Chapter 21 The Secret
Stephanie, Lester, and Thomas all went in a Ranger SUV.
"Tank, I have to go to my place I have not been there in weeks, and I want to check on Rex, and get some clothes." Stephanie told him.
"Okay we can stop; it is on the way to Lester's house." Tank said that, and he looked in the rear-view mirror, and saw Lester just holding Stephanie, he thought to himself, this is going to be a long night and a long time until Steph is whole again.
Stephanie was looking out the window and she saw smoke, and it was coming from her building.
"Tank do you see that?" Stephanie asked him.
"Yeah and hang on we are almost there" Tank said as he pushed it to the limit.
When they got at Stephanie's building, they saw it up in flames.
"Rex, I got go in and get him." Stephanie spat.
" I am so sorry beautiful, but it is too late, the whole building is engulfed in flames." Lester told her as he was holding her.
"I will be right back" Tank told them.
"Poor Rex" Stephanie cried.
All Lester could do was hold her and comfort her.
She stopped crying and looked at Lester. She put her mouth to his and gave him a long passionate kiss.
They were in the middle of a kiss when they heard a knocking on the window. They stopped and they saw Ranger there.
Lester opened the window.
"Hey there, why don't the three of you drive home I saw Morelli on the way here." Ranger told them
"We are waiting for tank to bring us back to my house. Ranger I will take good care beautiful I promise you" Lester told him.
"All right, here is what is going to happen, little one, it seems that everything is gone. You will have to stay with Lester until we can find you a new place of your own. We will get you a new rat."
"I know you will thank Tank" Stephanie said.
A few minutes later they arrived at Lester's house.
All three of them, walked into the main house. "I am going to bed" Thomas said to his dad and Stephanie.
"Okay Stephanie do you have any idea who destroyed your home?" Lester asked her.
"I think it was Morelli that did that I was so scared, that I gave him whatever he wanted. I thought I would never get out of there so I could tell you that you that I love you Lester."
"Beautiful, I love you too, and I will not let anything like that happen to you again, I promise you, and I love you too I always have." Lester told her and walked up to her and gave her a passionate kiss.