"Hey." Mac said as she entered the house.
"You're later than I expected." Harm said looking up from the paper he was reading.
"Staff meeting." She replied.
"JAG role call is in the mornings." Harm remark.
"You forget I'm a judge, I'm just covering for you being a lawyer. We take staff meetings when we can get them some weeks. Then I had to talk to Amy."
"Good point. Is Commander Helfman okay?" He asked.
"She's fine. She just needed a friendly ear. Abi okay once you got her home?"
"She's been asleep pretty much since we got home."
"Harm, I made some... Oh hi Colonel, I just made coffee would you like some?"
"One I'm fine and two you're a guest in our house you can call me Mac."
"Yes ma'am." She handed Harm his cup. "Does anyone ever call you Sarah?"
"Trish and Grams do, my Uncle Matt, Harm has his moments but pretty much to everyone else I'm Mac, Colonel, your honour or ma'am."
"Don't forget Mom or Auntie Mac." Harm added.
"I think Abi's too little for that at the moment." Mac took her jacket off and laid it over the back of the chair; she sat down and slipped her shoes off. "That's better."
"Long day?" Harm asked.
"Yeah, I'm still trying to do my job and your job. However my day did perk up when I had a little visitor." Harm smiled. "So Meg, how are things going did you find anything else out?"
"The CIA are on it." She said sipping her coffee.
"The CIA?" Mac questioned.
"Namely Clayton Webb." Harm replied.
"If Webb can't track him down I doubt anyone will." Mac said reassuringly.
"You haven't heard the best bit." Harm said sarcastically.
"There's more?" Mac questioned.
"Jen asked me to give you a message. She says she'll be back in the office by Friday to go over your schedule for next week, because she's going with Webb for a few days."
"Please tell me you're joking?"
"No."
"Damn him. Do you know a good lawyer for when I kill him?" Mac asked.
"A one or two." Harm smiled.
"What's so wrong with Mr Webb he seemed nice?" Meg asked.
"Oh Clay's great as a person and a friend, he can do some incredibly sweet things like getting Sergei out of the Chechen prison and here for Christmas."
"Sergei?" Meg questioned.
"My brother." Harm supplied.
"I thought you were an only child."
"So did I until Mac and I went to Russia to look for my father after we found he hadn't died when his plane crashed but had been taken as a POW. Sergei is my half brother."
"Sounds interesting." Meg smiled.
"I'll tell you about it tomorrow."
"So back to the problem with Mr Webb." Meg prompted.
"In the eight years Harm and I have known him none of the ops he's had us on have work out like they planned. He sent us to an embassy ball and it turned into a hostage situation, he sent me to retrieve a file from a Naval Commander, who then tried to set fire to JAG. I like Jen a lot and I don't want her involved with him."
"He did offer her the option of saying no." Harm pointed out.
"Still. You and I have combat experience we can take care of ourselves and most of the time we were together so we had someone to watch our sixes. I know Jen was a tough kid who can handle herself but she was an electronics' technician before her time in the brig and then she was Bud's legal man so she didn't ground combat. Unless you count what happened the day she saved Bud's life."
"She saved Lieutenant Roberts' life?" Meg questioned.
"He was chasing a kid who had stepped onto a field of landmines and accidentally stood on one. He lost his leg."
"I wondered about the limp."
"So what does Webb have her doing?" Mac asked.
"A date for the son of a diplomat from a friendly country. The diplomat wants his son watched at an embassy party Wednesday night."
"Sounds simple enough I guess I can understand why she agreed."
"Plus she gets a free dress and matching shoes." Harm added.
"Webb does have good taste when it comes to women's clothing; I got some decent dresses out of it. But this is Webb it's never going to be that simple. Did you tell him I would personally strangle him if anything happens to her?"
"He knows. He said we'd have fight it out between ourselves, since if anything happens to her he knows you, me, the Admiral and Tiner will want to kill him."
"True." Mac had to agree.
"Who's Tiner?" Meg asked.
"The Admiral's yeoman and Jen's boyfriend." Harm supplied. "Okay, I think I'm going to need a diagram of all the new people." Mac smiled at Meg's comment.
TBC
"You're later than I expected." Harm said looking up from the paper he was reading.
"Staff meeting." She replied.
"JAG role call is in the mornings." Harm remark.
"You forget I'm a judge, I'm just covering for you being a lawyer. We take staff meetings when we can get them some weeks. Then I had to talk to Amy."
"Good point. Is Commander Helfman okay?" He asked.
"She's fine. She just needed a friendly ear. Abi okay once you got her home?"
"She's been asleep pretty much since we got home."
"Harm, I made some... Oh hi Colonel, I just made coffee would you like some?"
"One I'm fine and two you're a guest in our house you can call me Mac."
"Yes ma'am." She handed Harm his cup. "Does anyone ever call you Sarah?"
"Trish and Grams do, my Uncle Matt, Harm has his moments but pretty much to everyone else I'm Mac, Colonel, your honour or ma'am."
"Don't forget Mom or Auntie Mac." Harm added.
"I think Abi's too little for that at the moment." Mac took her jacket off and laid it over the back of the chair; she sat down and slipped her shoes off. "That's better."
"Long day?" Harm asked.
"Yeah, I'm still trying to do my job and your job. However my day did perk up when I had a little visitor." Harm smiled. "So Meg, how are things going did you find anything else out?"
"The CIA are on it." She said sipping her coffee.
"The CIA?" Mac questioned.
"Namely Clayton Webb." Harm replied.
"If Webb can't track him down I doubt anyone will." Mac said reassuringly.
"You haven't heard the best bit." Harm said sarcastically.
"There's more?" Mac questioned.
"Jen asked me to give you a message. She says she'll be back in the office by Friday to go over your schedule for next week, because she's going with Webb for a few days."
"Please tell me you're joking?"
"No."
"Damn him. Do you know a good lawyer for when I kill him?" Mac asked.
"A one or two." Harm smiled.
"What's so wrong with Mr Webb he seemed nice?" Meg asked.
"Oh Clay's great as a person and a friend, he can do some incredibly sweet things like getting Sergei out of the Chechen prison and here for Christmas."
"Sergei?" Meg questioned.
"My brother." Harm supplied.
"I thought you were an only child."
"So did I until Mac and I went to Russia to look for my father after we found he hadn't died when his plane crashed but had been taken as a POW. Sergei is my half brother."
"Sounds interesting." Meg smiled.
"I'll tell you about it tomorrow."
"So back to the problem with Mr Webb." Meg prompted.
"In the eight years Harm and I have known him none of the ops he's had us on have work out like they planned. He sent us to an embassy ball and it turned into a hostage situation, he sent me to retrieve a file from a Naval Commander, who then tried to set fire to JAG. I like Jen a lot and I don't want her involved with him."
"He did offer her the option of saying no." Harm pointed out.
"Still. You and I have combat experience we can take care of ourselves and most of the time we were together so we had someone to watch our sixes. I know Jen was a tough kid who can handle herself but she was an electronics' technician before her time in the brig and then she was Bud's legal man so she didn't ground combat. Unless you count what happened the day she saved Bud's life."
"She saved Lieutenant Roberts' life?" Meg questioned.
"He was chasing a kid who had stepped onto a field of landmines and accidentally stood on one. He lost his leg."
"I wondered about the limp."
"So what does Webb have her doing?" Mac asked.
"A date for the son of a diplomat from a friendly country. The diplomat wants his son watched at an embassy party Wednesday night."
"Sounds simple enough I guess I can understand why she agreed."
"Plus she gets a free dress and matching shoes." Harm added.
"Webb does have good taste when it comes to women's clothing; I got some decent dresses out of it. But this is Webb it's never going to be that simple. Did you tell him I would personally strangle him if anything happens to her?"
"He knows. He said we'd have fight it out between ourselves, since if anything happens to her he knows you, me, the Admiral and Tiner will want to kill him."
"True." Mac had to agree.
"Who's Tiner?" Meg asked.
"The Admiral's yeoman and Jen's boyfriend." Harm supplied. "Okay, I think I'm going to need a diagram of all the new people." Mac smiled at Meg's comment.
TBC
