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Second Chance
by Kara B.
Fourth in the Letter Series
© 2002
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An Alias Story
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: My stories - "The Letter", and "My Guardian Angel", and "Best Friend"
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Disclaimer: SUE ME NOT. ME IN COLLEGE. HAVE NO MONEY.
Author's note: forgive how short this is . . . but I have had a very hard time writing Jack's POV. I just don't connect with his character well . . . *shrugs* Let me know if it's any good at all!
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Jack had never cared much for Agent Michael Vaughn.
Too eager, thought he knew too much, Relatively inexperienced and yet he felt as if he could tell people what to do.
And yet he was the reason that his and Sydney's relationship had started to mend. His daughter had started to trust him . . . give him a chance, since Vaughn's death.
Ironic wasn't it? A man who'd never been married, never had children, had told him how to fix things with his daughter in a letter from his deathbed.
Had he really cared about Sydney that much? The letter had shocked Jack.
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Mr. Bristow,
First of all, you should be proud of Sydney. I know you know that. But she needs to hear it more. She needs you. She wants to be able to give you a chance more than anything else. But she doesn't know how. She and I have had so many discussions about you.
You have to make the effort, or eventually she'll get tired of trying and give up.
I know you've suspected that I was emotionally attached to her . . . and the truth is that I am. I love her. She is the most amazing person I've met in my life . . . And I would do anything for her. That's why I'm having Eric write this to you for me. Sydney needs someone to talk to in her life. I've been able to be that person for her, but now she needs someone else . . . and I think it should be you. I know we've had our differences, but when it's come right down to it, we both want what's best for her. And now she's going to need you.
Though she often doubts it, she is truely good person. Don't ever let her forget that . . . That's my greatest fear, that she'll forget and lose herself in her dark world.
Please, try to reach her . . . She needs you and I think you probably need her too. She'll give you a second chance. All you have to do is ask.
Vaughn./i
The not was short and to the point, but it had done its job. It had saved his relationship with Sydney when nothing else had. For that, Jack was grateful. Sydney had succeeded where he'd failed. She'd found someone to trust who was a good, trustworthy person. He had allowed himself to be fooled. Blinded by love.
He hated to admit that he was wrong about anything. He was stubborn . . . a trait that Sydney had inherited. But perhaps he had been wrong about Sydney's closeness to Vaughn. Perhaps it was what she had needed all along.
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The End