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Part 19: Guardians?
October 30th 2003
"Mrs. Lemoyne called to ask how everything was going with Mattie today," Mac informed Harm as she came out of her bedroom after checking up on Elena.
"Have they found a family for her yet?"
"No, it seems to be pretty hard fro them to find any home that would last," Mac said and sat down beside him. Both of the girls were already in bed sleeping. Mac and Harm had been working on their respective ongoing cases. "I feel sorry for Mattie. Waiting and not know what will happen must be pretty tough."
"I know it must be horrible for her."
"I see a lot myself in her. It's like it's healing those wounds from my childhood, by being able to help her."
"You really did go through therapy, didn't you?" Harm remarked, but he also thought it sounded pretty logically.
"I did. And now the AA-meetings are very good at reminding me that I have to keep fighting." She had agreed with her therapist that when she stopped with the therapy-sessions, those meetings would be a good way to keep herself real. It had been two months now since she had last seen her therapist and she felt it had worked out well. She hadn't been able to go to as many of the meetings as she wanted to, but the ones she had been to had really lifted her up.
"Do you ever think about drinking?"
"All the time. Sometimes the world is just so frightening and you just want to dig yourself a hole and hide. Well alcohol is my hole and if I hid there I wouldn't want to come out."
"You have a lot of reasons to stay here for," Harm pointed out to her.
"I do, but I'm not staying sober for your sake. It's something I'm doing just for me. Having you is just a bonus..."
"I'm glad you know you're worth staying sober for," Harm said. He had long ago put down the file he was reading and now just sat looking at her. "What are you going to do about Mattie? I know you said this was just a temporary situation and it seems like it's going to last longer."
"That's what Mrs. Lemoyne asked me too. I just can't let Mattie go unless I know she's going somewhere she'd be well-off and where she'd get to stay and that's what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Are you thinking about letting her stay here permanently? That's a great idea."
"I am thinking about that, but if I do I'll need more help from you. I would want us to apply for guardianship together," Mac said and wondered how Harm was going to react to this.
"I could do that, Mac. It's a lot calmer at JAG now, so I can spend more time here with all of you and help put. Did you talk about this with Mrs. Lemoyne?"
"Not yet. I wanted to talk to you first."
"I can call her tomorrow and set up a meeting with her where we can discuss it and then of course we'll have to ask Mattie how she feels about it."
"We'll do that tomorrow. I'm going to bed now anyway. Are you coming?"
"In a minute," Harm answered and started to organize his files. He loved the feeling of coming over to Mac's apartment and be with his three favorite girls, but it was like there was still something missing. Maybe them sharing the legal responsibility for Mattie would somehow fill that void.
TBC
Part 19: Guardians?
October 30th 2003
"Mrs. Lemoyne called to ask how everything was going with Mattie today," Mac informed Harm as she came out of her bedroom after checking up on Elena.
"Have they found a family for her yet?"
"No, it seems to be pretty hard fro them to find any home that would last," Mac said and sat down beside him. Both of the girls were already in bed sleeping. Mac and Harm had been working on their respective ongoing cases. "I feel sorry for Mattie. Waiting and not know what will happen must be pretty tough."
"I know it must be horrible for her."
"I see a lot myself in her. It's like it's healing those wounds from my childhood, by being able to help her."
"You really did go through therapy, didn't you?" Harm remarked, but he also thought it sounded pretty logically.
"I did. And now the AA-meetings are very good at reminding me that I have to keep fighting." She had agreed with her therapist that when she stopped with the therapy-sessions, those meetings would be a good way to keep herself real. It had been two months now since she had last seen her therapist and she felt it had worked out well. She hadn't been able to go to as many of the meetings as she wanted to, but the ones she had been to had really lifted her up.
"Do you ever think about drinking?"
"All the time. Sometimes the world is just so frightening and you just want to dig yourself a hole and hide. Well alcohol is my hole and if I hid there I wouldn't want to come out."
"You have a lot of reasons to stay here for," Harm pointed out to her.
"I do, but I'm not staying sober for your sake. It's something I'm doing just for me. Having you is just a bonus..."
"I'm glad you know you're worth staying sober for," Harm said. He had long ago put down the file he was reading and now just sat looking at her. "What are you going to do about Mattie? I know you said this was just a temporary situation and it seems like it's going to last longer."
"That's what Mrs. Lemoyne asked me too. I just can't let Mattie go unless I know she's going somewhere she'd be well-off and where she'd get to stay and that's what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Are you thinking about letting her stay here permanently? That's a great idea."
"I am thinking about that, but if I do I'll need more help from you. I would want us to apply for guardianship together," Mac said and wondered how Harm was going to react to this.
"I could do that, Mac. It's a lot calmer at JAG now, so I can spend more time here with all of you and help put. Did you talk about this with Mrs. Lemoyne?"
"Not yet. I wanted to talk to you first."
"I can call her tomorrow and set up a meeting with her where we can discuss it and then of course we'll have to ask Mattie how she feels about it."
"We'll do that tomorrow. I'm going to bed now anyway. Are you coming?"
"In a minute," Harm answered and started to organize his files. He loved the feeling of coming over to Mac's apartment and be with his three favorite girls, but it was like there was still something missing. Maybe them sharing the legal responsibility for Mattie would somehow fill that void.
TBC