Happily Ever After

Tsarina Smith

Rated: PG-13/R

Disclaimer: All I own is a blue Honda. The character of Dr. Eve 
Lambert-Baldwin was borrowed from Port Charles.

Third in the Hotel Bora Bora Series. This takes place a year after 
the wedding.

Part 1

“Mmm.” Mac smiled as she rolled over in bed. She opened her eyes 
and looked at her husband. He was staring at her, a small smile 
on his face. “Hey.”

He leaned over and gently touched his lips to hers. “Hey.”

“Happy Anniversary.”

Harm smiled and sat up in bed. “Oh, is today our anniversary? I 
forgot.” 

She playfully smacked him, and smiled as he pulled her close for 
another kiss. “So, Mr. Rabb, what are your plans for today?”

Harm and Bobbie had won the election by a landslide. “Bobbie and 
I are meeting with some senators and then we are having lunch with 
the press secretary.”

“What time will you be home?”

He grinned. “Early enough for us to celebrate our year of wedded 
bliss.” They were sharing another kiss, when Chloe knocked on the 
door. She stuck her head in, and then came in.

“Happy Anniversary.” 

“Thanks, sweetie.” Mac said. She started to get out of bed, when 
she swayed and sat back down.

“Chloe rushed over to her and Harm jumped into protective husband 
mode. “Mac, baby, are you okay?”

She nodded. “Yeah. I just feel kind of dizzy.”

“You gonna be okay?” Chloe asked.

Mac nodded. “Yeah, I’ll be fine.”


***


“How is that possible?” Mac asked the doctor.

“What do you mean? I thought you’d be happy about this.”

She swallowed. “I was told it would be incredibly difficult to become 
pregnant. Harm and I haven’t even discussed children yet, because we 
didn’t think it was possible.” 

Dr. Lambert-Baldwin looked over her chart. “It was thought to be 
almost impossible. But, hey, miracles happen every day.” 

“Yeah, I guess.” She looked at the doctor and forced a smile. 
“Thanks Eve.” Mac stood up and gathered her things and took the 
paper she was handed.

“it’s a prescription for prenatal vitamins. Make an appointment 
with an OB as soon as possible.”

“I will. Thanks again.”

Eve smiled, “No problem.” The two women hugged. “Call me, we’ll 
have to get together outside of this office sometime.”

Mac smiled. “You bet.” Once in the lobby, she pulled her cell 
phone out of her bag and called JAG. Bud answered. “Bud, can you 
grab Turner for me, I need to talk to him.”

Turner was quickly put on the phone. “Sturgis Turner here.”

“Turner, its Mac. I need you to be acting JAG today. I have a 
doctors appointment, and its going to take longer then I thought.”

“No problem Mac. Is everything ok?”

She sighed. “Yeah, fine. Just check ups and stuff. I’ll call to 
check in in a little while.”

“Good luck Mac.”

“Bye.” She hung up the phone and tossed it in her bag. 

***


Harm sat in Bobbie’s office, staring at his cup of coffee. 

“Harm, what’s wrong? You’ve been quiet all morning.”

He sighed. “Mac wasn’t feeling well this morning. And I’m kind 
of worried. She never gets sick.”

Bobbie smiled. “Maybe she’s pregnant.”

Harm shook his head. “That would be the most amazing thing ever, 
but its not possible.”

“The doctor said it wasn’t likely, but I didn’t think it was 
impossible.”

***


Harm unlocked the door to the house and walked inside. “Mac, 
honey.” The fact that she was home before him made him slightly 
uneasy. He looked up at the stairs, and gasped. “Wow.” The light 
blue dress molded over her curves and brought out the darkness of 
her skin.

She walked down and kissed him softly. “You like.”

He grabbed her and kissed her much more passionately. “I like very 
much.” He kissed her again. “I love you.”

She smiled. “Go upstairs and change. We have reservations at The 
Lamplighter in 30 minutes.”

He raised his eyebrows. “I’m impressed. I’ll be back in a few minutes.” 
He ran up the stairs to change and she collapsed on the couch. Mac 
smiled at her surroundings. The house was beautiful. She’d never 
forget the day her and Harm came home from their honeymoon, and 
Trish said it was their wedding present. It was beautiful. It looked 
just like the one in ‘Father of the Bride’, she had thought. They 
were shocked. While on the trip, Trish, Frank, Chloe and everyone 
else had moved all of their stuff in the house. It was beautiful. 
And very much a home. It was the perfect place to raise a family. 
Her thoughts were interrupted by her husband bouncing down the stairs.

“Lets go.” He said with a smile. He took his wife’s hand, 
grabbed the keys to the ‘vette. Once at the car, being the 
perfect gentlemen that he was, he opened her door, and kissed 
her quickly once she was seated. He went around to his side and 
got in, and they left.

They arrived at the Lamplighter about 15 minutes later. Harm 
handed the keys to the valet and escorted his beautiful wife 
inside. They were sat at an exquisite table. “Happy anniversary, 
honey.” Harm said. 

She smiled. “Happy anniversary.”

A while later, they sat over their dinner, talking, laughing, 
being very happy and in love. “So,” Harm asked, “do you want 
your present now?”

She smiled. “Yes.” He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled 
out a tiny little box. He handed it to her and she smiled as she 
accepted it.

“I thought the first anniversary was the paper anniversary.”

He grinned. “Oh, just open it.”

Mac bit her lower lip and opened the box. She laughed as she saw 
what was in it. “Cute, Harm.” It was a tiny little paper airplane. 

“Unfold it.”

She unfolded the tiny airplane and smiled as she read the piece 
of paper. “A gift certificate for that new shoe store.”

Harm smiled. “Well, you have the great career, I’d like to think 
you have a good man, I just want to be sure you have comfortable 
shoes.”

Mac leaned over to kiss him softly. “Thank you. I love you.” She 
sucked in a deep breath. “Ok. Time for yours.” She handed him an 
envelope. She wasn’t sure she was breathing as he opened it. He 
pulled out the piece of paper and looked up at her in confusion.

“I don’t get it. A gift certificate for a baby store?”

Mac nodded. “Harm, I… I’m pregnant.”

The gift certificate fell from his hands to the table. “What?” 
He looked at her, the shock evident on his face, “But how? I 
thought…”

She swallowed. “They said it wasn’t likely, but they never said 
it couldn’t happen.” She looked at him, her eyes large and pleading. 
“Harm say something please.”

He stood up. He did it with such a calmness, that she honestly 
thought for a moment that he would walk out on her. Instead, he 
grabbed her hand, pulled her up and into his arms. Then, he stepped 
away from her and grabbed her face, kissing her gently. “You’re 
serious? We’re going to have a baby?”

She nodded. “Yes. Are you happy about it?”

He smiled. “Are you kidding? Happy doesn’t begin to describe it!” 
he grabbed her and twirled them around. “Oh my God, did that hurt 
you or the baby?”

She stepped back. “No, its fine.”

“Oh my God, we’re having a baby.” He kissed her again. “Sarah, I 
love you so much.”

She smiled, tears in her eyes. She looked around the restaurant. 
“Baby, they’re watching us.”

Harm laughed. “I don’t care!” He looked out at the other patrons. 
“We’re having a baby!” Mac laughed and buried her face in his neck 
as everyone began to applaud. “I love you.” He whispered.

End part 1

Part 2

Harm stared at his beautiful wife. She looked so angelic snuggled 
in the pale yellow sheet. She moaned and rolled over on her back. 
He timidly placed his hand on her stomach and sighed. She was 
pregnant. He couldn’t believe it. Her eyes slowly opened and she 
looked at him and smiled. Then she looked at her stomach, where 
his hand was still resting.

“Its way to early to feel anything yet.”

“I know.” He said softly. “I’m just in awe. Our baby is in there. 
The baby we doubted that we would ever have. I love you so much, 
and I promise I’ll be a great father to our baby.”

She sat up and put her hand on his cheek. “Honey, I know you’ll be. 
You’re a great dad to Chlo, and you have so much love to give. I 
know you’re going to be a wonderful father.”

Harm smiled and leaned in to kiss her. “Chloe and this baby are 
so lucky to have you as a mom.” He kissed her quickly again before 
crawling out of bed. “Have you told anyone yet?”

“Nope. I plan on telling Harriet today though.”

“Yeah, I thought I’d tell Bobbie today too. And of course call 
mom, and Grandma. They are both going to be so happy.”

She smiled and nestled back under the covers. “Tell them both that 
I love them very much.”

“Will do.”

***


“Oh my God!” Harriet squealed. She grabbed her best friend, giving 
her the hug to end all hugs. “God, Mac, I am so happy for you guys. 
I‘d love to be his or her godmother!”

Mac smiled at her best friend. “We’re happy for you guys too.” 
Harriet was still small in her third month of pregnancy.

“I always wanted a houseful of children,” she said with a sigh, 
“but this ones going to be it. The morning sickness is going to 
kill me.”

“Don’t mention that, please. I’ve been lucky so far, but I don’t 
know if my luck is going to hold up.”

“Oh, I bet it will.” Harriet sighed. “There’s something I need to 
talk to you about. Its really important.”

“Is everything okay? Are Maddie or AJ sick?” 

“No, they’re both perfect, thank God, but it does involve them.” 
She cleared her throat. “I’ve decided that once I take my maternity 
leave, I’m not coming back.”

Mac’s eyes went huge. “What? You’re kidding me. Why?”

“I want to be there for my kids. My dream has always been first 
and foremost to be a good wife and mother. I just… well… the NAVY 
isn’t what I need anymore. AJ is 5 years old. He’s so big, and he’s 
starting school. I want to be part of the PTA and carpool and do 
all of that. And Maddie is growing up so fast. JAG just isn’t as 
important to me as it is to you, and Bud, and everyone else.”

Mac had tears in her eyes. “I’m going to miss you.”

Harriet got up and hugged her friend. “We’ll still see each other 
all the time. In fact, once you go back to work after maternity 
leave, how would you feel about me taking care of your baby?”

“Harriet, that would be perfect.”

“I want our kids to be close. And I know I’m going to love my 
godchild so much.”

“How does Bud feel about this?” Mac asked gently.

Harriet smiled. “He said he’d support me no matter what I want 
to do. But I think he secretly loves the idea of me being a stay 
at home mom.”

Mac smiled. She hoped that Harm didn’t expect her to quit once 
their baby was born. As much as she wanted and would love her 
family, she loved her career too.

***


A Month Later

Mac, Harm and Chloe settled in around the table for dinner. Mac 
watched as the girl aimlessly twirled the pasta around her plate. 
“Honey, is something wrong?”

Chloe looked up. “No, nothings wrong.” She looked at Mac, and 
then at harm. “I have something to ask you guys, and I know you’re 
going to say no, but I have to ask anyways.” She stopped again. 
“Um… Charlie and his mom and step dad asked me if I wanted to go 
skiing with them this weekend. Can I go?”

Harm and Mac looked at one another and exchanged glances. 

“Sweetie, I don’t know.” Harm said. “You’re 15 years old. You are 
too young to be going out of town with your boyfriend.”

“But Daddy,” Chloe said, “His parents and Kelly, are going too. 
Its not like we’re going to be alone. And like you said, I’m only 
15. Its not like I plan on having sex anytime in the next couple 
of years.”

“Chlo, we will need to talk about it, and talk to Charlie’s parents. 
We’ll let ya know tomorrow, ok?” Mac stood up and carried her plate 
to the sink. 

“Please daddy, please.”

“We’ll see…” He turned when he heard glass shattering on the floor. 
“Mac!” He got up and ran over to her, Chloe at his heels. “Baby?” 
She stirred. “Honey, what happened?”

She groaned. “I don’t know. I just had a cramp, oh God. The baby. 
Harm, what if something is wrong with the baby?”

Chloe grabbed his keys. “Come on. Lets go to the hospital.” Harm 
helped his wife up and took the keys from Chloe, and rushed them 
down to the car. 

Once at the hospital, Chloe and Harm wrapped their arms around 
Mac’s waist and helped her to the front desk. “We need to see Dr. 
Baldwin now.” Harm said. “My wife collapsed.”

Before the nurse could have Eve paged, she walked up. “Hey Mac.” 
She noticed her very good looking husband latched on to her and 
immediately became concerned. “What happened?”

“I was taking a plate to the sink, and I had this horrible cramp 
and collapsed.” She watched as Eve took her chart and led her 
into an empty exam room. 

“Can you guys wait outside while I examine her?” Eve asked. 

Harm nodded. “yeah. Come on Chlo, lets go outside and discuss 
this ski trip.”

Once outside, seated in the uncomfortable chairs, Chloe took 
Harm’s hand. “Dad, mom and my sister are going to be fine.”

He smiled. “Your sister? How do you know its going to be a girl?”

Chloe grinned. “Just a feeling I got when mom and I were talking 
the other night.”

***


Eve looked at the machine and grimaced. She looked at the test results 
in her hand and felt a headache coming on.

“Eve, what’s happening?” Mac asked.

“I’m going to bring your family in. You’re going to need support, Mac.”

She felt the tears well up. “It’s bad isn’t it?”

Eve walked over to the door and asked Harm and Chloe to come in. Chloe 
sat in a chair, while he hovered over his wife.

“Eve, what’s wrong?” Mac asked, her fear growing.

Eve took a deep breath. “Sarah, the condition we thought would 
prevent you from having children has made an appearance in a big 
way. There is a… You may not survive this pregnancy.” She watched 
at tears fell from her patients eyes, and as Harm and Chloe went 
ghost white.

“What.. How?” Mac stammered.

“Your reproductive system isn’t strong enough to handle the strain 
a pregnancy would put on it. You could die in childbirth, in the 
courtroom, wherever. It could happen any place, any time.”

“Is there any chance I could survive?” She asked in between sobs.

Eve looked her in the eye. “Mac, if you carry this pregnancy to 
term, there is a 48% that you will survive.” She cleared her 
throat. The odds of the baby surviving are much higher. The odds 
of you both surviving are about 26%. The best option would be to 
terminate this pregnancy right now. You’re only three months 
along, and as much as I hate to say this, I think an abortion 
would be for the best.”

“You want me to kill my baby?” Mac whispered, in shock.

“Mac, if there was any other way I could guarantee your survival, 
I would, but I can‘t. 

“I can’t kill my baby. I wont do it.”

“Mac.” Harm said, his voice dry and anguished.

“Mom, please.” Chloe said at the same time.

“I’ll give you guys some time to talk.” Eve said, before grabbing 
her papers and leaving them alone. 

Mac looked at her husband, and her daughter. “I can’t kill this 
baby. I won’t do it.”

Chloe eyes brimmed over and she stood. “So that’s it. This baby 
is all that matters to you? What about me? Do you realize how 
much I love you? Do you realize you’ll be the 3rd guardian I’ve 
had to die? Don’t you care about me or dad, or is this baby all 
that matters. Because she has your blood?” She stopped for a 
minute. “Enjoy your time with your precious baby. You wont need 
me anymore.” Chloe stormed out of the room, crying harder then 
she could ever imagine.

Harm looked at the door, then at his wife. “I’ll be back in a minute.” 
He walked out after Chloe, while his wife wiped the tears from her 
eyes. He found their daughter leaning against the wall, crying.

“Chlo?”

She wiped her eyes and looked up. “Daddy. How can she do this? 
Doesn’t she care about us?”

Harm wrapped his arms around her. “Yes, of course she does. She 
loved you so much. I want you to sit. I’m going to go talk to her,
 and then we’ll go home and discuss this as a family.” Chloe nodded, 
and Harm walked back into the exam room. His wife was sitting, on 
the bed, staring at something in her wallet. “Sarah?”

She looked up, her watery eyes meeting his. “Hey.” 

He sat down next to her on the bed. “What-cha looking at?”

She handed her leopard print wallet to him. The picture insert 
was opened to a photograph of the three of them at the wedding. 
“How’s Chloe?”

“Devastated.” Harm closed the wallet and handed it back to her. 
“Mac, this baby isn’t the only one who needs you.”

“But he or she is the only one who’s life is in my hands.” She 
sighed. “I don’t want to discuss this here. Lets go home, ok?”

He nodded. “Ok.”

***


Harm unlocked the door, and held it open for his wife and 
daughter. Chloe sat down while Mac went in the kitchen to start 
a kettle of tea. Once it was started she sat down on the floor 
in the living room. She leaned against the back of the loveseat 
and looked over to Chloe, laying on the floor in front of the TV, 
and Harm, standing by the window.

“Chloe, my decision has nothing to do with how much I love you.” 

Chloe turned and looked at her, causing the tears to come again. 
“Why? Mom. Why? Why can’t y’all adopt? Why do you have to risk your 
life for a baby. You only found out you were pregnant a month ago. 
You couldn’t have bonded that quickly. Am I not enough?”

“I’m with Chlo,” Harm said, “I don‘t understand. This is my child too. 
I love him or her so much already, but I love you more. I can’t lose 
you.”

“Harm, that’s it. You said that you love this baby so much already. 
Think of how I feel. This baby is inside of me. For the next 6 
months, her welfare is my responsibility. Can you imagine how 
much I love her? Right now, I am closer to her then anyone else 
in the world is. And I can’t kill her. I can’t.” Mac stood up and 
walked over to Chloe. She sat down in front of her. “Chloe, I love 
you so much. I don’t love this baby anymore then I love you. You 
are so important to me. You, Harm and this baby mean more to me 
then anyone or anything in the world. And I’d risk my life to 
protect any of you.”

Harm walked over to them. “Mac, this is insane. Absolutely f**king 
insane. What is this child going to do without her mother. What about 
Chloe? What about me? You were wrong when you said that this baby was 
the only one who’s life was in your hands. I can’t live without you.” 

Mac stood up and gave him a gentle kiss. She looked back down at Chloe. 
“Hopefully you won’t have to. But no way in hell am I going to kill this 
child. She needs me. And I’m going to be there for her. No matter what.”

End part 2

Part 3

Everything was quiet. Harm walked over to the coffin and looked 
inside. His beautiful wife lay inside. Her beautiful brown eyes 
were closed. Her face was only made more beautiful by the gentle 
traces of make up. He kissed his fingertips and placed them gently 
on her lips. “Why. Why, baby, why?”

Harm jerked up with a jolt. He turned over and saw her nestled in 
the covers. Harm lay back down and sighed. He couldn’t believe this 
was happening. Why? It was impossible to understand. They had only 
just started their life together, and it was possible that he could 
lose her. Harm lifted his hand and brushed a strand of hair off of 
her forehead. Making as little noise as possible, he slid out of 
bed, and went into the living room. Falling to his knees, the 
prayers began to come. “God, don’t do this to us. Please. I can’t 
lose her. Living without her is not even a possibility for me. 
Chloe and I need her, please don’t take her from us.” He wiped 
the tears from his eyes and went back into the bedroom. He climbed 
in next to his wife and pulled her tightly against him. “I love 
you, Sarah.”

***


“Eve there has to be something you can do. You can’t let my wife 
die. I need her.” 

Eve sat down in her chair and looked at Harm. Her heart went out 
to him. “Harm, she’s not willing to have an abortion. That kind 
of ties my hands.”

“Isn’t there something that could increase her chances? Make her 
stay in bed the whole time, take some kind of medicine? Eve, I’m 
desperate. I’ll do anything. I’ll try anything. Please.”

Her heart went out to him. He was so distraught with the thought that 
he could lose his wife. And she felt horrible that there was nothing 
she could do. “Harm, there is nothing I can do. Mac is willing to 
risk it. I can’t knock her out and give her an abortion. I would 
lose my license and go to jail. I shouldn’t be discussing her case 
with you either. Just pray, just pray that God will realize how 
needed she is and let her get through this. Harm, I can tell you 
one thing. She needs you. And she needs Chloe. I know neither one 
of you approve of her decision, but staying on her case about it 
isn’t going to help anything.”

He sighed. “I know, I know. I’ll try, ok. I promise, I’ll try. Its 
just… I love her so much. I can’t bear the thought of losing her.”

***


Harriet reeled in shock with what Mac told her. “There’s a chance 
you could die?” She whispered.

Mac nodded, tears filling her eyes. “Yeah. The only way I’m 
guaranteed survival is to have an abortion. And there is no way 
I can do that. I just wish Harm and Chloe could understand.”

Harriet sighed and leaned back in her chair. “I understand your 
side and theirs. Being a mother means being willing to sacrifice 
yourself for your children. You are being a mom. But as a friend, 
I can honestly say that I wish you’d consider ending the pregnancy. 
I love you and I don’t want to lose you. But I can’t yell at you, 
or say anything, because if I was in your position, I wouldn’t 
consider it either.” 

“Thank you. I’m so relieved that someone understands. As it is 
right now, I don’t have anyone’s support.”

Just then, the door to the office opened. Mac rose, preparing to 
chew out one of her officers. When she saw it was her husband, 
she calmed and sat down. “Harm. What are you doing here?”

He walked over to her, grabbed her, holding her close to him. 
Once she got her bearings, she pulled back. “What was that for?”

“Sarah, I love you. And I know this situation can’t be easy for 
you. And my acting like a baby isn’t going to help it any. I’m 
going to be here for you, I’m going to love you, and I’m going 
to support you no matter what. Whatever happens, and wherever 
this pregnancy leads us, we’re going to make it there together. 
Ok?”

She lunged herself back in his arms. “I love you so much.”

***


4 months later

At seven months pregnant, Mac was rather large. She was allowed 
to work up untill her seventh month, and then there was nothing 
nut bed rest. Harm and Chloe had changed their attitudes drastically. 
They were fully supportive of Mac and this pregnancy. Wherever it 
would lead. 

Mac stepped out of the shower. Then she fell. “HARM!” She screamed. 
She rolled herself into a ball, waiting for her husband. He ran as 
quickly as he could to her and slid to his knees beside her when he 
saw her crumpled on the floor. He grabbed the phone and dialed for 
an ambulance. 

“The baby.” She whispered. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. 
Harm placed one hand on her stomach as he talked to the dispatcher. 
His fear reached a new level when he noticed the blood pooling 
beneath her. 

He hung up the phone and put it on the floor next to them. “Baby, 
the ambulance is on its way. You have to hold on, ok?” He leaned 
down to kiss her, trying not to cry. They lay there, him holding 
her when the ambulance burst in. Harm had told them they would be 
upstairs, and to come on up. “We’re in here!” He yelled. One of the 
paramedics got the stretcher ready, while the others checked her 
vitals, calling them in. “I’m going with her.” Harm said. It took 
less then three minutes to have her strapped in the ambulance, them 
on their way.

At the ER, they rushed her in, making Harm stand behind. “Sir, 
you have to stay here.” The doctor said. “We’ll let you know when 
WE know something.”

It took all he had to follow their orders and stay outside. After 
filling out the forms, he got out his phone and began making the 
obligatory phone calls. Turner was left in charge of JAG, Harriet 
was on her way over. Being eight months pregnant, she was supposed 
to be taking it easy, but she had to be there for her friend. She 
greeted Harm with a kiss on the cheek. 

“How is she?”

Harm nodded, numbly. “I don’t know. They haven’t told me anything 
yet.” She sat next to him, and grabbed his hand. She squeezed it 
comfortably, and looked at him. “Will you pray with me?”

He nodded and bowed his head with her, while she began to pray. 
“Dear God, our Sarah is in your hands now. Please watch over her, 
and care for her, and heal her with only the power that you 
possess. Please bring her and the baby she wanted so bad back to 
us. In your precious name we pray, Amen.”

“Amen.” Harm repeated. “Harriet, do you believe that God answers 
prayers?”

“Yeah. I do.” She sighed. “For a while, after baby Sarah died, I 
didn’t believe in much of anything anymore. But everything… I 
wouldn’t say it worked out, but it became good again. Waking up 
in the morning isn’t hard anymore. I have a reason to live. With 
Maddie, I did pretty much nothing but pray. And everything is 
wonderful.”

“I’ve been praying more or less non stop since Eve told Mac she 
may not survive. I could live with losing the baby. I would be 
utterly devastated, but I would survive. 
I couldn’t handle losing Sarah. I think I would probably die.”

Harriet was about to respond when the doctors walked out. They both 
stood. “Mr. Rabb?” He said. Harm nodded, and took a few steps closer. 
“Your wife is out of immediate danger. She… Mr. Rabb, she was in labor. 
We had to deliver the baby.”

“Is the baby ok?” He asked, tears already pouring out of his eyes, 
“I mean, I know its early, but a baby can survive at seven months, 
right?”

“Yes sir. Your wife took very good care of herself. The baby is 
quite small. She is 3 pounds, 6 ounces. But, she is in NICU. We 
have every reason to believe she’s going to be fine.”

Harm released a sigh of relief. “How is my wife?”

“Mr. Rabb, you’re wife is in critical condition. You and her were 
aware that this pregnancy could be fatal. We have done everything 
we possibly can. It’s in God’s hands now.”

The tears were wiped away, and he found his voice. “May I see her.”

The doctor nodded. “Yeah. Go on in.”

“Harm, I’m going to go get Chloe.”

Harm looked at her, the expression going from devastated to 
stricken. “Oh God. Chloe.” He rubbed his eyes with the back of 
his hand. “Thank you Harriet.” Once she was gone, he went into 
the room. “Oh Mac. Why? Please God, let her get through this.” 
Harm sat next to her bed, picked up her hand and lay his head 
down, sobbing for the woman he loved.

Part 4

“Dad!” Chloe exclaimed as she ran into her mothers room. He stood 
up and immediately pulled her to him in a warm hug. “Oh God, its 
bad isn’t it.”

Harm pulled back. The past couple of hours wreaked havoc on his 
face. He looked much older then he was, and his eyes were blood 
red. “It’s bad, Chloe. The baby is more then likely going to be 
okay.” He smiled for a brief moment. “You have a sister. And she’s
 beautiful. But Mac, She um, she lost a lot of blood, and they 
think the strain could have been too much. The next couple of 
hours are going to be critical.” He began to cry again, “Chloe, 
I don’t think its going to work out. They don’t think she’s going 
to make it.” Chloe began to sob and latched on to Harm. 

“I need to see the baby.” Chloe pulled back, her eyes cold. “I 
need to see why my mother gave up her life.”

“I think Sarah needs you more right now.” Harm sat back down. 
“She needs us, Chloe. She needs us here. Besides, we can’t see 
the baby yet. Eve promised to come get me when I can.”

Not even five minutes later, Eve walked into the room. “Harm, you 
can see your daughter now.” Harm smiled and stood up. He lifted 
his wife’s hand and kissed it gently. 

“I’m going to see our baby, Sarah. When I get back, I’ll tell you 
everything about her.” He left Chloe alone and followed Eve. “How 
is she?” He asked.

“That is one hell of a fighter. She’s got her mothers spirit.” 
Eve opened the door and led Harm to the incubator. The tiny little 
girl squirmed. 

Harm was immediately taken by her. “She’s beautiful. She looks 
just like Sarah.” He smiled. “She has my eyes though.”

Eve grinned. “Most babies are born with blue eyes.”

“I know I’m going to sound like Rhett Butler, but her eyes are 
going to stay blue.” Harm looked at her. “May I touch her, or 
hold her?”

Eve smiled. “Yeah, go sterilize your hands and slip them in here.” 
Harm went and did as he was told, and then slid his hands in. 
The little girl squirmed under his touch. “Oh, she’s so tiny.”

“Her lungs are well developed for her age and size. He 
neurological systems are all developed and intact. There is a 
very good chance she’ll be able to go home in a week or two.” 
She stuffed her hands into her pockets. “How’s Mac?”

Harm swallowed, as he stroked his baby daughters hand. “They um, 
they don’t think she’s going to make it.”

Eve grimaced. “Just have faith. Pray. Tell her all about your 
daughter.” She smiled. “Did y’all have a name picked out?”

“We had decided on Caroline Nicole. But, I think Caroline Faith is 
a little more appropriate. Caroline Faith Rabb. Welcome to this 
messed up world.”

Eve sighed. “Why don’t you go back to your wife, I need to examine 
Caroline some more.” Harm nodded and pulled his hands away.

“Yeah, I need to go tell her about our daughter.” He stood. 
“Thank you, Eve.” The two friends embraced and Harm left, 
heading back to his wife’s room. He looked at her, Chloe still 
by her side. Harm placed his hands on Chloe’s shoulders. “There 
wouldn’t happen to be any change?”

Chloe shook her head. “No.” She turned to look at him. “How is my sister?”

Harm smiled. “She’s perfect. Caroline Faith Rabb.” He looked at 
his wife. “Do you hear that, Marine? We have a beautiful little 
girl. She is absolutely perfect. She’s going to need her mom, 
though. Both of our girls will. Mac, you can’t leave us. We all 
need you, and we all love you so much.” Chloe began to cry, as 
Harm continued. “Baby, I love you so much. I can’t do this 
without you. I’ll be the best dad I can, but our girls need 
their mom, & I need my wife.” He took a breath. “I know that 
night of Chloe’s first date we picked out our kids names. Caroline 
Nicole was to be our daughters name. But I changed it a little. 
Caroline Faith. Mac, you had faith and hoped that everything 
would work out, please don’t be wrong. Please.” He began to sob. 
Chloe turned around and pulled her father to her in a fierce hug.

***


Sarah Rabb, Trish & Frank all came as quickly as they could. They 
spotted Harriet, Bud, AJ & Sydney. Trish and Sydney shared a quick,
but tight hug. “How’s my family?” Trish asked.

AJ cleared his throat. “It doesn’t look good for Mac. The baby 
is doing ok, though.”

“Where is Harm?” Sarah asked.”

“In with Mac of course.”

Sarah looked at Trish. I have to see him. Is it ok if I go first?”

Trish nodded. “Yeah, I’m going to go see my grandchild.” She took 
Frank’s hand. “Come with me.” He nodded and they headed toward NICU. 
Trish opened the door, and her heart broke. Chloe was standing over 
the incubator, crying. She looked up and saw Trish and Frank. Sobbing, 
she ran to her grandmother. 

“Oh God.” She sobbed, as Trish held her. “The baby… I don’t want 
to like her. She’s responsible for my mom. I don’t want to like 
her, but I can’t help it.”

Trish stroked her granddaughters head. “Ssh. It’ll be ok. Don’t 
cry, sweetie.”

Frank walked over to the incubator and began to cry at the sight 
of his granddaughter. Chloe looked up, and noticed him. She pulled 
Trish over to him and the three of them wrapped their arms around 
one another and stared at the baby.

***


“Honey.”

Harm turned and saw his grandmother standing in the doorway. 
“Grams.” He whispered. 

“How is she?”

Harm cleared his throat. “She’s not doing too good. But she’ll 
be ok. She has to. We have a daughter to raise together. And we 
have another one we have to finish raising. She’s not allowed to 
leave me.” His voice broke. “She promised me forever, Grams. How 
can she leave me?”

He stood up, and he and Sarah embraced. “I know it hurts, Harm. 
I know.”

He pulled back and covered his moth with his hand. “Oh Grams, 
I’m sorry. I didn’t think.”

“Its ok.” She sat down in the chair next to his. “Sarah is strong. 
She is strong and she has so much to live for. Just keep praying 
Harm. Talk to her. Tell her about the baby. Prove to these damn 
doctors that technology isn’t everything. Show them that God, and 
love are just as important.”

“I love her so much, Gram.”

“I know sweetie. I know.” She leaned over and kissed his forehead. 
“How is the baby.”

Harm smiled, as he did whenever anyone asked him about his new 
daughter. “She’s going to be fine. She’s small, but that’s about 
it. Her lungs, and brain are well developed. Eve thinks she should 
be able to go home in a week or two.”

“Well that’s wonderful.” Sarah said. “What are y’all naming her?”

Harm picked up Mac’s hand and played with her fingers. “We had 
decided on Caroline Nicole, but I made a slight change. I think 
Caroline Faith is a little more appropriate.”

“That’s very pretty. I can’t wait to see her. Your mom and Frank 
are looking at her now, so I could be here with you.”


***


Trish now sat with Harm. Chloe slept against Frank’s arm. Harriet 
had gone home to rest. She wasn’t doing much resting though. She 
called every hour. Finally, Bud went home to be with her. At eight 
months pregnant, he hated her being alone for two seconds. AJ & 
Sydney were in the chapel. Bobbie, Turner, Webb & Tiner had gone 
to pick up dinner for those who refused to leave. 

Chloe was dreaming. Her, her parents and Caroline were at Disney 
World. It was a beautiful day. Her mom was laughing, her dad was 
holding Caroline. It was perfect. Then, noise. Loud voices. Popping 
noises. She opened her eyes to see people with camera’s and 
microphones. Uncle AJ was in one mans face while Grandma Sarah took 
care of one of the others. 

“He is the Lieutenant Governor. This is news.” The nerdy man with 
the blonde hair and glasses tried to talk his way into speaking 
with Harm.

Seeing Chloe was awake, Frank stood up and walked over to him. 
“Young man, my daughter in law is fighting for her life. My 
granddaughter was born two months earlier. Harm has barely left 
his wife’s side for 2 seconds all day unless he was with his 
daughters. This family is going through hell right now, and there 
is no way I’m going to let some bastard reporters cause any of 
these people anymore damage.”

He looked past Frank. “That girl, That’s the older daughter right. 
“Miss, may I speak to you for a moment?” At that moment, Chloe’s 
face resembled that of a deer caught in headlights. Sydney pulled 
her close and wrapped her arms around her. AJ treated the man with 
a “Webb”. 

“Ow! My nose.”

“Get the hell out of here.” Frank said. “You will not cause my 
family anymore harm.” The security guards finally showed up and 
escorted the reporters out of that particular waiting area. Frank 
then turned to Chloe and Sydney. “Chloe, are you okay?”

Before she could respond, they heard commotion coming down the 
hallway, running towards them, Eve leading the group. Once the 
door was open, Chloe and Frank could hear the machine flat lining.

“Oh God!” Chloe sobbed. She fell to the floor, Pulling Frank down 
with her. She sat there sobbing, as Frank held her. He looked towards 
the room, where Harm and Trish held each other, both in prayer.

“Our father who art in Heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 
come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread….”

AJ, Sydney and Frank began to pray with Sarah. “Forgive us our 
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.”

End Part 4

*** I don’t know Harm’s grandfathers name. I read it was Peter 
in some fics, so I’m going with that.

Part 5

Harm and Trish stepped numbly out into the lobby, while the 
doctors worked on Mac. Chloe saw her father and ran to him. He 
latched on to her like she was his only lifeline. He dropped his 
head on to hers. “I can’t lose her.” He whispered. 

***


Nothing but white. It was beautiful. Mac walked around. Trying to 
figure out where she was. The next thing she saw made her already 
weak heart almost stop. “Oh God.”

Peter and Harmon Rabb Sr. approached her. “Hello Sarah.” Peter 
said, with a soft, nostalgic smile.

Harm Sr. smiled. “Mac. I’ve been waiting so long to see you.”

“Am I in heaven?”

Harm shook his head. “No. Not yet. But unless you start fighting 
a little bit harder, you’ll be up here with us, instead of down 
there with your girls and my son.”

“My girls?” Mac said with a smile. “The baby is a girl?”

“Yep.” Peter said with a proud smile. “My great granddaughter. 
Caroline Faith Rabb. My Sarah is going to love spoiling that 
little angel.” He took a few steps. “Look.”

Mac looked where he was and gasped as she saw her daughter. 
“She’s so tiny. She’s beautiful.”

“Harm is already taken by her. He’s wrapped around that tiny 
finger already. Chloe loves her already. She’ll have a hard time 
showing love for a while, but she does love her.” Harm said.

“Chloe doesn’t have a hard time showing love.” 

Peter sighed. “Mac, if you stay up here with us, she will. You mean 
more to her then anything. Until today, you are the only person in 
her life who’s never let her down.”

“How do I get back to them?”

“You have to wake up.” Harm simply said. “Let my boy see those 
big brown eyes he fell so in love with.” He smiled sadly and looked 
at her. “Sarah, my son has never been as happy as he is when he’s 
with you. If you die, he’ll never get over it. He’ll be as good of 
a father as he can be, but he’ll never truly love again. He’ll never 
marry again. He’ll throw himself into his work. If you die, Chloe and 
Caroline will lose both parents.”

Mac’s eyes filled with tears. “I don’t want to die. I want to go 
to heaven one day, but not yet. I want to…” She sighed and smiled.
“I want to die an old lady, warm in my bed. Not here, not this 
night, not like this.” She laughed at Peter and Harm’s confused 
expressions. “My favorite movie, TITANIC. Its… never mind. I don’t 
want to be up here for about 50 years. Please let me go back to Harm 
and my daughters.”

“Tell Mom, Harm & Trish and the girls that I love them.” Harm 
whispered, tears welling in his eyes, as well as in Mac’s. He 
leaned over and kissed her cheek.”

“Tell Sarah the two of us will be together soon. And tell Harm 
I’m so proud of him. I love him so much. And tell you daughters 
that their great grandfather loves them and is watching over 
them.” The tears slid down Mac’s face and her and Peter shared a 
tight hug.

“Thank you.” She whispered.

“Close your eyes.” Harm said.

***


Eve adjusted the IV and made a note on her chart. “Harm.” Eve 
turned and looked at her patient. “Harm.” The voice was hoarse 
whisper, but it was that of Mac.

Eve dropped the clipboard. “oh God, Mac. Mac. Can you hear me?”

She groaned. “Yeah. I.. Harm. I need Harm.”

Eve started to cry. “Ok sweetie. Let me check you really quick, 
then I’ll get Harm for you.” She checked her vitals. Everything 
was as it should be. She was amazed. Nothing like this had ever 
happened before. It was a miracle. “I’m going to get Harm.” Eve 
walked out to the lobby. Harm was sitting with his mother. He had 
her head on his shoulder. “Where’ Chloe?” she asked.

Harm stood up. “Her boyfriend showed up, and he talked Chloe into 
going into the cafeteria for some food. Is.. Did Mac.. What’s wrong?”

Eve smiled. “She woke up. And she’s asking for…”

Harm was out of his seat and in his wife’s room before Eve could 
finish her sentence. “Sarah.” He whispered. 

She opened her eyes. “Hey.”

He smiled, “Hey yourself. I missed you.”

“I’ve only been out for a day.”

“The longest day of my life. You’re awake. I can’t believe it. 
God, I love you so much.”

She smiled. “I love you too. You, Chloe, and our new daughter.” 
She paused for a minute. “Caroline Faith.”

Harm’s eyes widened. “How do you know about her middle name. 
Could you really hear me talking to you?”

She shook her head as best she could. “Your dad told me. Harm, 
I was almost in Heaven. And..”

“Ssh.” Harm whispered. “Don’t over exert yourself. We can talk 
later.” He brought a hand to her forehead and brushed the dark 
locks off of her face.

“No. I want to talk now.” She sighed as she adjusted herself. “I 
saw your father, and your grandfather. They showed me our baby. 
She’s beautiful. And they told me that unless I started fighting, 
I would watch you and my daughters from up there, instead of 
living with you down here.”

“You were with my dad & my grandfather.”

Her own eyes welled up, as she saw his do the same. “They are 
both proud of you. And they both love you so much. Peter told 
me that…” She closed her eyes. Maybe her husband didn’t need to 
hear that right now. “Never mind. I am kinda tired.”

“Giving birth and almost dying has a tendency to do that to a 
person.”


***


Chloe and Charlie walk back to the lobby, her hand twined tightly 
with his. Before they got to the rest of her family, he stopped 
walking and pulled Chloe close to him. “You know I love you 
right.”

She softened. “I thought we said we were to young to say those 
words.”

He smiled. “Considering we’ve been dating for almost two years, 
I feel pretty comfortable saying it. I can’t help how I feel. I 
love you, Chloe. And no matter what, I’ll be here for you.”

Tears began to fall again. “I love you too.” 

He stepped closer and tipped her face to meet his. He gently kissed 
her. Once they parted, they smiled at each other and joined hands 
again, walking to her family.

She approached them, and saw her father was gone. Trish and Sarah 
were embracing, tears running freely. “Oh God.” Chloe whispered. 
She squeezed Charlie’s hand as her grandmother stood up. “Mom died 
didn’t she.” Before she could stop herself, she began to sob. 

Trish lay a hand on her granddaughter’s shoulder. “Sweetie, she 
woke up.”

“What?”

AJ smiled. “She woke up about 10 minutes ago. Your dad is in 
there with her.” 

Chloe let go of Charlie’s hand and ran to her mothers room. She 
stopped dead in her tracks, when she saw her mother’s eyes open, 
and her father smiling once again. “Mom.” She whispered. Then, 
she ran to the bed. Her father wrapped an arm around her waist.

Tears once again filled Mac’s eyes. “Chloe. I love you so much.” 
Chloe pulled out of her father’s grasp and she leaned down to kiss 
her mother. 

“I love you too, Mom.” 

***


The day went on pretty quickly. Mac was so happy to be 
surrounded by her friends and family. The next day came quickly, 
but something was missing. As Eve examined her, Mac sighed 
discontentedly and lay back against the pillows. “What’s wrong?” 
Eve asked with a smile. “Harm been gone all of 10 minutes?”

“Ha-Ha.” Mac sighed again. “He took Chloe to school and went to 
shower and stuff. Eve, I want to see my baby.”

“So that’s why you’ve been so cranky.”

Mac smiled. “This baby… I have to see her. I have to see for 
myself that she’s okay and she’s really here.”

Eve adjusted her IV. “Mac, sweetie, you’re too weak to be taken 
to her, and she’s so tiny that we can’t risk the infection of 
bringing her in here.”

“I need to see her.”

“I’m guessing a picture wont satisfy you.”

“No.”

“I’ll see what I can do.” Eve said as she smiled at her patient 
and walked out of the room.

Mac was flipping aimlessly through the TV when someone knocked 
on her door. “Come in.”

Sarah Rabb opened the door and walked in. “Darling, how are you?”

She smiled. “Grams. I’m doing great. How are you?”

“I’m fine. Honey, Harm told us that you were in ‘pre-heaven’.” 
Grams smiled. She looked at her hands. “I don’t know really how 
to say this, but when you told us what Harm and Peter had said, 
I got the feeling you were holding something back.”

“Why do you think that?” Mac asked nervously.

“Because you looked at me, opened your mouth, and then closed it. 
You waited a moment before talking to Trish. Peter said something 
important didn’t he.”

Mac’s eyes filled with tears. “Yeah.” She whispered. “He said, ‘Tell 
Sarah we’ll be together soon.’” Mac began to cry, as her grandmother 
gave her a hug. “I’m going to miss you so much.”

Grams smiled, “Oh honey, I’m just so glad I lived to see my grandson 
marry the love of his life. I’m so blessed I got to know one 
granddaughter, and I got to live to see another brought into 
this world. Darling, I’ve had a life, so blessed, that I only 
think its somewhat fitting. I’m going to be leaving this world 
as new life are coming in. Caroline, and soon Harriet’s baby. My 
life has been so full of emotion. Some sad, some joyful. But I’ve 
lived it to the fullest. There has always been one thing missing 
though. And when my life is over, I’ll be with the missing piece.”

“I love you.” Mac whispered, leaning forward to embrace the older 
woman.

“Oh, I love you too.” Sarah kissed her granddaughter forehead and 
smiled. “Sweetie, don’t tell the others about what Peter said. I 
want to spend our time left without them waiting for me to die.”

Mac was about to respond when a knock on the door interrupted them. 
“This place is grand central station today.” She joked. “Come in.” 
Her face lit up as her husband walked in. “Hey. How’s Chloe?”

Harm smiled and leaned in to kiss her, handing her a bouquet of 
beautiful peach roses.

“Harm, they’re beautiful. You bring me roses every time you come 
in here. You’re spoiling me. I may have to almost die more often.”

He kissed her again. “Don’t even think about it.” He looked up 
and smiled. “Hey Grams.”

“Hey sweetheart. How are you?”

“Better now that two of my favorite girls are here, both are alive.” 
Somehow he missed the look that his wife and grandmother exchanged. 

“Hey.” Eve said poking her head in the door, “I have surprise 
for you.” She pushed the door open and pushed in a wheelchair. 

“Wow. A wheelchair. Just what I always wanted.” Mac smiled. “What’s 
this about?”

“Hop in.” Eve said. “Rumor has it that your husband has been 
gallivanting around this hospital with a younger woman. I thought 
you’d like to meet your competition.”

Mac gasped, and harm leaned over and took her hand. “Lets go marine.” 
She was helped out of the bed and into the wheelchair. Eve let Harm 
push it, as she and Grams followed them to the NICU. Eve opened the 
door for them and Harm brought the wheelchair to a stop in front of 
their daughters incubator. “Sarah, our daughter. Caroline Faith Rabb.”

“I talked to the head of the department. She’s doing extremely 
well. Dr. Romanov said that you could hold her for a few minutes.” 
Mac gasped and looked at Eve, nodding enthusiastically. Harm wheeled 
her over to the sink so she could sterilize her hands and arms. He 
did the same and they slipped on the protective coverings. He helped 
her back into the wheelchair. Eve gently picked up the baby and placed 
her in her mothers waiting arms.

“Oh Harm. She’s beautiful.”

“She looks like you.”

She smiled. “My looks, your brains.”

Grams grinned at Harm. “God help us all.”

“Hey sweetie.” Mac said. “I’m your mommy. I love you so much.” 
She looked up at Harm. “So does your daddy, and your big sister 
Chloe. You are going to have a wonderful life. I promise.” 

“We all will.” Harm said. He leaned down to kiss her, and stroked 
his daughters cheek. “Looks like this fairy tale had a happy ending.” 


*** THE END ***