Chapter 16
"She is in medical school right now. This is way before she joins the project. Sam, you have to keep her from doing the cesarean! Harriett's death ruins her career, and she never makes anything out of her life!"
"But Harriett's doctor isn't here, either!"
"He will be, Sam. He's out test driving his new car, but he'll be here just in time to deliver the baby."
"But the baby still dies, right?"
"Yes, but if you allow the cesarean to happen Harriett dies and Sammy Jo is ruined! Also just by deciding not to have the cesarean, history is changing! Tiner goes to school and becomes a lawyer, Gunny leaves JAG to become a CIA agent? Well that's weird, but different from before. The Australian still goes away, and Rabb ends up dying in a plane crash, go figure! The Admiral and that sexy Colonel end up getting married! HooYah! They credit their happiness to some desk that they Mac was given and discovered something in it that brought them together."
"Well, that all sounds pretty good. What about Bud and Harriett? What happens to them?"
"Well, Bud goes off to duty on a carrier. Oh, this isn't so good. He loses a leg to a land mine. Wow, that's not so good!"
"There has to be something more I can do to help them! They are such good people. If I stop the cesarean, I'll jump soon! Al, there has to be something I can do!"
"I don't know what, Sam. Bud is too far to get to before you jump and you can't tell her anything as you leave the body. Who is left?"
"Al, that's it! Their son AJ can see you! Go and tell him that things will be all right and that he needs to help his parents move on."
"Will do, Sam!" and just before he vanished, Al said, "Sam! That did it! Bud comes home and things are hard at first, but become better and the two of them as a couple are stronger than ever before! They go on to have another daughter in a few years, and name her Mackenzie Margaret!"
"AJ!" Al said when he zeroed in on the child.
"Oh, hi, Admiral Angel," tears were sliding down his little face. "Did you know that my mommy is sick and daddy is really worried?"
"That is why I'm here, AJ. I have something very important to tell you, and you have to remember to tell your mommy and daddy, okay?"
"Okay, Admiral Angel, what is it?"
"You need to tell them that even though they are going to lose Baby Sarah, that she is going someplace special and will be waiting for them one day. You need to tell them that everything will be okay and that she's happy."
"She's going to be an angel?"
"Yes, she's going to be an angel," Al managed to say just before he was pulled back. He knew that Sam had jumped.
To be continued…..