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Chapter 24 – For crying out loud!
After Sam and Hope left Jack's office, Walter could be seen reaching for the hidden handle Hope had found an hour ago. Pulling out the black book, he slid the black cover off so it was separate from the pages. Reaching into his bottom drawer under all of his files, Walter pulled out a large, sealed envelope. Opening the envelope, he pulled out pages identical to the others and slipped the black cover over the first and last page. Smiling to himself, he threw the other pages out, carefully hiding them so they could not be seen and put the black book in his hidden drawer.
Jack arrives at Sam's lab shortly after finishing his paperwork to see his two favorite girls arguing over a piece of alien technology.
"Mom, I know what I'm talking about here, it is not an Ancient machine, it's a fraud!"
"Hope," Sam starts trying to calm her daughter down and explain why she was wrong, "there are ancient symbols all over it. There is also a stargate address on it."
"Please, just trust me on this," Hope looked into Sam's eyes trying to show the seriousness of the situation, "this is a fake, someone or something must of found out that an sg team was going to that planet and planted the device. They wanted us to find this, so we would go to the address that's on it. I know it has something to do with me being the key."
"Ladies," Jack interrupts them, "What is all of this about?"
"Oh nothing, I'm right and mom doesn't believe me," Hope said smugly.
"I did not say that, I just don't see how you can be right where there is so much evidence supporting the fact that this device is from the Ancients."
"Fine," Hope threw up her hands in surrender, "just send a malp to the address and we'll see from there."
"Well we can do that tomorrow, right now I am bringing you two home and we'll have a nice night in."
"Shouldn't we tell Daniel and Teal'c that we've figured out a date for the wedding?" Sam asked.
"Oh right," Jack scratched his chin, "why don't we invite them over for a barbecue? And we'll call Cassie too."
"Sounds like a plan," Hope clapped her hands, "just as long as you don't burn the meat...again"
"Again? When have I ever burned the meat?"
"Hmmm, let me think, uh every time."
"Carter, tell your daughter she's wrong."
Sam coughs and heads for the door, "I'm just going to change before we head out."
Jack starts to follow, "Carter! Come back, you didn't answer my question!"
"For crying out loud," Hope follows with a smirk.
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