Chapter Seven Undercover.
As the days turned into weeks, Joe would not quit, and she noticed him following her. He did not do anything and would not risk his badge. Joe also noticed that Rangeman was keeping a close eye on her too.
She and Tank would exchange looks of longing. "I wish I could be with him, but it is too dangerous. She told herself.
Stephanie woke up one morning, ran into the bathroom and threw up in the toilet.
"Oh boy," she said. She ran to her purse and pulled out her pocket calendar. Stephanie looked at it and then realized. "I missed my period." She gulped and thought back to the night she and Tank spent in bed fulfilling their sexual desires.
Stephanie got dressed and took out her phone to call the man himself. She took a deep breath when Tank answered his phone, "Little one."
"We need to talk," she said through the phone and then added, "I missed something this month."
"Oh boy, I am on my way up," Tank said before hanging up the phone. Nothing good happens when someone says, "we need to talk."
"Hey, is everything all right?" Hector asked.
"Yeah, I have to go talk to Little one for a little bit." Keep an eye out for Morelli. I don't trust him," Tank said.
Tank took a deep breath in the elevator as he hit seven to get to Ranger's Penthouse. "I know that it could happen in one night. I need to support her if she happens to be pregnant with my baby," Tank mumbled.
He got out of the elevator and knocked on the penthouse door.
Stephanie looked through the peephole and saw Tank on the other side. She opened the door to let him inside.
Stephanie rushed into his arms. He bent his head down and gave her a quick kiss.
"Are you sure?" Tank asked while he was holding her.
"I did miss my period, Tank, and this is nuts, us avoiding each other. Ranger does not own me, and you are the one I want to be with from now on. If I am pregnant, you know as well as I do that the baby is yours."
Stephanie pulled away from him a little, but Tank did not let her go. He put his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. The two of them looked at each other
"Little one, these past six weeks have been torturous for me. I want to be with you, and I want to hold you. I know that if you are pregnant, I promise you that I will be there with you throughout the pregnancy. I will help you raise this baby, but we need to make sure you are actually pregnant first," Tank said as he was holding her.
"Let's get you to Bobby," Tank said. "He has everything we need."
"You will be there with me right, Tank?" Stephanie shyly asked. She was afraid to be a mother and definitely didn't want to raise a child alone.
"Yeah, I will. I am not going to leave your side," Tank promised.
The two looked at each other lovingly before leaving Ranger's penthouse. Stephanie's living arrangement was another issue to get handled on another day.