Chapter 91

"Robert's residence!" Harriett answered the phone cheerfully.

"Harriett, it's AJ...I always seem to be calling you to ask favors these days..." he sighed

"I don't mind, Admiral, if I can be of help. What can I do?" she asked, listening intently.

"Sarah wants to celebrate our anniversary with the top of our wedding cake...which I told her is in your freezer. Is there anyway that you could go out and buy a cake top with a Navy groom and dark haired bride figures on it tomorrow morning before work? Cost is no object and I'll pay you back as soon as I get into the office in the morning." He really sounded desperate.

Laughing, Harriett said, "That won't be a problem, Sir. After all, we are a Navy town, and most of the bakeries in town have Navy toppers-and if not, then I can pick up one at the Navy Exchange. I'll call today and be sure I can have one put on hold for me and pick it up tomorrow."

"Harriett, it's Sunday! No one will be there!"

"The Exchange should still be open and I could get the figures. Then I'll call the bakery tomorrow and get the little top of the cake. Would that work for you, Sir?" she asked, her mind humming as she made notes on a pad sitting beside her.

"Yes, Harriett, whatever you can do...once again you're a lifesaver! What would I ever do without you young lady?"

"You'd do just fine, Sir, but I'm glad to be of some help. Should I wish you Happy Anniversary?" grinned Harriett.

"Hell no! I had to lie to her and I hate doing that...pardon me, Harriett, I shouldn't have sworn."

"Sorry, Sir, I shouldn't be teasing you. I just know that the two of you belong together. You can see it when you look at each other," sighed Harriett, thinking it was just like the movies.

"No, Harriett, I'm the one that's sorry. You're being wonderful; this is all just so frustrating. This whole thing tonight started with another memory flash."

"She remembered something? I take it wasn't the wedding," frowned Harriett. "Did she remember anything of importance, Sir?"

"Just that we had been fishing and that Webb was our deckhand...she was confused by it."

"Mr. Webb was your deckhand? Excuse me, Sir, but just how did that happen?" asked Harriett, with a gleam in her eyes.

"Well, he was always around to give us updates on the mission. He also was my caddy the day I played golf." AJ didn't mind making fun of the spy.

"So, in other words, Mr. Webb was always underfoot. That must have been hard for him since Mac told him they were through," Harriett spoke without thinking.

"Well, he wasn't listening too well from what I understand. Sometime on the mission, he made a pass at her while we were supposed to be married-and she remembered that, thinking that he was doing it to a married woman!" growled AJ.

"Well, Webb is one who is used to getting what he wants. And he wanted Mac at one time. I know that she got tired of his ways and broke up with him. Actually, I think she broke up with him because he wasn't you. No man could meet the standards she set for them using you as a role model. So they fell by the wayside. Sorry, Sir, but that was always the impression she gave me," Harriett replied.

"Harriett, I pray that's true. I don't know what I'll do if she regains her memory and decides to take Angela and leave me..."

"Admiral, I think you're worried about nothing. I have no doubt that she loves you. She may be upset that we didn't tell her immediately to help her regain her memory, but with the doctor's advice, what could we do?" asked Harriett.

"I don't know, Harriett, but you know that she has a temper..." Mac walked in with Angela in her arms just then, so AJ said into the phone, "Thank you, Harriett, and yes I'm sure that the topper was chocolate...Sarah wouldn't have had it any other way!" he laughed, hoping that Harriett would pick up on the fact that Mac had come into the room.

"Chocolate, Navy topper with dark haired bride, I have it, Admiral. You'll have it in the office refrigerator Monday morning. I promise," replied Harriett, scribbling the chocolate part down before she forgot.

"All right, Harriett. Thank you, and remember to kiss the boys for us," AJ smiled, he knew that Harriett would get the signal.

To be continued….