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Warning: There will be no 'cupcake' in this story. This will be a Babe HEA. This is my third FanFiction attempt, completely different from my first and I Promise to complete it. I am having a lot of fun with the story so far. Thank you in advance for reading and please let me know what you think.

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Previously…

"Hello?" I answered after looking at who the caller was.

"We have an issue at the offices. Can you get there?" Randy asked.

"Yeah. We'll leave now. What's up?" I asked.

"The Foundation was broken into and it appears that someone knew exactly where they needed to go and pull information from. You should bring Ranger." Randy explained.

"Alright we're heading out now." I said with a sign and closed my phone. So much for a wonderful ending to a wonderful day, I should have known it was too good to be true.

XXXXXX

The ride to the Foundation took what felt like forever. Neither one of us spoke the entire drive over. I was honestly surprised when I received the phone call from Randy. Who in the world would want to break into a non-profit organization? What were they after? I had heard over the last few days that there had been several break ins of large companies, but none of them were non-profits like this. Was it possible that they were related? I couldn't be sure at this point, but I'd be damned if I was going to let who ever did this get away with it. I just don't understand what kind of information they were looking for.

Ranger pulled the car into the parking lot and there were several police cars around. There was yellow tape across the back door and it was wide open. There were some police milling around talking to each other and some on their phones. I made eye contact with as many of them as possible and received a head nod in acknowledgement. Grabbing Rangers hand we walked past the crime scene tape and made our way down the hall. What I found was an absolute shock.

Randy was standing in the hallway speaking with the Chief of Police and I noticed that there were papers strew all over the floor. I looked to see which room it was and it was our accounting department. Turning into the room I noticed that file cabinets were open, but laying on their sides, with papers thrown around haphazardly. The desks in the room were tipped over as well and anything that could be moved was either destroyed or had been thrown in an attempt to break it.

I turned to Randy and the Police Chief and asked, "Was this the only room affected?" The sound of my voice was shaky even to me.

Randy only shook his head no and pointed to the file room that was down the hall just a bit. I gritted my teeth and walked down that direction to see what had happened in there as well. It was exactly the same thing. Paper everywhere, file cabinets on their sides open. I had to close my eyes to compose myself before I dealt with this. Ranger stepped up behind me and wrapped me in his arms.

"It'll be okay. We'll get them." He said in my ear.

I took a deep breath and replied angrily, "Oh you bet we'll get them. And their sorry asses won't know what hit them."

We turned back to Randy and the Police Chief and Ranger spoke up, "Have you contacted the security company to see if their camera have picked anything up? I see there are several around this area." Ranger asked.

Randy's face got red and his jaw clenched, "I called and they said their system was offline at the time, so no, they didn't get anything. The only reason we knew there was a break in was because the alarm system is also linked to the PD. The security company never even showed up."

"So not only do we have a security company problem, but we have no clue what is missing, or what they were after. It looks like it could take a while to get everything in order. This mess is unbelievable." I said shaking my head. Ranger squeezed my hand as a show of support and a way to try to calm the anger radiating through me.

"Is it just coincidence that the security system was down when they hit? I have a hard time believing that." I growled.

"It took my officers about 20 minutes to respond to the alarm and they were long gone by the time we arrived, the back door was left wide open, and no cars were in the parking lot. They had to have known what they were looking for, because nothing else was touched in the office. All other doors are still locked and seem untouched. Since none of the rooms are labeled as to what they are, and they have no windows looking in to them from inside the building, it only makes sense that this is some kind of inside job." He paused before continuing. "This could be someone from the Foundation, someone who has had many dealings with yourself or the Foundation, or someone from the security company. We will have to look into all of them. Can you tell me if you have had any changes in staff recently, or someone who left unhappy from the Foundation Stephanie?"

I looked at him and replied, "None that I am aware of. Most of the Foundation employees have been with me for many years. They are all paid very well for what they do, but I guess that anything is possible. I'll get you any information that you will need Chief."

"We'll run checks on all Foundation employees as well. Steph mentioned that there were some other break ins in the area recently as well. Were they all secured by the same company?" Ranger asked.

The Chief looked unhappy with this line of questioning. "Yes, they were. Although there was no where near the damage at those locations as there is here. I can't give you the details, but I think they are linked somehow. The only thing is, this appears to be a bit more personal than those. Destruction of property is usually tied into some form of revenge or anger."

"Yes, this does seem to be a bit personal, and believe me, in my opinion who ever did this will suffer a very personal pain when this is through." I paused and looked at the Chief. "Of course I mean no physical harm." I said with an evil smile which he returned.

"I understand completely Stephanie. And I won't put it past you to find out who did this before we do, just make sure that it's all legal ok?" The Chief replied.

"Oh it will be legal," I smiled, "and very, very public. If I find out that McGuire or any of his employees had anything to do with this he will wish he never started his company." I was seething inside and I needed to make sure that who ever did this would pay and pay dearly.

"Randy, let's call all the banks and make sure that they are all notified. If any of our account information is missing I want to make sure that no funds go missing. Tomorrow I also want to schedule a meeting with McGuire. I want to know why the system was not up and running, and I want to know why we were not informed that it would be down. I also want our lawyers on this now. I want to sue McGuire Securities since they so obviously didn't provide the services that we are paying for. My home being damaged is one thing, but this Foundation is helping so many that there is absolutely no excuse." I explained. "He will be sorry he crossed me."

"Chief can we get a copy of the police report faxed over to Steph's attorneys ASAP. Also would you be willing to meet with us when we approach McGuire tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what type of reaction he has when he is confronted." Ranger asked.

"I will make myself available. We have been trying to reach him over these other break ins as well and he has made it very difficult to get in touch with him. Would you mind if we had a few more officers present? We can hit him up with all of the information at once. I'm finding it more and more difficult to work with this company. We used to have a contract with them for support in research and investigations, but over the last year we have ended all of them. We've been looking for ways to bring in more Officers and Detectives because of the lack of support we get for the money the city has been paying them. Now it is mainly a case of finding the money to higher them." The Chief explained.

"We can definitely include more officers, but let's keep that information to ourselves for the time being. McGuire may avoid the meeting if he thinks it is anything more than a client meeting. From what I understand the guy seems way too arrogant for his own good." Ranger explained.

"Chief, I was also going to call you and warn you about a party my Grandma was planning on having." I saw him cringe. "I figured it would be better to let you know in advance." I laughed.

"Yeah, thanks. That woman is scarier than any action I have seen on the streets. What is she planning on doing?" He asked with a grimace on his face.

"It will be at my house after we head back to New York. I think she was planning on inviting some of her senior friends, but hopefully it won't get too crazy. Randy and Lester will be there to watch them, but I know that you will end up getting some calls." I laughed. "Lester is just as bad as Grandma in some ways, but so far this week he's been able to keep her out of trouble. It will probably be skinny dipping in the pool and lots of alcohol."

"So in other words, we may need to close our eyes when we approach the house." He laughed.

"Probably not an effective method of protection on the job, but then again it would save you from having those images burned into your brain." Ranger laughed.

"I'll probably have to have lots of bleach on hand for the officers on duty that night. Thanks for the warning." He laughed.

XXXXXX

It took a few hours before we were able to leave the Foundation, but we had a plan in place for tomorrow. McGuire had been left a message that he was to set up an appointment with me in the early afternoon tomorrow, no exceptions, or today rather since it was way after midnight. I was still so angry with everything that had happened. I felt like I'd be violated personally and I wanted revenge.

I could tell that Ranger was just as angry as I was and at the moment there wasn't much we could do about it. At least when we arrived back at the house all seemed to be quiet. Everyone could be told in the morning. We needed to get some sleep. Setting the alarm on the house system Ranger looked into my eyes.

"You know we will get this all taken care of as quickly as we can. Try not to worry too much." He said running a finger down my cheek, but I could still see the tension in his eyes.

I smiled at him and then pulled him up the stairs to the bedroom. "I know, but it doesn't make me any less angry. I swear once I get my hands on who ever did this they will wish they never thought of this plan, whatever it is." The more I thought about it the angrier I got. By the time we reached the bedroom I felt like I was vibrating with so much anger that I was going to explode, and not in a good way. I felt a squeeze of my hand and looked into the eyes of the man that I knew I would truly love forever.

The next thing I knew the bedroom door was closed and I was being pushed up against it, the cold of the wall, a complete contrast to the warmth radiating off of Ranger's body. His mouth descended on mine immediately.

After a few minutes he pulled back just enough so we could catch our breath and whispered, "Babe," while nibbling across my jaw line and down my neck, "let me make you forget just for tonight. It's just us, no one and nothing else matters." His arms snaked down to my thighs to lift my legs and wrap them around his waist before he carried me over to the bed.

My only reply was a whispered, "No one and nothing else."

So what do you think? Who and what were they after? I hope you enjoyed this one. More to come next week. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful reviews. I really enjoyed reading what you think.