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Where Too Now?

Chapter Two

Hal POV

Ranger and the guys have been gone for just over 72 hours and Ranger has once again left me in charge while they are away. I got up around four and hit the gym to do my normal daily work out before I went up the office. I was working with the bench press and was half way done with my work out when Ram came on over the intercom.

"Hal, I think you need to come up to control and see this."

"What is it Ram?" I asked as I kept on working out

"Bomber left her apartment, and the tracker on her SUV is now showing her in Point Pleasant."

I stopped what I was doing and took off up the stairs. Where the hell could she be going? Was she being kidnapped? Ranger never gave orders to keep her in the building. Shit! Ranger was going to kick my ass if something happened to her after only 48 hours of him being gone. I pulled the door open to the fifth floor.

"Report!"

"I went back and tracked her movements from the time she left her apartment. At oh four forty-five Bomber's SUV left her apartment and appeared to be heading this way. But she turned and got on to the highway."

"Have you tried to call her Ram?"

"Her phone keeps going right to voice mail."

"Why did it take two hours for you to see this!"

"The screen for the trackers blew last night and Hector could not get a replacement for it until this morning. The only reason why I toggled over on this one was to do the oh eight hundred check on all surveillances and trackers."

"Shit, call Woody and have him meet me in the garage ASAP. Also get a second team together to follow us ASAP."

I ran to my office and grabbed the ready bag I kept there and changed in my gear. With Steph you never knew what you were getting into. I was out of the office and heading down to garage I found Woody sitting and waiting with an SUV running ready to go. I jumped in the passenger seat and slammed the door as Woody pealed out of the parking lot.

SPOV

I felt like I had been running for only a few minutes, when I glanced down at my watch I saw that in had been hours. When I had gotten out of my car the clock read 6:00 it was now 8:15, I had been running for a sold two hours. Ranger would be proud there was a time that I could not even run five minutes let alone two hours.

I slowed down to walk to cool down and took in my surroundings. Looking up the beach I saw a house that I recognized. The house belonged to Alexander Ramos. I once walked Bob down this very beach while trying to help Ranger prove that he did not kill Alexander's youngest son. Long story short Ranger was proven innocent and I ended up with a new friend. Alexander was happy that I helped find the true killer of his son and he got some sense of justice from it all. The wired part is that he stayed in touch with me after everything was said and done. At the start on every month he would send me flowers. It was the first time in a long time that I got from someone who was not trying to kill me.

As I walked closer to the house I saw someone walking down from it. Looking closely I saw that it was Ulysses, Alexander second son. Alexander and I have gotten together a few times and Ulysses was always there. I raised my hand in greeting and he waived back. I stopped to stretch while he kept walking towards me.

"Steph what brings you here?" he asked when he was close.

"You know that I find the ocean calming, so I came here to do my morning run."

"Morning run? You do know that the nearest public parking lot is an hour's walk from here?"

"Well…umm…I kinda lost track of time."

"Come, I will drive you back to your car."

"The thing is Ulysses my car is not in that lot." He raised an eyebrow at me, "Well you see I have been running for close to two hours."

Ulysses came up beside me and put his hand on the small of my back and started to lead me back towards the house. "Stephanie is some after you? Are you in some kind of danger?" He asked as he surveyed the beach.

"No I'm not in any danger."

"Then why are you here? Besides your morning run."

I sighed, "Did you hear about Joe?" He nodded, "And did you hear about Rodriguez?" I got a second nod. "Just before those both happened I got a second notice from the owner of my building that it was being sold and that I would have to move out. I forgot about it because of Rodriguez, until I got a final notice from them yesterday. I came here to think about where I should go now. I have two days to find a new place. The only good news is that everything that I wanted to keep has already gone from there."

"You have had a very hard time the past month. Did you think of anything during your run?"

"I thought about a lot of different things that I want to find in my new place. I just don't know if I could find someplace that will meet all my needs."

By this point Ulysses and I had made it into the house and were in the sunroom. When Alexander walked in the room.

"Bella! What a surprise to see you! What brings you here and has the two of you talking so seriously?"

"It seems that Steph has a housing problem." Ulysses told him.

"Oh? And what type of problem is that?"

"I have none."

Alexander laughed, "What happen this time, a fire bomb again?"

"No the owners of her buildings have sold it, and she does not think she will able to find what she is looking for in a new place."

"What is it you are looking for in a new place?" Alexander asked me.

"I want some place that I can feel safe, that not just anyone can get into. I don't want for everyone to know where I live, and if they do know I don't want them to be able to have easy excess."

"It sounds like you know what you want. But where are going to stay while you look for your ideal place?"

"I'm not sure. I could stay at Rangeman. But unlike the guys I don't want to live in an office building. I just got out of there yesterday, I don't want to go back."

"Then let me offer you my services Bella. I have a cabin not far from Trenton. It is on a lake, secluded and the nearest person is across the lake.

"Alexander I couldn't stay there. It would be asking too much!"

"But Bella you are not asking I am offering it. It will be quite and give you a chance to think without others knowing where you are. I will not let you tell me no."

"It looks like I have a place to stay."

Hal POV

Breaking all the traffic laws, Woody and I got to Point Pleasant in a half hour. When we got to the lot where Bombers SUV was the lot was more than half we pulled into the a empty spot as close as we could find and then we hit the ground running. When we got her SUV there was letter under the windshield wipers.

"Shit man, this doesn't look good." Woody said as he slipped on latex gloves to pull out the letter.

Every possibility was running in my head as he checked it over. Had she been kidnapped? Are we too late to save her? What the HELL am I going to tell Ranger? Woody passed it to me after I had put my gloves on and I carefully cut it open with my knife to save any DNA there could be on it. I pulled it out carefully and read it.

To the Merry Men,

Hal, I know that Ranger left you in charge and I hate to bring you any trouble, but I am taking a few days to myself. I need some time to think on a few things, and I need to find a new place to live. Don't worry I am fine and safe. I have a very good friend helping me out and I will be safe with them. Hal I ask you one thing, but I know that it is a lot to ask. Please don't tell Ranger that I am gone. I will be home soon, and I will check in with you guys in a few days. Please trust me on this.

Steph

"Shit Hal, Ranger is going to kill us, we lost Bomber." I couldn't have said it any better.

"How the hell am I going to tell him that I lost her after only 72 hours?"

"You're going to tell him? Hal man she asked you not too!"

"I know that man, but he will find out he always does."

"Can't we hold off? Just for a couple of days?"

I sighed, "I will give her 24 hours to call and check in. I am not holding off any longer than that on telling Ranger."

Woody pulled open Steph's SUV and found her keys inside. He got in to drive it home while I walked back to SUV we had taken to get here. As I got in I called the office to have Ram have the other team come back. As I pulled out of the lot I said a silent prayer hoping that Ranger would not call in the next 24 Hours.