Here's the next part. I'm not totally happy with it and may revise it, but I wanted to get something up because I have kept you waiting long enough. Hopefully I will have more soon. I know you are probably wondering when Tony will be in it, so I will tell you that the next chapter will probably be Jack talking to the president about Tony, and then I will have the scene where he goes to visit Tony in prison. I tried to work in the request for a little bit of Jack with his granddaughter, and I also showed him getting to know his son-in-law a little bit. So enjoy and please review:

Jack is sitting in his hospital bed holding and admiring his granddaughter. Steven, his son and law, is sitting by the side of the bed, talking to Kim on the phone.

"Your father's doing fine...so far he's been too busy playing with Teri to give me the third degree," he whispers into the phone.

"Well, that's good," Kim says with a laugh. "Good news. I found a stuffed dog that I think looks enough like Mr. Wiggles that Teri won't know the difference."

"Alright, that's great. I don't know how I forgot to pack him."

"It happens," Kim says understandingly. "Hey, did you ask the doctor what my father could eat?"

"Yeah. She said he can have most regular food, but he needs to be careful. They're mostly just keeping him in the hospital because he's patient 0 with a new type of virus, and they want to keep him under observation for a while."

"Alright, well, I'm going to stop off at the supermarket so I can at least get him an edible alternative to the crap they've been giving him since they took him off the IV. I'll be back in about an hour."

"Alright, sweetheart, I'll see you soon."

Steven hangs up the phone and turns back to Jack.

"Kim found a stuffed dog that hopefully looks close enough," he tells Jack.

"That's a relief," Jack says with a smile. "When Kim was that age, she had a stuffed rabbit she was just as attached to."

"I didn't realize how attached Teri was until I forgot to pack her stuffed dog for this trip. She keeps asking for it. It's one of the only words she knows."

Jack smiles. "Hey Teri, can you say 'grandpa'?" Steven says to his daughter. Teri looks at him curiously.

"Oh well, she'll get there," Steven says.

"Yeah," Jack says, a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Listen, Jack, I want you to know that I would have asked your permission. I mean, I tried, but nobody knew how to get in touch with you."

"Yeah, I know," Jack says sadly. "I'm sorry that I wasn't there to walk her down the aisle," he says. "It's killing me that I missed the first 14 months of Teri's life."

"Well, you have the whole rest of her childhood to enjoy with us," Steven says.

"Yeah," Jack says softly.

Before Steven can say anything else, there is a knock at the door.

Jack looks up and sees Gohar standing in the doorway. He motions for him to come in.

"Thank you for coming," he greets him. "This is my son-in-law, Steven, and my granddaughter Teri."

Gohar shakes Steven's hand and smiles at the baby.

"Steven, could you give us a minute?" Jack asks.

"Yeah, of course," Steven says. He scoops up Teri out of Jack's arms and takes her out of the room.

"I was happy to get your call," Gohar begins. "I prayed that the surgery would be successful."

"Thank you," Jack says appreciatively. "That's the main reason I called. I just wanted to thank you for your help. When I thought it was the end, you helped me get to a place where I felt at peace with my life, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciated it."

"Of course. Any time you need counsel, I am here," Gohar says gently. He studies Jack's face for a moment. "There is something else, isn't there? You look like there is something troubling you," he observes.

"Yeah," Jack says with a sigh. He takes a deep breath before continuing. "When we came to your mosque and asked you to help us find Jibraan, I don't think I told you that the man who was holding his brother hostage and forcing him to carry out the attack, he's...he used to be a friend of mine," Jack explains, the emotion showing in his voice.

"The terrorist? This man was your friend?" Gohar asks curiously.

"No," Jack says quickly. "I mean, he wasn't a terrorist back when he was my friend. We used to work together at CTU, and back then he served this country with as much dedication as just about anyone I knew."

"But then something happened to change him?" Gohar asks.

Jack nods. "His wife was killed," he explains. "The two of them helped me escape when my life was in danger and she was murdered as a result, by the same people responsible for the assassination of David Palmer. For years I thought he had been killed too, but it turns out he was revived...I don't know all the details, but the point is, while everyone thought he was dead, he was on a quest for years to find and take care of the people responsible for his wife's death, which included the man behind the attacks last week. Tony was on a mission to infiltrate his group and bring him down at all costs, even if it meant killing innocent people and betraying his friends in the process. He just seemed...his eyes were so cold when I saw him last week. He was nothing like the man I knew..."

"But you believe the man you knew is still there beneath the surface?" Gohar asks.

Jack sighs. "I'm probably just in denial," he admits. "I told one of our coworkers who used to work with us at CTU that the man we knew doesn't exist anymore, but I'm having a hard time accepting it. I guess I feel like he just built this wall around his emotions and if I could only break through that wall I could get through to him and get him to do the right thing. I'm pretty sure he has information that could help convict the man he was after and I may be in a position to help him cut a deal, but I don't know what the right thing to do is. I usually have such a strong sense of right and wrong...it's one of the few things I've felt secure about. But right now I have no idea, and that scares me."

"I cannot tell you what is right," Gohar says gently. "I can only tell you to do what is in your heart. If in your heart you still see your friend behind the mask, then you must not give up on him. But whatever you decide, you must remember that he will be judged and punished by a court of law, and at the end of the day, G-d will be his judge. It is not your place to judge him or to seek vengeance upon him. Do not seek to inflict pain just to see if he can still feel it. Do not break his shield unless you are prepared to help him learn to live without it. Do not ask him to seek forgiveness unless you can open your heart to forgive."

Jack sighs. "I don't know if I can," he admits. "I mean, right now I'm so disgusted with what he did that the thought of being in the same room with him again makes me nauceous. He betrayed my trust, and I don't know if I could ever forgive him for that. Sometimes I just wish I'd killed him when I had the chance. Maybe we'd both be better off."

"But you didn't?" Gohar asks.

Jack shakes his head. "I don't know why, but something was holding me back...I just couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger."

"Perhaps it's a sign," Gohar says gently. "A sign that you were not ready to give up on him in spite of his crimes."

"Yeah," Jack says with a sigh.

"Listen, you don't have to make that decision today," Gohar advises. "Give it time. Let the passions cool on both sides. Ask yourself if you could be at peace if you did nothing, if you let the state judge him and let him accept his punishment without intervention."

Jack nods in agreement. He knows Gohar is right, that the best thing to do is to take some time and let his anger cool down, and see if he can let it go. But deep down, he already knows the answer to Gohar's last question.