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Warning: Adult Situations
Chapter 14: Saturday, August 20th, 1930-2200
Miami PD HQ
Rossi's POV
JJ and Tara return to Miami PD looking exhausted and mentally drained. We are waiting for their return to piece together the new information before we head to our hotel for the night. We quickly realize that the Miami gangs are not behind the break-ins and attacks, but we're not sure who is responsible. The crimes are too complex to be an ordinary B and E.
"That poor girl. Julie sat there and told us what happened without even flinching. She is strong, but I can't imagine going through what she went through at her age." JJ tells us.
"What's even worse is that while the men were raping her, her 'father' Ron refused to cooperate with them. The moment they started on her mother, Rachel, he started talking."
"You mean Ron allowed them to rape his daughter?" I ask incredulously.
"Yes, he did. If he weren't already dead, I'd like to give him a piece of my mind. Jail wouldn't be good enough for him." Tara states.
"Ranger didn't take the news well. That man can go from calm, cool, and collected to murderous rage in seconds. I could tell he wanted to destroy something or someone. He blamed himself." JJ said.
"Part of our training in the Rangers is to learn to control your temper and focus your energy on a single goal, an outcome. For Manoso to be as good as he is as a soldier, he is a master of control. However, he would need an outlet to release that energy. Most Rangers, I included, used PT, or physical training to release our pent-up energy and rage. Running, weight-lifting, or physical combat, in a controlled setting was the most common outlets for our rage. Some use sex for their release." Alvez informs us.
"Well, none of that happened, but when he came back, right before we left, he was calm, a completely different man. When Julie finished telling us what happened, he walked out of the room and the hospital. I know that Julie was confused, but Stephanie said something to her, and she shook her head. It seems that she knew what he was doing. A few minutes later, Santos and a man introduced to us as Ranger's brother Javier came into Julie's room. Stephanie spoke with Lester, who made a call to track where Ranger's location was. Stephanie set out immediately to meet him, but they sent her with a guard. They came back together, and he was better then he was when he left, in control, at ease." JJ replies.
"Are you sure that there is no relationship between Stephanie and Ranger?" Prentiss asks.
"Everyone we spoke to so far says that they are friends; that they have a mentor/mentee relationship. However, we also get a feeling that the two of them have feelings for each other but don't acknowledge those feelings. She is currently dating a detective with the Trenton PD." Tara responds.
"So, what did Julie say happen? Did she give us any new information?" Matt inquires.
"Yes. Julie said that while the unsub questioned Ron, they spoke in a language other than English and Spanish. To her, it sounded like Arabic. With that statement, we can officially rule out the gangs, as there is no Arab gang in Miami." Said JJ.
"Garcia and Reid managed to break through the security at the safe house in two hours. Santos took their information on how they hacked the system back to Rangeman so that they could upgrade their systems. We know how the unsubs got into the homes, and we also know why Rangeman received no alert or notification. Now, we have to figure out the who." Prentiss states.
"Our next step is to go through the clients at Ron's company with a fine tooth comb, looking for any crossovers with the other companies that we identified. The link is with the companies." I tell everyone.
Tara replies, "Julie did tell us something else. She told us that one of the unsubs discovered that her biological father was Ranger and told the others that they made a mistake by hurting her. The reason why they didn't kill Julie is that she's Ranger's daughter. They know him, at least by reputation. We need to have Ranger look over the names of any individual or group to see if they ring a bell to him."
"That is interesting, Tara. Look, guys; today has been a long day. It's time for us to head to the hotel for the night. We'll get started at eight tomorrow morning. Lester Santos will be here at around nine, and Ranger said he'd come in the afternoon. He wants to spend time in the morning with his daughter, understandably." Prentiss orders.
"I'm driving." Said Alvez. I inform everyone I'm driving the other SUV. We split into two teams and head to our hotel for the evening.