Chapter 5 - Inside the Crazy House

I was standing outside the car shaking in the cold breeze starring at the house. I felt Ranger come up behind me and place a hand around my exposed belly. I knew he was close as I could feel his body brushing the back of my top. I lent into him letting his warmth wash into my frozen body. Ranger gave me a slight kiss in the top of my head, 'we don't have to go in if you don't want to.' He whispered into my ear.

I shook my head, 'I need the money badly.' I replied and tried to pull away from Ranger but he just held me close and turned me around so I was facing him. 'Then we go in,' he replied and kissed me deaply with his tounge slipping down my throat, after what seemed like an eternity he pulled away leaving me feeling all hot and bothered but extremerly happy.

I looked up at Ranger he was starring at the house where a lot of yelling was now erupting from. His face was like stone, completely unreadable but eventually he came back to the present. Sighing slightly he started walking towards the house pulling me along with him as his hand had never left my waist.

We both stopped when we got to the wodden door, Ranger knocked with his free hand and stepped back. Everyone had gone quiet inside and I heared the sound of people moving around. After around five minutes the door was opened by a short women around my grandmothers age. Her hair was short, curly and snow white and looked strange on her dark cuban skin. 'Hola,' She said starring at me and Ranger. Ranger simply smiled and whispered into my ear, 'my grandma bella.' I nodded and gave the old woman a smile, she didn't looked impressed and yelled something in spanish off into the house.

I could now hear the sound of running feet and what sounded like hundreds of voice yelling out. Ranger gave me a slight kiss on my neck and pushed me to the side just in time. Because a second later around 30 kids all at different ages catapulted themselves at Ranger. I stood there watching the kids take turns jumping on Ranger and I didn't noticing that others had emerged from deep inside the house. Finally, Ranger pulled away, he adjusted his black SWAT clothes and walked over to me taking my hand in his.

I looked over at him but he just shook his head and pulled me in behind him passed all the people who had gathered on the lawn into the house. I was amazed how many people were inside, there hand been around 50 people on the lawn including the kids and there was around 50 to 100 more inside the house. Ranger was still holing my hand so I let him lead me around and nodded as he pointed out people. Eventually, he came to a holt by a girl which I hadn't seen in the front yard before, though I hadn't exactly been watching the individual children. Ranger lent down to her and whispered something into he ear, she smiled and pointed of towards the kitchen area. Ranger nodded and standing up gave me a smile, 'Kaylie says Daniella is in the kitchen of her laptop.' I nooded and followed Ranger as he led me towards the double swinging kitchen doors.

The kichen was in chaous when we entered and I almost had to take a second look to make sure it was real. There were around 20 women all in a small kitchen no bigger than my parents all chopping and cooking. I looked around for someone meeting Daniella's description and spotted her spread on a free bench, her knees bent with her lap top balancing on top of them. She had an ear phone on and apeared to be deep in conversation with someone at the same time typing madly on the laptop. Ranger was watching her as well and slowly started making his way through the kitchen towards her. We were mear feet away when she looked over at us, holding up a finger she said goodbye to whoever it was that she had been talking to.

Ranger smiled at her and gave her a slight hug and kiss on the cheek and she returned the favor. 'Nice to see your looking well,' She said her shiny violet eyes sliding to rest on me. 'This is Stehanie Plum, 'Ranger said introducing me to the the woman on the bench.

'Ranger, is she your girlfriend yet?" Daniella asked her face showing delight in teazing her brother. Ranger simpy shook his head and whacked her across the head. 'Don't be rude,' he told and pulled me closer.

Daniella was gorgeous, she was skinny but not downright anorexic skinny but pretty skinny, she had long slim legs and long shiny chocolate brown hair that glittered in the sun coming in from the window behind her. Her hair was lightly curled and her outfit consited of a slim halterneck black dress encrested with diamenty flowers and no back. The bottom of the dress was tie and her shoes looked so delicate. OK, I was a little jealous of her, how dare she be so gorgeous, she looked like a model or movie star or something with her silver shining earings and necklace.

'You OK,' she asked her eyes doing the same thing I had just done to her, I nodded and looked to Ranger for help. Ranger just smiled and turned to Daniella, 'Stephanie's a bounty hunter, she works of Vinnie, I gather you remember Vinnie.'

I expected her to react to this and was shocked to see her take it in her stride, this girl was rally starting to make me jealous. 'Yeah, I do he seemed rather,of whats the word,squirmey to me, but he was friendly enough.' I nodded and smiled, I liked that word squirmey it semmed exactly right to describe Vinnie.

'You were meant to go to your court apearance Dani,' Ranger said shaking his head and watching her.

'I know but I didn't do the crime so why should I pay the time and who would look after Kaylie if I got locked away, I wouldn't be able to look after her or see her grow up and what about the gangs, you think there gonna be happy with me in jail with their OPP, nope I'll be dead within a week in the lock up.' I looked to Ranger after Daniella finished speaking, he was lookin rather pained and seemed to be thinking of something to say.

Daniella had also been watching Ranger and I saw her roll her eyes and turn to me, 'did Ranger introduce you to our mum?" She asked her eyes searching my face for any signs of emotion. I shook my head and she gave me a full of smile that showed her perfect white teeth. OK, I was majorly jealous of this perfect, beautiful, intelligent girl who was related to Ranger. Daniella turned to Ranger, 'you brought her here and didn't introduce her to mum, big no, no you know what she's like with things like this.'

Ranger looked shocked, I could tell it hadn't occured to him to introduce me to his mum and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to be introduced to the only woman Daniella and Ranger were scared off. Daniella had climbed down from the bench in a second and laying her laptop aside, she pulled one of the kids that had been running around between are legs towards her. 'Chalie, I'll give you a twenty if you stand here and don't let anyone touch my laptop.' The little girl nodded and I realised Daniella also had a sweet, pretty trusting voice. Oh shit how could I compare to her. 'If Ranger won't take you to her I will,' she said looking over at Ranger and grabbing my arm,' men.' She whispered in my ear and I couldn't help laughing with her.

Chapter 6 - Ranger's mum and what's going to happen when the police show up?