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Okay, this is a short post. Don't worry; I will be posting again later. Again, I'd like to thank everybody who sent great feedback. I had a great time reading it all!

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Part 24

An hour and a half later…

"I can't believe the weather here!" Mac exclaimed as they made their way into the house, completely soaked and dripping pools of water everywhere.

They had been caught in a freak downpour and at this time of year, the rain was exceedingly cold. Mattie was shivering from where Harm was carrying her piggy-back, because they had needed to run all the way home.

"Alright," Mac helped Mattie to the floor, then guided her towards the downstairs bathroom, "I think you need to go and get into a hot shower…I'll go get you a towel and slip it around the door while you're in there. Don't wait around and catch cold, okay."

Mattie was happy enough to oblige didn't offer any argument.

"I think you should get showered, too," Mac told her husband, "You look freezing."

"I'll be okay," Harm shook his head, "But don't let me stop you, go ahead yourself."

"At least change your clothes, Harm," Mac insisted, heading upstairs to go and get Mattie a towel, "You aren't immune to pneumonia, you know. Dry off and get into some warm, dry clothes."

"No, I want to stick around and keep an ear out for the phone, just in case Wendy calls," Harm told her, "You go first. I'll change after you have."

"Okay," Mac conceded, "I'm not getting a shower myself. I'll bring some towels down, change then listen out for the phone upstairs, while you get out of those wet clothes, okay?"

"Yeah," Harm nodded, "Go ahead."

A minute later, two large bath towels came flying down the stairs and Mac shouted the instruction, "Slip one around the door of the bathroom for Mattie, would you please?"

"Done," Harm told her, when he had done so and he began to towel off his hair.

Once Mac emerged from the bedroom, warmed up, hair combed and dressed, she sent Harm to take his turn. She then went into the kitchen to heat the kettle to make them all some hot chocolate, when she heard the phone go in the living room.

'Ooo,' she thought to herself, 'Figures! I just stepped out of the room for a second…'

She ran and grabbed up the receiver, at the same time as Harm did, upstairs. Within a few seconds, Mattie also appeared out of the shower, with her towel wrapped around her.

"Hello…" Mac was suspiciously out of breath and not from the running, when she managed to find her voice.

Harm listened along and Mattie tried to get as close as she could, so she and Mac were almost ear-to-ear.

"Hi, this is Wendy Moon," the voice spoke from the other end of the line, "Is that you, Sarah?"

"Hi, Wendy!" Mac exclaimed, her heartbeat now stepping up a notch, "We've been waiting for you to cal…have you heard from the child and family services court?"

"Yes, indeed I have," Wendy confirmed.

"And?" Harm asked, a tad impatient, upstairs.

Mattie and Mac locked eyes, expectant looks on both of their faces.

"And everything went exactly as planned," Wendy smiled at how tense they sounded, even over the phone, "I have a little boy and a little girl here with me who can't wait to meet their new family…"

Wendy had to briefly hold her cell phone away from her ear as the noise of whoops and cheers overwhelmed the line.

"Listen," she smiled, putting the receiver back to her ear once the noise was brought back under control, "We're part of the way to your house now, I had the children out for dinner while we waited. We should be at yours in about ten minutes or so. Is that okay?"

"Yeah!" Harm and Mac both exclaimed, quickly.

"Uh, yes, of course, that's just fine, Wendy," Mac quickly amended, bringing her excitement under control, "We'll be right here, waiting for you all."

Mattie gave a squeak and quickly disappeared upstairs to get dressed.

"Thank you," Harm and Mac both thanked the woman, "Thank you so much. You have no idea how happy this has made us, Wendy…"

"Not at all," Wendy told them, "Thank you."

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