...Till Death Does Us Part Chapter II – Part 18/26
Disclaimer - See part one for all important information
Thursday July 15 12:43 PM JAG
Mac and Sturgis walked into Mac's office. Mac sat in her chair and ran her hands through her hair. "How could he do that?"
"He found an opening," Sturgis muttered as he sat down.
"Unbelievable. He's pulled some low moves in court, but that has to be lowest of them all."
Sturgis took a deep breath. "We'll be okay, we just need to regroup. I don't think the members were swayed by the testimony."
Mac raised an eyebrow. "She has a history of sexual harassment calls. This wasn't good, Sturgis."
"I know, Mac, but remember his client has a history of harassing. I'm waiting on a call from a Major Collins, who worked with Tunney and Garner. I think he might have some information to help us."
Mac was going to respond when there was a knock at the door. "Enter," Mac called.
The door opened and Harm walked in closing the door behind him. "I'm willing to listen to any bargains."
"Okay, well give your client a dishonorable discharge and twenty years," Mac replied to him as the baby gave her a kick.
"How about in his favor, Mac?" Harm smiled.
"One good moment in court isn't going to help your client, Harm. It's the important battles that win the war, not the minor skirmish," Sturgis informed his old friend.
Harm opened his mouth but there was a knock. Mac called 'enter' and Coates walked in. "Commander Turner, you have a phone call. He said his name was Major Collins."
Sturgis smiled at Jen. "Thank you, Coates." He stood up as she left the office.
"After the call, you and I will go to lunch. It shouldn't take more than ten minutes." Sturgis told Mac
"Good, this one is hungry." Mac rubbed her belly.
Sturgis laughed. "Yeah, you're never hungry anymore, it's always the kid."
"You're lucky I'm sitting down," Mac jokingly warned.
Sturgis moved towards the door and whispered to Harm. "Play nice and I'll see you in court at two." Then he left the office by closing the door behind him.
Mac looked up at Harm. "So."
"So," Harm echoed.
"That was pretty low in court today," Mac told him.
"The members didn't think so," Harm noted.
"You really think you fooled them?"
"Let's just say I got them thinking about the facts."
"Oh, the facts. Is that what the case is about?" Mac asked sarcastically.
Harm chuckled. "Sarcasm isn't a good color on you, Mac. I thought I've told you that before."
"You've told me a lot of stuff, Harm. I just stop listening every now and then." Mac shot back at him as the baby gave her a kick. "Stop that." She soothed the baby.
"Problems?"
"No, just kicks more then I like."
"Then you shouldn't have gotten pregnant," Harm muttered under his breath.
Mac heard his words. "Excuse me," she said as she felt herself get mad at him for that comment.
"Nothing, Mac."
"It was something, Harm. If you have something to say to me go ahead and say it?"
"Fine. I will. I can't believe you would come back here, without anyone knowing about your condition, and just expect people to accept it."
"Everyone has accepted it, Harm. Except for you. Why is that?"
"Because I know who you are?"
"Really, and who am I?" Mac asked.
"You're someone who screwed up and got pregnant. I hope to God the father comes and does something to help you, because we all know you're going to need it. That kid is going to need it." Harm told Mac in a steady voice before muttering, "If you know where the father is?"
Mac clinched her jaw as she saw red. "This baby and I are going to do just fine."
"Yeah, you've done fine so far. Every time you stand up you nearly pass out. You've got Sturgis at your beck-and-call, and not to mention in court you're got Admiral Morris going easy on you."
"That is not true."
"Please! Every time I object in court it gets overruled because Morris doesn't want to upset you."
"Maybe it's because you're objections aren't grounded in reality. Did you think about that, Commander?" Mac spat at him as her heart raced.
Harm exhaled a heavy breath. "Why am I trying to argue with you? You'll just claim it's a mood swing and then that's the end of it. But you know what Mac, it's not the end. You're not fit to be in the game anymore. But you still are. I'll be damned if I'm going to go easy on you while we are in court. To me you are just a piece of meat, just like the man who got you pregnant. I just hope for his sake he's not still in the picture, you're a walking curse."
Mac held back her anger as best as she could, as the tears fought in her eyes. "Get out." She gritted through her teeth.
Harm snapped to attention. "Aye, Aye, Ma'am." He turned around and walked out of her office without slamming the door. He went to his office, grabbed his cover and briefcase, then out the door of JAG. He had to get off grounds and get his anger at Mac under control; he couldn't let it explode in the courtroom.
Mac sat in her seat in complete shock. The tears threaten to fall, but she didn't let them. Her hands shook in rage as her vision blurred. The baby moved and kicked her bladder. She checked her watch and knew Sturgis would be back in five minutes, which would give her enough time to compose herself.
She stood up from her desk and walked around it. As she stood near the corner of her desk a sharp pain shot through her belly and her hands move to the baby. Then her vision doubled, everything when black, and Mac crumpled to the ground.
End Part 18...
Carol - Michi.
Michi - Yeah.
Carol - Do you have any ear plugs?
Michi - No, but I can buy some.
Carol - I think you might want to.
Michi - Okay....sure....Why?
Carol - Oh, I have feeling there's going to be some screams soon.
Michi - You might have a point.
Disclaimer - See part one for all important information
Thursday July 15 12:43 PM JAG
Mac and Sturgis walked into Mac's office. Mac sat in her chair and ran her hands through her hair. "How could he do that?"
"He found an opening," Sturgis muttered as he sat down.
"Unbelievable. He's pulled some low moves in court, but that has to be lowest of them all."
Sturgis took a deep breath. "We'll be okay, we just need to regroup. I don't think the members were swayed by the testimony."
Mac raised an eyebrow. "She has a history of sexual harassment calls. This wasn't good, Sturgis."
"I know, Mac, but remember his client has a history of harassing. I'm waiting on a call from a Major Collins, who worked with Tunney and Garner. I think he might have some information to help us."
Mac was going to respond when there was a knock at the door. "Enter," Mac called.
The door opened and Harm walked in closing the door behind him. "I'm willing to listen to any bargains."
"Okay, well give your client a dishonorable discharge and twenty years," Mac replied to him as the baby gave her a kick.
"How about in his favor, Mac?" Harm smiled.
"One good moment in court isn't going to help your client, Harm. It's the important battles that win the war, not the minor skirmish," Sturgis informed his old friend.
Harm opened his mouth but there was a knock. Mac called 'enter' and Coates walked in. "Commander Turner, you have a phone call. He said his name was Major Collins."
Sturgis smiled at Jen. "Thank you, Coates." He stood up as she left the office.
"After the call, you and I will go to lunch. It shouldn't take more than ten minutes." Sturgis told Mac
"Good, this one is hungry." Mac rubbed her belly.
Sturgis laughed. "Yeah, you're never hungry anymore, it's always the kid."
"You're lucky I'm sitting down," Mac jokingly warned.
Sturgis moved towards the door and whispered to Harm. "Play nice and I'll see you in court at two." Then he left the office by closing the door behind him.
Mac looked up at Harm. "So."
"So," Harm echoed.
"That was pretty low in court today," Mac told him.
"The members didn't think so," Harm noted.
"You really think you fooled them?"
"Let's just say I got them thinking about the facts."
"Oh, the facts. Is that what the case is about?" Mac asked sarcastically.
Harm chuckled. "Sarcasm isn't a good color on you, Mac. I thought I've told you that before."
"You've told me a lot of stuff, Harm. I just stop listening every now and then." Mac shot back at him as the baby gave her a kick. "Stop that." She soothed the baby.
"Problems?"
"No, just kicks more then I like."
"Then you shouldn't have gotten pregnant," Harm muttered under his breath.
Mac heard his words. "Excuse me," she said as she felt herself get mad at him for that comment.
"Nothing, Mac."
"It was something, Harm. If you have something to say to me go ahead and say it?"
"Fine. I will. I can't believe you would come back here, without anyone knowing about your condition, and just expect people to accept it."
"Everyone has accepted it, Harm. Except for you. Why is that?"
"Because I know who you are?"
"Really, and who am I?" Mac asked.
"You're someone who screwed up and got pregnant. I hope to God the father comes and does something to help you, because we all know you're going to need it. That kid is going to need it." Harm told Mac in a steady voice before muttering, "If you know where the father is?"
Mac clinched her jaw as she saw red. "This baby and I are going to do just fine."
"Yeah, you've done fine so far. Every time you stand up you nearly pass out. You've got Sturgis at your beck-and-call, and not to mention in court you're got Admiral Morris going easy on you."
"That is not true."
"Please! Every time I object in court it gets overruled because Morris doesn't want to upset you."
"Maybe it's because you're objections aren't grounded in reality. Did you think about that, Commander?" Mac spat at him as her heart raced.
Harm exhaled a heavy breath. "Why am I trying to argue with you? You'll just claim it's a mood swing and then that's the end of it. But you know what Mac, it's not the end. You're not fit to be in the game anymore. But you still are. I'll be damned if I'm going to go easy on you while we are in court. To me you are just a piece of meat, just like the man who got you pregnant. I just hope for his sake he's not still in the picture, you're a walking curse."
Mac held back her anger as best as she could, as the tears fought in her eyes. "Get out." She gritted through her teeth.
Harm snapped to attention. "Aye, Aye, Ma'am." He turned around and walked out of her office without slamming the door. He went to his office, grabbed his cover and briefcase, then out the door of JAG. He had to get off grounds and get his anger at Mac under control; he couldn't let it explode in the courtroom.
Mac sat in her seat in complete shock. The tears threaten to fall, but she didn't let them. Her hands shook in rage as her vision blurred. The baby moved and kicked her bladder. She checked her watch and knew Sturgis would be back in five minutes, which would give her enough time to compose herself.
She stood up from her desk and walked around it. As she stood near the corner of her desk a sharp pain shot through her belly and her hands move to the baby. Then her vision doubled, everything when black, and Mac crumpled to the ground.
End Part 18...
Carol - Michi.
Michi - Yeah.
Carol - Do you have any ear plugs?
Michi - No, but I can buy some.
Carol - I think you might want to.
Michi - Okay....sure....Why?
Carol - Oh, I have feeling there's going to be some screams soon.
Michi - You might have a point.