"Do you know how long I've been sat here?" Webb asked from the front step as they arrived back at the house.

"Well we were gone five hours 47 minutes and 35 seconds so I'm betting that it was less than that." Mac said.

"Funny. Two hours, I've been sat here two whole hours."

"I would have thought you'd have picked the lock. It's not like you haven't done it before, I mean you could have made yourself coffee, watched cable." Harm said.

"I didn't want to risk you coming home and shooting me thinking I was a burglar."

"Clay you know we don't carry guns around when we have Abi with us." Mac winked at Harm.

"I take it you have news." Meg said.

"Yes, can we take this inside?" Webb asked.

"Sure." Harm unlocked the door, while Mac carried Abi in.

"So?" Meg asked.

"We have him in custody in a secure facility. We had to trace a finger print we found on the envelope to the guy he had place it for him. He gave us a statement for a partial immunity deal."

"So it's over?" Meg asked.

"Yes. I spoke to your CO; he says you can take the rest of the week off. We've arranged a temporary apartment for you until repairs can be finished on your apartment building. But that will take at least another six weeks."

"I can't afford to have my apartment building rebuilt and replace everything I lost."

"Don't worry; it's been taken care off. He won't be getting out for a very long time." Webb smiled. "You can go home."

"Excuse me." Meg turned and ran straight up the stairs.

"Something I said?" Webb asked.

"She's been on an emotional roller coast for a month and stuck on the top of the loop since you talked to her on Wednesday. Now she's coming crashing down, she'll probably end up crying herself to sleep. It's only natural." Mac explained.

"Nice analogy." Harm muttered.

"Here take the baby, support her head." Mac handed Abi to Webb. "You make coffee." She said to Harm. "I'll go and check on Meg."

"You're leaving me with the baby?" Webb asked.

"You can't be as bad as Tiner trying to change her diaper. If you need help call Harm." Mac turned and ran up the stairs.

"So why is it all taken care of?" Harm asked.

"The Agency may have had a slight influence in getting him released in the first place. They didn't think he was dangerous. He won't be seeing daylight again, trust me." "You know that's against his constitutional rights." Harm pointed out.

"Not when he has terrorist connects."

"I'm going to put the coffee on."

"You're leaving me with the baby."

"It's Mac's form of punishment for what happened to Jen. Besides she's asleep, if she wakes up sing to her." Harm left Webb to it.

~

"Hey you okay?" Mac asked as she leant against the frame of Meg's room door.

"Yeah. It just seemed like it would never be over. If it's okay with you I'll stay the rest of the weekend and head back on Monday."

"You can stay the rest of the week if you like it's not a problem."

"I've already been here too long. You were right when you said once this was over I would need to take control of my life back. I need to get back and get back to work. If I cower away anymore he's going to have won."

"That's good. Taking control is definitely a good thing. But promise me something."

"What?"

"Talk to someone, even if you think you don't need to. Even if it is just once trust me it will help."

"Okay. We have a base shrink where I work, he's good."

"Good, talk it over with him, he'll give you the impartial opinion."

TBC