Chapter 11
Once Carlos and Steph were changed in clothes, they called Rangeman and had one of Ranger's other cars brought to the house.
Tank knocked on the door, "It is open" Ranger said.
"Here is your Jeep" He handed the keys to his boss and added.
"What are you going to do now boss?" Tank asked him.
"I am going to speak with my dad and Steph is coming with me. I am going to try to explain things to my mom" Ranger told him.
"Good luck" Tank left with Lester.
"Babe are you ready?" Carlos asked her.
"Yeah, I am let's go" Stephanie asked and then added. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Stephanie asked her.
"I have to find out what is going on." Carlos said to his wife.
"Okay let's get this done." They both walked out of their house, got into the jeep and left for the County Prison.
Ranger just looked at the scenery while driving. Stephanie said, "My parents are expecting us for dinner on Friday, but if you don't want to go I can tell them we can't make it."
"I need to think about it, Babe." Carlos told her.
"No problem," Steph said back.
Stephanie did not know what to do so she turned on the radio, "Anything is better then this silence" she thought to herself.
Carlos hit his hand on the steering wheel, "Damn it why would he do something like this, it does not make any sense."
"Carlos you need to calm down before you see him. If you go in all gun ho, he will never tell you anything." Stephanie told him.
"I know you are right; it just hurts that he would do something like this." Carlos said and added "He better have a good explanation."
Steph looked at her husband, and she could see the hurt he was feeling and she did not know how to take this better or if she even could.
They parked in the visitor's parking in the prison's parking lot and went in.
"Yes," A guard said to Ranger.
"I would like to speak to Raicardo Manoso" Ranger said.
"I just need your gun." The guard said.
Carlos handed his gun over and they were escorted into a visitor's lounge where they waited.
About ten minutes later, Ricardo Manoso Sr. came into the lounge saw Carlos and Steph there.
"Hi son" Sr. said.
"Dad, why did you do it?" Carlos asked his father.
"I needed the money for the shop, we are going broke so I had to do something" Sr. told Carlos.
"So you tried to kidnap my wife, so I would pay you to save the shop." Carlos yelled at him.
"I had no choice I was being blackmailed by someone. He stated that if I did not kidnap Stephanie, he would burn the shop down." Ricardo Sr. replied.
"Why did you not come to me, so I could help you?" Carlos asked.
"I thought that you had enough on your plate already with getting used to being married and taking care of Rangerman I did not want to be a pest." Ricardo Sr. told his son.
"Dad, you could never be a pest to me." Ranger told him and said, "Okay so we need to find out who is blackmailing you and find out how to stop it." Ranger said and then added, "Does Momma know about this?"
"No and I don't want you to tell her any of this I don't want her to be in danger." Ricardo St. told him.
"You don't want Mamma in danger, but you will put my wife in danger!" Carlos yelled at his father. The Carlos stood up and walked away from the table. Steph came up to him and said, "Carlos, you need to calm down a little bit."
Carlos took a deep breath.
"I know I screwed up but I knew that you had the resources to protect Stephanie." Ricardo Sr. told his son.
"All right, I am going to talk to Momma because she is worried sick, and then she is going to move in with us so we can protect her too. I am going to look at the shop's financial records and see if we can save it. Your bail hearing is when?"
"Monday," Ricardo Sr. told him.
"Okay I will go talk to my cousin in law and see if we can use him for your bond. Don't worry we will figure this all out." Carlos told him.
"Time to go Stephanie," Carlos told her. They both walked out and drove to his mom's house. "This next stop should be fun." Carlos said out loud.