Chapter 39
After hearing what Bud said, Jen demanded incredulously, "And the two of you have already slept together? I can't believe the Admiral broke regulations like that?"
Turning a hurt look at her, Mac said, "Thanks Petty Officer."
"Oh Ma'am, I didn't mean to imply that…"
"But you did Coates. You implied that the Admiral wouldn't break regulations, but I would."
Stepping in Sturgis said, "As I told Bud earlier, I'm sure the Admiral only spent the night because of the storm."
"Yes and he spent it on my couch!" Mac told them and added, "And as for the kiss, I was trying to make Vicky jealous enough to show her hand."
"Do you still believe that she's the one behind Harm's murder?" asked Sturgis.
"Yes, and the sabotage to A…the Admiral's Escalade."
"What?!" gasped Bud.
"That's why we missed the luncheon. Someone rigged two of his tires to blow during the storm."
"And neither of you were hurt?" Jen inquired.
"No, the Admiral is an unbelievable great driver."
"He must be if he managed to pull that off," Sturgis replied.
"The police still have the Escalade, they're going over it for any evidence, but so far Vicky has been very clever and hasn't left any."
"Well, if it is her, then I bet she's cooking up something up now, after what she saw in the Admiral's office!" Bud offered.
"I hope so Bud, and I hope she's upset enough to make a mistake so we can catch her. I don't think the Admiral believes me yet that it's her."
"Wow, then he must be pretty freaked out about that kiss…did he resp…"
Mac interrupted him, "Bud! Do you really think the Admiral would do something like that?"
Looking embarrassed, he replied, "Ummm I guess not. Sorry Colonel," he added and quickly left for lunch. He just had to tell Harriett all that had happened here today.
Mac finally made it to her office and closed the door; she wanted to be alone to think about the kiss she and AJ had shared. Bud's question hit her as she sat down and she realized that AJ had responded to her before Vicky had come in. Her lovesick side gleefully insisted, 'See! He does have feelings for us!'
Her sensible side countered, 'No he was just reacting like any man would to find a willing woman in his arms!'
'And we are VERY willing!' her lovesick side giggled.
'Shut up!' her sensible side growled.
'No! We're in love and he just acted like he has feelings for us too!'
'He did not!'
'He did! His tongue was in our mouth and his arms were like bands of steel around us. If he hadn't been holding us so tight we might have ended up on the desk or the floor!'
'Not true!'
'Ooooh on the floor or his desk with AJ! That would be a dream come true!' her lovesick side sighed.
'Stop that! This is our Commanding Officer you're talking about!'
'You know you want him as much as I do! You just won't admit it!'
'I'm not going to listen to you anymore! Thank god we're due in court soon!' she told herself as she gathered up the files she needed and headed upstairs.
After he had dismissed Mac from his office, AJ went to his window to stand looking out. His mind was in turmoil. 'How could he have responded like he had to her kiss?' his head asked.
'It was just a reaction of a healthy male to a warm body in our arms!' his hormones insisted.
'No, I've had other women kiss me and I felt nothing, so that couldn't be it!' his head replied.
'Yeah but Mac…WOW what a woman!' his hormones sighed.
'She is your subordinate! You shouldn't be thinking about her that way!'
'Good god man! She kissed us!'
'She did it to make Vicky jealous! She thinks that Vicky is the one out to kill us!'
'SURE! Next you're going to try and convince us that you didn't want it to be you she was dreaming about the other night!'
'How absurd!' his head stated.
'Yeah!' his hormones gave a lecherous laugh.
'I'm not going to listen to you anymore!' his head insisted and was saved from his hormones' reply by the ringing of the phone. It was the front gate calling to say that his Escalade was being delivered. Calling the police, AJ found that they had discovered no evidence to link anyone to the sabotage.
To be continued…..