Legal Affairs
by Rhiannon and AJ
"What?" Jed demanded when Abbey slammed down the phone.
"Nothing, go back to sleep," Abbey replied, rising from the bed.
"Where are you going?" Jed asked, raising up in bed.
'Down to my office," Abbey responded, walking to her closet and pulling out a
jeans and a pull over shirt. "Jennifer needs me ... she says it's important."
"At four in the morning?"
"You ain't kidding, I'm going to kill that child if this isn't an emergency."
Abbey replied, quickly changing clothes. She walked over and kissed him,
"I'll be back."
Jed nodded and returned the kiss, "I'll keep the bed warm."
Abbey laughed as she made her out of her bedroom and down the halls of the
White House residence. Finally, she walked through the doors that led to her
office, "This had better be good, Jennifer Erin."
Abbey stopped short when she saw two uniformed police officers standing next
to her Chief of Staff daughter. Jennifer looked at her mother with a clearly
upset expression, "It's important, Mom."
One of the policemen stepped forward, "Mrs. Bartlet?"
"Yes," Abbey responded, warily.
"I'm sorry to have to do this," the man began. "But I'm going to have to ask
that you accompany me down to the police station."
"Why?" Abbey returned.
"Because, you're under arrest for suspicion of embezzlement and misuse of
government funds." The man said, clearly unhappy about his duty.
Abbey stared at him, "You've got to be kidding me..."
"No, ma'am," the man responded. "I'm afraid I'm not, if you'll come with me?"
Abbey turned to her daughter as she was being escorted out of the office,
"Call Dad ... now."
Jennifer nodded and reached for the phone, "Dad? It's me... Yeah, I know it's
four in the morning... But Dad, we've got a problem..."
TBC...