Chapter 9 Steph's Decision
The next morning, Steph woke up before Carlos, she went downstairs to have breakfast. She saw Ella working "Good Morning Ella"
"Good morning Mrs. Stephanie, it is wonderful that you are here, because Carlos has been in a great mood and this is the longest he has been in this house too." Ella told Stephanie.
"Really, I don't blame him; I would not like to be alone in this big mansion either." She answered her.
"Have breakfast please." She told Stephanie.
While Stephanie at she looked out the window and she saw the horses eating hay she also looked at the sun rising behind them.
"It is so peaceful here." She told herself.
Her Spidey sense went off and she knew that Carlos was behind her.
"Yes, babe it is" Carlos told her, and he put his arms around her.
"I have to go and check in with Connie today. I can't stay around here all day again, I have to do some work and so you." She turned around on the stool. He kissed her deeply.
"I know we both have to do work, but I would like someone from Rangeman to be with you." He told her.
"Carlos I will be fine, if I need help I will call." She kissed him took a set of keys and hit the button, to start whatever car she had just started.
Carlos walked her to the garage and saw that she started the Lincoln SUV. "Great if I blow this one up I'm will be in trouble." She said out loud.
"No more than usual Babe." He kissed her again, walked back into the house.
She got into the driver's seat, adjusted what needed to be. Backed out of the garage, she got to the Bond's office, and saw Connie behind the desk. She noticed Steph's hickey on her neck right away.
"Hey where have you been, I have a couple of FTA's for you if you want them, and nice hickey by the way." Connie smiled.
"What!" Stephanie ran to the bathroom and checked in the mirror. Yup there was a huge hickey on the left side of her neck.
"Great" she complained to herself.
"I heard that you are engaged to Ranger, is it true? Did you finally nail down his hot ass?" Connie asked Stephanie.
"Yes I did," She answered her with a smile on her face. The door opened and Lula came in late for work again.
"Hey if you are going to be coming in late you need to let me know. This is the fifth time you are late Lula don't be late again or it is your job." Connie yelled at her.
"I will get going and see if I can catch, Claws" Stephanie said to Connie.
Stephanie walked out the door to the Lincoln SUV got in and took off to find Claws.
As she drove to Claws house she thought of Lula she wondered why she was all of a sudden late for work. She saw Claws outside in his yard. She pulled in a few blocks away from her parents' house.
"Hey Mr. Claws, you missed your court appearance so you need to come with me to reschedule." She yelled to him.
He dropped the hose he was using to clean his house. Claws started to run, but Stephanie ran through the hose and jumped on him.
"Why do they always run?" She asked herself. She managed to get her cuffs on him, and dragged him back to the SUV.
When Mr. Claws saw the SUV he told her, "If you told me you had a Lincoln SUV I would not have ran."
She stood there in shock shaking her head drenched from head to toe.
After she got him into the SUV, she got in the driver's seat drove to the police station. She radioed in to let them know that she was coming with a FTA.
She got to the station and saw Morelli waiting there for the FTA.
"Hey cupcake, who do you have?" He asked her.
"Mr. Claws" Stephanie got out and opened the back door, and he fell right out of the SUV and in front of Morelli.
Morelli helped him up and said, "Cupcake you should not have worn a white top."
She looked at her top, "Crap" she got in the car and drove to her parents' house to get a dry top.
"Grandma Mazur was there waiting for Stephanie. "Hey it is Steph"
"Hey Grandma" Stephanie smiled at her grandmother.
"I just came to get a clean shirt." She told her grandmother.
She opened the door, and her mom was ironing. "What is wrong now?" Stephanie asked as she took a couple of home baked cookies.
"Your dad's parents are coming over for Thanksgiving, they want to catch up with your father we don't have enough room for them. I don't know what to do?" Helen took a shot of whiskey.
Stephanie got on the phone to Ranger, "Babe"
"Is there any chance that we could have my family over for Thanksgiving at the house? My dad's parents are coming over they want to catch up and my mom does not have enough room in her house." She asked him sweetly.
"Sure, we can have them over for Thanksgiving. Just make sure Grandma Mazur does not have her gun." Ranger then hung up.
"Mom no problem you and every one can come over Carlos's house I will give you the address." Stephanie then wrote down the address for her mom. She walked out of the kitchen, and upstairs to get a clean shirt on.
While Stephanie was making plans for Thanksgiving, Ranger got a call from his mother.
"Carlos is there a chance we can have Thanksgiving at your house, everyone is coming and I mean every one, your aunts, uncles, cousins and your grandparents both sets." Carlo's mom stated to him.
"Sure mom but Stephanie's family will be there too, just a warning." Ranger said to her over the phone.
"No problem they will be family soon so it will be a pleasure to meet them." Carlos's mom hung up.
"This is going to be a interesting holiday" He said to himself.