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Joe and Ranger watched Stephanie shut the door behind herself.
"Am I late?" Stephanie asked.
"No," Joe answered.
"I see you made it back, Babe."
She got closer to both men. They both gave her a hug and kiss. She returned it.
"Joe and I discussed about what we should do for supper tonight."
"What is it?"
She was surprised she wasn't there to agree what they were having. If she wasn't with Lula, she would know by now what they would be eating.
"May I talk to you alone, Joe?"
"What is it, Cupcake?" he asked once they walked into the kitchen, leaving Ranger in the living room.
"We should make those cupcakes before we eat. What do you say about that?" Stephanie asked.
Joe saw her point.
"I forgot about those cupcakes. We mostly talked about what the menu was for tonight."
"What did you agree on?" Stephanie asked.
He told her. She agreed.
"All right, Stephanie. We will make those cupcakes before we sit down and eat. I haven't said a word about the surprise to him once."
"Good. If you did say something about it, the cupcakes would be a ruined surprise."
"I understand. I know you wouldn't be very happy if I did give it away."
While still in the living room, Ranger couldn't catch anything what his babe and Joe were talking about. Whatever it is, it's none of his business. So he continued to stay out of it.
He could hear them, but was seated on the couch while his babe and Joe were talking.
"I will be right back, Cupcake."
"Where are you going?" she asked him.
"To the living room. Don't you dare move."
Stephanie just watched him without saying a word when he walked out of the kitchen.
Ranger didn't move when he heard Joe and Babe talking in the kitchen.
"Dinner will be a little bit late tonight, Ranger. I hope you don't mind."
"Of course not. I can come back later if it's going to be late."
"That is the better thing to do. Would you like one of us to call you when we're ready?"
"Yes, that's fine with me. I will see you then."
Joe walked him to the front door.
"I will see you again later tonight. Sorry if I came at the wrong time."
"That's okay. There was something we forgot to do earlier. That's why we are eating at a late time."
Ranger could tell Joe was lying to him, but didn't want to say anything about it.
"At least let me say good – bye to Babe before I go."
Joe didn't see any reason to respond to what he said.
Joe opened the front door for Ranger.
"We'll talk later when we finish what we forgot to do."
"There isn't any rush. Just take all the time you need."
After that he went to his car and drove away.
"That was a close one," Stephanie said with relief.
"Good thing I stopped myself from giving it away about those cupcakes."
"I know. Let's get started on them right now."
So that's exactly what they did.