Chapter 45:

Samantha had been in search for Jack, after Vivian had told her about the lawyer's call and it's consequences. She was sure, Jack was pretty troubled about this outcome of events – he had wished for some justice, for both Danny and Elizabeth. But they wouldn't get it and she had felt like maybe he would wanna talk about it.

He wasn't in his office when she got there. She found him down the hall on his way back to his office – it seemed like he had just accompanied someone to the elevators, saying goodbye. He seemed deeply lost in thought – whoever he had just said goodbye to, had obviously caused this reaction. She approached him, stopping him on his way back.

„Vivian told me about the phone call from the Chileans' lawyer... I'm sorry."

He didn't respond to her, just like he hadn't heard her after all.

„Are you okay?"

His reaction surprised her for he didn't answer her question. She needed a few seconds to understand what he was referring to. His reaction told her clearly who he had been talking to, but still his abrupt answer, which had nothing to do with her question, left her worried.

„She was married, did you know that?"

„No."

This was more of information she had wanted to know about Elizabeth. It had been hard enough to accept that she had died, had been killed for they had all known her – she had been a great help along the way and a very friendly, dedicated young woman. But knowing about her life, her family – knowing what she lost – was making it even harder to accept.

„Her husband just paid me a visit, he is going to take her home tonight, she will be buried in her hometown in Chile..."

This was quiet astounding. She didn't even know how her husband would know she had been killed. But most definitely they had been in some form of contact and as she hadn't been able to hold contact with him any longer, he probably had known something had happened to her.

What had surprised her however, was the fact that he had come here to take her home. It was a long way from Chile to New York and Elizabeth could have been taken home without him being present. He had taken the time – had somehow gathered the money and had abandoned his job – to come here and take her home. He was here to honor her for what she had done. He definitely loved her deeply...

„He told me he had been very proud about what she had been doing for those families – he himself lost his mother during the dictatorship..."

Now this was a completely new angle – something Elizabeth hadn't told them anything about. She had put it like she had simply done it out of sympathy and the will to help, but she never had explained that there was a very personal reason for her to do this. That she had seen the suffering with her own two eyes.

„Do you think that's why she was doing this – for him?"

„I don't know, but I guess it would explain her dedication. She has experienced on her own what it means to be robbed of a beloved relative without ever getting a chance to bury them."

Silence emerged between them again – there was nothing more to say about it. The simple tragedy about Elizabeth's death, the unbelievable cruelty of her injuries was nothing to be talked about. And Sam neither wanted to be informed about any more details of Elizabeth's private life.

Jack, still pretty entangled in his thoughts, went on telling her about the visitor he just had none the less.

„I told him about the trial against her torturers and that they will probably get free."

„How did he react?"

„He said she died for a good cause none the less – that she achieved something, has taken the organization a step further to victory. He believes her death hasn't been senseless."

She knew Jack wasn't sharing the husband's opinion. They had not been able to have the Chileans sentenced for any crime, Elizabeth's evidence had been destroyed, she herself had been killed and the lawyer, the Chileans had gotten themselves, would get them free – there was nothing they could do about it.

„He's a strong man..."

„He fights for something, he fights for justice – I think that is giving him strength. And he believes he can win this fight."

She was worried about his words – the tone of them. To her they seemed pretty desperate and as the husband – although Jack didn't share his opinion – had a very ideal view of this whole situation, she didn't get what Jack felt so sorry about.

„Aren't we fighting for the same thing?"

„Yes, but we lost the fight."