Thomas got out of the car and walked to where Jack lay on the ground unconscious. Thomas kneeled down and felt for a pulse and found one, at least he didn't kill him Thomas thought to himself. He looked up to see Ramon who must have run over standing over him.
"Is he alive?"
"Yeah. Is everything Ok? Claudia's father called me and told me about Timothy and his men."
"Jack took most of them out." Ramon said looking down at Jack, who did not look too good. "Help me get him up and into the car." Ramon said to Thomas.
Hector came up behind Ramon and said, "We should just leave him and go. We need to get back to Mexico to make our claim now before anyone else moves in, lugging him around will slow us down."
Ramon felt his temper give and yelled at his brother, "THIS MAN SAVED OUR LIVES TODAY. You need to drop the little petty jealousness you have, Claudia would never cheat on you and you know it, nor do I think Jack would even think of sleeping with Claudia. You got whatever justice you deserved earlier, now call the doctor and tell him we need him to meet us at the airport." Ramon tried to calm himself down, he knew he shouldn't be yelling at his little brother, and he felt sort of wrong for taking Jack's side over Hector. Hector was blood and Jack was a new worker, but a new worker who saved their lives multiple times in the past days and remained loyal.
Hector walked away, he looked almost like a little kid throwing a fit at the store because his parents wouldn't by him candy.
Claudia walked down from the porch with her little brother she found hiding in his closet like they had practiced many times before incase something like this would happen. When she saw Jack she felt her heart jump into her throat. She almost gasped, but instead put her hand over her mouth to try to cover the amount of shock she was in. She walked over to Ramon and Thomas who were struggling to carry Jack to the back of one of the SUVs.
"Is he alive?" She asked worried.
"Yeah. He's just unconscious. Could you get a towel and sit in the back holding it to his head, there's a lot of blood coming out." Ramon said thinking about his leather seats getting ruined.
When Ramon and Thomas set Jack in the back of the SUV, a sound of pain came out of Jack's mouth making the two men look down to see if he was awake. Jack's eyes were closed but his sweat drenched face showed the pain he was in. Claudia returned with a warm towel in her hand. She got in the back of the SUV lifting Jack's head gently she put the towel to the side of his head. She tried to clean the blood off gently, causing him to tense in pain every now an than. She finished cleaning the side of his head a noticed that a part of his ear had been split, and there was a huge gash in the side of his head where it connected with the windshield glass in the cut. She cringed at the thought of it.
Hector got in the drivers seat and looked at Ramon noticing the blood on him, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah just a little cut." Ramon laughed. "Did you resolve you problem?" He asked looking at Hector.
"Yeah." Hector said in a cold voice. He was going to listen to his brother for awhile he was usually right and if he trusted Jack as much as he seemed to than he would stand behind his brother as he always did.
When they reached the airport the doctor was already there waiting to go wherever they needed him. The Salazar's paid him well, and most of his patients couldn't even afford to pay for medical care so the Salazar's always helped with those expenses as long as he showed up when they needed him. He walked over to the SUV and noticed blood on Ramon automatically.
"What happened?" He asked wondering how Ramon got hurt.
"We just expanded our resources into Mexico took out Timothy." Hector said from the driver seat proud of their work, Jack's work. They were going to be the biggest cartel now and nothing was going to stop them.
"I'll check you on the plane." Max, the doctor said. He had not noticed Jack in the back yet.
Ramon got out and said to the doctor, "I have a friend in the back, you and Thomas carry him on the plane. Check him over and make sure he's as comfortable as possible." Ramon walked towards the plane ready to take a break from the tension he felt.
Max looked in the back and noticed Jack he said to Ramon as he took off, "This man needs to go to a hospital."
"You are a doctor fix him. No hospital they ask questions we won't have answers too." Ramon pointed at him threateningly.
"Sure." Max answered backing off.
Claudia got out of the car and said hello to Max. After a moment when Ramon and Hector were both gone she went on to tell him, "I think his earlobe got split when it his the windshield."
"Ok. I'll look at it." Max said to the woman he had felt sorry for because of how she got out of her poverty. He had known her when she was younger and she was so full of life, she still had life in her just not as much.
Thomas came over and helped Max get Jack out of the back of the SUV. They carried him to the steps when a bigger man grabbed Jack and carried him onto the airplane. He continued to carry Jack to the back of the plane and put him gently on the carpeted ground. When he walked out of the room he started to complain he had blood on his shirt and Ramon jumped out of his chair and grabbed the man by the throat, "Stop complaining. That man saved your job tonight." Ramon was irate and ready to snap at anyone, he tried to control his anger and anxiousness at being the new thing, but it was getting hard.
Max looked at Ramon first dressing his wounds and telling him to take it easy. Ramon walked him to the back of the plane and sat on the bench while Max knelt down to look Jack over.
"Is he going to be fine?" Ramon asked seemingly unconcerned to which answer he got.
"I think so. Most of the wounds are superficial, painful but superficial." Max couldn't help but notice the track marks on Jack's arm and the sweat pouring off him. Max concluded he was not only suffering from his wounds, but withdrawal. He looked at Ramon not wanting to do what he was about to ask, but knew that withdrawal could be hard enough on a uninjured person, but on someone with a weaker system it could kill. "I think he's going through withdrawal." Max said looking up at Ramon.
"I can deal with that." Ramon said getting up, knowing what Max wanted to be done. Ramon walked to the front of the plain and asked Thomas, "Do you have any of the product?"
"Yeah why?" Thomas asked worried that Ramon wanted it for himself, and this was not a time to party Ramon needed to keep a clear head.
"For Jack." Ramon said not going any further not really wanting to elaborate, but he thought Thomas should understand why.
"Sure." Thomas got out a bag from the overhead compartment and gave Ramon a vile and a syringe.
Ramon walked to the back of the airplane. Claudia eyeing him as she saw what he had in his hand and knowing the only thing he could be using it for. Ramon was to uptight to use it himself during business hours.
Ramon walked into the room and kneeled next to Max. He grabbed Jack's arm, which Max had already put a tourniquet around. Ramon looked for the vein while he pulled some of the liquid out of the vile into the syringe. He found the vein on the first try watching some of the blood mix with the solution he pushed the plunger down and pulled the needle out. "There that should hold him."
Max went to work on cleaning and bandaging Jack's different wounds. When he got to Jack's ear he noticed the earlobe and indeed been split. The only thing he could do was use a liquid bandage on it. When he finished he looked at Ramon who had fallen asleep in the corner. He walked over to Ramon and gently shook him awake, "That should hold him. He'll probably be out for awhile. When we get to Mexico I'll write a prescription for some anti-biotics for both of you. Please take them. How am I getting back to Columbia? "
"You can ride back with the plane. They have another load of people to pick up there." Ramon said standing up and stretching he walked out of the room to find everyone but Claudia asleep. Claudia was staring at the door intently wondering about why it took them so long in there.
Ramon sat next to her and asked, "What are you still doing up?"
"Couldn't sleep. Still on a adrenaline high from earlier." Claudia said flatly. Truthfully she was worried about Jack, and she knew they both knew it, but neither would address the situation.
"He'll be fine. You don't have feelings for him right?" Ramon said looking at her trying not to be menacing.
"No. He's just a nice guy and a friend." Claudia said trying to convince herself as well as Ramon.
"Ok." Ramon said believing her. "I'm going to sleep you should do the same. We'll be landing in an hour or so." Ramon moved to a different seat and closed his eyes falling asleep immediately.
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When Jack woke up he felt like he had just been out all night drinking and that was why his head was pounding. He sat up from the bed he lay in, he felt dizzy so he rested before he tried to stand up. He looked around studying the room he was not sure where he was or how he got there. The last thing he remembered was telling Ramon he was threw and leaving feeling the weight of defeat.
After the dizzy spell passed Jack stood up feeling a sharp pain in his knee. He looked down to see it rapped in an ace bandaged, he looked at himself in the mirror his ear was black bruised by something. His face had bruises on it and his chest covered in gause, and so was the knife wounds. Using the dresser for support he walked over to the chair where his pant lay. He kept one hand on the dresser and used the other to pull the pant on. When he finished he looked around for his shirt or a shirt and did not find any. He used the wall for support while he walked over to the door, halfway there the door opened.
Claudia walked in the room with a trey of food in her hand. She smiled at Jack when she saw he was awake. "How are you feeling?"
"Did you get the license plate to the truck that ran me over?"
"That would have been Thomas." Claudia said while laughing. She looked down at the trey in her hand and said, "I brought up some food for you."
"Where are we?" He asked.
"Back in Mexico. WE flew out last night first thing. You were out the entire time, and I was getting worried that you might not wake up."
Jack sat on the edge of the bed and Claudia handed him the trey. It felt like he had not eaten in forever so he began to eat immediately. When he finished he thanked her and asked, "Where is Hector?" Jack did not want to have another run in with him over Claudia being around him.
"Don't worry Ramon got him under control. He is very sorry for hitting you." Claudia said. With that she remembered Ramon wanted to see Jack as soon as he woke up and was able to get out. "Ramon wanted to see you. He's back at the house if you want I can drive you. He set you up in the guest house here. It's yours as long as we are here."
With the help of Claudia Jack made it out to her Jeep and got in. He wondered why Ramon would want to see him so urgently. Than he remembered his last words to Ramon, "I'm through." His nerves started to act up, did he say or do anything while he was unconscious that gave his cover away?
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When they reached the house Jack struggled to get out of the Jeep and walk by himself. He was a proud man and did not like receiving help. He held his own even though it caused him pain. Claudia lead him into the house to a den. She knocked on the door and Jack heard Ramon say, "What?" Clearly annoyed.
"Ramon I brought Jack over. You said you wanted to see him." Claudia said cautiously because it sounded like Ramon was in one of his moods. The mood's that caused him to do stupid things like beat the crap out of any random person.
Ramon opened the door and said, "Why didn't you tell me he was awake, you didn't have to get him out." Ramon said seemingly worried for Jack's well being.
"It's fine. I wanted to get up and moving." Jack said in defense of Claudia.
"You should be resting. The doctor said at least three day off that leg." Ramon said referring to the stab wound in his leg.
"It's fine." Jack said flatly. He was tough and he wanted Ramon to know he was tough and could handle a little scratch like that, even if it wasn't a scratch.
Ramon stepped back and let Jack in the room motioning for Jack to sit in a chair. Jack sat down nervously he felt like he was about to be questioned over something.
Ramon sat on the corner of the desk in the room and said, "How are you feeling?"
"Fine." Jack said confused to why Ramon was not getting to the point, worried as to what the point could be.
"Hold on let me get Hector in here. You want something to drink." Ramon said already pouring a shot of tequila for Jack. He handed it to Jack who downed it quickly hoping it would calm his nerves, with the mentioning of Hector coming Jack was getting ready to run out of the room to go find a contact and get out of Mexico as soon as possible.
Ramon left the room and found Hector watching TV with Sergio, Claudia's little brother. "Hector come with me please. I'm talking with Jack about what we already discussed." Ramon said to his little brother.
"Sure." Hector said no longer holding suspicion of Jack and Claudia, at least not at the moment because Claudia swore to him for an hour straight that she was not interested in Jack, in her words, "She didn't like white guys or the strong/silent type."
They both walked into the room Hector said hi to Jack and took the seat next to Jack.
Jack readied himself for a battle he knew he wouldn't win, but at least he wouldn't go down without a fight.
Ramon began after pouring everyone a drink, "Jack, Hector and I spoke. Your last words were you were finished. Do you still feel that way?"
Jack didn't answer he was not sure. He didn't want to bait himself.
Ramon continued, "IF you do than I will get you a ticket anywhere you want to go and your pay up to date. But we both would be very grateful if you stuck around and trained ten of or men. Turn them into a team that can handle anything for us. You can choose the ten and will have complete control of them. If they work out than we would like you to continue to train me so that we have the best trained men. Also, I would like you to look around and help with the security upgrades. I'll listen and take all your advice this time, since last time I didn't we had a little mess. Of course all of this would be after you have rested and healed some." Ramon said in his business voice and manner.
Jack acted like he was contemplating it, in reality he already knew the answer, he was gaining Ramon's trust, and he could not pass on this or everything would have been a waste. He shook his head yes.
"Good. I'll have Thomas give you a list of the men and when your ready you can talk to them or do whatever you want." Ramon said pouring everyone another drink. They spent the rest of the afternoon drinking.
Hector got out of the chair when there was a knock on the door. It was Claudia she said to the drunk men looking at them disappointed, "Dinners ready."
Ramon out of the blue said, "We should have a party this weekend. Our men have done so well and we have a reason to celebrate. Claudia why don't you plan a party for the men."
"Sure Ramon." Claudia said looking at Jack who looked drunk. She was disappointed at him, he had a chance to leave she heard Ramon and Hector talk of their plans, and he didn't take it. He stayed, and she could already see slight changes in him from the first time they meant. "Jack will you be joining us?" She asked looking at him.
Ramon answered of him, "Of course he is. Jack if your up to it we can go out and grab a few drinks afterwards in town. Celebrate a little." Ramon was in the mood to celebrate he thought he just found himself a new third in command that would actually be able to run things properly, and train his men so they were a lethal force to be reckoned with.
Jack stood pain running through him he tried to keep it off his face but Ramon noticed the pain but ignored it. He already figured out Jack, he knew something was different about him when he first meant him. Jack was a strong man that had pride in himself. He had to show everyone that he was strong and able to take on anything that was what was weird about him, he was not like the rest of the men, he was able to do his job and do it well, sometimes his conscience got in the way, but he was able to ignore it till later after the job was done.
After they finished eating their Enchiladas Ramon and Jack took off in one of the SUV's to go celebrate Jack's new job and staying on. Thomas came with reluctantly unhappy at Jack's success and what Thomas saw as his failure.
When they walked into the club everyone knew who Ramon was and the women flocked over to him. They took a table at the back of the noisy club that played what Jack thought was annoying Mexican music. Something he did not care for was the authentic music of Mexico, he could listen to everything else but that.
Ramon ordered drink for everyone and told the waitress, "Keep the glass's full and coming till we leave or pass out." The woman he chosen laughed at that, as if it were the funniest thing she ever heard.
Ramon spotted a woman across the room looking at Jack. He motioned for Jack to look, she was a tall, olive skinned beauty. Her green eyes watched Jack as he stared back at her. She covered the distance between them and asked, "May I join you?"
Ramon answered for Jack, "Please do."
She sat next to Jack and grabbed his cup of beer and took a drink out of it, "I'm Jasmine." She yelled over the music.
"Jack." He said back to her, "What do you want to drink?"
"Whatever your having." She said taking another gulp looking at him seductively.
"Fine with me." Jack said taking the cup from her and taking a huge swig.
"I got a room next door." She said in his ear. "You want to come over? Get out of the noisy club."
Jack looked at Ramon who already knew what was going on and was already getting ready to head out to the hotel next door with the woman he choose. Jack got up and limped over to the hotel with Jasmine. Jasmine noticed he was limping and asked, "Are you ok?"
"Fine just a small wound." Jack said understating what was wrong. They did not speak much when they got to the room. Jasmine unbuttoned Jack's shirt and pants and Jack lay back on the bed gently. Jasmine studied the wounds and asked, "What happened to you?"
"Got into a small fight. You should see the other guys."
Jasmine laughed lowering herself gently on Jack, as not to hurt him, kissing his neck. After a few hours of having sex Jasmine fell asleep in Jacks arms. Jack lay there feeling himself getting ready to go in withdrawal, and all he could think of was Kate and the last time they were together. He tried to block her out, but couldn't. He crawled out of the bed, trying to not wake up Jasmine. When he stood up he noticed that his abdomen stab wound had been broken open. He found his clothes and quickly dressed. He walked out of the room and found the SUV. He got into the SUV and looked around he hoped Ramon kept some of the product in the SUV. In the glove compartment box Jack found some and used it hoping Ramon wouldn't mind. He sat in the passenger seat with his eyes closed cherishing the rush he got from the drug, dreading the moment he came down off it. He jumped when he heard a knock at the window it was Thomas.
Jack opened the door and said, "Yeah" Groggily the alcohol and drugs getting to him.
"You done to already. Ramon should be out in awhile. I was just going to knock on the door to get you." Thomas said getting into the back. He watched Jack take the drug and thought to himself, How could Ramon trust a junkie. How could he have him train the men and not me.
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When Ramon returned to the car an hour later. Jack and Thomas had not spoke but a few words to each other. Jack could sense Thomas dislike for him, and Jack did not blame him because of how he had gained Ramon's trust in Thomas's failure.
"Have fun tonight?" Ramon asked Jack who was still out of it.
"Yeah. You?"
"Yeah." Ramon had a big grin on his face. "I see you found the stash." Ramon answered looking at Jack who was clearly high.
"Yeah. You don't mind do you?"
"No. Just make sure next time." Ramon said.
Make sure of what Jack wondered.
Ramon started the car and drove off into the early morning hours. He weaved in and out of his lane, there was not much traffic at the early hour so it didn't' cause to much of a problem.
Ramon pulled into the compound and dropped Jack off at the guest house and than drove himself and Thomas back to the main house. Thomas had another reason to be pissed, usually he got the guest house, instead this trip he had been moved into the small apartment above the garage that housed all of Ramon's cars.
Jack stumbled into the guest house. He couldn't feel any pain so the broken open knife wound on his abdomen didn't bother him. He fell onto the bed and laid there till his eyes finally closed taking him to a deep dark slumber.
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Claudia woke when she heard Ramon enter the house that night. She knew where Ramon took Jack and Thomas too, and for some reason she was pissed at him for it. She and Hector had a nice night together watching a movie and than finishing the night with sex. Claudia had not been to interested in Hector and found that time to be trying. She faked her orgasm just to get him to stop so she could sleep. She wondered why all of the sudden she had no interest in him, to the point that he was almost appalling. She laid in bed the rest of the night tossing and turning, Hector never noticing because he was passed out.
She jumped out of bed when she noticed it was day light and walked downstairs saying hello to the maid on her way to the kitchen to make breakfast. She cooked eggs and put them in two bowls. She walked to the guest house to see if Jack was awake yet.
She knocked on the door and didn't get an answers. She tried the door, but she knew it was unlocked because it was not equipped with a lock. No one was stupid enough to try to steal from them. She walked in and let her eyes adjust to the dim light in the house. She called out, "Jack?"
Jack was asleep still in the bedroom. He thought he heard someone call his name, but his mind just ignored it and continued in it's slumber.
Claudia walked back to the bedroom and she found Jack still asleep, fully dressed in the clothes he was in the other day out cold on the bed. She was getting ready to walk out when she noticed the blood on his clothes and the bed.
She ran over to the bed and rolled him over onto his back, getting a slight groan out of him. "Jack wake up." She said seeing there was a good amount of blood under him.
Jack opened his eyes groggily. His head ache from a hangover. He looked at her and asked, "What?"
"Your bleeding you idiot." She said angry with him for no reason.
"Ok." he said closing his eyes again.
Claudia lost her patience with him. She grabbed the stab wound on his abdomen, causing him to scream out in pain waking him up.
"What the fu(k did you do that for?" He said breathing heavily trying to block out the pain.
"You are bleeding you idiot." She said showing him her hand that had blood on it.
"Must of broken it open last night." He said.
"What were you doing?" She said already knowing, "The doctor said you needed to rest. Just wait till Ramon wakes up I'm going to give him a piece of my mind. You are staying in this bed or I will have one of the guys come in here and restrain you."
Jack was in pain, but he couldn't help what he said next it had to come out, "I never knew you were that kinky." He said smiling at her.
Claudia smacked him in the chest, not thinking.
Jack groaned in pain and said, "Sorry."
"No I'm so sorry I forgot. Are you ok?" She said worried. She walked to the bathroom where she had put the extra gauze and other first aid kit supplies. She came back in the room and said to Jack who still lay on the bed, "Take your shirt off"
"Your fast. Won't that piss Hector off?" He said jokingly again.
"Someone sure is in a joking mood." Claudia said looking at him. He sat up in the bed clinching his teeth as to not show the pain it brought him. Struggling to get his shirt off he said back, "Someone else sure is in a b!tchy mood."
Claudia looked at him angrily at first, but than she looked at him and could not stay mad at him. She helped him take the shirt off and than cleaned the wound out with peroxide that bubbled and burned after she put it on. Jack flinched away quickly in pain and she looked at him, "What's wrong the big bad Jack can't take a little pain?"
"A little pain, is that what that is. I thought you were torturing me. Maybe you should have told Timothy's men about this. I think I would have joined them gladly to get away from peroxide."
"HA HA Funny." She said bandaging the wound. "There that should do you. I mean it stay in bed or lay on the couch but nothing else. If I see you walking outside this house I will have Thomas, who will be more than happy, to make sure you stay put."
Jack saluted her from the bed and said, "Yes ma'am."
"Here I brought you some breakfast so you don't have to get out. I'll be back in a few hours to check up on you. Get some more rest." She ordered confident she would have to call Thomas before the day was up.
"I was sleeping till you woke me." He said looking at her with a smile on his face.
"Yeah well you were bleeding you idiot."
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Ramon woke up in the afternoon with a headache from a hangover. He got dressed and walked down to the kitchen where Claudia was cooking lunch for Sergio and Hector. She looked at Ramon and asked, "Do you want me to make some more for you?"
"Please." He said sitting down at the small bar/chopping block table in the kitchen.
"I was going to take some to Jack to. Went over this morning to give him some breakfast and the idiot had broken open his wound again." Claudia said looking at Ramon angry. "I wonder how he did that? Could it be going out when he was suppose to stay in and rest."
Ramon looked at her and said, "He's a big boy. Fine with me. Tell him Hector, and the rest of us are leaving Monday for a few day. He and a few others are going to stay behind to watch the place. He's in charge while I'm gone."
Claudia looked at Ramon almost in shock, he had never left someone so new in charge before when he left. "Are we still having the party this weekend for the men?"
"Yes. Are you planning that?" He asked.
"Of course who else would."
"Good. It will be a great party because you are always so good at planning them." Ramon said getting up from the bar with a plate of food.
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Claudia walked over to the guest house Jack was staying in. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. When no answer came she opened the door and walked in. She heard the TV, she called out Jack's name, but got no answer. She walked into the living room to find Jack sound asleep on the couch. She went to the bedroom to grab a blanket and covered him up, as it was getting dark outside and when it was dark out it got very cold. She put his food in the refrigerator and left a note for him. She would check up on him again before she went to bed. When she was leaving she saw Ramon walking over to the house.
"What are you doing here?" Ramon said obviously forgetting their earlier conversation.
"I was bring food over for him and checking up on the idiot." Claudia said still mad that Jack did not listen to the doctor and Ramon aided in his defiance.
Ramon kept walking towards the front door.
"He's asleep." Claudia called out to him.
"Ok. I need to talk to him it's important. If you see Thomas send him this way please." Ramon called back as he walked into the house.
Ramon walked into the living room where Jack was asleep. He gently shook Jack awake.
Jack opened his eyes confused and disorientated for a moment. When he saw Ramon he sat up quickly and looked around he wondered how he got covered up on the couch.
"I need to talk to you. Hector and I are leaving first thing Monday to go to a meeting with a new client and I am going to leave you in charge while I'm gone. Thomas is coming with us. I'm going to leave some men behind. I want you to talk to Thomas and you two will figure out who will be left behind those will be the same men you will start training when your up to it."
"Monday we'll start training." Jack said not wanting to show any weakness he could handle it.
"Fine with me. Do you need any more supply before we leave?" Ramon said.
Jack was out of his supply, "Yeah how much?" Jack asked.
"Free. We take care of our men as long as they take care of us. You've already got a life time supply I think. I'll send some over with one of the guys later." Ramon said jokingly. Not usual for him. He heard Thomas outside and waited for him to enter. He told Thomas the same thing and left the two men to discuss it.
Jack could tell Thomas didn't like him, but they had to work together so Jack remained civil even if Thomas kept calling him "Gringo." And other annoying names you usually only hear in the movies.
When they finished Jack had a team of eight men he was sure half were almost worthless, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. He got off the couch and walked to the kitchen. He found Claudia's note and the food in the fridge he wasn't hungry. He grabbed a glass, filled it with water, and walked back to the living room to watch the news. He was glad they had CNN here, he could at least keep up to date with what was going on back home.
After he finished the water he remembered that he needed to call into CTU to let them know he was in and everything was fine. He was sure no one else would be coming over that night and he didn't have anything to worry about. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed the number to CTU.
"Edmunds." Chase answered the phone up in field op's.
Jack looked at his watch, "Your still at work?" He said surprised the new guy was still working well over his shift, Jack than began to worry that they might have had a situation on their hands.
"Yeah I was just filing old reports and playing catch up with information. So what's happening?" Chase asked ready to take Jack's report.
"I'm in. I think it's all fine. They are now the biggest Cartel in South America and Mexico."
Chase was confused, word of Timothy demise still had not filtered through to CTU. "Mexico?"
"Yeah Timothy is gone. No more." Jack said.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I took him out myself. That's how I got their trust."
"Anything else?"
Jack heard someone walk in, "No. I got to go. Please stop calling me. We are through."
Chase understood Jack was letting him know that someone else was now there and he could no longer talk.
Claudia looked at Jack wondering who he was talking to, "Who was that?"
"An ex she won't leave me alone. And get this she's the one who left me." Jack shook his head as if he were confused.
"How are you feeling now?"
"Much better." Jack said.
"Have you eaten I left supper in the fridge."
"I'm not really hungry." Jack said getting a worried look from Claudia. "I'm fine seriously."
"Will you be at the party this weekend?"
"I'm not much for parties." Jack began but stopped when he saw Claudia look at him as if he were talking gibberish, "I'll be there of course."
"Good it just wouldn't be much fun without you. Who would I talk to all the others are even more stupid than you are." She said as a compliment
"Why thanks. I think." Jack answered.
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