Disclaimer:JAG isn't mine..waaaaa.It belongs to Don P.Bellisario,Bellisarius,CBS, et al.
Spoilers: Second Sight and maybe some slight references to other episodes
VIGNETTE: Takes place right after Second Sight-(If I remember correctly, Mac hadn't seen her mother in 17 yrs and she left when Mac was 15, so I estimate Mac to have been about 32 or 33 when her father died. I don't have the episode handy to check, but either way, to make my story work time-wise, she had to be 32-33.) The Cemetery name is a figment of my imagination and as far as I know, only exists in my mind.
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Deception
("What a tangled web we weave......" To April, and all others' deceived)
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Weeping Willow Cemetery
San Francisco, California
09:07 Uniform, April 5
It was a chilly April morning as they stood amongst endless graves. Morning dew settled on emerald blades of grass, frozen and white. It was appropriate for the day where Joe MacKenzie would literally begin to rot in hell, well, six feet under. He was a Marine, but he'd lost his entitlement for a full military funeral when he was dishonorably discharged.
You could count the numbers of mourners on your hand, and one was the priest who was obligated to be there. Mac stood by Harm, who had his arm protectively around her. She had told him not to come, but he insisted. She was glad he hadn't listened to her now.
Mac's mother stood on the opposite side of the casket with a young girl. Mac wondered who she was, but at the same time didn't care. Mac hadn't spoken to her mother since they day her father died when she learned who and what her mother truly was. She wasn't much better than her father. At least her father had loved her and tried to give her a good life. Her mother abandoned things so easily; her daughter, their dog. . . .She didn't care. Margaret MacKenzie was an overtly obese and selfish woman, who cared about no one but herself. Mac had forgiven her father before he died. He hadn't been conscious, but somehow, he knew. The priest had finished his duties and the casket was lowered into the grave.
Mac paused for a moment, before turning around. She and Harm walked further among the perpetual trees and dead that lied beneath their feet. She stopped in front of a large monument and burst into tears. Harm took her into his arms. "I don't know why I'm crying." she said,
"It's simple. Because he was your father."
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Mac's mother and the girl approached. "I'd like to talk to you alone." said Margaret MacKenzie.
"Whatever you have to say to me, can be said in front of Harm." He already knew what a screwed up life she'd had.
"Alright. When I left on your 15th birthday, I didn't leave alone. I was pregnant. Your father didn't know. Sarah, this is Adrian, your biological sister."
Mac was taken aback and stared at the girl as if she were an alien. Sister? Biological sister? This was too much to take. "I'm surprised you didn't abandon her on her 15th birthday!" Mac screamed, and stormed off. Harm went after her.
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Rock Creek Park
Washington, D.C.
13:54 Romeo, April 19
A few weeks later, Mac and Adrian made plans to meet and get to know each other. They sat on the swing set, as if making up for lost time. Mac apologized for acting childish, that she was overwrought with emotions at the time. They discussed growing up. Life hadn't been a picnic for either of them. Their mother had often times left her alone for days or weeks when she couldn't find a neighbor to dump her on. There were a slew of men who made their way into Adrian and Margaret's life. There had been sexual abuse.
Mac held her newfound sister while she cried and recounted her life. Her sister was little more than a child who had lived through so much, hell, they both had. Both were forced to grow up early. They had been born innocent and deceive from the get go. They knew nothing of each other and were hugged when convenient and thrown away when they weren't. Adrian knew very little of their father. Mac knew more than she wanted to know.
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(To read more about Adrian, read Entwined, Part 5 of the Into the Night series. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK!!! Pretty pretty please with Harm on top?!!)