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This is a sequel to The Joys of Womanhood

I'M PREGNANT!!

Yes you heard right. I Stephanie Manoso am pregnant. The doctor confirmed it and gave me the news today and I'm currently in such a state of shock that I left my car in the parking lot of the doctor's office and just started walking.

No wonder my period was late (the merry men were ecstatic about that) No wonder when Carlos my husband of a year touched my boobs they hurt and I batted his hand away much to his surprise

"God Carlos. What will I tell him? How will I tell him?" I asked out loud

As if he heard me my phone in my pocket began to ring and it was my darling husband. He told me he was in-between meeting and had a minute to call me and see what the doctors said. I told him I found out why I was feeling nauseous and dizzy.

"What is it Babe?" he asked and I felt a lump in my throat as I placed a hand on my stomach

"Oh, I'll discuss it with you when I get back to RangeMan" I tell him and knew he would start to wonder

"Babe" he said in that voice I knew meant tell me or what is it

"Whose in the field today?" I asked cutting off any more of his questions about my condition

"Hal, Lester, and woody. They just delivered a guy to the police station"

"Ok, I got to go, I love you Carlos" I said

"Steph" he said and then sighed knowing it was pointless to ask me " love you too Stephanie" and then we disconnected

I looked at my phone and then at my surroundings. I didn't know I actually walked as far as I did. If I started to walk back now to get my car id be extremely late getting back and like when I went to Rite aid for a heating pad, Ranger would send out all of RangeMan to come and find me. My best bet to hedge that off would to be doing what I'm doing now.

"Lester can you guys come and pick me up?" I asked

I gave my location to Lester and hung up. I smiled at myself because I didn't have to tell him where I was. All he had to do is pick up my signal and he's find me. A few minutes later a shiny black SUV came to a stop in front of me and I hopped in.

(Lester's pov)

I watched as Stephanie climbed into the passenger seat once Woody vacated it. Once everyone got settled and Steph clicked her belt over her, I took off. I knew something was off the minute she called my cell. Steph never calls any of the guys. When she told me she needed to be picked up I knew then too something strange was going on and now she sitting here all closed off from us picking her teeth with her finger nail.

"Hey Bombshell what's eaten you?" I asked jokingly and see the tears fall down her cheeks

"DAMN why is it I always me who gets the crying Stephanie?" I ask myself

Visions of the last time Stephanie cried floated back into my brain. It was when I had to forcefully take her out of the house we were in because she kicked the shit out of Conroy. She told me he did deserve it when I got onto her about assaulting the fugitives. When I asked her why he deserved it she told me he had called her fat and then she burst into tears, like now.... SHIT.

I looked back to Hal and woody but they were of no help, they were also inwardly panicking, remembering what took place a year ago. Sighing I bit the bullet.

"Bombshell what's wrong?" I asked her wishing Ranger was here instead of me

Steph buried her head into her hands and sobbed. GREAT! I pulled over to the curb and shut the truck off. Giving one last pleading look to the two guys in the back seat I placed a hand on her shoulder. Steph turned and tightly wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her head into the crook of it.

"Bombshell what is it? What is wrong?" I asked her rubbing her back

what she said blew me away. I never even thought about what came out of her mouth. I held her tightly to me as she continued to sob.

"I'm pregnant"

(end of Lester's POV)

I don't know why I told Lester, Hal, and woody I was pregnant. I wanted to tell Carlos first, but the tears came from everything hitting me all at the same time and it just came out. When I pulled back from Lester I looked down at the trucks seats. Lester placed a finger under my chin and made me look at him.

"So these are happy tears" he asked me smiling

"Happy, sad, fear, and I don't know Tears" I say

I sat back in my seat and Lester pulled away from the curb. I knew I didn't need to say it but I warned each man in that truck not to say a word to Ranger. With a shake of their head we pulled into the RangeMan Garage. Wiping my eyes and straightening myself up I rode the elevator up to 5 where I knew my husband would be.

Walking onto 5 I went to my office and called the monitor room to find out where Ranger was at this moment. I was told he was just finishing his 2nd meeting of the day. I waited 30 more minutes and then walked over to Rangers office. I stood there in his doorway and watched him take off his suit jacket and then his tie. Damn he was sexy.

"Holy Cow!!" I said getting his attention

Ranger smiled at me and unbuttoned some of his dress shirt buttons. I licked my lips and my stomach fluttered. I walked in and closed the door and locked it. Walking up to him he watched me with his intense brown eyes.

"Let me help you with those" I said as I began unbuttoning the last few buttons. Ranger pulled me too him as I wrapped my arms around his strong neck and kissed me a kiss that turned my legs into jelly.

I don't know what came over me. I had to have him and I had to have him NOW! Ranger and I made love to each other on his plush carpet in his office. As we laid there draped in our discarded clothing, I felt I should tell him he was going to be a daddy.

"Carlos I need to tell you something" I said as he was peppering me with soft kisses

"yea that's right what did the doctor say?" he asked

I took his hand in mine and laid it on my still flat stomach. He watched me as I did this and then saw the tears falling from my eyes; I looked at him in the eyes and saw concern on his face.

"Carlos, I'm pregnant"

He never spoke a word, he didn't have too. I saw what he wanted to say in his eyes. He removed the clothes draped over us and made love to me a second time, this time very slow. With each kiss, each stroke, each caress he showed me what he thought and how he felt. Now my tears were of happiness. I was having the baby of the man I loved.