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�Who am I talking to?� the man asked.
�Colonel Sarah MacKenzie. I work with Lieutenant Roberts,� Mac said. �With whom am I speaking?�
�My name is Detective Browning with Virginia PD.� The man sighed. �Do you know a Ms Harriet Simms?�
Mac tensed up. She had a flash of Harriet bleeding, dying, in the middle of a road, and Mac prayed that it was just an overactive imagination and not her semi-psychic abilities kicking in again. Harm looked up from the notes he was making and he caught Mac�s eyes. They were full of fear. �Yes, I do know her. What is this about?� she asked, her voice steady to the man�s ear but not to Harm�s. He could hear the emotions in her voice.
�Ms Simms was crossing the street outside Rosie�s Diner,� the detective said, naming the diner that Harriet would have gone to in order to get the food they had requested, �when a dark SUV hit her. Witnesses say that the vehicle sped up before hitting Ms Simms.�
Mac gasped, trying to fight back tears. �Is she alright?� she asked praying that Bud wouldn�t come back up until she had more information. She didn�t want him to get half the story. She didn�t want him to get any of the story, but if he had to, she wanted to make sure that he knew everything.
�She was taken to St. Paul�s. She is still in ER,� Browning said. �I�m afraid I don�t know anything more about her condition. But I need to talk to her husband. There�s� something not right about this.�
Not letting go of the phone, Mac reached for Harm�s hand, needing his strength. He held onto her hand tightly, giving her everything he could. �We�ll be right there, detective,� Mac said before hanging up. �Harriet was hit by a car on her way back from Rosie�s. She�s at the ER. We have� have to get Bud and get over there,� she said, fighting tears.
Harm nodded and grabbed his cover as well as Bud�s while Mac grabbed her own cover off the table. They left the files where they were and headed out, locking the conference room door before rushing towards records. Bud was on his way back when they found him. Harm shoved the cover into his friend�s hands and led the way to the elevators so they could get down to the garage.
�What�s going on?� Bud asked as they got into Harm�s SUV.
�Harriet was in an accident on her way back from Rosie�s,� Mac said gently. �A detective called on your cell while you were down in records. He said there�s something weird about this whole thing� I think it might have something to do with the Miles trial.�