"I can't say that I'm really all that sorry to hear that, doc."

Janet nodded, not at all surprised by O'Neill's admission. She knew how vindictive he could be – especially when it came to someone messing with someone he loved.

"I wasn't sure if you'd want it mentioned…" she said, looking out the glass window towards the bed River was in, eating his breakfast.

"What do you mean?"

"River caused the accident when he grabbed the steering wheel, right?"

"I see your point."

Jack only looked and acted dumb, after all. Janet had concerns that River might feel guilty about being – ultimately – responsible for the death of Bennett, and Jack could see how that might happen. Not that he thought River had had any choice and he was pleased that the boy had done what was necessary to keep himself from falling into the hands of strangers, but it was a possibility.

"The thing is, Colonel…" Janet said, softly. "I looked at Bennett's chart yesterday before I left the hospital. He should have recovered fully. The injuries were bad, but there wasn't anything life threatening."

"But he's dead…"

She nodded.

"There was a bubble in one of his IV s. Which never happens. It reached his heart and caused a massive coronary, killing him before the doctors could get him back."

"Well then, it wasn't River's fault, now was it?" Jack said, shrugging, and resting his chin lightly on Jacob's little head when the baby started squirming. The touch settled him nicely, and Janet smiled despite the topic of discussion.

"So do you want me to mention it or not?"

"I wouldn't. He doesn't need to know right now – and by the time it comes out, he might not even need to ever know. The guys that did the kidnapping are going to be arrested once they're able to leave the hospital, they'll make bail the minute they are – since they're so well connected – and then we'll probably never hear from them again."

"And you're okay with that?" Janet asked with surprise.

Jack shrugged. He wasn't exactly okay with it, but there were other ways to deal with things like this – and this time he didn't even have to do anything.

"Organizations like the Trust have their own ways of dealing with people who make mistakes, doc. I didn't say the guys would get away with a slap on the hand, I said they'd probably never be seen again."

She paused, and then realized what he meant. And realized that he was right. Bennett might have got off lucky.

"Are you going to release them today?" Jack asked, before she could comment. This wasn't really a conversation he wanted to have while he was holding Jake, even though he knew his son didn't understand what was being said. It just seemed wrong to him.

"Probably," Janet said, looking down at the charts that she had on her desk. Updated as of the last hour with information on all three young men in her infirmary. Information that showed Nathan Brooks had come and gone – and had brought his son a healthy sized meal before he'd left. "Depending on how they look when I check them out…"

"And Ian?"

She scowled.

"He'll be released today." She didn't have any reason to keep him as far as she could tell. He was in fine health and all his tests had come back proving it. "As soon as I get around to it."

"Well do it…" Jack said, shrugging off all thoughts of kidnappers and Trust and everything else. "It's Sunday and Sam and I thought we could spend some time with all three of them – since it's not all that often they get together like this and they're all healthy. You're invited, too, of course – and Cassie."

Janet smiled.

"Cassie's at a friend's. She stayed the night, and is helping her fill out student loan applications… using some fancy things that Ian showed her. And Emmett is in town and he and I can use the alone time…"

She flushed slightly at Jack's knowing smile, but raised her chin anyways, daring him to tease her. And to her surprise, he didn't.

"Well, then… clear the boys and let them go and Sam and I will take them off your hands so you can have the day to your own… amusements…"

"Get out of my office, Colonel."

Jack smiled, his brown eyes twinkling with good humor, because he knew he'd scored a kill, and left the little room before she could throw something sharp at him.

OOOOOO

"What's up?"

Shawn couldn't help but smile when he saw Jack, because he was in a great mood to judge by the grin on his face.

"Tell me she said we can leave…?" River added from the bed next to Shawn's.

"No promises, but she said she'd check you guys out and see."

"Good."

"Got a hot date?" Jack asked.

River smiled and shook his head.

"Just tired of being in bed."

"Sam and I were thinking about kidnapping you guys and spending the day together… interested?"

"Doing what?" Shawn asked. Not that he wasn't interested, because any time he could spend time with Jack was good time as far as he was concerned. Add in time with the others and it just made it that much better. He'd agree to it even I all Jack and Sam wanted to do was play in the park with Jaffer.

"Some shopping," Jack told them both. "Sam wants to go to the mall… and I know you're going to need new clothes for the summer, Shawn, so we might as well get them before the term ends. River can do some shopping – or just look at the girls, and Ian…"

Well… Ian… he might not want to go to the mall… He wasn't the most social person, and Jack was pretty sure he had plenty of jeans and white t-shirts, which was all he seemed to wear when he wasn't in uniform.

"Ian can baby sit Jake," Shawn said, grinning. "So Sam doesn't have to carry him through the stores."

"And he can tote shopping bags," River added, more than willing to get Ian back for eating his breakfast earlier.

"I can do what?"

They all looked up and saw Ian walking toward them with Sam, who smiled and reached for Jake, who gurgled happily when he saw Ian and reached a hand out towards him – almost idly.

Ian scowled, but there was no annoyance in his eyes when he reached out and touched the hand for just a moment before looking back at the others.

"Sam and Jack want to go shopping and was hoping we'd spend the day with them, too," Shawn said. "We can all use some new clothes, after all, since summer's coming. Interested?"

It was fairly obvious he'd rather belly flop onto a pile of thumbtacks than spend the day at the mall, but he simply scowled again. There was also no way he'd turn Sam down, and she was looking at him hopefully.

"Fine."