Again and again Danny travelled with Hannah to visit Sam and Caia. She grew
up fast...so alike to Jack's first daughter. It would be evident when she
went back to New York. They would all notice, or at last Vivian, Van Doren,
Marie and Kate would, Martin was a totally different case.
Three years eight months from the last time he heard of her. He was sitting at the head of the big wooden table waiting for Martin to answer his question. Danny stared. Vivian was at her desk gathering some files when she saw Hannah approach. Her expression was serious. Something unexpected was going to happen, and Vivian noticed as soon as she saw her; that something couldn't be stopped. Danny turned to look at her. She went up there, and stretched her arm to give her father an envelope size of a postcard. She whispered 'Yes' to Danny. It was like if again, someone had read his mind, 'cause she was answering his questions. Jack saw Hannah walking away.
"Excuse me," he said to the rest of the team and went after her. "Hannah, what's this?"
"Finish up and read it dad. As far as I know it's important."
"Wait, hey don't walk away!" He said loud and clear but not angrily. "How did you get here? It's Saturday morning."
"I walked."
"Wait. Why now if you're gonna see me at night anyway?"
"It's important dad," Hannah said over her shoulder, waving goodbye.
Now Vivian was sitting next to Danny.
"Is everything okay?" Vivian sounded just like herself.
"I don't know yet. Let's finish with this, where were we?...Martin, got my answer?"
"No, I'm not sure."
"OK then you all know what to do," said Jack. He stood up and went to his office, carefully opened the white envelope and unfolded the paper inside. "JACK, WE HAVE TO TALK. THERE'S A LOT YOU NEED TO KNOW. I'LL BE GOING SOON. I LOVE YOU, SAM." Jack smiled 'I love you too.'
Danny was about to go into Jack's office when his phone rang. "Taylor," he said moving into a more quiet area. "Here? Now..." There was a pause "I'll be right there." He knocked on the glass door and gave Jack a sign telling him he would be out for ten minutes. Then he went down the elevator and met Samantha at the lobby.
"Can you take her ten minutes? It's as much as I'll take to talk to him. Then you take her to his office?
Danny took Caia in his arms and walked out of the building as Samantha took deep, endless breaths. It was time, there was no going back.
She gave one step forward as the elevator stopped and it's doors opened. She looked up, to see Martin's face light up. Vivian smiled, though she was more than confused: she knew Jack, and righ now he was steady. After hugs and welcoming kisses she went to Jack's office, didn't knock.
"I told you we needed to talk."
Sam's voice had broken in, in the sweet silence of the room.
Jack looked up. He was not surprised, he was completely astonished. He said the only words his mind was able to process at the moment, not even loud enough for her to hear "Hi."
"You need to know something," she started. Then stopped to eye the place, he'd change the pictures on his desk. Jack was to shocked to talk. "I left because I really thought you and Marie were going to work things out."
"We were. It didn't work."
She was about to say something when they heard the unmistakable sound of Danny knocking. He didn't wait for a response, just walked in.
"Where is she?" Sam sounded worried.
"Hey, I didn't lose her! She's with Hannah. Right there," Danny said pointing through the door, in their direction. "Is this done?"
"No. But tell her to come in."
"What's going on?" Jack couldn't wait until Danny had left.
Three years eight months from the last time he heard of her. He was sitting at the head of the big wooden table waiting for Martin to answer his question. Danny stared. Vivian was at her desk gathering some files when she saw Hannah approach. Her expression was serious. Something unexpected was going to happen, and Vivian noticed as soon as she saw her; that something couldn't be stopped. Danny turned to look at her. She went up there, and stretched her arm to give her father an envelope size of a postcard. She whispered 'Yes' to Danny. It was like if again, someone had read his mind, 'cause she was answering his questions. Jack saw Hannah walking away.
"Excuse me," he said to the rest of the team and went after her. "Hannah, what's this?"
"Finish up and read it dad. As far as I know it's important."
"Wait, hey don't walk away!" He said loud and clear but not angrily. "How did you get here? It's Saturday morning."
"I walked."
"Wait. Why now if you're gonna see me at night anyway?"
"It's important dad," Hannah said over her shoulder, waving goodbye.
Now Vivian was sitting next to Danny.
"Is everything okay?" Vivian sounded just like herself.
"I don't know yet. Let's finish with this, where were we?...Martin, got my answer?"
"No, I'm not sure."
"OK then you all know what to do," said Jack. He stood up and went to his office, carefully opened the white envelope and unfolded the paper inside. "JACK, WE HAVE TO TALK. THERE'S A LOT YOU NEED TO KNOW. I'LL BE GOING SOON. I LOVE YOU, SAM." Jack smiled 'I love you too.'
Danny was about to go into Jack's office when his phone rang. "Taylor," he said moving into a more quiet area. "Here? Now..." There was a pause "I'll be right there." He knocked on the glass door and gave Jack a sign telling him he would be out for ten minutes. Then he went down the elevator and met Samantha at the lobby.
"Can you take her ten minutes? It's as much as I'll take to talk to him. Then you take her to his office?
Danny took Caia in his arms and walked out of the building as Samantha took deep, endless breaths. It was time, there was no going back.
She gave one step forward as the elevator stopped and it's doors opened. She looked up, to see Martin's face light up. Vivian smiled, though she was more than confused: she knew Jack, and righ now he was steady. After hugs and welcoming kisses she went to Jack's office, didn't knock.
"I told you we needed to talk."
Sam's voice had broken in, in the sweet silence of the room.
Jack looked up. He was not surprised, he was completely astonished. He said the only words his mind was able to process at the moment, not even loud enough for her to hear "Hi."
"You need to know something," she started. Then stopped to eye the place, he'd change the pictures on his desk. Jack was to shocked to talk. "I left because I really thought you and Marie were going to work things out."
"We were. It didn't work."
She was about to say something when they heard the unmistakable sound of Danny knocking. He didn't wait for a response, just walked in.
"Where is she?" Sam sounded worried.
"Hey, I didn't lose her! She's with Hannah. Right there," Danny said pointing through the door, in their direction. "Is this done?"
"No. But tell her to come in."
"What's going on?" Jack couldn't wait until Danny had left.