A/N not mine. I own nothing.

Sorry for they delay. We are , moving from Pa to Ga. I am exhausted.

Slowly Suffocating

They day of my surgery, I woke up with Ranger in my bed holding me. He being there kept me calm, at least now we new the name of the problem. We have a tentative game plan in place. Things are going forward, and that is the direction I want to go.

Ranger was rubbing circles on my abdomen. " Good morning Babe." He kissed my neck," Time to wake up, nurse will be in here soon." Just as he finished saying that, my door opened. I recognized the blonde shag hair cut as belonging to my sister Val. I groaned, I so did not want to deal with my family right now.

"Steph, what crap is this?" She asked softly. She may be a lot like our Mom, but she talks softly. " Why do you always do things like this? You need some serious help. Mom is on her way up. You better listen to her this time, or you won't have a family any longer. As it is, your time with my girls will be very limited." My mouth hang open, then the other Bomb walked into my room.

"Stephanie Michelle Plum! What do you think your doing?! No one else's daughter goes to the hospital for no reason. If you are not out of this hospital by tonight and at MY dinner table, you will NOT be allow back!"

Tank, Lester, Bobby and Cal came in at the sound of my Mother's yelling. Ranger stood up, and glared at my mother. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her and Val both out of the room. I couldn't hear what Ranger was telling her, but my Mother's voice continued to be raised and shrill.

"There is nothing wrong with her! She is just trying to get attention! You can inform her that she is no longer welcome in MY house. I will not stand for this...No, I will not...She is not sick! Joey said there is nothing wrong with her!...I will believe him over you thugs or even the so called doctor you called in any day!...She needs to grow up, and marry him...All she is doing is trying to get out of marrying Joey, and having his children. ...fine, but I will be back...No, you will not ban me from her room!"

"GET OUT!"Ranger yelled. Oh, God Ranger yelled! Please don't let him kill her. It was twenty minutes later until Ranger reappeared. Lestee was sitting in a chair next to me calming me down, and getting me caught up on all the Rangeman news.

"Babe, we need to talk." Shit, I hate when people say that, it's never good.

"Thank you for getting them out of here. I guess since I am basically a captive audience, we can talk. What do we need to talk about now?"

"Morelli, and your family. I think you should have a restraining order made against them. They are harassing you, and with PH you really need to avoid , Stephanie, do this for me."

"Can you make the arrangements? If so, I will. Also, I thought about your offer to move. I am going to need the help, and if I can still do searches, and office work for you, I'll at least be able to pay my way. That is, if the offer is still open?"

"Of course, I'll have Carl come in for the order, and have the guys pack up your place, and move you to mine." He did the ESP thing with the guys, and they were off and running.

The nurse, transport, my doctor, and another person that I didn't recognize came into my room. I had a few papers to sign, and off to surgery I go. I can only hope that when I wake up, it will have all been a nightmare.