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Chapter 19:

Sue was in the shower when the phone rang. Jack, who had been busy cleaning up, hurried over to grab it.

"Hello?" He said in the receiver. There was silence at first.

"Jack?" came Lucy's voice, "What are you doing at our apartment?" He didn't want to lie, but nor did he know what else to say. "Jack – are you still there?" He heard her confused voice ask back.

"Yeah I'm still here. The entire team is at the bullpen. I'm here with Sue." He hoped he could throw off her train of thought, but he wasn't so lucky.

"If everyone's at work, then why are you two playing hooky? Unless I don't want to know?" Lucy answered, Jack picturing the look of glee that he knew was on her face.

"No, it's not like that…" He looked and saw Sue standing in the doorframe, watching him. He signed with his free hand, L-U-C-Y and she nodded. "Luce – Sue is here and she wants to talk to you. I'll talk to you later." He handed the phone over to Sue, who pulled the phone closer to watch the words scroll across the screen. He hung around to try and listen in.

"Hey Luce. No, Jack's just making sure I'm okay. No, no Luce I'm fine now. I was at the hospital for a few days. No, no you don't need to come home, Jack's taking good care of me. Hypoglycemia. All she said was I needed to watch more carefully what I eat. They're going to send me to a nutritionist." She turned to look at Jack for a quick second, and rolled her eyes. Jack couldn't help but smile. It was a piece of her old self, starting to come back. She continued,

"No, he's going to stay until you get back." Jack watched as her cheeks reddened. "Lucy! No! I'm sure. And no, you don't need to come home. Enjoy your time away. I'll call, I promise. I miss you too. Bye." She hung up the phone, and turned to look at Jack.

"Well, we knew she would be concerned once she found out." He said, sitting down next to her on the couch.

"At least I convinced her to stay. Are you going to go in to work today and help everyone out?"

"It's Saturday. Dimitrius said I could stay with you. Bobby called earlier – they have some good leads on the case. It seems they don't need me anymore." Jack said, jokingly.

"Of course we need you." She said seriously. He smiled at her,

"Well, it's nice to know someone wants me." Sue smiled back.

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"The Colson's aunt, Beverly Sweeney, is trying to put together a list of anyone who is suspicious that knew the family before they died. Maybe someone will pop out as suspicious." Dimitrius told everyone, early Sunday morning. Though they hadn't started to go 24/7 yet, they definitely were pulling long hours, including weekends, until this guy was caught. They didn't want to give up, not when so much was at risk.

"There is so far no real record of a Ben French that fits our description, in the United States. It could very well be a fake name, although, I have talked to some of my snitches and many of them had heard about him, and about his grudge against families." Bobby said.

"Then we need to find Ben French." Tara said.

"Maybe Howie can help?" Myles suggested. Bobby looked at him incredulously.

"You want Howie to help?" Myles just shrugged.

"If Ben French is around in the area, Howie is probably our best bet to find him. If he finds someone, who knows where he is, we can put surveillance on them."

"I think it's a good idea." Agent Harper said, walking into the bullpen. "He's been on the loose for way too long. There are families that need closure, and ones that need protecting. This is the closest link we've had to him in five years."

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Jack sat in front of his computer, lost in though, Levi at his feet. Sue had decided to have a short lie down in the afternoon, and Jack thought it was a good idea. Her health had been improving by leaps and bounds, even just in three days. The Sunday afternoon sun was filtering through the windows, and Jack worked hard to make sure he was caught up at work tomorrow.

Levi lifted his head, and put his paws on Jack's leg as the doorbell rang. He got up, wondering whom it could be, and was surprised to see a tall man.

"I'm sorry – I must have the wrong place." He said confused, but looking around Jack to see Levi happily wagging his tail. "Levi?" The dog barked once in recognition. Jack looked at the man strangely. He was certain he had never seen him before.

All of the sudden, he heard Sue's voice coming from the living room, calling his name. She found him at the front door, and stood in shock. Staring at the man in front waiting for her.

"Hey Sue." The man said, giving her a weak smile. Jack turned to look at her surprised face, and saw that her eyes were starting to water. Without any words she ran forward, and jumped into the mans arms, hugging him tightly.

Jack just stood there, unsure of what to do, but feeling a knot in his stomach grow as the strange man held onto Sue. When they finally let go, Sue wiped away the tears from her eyes.

"Please, come in…" She said, moving out of the way to let the man in, closing the door behind him. The three of them walked into the living room, Jack very hesitantly. Sue turned to see the uncomfortable look on Jack's face.

"I'm so sorry. I forgot to introduce you. Jack Hudson, this is Michael." Michael reached over and shook Jacks hand.

"It's great to finally meet you. I've heard a lot about you from Sue." He wrapped his arm around her, and Jack felt the green monster of jealousy rising up in his chest.

"What are you doing here Michael?" Sue suddenly realized.

"I just wanted to see how my little sister was doing, after everything that happened." Jack eyes widened in shock, but he quickly recovered, glad that it was her brother and not another man in her life.