Chapter 12 – Conclusion

Chapter 12 – Conclusion

Ranger kissed me lightly and then pulled back much against my wishes. 'Hey,' I mumbled and was rewarded with a slight smile.

'I brought something to cheer you up,' he said as he stepped towards the home theatre room.

'What?' I asked following behind like a stray puppy, this seemed to be such a for-real experience.

Ranger picked up a wrapped present from the lounge and after a brief hesitation handed it to me. 'Julie advised me,' he mumbled as I stared at him. What do you do when someone starts acting out of character, oh yeah don't stare, whops, oh well I've already blown it know.

I sat down next to Ranger and pulled the rapping paper off in a rush; I absolutely love getting presents but can't understand why people spend time unwrapping them, I mean the paper goes in the bin, it doesn't matter if its ripped or not, right?

Inside was a box set of Ghostbusters movies including one that the box said was only available through the pack.

I squealed in excitement and gave Ranger a kiss on the cheek before pulling out the DVD's, deciding to watch the original first and then the others in order.

Ranger's POV

I watched in bliss as she excitedly pulled the box set out of the wrapping and then smiled as she squealed and kissed me lightly on the cheek. I had to remember to thank Julie for idea; it was worth every cent to see the absolutely joy and excitement on her face.

Leaning back onto the armrest I pulled Steph down onto my lap after she had finished putting the DVD in.

'I feel bad not helping the search,' she mumbled into my chest as she snuggled closer.

I could feel my blood boiling with need but I had schooled myself since the day I met her to not act on it. However, I allowed myself the luxury of running my hands down her perfect body and kissed her gently on the mouth.

'My job is to make you forget about all those scary people and yours is to sit back and relax whilst my men catch this guy before he hurts you.

…FOUR HOURS LATER

My phone rang and I pulled myself out from underneath her with reluctance. We had made it through one and a half movies before she had dozed off on my chest. I pulled my phone out and recognising Tank's number answered.

'Yo,'

'Ranger, we know who it is.'

'How,' I asked before changing my mind as I looked at her, 'who'

'It was Lester, the guy deserves a raise he conned footage of a dozen or so red light camera's from some lady downtown, anyway in the video's a guy that used to work for us is in it at the exact time everything happened.'

'name,' I barked, thinking over all the men who had moved on or been fired recently.

'It's one too many times to be coincidence,' Tank continued on till I cut him off

'name?' I almost yelled at the phone before remembering that Steph was asleep on the lounge.

'Roger Black, you fired him after he groped Steph a few times.'

I shut my phone off and looked over at Steph my heart betting faster as she murmured my name in her sleep.

'He'll pay for hurting you, I promise.'