Two Months Later
"I've got interviews set up for this afternoon and the court date is set for Thursday at. Excuse me." Mac clapped her hand over her mouth and ran out the room.
Admiral Chegwidden looked at Harm for an answer but he shook his head. "Lieutenant Sims could you go and check on Colonel Mackenzie?"
"Yes sir." Harriet left the room and went in search of Mac. "Ma'am are you okay?" Harriet asked as she found Mac in the bathroom.
"No." Mac managed before she threw up again.
"Take your jacket off." Harriet suggested when Mac stopped. Mac slipped her jacket off and undid the top button of her blouse and sat on the floor with her back against the cubicle wall. "You don't look well ma'am. How were you feeling when you got up this morning?"
"Dizzy. But I was fine by the time I left. I think it must have been something I ate."
"Didn't Commander Rabb make you dinner last night?"
"Yes but." She didn't have chance to finish before she threw up again. Harriet wetted a few paper towels and held them to Mac's neck.
"Is everything okay in there?" Harm's voice asked through the door. Mac shook her head at Harriet.
"I'll be back in a minute ma'am." Harriet exited the bathroom to find a concerned Harm leaning against the adjacent wall.
"Is she okay?"
"She thinks she has food poisoning. She said you made her dinner last night did she eat anything that might have made her sick sir?"
"No. She ate the same as I did and I'm fine."
"Sir could you ask the Admiral if it's okay if I take her to the hospital just in case then home?"
"Of course. Tell her I'll be fine doing the interviews by myself."
~ ~ ~ ~
"Miss Mackenzie, we have your test results back." The doctor announced as he neared her bed.
"I'll just wait outside ma'am." Harriet left.
"Thanks." Mac called after her. "So what is it doctor, food poisoning?"
"No actually. We ran all the tests for food poisoning, when they came back negative we ran a few other tests on the blood sample we took. One of the tests came back positive."
"So what is it?"
"You're pregnant Miss Mackenzie."
"Mac." She corrected. "Pregnant?"
"From the test results we'd say approximately two months, but we'll do an ultrasound to confirm that."
"Okay." Mac nodded still slightly in shock.
"I'll be back in a few minutes to do the ultrasound. It'll give you a few minutes to adjust to the idea. Would you like me to send you friend back in?" Mac nodded.
"Is everything okay Colonel?" Harriet asked as she came back in, Mac wiped a tear that threatened to fall out of her eye away.
"Yes." Mac mumbled.
"Not food poisoning then?"
"No. If I tell you something will you promise not to tell anyone, that includes Bud, the Admiral and definitely not Harm. I need sometime to think it."
"Of course, it's nothing serious is it?"
"No. I'm pregnant."
"Congratulations. I take it you're happy about this?"
"Honestly I don't know. It's all a bit of a shock."
"What do you want me to tell everyone? Commander Rabb was pretty insistent that I call him as soon as I knew anything."
"Tell him I have stomach flu and ask him to ask the Admiral if I can take a couple sick days and that I'll be back for the trial on Thursday."
"You do know that morning sickness can last the full nine months."
"I know. But I need a few days to think everything over."
"Okay, are ready for this?" The doctor asked wheeling in the ultrascanner.
"Yes. Harriet do you want to stay?"
"Of course ma'am."
"This will be cold." The Doctor advised as he put the gel on Mac's stomach, then placed the wand on her stomach and moved it until he located the heartbeat.
"This takes me back to when I was pregnant with little AJ." Mac smiled at the mention of her godson.
"It's very small at the moment, but you can see the heartbeat there." He pointed to a little blob on the screen. "It looks to be about nine weeks. Do you want a copy of the picture?" Mac nodded. "Everything appears to be healthy." He removed the scanner. "Make an appointment with your OB/GYN in a few days to go over your options. But for now I'll prescribe you some vitamins. Lemon tea is good for nausea, eating something like a saltine before you get out of bed in the morning should stop you feeling dizzy and help settle your stomach. Eat when you feel able to, just nothing too heavy or spicy, which the dairy and egg intake and try to make everything as healthy as possible." He handed her the scan image. "And congratulations."
"Thank you."
~ ~ ~ ~
There was a knock on Mac's door at 20.36. He'd taken longer to get here than she thought.
"Hey flyboy." She said as she opened the door.
"Hey yourself Marine. How are you feeling?" He asked as she let him walk past her into the apartment.
"Still a bit queasy, but I'll be fine."
"These are for you." He pulled a bunch of flowers from behind his back.
"Thank you, they're beautiful."
"I also brought you some chicken noodle soup."
"Wow, you know how to really spoil a girl. Put it in kitchen I'll eat it later when I feel up to it." By the time he had come back she was curled up under a duvet on the couch. "How did the interviews go did you find out anything relevant?"
"It's seems our client wasn't where he was supposed to be. He took a bathroom break about five minutes before the incident. No one can account for his whereabouts."
"Where does the client say he was?"
"In the head, reading the paper. When he came out and was making his way back to his post when he found the victim. A subsequent search of the building found no one else in the building and no signs of forced entry."
"So he was the only other person in the building. What about the other guard and where what was the victim doing in the building anyway?"
"The other guard is on manoeuvres he'll be back tomorrow and I'll interview him then. As for why the victim was in the building I don't know I'm still working on it. I brought you copies of the interview transcripts. If you have any follow ups let me know."
"I will, I'll read them in the morning."
"Are you sure you're going to be up to this by Thursday?"
"I'll be fine." She yawned. "Sorry I guess throwing up is more tiring than I thought."
"You should go to bed and get some sleep, so I'll go Ninja-girl." He kissed her forehead.
"Thanks I will." She walked him to the door. "Let me know how tomorrow's interview's go."
"I will. Goodnight."
"Night." She closed the door behind him and lent against it. She hadn't exactly lied she just omitted to tell him a few things. Now was not the time the trial was the most important thing, this could wait until it was over.
"I've got interviews set up for this afternoon and the court date is set for Thursday at. Excuse me." Mac clapped her hand over her mouth and ran out the room.
Admiral Chegwidden looked at Harm for an answer but he shook his head. "Lieutenant Sims could you go and check on Colonel Mackenzie?"
"Yes sir." Harriet left the room and went in search of Mac. "Ma'am are you okay?" Harriet asked as she found Mac in the bathroom.
"No." Mac managed before she threw up again.
"Take your jacket off." Harriet suggested when Mac stopped. Mac slipped her jacket off and undid the top button of her blouse and sat on the floor with her back against the cubicle wall. "You don't look well ma'am. How were you feeling when you got up this morning?"
"Dizzy. But I was fine by the time I left. I think it must have been something I ate."
"Didn't Commander Rabb make you dinner last night?"
"Yes but." She didn't have chance to finish before she threw up again. Harriet wetted a few paper towels and held them to Mac's neck.
"Is everything okay in there?" Harm's voice asked through the door. Mac shook her head at Harriet.
"I'll be back in a minute ma'am." Harriet exited the bathroom to find a concerned Harm leaning against the adjacent wall.
"Is she okay?"
"She thinks she has food poisoning. She said you made her dinner last night did she eat anything that might have made her sick sir?"
"No. She ate the same as I did and I'm fine."
"Sir could you ask the Admiral if it's okay if I take her to the hospital just in case then home?"
"Of course. Tell her I'll be fine doing the interviews by myself."
~ ~ ~ ~
"Miss Mackenzie, we have your test results back." The doctor announced as he neared her bed.
"I'll just wait outside ma'am." Harriet left.
"Thanks." Mac called after her. "So what is it doctor, food poisoning?"
"No actually. We ran all the tests for food poisoning, when they came back negative we ran a few other tests on the blood sample we took. One of the tests came back positive."
"So what is it?"
"You're pregnant Miss Mackenzie."
"Mac." She corrected. "Pregnant?"
"From the test results we'd say approximately two months, but we'll do an ultrasound to confirm that."
"Okay." Mac nodded still slightly in shock.
"I'll be back in a few minutes to do the ultrasound. It'll give you a few minutes to adjust to the idea. Would you like me to send you friend back in?" Mac nodded.
"Is everything okay Colonel?" Harriet asked as she came back in, Mac wiped a tear that threatened to fall out of her eye away.
"Yes." Mac mumbled.
"Not food poisoning then?"
"No. If I tell you something will you promise not to tell anyone, that includes Bud, the Admiral and definitely not Harm. I need sometime to think it."
"Of course, it's nothing serious is it?"
"No. I'm pregnant."
"Congratulations. I take it you're happy about this?"
"Honestly I don't know. It's all a bit of a shock."
"What do you want me to tell everyone? Commander Rabb was pretty insistent that I call him as soon as I knew anything."
"Tell him I have stomach flu and ask him to ask the Admiral if I can take a couple sick days and that I'll be back for the trial on Thursday."
"You do know that morning sickness can last the full nine months."
"I know. But I need a few days to think everything over."
"Okay, are ready for this?" The doctor asked wheeling in the ultrascanner.
"Yes. Harriet do you want to stay?"
"Of course ma'am."
"This will be cold." The Doctor advised as he put the gel on Mac's stomach, then placed the wand on her stomach and moved it until he located the heartbeat.
"This takes me back to when I was pregnant with little AJ." Mac smiled at the mention of her godson.
"It's very small at the moment, but you can see the heartbeat there." He pointed to a little blob on the screen. "It looks to be about nine weeks. Do you want a copy of the picture?" Mac nodded. "Everything appears to be healthy." He removed the scanner. "Make an appointment with your OB/GYN in a few days to go over your options. But for now I'll prescribe you some vitamins. Lemon tea is good for nausea, eating something like a saltine before you get out of bed in the morning should stop you feeling dizzy and help settle your stomach. Eat when you feel able to, just nothing too heavy or spicy, which the dairy and egg intake and try to make everything as healthy as possible." He handed her the scan image. "And congratulations."
"Thank you."
~ ~ ~ ~
There was a knock on Mac's door at 20.36. He'd taken longer to get here than she thought.
"Hey flyboy." She said as she opened the door.
"Hey yourself Marine. How are you feeling?" He asked as she let him walk past her into the apartment.
"Still a bit queasy, but I'll be fine."
"These are for you." He pulled a bunch of flowers from behind his back.
"Thank you, they're beautiful."
"I also brought you some chicken noodle soup."
"Wow, you know how to really spoil a girl. Put it in kitchen I'll eat it later when I feel up to it." By the time he had come back she was curled up under a duvet on the couch. "How did the interviews go did you find out anything relevant?"
"It's seems our client wasn't where he was supposed to be. He took a bathroom break about five minutes before the incident. No one can account for his whereabouts."
"Where does the client say he was?"
"In the head, reading the paper. When he came out and was making his way back to his post when he found the victim. A subsequent search of the building found no one else in the building and no signs of forced entry."
"So he was the only other person in the building. What about the other guard and where what was the victim doing in the building anyway?"
"The other guard is on manoeuvres he'll be back tomorrow and I'll interview him then. As for why the victim was in the building I don't know I'm still working on it. I brought you copies of the interview transcripts. If you have any follow ups let me know."
"I will, I'll read them in the morning."
"Are you sure you're going to be up to this by Thursday?"
"I'll be fine." She yawned. "Sorry I guess throwing up is more tiring than I thought."
"You should go to bed and get some sleep, so I'll go Ninja-girl." He kissed her forehead.
"Thanks I will." She walked him to the door. "Let me know how tomorrow's interview's go."
"I will. Goodnight."
"Night." She closed the door behind him and lent against it. She hadn't exactly lied she just omitted to tell him a few things. Now was not the time the trial was the most important thing, this could wait until it was over.