his face. So after he did his morning routine, he left to go to one of the real estate places to check out land that he saw was for sale.
When he checked out some of the land, he asked a lot of questions and then he picked one which he liked. He signed the papers then left to go to his lawyer after he gave him a call. His lawyer was able to see him straight away. When he got to the lawyer's office, he went in and spoke to his lawyer and he got everything sorted out and signed. When finished, he left to see builders who build log homes.
When he got to the place, he spoke to the manager about a house, so the manager showed him the different log homes there were. When he saw the one he liked, he spoke to the guy about extensions on to the house after he saw the photos and prints of what it looked like.
After spending two hours with the manager and a couple of designers, Jack was happy. After they roughly worked out the price, Jack agreed with the price, so Jack filled out the paper work and paid for it. Then he took the contracts to his lawyer then he went to get some late lunch and then he went visiting.
He went to see Sara, he knew he had to tell her about Sam and the twins. He knew she had a right to know before someone else told her. When he parked the truck up the driveway, he saw Sara walk out of the house. He got out of the truck and walked over to her.
"Sara."
"Hello Jack, what are you doing here?"
"Can we talk, there's something you should know."
"Come inside." Jack followed Sara up and into the house.
He noticed the house hadn't changed even though it had been almost a month since he was last there. They walked into the living room and sat down facing each other.
"Ok, what is it that you want to talk about?"
"Remember when I told you things that happened to me when I was a POW over in Iran?"
"Yes."
"The other prisoner Samantha Carter."
"Yes, have you been seeing her?"
"Yes, after I signed the divorce papers, I went looking for her… she had been trying to find me for the last three years."
"Why… what are you trying to tell me?"
"Sam had twins, one of each… they are mine." Jack saw the shocked look on Sara's face.
"You said she lost the baby!"
"I know, but how they survived, the doctors said it was a miracle since she lost a lot of blood from the bullet wounds before from the rapes. But somehow the kids survived."
"Are you sure that they are yours and she's not telling you that they are yours but they are someone else's?"
"I'm sure, she had tests done when they were born. Since the Air Force had my DNA, it came back a ninety seven percent probability since Sam asked to have it done. She told me she almost lost her career over what happened, till she passed the Chief of Staff her report on what really happened. He and the other top brass read it and asked Sam questions. They understood why we did what we did." He looked at her and watched her expressions change while he was talking.
"What are their names?"
"Dorothy Hannah and Jonathan Jacob, JJ for short." He pulled out his wallet and then the photo of the twins. He passed it to Sara. When she saw it, she gasped.
"JJ looks like Charlie."
"I know, except for the eyes. He and Dorothy have Sam's blue eyes." Sara nodded then she passed the photo back.
"What are you going to do, are you and… Sam going to share custody of the twins?"
"No… I've been living with her and the kids so I can spend time with them and to get to know them… and Sam."
"Are you going to marry her?"
"Yes, one day."
"Well, good luck Jack."
"Thanks."
"Look, I've got to get changed, I'm going out tonight." She stood up, then he did.
"Sure, I understand, look after yourself, Sara."
"You too, Jack," then he gave her a hug before he turned and walked out the door.
Jack returned back to Colorado Springs. He did some shopping then returned back to the hotel. He ordered room service and he had a quiet early night.
The next morning, he went to the lawyers to sign some papers. Then he left to go to Andy's place where he was leaving his wagon. Then he called for a taxi to take him to the airport.
A Few hours later, he opened the door to Sam's place and walked in and closed the door behind him. He walked upstairs to their room and put the bags on the bed then he walked downstairs again and into the kitchen where he made himself a drink.
Then he looked in the fridge and cupboards to see what Sam had, then he closed the doors and finished his coffee. Then he called a taxi and waited. While waiting, he looked in the phone book for car dealers. Once he got the one he wanted, he remembered the address and then he closed the telephone book and walked outside and locked the door just as a taxi showed up.
He got in and gave the driver an address, and then they were on their way to the car dealers. Jack got a SUV like the one in Colorado Springs, and then he went to do some shopping before returning back home. When he got home, he put the groceries away then got dinner on. While that was cooking, he went to sort out his bags and washing.
Once done, he walked back downstairs to check on dinner when he heard Sam's car pull up in the garage. He walked out to the garage and stopped when he saw Sam helping the kids out of their car seats. Dorothy looked when she saw who was at the door.
"Daddy!" She yelled then ran over to him.
He crouched down as she wrapped her arms around his neck, so he wrapped his arms and her waist. Then he saw JJ run over to him, so he moved Dorothy to one side so JJ could give him a hug. Then he picked them both up at the same time.
He looked at Sam, who was looking at him with a smile on her face.
"Hey, how was your day?" She walked over to him and gave him a kiss.
"Busy, you?"
"Same, come on, dinner will be ready in half an hour."
"Thanks." They walked inside and Jack put the kids on the ground.
"So kids, how was your day today?"
"Good, we had cake today."
"Cake?" he raised an eyebrow, then looked at Sam.
"Two of the children were having their birthday today."
"Ah," they walked into the kitchen area so Jack could check on dinner while talking to the kids.
Sam went upstairs to change then returned a few minutes later. They talked and laughed till dinner was ready. Later that night after kids were in bed sleeping, Sam was snuggling up to Jack's side while on the couch.
"Jack?"
"Yes, Sam." She turned to look at him.
"Dad knows about our engagement."
"And?"
"He's waiting for you to ask him."
"Ah, well then, I should go and see him sometime," Sam smiled.
"Yes, but I better warn you, he might threaten you."
"Don't worry, been through it before. Anyway, if I did hurt you, you and our kids would hurt me!"
"That is true, so did you manage to get everything sorted out?"
"Almost, but I might be away for two or three days at a time."
"Why?"
"Remember what we talked about a house in Colorado Springs?"
"Yes… you bought one?"
"Well yes and no, I'm getting one built, log home with all the latest gismos, solar panel to power the lights if there are power cuts, log gas fires for those romantic nights," Sam smiled.
"Gas hot water, the works."
"Wow, how big will the house be?"
"Four times bigger than this place. Plenty of bedrooms upstairs, in case we have any more kids, and guest bedrooms downstairs, a big basement, which will be turned into the kids play area on wet days or when they have friends over."
"Good idea, what else?"
"Games room with a pool table, a family room, triple garage, barbecue area, swimming pool… an office for you."
"Wow, how can you afford all of that on your pension?"
"Inheritance Sam, my family is wealthy…. I get five hundred thousand dollars every year from shares that were left to me, so by the time taxes and social security are taken out, I'm still left with heaps."
"Wow!"
"Yeah and I'm also having the cabin extended."
"Jack, are you sure?"
"Yes… so wedding dates, when and where would you like to get married?"
"How long will it take before the cabin extensions will be complete?"
"Well, once they get the permits and start working on the place… five, six weeks, why?" She turned to Jack.
"I would like to follow your family tradition. I would love to get married up at the cabin Jack, just like what your parents, grandparents and great grand parents have done before you."
"Are you sure Sam?"
"Yes, and at the restaurant we went to with the kids, that barbecue place?"
"Rudolph's Barbecue"
"Yes, I noticed they do catering."
"You would like for them to do our wedding food?"
"Yes, I know dad would love it."
"Well then, I've got a lot of calls to make tomorrow, now, date, when?"
"I was thinking the fifth of August."
"That's in seven weeks… sure that fine by me."
"Jack, are you sure? What do you want from this wedding?"
"You in a white dress."
"No!" She said
"Not white?"
"No, ivory."
"Ok, you and our daughter in ivory dresses and JJ in a blue tux and… chocolate wedding cake." Sam laughed
"Well then, what sort of cake would you like to have?"
"Cake is cake to me," he said smiling at her. She hit him lightly on the arm.
"Jack!"
"Well how about round with those weird squiggling all over it?"
"Lose lase it's called Jack, and yes, I like it also, what about on top?"
"Family heirloom, Irish Heart Framed Trinity Knot cake topper, Sara didn't want it on top of the cake, she wanted a bride and groom."
"Ok," Sam said.
"What about the wedding?"
"Church."
"Oh, well at least I'm different."
"True and since you've already taken two weeks off, if you like, we could have our honeymoon later when you can get some time off."
"Are you sure Jack?"
"Yes, and we can ask your dad to look after the twins while we are away."
"I would like that Jack."
"Good!" they talked about other things for half an hour before they went to bed for the night.