Disclaimer: none of the characters are mine.
I walked to the elevator excited to surprise my…I didn't know what to call him. Boyfriend didn't seem like the right word to describe him. We were more than that. Ricardo Carlos Manoso AKA Ranger was the love of my life, my mentor, my best friend and the father of the child I was carrying. He didn't know about the last one yet and that was what I was here to tell him. We'd been trying for a baby for the last few months and now that it had finally happened I had a plan on how to tell him. A plan I was going to initiate that very morning. (So what if it was already one in the afternoon? It's morning to me.)
Anyway, I danced towards Ranger's office waving and greeting the merry men as I went. I was smiling at something Lester, who was in his cubicle to my left, said when I ran into a huge black wall.
The wall reached out and steadied me. Then, when I saw it was Tank, I smiled up at him. "Hey, big guy." He did not return my smile which immediately had me worried. "What's up?"
"Steph, you shouldn't be down here right now," he growled.
"Why not? I have something to tell Ranger." I tried to side step him but he wouldn't let me past.
"This isn't a good time," he said trying to steer me towards the elevators.
"Why the hell not?" I asked digging my heels into the ground.
"Just go back up to seven, Steph. I'll tell him you were here."
The next time he tried to lead me away, I slipped under his arm and towards Ranger's office. When I got there, I didn't bother to knock just turned the door knob and walked in. "Ranger, you should call of your…" I had finally made it in.
There he was sitting on his couch with his tongue down the throat of some blond girl. I felt my heart squeeze painfully in my chest and I made a small noise.
Ranger pulled away and turned towards me.
I ran.
I ran all the way to the sidewalk outside Rangeman before I realized he hadn't even bothered to chase after me. I think that was what hurt the most, him not following me.
It wasn't until I had turned a block later and I was sure none of the Rangeman cameras could see me that I let myself fall apart. I slid down onto a bench in front of a café and sobbed until my heart began to feel cold.
Then, I turned my purse over and emptied it onto the bench seat beside me. First, I took my cell phone and threw it on the ground and stomped on it until it broke into a million pieces. I picked up the pieces and threw them away in the trash can conveniently next to the bench. Next, I picked up everything that was in my purse except for my wallet and then just tossed it all, including the purse, into the trash.
Now that I was sure there were none of his trackers on me, I walked to a pay phone and called the only person I was 100% sure I could trust not to contact Ranger.
"Mary Lou?" My voice cracked when she picked up.
"Where are you? I'll drop the kids off at moms then I'll come pick you up." She always knew just what I needed.
I nodded then remembered she couldn't see me. "Thanks." I said and told her the address of the café. After I had hung up, I went back to the bench and sat with my hand on my stomach quietly reassuring my unborn child that everything was going to be okay. I had only known about him or her for a few hours but I already felt attached. I couldn't drink myself into oblivion this time like I did when the Dick and then Joe cheated on me. I didn't even really care about that this time. This was different from the other times. Ranger was different.
God, what could I have done to deserve this?
The title is from the song Full Circle by Miley Cyrus. Even if you don't like her you should listen to the song it's kind of where I got the idea for the story from so, just look it up and listen to it okay?
*New Chapter will be up as soon as I get internet back which should be Thursday.
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