I do not own anything from Janet Evanovich or the song I took this from
Five days ago my world turned upside down. It was a normal day, wake up, shower, dress, head out for skips, and pray that Ranger or any of his men didn't have to see any stupid mistakes that I was sure to make. I pulled up to my first skips home and knocked on the door. When he came out, I knew I was in trouble. He smirked knowing who I was and what I was about. Following my instincts and my inner voice that was telling me to leave, I took a step back but was caught by the wrist and yanked inside. I struggled to break free, trying to use some of the techniques that Ranger had showed me but the more I struggled the more he held on and laughed. I was done for. For hours he beat and raped me, how RangeMan got to me I do not know. I woke up to Bobby wiping my face with a cold wet cloth.
"Shhhh Steph you're ok, you're safe. You're at RangeMan" I heard him say as I began struggling
"Bobby" I said placing my hand on his arm
"Yea Steph"
"I'm hurt. He hurt me" I whispered as tears filled my eyes
"I know. I've been helping you while you've been sleeping" he said touching my hair
"Bobby there's something else" I said as I recalled what he'd done to me
"What?" he asked his voice tight
"He..He.. He touched me" I said and heard a crash in the next room
"He won't hurt you ever again, I promise you, you are safe here" he said recalling how Lester took the fugitive out
Bobby walked out and everything started happening at lightning speed. A woman dressed in a white nurses dress came in and did exams on me. After that Bobby returned and took care of me each day and night. After the fifth day I managed to get myself up and walked into the bathroom. When I saw my reflection in the mirror, I stifled a shriek. Looking my face over I resembled a punching bag. I was black and blue all over. I took the collar of my shirt that I was wearing and held it out and looked down on my chest and saw all the marks there too and just knew that there were more of them down below. Realizing this fact I crumpled to the floor and cried.
"Shhh Steph its ok" I heard a voice and jerked away violently as I felt arms come around me
"I don't wanna be here" I said covering my hands over my face
"I know, but you're just to hurt to go home right now"
Bobby picked me up off the bathroom floor and placed me into the bed again. Now knowing what I looked like, I pulled the covers over my head. Bobby saw this and told me that I didn't ever have to hide from him but after what I saw I just couldn't. Telling him to leave, I balled myself up into a little ball under the covers and cried.
(Bobby's POV)
I was coming back into the room where Steph had been staying after her ordeal with a tray of food that Ella had prepared for her. When I came into the apartment all I heard was silence telling me Steph had probably went back to sleep. All our hearts are aching inside, Ranger couldn't even come in a see her because when he had and heard her confess that the S.O.B had touched her he went berserk. He would have flown out of here to kill the guy if he hadn't known that Lester had already taken care of it.
"Steph, honey it's me Bobby. Wake up hon. you need to eat something" I said opening the door of the second room in the apartment
"Steph" I said realizing she wasn't in the bed where I put her
"Steph" I called going to the bathroom but finding it empty
"OH GOD" I yelled dropping the food try to the floor
"Stephs gone can you locate her" I asked call Cal in the monitor room
I waited for Cal to get back to me as I walked thru the hallway trying to locate her "OH GOD" I heard Cal say and I stopped dead in my tracks.
"Please tell me you found her" I begged
"Yea but.." he replied back
"What?"
"She's on the roof"
When Cal said that something that Stephanie said when I found her on the bathroom floor came racing back and I began to run to the stair well door.
"GET RANGER NOW!" I screamed and the line went dead
"No Steph please don't do it" I said as I raced up the flights of stairs that lead to the roof. Steph had told me that she didn't want to be here, I thought she meant RangeMan not this life. Oh God if your there help us now.
I burst thru the roofs door just as Ranger and all of RangeMan stepped onto the roof. Ranger came over to me and asked me what was going on.
"She said she didn't want to be here, I thought she meant here as in RangeMan" I told him and he nodded his head
Ranger started easily walking over to her as all of us stayed back and watched in horror as the woman we all loved stood on the ledge of our building looking down.
