I deleted this story and changed a lot of it, but its back now, and I think some of the problems are fixed. I didn't change this chapter actually, just chapter 2.

A/N: This story is set approximately during season 17, or around there. And for the purpose of this story, my other story Torture didn't happen, and for the purpose of that story thi story never happened. But this is the sequel to "Alive," or thats the prequel to this, actually.

I don't own Law & Order.

"Jack!" It was the third time Connie had said his name, and he finally snapped out of his thoughts and looked away from the wall he'd been staring at, or past, and at her. "If you don't need me for anything else, I'm going to head home now."

"Fine," he said, still distracted.

She started to go, but stopped halfway to the door. "What were you thinking just now?" she asked out of curiosity.

"Oh, nothing," he replied nonchalantly, and she left.

Jack hadn't been thinking about nothing. He'd been thinking about Claire Kincaid. It had been over ten years since she'd died, but he'd never really gotten over her. There'd been other women since her, but he'd never felt about any of them the way he'd felt about Claire. He'd loved her. Hell, he still did.

He had no idea, would have been shocked to learn, that at that very moment, in some small town halfway across the country, Claire Kincaid was thinking about him.

TBC

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