Part 7?
Disclaimers: See Part 1 and 2
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Sam was looking forward to a busy day at work. Not only would he be crafting the message of the President of the United States, he would also be helping a friend find out if he had another child in this world. He whistled on his way into the communications bull pen.
"Good morning Cathy," he chirped. "Did the files I requested arrive from the D.C District Attorney yet?" he asked, anxious to figure out what Mary MacKenzie had to do with the Montgomery case.
"Yeah, it came first thing. I put the box in your office. You have staff in 15 and other than that, the morning is open."
"Great. See if you can keep it that way. I have a project to do for Leo," he explained.
Sam walked into his office and tossed his brief case on the chair. The banker box was sitting in the middle of his desk, staring back at him.
"Better not waste any time," he said to himself.
Sam opened the box and picked up the transcripts from opening arguments. As his eyes moved down the page, a lump started to form in his throat.
"Oh God," he said.
Else where in the West Wing, Leo was trying to keep himself busy. His appointment for the DNA test was not until 4 that afternoon so the plan was to stay so busy that he wouldn't have time to obsess over the time and then at 3:30, Margaret would appear and tell him it was time to leave.
Mary's appointment was also at 4, so Leo was secretly hoping of having the chance to at least see her for a few seconds. When Leo had contacted him, the lab person he had spoken to told him it would take a week to get the results back but he had managed to talk them down to 3 days. Those were going to be the longest 3 days of his life.
'But it would all be worth it,' he told himself. 'Especially if she is my daughter.' Leo started to daydream, picturing what life would be like with Mary. Leo was interrupted by Sam, who appeared at his door, white as a sheet.
"Sam, you ok?"
"Leo…" Sam started.
"What's up? Did you get the info on the Montgomery case?"
"Yeah. I did."
"What's in it?" Leo asked starting to get anxious.
"Leo, Jack and Sarah Montgomery were charged with 30 counts of Child Abuse."
TBC…
