Sin City13
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Overcome that!
Harm was sitting in his office looking over a file when his phone rang.
"Rabb," he answered.
"Harmon how you doing?" Trish Burnett asked her son.
"Good mom. How are you and Frank doing?"
"Were fine. And I'm sure your taking good care of that beautiful wife of yours," Trish said in a warning tone.
"Of course I am."
"Well I'm just making sure. Took you long enough dear."
Harm laughed. His mother missed an opportunity to have told him she wanted a daughter-in-law or grandchildren. And since he was married she kept reminding him about the grandchildren and admonishing him for not marrying Mac sooner.
"Anyway Harmon I was calling to let you that me and Frank got a flight to come out tomorrow. Our flight arrives at four o'clock."
"Okay mom we'll be there to pick you up."
"See you tomorrow Harmon."
What Harm and Mac didn't know was that Trish and Frank were already in D.C. They had spent the day looking for Harm and Mac's wedding present. And they had just found the perfect one!
Harm had just gotten out of court and when there was a knock on his door.
"Enter," he said as he filed away the finished case.
"Hey Harm. How was court?"
"Not bad. I definitely nailed Sturgis today. It turns out there was another witness to the murder, the Petty officer's girlfriend. He'd told her he'd kill her too if she told but I convinced she'd be fine. By testifying she'd put the SOB in jail."
"Well I'm sure all that hard work has given you an appetite wanna go for lunch?"
"I don't know. See I was waiting to see if this sexy marine colonel was free for lunch," Harm teased.
"Free to have lunch with a squid? I don't know," Mac teased back.
"Well fine if she doesn't like squid."
"No she doesn't like squid. She loves it," Mac said smiling.
Harm and Mac went out for Chinese.
"So did you hear from your mother yet?" Mac asked as they looked over their menus.
"Yea she called a little while ago. She said her and Frank would be here tomorrow. Their flight gets in at 0400. I had already asked the Admiral if we could leave early to pick them up and he said that was fine. It's Friday anyway not much going on."
"Harriet invited all of us to a BBQ at her house on Sunday. She said she's looking forward to meeting your parents. So squid what are you getting?"
"I was thinking about the shrimp Lo-Meine and some stir fried vegetables."
Mac made a face at the mention of vegetables. This face did not go unnoticed by Harm.
"You know Mac it wouldn't hurt you too eat healthy once and awhile," Harm said peering over the top of his menu.
"And you think rabbit food is healthy?"
"Mac I'm surprised you don't already have to the early warning signs for heart disease. I mean do you know how much fat and cholesterol is in a beltway burger?"
"My cholesterol is just fine thank you and I'd rather die younger than live longer off rabbit food."
"Aw come on Mac. You're telling me you won't enjoy the strained peas you'll be served in your luxury nursing home?" Harm smiled.
"Sorry squid no strained peas for me."
After lunch Harm went back to reviewing a case he'd just been given and Mac went into court.
"Petty Officer Miller. Did you see Petty Officer Snider at the sea side bar on March 11th?" Mac asked.
"Yes. Ma'am."
"And what was he doing?"
"He was drinking with some of his buddies. He looked like he had one too many because he was tripping and falling as he walked. He bumped into Corporal Andes and fell. When he noticed whom he'd bumped into he started to yell obscenities at Corporal Andes. He stood up and tried to punch Andes in the face. Andes blocked the punch and walked away. That's when the Petty Officer hit the Corporal with a broken beer bottle. By the time I'd made my way over to them he was kicking the Corporal's unconscious body."
"Thank you Petty Officer, no further questions."
Singer stepped up for her cross-examination.
"Petty Officer isn't it true that Petty Officer Snider and Corporal Andes had been known to be at ends with each other?"
"Yes. Ma'am. The Corporal was dating Petty Officer Snider's sister. The Petty Officer didn't much like his sister dating a Jarhead."
"Hadn't they fought before?"
"Yes they had. I mean verbally. Nothing had ever come to blows before."
"It was dark in the bar that night wasn't it?"
"Yes it was."
"And it was hard to see above the all the smoke."
"It was a little difficult to see."
"Than how are you sure that my client was the one you saw strike Corporal Andes?"
"Well I mean I saw him. Plus those two were always fighting."
"Couldn't it be that in fact you couldn't see who hit the Corporal you just assumed that it was my client since he'd had a history of disagreements with the Corporal?"
"Umm… I know what I saw ma'am."
"No further questions," Singer said as she sat down.
"This court is in recess until 0900 tomorrow," Captain Sebring said.
Mac was glad the day was finally over. Mac could only take seeing Singer in small doses. Three hours in court was way too much. Of course Mac couldn't just go home could she. The serpent actually had to come and talk to her.
"Oh ma'am. I haven't had a chance to congratulate you and the Commander. It's a shame one of you will be leaving JAG."
Mac could just see how heartbroken Singer was. 'She makes me sick!'
"Actually, we'll both be staying," and with that Mac walked away to Harm's office.
"Hey Harm you ready to go?"
"Yea let me just put this way," Harm said heading over to his filing cabinet.
Mac couldn't wait. A whole weekend Singer free. Yea!!