Thanks to everyone who reviewed! And Hanson's involvement is far from over. There's still some damage to be done! MUAHAHAHA.

Chapter 16

When Sam woke up, she was slightly confused as to her whereabouts. Looking around, she discovered she was in some kind of log house. She remembered Jack carrying her to his truck but that was about it. Slowly, she leaned up. She groaned every step of the way but she pushed forward. Her left foot almost joined her right as Sam tried to stand. She managed to wobble a few inches before tumbling down with a resounding thud.

"Oh shit." Sam muttered. Her arm was too weak to push herself back up. The door connecting to the room opened to reveal Jack. Rushing to her side, he helped her back into the bed.

"Take it easy Sam, you're going to need a lot of rest if you don't want a hospital." Jake situated her to be leaning up in bed. "No tell me again why you don't want to handle this the right way?"

"I can't. If Hanson finds out that I got the military or any authorities involved, let's just say it will make things worse for me, which I'm guessing you'll want to know why." Sam took a deep breath. When she did she winced, and her hand automatically flew to her ribs and she felt the wrappings. Jack noticed and explained.

"That asshole did a number on you. I had to wrap your ribs, and when you were unconscious I had to pop your shoulder back into place. I bandaged your ankle too. I uh, also found a lot of bruising. Really it was everywhere, but a lot around your, uh, thighs. I could seriously kill him, just say the word Sam."

Sam's face flushed with embarrassment. She had to admit it was nice how much Jack cared about her. Thinking of how to start this nightmare of a tale, a few tears rolled down her cheek. With her good hand, she tried to erase the evidence but Jack had already seen.

"I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't be crying. It's just, so much has happened and I just want to be able to live in relative peace." Sam sighed and tried to turn away from Jack's concerned stare. Shifting to lean on the bed with Sam, Jack stopped her from turning away and gently pulled her into his embrace. She tensed almost immediately.

"Relax Sam, it's going to be okay. And I don't want you to ever feel ashamed about what happened or crying. I will never think any less of you. You're still the same ass kicking geek I can't get enough of." Jack spoke in a way that was so soft and warm that Sam couldn't do anything but believe him. Finally allowing herself to melt into Jack's protective hold, she released a breath again.

"Alright, well I'm ready to tell you everything. It's gonna take awhile though." Sam chuckled nervously. Jack nodded for her to continue and she did. "When I was 21 I was just coming out of the academy and got a job with the Pentagon. Jonas and I met a short while later and started dating. It was a whirlwind romance, like something out of movies. After 6 months of dating, Jonas proposed and accepted. Everything was perfect and I was so in love with him, and I thought he felt the same way with me.

After awhile, Jonas' real attitude made itself known. Something at work set him off, I tried to talk to him about it but he didn't want to hear it. I uh, I pushed him to talk even though I knew he was trying to forget about it. Jonas hit me. It caused me to fall down, and he was immediately remorseful and apologetic. I assured him it was okay, he promised never to do it again. Well it happened again and again. He would apologize and I would forgive him. The next time he hit me, we ended up having sex and I got pregnant. The pregnancy changed him somewhat. But not permanently, his temper flared up again and he pushed me down the stairs during my 5 month of pregnancy. Needless to say I lost the child.

General Hammond was a family friend at the time and found out. He threatened to take care of Hanson but I assured him I could handle him, that I would break it off soon. The next day, I gave Hanson the ultimatum; stop the abuse or I leave. That maddened him to no extent. He acted with such a rage that I never seen in him before. He knocked me out and when I woke up, I was in the hospital. I asked what happened and where Hanson was. The nurses told me where I was and that two years had passed since that night.

Hanson just strode in like the concerned and worried husband. I was free to leave as I only had the retrograde amnesia. The last thing I remembered was telling Hanson that I would leave if he hurt me again, so I left. General Hammond helped me with everything, and I'm sure he had something to do with my job at the SGC also. I tried to get a divorce from Hanson but he wouldn't sign, and I didn't have the resources to get it myself. Years passed and I thought I heard the last of him. As you know that's not the case.

I had been so lonely for so long. And I tried hating him, but he seemed to change. Really change. So out of desperation and idiotic hope, I gave us another shot. Hammond warned me but I didn't believe him unfortunately. The abuse started up again about a week ago. I was too ashamed to let anyone know or try and ask for help. Thinking it through, I decided that I have been through so much to let Hanson destroy it all. I went to confront him, but he had…blackmail. Not seeing what else I could do, I stayed. Last night, I was going to try ending it again and well, you heard and saw what happened."

Sam finally got the whole reality out. Hearing it made it seem so unbelievable to her. She couldn't fathom the fact that she had been the one responsible for putting herself through all that avoidable pain.

Jack wiped the free falling tears from Sam's face, comforting her. Holding her a little tighter he whispered, "What blackmail Samantha?"

"I had a child during those two years, and now she's somewhere out there in danger."

((AN: Woo! I did it! I was about half way thru Sam telling the story and I was feeling a bout of laziness creep over me and I almost stopped writing for the night. But. I pressed on and so now you lucky people get another chapter! Lol. I can't believe I'm on chapter 16, now chapter 17 already. And this was supposed to be a short story. Well, next chapter is some shippyness and a quest to find Sam's daughter. Woop, woop!))