A/N: Here we are at the end. It's been a great ride, though. Thank you all for the encouragement and support your kind words have provided. I thrive on your approval. Hopefully, I will find it in my to someday attempt something much larger. For now, I am happy at the minor success of this work of fiction. If you would ever like to hear more from me, just let me know. Thank you all!!! One last time…READ AND REVIEW!!!

Three Weeks Later

Chapter 10

Jack knew Kim had left with Chase. He just didn't think anything of it. Kim had left him a note on the door saying that she had gone to Nikki's and would be home the next day.

Immediately following the wedding reception, Jack had found himself at Kate's door. She looked haunted when she let him in. She had known what he was there for and still broke down when he turned to leave. *Jack, you are a heartless bastard* he told himself for the hundredth time that night. But he couldn't risk hurting her worse in the future. He had had to let her go and it had been for the best. Even though it broke his heart to break hers, he knew he couldn't give up his place at CTU. It was his true love and everything else was secondary. Teri had known but couldn't accept it; Kate refused to even believe it. It seemed that Kim was the only person in his life who both accepted it and lived with it. *Hell, she even manages to love me in spite of it.* Switching the light off in the living room and making his way down the hall to his room, Jack reminds himself that no matter what happens in his life, his true love will always be there to turn to, to rely upon. And he realized that everything will be okay.

The End