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The JAG staff had been preparing for a huge case that was getting more attention from the media than the case warranted. Harm and Mac, with Bud acting as their assistant once again despite the fact that he hadn�t been an assistant for several years, were prosecuting General Adam Miles for the rape and murder of five female petty officers who were all under his command. One of the women was the SecNav�s niece, making him put a lot of pressure to get a guilty verdict. But Harm and Mac couldn�t care less about the politics of the case. They just wanted to make sure that the rapist and murderer was locked away for the rest of his life, if not put to death for his crimes.
Bud, Mac, Harm, and Harriet had decided to stay at the office to work since the Admiral had declared that it was too risky to take files out of JAG headquarters with all the attention the media was giving the case. They had agreed quickly, knowing it was safest and best all around if the files were kept as safe as they could be.
It was almost 2000 hours when Harriet offered to run out and get some dinner for everyone. Normally they would have ordered in, but a ZNN reporter had snuck in the day before under the guise of a pizza delivery guy and the Admiral had put the proverbial kibosh on any further deliveries. The three lawyers had eagerly agreed and had given their orders to the blonde Lieutenant headed out.
When she didn�t come back within an hour they started getting worried, Bud especially, but with opening arguments first thing in the morning, none of them had time to worry about anything other than the trial.
Bud�s cell phone rang on the table after he had left to run down to records to get a file they hadn�t grabbed when they were down there before, so Mac grabbed the phone and answered.
�Lieutenant Robert�s phone,� she said pleasantly, happy for a distraction, however small, from the depressing case. It was bringing back a lot of horrible memories from her childhood and, even though she had tried to take herself off the case, Harm and the Admiral had said that they needed the best and there was no case that Harm and Mac couldn�t win when they worked together.
�May I speak to Bud Roberts?� a gruff man asked.