For justprompts - Justify
There's that old saying about how the ends justify the means. Until today, I didn't necessarily believe that. There were rules in place that we followed. Those rules, we believed, made us better than the criminals.
And yet...the events of this terrible day have made me do things I never would have even considered doing before. I made a mother believe that I would murder her or her infant child if her husband didn't give up valuable information. I agreed to let a defenseless woman be taken to rendezvous with a known terrorist. I even nearly suffocated a suspect...
I look at Jack and somehow it seems like such choices don't even give him pause. He can shrug things off like this but I can't.
On the other hand...he's been right every time. Those decisions may have saved thousands of lives.
I don't know how he does it.
And, honestly, part of me doesn't want to know.
Muse: Renee Walker
Fandom: 24
Word Count 157
And yet...the events of this terrible day have made me do things I never would have even considered doing before. I made a mother believe that I would murder her or her infant child if her husband didn't give up valuable information. I agreed to let a defenseless woman be taken to rendezvous with a known terrorist. I even nearly suffocated a suspect...
I look at Jack and somehow it seems like such choices don't even give him pause. He can shrug things off like this but I can't.
On the other hand...he's been right every time. Those decisions may have saved thousands of lives.
I don't know how he does it.
And, honestly, part of me doesn't want to know.
Muse: Renee Walker
Fandom: 24
Word Count 157