Chapter 15

After a few minutes, Ranger's cell phone rang "Talk to me"

"Boss, turned out that this Jake Barns is a bookie, for horse racing." Lester said.

"Is there anything else right now or is that it?" Ranger asked Lester.

"That is all there is sorry Boss." Lester told him.

"That is okay Lester, I will stay in touch." Then Ranger disconnected. He looked around his office, where he was sitting at his desk a filing cabinet to the right of that a computer and phone on his desk.

"Someone in the family owed this Jake Barns money from horse racing. Time to have a heart to heart with Momma" Carlos said to himself.

"Carlos came out of the office to see Momma in Tears, "Okay Momma I know what is wrong, I know that somebody in the family owes money to Jake Barns who is a bookie for Racing horses, not please tell me so I can help."

"It is Toddy your bother – in law, he owed money to him, but your father paid him with the profits from the shop and now I guess Jake Barns wants more money out of your father." Anna said as she put her head to her son's chest.

"Do you know where I can find this Jake Barns?" Carlos asked her.

"No, but Todd might the only thing is no one can find Todd. He has disappeared. He has been mission for four days now." Anna said.

"And no one called the cops to report him missing" Carlos said in shock.

"Your father, said that he would find Todd, but I guess that is not going to happen now. He said he had a new mission and that was to find Todd." Anna said.

"I know a detective on the Trenton P.D. Who might be able to help us out? I will give him a call. Then I will give Rachel a call too and tell her to get over here." Carlos told her.

He called Morelli first.

"What is it Manoso?" Morelli growled.

"Well you are in a good mood, I need your help, and I am texting you my address can you come over here. Please it is important." Manoso said.

"Sure, I can. I will be there shortly" Then Morelli hung up.

Carlos called Rachel, got her voice mail, "I know you are there; I also know why you are not picking up. I know about Todd and his gambling problem. I can help I am texting you an address so come over I will be waiting with Momma, Love Carlos." Ranger hung up.

"Now we wait until everyone shows up, I am going to check on Steph". He spoke. He walked upstairs into their bedroom he knew that she was tired but he needed to be with her. He knew that he promised her. He would find another way of calming down. So, he just laid down in bed and held her until he too fell asleep for a while.

When he woke up a couple of hours later, and heard voices, saw that he was alone in bed. "She must be down stairs." He said to himself. He put on a shirt and went down stairs saw Morelli, his Momma, Steph, his sister and his niece there.

"Well do you tell him or do I have to?" Carlos asked everyone.

"Your sister was just filling me in, I will see what I can come up with" He left a few minutes later.

"Hey Uncle Carlos are you going to find my dad?" Amy asked sweetly.

"I am going to try sweetheart," Ranger told her. He picked her up and held her for a few minutes.

"Hey, sis do you have a few minutes to talk to me?" Carlos asked Rachel.

"Yeah, I do let's go talk in your office." Rachel just hugged him and put her head on his chest.

"It will be okay" He said to her and then added. "Do you have any idea where he might be?"

"No, I don't, Carlos. I have no idea I gave a photo to that detective Morelli and he said that "He would check into it." Rachel told him.

"I really screwed everything up" she said.

"It was not you. It was Dad and Todd that screwed everything up." Carlos told her then added, "We will get through it together. I just hope for Amy's sake that nothing bad has happened to her father." Carlos told Rachel.

"You know I maybe older than you, but it sure seems that everyone is more protective of you." Rachel said.

"Hey you are only older than me by four minutes, and I know how to take care of myself. It is you that I am worried about. You and that little girl out there." Carlos told his sister.

"I know you are, and if anything happens to me or Todd, I want you to raise Amy. You and Stephanie promise me that Carlos." Rachel told him.

"I promise I will" Carlos said to her.

"I will have Tank stay with you until we finish this business." Carlos told her then he called Tank.

"Yo" Tank said.

"Hey will you stay with Rachel and Amy until this business is finished, I will have her fill you in when you get to her place." Ranger asked Tank.

"No Problem boss, consider it done I will follow her home, did you want me to come by or meet up with her somewhere." Tank asked him.

"She will meet you at the shop." Ranger hung up.

"Tank will follow you home from the gun shop call me if you need anything else." After he told Rachel this, they left the office.

"Come here sweetheart," Carlos said to his niece.

Amy rushed into his arms, "Don't worry I am doing everything I can okay beautiful" Carlos said to her.

"Okay," Amy said.

"Go with your mom to the shop." Carlos told her as he watched them get into their car and leave.

Stephanie just looed at Carlos and said, "You are going to be a fantastic father with our baby you know that?"

"No, I did not, but I do now and thanks, I needed to hear that" Carlos hugged Stephanie and added so how about we get some lunch."

The three of them went to the kitchen and had lunch.