TWO DAYS LATER
Jack locked his office door and headed down the stairs towards Tony's office. He entered it and Tony looked up expecting him. He had informed him the day before that he would be leaving early. After the clean up operation things had been slow - they still had analysts scouring the information found on the Wilkes's properties in case they missed anything, but it looked like the pieces had fallen into place. The threat TEIN had presented was gone.
"You off?" Tony asked, curious as to why Jack was taking the afternoon off, but he wouldn't ask.
"Yeah, I've set Chloe up. Things are real quiet so I doubt she'll need anything."
"Okay then," Tony said, "Chase can hold the fort down if something comes up."
Jack nodded his agreement and then left. Chase had informed him yesterday that Weston had called to tell him they had arrested Mark. They'd found two unregistered weapons in the home, not just the one they had been expecting. Chase too, had wanted to know what was going off, but he wasn't going to ask, if Jack wanted him to know then he would tell him.
Carol and Jack met up at the restaurant as they had planned. It was the same place they went to every year, as it wasn't too far from the graveyard where their mother was buried. They both knew they needed to speak, after Jacks visit two days ago Carol hadn't had the heart to discuss things with Jack, she was sp relieved he wasn't mad at her that she's pushed it all away.
"Casey was upset after you left," Carol said, wondering what had gone on between them.
"Yeah she was pretty upset when I was there," Jack said looking down at his food. "She wanted to speak to me about what happened between you and Mark, but I guess I didn't have the time, I told her to deal with it herself."
Carol said nothing she could see Jack was uncomfortable with his little confession. "We cleared it all up though," he said, smirking slightly.
"How? You managed to win her over?"
"Well not exactly," Jack laughed, knowing Carol would be angry with her daughter when he told her what had happened. "When I saw her she slapped me," he said, grinning at the shocked look on his sisters face, "then she apologised, then she burst into tears and cried in my arms for an hour."
The shock was gone as Carol felt her own guilt build up. "Yeah well we talked about what happened."
"What about you and Mark?" Jack asked, his voice hardened slightly, he didn't realise.
"Well that depends on you."
"Me?"
"Yeah - if you drop the assault charges or not."
"Carol he had two weapons in the house, he threatened to-"
"That's between me and him, Jack, I'll deal with that."
"No Carol its not, not when Casey is in danger."
"You really think he'd hurt us?"
"He stole my gun Carol, I thought he was gonna shoot me, so yes, I wouldn't put it past him."
"Look," Carol sighed, "I don't know what will happen between us. But I want that to be my decision. Drop the charges, please," she said, looking sternly.
"Fine, I only made them so that he'd be out of the way while I was undercover."
Carols smiled slightly, "thanks. We can sort out the gun charges, then we can sort out our relationship."
"Carol-"
"Alone Jack, me and him while decide what happens on our own."
"What about Casey?"
"We've already discussed it, she knows its between me and him."
Jack nodded, not happy with the situation. But it was Carols life and he couldn't interfere, as long as Casey was alright he supposed he would have to deal with it.
"Fine," he said, "but if you do want to get rid of him-"
"I know Jack, I'll call…"
Jack smiled, and so did Carol. The conversation turned back to their parents, their mother, their childhood - anything other than the drama which had unfolded between them over the past few days. Jack didn't like the idea of sweeping the incident up under the rug but as long as his sister was happy, he knew he would have to accept it.
THE END!
I know it was a little too perfect but I decided to give Jack a break!
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