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The four lawyers stood up and frowned as the Admiral sat down at his desk. �Aren�t you going to go home, sir?� Mac asked, worried about their friend more than their CO. Two-star Admiral Chegwidden, Navy SEAL, JAG, could deal with whatever life threw at him. But AJ Chegwidden was every bit as human as the rest of the world, and Mac knew that he took losses like this very personally. After Laura Delaney had been killed outside his McLean home she had actually become afraid that he might do something permanent after getting revenge on Osborne.
�Sleep is not on the top of my priority list, Colonel,� he replied distantly. When he realized no one had moved, he looked up and said, �I thought I told you four to get some rest.�
�Yes, you did, sir,� Mac said. �And your advice has never led any of us astray. So you might want to consider taking your own advice.�
The look she got in response told her all she needed to know.
He wasn�t going anywhere until they found Harriet�s murderer.
This had become one of his obsessions.
If the son of a bitch hadn�t just killed one of her best friends, Mac might have felt sorry for the person who was the target of Admiral AJ Chegwidden�s ire.