AN: Dialogue marked with is in German.
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Harm's Office
"What in the hell did you think you were doing, Mercedes?" Harm
rounded on her angrily the second he heard the door shut.
"My Godamnned job. Thanks for the support in there, Harm," she
fired back.
"Your *job*?!? You screwed your job, and mine along with it!"
"Bullshit! *Our* job was to hunt down the murderer, or have you
forgotten?" she sniped.
"No, but you seem to have forgotten that there's more to it than
that. Christ, Mercedes! I trusted you, and your reasons for lying to
Chegwidden about your name, hell, I figured didn't want him to
recognize you from your racing career. But to jeopardize a whole
investigation....?" Harm raked a hand through his hair in sheer
frustration.
"Now you wait just a Gottverdammte minute!!! I did *nothing* to
jeopardize this investigation--"
"No, you only risked the credibility of the whole damn thing-"
Mercedes was good and furious. Without thinking, she switched to
her native language. "Du verstehst's nichts! Dieses case war an mich--"
("You understand nothing! This was my case--")
Harm replied back in German, never missing a beat. "Well, it
isn't anymore, now is it? Thanks to you!"
"How dare you--"
"THAT IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!"
Both whirled around to see a furious AJ Chegwidden standing in the
now open doorway, the bullpen behind him frozen. "Miss Rabb. Leave this
building now or I will have you forcibly removed from the premises,"
Chegwidden stated in a voice that was pure ice. "Commander, your
suspension is increased to ten days, effective immediately. Both of
you. Out. Now."
Harm was the first to react. With a toneless "yessir", he began
collecting his belongings and left. It was another moment before
Mercedes removed a pair of dark sunglasses from her ever-present coat,
put them on, and then without a word, disappeared.
TBC.........
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Harm's Office
"What in the hell did you think you were doing, Mercedes?" Harm
rounded on her angrily the second he heard the door shut.
"My Godamnned job. Thanks for the support in there, Harm," she
fired back.
"Your *job*?!? You screwed your job, and mine along with it!"
"Bullshit! *Our* job was to hunt down the murderer, or have you
forgotten?" she sniped.
"No, but you seem to have forgotten that there's more to it than
that. Christ, Mercedes! I trusted you, and your reasons for lying to
Chegwidden about your name, hell, I figured didn't want him to
recognize you from your racing career. But to jeopardize a whole
investigation....?" Harm raked a hand through his hair in sheer
frustration.
"Now you wait just a Gottverdammte minute!!! I did *nothing* to
jeopardize this investigation--"
"No, you only risked the credibility of the whole damn thing-"
Mercedes was good and furious. Without thinking, she switched to
her native language. "Du verstehst's nichts! Dieses case war an mich--"
("You understand nothing! This was my case--")
Harm replied back in German, never missing a beat. "Well, it
isn't anymore, now is it? Thanks to you!"
"How dare you--"
"THAT IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!"
Both whirled around to see a furious AJ Chegwidden standing in the
now open doorway, the bullpen behind him frozen. "Miss Rabb. Leave this
building now or I will have you forcibly removed from the premises,"
Chegwidden stated in a voice that was pure ice. "Commander, your
suspension is increased to ten days, effective immediately. Both of
you. Out. Now."
Harm was the first to react. With a toneless "yessir", he began
collecting his belongings and left. It was another moment before
Mercedes removed a pair of dark sunglasses from her ever-present coat,
put them on, and then without a word, disappeared.
TBC.........