AN: I do not own the characters and am not making any profit from them. Sorry it took so long to update but finally it came to me and this is the next chapter. This story is not beta'd so all mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Warning: This chapter contains a dark matter, if rape bothers you please don't read this chapter. It was necessary to get the story going again and if you can tolerate it, the rape will be avenged at a later time. There will be other things that happen before that. Please read and review. Any ideas are appreciated.
I woke up to the alarm going off at 5 am, knowing I needed to get up and head out for my run. I forcefully turned the alarm off. Okay, I threw the alarm against the wall and it broke but either way it was off. I climbed out of bed and went to the bathroom and do my business. I threw on a pair of soffe shorts, sports bra, and Nike's, walking out of the dressing room Les was standing by the door waiting on me in nothing but basketball shorts. If I didn't get my hormones under control we weren't going to go for a run. We both had to be at work at 0700 and we would find out who my partner was going to be. Les grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the bedroom and then out of the house. Once outside it was easy for me to want to run it's I found out it's a great way to start the day and I usually feel better after a good run. We did an hour run and made our way back up to the house. As soon as we were in the bedroom I was leaving a trail of clothes on my way to the shower. We had 30 minutes before we needed to leave, luckily I can do my makeup in the car and I plan on just throwing my hair up in a ponytail. We did shower together with very little action, Damn him and wanting to be on time. I dressed in my normal Rangeman uniform and put some mousse in my hair before putting in a ponytail, I strapped my gun on and put my boots on and was ready to go.
We walked out of the house and to my car since his blew up. He walked to the passenger side and held the door open for me while I got in and shut it behind me before walking to the driver side. Who ever said Chivalry was dead hasn't met Les along with most of the Merry Men.
"Uh Les what was that phone call last night?" I asked not sure if he wanted to talk about it yet or not
"We'll all go over it in the morning meeting, Can you hold your curiosity that long?"
"I think so" I said with a big smile which Les returned. We rode the rest of the way to Rangeman singing Metallica together. We pulled into the Rangeman building with 5 minutes to spare before we started our shifts. We walked in holding hands and went up to the fifth floor, I was going to my cubicle and Les would go get our coffee and then would go to his cubicle. We had the briefing at 0830, I had to learn military speak working with all the guys. At 1200 we had an appointment with the contractor about the house, and we got off shift at 1700 and then we were both going down to the gym for our workout before we went home. Our days would be full I was curious as to who my partner was going to be and I knew more than likely with a new crazy after me we would also have backup. I sat down at my desk and looked at my inbox, I had at least ten new searches that I needed to run. I booted up the computer and entered the first search as Lester walked into my cubicle with a cup of coffee for me here. He handed me my coffee cup and sat down on the corner of my desk pulling my chair in between his legs.
"Baby, Ranger has requested for you and I to meet with him in his office before the morning meeting. Tank, Bobby, and Woody will also be in there. He was wanting us to meet now." I nodded turning the computer screen off and following Lester to Ranger's office. We walked in and sure enough Bobby and Woody were sitting in the leather chairs in front of Ranger's desk and Tank was sitting on the leather couch in the office while Ranger was behind his desk. I plopped down on the couch next to Tank and Les sat down on the other side of me. We made a nice Stephanie sandwich. I smiled looking at my guys one at a time before looking at Ranger.
"Babe, Woody will be your partner if that is still okay with you and Bobby and Lester will go back to being partners." Ranger said while looking at me. I smiled at Woody and he gave a small smile back.
"Next is we got some information on your newest stalker the thing is that he has never been one of your skips, we ran a check on him and the only connection is you went to the same college." I nodded at him so he would continue.
"His name is Adam Ryan Delves, he wasn't very smart since he left fingerprints on the note." I know Ranger stopped talking because I paled and even I could tell I went pale and was beginning to hyperventilate. Lester pushed my head between my legs and I started pushing back on his hand while he whispered in Spanish in my ear. I finally got my breathing under control and sat up and looked at Ranger and could tell he was waiting for me to speak all the guys were staring at me.
"What all do you know about him before I tell you how I know him?" I asked
"We just did a basic search on him, we know he lives in Newark and moved there directly after finishing college, we also know he was on probation at the college for two years before graduating, after moving to Newark he was arrested for rape and assault on a woman there and was released about two weeks ago, he is on probation and has listed an address in Newark as his residence." I nodded and all eyes came back to me.
"There are some things you guys don't know about because I choose not to tell anybody about something that happened in my past, please don't be mad for me not telling you about this only Mary Lou and my old room mate from college Angela know about this. I trust this will stay between us six." I said before I went to tell them this part of my past. They all nodded.
"During college I was in a sorority and being in a sorority I spent a lot of time with fraternity guys. Adam was one of them, one night at a party he got extremely drunk and…" Lester shoved my head back between my legs as I started to hyperventilate again. After a couple of minutes I brought my head back up and tears began to slowly leak out of my eyes and down my cheeks. I never wanted to relive this.
"He raped me. That's why he was put on probation. His family was very wealthy and paid the school not to report it to authorities, they also paid for me to finish school if I wouldn't report it to the authorities I was young and stupid at the time and agreed to that. After college I cam back to Trenton and heard that he raped a girl in Newark and was going to jail, I also heard that he blamed me for everything. He told people I wanted what he gave me and then when he was arrested his sister contacted me and let me know what had happened and that he told her it was my fault that he raped the girl in Newark, said that I told him that's what women wanted." I began to sob harder and Lester pulled me up on his lap and held me while speaking to me in spanish to help calm my nerves. Once the sobs began to stop I raised my head
"I never told him that." I said as tears silently fell down my cheeks no matter how hard I tried to make them stop. Ranger spoke again and I could hear the barely controlled fury in his voice
"Babe, we know you would never say anything like that. Lester and Bobby agreed to be yours and Woody's back up until he is caught. There is another set of fingerprints that we have identified as a stripper in Newark, we have no idea what she has to do with this and have found no connection to you and her. Her name is Rachel Adamson. Do you know her or have you ever heard of her." I shook my head no.
"Never heard of her" I replied with a shaky voice. I looked at Les, I know he used to frequent strip clubs in Newark. He nodded and turned to Ranger
"I used to be a frequent Visitor at the strip club she worked at, she used to get mad because I wouldn't sleep with her nor would I pay for her lap dances. To be honest when I went there I watched the strippers, drank beer, and left. No lap dances and I didn't sleep with any of them but for some reason she always got really offended about it and the last time I went there she threw a drink on me when I told her no I didn't want a lap dance nor a trip to her car. That was about two weeks before Beautiful started working here." Ranger just nodded
"We'll start surveillance on both houses, I will not tell anyone why we are running surveillance on the houses other than they are the stalkers. I'll come up with a full plan and we can go over at briefing this morning. Dismissed." We all got up and walked out, I went straight to the bathroom and splashed water on my face. When I walked out Les was waiting on me.
"You okay, Baby?" He asked I nodded and wrapped my arms around him just needing to feel the closeness and love.
"I hope your not mad at me for not telling out. I didn't want to tell anyone ever."
"I know baby, don't worry about it. It's okay, I'm not mad at you about it. I understand completely." I nodded into his chest and released my arms from around him. He gave me a light kiss on the lips before walking me to my desk. As soon as I sat down he place another kiss on my forehead and then went to his cubicle right next to mine. I turned my computer screen back on and the search was finished, I printed it and then put it all in the folder and setting it in my outbox. By the time that was done it was time for our morning briefing. I stood up and stretched before going to Lester's cubicle and grabbing his coffee cup and mine and filling them up and going into the conference room. I walked in and took my seat next to Lester handing him his coffee as I sat down. He put his hand on my thigh and squeezed as a thank you. Ranger was the last to arrive and began the meeting. The men reported on security, FTA's, and finally it was time to talk about my stalker issues. A plan had been set that Hector would be checking with hotels in the area to see if either Adam or Rachel were renting one in the area, there would also be a team doing surveillance on each house. Cal and Vince would be at Adam's and Binkie and Hal would be at Rachel's. They would follow them around and try to get evidence, I'm sure there would also be so B & E too to try and gather evidence. The meeting was dismissed and I went back to my cubicle to start on the other searches that were still piling up. I worked diligently until noon and then Lester and I along with Woody and Bobby went to a diner down the street to meet with the contractor on the house. We rode in silence with Lester's hand on my thigh rubbing soothing circles with his thumb. We arrived before the contractor and of course sat in a corner with our backs to the wall, Woody and Bobby sat at a table beside us where they also had there backs to the wall. We only ordered drinks as we waited on the contractor about five minutes later the contractor arrived. His name was James Smythe and he was I would guess in his mid 40's, 5'10, brown and brown hair that was graying. He had done a lot of work for Rangeman also so he was trustworthy. We discussed our plans to finish the house and all the remodeling would be able to be done with us living there. We were having the kitchen done in black and white. There would be black and white checkered tile, black and white marble counter tops, white walls, with a black backsplash, an island with black barstools, and all brand new stainless steel appliances. The office would be painted a soothing blue color with two matching desks, a large bay window and hard wood flooring. The basement would house a safe room and be set up as a home gym. The walls would be white with hard wood flooring and the newest exercise equipment that could be bought. The safe room you would have to enter codes and a thumbprint and retina scan to open it. There was a bathroom on the first floor which is going to be done in neutral colors, it is small so it will have a toilet, sink, and corner shower. There was also another bedroom on the first floor that we were going to have done in tan and white, it would have a queen bed, nightstand, and dresser. On the second floor there were two more bedrooms and another bathroom, one bedroom was to be done in greens and the other in yellows, the bathroom between them would be done in greens and yellows. It was going to be gorgeous when finished. After going over everything with the contractor and picking out colors and getting a couple furniture catalogues in which we quickly picked out furniture, we ate our lunch and went back to work. So far we had not had any more run ins with our two crazies. We both worked until 5 and then went to my old apartment and changed and went down to the gym for our workout. We spent an hour in the gym before going back to the apartment, showering, and getting dressed. Neither of us were on call this week but we were both on call next week. We stopped at Shorty's for pizza before heading to our house. When we got home I went upstairs and changed into just one of Lester's shirts and my panties before rejoining him to eat in the kitchen. We sat down and turned on the news while we ate, I know Les was letting me sort through everything since my past was brought back into the present and I know he was going to want to talk about it. As soon as we finished eating he started the questions
"Baby, I know it's hard to have all this brought back into your life but do you want to talk about it?" I nodded as the tears began to fall yet again today.
"I was a Delta Zeta sorority girl, Adam was a Phi Beta Sigma. The two spent a lot of time together, one night during my second year we were at a party. All the girls in my sorority were there and it was held at the Sigma's house. I didn't hold my alcohol well then either so I chose not to drink a lot, I was still fairly sober when Adam approached me he was well past drunk. I told him to go ahead and go up to his room that he should lay down for a little bit. He asked me to help him to his room and I did little did I know what was going to happen when we got up there. We got up to his room and he pushed me down on his bed I went to get up and he held me down and told me if I made any noise that he would kill me and he pulled a knife out of his nightstand beside his bed. I begged him to stop over and over and all he told me was to shut up that all women wanted him and wanted to be dominated and he would slap and punch me everytime I said a word. As soon as he was done he rolled over and passed out. I walked out of there and went straight to campus police who then called the Dean, who then contacted his parents that's when they arranged for me never to report it to law enforcement and they would pay for me to finish college including room and board. Adam was put on probation and kicked out of his fraternity, he blamed me for all of it and said I was asking for it." I started to sob as I told him the whole story.
" I had no contact with him after the rape and his sister contacted me after he was arrested in Newark to tell me how sorry she was that her family paid me off because he had come close to beating the woman in Newark to death. He was shunned from his family and preceded to tell them yet again that it was my fault." As I finished talking I buried my head into Lester's shoulder. He rubbed my back and whispered in spanish even though I didn't understand it, it soothed me.
"Baby, I'm so sorry you had to go through that, it was not your fault and it still isn't. I love you so much Steph, you are such a strong woman." His word made my face light up and made me feel a little better about all of this.
"I love you too Les. Thank you for being so understanding and not hating me for not telling you sooner"
"Beautiful, I could never hate you. You need to know that. Never." I smiled at him and nodded. He carried me up to our bedroom and set me on the bed while he started a bath. He came back in the bedroom and pulled me into the bathroom where he had lit candles and added bath salts to the bath water. We both undressed and crawled into the bathtub together. I set with my back to his front with his arms wrapped around me. I enjoyed the feeling of being wrapped up in his arms. That is how I fell asleep wrapped in his arms in the bathtub.
