I called Lester into my office when I got back from the gym.

"Whats up, Boss?" He asked.

"I was thinking about offering Stephanie a full time position here at Range-man." I said. "I wanted to know what you thought first."

"That's be great." Lester said. "But she's still active right now. I don't think you'd be able to convince her to get discharged... She's still trying to make up for what happened."

I looked at him thoughtfully for a moment. I took a deep breath.

"I want her." I said. He stared at my for a moment.

"I've seen the women you want leave here and if you think I'll let that happen to her you're out of your mind." He growled. True, I liked my sex rough and some of the women had left with bruises and bite marks but it had all been consensual and they had all liked it.

"Not just for sex, Santos." I said. "I mean a real relationship. Dinner and a movie, meeting my parents the whole thing."

Lester looked me over and I saw the look in his eyes change just before he superman punched me in the jaw. We were throwing punches, no holds barred when the door slammed open. Tank Ram and Bobby rushed in but stopped when they saw us. Then Stephanie stormed in and tazzered us.

Stephanie's POV:

I watched Lester fall to the floor next to Ric. I couldn't believe them.

"Get him out of here." I said.

"Who died and made you boss?" A guy named Rodriguez asked.

"Unless you want to be next I suggest you help get him out of here." I said in a quiet voice. When he didn't move I reached out and tazzed him too. I grabbed his ankle and dragged him out. Bobby lifted Lester into a fireman's hold and Tank grabbed Ric. They were all sitting in there chairs when I grabbed Ric's keys.

"I'll leave the car somewhere safe for him to pick up." I said to Tank. I jumped into the porche turbo and drove. When I got the Point Pleasant I left the car in a guarded parking garage then rented a car and drove to the airport. I got on a plane to Miami.

It had been two weeks. I'd spent most of it on the beach, drinking. I stumbled into my subleased appartment around 3 am and screamed when strong arms wrapped around me. A hand covered my mouth.

"Shh.." Ric whispered, and I froze. He reached over and flicked on the light switch to reveal all the men sitting in my living room.

"I'm not nearly drunk enough for this shit." I muttered struggling against his hold. He let me go and I stumbled into kitchen. I opened the fridge and saw I still had peanut butter. I grabbed it and a small bottle of tequila. I couldn't find a spoon so I got my K-Bar from my thigh and licked peanut butter off of it. The guys were staring at me like I was crazy.

Since they were sitting in all my chairs I slid onto the counter and drank about three fingers. I was trying to ignore them when Ric reached out and took my knife.

"Hey!" I said reaching for it.

"You're going to cut yourself." He said. I stood up and went into my living room where my duffel bag was. I grabbed a pair of jeans and a t shirt.

I tugged the jeans on under the dress I wore then tugged that off and slipped the shirt over my head. When I started to reach for the gun in there Ric grabbed both of my wrists. I struggled against him but he was too strong.

"What the hell do you want?" I shouted at him.

"You." He said.

I relaxed my legs and dropped to the floor. He had to let go or risk hurting me. I curled into the corner of the couches.

I didn't fight as he picked me up and carried me out to the truck. I just sat there as he cuffed my hands behind my back then to the hook on the seat. When I didn't respond at all to his kiss he tensed up. He looked into my eyes for a moment then he rushed to unlock the cuffs.

"Oh God, Babe. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Please... I didn't mean too." He said hurriedly. He brought each of my wrists to his lips and kissed them.

"I'm scared." I whispered almost inaudibly.

"Please don't be scared of me." He begged.

"No... I'm scared that I'd ruin everything." I said. He wrapped his arms around me. I started getting tired and he carried me back to the apartment and layed us down on the bed.

"I love you Steph." He whispered. "So much."