CONGRATULATIONS JeanneJam! Yes, I kinda put that trivia in twice recently, huh?
NOTE TO: heather mcdaniels: Lol, no, I said I'd post the rest of the story, then I said it's only one unless someone gets the trivias, which they did. But hey! I now really did my joke! This is the last chapter! LOL! Glad you liked my joke! I normally don't think of good jokes, and I tend to believe jokes (especially when I find them on April 2nd or later), so it was fun playing one of you guys!
TRIVIA: What two 4 letter words was Carla going to say? Clue: It's something parents traditionally say to the sweethearts of their children, and the children hate them for it. The right answer gets the first chapter of the new story!
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The men squirmed and tried to run, but Jack caught Mario, Jonathan caught Martin, and the rest of the agents grabbed the assistants when they arrived. Everyone was apprehended.
Sue sighed. Everyone was safe. "Good job everyone." She said into her mic.
"Wow, that was amazing." The woman said with wide eyes. "I thoroughly enjoyed the show!"
Sue slightly smiled at her. "It wasn't a show, this was real life. Real people were in danger."
She nodded. "I know. But it was thrilling anyhow."
Sue shrugged. There was no way she was going to make the woman understand the true dangers of her and her friends' profession.
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By 8:00, they were back into the bullpen.
"Good job." Jack said when he got Sue's attention.
She smiled at him. "I should say that to you."
"But I know you were the one to tell everyone when to move."
Sue shrugged. "It was both Mya and I."
Jack smiled.
Sue smiled, then looked sad as she looked down at her desk.
Jack touched her arm. "What's wrong?"
She paused, thinking of what to say. "It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow."
"Oh yeah, I sort-of forgot."
Sue shrugged. "It's OK."
"No, it's not. I should've remembered."
"My Mom and I are baking him a birthday cake tomorrow."
"If it involves eating it, do you mind if I come with? I love birthday parties." Jack smiled hopefully.
Sue laughed. "If you don't mind two very emotional women."
"I work at the FBI. I think I can handle emotion."
Sue laughed, then felt her phone vibrate. It was a call from an unknown number.
"Hello?" she said, answering it.
"Hi, it's Margaret." The interpreter signed.
"Hi!" Sue exclaimed, surprised by the call.
"I think I'm ready to see Jonathan again."
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"I'm so nervous." Jonathan said, pacing. They had decided to meet at a small restaurant nearby the office for lunch the next day, and Sue and Jack were with them.
"It'll be alright." Christina said, trying to comfort her husband. They had left the kids with a friend. It was too soon to tell them the details yet.
"How are you?" Sue asked. She couldn't imagine what it would be like if she found out her husband was previously happily married to another woman.
Christina nodded. "Pretty good actually. I wasn't too happy in the beginning, but Craig assured me that he loves me, and if he still loved and remembered Margaret, he would still be with her, and not me."
Sue nodded in understanding.
"Jonathan?" Margaret said. He looked up.
"Hi." Jonathan said, searching Margaret's face, but not finding anything that he remembered.
"This is my husband, Rob, and our three daughters." She explained, waving at her family.
Jonathan stared at his daughters. He had no memory of them. "You would think I would've remembered my five most special moments in my life, no matter what."
"Five?" Rob asked.
"First, meeting this beautiful woman, second, marrying her, and third, meeting these three beautiful girls for the first time." He turn to them. "But I don't. I feel nothing, even though I'm supposed to." Saddened, he turned to sit back down.
"It's OK, honey." Christina whispered, putting her hand on his.
He sadly smiled as the family sat down across from them, and Sue and Jack. "This is Christina."
"Hi Christina." Margaret said, smiling.
They talked and chatted for a while, the awkwardness of the situation slowly disappearing.
"I can see we will be good friends." Christina said, laughing about something that Margaret said.
"That is, if it's OK with Jonathan." Margaret asked.
He nodded. "I'd love to have you in my life again. I don't remember anything, and honestly, I don't feel any spark, but you seem like really nice people, and would like to know you." He smiled at them. "Again."
"Oh! I just remembered! I brought pictures!" Margaret said, pulling out an envelope from her purse. "I haven't looked at these in years." They all looked at them, Margaret explaining what was going on. Everyone smiled.
"What about this one?" Christina said, holding up one of the couple at a party.
Margaret laughed. "I was so mad at Jonathan that day. But you couldn't tell, could you?"
Christina shook her head. "What were you mad about?"
Margaret looked up. "Oh, I don't know. It didn't matter. We forgave and forgot by the end of the night." She smiled at the memory.
"I think it's time for us to go." Jack whispered to Sue. She nodded.
"We have to go, but we'll talk to you soon, OK?"
Everyone nodded.
"Oh, Jack, Sue?" Jonathan said.
"Yeah?" Jack asked.
"Thank you."
The couple smiled, then left the restaurant.
"What's going to happen to them?" Sue asked as they walked to the car.
Jack shrugged. "I don't know. Jonathan made a new life for himself. It was an illegal life, but that was because of Martin. I think Martin did most of the illegal stuff, though. Illegal plates, illegal ID, things like that. With a little work, I think we'll be able to pin it all on him, which is good. Myles and Bobby are interrogating him now. Jonathan will probably have a few court hearings, but I think he can come through, and I really think he could become an agent again."
Sue smiled. "I'd like that. I liked working with him. He was a good agent."
"That he was." Jack replied, smiling.
"Hey, what about that lottery ticket?"
"Oh, I forgot all about that. He's entitled to it. I think Maddy has it locked in the safe at the garage." Jack replied.
"I wonder why he ran?" she thought, mostly to herself.
"I think he knew what Martin was doing was wrong, and if the state was going to give him money, he would be in the spotlight, and that spotlight would highlight Martin, and they both would go down, even though he was innocent. No one would truly believe him." He opened the car door for her. "Except us."
Sue nodded, then smiled her thanks. "Yeah, he said he suspected him. I'm happy he is getting his life in order again, though." She slid into the passenger seat.
Jack smiled. "Me too." He said as he closed the door
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Cathi looked at her phone, it was another text from Myles.
"Is everything alright, honey?"
Cathi turned around to see he Dad in the hospital bed. "I thought you were asleep!"
He shrugged. "I woke up. Is everything alright?"
She nodded. "Yes. It was just a friend from work."
He paused, looking at his daughter's face. "You know, you don't have to be here. I think you have someone that means more to you than me."
"No!" Cathi exclaimed. "We might not agree on a lot of things, but I still love you, and I will stick by you."
"I love you too." He smiled. "But I also want to see you happy."
She smiled. "I am happy. Now get some sleep."
He smiled at his daughter, but knew there was more. He would bring it up another time.
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"Hi Mom!" Sue exclaimed, walking into the house. Sunny happily greeted the couple.
"Hi!" Carla exclaimed coming out of the kitchen, seeing Jack with her.
"He came to help celebrate Dad's birthday." Sue explained.
She smiled at him. "Thank you. That means a lot to me. To both of us."
Jack just smiled and nodded.
"Now, let's bake a cake!" she exclaimed, going back into the kitchen, the couple and the dog following her.
"Wow." Jack said when he came into the kitchen and saw the photo albums out on the table.
"Sorry, I was living in the past this morning."
"That's OK, Mom." Sue said, looking at the photos. "Oh, I remember this." She smiled, pointing to one of her and her Dad when she was young. She was happily smiling. "It was prom, and my boyfriend broke up with me that night. When I came home, crying, Dad comforted me and told me I was going to find someone better." She smiled at the memory. "And I guess I did." She whispered to herself.
Jack smiled, looking through the books. "I like seeing when you were young."
"Oh, well, I could get out Sue's-"
"MOM NO!" Sue yelled, interrupting before she could say those two dreaded 4 letter words.
Carla shrugged. "Alright."
"How about we get cooking?" Sue suggested.
"Good idea." Carla replied, closing up the books and taking them into the dining room.
They had fun cooking up the cake, then enjoyed some more photobooks as they waited for the cake to finish. Soon, Carla heard the ding of the timer.
"Cake's done!" she exclaimed, getting up. Within seconds, she popped her head back in the dining room. "Who wants to help make icing?"
"Sugar? Yes please." Jack replied.
Both women laughed.
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Mya sat on her couch, looking through old photos of her and Maddy. She smiled, seeing all the happy times. Then she got to a few unhappy times. That got her thinking of what had happened two weeks prior. "I'm OK, right?" she said to herself. She looked around and smiled. She thought of all the happy memories she had with her sister in the past few months. "Yes, I am." She replied to herself. She decided to put down the photos, and grab her phone. She found the contact, and pressed to call them.
"Hey!" she said when they answered.
"Hey." Josh replied.
"You wanna do something fun?"
Mya could hear the smile in his voice. "Sure."
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About an hour later, the cake was cooled and iced, and they were ready to sing happy birthday.
"Ready?" Carla said to Sue. She nodded. Carla turned off the lights in the dining room and lit the candles.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!" they all sang in unison. After the song, they all blew out the candles. Carla turned on the lights.
As Carla cut the cake, Sue smiled at Jack. "Thank you."
"For what? He frowned.
"For being here. It means a lot."
He smiled. "Of course." He thanked Carla for handing him a piece of cake, and a scoop of ice cream. "I wouldn't miss cake and ice cream!"
They all laughed.
THE END
