New Story Time! I'm about to end the Smut shots, and this is what is taking over: a cute family type story...this is not my forte, I'm not going to lie to ya! Wish me luck! Quick read and a quick write, I might update this every other day...

Rating: M

Warning: Nothing yet

Disclaimer: Not mine, yeah, yeah, yeah...no money, not making any off of this!

On with the show!

A Mommy For Papi and Me

Chapter 1

"Stephanie, I saw Joseph yesterday at the grocery store, he's back in town you know, from L.A., he moved into his late Aunt Rose's house, you know," Helen Plum said, as she passed around the platter roast beef, "He works for the Trenton P.D. and he would love to see you again."

Stephanie let out an inaudible sigh and looked over to her mother saying, "Mom, I don't want to see Joe, I don't have time to date, I have things to do, and a business to run."

Helen crossed herself and looked over to her husband saying, "Frank, say something to your daughter!"

Frank looked up from his meal and looked over to his youngest child. He gave her a look and asked, "Are you happy with what you're doing?"

"Yes," Stephanie said nodding her head and earning a grunt from her father.

"You're not struggling with anything are you?" Franked asked sitting up and looking at Stephanie, "No money problems or anything like that?"

"No, the shop is extremely popular, I'm hiring someone to make a website for the shop so people can shop online," Stephanie said with a smile to her father, earning a head nod.

"Good girl," Frank said with a rare smile, before turning to Helen and saying, "Looks like nothing's wrong with our child, now, can you stop pestering her with Morelli, I don't want any Morelli man around her."

Stephanie smiled and hid it behind her wine glass, as her mother sputtered and then went on a rant.

"She's not getting any younger, Frank! She's turning 31 soon, she doesn't have any children and she divorced her last husband, what is going to do?! Her biological clock is ticking and it's only going to get louder!"

Stephanie shook her head and said, standing up, "Okay, time for me to go, bye Daddy, I'll try to come back down for Sunday dinner next week, I have to go, I have inventory to go through, bye Mom."

"And this silly store, no respectable 'Burg woman would ever been seen running a shop that sells lingerie!" Helen said, as Stephanie left the dining room, "Stephanie Michelle Plum, I'm still talking to you!"

Stephanie closed the front door of her parent's house and sighed, walking over to her car, a cute little red Miata, and climbing in it. She didn't get why her mother seemed to always harp on her about getting a new husband. She had divorced Dickie Orr a year ago; she wasn't ready for another husband. She was running a successful business and enjoyed her independence. Stephanie started her car and ambled down the road, she was going to stop by the liquor store and get her a nice bottle of wine and go home and relax. She ignored the thoughts running in her head about her biological clock ticking. She had a while before she was ready to pop out any babies.

Besides, she needed to find a new and better man first.

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"Papi!" A child's voice said, and the pitter patter of small feet filled the long hallway, "Papi! Story time, Papi, before I go to bed!"

"Oh, I almost forgot," A man's voice said, as the child came running into a large bedroom, climbing on the big bed that sat in the bedroom, "Well, I'm glad you came to find me and to read to me, Bella."

The child smiled and crawled over to the man that lounge in the bed, with a laptop on his lap. The child cuddled close to the man, and the man wrapped his arm around her small frame and looked down at the child. The child smiled up at him but then pouted and said, "Papi, you packed up all my books, what are we supposed to read now?"

"Well, I'll tell you a story," The man said, closing his laptop up and placing it on the side table that stood beside the bed, "Now, I have a story about a wishing star. You see, Bella, the wishing star comes out every night and can be seen facing east, come on, I'll show you."

The child smiled and wrapped her limbs around her father, letting him carry her to the large bay window of the master bedroom. The man pointed up to the setting sky and said, "See, right there, it's the brightest star out there, that's the wishing star, and if you make a wish on it, it'll come true."

"It will, Papi?" The child asked, her eyes wide with wonder, "Wow! I can wish for anything, right?"

"Yes, Bella," The man said, kissing his child's forehead and hugging her, "Let's make a wish now, together, you need to close your eyes and make a wish inside your heart, don't speak it out loud."

The child nodded her head and closed her eyes, bunching her little toes up and biting her lip. A few seconds later she opened her eyes and said, "'Kay, Papi, I made my wish, can I tell you, but you gotta keep it a secret…"

"Alright, Bella," The man chuckled, before the child leaned in and whispered, "I wished that you woild be my Papi for forever."

"That's a good wish," The man said with a smile, "And I wished that you would be my Bella forever…"

"I like that wish, Papi," The child said, yawning and resting her head on the man's shoulder, "Papi? Why do we have to leave Florida? I wanna stay here and go to school here…"

"Well, I'm opening a new branch up north, in New Jersey," The man said, carrying the child out of the master bedroom, and down the hall to her own bedroom, "And I need to be there, you remember what the name of my company is, right Bella?"

"Mhmm, Rangeman, cause, you were a Ranger in the Army, right?" The child asked, earning a head nod, "Well, as long as you're with me, Papi, I don't care where we go!"

"Okay, now, time for bed, Bella," The man said, leaning and kissing the child on the forehead, "Good night, Bella, I love you."

"Love you too," the child said, before her eyes fluttered shut and she fell fast asleep. The man turn on the side table lamp and turned off the overhead light, before closing the door shut.

The man sat down on the bed and let out a rare sigh, sitting back and picking up his laptop again. Things needed to be done before the big trip tomorrow, he had to set up a time for the movers to come, and he had to book the private jet. The man had called his core team up and found that they had moved into the Rangeman building and were just waiting for him to show up as well, along with his child. They would both be up in New Jersey by tomorrow afternoon. This is what they both needed, him and his child, they needed a change of scenery and a fresh start. He wasn't too worried about the new Rangeman, they had already have several inquiries about their services. Yes, he and his daughter would do just fine up north.

Just fine.

TBC…..

Like I said, a quick read and a quick write, what do you think? Please, leave a review, thank you! :D P.S. We all know who the man is, but who in the heck is his darling daughter?!