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Harm was just parking the car when his phone rang. Without even thinking he answered it. �Commander Rabb.�
�Where the hell are you? Why is no one working on the Miles case?� Admiral Chegwidden yelled.
�Sir, now is really not a good time,� Harm said, getting out of the car so that Bud didn�t have to hear him relay the evening�s events again.
�What do you mean now is not a good time? You and Colonel MacKenzie are due for opening arguments at 0800 and you both swore to me that you would be in the office until you were sure you had everything prepared for court. Where the hell are you two?� Chegwidden yelled. Harm could just see the veins popping out of his forehead.
�Sir, Harriet was killed tonight,� Harm said. �She went out to pick up dinner and she was run down on her way back. She died in the hospital.�
�Shit,� Chegwidden said, his anger replaced by grief. �Where are you now?�
�Mac and I brought Bud to Harriet�s parents. They�re watching little AJ tonight,� Harm said. �Sir, Mac and I believe that this wasn�t an accident.�
�Miles?� AJ asked.
�That�s our theory,� Harm said. �Unfortunately it�s nothing more than that.�
AJ sighed heavily. �Tell Bud to stay with his in-laws and little AJ tonight then bring Mac with you back to the office. I�ll call Sturgis and Carolyn. We�ll also need someone from outside the office to run the investigation. Someone we can trust.�
�What about Meg Austin? When I spoke with her last she was looking for reassignment,� Harm said.
�She was my first thought, too,� AJ admitted. �As long as you can assure me her presence won�t create any problems�� he said, trailing off because he didn�t want to just come out and say what they were both thinking.
Harm, however, knew what the Admiral wasn�t saying. Knowing that his Commanding Officer was willing to go above and beyond the call to make sure that the people in his office got along was comforting. �Meg isn�t Kate, sir. She won�t go out of her way to lead anyone on,� Harm said. He didn�t need to add that there was never anything beyond teasing and innocent flirtation between himself and Meg while with Kate it had been a bit more than that.
�Good. I�ll get in touch with her. Do you have a current number?� AJ asked. Harm gave it to him from memory and they said a quick goodbye and hung up.