I woke up about noon with Ranger's hand on my ass and the persistent ringing of a phone in my ear. One of those items I was used to, happy about and willing to explore further…the other…I wanted to throw it across the room and break iit.

I reached for my cell phone, "hello."

"Oh did we wake you up Sleeping Beauty," Mitch said merrily.

"Don't make me kill you," I growled. "Where are you guys?"

"Right outside your door," he said and knocked.

"Shit," I groaned. I struggled to my feet and grabbed the supplied robe out of the closet and went the door. When I opened it I was stunned. There were fourteen people standing there and they all surged forward hugging and kissing as they went.

Ranger appeared in the bedroom doorway wearing his shorts from the previous day and a scowl. His chest was bare and his hair was standing up. Damn he looked sexy. I wanted to grab him return to the bedroom and remove that scowl. Oh, the shorts would go first.

"Coffee," Woody said and put a cup in his hand.

"Hey," I pouted.

"One cup for you too," Padma kissed my cheek and handed me the cup. "It's French Vanilla with cream and sugar."

"You're the best," I sighed and sipped the hot brew.

Ali entered looking as spectacularly fit as she always looked, "hey Ali…you look fantastic."

"So do you," she grinned. "When did you get the boobs?"

"They came in with the pregnancy…killer huh?"

"Oh yea," she nodded.

"You didn't have those when we were together," Brian muttered under his breath when he hugged me.

"You didn't knock me up," I giggled.

"Touché," he shook his head.

"Well everyone," I grinned. "Welcome to Disney World."

"We're damn happy to be here," Lula grinned. "But…it was real quiet back in Trenton."

"We were gone for less than a day," I reminded her.

"I guess it was long enough for you find a corpse," she said and strutted over to Tank waving one hand like she'd gotten me good.

"So…you had a murder and we didn't," Cal grinned. The way he said it was much like a bunch of five year olds on the playground would say it. The only thing missing was the nanny-nanny-boo-boo.

"It's not like we ask for this stuff," I sighed.

"Damn Stephanie's spidey sense," Ranger sighed.

"I'm not happy about it either," I growled. "I was on my honeymoon. I was going on sedate rides at Disney World. I was eating a lot of decadent food. I was getting…"

"Shh," Ranger's had slid over my mouth.

"Too much sharing," I peeked up at him.

"Too much sharing," he agreed and sank to the chair by the couch and pulled me onto his lap.

"So what happened," Kate frowned.

"We were on the TTA…"

"TTA," Gabe frowned.

"The Tomorrowland Transit Authority formerly WEDWay People Mover," I said patiently. "It's this sedate raised rail ride in Tomorrowland that zips in and out of the attractions over there. It gives you a little taste of the rides available, but it's a very calm easy ride. It's perfect for the end of the day when you're pregnant. You may want to make a note of that Padma."

"Done," she nodded.

"Anyway, we were on it and I felt the tingle. I knew something wasn't right, but I didn't know what. So we rode it again and the second time we went through I knew it right away. There's this hairdresser window for the Buzz Lightyear's ride and she was sitting in the chair with her head under the hair thing. But see…she was wearing the Cinderella costume…so I knew that wasn't right and well, she was a little too real. Disney's animatronics are good, but they're not that good."

"So we called security. They police themselves, but have no experience with murder. We do. So here we are," Ranger finished.

"And where are we staying and where are we setting up," Tank asked.

"We're staying at a new building that's not yet open to the general public and that's where we're setting up. Our liaison, Karen, who's with the hotel staff will be here in a few minutes to take us over. I called her before I came out," Ranger pursed his lips. "But I'm seeing a small problem here. Babe," he waved his arm toward the people in the room, "do you see what I see?"

"They're never going to fit in," I sighed.

"Exactly," Ranger nodded. "Ladies, get the men's sizes, you're going shopping."

"Oh boy," Natalie grinned.

"Now, that's what I'm talking about," Lula grinned.

"Give me fifteen minutes to tame my hair and we'll go," I headed for the bathroom.

"I'll pack us back up," Ranger nodded.

Twenty minutes later we were in the shop downstairs and the girls were shuffling through racks and stacks with intense looks on their faces.

Karen stood by in awe. "Is it always like this," she blinked.

"No, but sometimes," I smiled. "They didn't think about blending in. Our basic uniform is black. I think if you saw a bunch of men and women walking around in black in the parks, you'd think something was up."

"I think you're right," she nodded, "especially your guys. I have to tell you, they're pretty intimidating looking."

I grinned, "And they're good at what they do."

"So I've heard," she nodded. "And they're hot," she blushed.

I laughed. "Yes, they are."

"How much do we need," Connie frowned walking up to me with piles of clothes in her hands.

"They have to be dressed for a couple of weeks," I shrugged. "Just get enough to get them to the other hotel without alarming anyone for now. We'll go to Downtown Disney and do some real shopping later."

She nodded.

"But if you see more that will work, go ahead and get it now."

"Okay," she agreed.

"I love my job," Natalie sighed piling things on the counter.

Two hours later Karen was walking us down the hall to the rooms on the top floor of the new Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort. "All the suites on this floor are three bedrooms. We realize that you've had to make personal sacrifices and we hope you'll be comfortable. We've emptied one of the bedrooms of bedroom furniture and set up work stations and computer tables. We have Wi-Fi we also have our own in house internet.

"We'll use our own satellite system," Ranger said offhandedly.

She nodded. "The conference rooms have been set up as you've specified. Each of the rooms has a map, some guide books and the other information you've requested Mr. Manoso. We've stocked the kitchens as you requested as well. She paused at the first door. "This suite will be for," she blushed and glanced up from her notes, "Woody and Connie?"

"That's us," Connie said.

Karen blinked. I'll be honest. I've known Connie almost all my life and I still blink. I mean she's got to be the closest thing to Dolly Party to ever come out of New Jersey. With her black hair dyed blond, she was not as much Betty Boop these days as she was Dolly. She was, in my opinion, more attractive though, especially since she started waxing her mustache off. There was only one thing that was irritating about her. The woman has boobs to spare and she didn't have to double her weight to get them. Personally, I'd have probably reduced them by now if they were mine, but I could tell Lula was jealous.

She gave Connie two key envelopes, "you're key cards are in there. It's good for your room and for all your food and admittance to the park. Our chief of security will brief you in the conference room at three o'clock to let you know which entrance to use when you're carrying weapons."

Woody nodded and he and Connie entered their room and closed the door behind them.

Yea, I knew that would happen.

The next door we dropped off Gabe and Padma, then Manuel and Jenna who were scowling at each other when they entered the suite. The next door was for Brian and Kate, then Cal and Natalie leaving the last two suites for Tank and Lula and of course us.

"Downstairs in an hour," Ranger said briskly.

Tank nodded and disappeared into their suite.

"Do you think they're all having sex," I asked Ranger as the door closed behind us.

"Most of them," he sighed. He shook his head to clear some images and sighed, "What do you want to do?"

"Go back to bed," I admitted, "but I know that's not doable, so I guess we'll unpack and get situated. We need to turn the evidence over to Manuel for processing too."

"I'll do that, you start unpacking," he said grabbing the cases.

"Okay," I nodded.

An hour later we were in the conference room and there were legal pads out and pens to the ready. The security guy got everyone up to speed. The victim's name was Sandy Rice and as it happens she was from Trenton. I know…I was shocked too. As a matter of fact, she was Lucille Rice's daughter. Lucille is one of my mother's friends, she's also one of the women my mother uses against me whenever I get into scrapes. Oh not anymore, I'm in pretty good shape these days. I'm practically the Madonna. I crossed myself quickly. Anyway, whenever I got into something my mother would say 'Lucille Rice's daughter never rolls in garbage' or 'Lucille Rice's daughter doesn't burn down funeral homes'. I've got a new one for you, Mom. Ellen Plum's daughter didn't end up dead on an attraction at Disney World. At least, I haven't as of yet.

He told us the liver temp of the victim and the time the temperature was taken. Kate spoke up and asked what the temperature in the location of the body was and he said it was maintained at an ambient 75 degrees. She put the time of death at approximately 3PM. That let Ranger and I off the hook as the doers. We didn't even enter the park till 5PM. This is a fact that we pointed out to Jack immediately.

"Actually," he smiled, "you entered the park at 4:49PM. The key cards are tracked."

"Of course," Ranger nodded. "You do realize that this has to be an inside job. It couldn't have been a casual guest to the park. It had to be someone with access to your backstage areas."

He nodded grimly. "We're currently cross checking all employees who were in the park on that day either as cast or as guests. We'll have that list shortly. Now that we have an approximate time of death, we'll narrow the search a little more. Then we'll cross check that against anyone who was active at the time…working an attraction, shop or whatever and get a list of idle employees. Then we'll turn that list over to you."

"We have a Crime Unit Truck scheduled to be delivered here today. Is there somewhere we can park the truck without anyone seeing it and worrying?"

"Of course," he nodded. "This building has an underground entrance that isn't visible unless you're really looking. I'll show you where that is and you can direct them there at that time." He gave Ranger a set of keys and a handful of passes. The keys are to this building, the passes…one for each of you, give you access to the backstage areas. When you go backstage, I'll need you to wear an ID badge. After we finish this briefing, our staff," he pointed behind him, "will make the ID tags. Please note that a lot of things happen underground that we don't want our guests to be aware of."

"Am I going to be destroyed," I sighed.

"I don't know," he winced. "We have a lot of people employed by us with alternate lifestyles. There's a good chance you'll see a couple of princesses in a warm embrace."

I sighed, "Great.

"Of course, the utmost discretion would be appreciated."

"Of course," I nodded.

"Karen will continue to work as your liaison. She has been briefed as to what has occurred and will assist you in any she can. If you dial star 2123 on your phones or anywhere in the park you'll get my offices. Karen is extension Star 52119 from this hotel as she is primarily located at The Grand Floridian. If you need me by emergency, my number is on the access cards I've just given you. I appreciate you taking the time to blend in. My staff at the check in desk at the hotel about passed out when you came in the building. But…you look great now. Mr. Manoso, do any of your employees fall under the six foot mark?"

"I do," Natalie blinked.

"Me too," Jenna shrugged.

"Male employees," he said softly.

Ranger grinned, "a couple. They mostly work research."

"I see," he said quietly. "We have no official cause of death from the coroner as of yet. As soon as we know, we'll notify you."

"Thank you," Ranger said with a nod of his head.

He nodded. "Good luck. Thank you for assisting us."

"You're welcome."

So on the second day of my honeymoon, I got an ID card for the backstage area of the parks. I learned that there may be some princesses underground swapping spit. I got a single cup of coffee and a time of the murder. Things were just flowing right along. They just weren't flowing on a path I had thought it would be on.

"You know…this is kind of like when Tank and I got married," Lula said thoughtfully. "It just seems like every time we got something going on, the shit hits the fan."

I sighed, "It does seem that way."

"I think we need some lunch and some shopping, and then we can work," Lula frowned.

"I think you're right," Ranger said.

"What," I blinked up at him and all the other fourteen pairs of eyes followed mine in shock and astonishment. Ranger had obviously been replaced by someone else.

"We've got shorts and tee shirts on," Ranger shrugged. "We need to relax."

"Dude," Cal blinked.

"I'm on my fucking…er…friggin honeymoon," he glared.

Natalie raised a brow at me.

"We're working on our language for the bean," I shrugged.

She grinned and nodded.

"Right," Cal nodded. "Let's go eat and shop."

We took the bus to downtown Disney. For some reason nobody wanted to share the bus with us so we got it to ourselves. Of course, we do take up a lot of room.

We had lunch at Planet Hollywood. That was a place that we fit in without really trying. I got the impression that everyone thought we were from Hollywood ourselves. There were some big honking men there and everyone in our party was doing okay on the attractive scale. Granted, the scale depended a lot on a person's personal preferences, but if you ignored Cal's big tattoo covering his scalp and looked only at his face, he was hot. Natalie saw it and so did I. Actually, as I looked around the restaurant, a lot of people saw it. I guess people with discerning taste go to Disney World. In any case, it was flattering. I had the chicken, penne and broccoli and Ranger had the manicotti. We shared a dessert sampler and he actually ate quite a bit of it.

Kate linked her arm through mine as we walked toward the shops from the restaurant, "is this sort of field trip common in your company?"

"Far more common than you'd think," I agreed with a slight smile.

"So…are you guys hiring," she beamed.

I laughed, "We don't have much call for an OBGYN on staff, but I'll bring it up to Ranger."

"Thanks but you know I started as a GP and even did a stint in the coroner's office," she grinned. "Oh and Brian…he's really cute. Don't you think he looks like Carter Oosterhouse?"

"Yea," I laughed, "I do."

"I hear you two used to be an item," she raised a brow.

"Yep," I nodded. "He was my between Joe and Ranger guy."

"Would it be weird for you if I dated him, I mean like for real?"

I grinned happily, "No, it wouldn't be weird at all. Brian is one of my dearest friends. I'd love to see him happy."

"Sure you don't mind," she said softly.

"Absolutely not," I shook my head. "Go for it."

"Really," she beamed.

I laughed, "Trust me; I'm not just saying it. I would love for him to find someone great. He's an incredible person. You could do a lot worse."

"I'm making a move," she grinned and hurried toward him.

I shook my head with a smile.

"What's so amusing," Ranger asked catching my hand in his.

"Kate likes Brian. She asked my permission to go for it."

"Really…you mean like the man code?"

I laughed, "Yea…like that. She also said that if you ever want to hire an OBGYN or doctor of any kind including coroner on staff, she's your girl."

He laughed, "I'll keep that in mind."

"So, why aren't we all in murder solving mode," I asked.

"Because we don't have an official ruling from the coroner yet," he said softly. "It could be an accidental death." He looped his arm around my neck and kissed my curly head.

"Right, she thought she'd go hide under the hair dryer at the Buzz Lightyear promo and just fool around. She was probably playing hide and go seek with Prince Charming and Goofy," I rolled my eyes. "It's murder Ric."

"I know that," he laughed. "But we still have to wait for an official ruling."

"Right," I sighed. "I can still hope it will come back as she met her demise due to an aneurysm or a diabetic coma left untreated or something like that?"

"You can," he nodded. "But would you get a tingle for a natural death?"

I sighed, "Probably not."

"Then…I'd say it's a murder, wouldn't you?"

"I can hope."

"You can hope."

"I won't hold my breath," I sighed.

"You probably shouldn't," he agreed. "As soon as we hear its murder, we'll get into gear. Plus, my truck's not due here till eight tonight," he said grimly.

"Ah," I nodded.

"So, just enjoy a little bit of Disney World Babe," he said softly and kissed my head.

"As long as we're here together, I'll be fine. But you do owe me another vacation."

"Babe…I'm not sure the rest of the world can handle Manoso vacations."

"They need to get used to them," I said serenely.