Rangers Pov

I laid awake long after steph had ventured into the land of dreams. I wanted this whole nightmare to be over and done with once and for all. I need to think of my next plan, It had to involve Steph. I don't think she'd forgive me If I left her a second time. Hell She might leave me if I put myself in danger again. I sighed and pulled her closer to my side, no I would tell my plan if I ever came up with one. Even If that means us both disappearing into the wind. I closed my eyes and thought back on these past few days. After leaving her with Tank I had retrieved my stuff from the cabin and called in a favor to find out where Lee was staying. Turned out he had been hiding at his mistress's home the entire time. It wasn't hard to convince the poor girl to give the sorry bastard up. Once she knew what he had done and what he was capable of she just about tripped over herself to tell me everything. I had her text him to meet at a nice restaurant about 20 minutes away from her home. When that was arranged I had one of my guys from another location take her to a safe house until Lee was dealt with,She agreed with no hesitation at all. with her safely out of the way I put my plan into action. I waited for him to show up. Of course the scumbag was later than hell, almost an hour from the time his now ex mistress had sent him. It didn't matter to me one little bit. I wanted him to not see me coming. Recalling the way he had on so casually came strolling out and seeing the Look on his face when he saw me was priceless. I had leaned up against his pretty little candy apple red sports car and waited. It wasn't long before he appeared. He came walking out with a cell phone against his ear. Pushing myself off of the car I reached for the gun that was always on my hip. Lee froze at the sight of the 9mm and just about dropped the cell in his hand.

"Hang up and get in the car." I said gesturing with the gun, my voice as cold as the steel that sat in my palm. He didn't say anything as we both got into the BMW and I ripped the phone out of his hand. It landed in a bush as we pulled out into traffic.

We drove about an hour before he spoke.

"So how's that pretty little lady of yours Manoso?"

I felt my stomach clench at his mention of Stephanie and rage coiled low in my gut. I said absolutely nothing as we drove. Another 15 minutes down the road I motioned for him to pull off to a less populated road that led further into the middle or nowhere. When signs of civilization I made him pull over and gestured for him to get out ,Then we started to walk. I made the bastard walk, watching him stumble and trip over the uneven ground. About halfway to the spot I had picked out only last night he tripped. He sprawled into the mud staining covering the front or his expensive suit. I pointed the gun at him as he sat up and wiped the mud from his face.

"Get up you waste of space." I told him.

He didn't move.

"Here is a good place to put you six feet under." I said with a shrug. Suddenly he was on me, his shoulder lodging in my stomach. The air was knocked from my lungs and the gun flew out of my hand hitting a nearby tree. I recovered quickly and swung my fist into his gut. That got a grunt out of him and he threw us to the ground. My back connected with a sharp rock and I grunted. He reared back and landed a punch to my jaw. My teeth clacked together catching my lip in the process. The taste of iron filled my mouth and made me choke. He managed to drag his sorry self to his feet and locate the gun. His fingers were almost around it as I kicked him in the ribs, my Steel toes breaking a few ribs in the process. Yanking the gun from his reach I kicked him a few more times. I smiled evilly and kicked him right in the face, His front teeth were left jagged and uneven. Blood spilled from his mouth and he tried to spit on me as he rolled to his back, blood mixing with the dirt that clung to his ruined shirt.

"That was for the wife you were supposed to love." I said while withdrawing the blade that was strapped to my thigh.

"This is for fucking with my men." I told him pressing the knife against his shoulder and pressing into the tender skin there. He yelled in pain as I twisted the blade first left then right. More blood weld to the surface as I drew the blade from the angry looking wound. And this is for threatening women I love. I stuck the still bloody blade back in its sheath and picked up the bastards hand and broke his fingers one by one on , snapping like a number 2 pencils. His screams of pain echoed throughout the forest around us. I repeated the action on the other hand before I stood and picked up my pistol once more. His cries now only gurgled as blood flooded his mouth.

"And for my final act, I am going to take your pathetic excuse for a life. It will never come close to filling the debt that you owe Karma." I said raising the pistol.

Lees hand came up and weakly reached towards me, his hand was shaking. I took two steps away and aimed. The crack echoed throughout the woods and his battered body went limp, The hole in his forehead leaking blood and grey matter. I dropped my hand to my side as the adrenaline slowly left my body. I turned and headed back the way I had come. my left arm started to throb as I walked. Once I made it back to the road I saw that Lee's car was gone. one of my men had disposed of it. Another one of my guys slid to a stop and I climbed in. I was taken to a doctor that we kept on the payroll for times just like this. My collarbone was cracked and I had some bruised ribs but I wasn't any worse for wear. With my left arm in a sling and my face doing a good impression of Van Gogh's starry night, I slipped behind the wheel of the porsche.

I sighed at the memory and pulled steph closer to my side. She shifted in her sleep and I smiled, I honestly didn't deserve this woman. She is everything to me. I wanted this woman to be my wife. The realization hit me upside my still bruised head. I wanted this woman to not only stand by my side forever, I wanted her to share my everything. I closed my eyes and pictured our life together, with visions of roses and wedding day jitters. I fell asleep.