DISCLAIMER: Don't own, highly doubt I ever will – the characters. Except the ones based on the peeps I know. It should be clear who those are – but, just in case, you'll need to know that I don't work for Torchwood. At least not Torchwood Three. And in this chapter, I add another character that I don't actually own because she really exists...

Jack parked the car and helped Tallulah out before going around and getting Joey out of his seat. The boy slept on as Susan appeared at the door. "What's going on? Where's Taryn?"

Jack looked at her and walked past to put Joey to bed. When he had him down, he went to Tallulah's bedroom door and knocked. "Lu?"

"Jack, I told you all I know." She sounded tired, so Jack left it.

"If you do think of anything else, tell me? Wake me up if you have to. Okay?" He talked through the still-closed door.

"Fine." At least she was her usual sulky pre-teen self.

Jack found Susan in her bedroom, sitting on the bed. "Where is Taryn? Is she okay?" She held her arms close to her chest, as if she were cold and trying to hold the heat in.

Jack took his coat off and draped it over a chair in the room before sitting beside her and pulling her close. "She's going to be fine."

"But where is she now?" Susan sounded small and scared for her friend.

"Well, I don't know." Jack told her the truth. "But I know she's safe. I know who has her."

"Are you telling me she was taken?" She searched his face in the hopes that that was the wrong guess.

He nodded. "But I know the guy – he's as safe as houses. Honest. You trust me right?"

"You know that I do." Tears were starting in her eyes.

"Then trust me on this." He drew her in to a hug and kissed her on the top of the head. "Tomorrow we'll begin the search for a nanny – you've been needing one anyway."

"Only need a day nanny," She protested weakly.

"Fine, but I'll help – okay?" Jack was pulling back the covers on the bed.

"Fine, if you really want to," Susan sounded too tired to argue and he knew it was because she felt like she could have done something. Like if he hadn't stopped her from calling that she never would have come up missing.

They got under the covers and within minutes of curling up to Jack, Susan was breathing evenly and even snoring at times. He contented himself with laying kisses along her hairline and thinking about how she had been right. He was going to have to learn to trust her intuitions, he guessed as he himself drifted off.

The next morning, he woke up well before Susan and got to work trying to find a nanny. She can into the kitchen to find bits of paper strewn around and scribbled all over as well as Jack sitting at the table with a BlueTooth in his ear.

"Toshiko, can you just look up one more? One? Please, Toshiko? Please? Please? Pretty, pretty please? Thanks! You're the greatest. Her name is Nicole White. Yes, White, like the color. Okay, let me know when you find out. Thanks, Tosh!" He lifted his head from the paper he was reading and looked at the woman standing in front of him. "Oh, good, you're up! With any luck, this will be the last one."

"So what are you doing, exactly?" She sat at the table and laid her head on her folded arms.

"Well, I am having Tosh run the prospective nanny's records. So far, there hasn't been anyone I trust," Jack had a pen behind the ear that wasn't taken by the comm.

She looked up at him for a moment. "Jack, why are you doing this? I could have gotten off early today and taken care of it."

"No you couldn't. And I can." He smiled at her. "So I am. Now, you go and get ready for work and I'll do this."

"Bleh." Susan made a face at him and drug her feet down the hall to wake up Tallulah before going to get dressed for work.

"Yeah, thanks, Tosh, I think that's going to do it. Unless you want to patch me through. Again, thank you – with all my heart." Jack was talking when she came back into the room. "Hello, Is this Nicole? Nicole, this is Captain Jack Harkness and I hear you come very highly recommended. When can you start? Tomorrow would be great. Thank you!"

"So, it's good news I take it, " Susan was dressed for work and grabbing her keys.

"Yeah," Jack nodded. "She can start tomorrow."

"What about today? I can call and…" she was cut off before she could finish.

"No, I'll take Joey with me. You go on to work. Tosh and Gwen would love to have their hands on him anyway, trust me." Jack laughed at the thought of how the day would go.

"Wait. You never said how much. Jack, I can't spend too much on a nanny," she looked down at the floor.

Jack walked to her and hugged her close. "Listen, don't worry so much, I have it covered. These kids are like my own. I'll be glad to help." Where had that come from? It was true, but why did have to go and say it out loud?

Susan's breath caught a bit when she realized what he had said, but tried to act like it hadn't been said. It would be much easier for her, after all, if she hadn't heard that. "Okay, and hey, thanks. We can talk about this more when I get home." She was out the door after she saw Tallulah leave.

"Sure thing, sweetheart," he said as she ducked out the door. It felt nice to be domestic again, he thought.

And there you go, TheOncomingShower, you get put in. I have so much more to tell and it's starting to bubble out in the weirdest ways. I keep having dreams that go into chapter form too too well. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and added this to their alerts - you guys are the reason I am still writing!