I don't own commander in chief
If you read my last story the kids then you will know that I know little about American Politics and this story will also be about family life.
In this story Mac has a younger sister who moved to Scotland (I decided Scotland as Allen is a Scottish name as is MacKenzie, Rebecca and Horace and that is where I live), she had 2 children 14 year old Elizabeth and 3 year old Catlin. Mac's sister Rachel is not married and her children are both by different fathers, the first died and the second left her.
This is set before Thanksgiven, so Kate does not yet live at the Whitehouse
The phone in the Whitehouse residence rang it was Kate,
Mac:Hi Mom
Kate:Hi Sweetie how are you? How are the Kids
Mac:They are fine, Rebecca is sulking as usual
Kate:Have you spoke to your sister recently
Mac:No when I phone I only ever get the machine, she phoned just after I took
the oath, I sent a present for Catlin's birthday, but I don't know if she
has it yet.
Kate:I spoke to her this morning, she sounded drunk, I think she is depressed
since Rick left her
Mac:I will phone her tomorrow, it will be too late now with the time difference.
Kate:Thanks baby, I can't wait for Thanksgive to see you all
Mac:Why don't I invite Rachel and the kids too, we haven't seen them for so long.
Kate:Yes that would be nice, Catlin hasn't met her aunt and uncle or cousins yet
Mac and Kate spoke for a bit longer on the phone.
That night Kate was telling Rod about her conversation with her mother, he thought it was odd also.
The next mornign Mac woke early she went for a swim, when she got back it was 7am, that meant it was noon in Glasgow, she dialled her sister phone number.
The phone rang out until the answer machine came on, she left a message asking for Rachel to phone when she got home.
Mac asked Vince to let her know straight away if her sister called.
The day went on as usual, the kids went to school and Rod started his new job as Strategic planner in the Westwing.
Mac and Rod had a late night working that night they never got back up to the residence until about 1am they got to their bedroom and locked their door, although they were tired they started kissing and one thing led to another. They fell asleep cuddling together.
Kate was in bed in her house in Connecticut when her phone rang, it was 2.30Am, who would be phoning at this time she thought. She answered the phone.
Kate:Hello
Elizabeth:Grandma
Kate heard her granddaughters voice on the other end of the line sometimes she found it difficult to understand her daughters Glaswegian accent, but this time it sounded as though she was crying
Kate:Sweetheart what is wrong
Elizabeth:Mum is dead, I found her this morning
Kate could feel a lump forming in her throat, she dropped the phone and suddenly thought about her
granddaughters in Glasgow. She picked up the phone.
Kate:baby are you OK?
ElizabethI don't know what to do, Grandma she cut her wrists in the bathroom
Kate could not believe what she was hearing she just wanted curl up into a ball and cry, but she had to think of the 2 little girls in Scotland
Kate:Honey have you called the police?
Elizabeth:No
Kate:Yes, is there anyone you can both stay with until I get over
Elizabeth:No
Kate:What about Rick I know you don't like him, but he is Catlin's father
Elizabeth:He has moved away to France
Kate:OK baby call the police, I will be there as soon as possible, where is Catlin
Elizabeth:She is still in bed
Kate:OK honey, don't let her see you Mom OK
Elizabeth:Bye Grandma
Kate was in shock she did not know what to do, the only thing she could think of was to phone Mac. She picked up her phone and dialled the number of the Whitehouse. She got the operator and asked to be put through to the President.
Operator:Can I ask who is calling
Kate:Mrs Allen, I need to speak to my daughter
Operator:Mrs Allen it is 3am in the morning can this not wait until a more decent
hour
Kate:No it is an emergency I need to speak to her now
Operator:OK I'm putting you through now
Mac and Rod had not been to sleep for long when the phone in their room rang. Rod woke up first, what has happened now was the first thing he thought, he then picked up the phone.
Rod:Hello
Kate:Rod it's Kate can you put Mac on please
Rod thought Kate sounded odd almost as though she was drunk, Mac had been so tired he did not want to wake her
Rod:Kate it is 3am Mac is asleep, can I give her a message in the morning
Kate:Rod, Elizabeth phoned, Rachel has killed herself
Rod could not believe what he had heard, he immediately shook Mac's sholder
Rod:Kate I am so sorry, I am just waking her
Mac woke up
Mac:What's wrong?
Rod:Your Mom's on the phone, Elizabeth phoned, Rachel is dead
Mac immediately took the phone from her husbands hand. And Kate told Mac what had happened.
Mac told her Mom to get ready she would pick her up from Hertford Airbase.
Mac called secret service and asked them to get airforce 1 ready to take her to Hertford and then Glasgow. She packed a bag and got ready to go. She asked Rod to let Jim and Warren Keaton know what had happened, and to get the Kids ready to come to Scotland.
Mac was on airforce 1 by 3.30am she picked up her mother at Hertford, her mother looked so lost and she was so glad to see Mac
Mac hugged her mom and both woman cried. Kate phoned her granddaughter in Scotland, she told her they would be there in about 6 hours.
In Scotland, Elizabeth felt so lost, she told her younger sister that their mother had gone to heaven to be with the angels, Catlin did not really understand that she was not going to see he mummy again. After Kate phoned to say they would be their in about 6 hours, she told the police woman who was with them that her Grandmother would be here soon, the police woman said they could stay at the house until she got there.
The police had shut off the En suit bathroom where Rachel was, Elizabeth went to her room and stayed there until her Grandmother and aunt got there
Mac and Kate arrived at Glasgow airport, the press had thankfully not managed to find out that they were coming. They got out of the aeroplane to the wet November Scottish weather. They got into the limo and drove to Rachel's house just outside Glasgow.
When they got there the police were very surprised to see that the dead woman's was the president of the USA.
Policeman:Ma'am Mrs Allen I am sorry about your sister and daughter
Kate:Where are my granddaughters?
Policeman:Catlin is taking a nap and Elizabeth won't leave her room
Kate:Where is my daughter?
Policeman:She is upstairs the undertakers are on their way
Kate:I would like to see her
Policeman:Yes of course
Mac was not usually an emotional person, but one thing she hate was dead bodies, she wanted to make sure her niece was OK
Mac:Mom I am going to see Elizabeth
Kate:OK baby
Mac went up to the room she was told was Elizabeth's, she knocked her door, she had not seen her niece for 4 years, her sister came to visit with Elizabeth and Rick when she was pregnant with Catlin, she had not long become vice president at the time.
Elizabeth:Who is it?
Mac:It's Aunt Mac
Elizabeth:Come in
Mac opened the door to her niece's room, she could not believe how old she looked she was only 10 years old last time they seen each other
Mac:Sweetheart how are you?
Elizabeth was sitting on her bed crying her long red hair was over her face and her eyes were all red. Mac went over and sat on the bed next to her, she put her arm around her niece and hugged her
Elizabeth:I'm scared, I don't want to live with Rick, he hates me
Mac:Don't worry about anything like that, we need to see what your Mom wrote
in her will.
Mac booked the family into a hotel as it was safer than the house, the next day Rod was coming over with the Kids.
Mac put Elizabeth and Catlin to bed, she and Kate were not tired even though it was 2am it only felt like 9pm to them as they still felt like they were on American time.
Kate and Mac were sitting in the living room,
Kate:Mac I don't know where they are going to live, I hope they don't get split up
Mac:I am sure that Rachel will have thought about this and have put it in her will
The press had managed to find out about what had happened, they were wanting an official statement from the whitehouse. Mac had called Rod and asked Warren to give a statement saying that the President was in Scotland with her family and that the country was being well looked after by the vice president.
The next day, they were going to see Rachel's solicitor for the reading of her will.
Catlin finally understood that she was not going to see her Mummy again and was very upset, she found it difficult as she had only met Kate once, last year when she came to Scotland to visit, and she had only spoke to Mac on the phone or seen her on the news, when Rachel told her that she was a very important Lady and her big sister.
The solicitor said that Rachel wanted Mac to look after her oldest daughter and Rick was the legal guardian of Catlin.
The police had got a hold of Rick yesterday and he made it to the solicitors, after the solictor read Rachel will, told Mac and Kate, that he did not want to look after his daughter, he said that he was now with another woman and she did not want to look after another woman's daughter.
Rick:Could one of you not look after her, I mean you have more money than me and would be a much better parent
Mac thought that Catlin would be much better off with her or Kate, than him, but she was worried that in the future he may want to take her away. She thought the only way around this would be for him to sign over his parental right to her
Mac:Catlin will be well looked after as long as you sign over your parental
rights to her
Rick:How much is she worth?
Mac:I'm sorry I don't understand
Rick:I want money to do that
Mac:That is completely unethical and I can not do that, you see buying a child
illegal, but I am sure that my FBI agents could find some illegal activity
which you have been involved in, now if you sign over your parental rights
to her I will not have that looked into
Rick:OK done
Rod arrived later that day with the kids, they went into the apartment which they had not rented for everyone.
Amy:Mommy
Amy ran over to her mother and gave her a hug
Mac:Hi baby
Mac kissed her children and husband.
Rod:How are you getting on kiddo
Mac:We need to talk later away from the Kids
Kate came out and hugged her grandchildren. She suggested that Horace and Rebecca went out with the 3 younger children to the bowling with secret service.
Secret service took the youngster out to the bowling in East Kilbride. Becca and Elizabeth never usually got on, and this time was no exception, Elizabeth was upset she did not want to come to the bowling and Rebecca was angry that Elizabeth was upset, Horace was angry with his sister for her attitude and there was an argument at the end of the night.
Back at the apartment, Kate, Mac and Rod were talking about what was going to happen to Elizabeth and Catlin.
Mac:Rod, Rachel had asked us to be Elizabeth's guardians
Rod:What about Catlin
Kate:Rick is still her legal guardian, but he does not want anything to do with her
Mac:He has signed over all his parental rights to her and the 3 of us have to talk
about where she should live
Rod:Well there is only 1 thing to be done,she has to come back to D.C with us
Mac:Rod do you think we could look after a 3 year old, I mean we will have 5
kids to look after,
Rod:I don't think there is any other option Mac, I mean where else will they go
Kate:They can come and live with me, I mean Connecticut isn't too far from D.C
they can come to see you all the time
Mac:Do you think you could look after a 3 year old and a teenager on your own,
there is only 1 thing for it, they come to D.C and I resign from my job and
move back to Connecticut
Kate:You can't resign from the most important job in the world
Rod:I have got the solution, the Kids come to the Whitehouse and Kate you
come too, we can all be together to look after the Kids, that way Mac can
keep her job and Elizabeth and Catlin will have Rebecca, Horace and Amy
too.
Mac:I think that should work best, Mom what do you think
Kate;Yes, we can all be together, is there enough room in the residence
Mac:Yes 9 bedrooms should be enough
The kids came home a bit later and Elizabeth ran straight to her room,
Mac:What's going on?
Rebecca;I don't know
Horace:Yes you do, it is your fault, Mom, Rebecca was really horrible to Elizabeth
Mac:Rebecca is this true?
Rebecca:She was being no fun and acting all upset
Mac:Rebecca, her mother has just died, I think you need to apologise to your
cousin in the morning
Rod put Amy to bed and Kate put Catlin to bed. The twins watched TV while Mac went to speak to
Elizabeth.
Mac:Are you OK?
Elizabeth:Yeah I just miss my Mum
Mac:I heard Rebecca wasn't very nice to you, don't worry I have spoke to her
Elizabeth:It's just I don't know where I am going to live
Mac:Well we have been talking about that today why don't I get Grandma and
Uncle Rod in and we can talk about it
Elizabeth:OK
Elizabeth was very nervous what had they decided she was scared that she and Catlin would be split up.
Mac went out and got Rod and Kate to come in, they sat down in Elizabeth's room.
Mac:OK darling what we want to know is who would you like to live with
Elizabeth:I don't know I just don't want to be split from Catlin
Rod:aunt Mac and Grandma and I thought it would be best if we all live together
Kate:I'm going to move to the Whitehouse with you and Catlin, we thought it
would be best if Aunt Mac and Uncle Rod adopted you and not me
Elizabeth:Why not you?
Kate:Darling I am getting older now and I don't know how well I will be able to
look after a 3 year old when she is 13
Mac:Sweetheart is that OK with you.
Elizabeth:Yes I think it is the best too
Mac and Kate kissed Elizabeth good night and the 3 adults left the room.
The next night would be the night when Rachel's body would be taking to the church to be left overnight.
It was a hard night for the family, Elizabeth was very sad when they had to leave the church, Elizabeth had not seen Mac in a long time, but she connected with her very well, and felt comfortable around her and Rod, she was glad she would be living with them, but did not want to leave Scotland as this was her home and where all her friends lived.
The next day was her mothers funeral, unfortunately some of the American press had found out and were outside the church.
Elizabeth:What are they all doing here
Mac:I don't know baby I asked for there to be no press
Mac and Rod were very angry this was a very hard time for the family and they had specficaly asked for no press.
Elizabeth was in tears
Elizabeth:I can't do it I don't want to
Mac:Come on darling, we are all here with you
Rod, Kate and the Kids got out of the car, Mac was trying to get Elizabeth out, finally she got out,but she could not stand, Rod grabbed her before she fell, mac got out of the car and they walked into the church without talking to the press.
After the funeral the family went back to Rachel's house they had to sell it.
Rod took his 3 children home and mac stayed with her 2 nieces and mother to pack their things.
The flew back to D.C a few days later after stopping off at Connecticut to drop Kate off to pack her things.
Once Mac was back in D.C she had a press conference to attend, the main questions were about how her sister had died and what was going to happen to her children. Mac explained that the children and her mother would be moving to the Whitehouse and that the cause of death of the sister was of no concern to them.