"Is the Lieutenant Commander here?" Mac asked Sgt Moon as she and Jen
walked to the holding room. Tiner had Abi in Harm's office.
"Not yet ma'am. But he should be here soon."
"Is someone guarding the Ensign?" Mac asked.
"Yes ma'am."
"Good then you can come to my office and explain exactly what's been going on."
"Yes ma'am." The Sgt agreed.
"I'll look out for Lieutenant Commander Hartman ma'am." Jen said.
"Thanks Jen. Bring him to my office as soon as he gets here."
"Aye aye ma'am."
~
Jen paced up and down in front of the elevator waiting for Hartman. Tiner had come out to request her help when Abi had started crying. Jen had settled her goddaughter and sung her back to sleep, then handed her back over to Tiner and continued to pace for another fifteen minutes.
"Lieutenant Commander Hartman?" Jen questioned as a man in uniform stepped out of the elevator.
"Yes and you are?"
"Petty Officer Coates sir. Colonel Mackenzie asked me to wait here for you."
"Shouldn't you be in uniform Petty Officer?" He asked.
"Colonel Mackenzie told me to come as I was sir. She also asked me to show you to her office."
"Lead on Petty Officer. On the way maybe you tell me what I'm doing here."
"Sgt Moon didn't tell you sir?"
"No. Only that Colonel Mackenzie needed to see me right away." He replied.
"Maybe you should wait for her to tell you sir."
"Jen, how do you change a diap... Sorry sir." Jason said as he saw the Lieutenant Commander.
"You brought your kid to a JAG office Petty Officer?" Hartman asked.
"No sir, she my goddaughter, Colonel Mackenzie's daughter. She had to bring her in because of this situation; Petty Officer Tiner is minding her while we have to work. Jason, take her back to Commander Rabb's office and I'll be there in a minute."
"Thanks Jen. Sir." Jason turned the buggy around.
"I still don't think a JAG office is a place for children."
"With all due respect sir, at JAG family is important, Abigail is always welcome and so is little AJ." Jen tapped on Mac's door.
"Come in Jen." Mac called.
"Ma'am, Commander Hartman is here."
"Send him in. Is everything okay Jen?" Mac asked noticing the scowl on Jen's face.
"Commander Hartman was just expressing his opinion that children shouldn't be in a JAG office ma'am."
"I see. Thanks Jen."
"Ma'am if you'll excuse I'll go and teach Petty Officer Tiner how to change a diaper." Mac nodded.
"You have a problem with my daughter being here Commander?" Mac asked.
"Not specifically ma'am, I was just questioning if a JAG office was the best place for a child."
"Well she wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for your client. She'd be out in the fresh air at the airfield watching her father fly his Steerman." Mac snapped.
"Which client would that be ma'am?"
"Ensign Godspeed."
"What did he do ma'am?"
"Let's see, he broke out of pre-trial confinement, so I'm have the prosecutor adding Article 95 charges, he stormed into this office and demanded to talk to me, threatened Sgt Moon, that's conduct unbecoming and Article 117 charge of provoking speeches, which he also made to me when I went to talk to him rationally, which leads to Article 89 charge for disrespect towards a superior commissioned officer, an Article 134 charge for indecent language and disobeying a direct order to stand down."
"Isn't that a bit harsh ma'am?" Hartman asked.
"No. Most of it is caught on the security camera tapes. Arrangements to have him placed in the brig until his court martial begins are in place, they will be here to collect him in thirty minutes. You have until that time to confer with your client. Here's the paperwork advising that he is bound over until the beginning of his court martial." Mac handed him a file. "I'm unsure when that will be as I have to recuse myself from this case due to the fact that I am a witness to the aforementioned charges. All the other judge's schedules are pretty tight for the next few weeks. That will be all."
"Ma'am may I ask where the prosecutor is?"
"He's been advised of the additional charges, but I felt it unfair to ruin his weekend as well as mine and that of Petty Officer Coates. He'll formally file official charges first thing Monday morning. Now if you'll excuse me Commander you have 27 and 35 seconds left to visit with your client and I'd like to get back to my little girl and my husband."
"Aye aye ma'am." He rose.
"Dismissed." He left; Mac leant back in her chair. This definitely wasn't what she had planned for the weekend.
Mac heard Jen giggling as she neared Harm's office.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"Sorry ma'am, it's just Jason went to all the effort of pulling faces as he took the diaper off and then trying to put a new diaper on and it fell off."
"Don't worry Jason, it takes practice." Mac said reassuringly. "Jen, we just need to file a few pieces of paperwork then we can all get back to our weekends."
"Yes ma'am."
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"Not yet ma'am. But he should be here soon."
"Is someone guarding the Ensign?" Mac asked.
"Yes ma'am."
"Good then you can come to my office and explain exactly what's been going on."
"Yes ma'am." The Sgt agreed.
"I'll look out for Lieutenant Commander Hartman ma'am." Jen said.
"Thanks Jen. Bring him to my office as soon as he gets here."
"Aye aye ma'am."
~
Jen paced up and down in front of the elevator waiting for Hartman. Tiner had come out to request her help when Abi had started crying. Jen had settled her goddaughter and sung her back to sleep, then handed her back over to Tiner and continued to pace for another fifteen minutes.
"Lieutenant Commander Hartman?" Jen questioned as a man in uniform stepped out of the elevator.
"Yes and you are?"
"Petty Officer Coates sir. Colonel Mackenzie asked me to wait here for you."
"Shouldn't you be in uniform Petty Officer?" He asked.
"Colonel Mackenzie told me to come as I was sir. She also asked me to show you to her office."
"Lead on Petty Officer. On the way maybe you tell me what I'm doing here."
"Sgt Moon didn't tell you sir?"
"No. Only that Colonel Mackenzie needed to see me right away." He replied.
"Maybe you should wait for her to tell you sir."
"Jen, how do you change a diap... Sorry sir." Jason said as he saw the Lieutenant Commander.
"You brought your kid to a JAG office Petty Officer?" Hartman asked.
"No sir, she my goddaughter, Colonel Mackenzie's daughter. She had to bring her in because of this situation; Petty Officer Tiner is minding her while we have to work. Jason, take her back to Commander Rabb's office and I'll be there in a minute."
"Thanks Jen. Sir." Jason turned the buggy around.
"I still don't think a JAG office is a place for children."
"With all due respect sir, at JAG family is important, Abigail is always welcome and so is little AJ." Jen tapped on Mac's door.
"Come in Jen." Mac called.
"Ma'am, Commander Hartman is here."
"Send him in. Is everything okay Jen?" Mac asked noticing the scowl on Jen's face.
"Commander Hartman was just expressing his opinion that children shouldn't be in a JAG office ma'am."
"I see. Thanks Jen."
"Ma'am if you'll excuse I'll go and teach Petty Officer Tiner how to change a diaper." Mac nodded.
"You have a problem with my daughter being here Commander?" Mac asked.
"Not specifically ma'am, I was just questioning if a JAG office was the best place for a child."
"Well she wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for your client. She'd be out in the fresh air at the airfield watching her father fly his Steerman." Mac snapped.
"Which client would that be ma'am?"
"Ensign Godspeed."
"What did he do ma'am?"
"Let's see, he broke out of pre-trial confinement, so I'm have the prosecutor adding Article 95 charges, he stormed into this office and demanded to talk to me, threatened Sgt Moon, that's conduct unbecoming and Article 117 charge of provoking speeches, which he also made to me when I went to talk to him rationally, which leads to Article 89 charge for disrespect towards a superior commissioned officer, an Article 134 charge for indecent language and disobeying a direct order to stand down."
"Isn't that a bit harsh ma'am?" Hartman asked.
"No. Most of it is caught on the security camera tapes. Arrangements to have him placed in the brig until his court martial begins are in place, they will be here to collect him in thirty minutes. You have until that time to confer with your client. Here's the paperwork advising that he is bound over until the beginning of his court martial." Mac handed him a file. "I'm unsure when that will be as I have to recuse myself from this case due to the fact that I am a witness to the aforementioned charges. All the other judge's schedules are pretty tight for the next few weeks. That will be all."
"Ma'am may I ask where the prosecutor is?"
"He's been advised of the additional charges, but I felt it unfair to ruin his weekend as well as mine and that of Petty Officer Coates. He'll formally file official charges first thing Monday morning. Now if you'll excuse me Commander you have 27 and 35 seconds left to visit with your client and I'd like to get back to my little girl and my husband."
"Aye aye ma'am." He rose.
"Dismissed." He left; Mac leant back in her chair. This definitely wasn't what she had planned for the weekend.
Mac heard Jen giggling as she neared Harm's office.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"Sorry ma'am, it's just Jason went to all the effort of pulling faces as he took the diaper off and then trying to put a new diaper on and it fell off."
"Don't worry Jason, it takes practice." Mac said reassuringly. "Jen, we just need to file a few pieces of paperwork then we can all get back to our weekends."
"Yes ma'am."
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