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ESCAPING THE INSANITY

Mary had just finished the closing on the house. She found it her first trip to Seattle a few weeks ago, it was now officially hers. It was perfect. The movers had come and gone, boxes were everywhere. For as homesick as she was, she felt a sense of calm now that she was here. "Hey there Trev..." Mary grinned, looking down at her son. "How cool is Mom for having your room set up first?" She grinned, picking him up out of the crib and carrying him into the kitchen with her to fix them both dinner.

Mary put Trevor into his bouncer and went to the kitchen to fix his dinner. She was still amazed every day at how much she loved that little boy. He was her world. She dialed Stan, who picked up instantly. "McQueen."

She smiled at the sound of his voice. "Stan, we are both here safe and sound."

"Good. Thank you for letting me know, how is the house?"

"Great, Trev is sitting here waiting patiently for dinner." Mary laughed.

Stan chuckled. "How was he for the ride there?"

"Good. He was quiet most of the way. I think I lucked out, my kid doesn't do crying." Mary bragged proudly.

"With you as their mother how could he." Stan laughed.

"Yeah, but there is still the unknown Mark gene!" Mary quipped. "Let's hope my genes won!"

Stan laughed. "Well, get settled in and I will be there in two weeks before you head back into work."

"Looking forward to it...: Mary paused. "Seriously, thanks for everything Stan."

"Anytime Mare, give Trev a kiss for me." Mary smiled before hanging up.

She admittedly missed him already and resisted the urge to ask about Marshall. Stan didn't volunteer, so she didn't ask. Trev started to babble as she walked over to give him his food. He just started on solid food, so it was always a messy experience. The kid loved to throw it. "Alright, now let's try to keep the throwing to a minimum, since we just got here hmm..." Trev's eyes just lit up and opened his mouth, waiting for his mom to feed him. "Yeah...I am so going to wear this."

Thirty minutes later, Trev was fed but Mary had food all over her and him. She picked him up and headed to the bathroom to clean them both up. "You are definitely my kid." She stripped them both down and took him with her in the shower, cleaning them both up.

She pulled open the door and leaped forward wrapping Stan in a hug. "Whoa..." Stan grinned, hugging her.

"Stan! I missed you." She led him into the house grinning. "Welcome to my new digs."

Stan laughed. "Very nice, different from your old place." Mary led him through the house showing him around, finally ending up in the nursery. "There is my godson." Trevor was wide awake, kicking his feet at the site of Stan, who leaned into his crib and picked him up. The three of them went into the living room and sat on the couch. "Really, how are you doing?"

Mary shrugged. "Good. A bit homesick, but I think that's normal." Mary fidgeted a bit before she finally asked. "How's Marshall?"

Stan pulled his focus from Trev to look at Mary. "He is dealing." Mary wasn't quiet sure how to take that comment, so she didn't respond at all. Stan was happy she didn't push further. He figured she wasn't ready to deal with it. "Heard anything from your Mom or Sister?"

Mary shook her head. "They probably both think I am still in Albuquerque." Mary gentled lifted Trevor out of Stan's arms and carried him to the nursery for bed. Stan followed her. "Did you really think I would tell them I was leaving?"

Stan sighed. "Not your Mom, but I thought maybe Brandi."

Mary felt a pang, she missed her sister. "Squish hasn't contacted me since she ran off from her non-wedding with my car." She sighed. "Part of me is worried about her, wondering where the hell she is...the other part of me doesn't want to know because I don't need the drama and with Brandi there is always drama."

Stan couldn't help but smile watching Mary with Trevor. She was a great mother, she raised Brandi. "Do you want me to see if I can find her?"

Mary was tempted, but shook her head. "No, she will reach out to me when she needs me."

Stan spent two day's with Mary and Trevor. Mary was near tears when she dropped Stan at the airport. She was surprised how much she didn't want him to leave and more importantly how she wished they were going with him. "Be safe, call me when you get there."

Stan nodded. "Let me know how your first day goes?"

Mary laughed. "Will do." She hesitated. "Say hi to Bobby and Marshall for me." He nodded again, heading to his terminal for his flight.

Mary strapped Trevor into his car seat and they were off. "Alright kiddo, it's you and me again. You ready for daycare tomorrow?" She looked back at Trev in the rearview mirror. "Yeah well...Mom's not." She mumbled, driving the rest of the way home.

"Marshal Shannon, welcome aboard." Inspector David Briggs was heading toward her, grinning like a fool and Mary had to bite back a snide retort.

"Inspector Briggs, happy to be here." Mary kept her answers politically correct, at least till she could feel out what she could get away with in this office, knowing full well this wasn't Stan.

His smile widened. "I was very happy to have an experienced Marshal looking to join our team." He guided her into this office. "Right now, I have two rookie's and I need someone with more experience."

Mary laughed. "How Rookie is Rookie?"

He joined her laughter. "Don't worry they aren't that green, but have not had the amount of experience you have had. As agreed, you will be the Senior Marshal in this office." He walked her through the paperwork and then showed her to her office. Mary carried her box, same one from Albuquerque and sat it on her desk. "I will let you get set up and will introduce you to everyone in an hour?"

"Sounds great, thank you." Mary smiled as Briggs left. She immediately dialed Stan.

"McQueen." Stan answered, sounded rather annoyed.

"Geez, bad day?" Mary quipped.

"Uh no, one second." Mary could hear him muffled yelling at someone before a door slammed. "Sorry about that, how is your first day."

"Sounds better then yours. You ok?" Mary was worried, Stan sounded very stressed.

"Yeah, Marshall is being difficult." Stan grumbled.

Mary didn't know how to reply to that. "Guess what?"

Stan smiled. "No idea."

Mary grinned. "I am standing in my very own office, with walls and a door."

Stan laughed hard. "Wow, so you were lured away from me for an office."

Mary cracked up. "What can I say, I am an office whore. Walls and a door get me hot." She could hear Stan, sputter on the other side of the phone which only made her laugh harder. "So far so good, I meet the rookies in a bit."

"Rookie's hmm...not liking the idea of you having to rely on them as your partner." Stan was instantly concerned.

"Hey now, I haven't even met them yet." Mary knew full well they would be no Marshall Man, but how could they. "Just wanted to say hey, I gotta get my ass in gear. Call you later."

"I want details." Stan quipped before she hung up, causing her to laugh harder. He was like a schoolgirl for gossip.