RING RING.
"Hang on Jenny," Mac said as the phone woke her up and she dropped the basket of laundry down the stairs and had to jump over it to get to where Jenny was sat in her bouncing chair crying. Mac plucked her out and put her on her shoulder and grabbed the still ringing phone.
"Hello." She managed to say as she had her phone propped under her chin.
"You sound flustered. Is Jenny okay?"
"The phone woke her, I dropped the laundry basket down the stairs and hang on wait a minute." She dropped the phone and ran into the kitchen where a pan of water was boiling over. She switched the hob off and headed back to pick up the phone. "Sorry."
"What happened now?" He asked.
"Pan boiling over." She said as Jenny let out another wail.
"Sorry sounds like I called at a bad time."
"Can you sing to her for me that usually quietens her down."
"Sure put her on."
"Jenny, Daddy wants to talk to you." Mac held the phone up to Jenny's ear.
"Hey sweetheart, I want you to a good girl for Mommy while I'm away." Mac heard him say before began to sing.
~Are you lonesome tonight,
do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stay to a brighter sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?~
Jenny cooed.
"Be a good girl and go to sleep for your Mom."
"Thank you." Mac whispered as she propped the phone back under her chin. "So how's Cuba?"
"Very strict. I don't know how long I'll be away, we've got interviews set up for tomorrow and if we find something it could be a while before I get back."
"I know. It's part of the job, just be careful and don't piss off the wrong people. I don't want you getting shot before I get you to set a date."
"Anytime you like Mac, just say the word and I'll be there."
"You should be careful throwing around offers like that Commander you never know when someone might take you up on that."
"As long as it's you who takes up the offer Mac, I have no problem with that."
"I'll keep that in mind flyboy."
"So are you going to be able to cope all by yourself?"
"I'll be fine, We've got good friends that will help, even the Admiral offered to baby-sit if I get held up in court."
"This from a guy called his dog Dammit."
"Hey, a port in a storm, besides it's my court room, so I should be able to finish at a reasonable time. I spoke to Helen she said she can keep Jenny for an extra hour a day."
"If it gets really desperate call Mom, I'm sure she wouldn't mind coming out for a few days."
"Harm, your Mom has a life I can't just call her every time I need a babysitter, she lives on the other side of the country."
"But isn't that what grandparents are for?"
"When they live in a ten mile radius yes, not when they live over two and a half thousand miles away Harm you have to be practical."
"Okay, I was just saying. I'd better go, Sturgis just turned up."
"Be careful, we love you and I'll take to you soon."
"I love you too." Mac listen as the phone went dead.
"Well I'd better tidy and then get you to bed young lady. You've had a long day."
"Hang on Jenny," Mac said as the phone woke her up and she dropped the basket of laundry down the stairs and had to jump over it to get to where Jenny was sat in her bouncing chair crying. Mac plucked her out and put her on her shoulder and grabbed the still ringing phone.
"Hello." She managed to say as she had her phone propped under her chin.
"You sound flustered. Is Jenny okay?"
"The phone woke her, I dropped the laundry basket down the stairs and hang on wait a minute." She dropped the phone and ran into the kitchen where a pan of water was boiling over. She switched the hob off and headed back to pick up the phone. "Sorry."
"What happened now?" He asked.
"Pan boiling over." She said as Jenny let out another wail.
"Sorry sounds like I called at a bad time."
"Can you sing to her for me that usually quietens her down."
"Sure put her on."
"Jenny, Daddy wants to talk to you." Mac held the phone up to Jenny's ear.
"Hey sweetheart, I want you to a good girl for Mommy while I'm away." Mac heard him say before began to sing.
~Are you lonesome tonight,
do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stay to a brighter sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?~
Jenny cooed.
"Be a good girl and go to sleep for your Mom."
"Thank you." Mac whispered as she propped the phone back under her chin. "So how's Cuba?"
"Very strict. I don't know how long I'll be away, we've got interviews set up for tomorrow and if we find something it could be a while before I get back."
"I know. It's part of the job, just be careful and don't piss off the wrong people. I don't want you getting shot before I get you to set a date."
"Anytime you like Mac, just say the word and I'll be there."
"You should be careful throwing around offers like that Commander you never know when someone might take you up on that."
"As long as it's you who takes up the offer Mac, I have no problem with that."
"I'll keep that in mind flyboy."
"So are you going to be able to cope all by yourself?"
"I'll be fine, We've got good friends that will help, even the Admiral offered to baby-sit if I get held up in court."
"This from a guy called his dog Dammit."
"Hey, a port in a storm, besides it's my court room, so I should be able to finish at a reasonable time. I spoke to Helen she said she can keep Jenny for an extra hour a day."
"If it gets really desperate call Mom, I'm sure she wouldn't mind coming out for a few days."
"Harm, your Mom has a life I can't just call her every time I need a babysitter, she lives on the other side of the country."
"But isn't that what grandparents are for?"
"When they live in a ten mile radius yes, not when they live over two and a half thousand miles away Harm you have to be practical."
"Okay, I was just saying. I'd better go, Sturgis just turned up."
"Be careful, we love you and I'll take to you soon."
"I love you too." Mac listen as the phone went dead.
"Well I'd better tidy and then get you to bed young lady. You've had a long day."