Jack was sitting across from Henry enjoying a nice cold beer when his phone went off, again. Sarah had been trying to reach him for the last hour and he kept ignoring his call. "Maybe you should answer that. It could be important." Henry smiled and took another sip of his drink. "Sarah." Sarah's voice came over the connection, "Sheriff Carter. Ms. Allison Blake has called four times in the last hour seeking you. She has refused to leave messages and only states that she will call back." Jack exhaled hard. True he hadn't bothered with Allison in a little less than six months but that didn't mean he didn't care.
"Sarah, I'll give her a call and find out what she needs." Carter closed the connection and leaned back in his chair. "Jack?" Carter turned to look at Henry, "Hmm?" Henry didn't know how to approach the subject of Allison with Carter. He was now certain that Jack did not know that Allison had finally filed for divorce just last week and almost four weeks prior to that had Stark move out of her home. "What is it Henry?" Henry shook his head, "Forget it. Lost my thought." Carter smiled his goofy grin and toasted his friend's forgetfulness.
Allison didn't know what had possessed her to do this. She just couldn't stop herself from calling Jack's house the moment she found out he wasn't at the station. Jim told him Jack was fine but just to remind Taggart of his delicate situation she was having him fill out every conceivable authorization form in Global Dynamic's history. That should teach him, exactly what she wasn't sure but something for sure.
She went to check on Kevin. Carter was a big boy and Allison wasn't going to bother him again or at least not for another fifteen minutes. Carter was staring at Henry's shop phone like it was the most complicated piece of machinery he had ever come across. "Jack. You know you don't have to do this. You can just sleep in the guest room and talk to Allison tomorrow." Jack sighed and slumped in his chair, "No Henry I better get this done now." Jack picked-up the phone and dialed Allison's home number.
Allison picked up the phone the second it rang, "Allison Blake." Jack had to take a deep breath, "Allison. Jack Carter. I here you've been looking for me." Allison had to smile, Jack's smiling voice always did do that to her. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay?" Jack and Allison shared some simple small talk and then he excused himself. It wasn't getting easier talking to her but it didn't hurt as much as it used to.
A couple of days later Allison was walking thru town when she bumped into Carter, hard. "Allison I am so sorry." Jack extended his hand to help Allison from the floor where she had fallen after bumping into him. Allison noticed Jack's blush and tried hard to stifle her laugh but it came bubbling out, "It's okay Jack, so where are you going in such a hurry?" "I've got to pick Zoë up at the bus depot in an hour and I wanted to get her favorite ice cream before I did that." Allison stepped out of the way so that Carter could continue his errand. He nodded his thanks and headed to the Café for half a gallon of peppermint cheesecake ice cream.