Previously on In Dependable Arms...
"Come on girls let's met up with Ella, I'm starving!" Lester said while looking at Amy and liking his lips.
"Yeah I heard she's got some pie cuz." Ranger smirked at me and then him and Lester exchanged some looks.
"You know I love me some pie too." Amy and I squeaked while they laughed the whole way up to Ella's floor. Damn them boys and their pie...But damn it I love that Ranger has a taste for my pie.
Later in the day as Ranger drove us home, I couldn't escape this feeling of being followed. The rest of the day was normal, we all went back to work with no interruptions. I was almost anxiously waiting for Yo-yo to show up at my office door ready to battle after the display this morning. But as we drove along the streets it was almost as if I could feel that she's going to be more dangerous than Ranger anticipated. I turned to Ranger to express that feeling but caught my self as I took in my surroundings. We were driving along the side streets, Ranger's face a look of total concentration.
"We're being following, right?" I whispered.
"Yeah babe."
We continued driving along for about 30 minutes until we pulled up to a unfamiliar car garage. I quickly looked around before Ranger could come over and open the door. The interior of the garage was totally white with one black slick looking car and a blue looking SUV. I stepped out as Ranger picked Julie up from the back seat.
"Where are we?"
"Home"
"Ranger, really! I would have noticed this garage if we were at home!"
He just smirked, "Follow me."
We walked through a door that lead to a long corridor with a black golf cart. I just looked on in disbelief and awe while Ranger looked at me in amusement as I slide in next to Julie who was dowsing off in the middle of us. The drive was short and quick, but that corridor turned out to be one of many tunnels that end with an elevator. Ranger quickly keyed in a code for the elevator and we stepped in. The whole time I continue to stare at Ranger.
"Babe?"
"What are you Bruce Wayne?" he cracked a smile and shook his head.
When the elevator stopped to my surprise we ended up in the pantry on Ranger's side of the duplex.
"Babe let me put Julie to sleep and you go over and get some clothes and things."
Ranger handed me a little black key ring with a red button on it, gave me a quick kiss and walk up to Julie's room. When I walked through my home to gather some belongings, I walked around picking up and cleaning the little messes. I packed a weekend bag and changed into my silk blue cami and shorts pajamas and made my way down the stairs.
I was on my way toward the door that lead to Ranger's side when I heard the click. I whipped around quickly and spotted Yo-yo with a gun point at me. I rapidly clicked the red button as I looked into her crazed eyes.
"You don't seem all that shocked to see me." she told me.
"No not at all." I silently congratulated myself as my voice stayed steady.
"I know you must be wondering what I'm doing here, but lets cut to the chase. I don't like you, and I don't like the way you just showed up in my life and ruined my plans!" she hissed at me.
"I don't even know you much less know about any plans you may have."
"Oh don't patronize me in that voice, you know what the hell I'm talking about! RANGER!"
"I wasn't aware that you and Ranger were together."
"He is mine!" she acknowledge my statement, "You brought your lily white ass down to Miami and took what will be mines."
Yo-yo started to walk towards me with the gun point at my head, "Now stay still it'll only take a minute."
I caught a quick movement out the corner of my eye before Yo-yo ended up on the floor unconscious with Ranger above her point his own gun.
"Babe you OK?"
"I will be"
"Come here and get my phone, call Tank and tell him there's a fox in the hen house and to come right away."
I made the call to Tank and within 10 minutes Tank and Lester pulled up along with Bobby in a small delivery van. I sat down on the couch and watched as they bound Yo-yo wrist and feet, then blindfolded her. Lester than picked her up in a fireman's hold and they were out the door.
Ranger lead me towards him room, he held a tight grip on my hand every so often squeeze it almost as if to see if I didn't disappeared. We went in to check on Julie and each placed a kiss on her cheek, she had slept through the whole incident. We continued our journey towards his room but this time he had his arm over my shoulder pulling me closer to his right side placing kisses on my head.
I laid on the bed as soon as we walked through the door, I cuddled up to his pillow breathing deeply. Ranger walked past to his closet and came out a moment later in his boxer briefs. He slide into the bed from behind me and pulled me close.
"I almost lost you babe."
"I know."
"I can't..."
"Ranger you don't have to say anything."
"I do, in this short amount of time you have come to mean something to me. Babe I won't always be able to express my feeling in words, but know that I care for you deeply."
I roll around push him on his back and straddled his lap, "Ranger I..."
"Ssh babe," he placed a kiss on my lips, "I know babe me too."
I laid on his chest overwhelmed with emotions, I just couldn't bare to lost this man.
I knew at that precise moment that I love him.
We made love well into the night, I knew that it was too soon to say those three words aloud.
We only got dressed because we knew that Julie would want to get into bed with us sometime during the night. That night Ranger chased away the nightmare and replaced them with dreams, or maybe visions.
Dreams of Julie holding a little baby almost identical to her but with blue eyes and lighter skin tone.