7:30pm the 13th (current time)
Carter lay on her lounge room couch winding down from a long day of killing time in the shrinks office. O'Neill had yet again made the session impossible and Carter was enjoying the relaxing quiet of her little house. When her phone rang she cringed at the sound and yanked the line out of the wall with-out answering the call. She couldn't handle anymore of those annoying sarcastic remarks. Don't get me wrong, she loved them and loved that little trait of Jack but she had heard enough today and couldn't stand to hear more. She kicked off her shoes and a surge of pain went through her ankle reminding her of her injury. She smiled blushing as she remembered the dream but was shocked out of her thoughts when she heard her mobile ringing. She reluctantly answered the call and was surprised to hear Hammonds voice on the line.
"Sir?" she asked and in a calm and rational voice he started to explain the reason he had ordered a 24 hour close watch on her.
"24 hour close watch?" she asked puzzled and opened the front door to see a van park across the road from her house and two air force officers get out carrying boxes that she knew would hold surveillance cameras.
"Sir I don't understand?" she asked standing aside as the officers walked in.
"I know this is probably a shock Major but I want you to know I opposed this"
"Sir with all due respect could you just tell me why" she asked frustrated and Hammond let out a sigh before replying
"It's a suicide watch"
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"What!" Jack spat out when Daniel explained it to him over the phone
"Suicide watch" Daniel repeated
"I heard you, why the hell do they think she's suicidal?"
"I haven't heard this first hand but apparently it was something she wrote in a letter, does that make any sense to you?" Daniel asked stumped and Jack sighed shaking his head
"Yeah" he says taking a deep breath and blowing it out leisurely calming himself "Dr Clifford got us to write letters to each other with-out sending them, I don't know what she wrote but we were supposed to write what we thought of each other" Jack explained and after a pause he ends the call. Pacing his kitchen, Jack panics over the news and tries to make sense of the rapid mixed thoughts running through his mind. He hastily grabs his keys and runs out the door and into his car.
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9pm the 13th
Dr Clifford's clinic is quiet at this hour as everyone has left for home long ago and the only sound in the empty space comes from the shuffling of papers from behind Dr Clifford's office door. The determined Colonel is cautious on this mission; he's cautious of the security cameras and only stands in the shadows and out of the camera's line of sight. He sifts through the files until he comes across the confidential file he's looking for. He briskly opens the file reading Dr Samantha Carter and pulls out the two letters. He opens the envelope with 'Sir' neatly scripted in cursive handwriting and pulls out the short typed letter. He curiously reads the letter in hopes of understanding. He smiles for the most part of the letter but as he reads the last paragraph he finds him self dazed and his heart racing. He slides the letter back in its envelope and tucks it in his back pocked. He slips out of the clinic and climes back into his car and speeds off to Carters house. Fast much faster then he should.