Chapter 23
A/N: Wow, I'm shocked! I've lost track of our chapter numbers!
Mallo: its 23Dang child. Anyway. New chap! I (I mean WE) own nothing 'cept Jesslyn.
Back in the Infirmary…
"Yep. Dad's gone on a lost search."
"Why's that?"
"I already told you Janet's going to hide Daniel and she'll pick a place Jack would never think to look."
Sam rolled her eyes and took a deep breath, "whose idea was it?" she asked calmly.
"It was… um… well kind of on the mutual side I guess… but Daniel brought it up!"
"Why am I not surprised?" Sam asked rhetorically. "So review… Jack's gone after Daniel?"
"Yep."
"And Daniel's gone hiding?"
"Duh. Why do you think he's not back yet?"
"Figures… and he got Janet to hide him?"
"Yep."
"Where's she hiding him?"
"The most obvious place to you or me… but not to Dad."
"The closet across the hall huh?"
"You got it," Jesslyn said.
CRASH!-
Sam and Jesslyn looked at each other, "oh hell," they said simultaneously.
Jesslyn ran into the hall and stood in front of the door to the closet. Jack turned around at the sound of the crash, knowing well what caused it. He took a step towards his daughter. "Jesslyn."
"Dad."
He took another step, "Jesslyn I know what's in there… or should I say whom."
"And your point is…" she retorted sarcastically.
"Jesslyn… move." He took another step closer, only about three steps away now.
"No."
"Jesslyn," Jack said warningly as he took another step. "Move now!"
"Um… lemme think about it," she leaned over and say Janet frantically shaking her head, "no."
"Now where'd you get that attitude from?" Jack asked crossing his arms.
Sam's bemused voice floated out the infirmary door to them, "You have to ask?"
Jack turned and glared in her general direction as he could not see her for the wall.
