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Date Posted: 12:11:33 12/19/16 Mon
Author: Lace
Subject: Chapter 24 of the nine years after series

Chapter 24

Mac looked up when she felt someone’s eyes on her. She smiled and leaned back in her chair. Something was going on with her daughter, for days she had been quiet, and whenever Mac had asked she had shrugged and said nothing. Maybe now she was finally ready to say wat was on her mind.
“Something on your mind?”
“Are you working?” Claire wondered from her place by the door.
“Just paying some bills. Is everything okay?” Mac asked.
Claire looked hesitant. “I …” she walked into the room. “I think something is going on at school.”
Mac looked confused. “You think?”
Claire reached into her pocket and took out her phone, she moved her fingers around on it for a while before she handed it to her mother. “I’ve been getting these messages for days now.”
Mac took the phone and read, her eyes widened as she moved over the messages. “Honey, who sent these?”
“I have no idea. It’s anonymous,” Claire said with a shrug. “But a lot of the girls in my class got them. There’s a rumor going around school that some of the girls actually sent pictures and have been forced to do stuff so the pictures won’t be published for everyone to see.”
“You didn’t send any pictures, did you?” she asked.
“No of course not, I’m not a complete idiot,” Claire said matter of factually. “Besides, you’ve told me a gazillion times that what goes on the internet stays there forever. I do listen when you talk you know.”
Mac would have been amused if she wasn’t so shocked. “Good. Look, I would like to show this to Mr. Deidrick next door. He can tell us if this is a matter for the police. And I will make a call to Principal Needham.” She stood and walked over to her daughter. “Thank you for telling me this.”
“I was going to ignore it, but then I talked to Kim and she had gotten messages too,” Claire said.
“Don’t delete these messages, okay?” Mac reached for her own phone.

Ten minutes later Detective Ben Deidrick was by their kitchen table looking through Claire’s messages and questioning her.
“You did the right thing Claire,” Ben said reassuringly. “This is serious stuff, and I wish I could tell you that it wasn’t common, but unfortunately it is. I will start an official investigation. I need to keep your phone for a few days. I need to have an expert look at it, see if we can trace the ip address for the site the messages were sent from.”
“Do you need us to do anything?” Mac wondered.
“Not for now. Just go back to being a normal teenager Claire. There might be some police walking around at school on Monday, but if we need something more from you we’ll contact you,” he turned to Mac. “You talked to Principal Needham?”
“I did, and he was very upset,” Mac said.
“I can imagine. I’ll give him a call myself, tell him what will happen now.” Ben said and stood. “Is Harm away?”
“He took Matthew to Belleville for the weekend,” Mac explained. “I’ll give him a call now.”
“Tell him that I’m on top of things and not to worry. You guys should be proud of Claire,” Ben said.
Mac put her arm around her daughter. “We are.”
“I’ll keep you in the loop,” Ben promised. “I’ll find my way out.”
Mac thanked him. She focused on Claire who looked relieved. “Are you okay?”
Claire nodded. “I’m glad I told you about this. I just hope no one of my friends are involved in this.”

After making sure that her daughter would be okay she called Harm and told him what was going on.
“Do you want me to come home?”
“No, you guys stay and have fun. We’re okay,” Mac reassured. “I’m just happy that our daughter came to me.”
“I am too,” Harm said. “She’s a smart girl.”
“She is,” Mac agreed.
Harm let out a sigh. “I feel kind of helpless, Mac. I can’t protect our girl.”
“It’s a scary world out there. I’m just glad she listened when we’ve been talking about all the dangers of the internet. She did the right thing.”
“I’m proud of her, I really am. She’s been giving us a hard time with her teenage rebellious moments, but I knew we had a sensible girl somewhere under all that teenage stuff.”
“She must be taking after me,” Mac teased.
Harm laughed. “I’m just glad she has a Mom she trusts and come to when she’s having troubles. I’m lucky you’re on my team, babe, because without you it would be a father/daughter battle for power.”
“She just knows what buttons to push with you. You always had a soft spot with her, ever since she came to live with us. She knows exactly what to do to have you wrapped around her finger.”
“Thankfully we have a lean, mean, fighting Marine in the house to restore balance. I love you, Mac.”
“I love you too, Harm. Give Matthew a hug goodnight from me.”
“I will. See you on Sunday, and until then in my dreams.”
“Aww, you dream about me when we’re apart?”
“I always do. Good night, babe.”
“Night.”
They hung up and Mac put the phone away and went to hunt down some ice cream.

By Wednesday the police had turned a lot of stones and found that a lot of people were involved. It turned out that some of the girls who had gotten messages had sent pictures and in turn been forced to do sexual acts with several boys so the pictures wouldn’t be published online. The problem was that the girls involved had no idea who the boys were since they were taken blindfolded to the place where they had been forced to have sex or do sexual acts with the boys.
Claire had gotten her phone back, and for her the next few weeks her life would turn into a nightmare since the whole school knew that she had been the one to report what was going on. She got treats from the boys who were involved, and by the end of the first week she was afraid to go to school.
“I’m never going back to school,” she said on Friday morning when Mac went to wake her up.
Mac sat down on her daughter’s bed. “Hey, what’s going on honey?”
Claire gave her phone to her mother. “I’ve been getting messages all night.”
Mac read the messages and called for her husband. “Harm, you need to see this,” she said as he entered the room.
“What the hell,” he said after reading the messages.
“I’m calling Ben,” Mac said and stood.
“Let me do it. They need to figure out who’s behind this, and quickly,” Harm said as he left them.
Mac turned to her daughter. “I’ll call Principal Needham and let him know that you’re staying home today.”
“Mom, I think I know the name of some of the guys who are involved,” Claire said.
“You do?”
“Gina in my class said that while she had performed oral sex on a boy he had said something to another boy. He said; ‘she’s good Troy.’ And in turn the other boy had said; ‘Shut up Nick.’ Troy and Nick are two of the guys on the basketball team. Brian has been talking about them, because they are totally cool and all.”
“Did Gina tell this to the police?” Mac wondered.
“No, she never talked to them. She’s afraid that her parent’s will get mad at her.”
“We need to tell Ben about Gina,” Mac said.
“No, I won’t betray her trust in me like that. I refuse to. She needs to tell them herself,” Claire said.
“Honey…”
“No Mom, Gina confided in me and I can’t betray her. How would you feel if you had told someone something private and they had told someone else?” Claire asked.
“I understand what you’re saying, but Claire, these guys need to be stopped.” Mac said and took her daughter’s hand.
“I’ll talk to Gina,” Claire said.
Mac hesitated. “Okay,” she finally said. “But can I mention the names to Ben? Not Gina’s, but the boys?”
Claire nodded. “I guess that would be okay.”
Mac looked relieved. She squeezed Claire’s hand and stood.
“Mom?”
Mac turned to her daughter.
“Isn’t sex supposed to be a nice thing? Why are these guys doing this?” Claire let out a sigh. “Why are guys so obsessed with sex? Brian too. I don’t want to be one of those girls who is pressured into doing something they are not ready for. Why the rush? I just want all of this to go away.”
Mac sat down on the bed again. “Hey, you don’t ever have to do anything you’re not ready for. And yes, sex is great, but it can also be terrible. You’re at that age where it’s normal to start thinking about it, but thinking about it doesn’t mean that you should do it. It’s your body, and it’s your decision.”
“I know Brian wants to, but I told him that I wasn’t ready. He just wants to be cool, and I told him that if that was his personal goal he was with the wrong girl,” Claire smiled.
Mac smiled too. “I’m really proud of you, and I wish I was as smart as you are when I was your age. You’ll never get the first time back. I wish I could think back and remember it as a positive experience.”
“It was horrible?”
“I wish I knew. I was drunk,” Mac admitted. “I did not make very good decisions when I was your age, and I didn’t have anyone to talk to. We all make mistakes; the important thing is that we learn from them.”
“Thanks for telling me this, Mom,” Claire said and hugged her mother. “I’ glad I have you in my life. I love you.”
Mac kissed her daughter’s head and held her close. “I love you too.”

Two weeks later
Harm knocked on Claire’s bedroom door. He was worried about his daughter after the past two weeks’ excitement. Thankfully the police had figured out who had sent messages and threatened his daughter. School was getting back to normal again for Claire, and the girls who had been involved in the case were getting the help they needed to get through what they had experienced. Three senior boys had been arrested and would never be allowed to return to the school.
“Come in,” Claire said and looked up from her computer.
“Are you busy?” he wondered.
“Just some homework, but I’m putting it away now. I’m tired, and I can’t wait to sleep in tomorrow,” Claire said as she turned the laptop off and turned to her father. “Dad, thank you for everything. You’re very cool.”
Harm smiled. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”
“You really should. Every girl should have a Dad like you and a Mom like Mom,” Claire said as she stood and hugged her father. “I broke up with Brian.”
Harm kissed her head. “I’m sorry. What happened.”
Claire shrugged as she walked over to her bed. “I just want to be by myself for now. I don’t want to have the pressure of sex hanging over me. I want to focus on other stuff. There’s so much pressure out there. To be this, and do that. It’s exhausting,” she said and slumped down on the bed.
Harm tucked her in. “I’m sorry that you’re experiencing so much pressure. Just remember that I’m so proud of you.”
Claire smiled. “Thank you, Dad.”
“And know that you can ask me about anything. Even sex,” Harm said.
“Mom pretty much covered that, so you’re safe,” Claire said teasingly as she snuggled into her pillow. “Good night Dad.”
“Good night, Sweetheart.” Harm turned off the light and closed the door. He walked over to the master bedroom and into the bathroom. He smiled when he found his wife in the bathtub, her eyes closed.
“Want some company?”
“Please,” she said without opening her eyes.
He hurried to take off his clothes and slipped into the tub. She moved so that he could sit down behind her, then she leaned back against him. He started rubbing her shoulders, and kissing her neck.
“Long week,” she mumbled.
“Tell me about it. It seems like our daughter is doing okay though,” he said.
“She’s amazing,” Mac said.
“I offered to talk about sex with her, but she reassured me that you had covered it and I was off the hook,” he said and laughed softly.
Mac chuckled. “You can take it with Matthew.”
“Thankfully I don’t have to worry about him for some years. He’s at the ‘girls are annoying’ stage still,” he said.
“And what stage are you in?” she wondered.
“The best one,” he said and kissed her neck again. “It can’t get better than this.”
“I agree,” she said and turned her head to look at him. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” he said and kissed her sweetly.

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[> Well done...an important topic that you handled really well. Thx. -- FJN, 12:37:44 12/20/16 Tue [1]

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[> [> Jag fan -- Sarah (Excited), 16:00:32 12/20/16 Tue [1]

Hello I really like your idea for after the Jag series finale. I love how you named Harm and Macs son Matthew, I am writing my own fan fiction of Jag post the series finale as well. I was wondering if you plan on writing about harm and mac during the earlier years to your story. I know you mentioned bits and pieces througoutthe chapters so far but I was wonder if you will write in depth there life prior to adopting and when they have Matthew. Also the struggles they had to go through with Mattie. I was just wondering and if you ever had the time to write these ideas I would be more then greatful to read them.
Sarah

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[> [> [> Hi. I have started on the early years, and I will post them eventually. Thank you for reading my stories. -- Lace, 15:44:20 12/21/16 Wed [1]

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