CONGRATULATIONS JeanneJam! (part 3) Tara was in Wild Prairie Rose, another good (but very sad) movie. Boy, I'm giving away a lot of chapters! I forgot how many trivias were inside the giveaway chapters! Everyone still has 3 more from last story to guess, plus all the ones in these chapters too!
TRIVIA: What episode (though it could be many, I'm looking for one specific) does Jack reference when he's talking about Tara's flash drive? (clue: It's one of my absolute favorite episodes, and I've mentioned the episode before :) [though I have many favorites!])
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So, what's up?" Jack said and signed as they walked out into the hallway, Sunny following them.
Sue sighed, looking at the floor, then looked at Jack. "Lucy invited me to New York."
Jack looked at her, completely confused. "What's wrong with that? You love visiting Lucy."
Sue nodded, but she looked like it was more than just a yes.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Her daughter, DeeDee, is in an ice skating competition."
Jack looked confused, but then it dawned on him.
"I haven't been to a skating competition since Judy." Sue explained.
"And you're afraid?" Jack asked.
Sue looked away, deep in thought. "Not afraid I don't think, but it's not like I want to go. I really have no idea what I'm feeling."
Jack turned her face to him. "Maybe you just have to face it. You'll feel better."
Sue nodded. "Maybe."
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"How was school?" Mya asked when she came home and found Maddy sitting at the table, reading something.
"OK." She mumbled, going back to her book.
"That's it?" She asked when she got her attention again.
"That's it." She replied, closing the book, grabbing it, and quickly walking to her room, and slamming the door.
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"So? How was the first day?" Myles asked Cathi. They were out to dinner, celebrating.
Cathi smiled, a bit embarrassed. "Good."
Myles nodded, hoping for more information.
"They seem to like me."
"And why wouldn't they?" Myles asked.
Cathi shrugged and shifted in her seat. "I don't know. I've always had higher-ups breathing down my back. Now that I'm one of them, I don't know what to do. I don't want to become one of them."
"You won't. Just be yourself."
Cathi smiled. "Thank you. You always know just what to say to me when I'm down."
Myles chuckled. "My coworkers would have to beg to differ."
"Oh?" Cathi asked, laughing.
"They can be-let's just say, overzealous and sometimes a comedy team. I'm more serious."
"And I can be just like them, but you still like me." Cathi said, a bit confused.
"You're different."
"How?" she asked, fully confused.
"I-I don't know. You just are." He confessed, confused himself.
"Maybe you should act around them like you do around me. Maybe you'd find that they're not so bad after all." Cathi suggested.
Myles chuckled, looking down at his food. "They're not bad, they're just different, and some people can get on my nerves."
"Maybe you'd find that they don't, if you just try to be nice."
Myles chuckled some more. "Not with Howie." He muttered to himself.
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"Hello?" Sue said, answering the phone Tuesday morning, as she was getting ready for work. Sunny was doing a dance, so she needed to get downstairs soon.
"Hi, it's Cassandra Olen." The interpreter signed.
"Yes! Hi!"
"I just wanted to let you know that you and your sister got the job."
"Really? Great!" Sue replied.
"I just wanted to ask if you both could start today. We're in a bit of a tight spot right now."
"Sure! We will be there in about 2 hours."
"Great." Cassandra replied.
"Thanks! Bye!" Sue replied, hanging up, then quickly dialing Tara.
"Hello?" Tara answered.
"Hey! It's Sue. We got the job. Meet me at work as soon as possible."
"Sure!" Tara replied, hanging up.
Sue looked sadly at Sunny. "Sorry girl, I can't take you today. We're going undercover, and dogs aren't allowed."
Sunny gave her what had to be the saddest look she could ever muster up. It almost worked, too.
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"Hey!" AJ said, walking into the bullpen.
Bobby turned around. "Hey." He replied.
AJ smiled widely.
Jack looked suspiciously at her. He knew that look from Sue. "What's up?"
"I made your friends get the job."
"Oh?" Bobby asked, curious.
She smiled wider, making sure she was killing them with suspense.
"Jeana, the girl at the front desk, quit."
Jack frowned. "Why?"
"I told her to." AJ smiled proudly.
Both agents looked at her completely confused.
"Jeana is the only full-time front desk person. Cassandra would need to hire someone as soon as possible if she quit. And she will hire Tara, and Sue, since she comes with the package."
Bobby nodded his head, understanding her reason. "But what about this Jeana?"
AJ shrugged. "She's good. She'll find a new job. Besides, if Cassandra is suspected like you think, she'd just need to find another job anyways."
"So Sue and Tara are in?" Josh asked, curiosity getting the better of him and joining the little group.
"Yep, we are." Tara said as she and Sue walked in. "We start in about an hour, but we needed to let you guys know, and collect anything we might need."
Josh frowned. "You need stuff from here?"
Tara nodded, looking around her desk.
"Like what?" he asked.
"Like this." Tara smiled, holding up a flash drive. Josh looked at her, still confused.
"That drive has Tara's famous hacking software on it. If she needs to get into any system, that drive will help her. She's gotten us out of spots with it." Jack explained. Josh nodded in understanding. Jack chuckled. "And maybe in spots with it."
"Hey, I can't help she walked in on us! I had to make an excuse!" Tara exclaimed.
"And I'll need this." Sue said, holding up a ILY pin.
"Why?" Josh asked.
"MAYBE YOU DESCRIBE?" Sue signed to Mya.
"There's a hidden camera in there. When the pin back is on, it is recording. When it's not, the camera is not recording. There is no memory chip in it, so the video comes over the cloud to our computers, where it is stored." Mya explained, walking up to the guys.
Josh nodded. "Wow, I guess I still need to learn a lot."
Sue smiled. "Don't worry, it took me a while too to understand all the rules. I'm still learning, since I took a few year hiatus."
Jack chuckled, thinking about what she said. It was a bit more than a few years.
"You have some great teachers here, though." Sue continued.
Josh smiled. "Thanks"
"Now." Tara said, walking up to Sue. "Do we need anything else?"
Sue looked down in thought, shaking her head. "I don't think so." She replied when she looked up.
Tara smiled and quickly nodded. "Good. Let's go."
With that, both women started to leave. Before Sue walked out the door, Jack jogged over and tapped her shoulder. She stopped and turned around.
"Have you made a decision?" he asked.
Sue slowly shook her head. "Not yet."
"Well, I'm here if you need anything."
Sue smiled. "Thanks."