Grieving Prematurely?
May 19th 2003
Harriet was standing in the bullpen looking into Sturgis's office. It was his first day back to work, since Elena had been taken. She was worried about him. He seemed like he had given up all hope of her ever returning, he was grieving the loss of his daughter. She had been through it herself, but in her case she had known for sure her daughter wasn't coming back. There was still hope for Elena and Harriet was upset with him for giving up so soon, but at the same time she felt sorry for him.
"Harriet, there's nothing you can do for him," Bud nudged Harriet out of her own world of thinking.
Bud was worried about Harriet and how this was affecting her. Three women in the office had been pregnant. One had just been buried together with her unborn baby, one was off somewhere chasing a man who had kidnapped her two days old daughter and he was scared something was going to happen to their baby as well. There had been a lot of omens for that. Regardless of how horrible what had happened to little Elena was, he didn't want Harriet to get more involved in it than possibly, so she wouldn't be upset and endanger their baby too.
Harriet was slowly going crazy with Bud watching over her all the time and she couldn't stay away from helping Sturgis. But regardless how annoying Bud could be, she was also glad she had someone who was always on her side and she could always turn to when she needed to talk. That was more than what a lot of the people in this office had.
"I know, but still..."
Harriet's tries to show her support for Sturgis hadn't been very successful yet, he was just shutting everyone out. Mac had done that too, but at least she still had some hope and seemed to be doing something about finding her. She hadn't just given up like Sturgis had. Sturgis had been snapping at everybody the whole morning and Harriet was not sure if Sturgis coming back to work was really going to be good for the workload or just make it harder to bear. Not that that was the biggest problem at the moment.
Mac's friends had all been worried about Mac when they had learned that she was away somewhere. Only a few knew where she was, but rumors that wasn't too far off the truth were spreading around the office. They all thought she had gone to find Elena herself somehow. Why else would she have gone away so soon after it had happened when they still had no news? The admiral, who did know the whole reason why she was away, had wanted to stop her from going, but hadn't been able to since she was technically still on maternity leave. No one thought it was a very wise thing for her to be going after Elena herself and that she should have let it off to someone who could do it with less personal emotions involved and maybe with a better result. Either way now she was gone and they all wished she would succeed in bringing the baby and herself safe home.
TBC
May 19th 2003
Harriet was standing in the bullpen looking into Sturgis's office. It was his first day back to work, since Elena had been taken. She was worried about him. He seemed like he had given up all hope of her ever returning, he was grieving the loss of his daughter. She had been through it herself, but in her case she had known for sure her daughter wasn't coming back. There was still hope for Elena and Harriet was upset with him for giving up so soon, but at the same time she felt sorry for him.
"Harriet, there's nothing you can do for him," Bud nudged Harriet out of her own world of thinking.
Bud was worried about Harriet and how this was affecting her. Three women in the office had been pregnant. One had just been buried together with her unborn baby, one was off somewhere chasing a man who had kidnapped her two days old daughter and he was scared something was going to happen to their baby as well. There had been a lot of omens for that. Regardless of how horrible what had happened to little Elena was, he didn't want Harriet to get more involved in it than possibly, so she wouldn't be upset and endanger their baby too.
Harriet was slowly going crazy with Bud watching over her all the time and she couldn't stay away from helping Sturgis. But regardless how annoying Bud could be, she was also glad she had someone who was always on her side and she could always turn to when she needed to talk. That was more than what a lot of the people in this office had.
"I know, but still..."
Harriet's tries to show her support for Sturgis hadn't been very successful yet, he was just shutting everyone out. Mac had done that too, but at least she still had some hope and seemed to be doing something about finding her. She hadn't just given up like Sturgis had. Sturgis had been snapping at everybody the whole morning and Harriet was not sure if Sturgis coming back to work was really going to be good for the workload or just make it harder to bear. Not that that was the biggest problem at the moment.
Mac's friends had all been worried about Mac when they had learned that she was away somewhere. Only a few knew where she was, but rumors that wasn't too far off the truth were spreading around the office. They all thought she had gone to find Elena herself somehow. Why else would she have gone away so soon after it had happened when they still had no news? The admiral, who did know the whole reason why she was away, had wanted to stop her from going, but hadn't been able to since she was technically still on maternity leave. No one thought it was a very wise thing for her to be going after Elena herself and that she should have let it off to someone who could do it with less personal emotions involved and maybe with a better result. Either way now she was gone and they all wished she would succeed in bringing the baby and herself safe home.
TBC