Harm was busy in the kitchen cooking dinner while Mac was sitting watching TV. She'd tried to go in and help, but he had shooed her out telling her to go and relax. She was now sitting on her couch immersed in her favorite show. The show followed two associates in a law firm. The two lawyers seemed to always go away following leads on the craziest cases. She loved the show, she also didn't mind looking at the one star of the show. She just hoped that the writers of the show got their acts together. The male lead Harold and his Co-star Michaela had been flirting on and off for about six years already. You'd have to be blind not to notice the obvious attraction between the pair. They were definitely not just 'Friends.' Mac happened to be part of the fan ring online that often held discussions about the show. The main topic of discussions was always when the writers were going to pair the two together. They already had millions of angry fans on their hands. They better watch out!
Harm had just put the finishing touches on dinner. He brought everything to the table just as Mac's show ended.
"Smells good Squid what did you make," Mac asked as she made her way to the table.
"For the lady. Steak, mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus."
"Sounds wonderful," Mac said sitting down.
Harm had cooked himself a grilled salmon stake glazed in teriyaki sauce.
"How's the steak?" Harm asked.
"Delicious. I just hope you're prepared. I expect all our children to be meat eaters. You might be outnumbered, " Mac said smiling.
"Oh yea? Well I'm sure that when I show our children the benefits of a proper diet they'll see what a good idea it is."
"I hate to disappoint you squid but you've been showin' me for years and I still don't see it as a good idea," Mac teased.
"That's because you my dear seem to have this fond obsession with heart disease. I'm serious Mac. One day this is all gonna catch up to you."
"Whatever you say stickboy."
After they cleared the table they sat down to watch a movie. Harm and Mac always tried to take one night out of the workweek and relax. Otherwise by the time the weekend came they were too wiped out to enjoy it.
"So what movie are we watching?" Harm asked as he pushed play on the remote.
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"I bet it's something sappy."
"Sappy? It's not sappy. It's 'Out of Sight' with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez."
Mac noticed Harm's smile at the mention of Jennifer Lopez. Mac just rolled her eyes. What was it with men and Jennifer Lopez?
Mac laid her head in Harm's lap and stretched out on the couch. This was something Mac could definitely get used to. She was used to coming home to an empty apartment. Not that she didn't enjoy Jingo's company but after awhile one did tend to miss some human companionship.
Harm was gently running his fingers through Mac's hair, which to her felt heavenly. She sighed. Yes, she was definitely enjoying being Mrs. Harmon Rabb Jr.
Harm looked down at Mac half way through the movie and noticed she was asleep. He loved watching her as she slept. She was so angelic. Like a little child off in dreamland. It pained him to think that when she was a child she probably never slept this well.
Harm gently picked her up and carried her to bed. He stripped down to his boxers and joined her. In her sleep she snuggled closer to him. He held her tight as he too drifted off to dreamland. A land full of his beautiful Sarah.
Next Day
Trish and Frank Burnett had just arrived at the airport. They hurried down to the gate they told Harm and Mac they would be arriving at. If they were late Harm and Mac would know something was up.
They made it to the gate just in time. Five minutes later they saw Harm and Mac approaching the gate.
"Hi mom," Harm said as he gave his mother a big hug.
"It's so good to see you Harmon," Trish said smiling brightly. She then turned to Mac and gave her a big hug.
"It's nice to see you again Trish," Mac said returning the hug.
"It's mom dear." Mac was touched. For the first time since her mother had walked out on her at fifteen she finally felt like she had someone who would treat her like a daughter.
Frank had told Harm that a friend of his was thinking about buying a house in Virginia. He'd been interested in a certain property he'd taken a virtual tour of online. Frank told them that his friend had wanted to know if he could check it out in person and tell him what he thought before he came all the way out to Virginia.
Harm and Mac had told him that it was not a problem. Frank had said that he'd gotten directions already so he'd drive.
Harm and Mac sat in the back enjoying the view of the Virginian countryside.
About forty minutes later Frank turned onto a street where the house was located.
Mac gasped as she looked at the houses on the block. All the houses were huge with at least two acres of property. One house in particular caught her attention. It was large Victorian style house with a huge wrap around porch. She could just imagine her and Harm sitting out on the porch as they watched their children play in the front yard.
This house happened to be the one Frank stopped in front of.
They got out of the car and walked up to the house.
Harm and Mac were surprised when Frank pulled a set of keys out of his pocket and opened the front door. They were expecting a real estate agent to be meeting them.
They went inside.
"I was reading about this house online. I hear there are six bedrooms up stairs."
Harm and Mac headed upstairs. All the bedrooms were so beautiful. At the end of the hallway was the master bedroom.
Harm was awe struck. It was huge.
"Look at this room Harm. Its huge."
Harm had located the master bath.
"Mac come take a look at this bathroom."
Mac stepped inside the bathroom and noted that it was probably four times the size of a normal bathroom. The shower was immense. It had two showerheads and a large bench along the far wall. One of the shower walls was one of the 'waterfall' walls Mac had seen on TV. The wall had nine large holes in it. When turned on the water came rushing out creating a nice waterfall effect.
Mac was having visions of what she would like to use this shower for. A small smile graced her face.
"What's the smile for Marine?" Harm asked.
Mac blushed. She'd been caught.
"No reason," she said trying to sound innocent.
Harm just laughed. He could just imagine what she was thinking about. He'd been having similar thoughts.
After looking at the upstairs they headed back downstairs. Their next stop was the living room. It was a large room that had a set of French doors that led out onto the patio. Mac looked out the doors and noted that the back yard was at least one and half acres.
From the living room Mac made her way into the kitchen. Off the kitchen was the dining room. Next to the dinning room was an office/ library type room and next to that was a guest bedroom. While Mac was looking at the dining room harm was checking out the finished basement.
Trish was smiling as she saw her son and daughter-in-law explore the house.
"So what do you think?" Frank asked Harm as he walked up the basement stairs.
"I think you should tell your friend to definitely consider this house."
"Yes," Mac said entering the room. "It's gorgeous."
"I'm glad you like it," Trish said. "Because it's yours." Frank handed Harm the set of keys he'd been holding earlier.
Harm and Mac didn't know what to say. Somehow they thought Thank You just wasn't good enough.
"I just hope you can fill this house with lots of children. I'd really like some grandchildren to spoil," Trish said.
Mac gave Trish a hug as tears steamed down her face.
"Thanks mom." Mac never imagined that she would ever get to this point in her life. When she was young most girls dreamed of their wedding day and having children. All the girls at her school had picked out names for the kids they wanted to have. Mac never wasted anytime thinking about those things. She thought it was useless to spend time thinking of such things. As her father had told her, she was never good enough for any of those things. Maybe now things would be different. She would always carry around the scars left by her father's abuse, but with time and the love and support of her new family it would get better. Sarah Mackenzie was finally getting the life she'd never dreamed she was good enough to have.