The Blacklist

Chapter 243: Abandoning Jack
Around nine o'clock in the evening, Kim was picked up by Jack and Terry from the LAPD. The couple didn't have too many thoughts at this time, thinking that as long as the family could be reunited, it would be the greatest happiness. But what they didn't expect was that Kim insisted on looking for Rick, who had participated in the kidnapping and then involved her in a drug deal!

Carrie would not have cared about such things at first, but when he went downstairs to return to the hotel, he heard Jack's family of three arguing in the underground parking lot, and he became a little annoyed - these contemporary stupid young people in America really think that the government can't lift a knife!
After opening his car door, he stopped and said to the guard from CTU Los Angeles branch who followed him to protect him, "Find Rick who has committed many crimes, charge him with theft, drug trafficking, kidnapping, murder, and involvement in terrorist acts, and give him a severe sentence, death penalty is best!" After saying that, he got in the car and left.

Not far away, Jack's family, who heard his words, stood there in shock...

At around ten o'clock that evening, Carrie received a call from Jack, who was pleading for Rick!
He was really annoyed and replied, “Jack, I originally thought you were a big shot and was going to use you in the future… But now, I’m sure you can’t get past the family issue, or rather, the daughter issue!
"I'm telling you this: because of your negligence, Terry will be the first to suffer misfortune, then Kim, and you...will be alone in the end! All of this is your own fault!
"Well, you don't have to say more. I can tell you that Rick will die in prison soon. It's not because the law sentences him to death, but because the incident itself is inevitable!

“I won’t save him, and you can’t save him at all!

"If you don't understand, all these years of your career as an agent have been in vain!

“If there is any reason why Rick must die, it is because he met your daughter Kim during this crime!

"Try to convince her and make her think like a normal person, otherwise I will attend her and your funeral the next moment!" Carrie had said all she had to say, but she really couldn't say anything more.

Jack put down the phone, his face pale. He knew very well that what Director Kerry said just now was right. He, his wife, and his daughter had been living too carefree during this period of time! But... he thought helplessly that he couldn't seem to change this situation! -
Carrie returned to the Century City Hotel to rest and did not expect Jack's family to completely listen to her - let alone outsiders, even if they were a real family, this would be impossible.

Besides, he was really disappointed in Jack! Even in the United States, where individuality is emphasized, having a daughter like Kim is enough, not to mention Jack and Terri's messy marriage, conflicts, separation, reunion, and both sides cheating during this period, what a mess!
Children who grow up in such an environment will become weird and willful. Carrie can understand this, but she will not sympathize with or indulge them, because there are many families with worse conditions than hers, and there are also good and normal children growing up. Why should Kim be special? Why should she get more care?

If it weren't for Jack's protection as a father, a child like Kim would have become like Jenny and Rick, either dead or committing crimes and going to jail. She is still dreaming about asking her parents to go visit her criminal "friends"!

Jack doesn't know how to educate his children, and he can't get over his own psychological problems. Carrie is ready to give up on him, and he doesn't have time to waste with him! ——
At 85: p.m., the results of the first Democratic primary in California were counted, and David Palmer easily won with % support, which was a good start for the subsequent elections. Knowing that Palmer would be busy celebrating with the campaign team tonight, Kerry did not disturb him and went to bed early.

The next day, when he got to work, Kerry received a letter of resignation from Nina. He just checked it and signed it. No matter what her real purpose was, the incident ended quickly, without giving her a chance to perform, and also saved Terry's life. But even if she left, she had been included in the monitoring list!
He then summoned all the staff of the Los Angeles branch, announced Nina's resignation, appointed Jack Bauer as the head of the operations team, Tony Almeda as the head of the intelligence team, Milo Pressman as the head of the technical team, Rebecca Nice remained as the head of the service team, and the management power was officially transferred to the branch chief George Mason.

In addition, Carrie assigned a new mission to the Los Angeles Police Department: Hunt down Mandy, the murderer of the bombing of Flight 221! This matter is not over yet.

When Carrie took Gina and others to leave the Los Angeles police station, Mason led everyone in seeing them off warmly - he must have been thinking, this guy is finally gone!
At half past ten, Kerry arrived at the CTU California Bureau in Norton Square and reappointed the director and department leaders according to the list discussed with Cooper. Then he took Elizabeth, Jeffrey, Katie and Abby away and rushed to the airport to fly back to Washington, without even saying goodbye to Palmer! But it didn't matter, he would be back soon, and there was still a lot of time in the future.
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After returning to Washington, Kerry and his team took a good rest. In fact, there was nothing big about this trip to California in terms of handling cases, but the round trip journey and taking over and reorganizing a new department after arriving were the really tiring parts.

For Kerry himself, the biggest gain is becoming friends with presidential candidate David Palmer. According to current developments, this man will definitely win the general election at the end of the year and become the new President of the United States in January next year.

Now that Kerry has become friends with Palmer, it is not that he expects to receive care and benefits from the White House in the future, but that he really hopes to have a more upright president in office, instead of being in a state of silence and filled with black-hearted politicians like before!
To this end, he even set up several companies through the system and donated $6800 million in campaign funds to Palmer, becoming the largest invisible donor!

In his previous interactions with Palmer, he only briefly mentioned the issue of his wife. In fact, Shirley and Carl did many illegal things behind Palmer's back, including the matter of Keith.

He believed that Palmer had realized it by now, and that there would be news soon. The most likely scenario would be like in the original plot, first separation and then divorce. As an outsider, he would not get involved.

During the twenty days from late March to early April, there were rare no cases and Carrie and his friends had a very comfortable time!
(End of this chapter)