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George's POV

Ranger came bursting into my room without knocking and sent a few papers flying. I looked up in annoyance, but as soon as I saw the look on his face, I said, "What's wrong Ranger?"

Ranger started rambling and I tried to keep up. "Gina Matthews is the person responsible for all of this mess. She's had face altering plastic surgery and is actually an illegal immigrant from Colombia. Her real name is Paula Escobar, the wife of the man I killed 5 years ago. She needs to be arrested before she is able to do any more damage."

I stood there and listened to the whole story. Ranger gave me details about West, Rachel and the General's involvement. He also mentioned that Gina had a backup plan in place just in case things fell apart. As of yet, we don't know what that plan includes. I couldn't believe it. It sounded too much like a film plot than real life.

Ranger's tone of voice went from relatively calm to desperate. He said, "We need arrest warrants for the General, Rachel and West. We have the necessary proof that would convince any prosecutor or judge to issue those warrants."

I just stood there staring at Ranger and said, "Are you sure? There's not going back."

Ranger nodded and I said, "OK, I'll make a phone call to the D.C. FBI office right now. I'll come find you when I'm done."

I watched Ranger walk out of the room and picked up my phone. I called a friend who worked for the FBI and waiting while the phone rang.

"Hi Bob."

"George, what can I do for you at this late hour?"

"Do you remember the explosion in Atlanta a few days ago, the one that allegedly killed Carlos Manoso?"

"Yeah, we're all still reeling at that. How did Ranger let somebody get something over him?"

"He didn't. He's not dead. In fact, I'm calling because I need you to issue four federal arrest warrants. We have one of the men in custody here in Miami and a second is being watched not far away."

"OK, give me the broad strokes and who are we arresting?"

"Five years ago, Ranger finished a 2 year mission in Columbia that culminated with the death of Enrique Escobar, a well known criminal and drug lord. Anyway, Escobar's wife Paula had plastic surgery around the time of his death. She illegally immigrated to the US 3 years ago under an alias. She somehow attached herself to and married General Matthews.

"Somehow, this woman found out that it was Ranger who killed her husband. She devised a plan to bring him down and kill him. Her accomplices were both willing and not so willing, but they have broken the law and need to answer for their crimes against Mr. Manoso.

"Gina Matthews recruited Tim West from Black Scorpion using promises of money and sex. He then recruited Rachel Martine, Ranger's ex-wife. Together, West and Rachel fraudulently opened a bank account in Gina's name. They then used that bank account to blackmail the General."

After I finished talking, there was silence on the other end of the line. "Bob, are you still there?"

"Sorry George, I'm here. I'm just having a hard time following. Do you have proof of all of this?"

"I do. I have bank surveillance that shows Rachel Martine fraudulently opening a bank account in Gina Matthews' name. I have West's admissions on video and tape. We also have Gina Matthews on tape giving West something at the bank on the day the account was opened. Lastly, there are plenty of witnesses who can confirm that the General fraudulently arrested and detained Ranger. He was kept in a Black Scorpion facility that exploded moments after Ranger escaped. That's attempted murder."

"That sounds like enough for me to get those warrants issued. I will get the paperwork drawn up send a request to the local PD to bring in the General and his wife ASAP. Since Ranger is already there in Miami, we'll give RangeMan the right to arrest Tim West and Rachel Martine. I will fax the warrants to the RangeMan office there in Miami. "

I thanked my friend and went to find Ranger, knowing that I had my work cut out for me over the next few weeks. Putting the necessary paperwork together to take this to court will keep me busy. At least I knew that RangeMan would pay me handsomely for my time.

Stephanie's POV

As soon as we left the basement, I went directly to Tank. I explained what West told us and Tank immediately got on the phone with RangeMan Miami and raced toward the Martine house with Hal, Woody, Lula and Ram. They would secure the house and ensure that Rachel was detained. They would also tell the Martines' that there was a threat against Julie. With Tank to protect her, I was confident that nobody could get to Julie.

There was one thing that was still nagging me about this whole situation. How did Gina associate Ranger with her husband's death? I knew the same question was bothering Ranger as well, so I was determined to get to the bottom of it. I was sitting in the living room mulling over my thoughts and looking at the photos. I was so lost in thought that Lester's entrance into the room went unnoticed by me until he spoke.

"What are you doing Beautiful?"

I looked up and smiled at Lester. "Hey Les, I'm just trying to answer one last question about this whole mystery."

"What question is that Beautiful?"

"When you guys were in Columbia on the Escobar mission, is there any way that his wife knew who killed her husband?"

Lester thought for a moment and said, "I had a lot of interaction with Paula." Lester paused to waggled his eyebrows at me and I rolled my eyes in reply. "Even though I spent a lot of time with her, she had no idea we were American, let alone there to apprehend her husband. We never saw her after she left for the clinic. We do know that she returned home before we killed her husband, but she returned to the clinic the day before we finished our mission. I never saw her again."

I was frustrated so I growled and threw the file I was holding. Pictures flew across the room in a less than artistic pattern. I sighed and stood to pick up the photos. Lester got up and helped me. He frowned when he looked down at the photo he was holding. He looked at me and said, "Beautiful, why do you have this side-by-side photo of Paula Escobar and Gina Matthews?"

I had assumed that the guys were watching the recording of the interview, but apparently not. I also wasn't sure about how much information Ranger shared with the guys so I told him what I knew. "Paula and Gina are the same person. Her trips to the clinic were for plastic surgery. She snuck into the country using an alias. She married the General and somehow she figured out that it was Ranger who killed her husband back in Colombia."

I looked up at Lester and expected to see a smiling face. Instead, I saw a look of panic, shock and even a little worry. "What's wrong Les?"

"Where's Ranger?"

I wasn't sure so I shrugged and said, "He's probably still talking to George. He was going to give George the go-ahead to talk to the FBI so that they could issue the arrest warrants."

I barely finished my explanation when Lester ran out of the room. He looked panicked so I followed him around the house searching for Ranger.

Lester's POV

I have a feeling I know how Paula find out that Ranger killed her husband. I just needed to find Ranger because my memory of the night in question is a little bit fuzzy. I had a bit too much to drink but I still managed to go home with one of the cocktail waitresses.

I found Ranger as he was leaving George's room. He looked up at me and immediately noticed that something was wrong.

"Les, what's up?"

I swallowed and said, "Do you remember the awards ceremony we attended last year for the General?"

Ranger nodded so I continued. "At one point that evening, the General introduced us to his new fiancée. We then went on to reminisce about our past jobs without giving specific details away. Is it possible that we said something that Gina would have recognised? Could she have figured things out that night? My memory is a bit vague. The champagne was very good and I had quite a lot by then."

Ranger looked down at his hands and was silent for a few minutes. He finally looked up at me and said, "I recall talking about your way with the ladies. I remember saying something about 'fulfilling the mission' and your disappointment about leaving so many willing women behind. I suppose she could have put two and two together. She must have recognised you at least."

Ranger was silent for a few more minutes. Beautiful was the one to break the silence. "I still don't get it. Even if she knew it was you who personally killed her husband, why would she care? Wasn't her husband horrible to her?"

Beautiful had a good point, but logic doesn't always rule the heart. I said, "Just because he treated her poorly, doesn't mean that she hated him. You see it all the time, abuse victims returning to their abusers."

Stephanie sighed and said, "I suppose we'll have to wait until she's arrested and ask her ourselves."

Lula's POV

We arrived at the Martine house around 10PM. We explained that a threat had been made against Julie and that we were there to keep watch over the family. Ron accepted this without question but it was clear that Rachel wasn't overly happy with the situation.

Before we left, Stephanie suggested that I accompany the guys. We both felt that Rachel might not see me as much of a threat and slip up around me. I could keep a close eye on Rachel and let everyone know if she does anything suspicious.

We hadn't been there for more than 15 minutes when Rachel made an excuse and walked into the kitchen. Once alone, she pulled out her phone and tried to call Tim West. She got his voicemail again and hung up muttering to herself. She said something about not being there when she needed him. I stood discreetly in the corner and witnessed the whole thing. When Rachel turned, she saw me standing there.

She tried to cover up what she was doing by saying, "Ah, Lula is it? I was just going to call the school to let them know that the kids wouldn't be in tomorrow. I changed my mind when I noticed how late it was."

I smiled sweetly and asked, "Doesn't the school have an answering machine? Why didn't you leave a message?"

It was clear to me that Rachel was trying to come up with another lie, so I saved her the trouble. "Rachel, I know you weren't calling the school. I also know that the person you were calling is not going to pick up."

Rachel stuttered and said, "I d-d-don't know what y-you m-mean."

"Don't play stupid with me Rachel. You were trying to call Tim West. We also know that you tried to call him earlier when you ran into Ranger. You were going to tell West that he was alive and injured, weren't you?"

Rachel looked like she was going to faint, so I walked over and helped her sit on a chair at the kitchen table. I'd been fully briefed on the way over so I knew everything that West had confessed. I glared at Rachel and asked, "How could you do this to Ranger? How could you do this to Ron and your kids? I've seen West, he's not that much to look at."

Rachel started to sob and sniffle. She looked up at me and said, "And now, neither is Carlos."

"What are you talking about? Ranger is still as hot as ever. He's sporting a bit of a bruise on his jaw, but when I left him an hour ago, he was looking fine and Stephanie was keeping him happy."

I could see Rachel tense when I mentioned Stephanie's name, but she didn't believe me about Ranger's appearance. "I saw Carlos earlier. He was all burned and disfigured. He was limping and he looked quite ill."

"That was just makeup, really good move quality makeup mind you. Ranger survived that explosion without a scratch. None of his men were killed either. He played you to see if you would contact West. You tried to call your slap and tickle buddy, but you didn't get through. By that time, the guys were probably already in his room arresting him. What on earth did that man say or do to make you turn on Ranger? He's been giving you generous monthly payments and keeping you in Louboutins for years."

Rachel had tears streaming down her face, and after a few minutes of sniffling she finally answered my question. "At first, Tim complimented me and told me how crazy Carlos was to let me go. He made me feel beautiful and sexy. At one point, he almost had me convinced that I should try to get back together with Carlos, but I knew that would never work. Carlos doesn't do relationships and he'd never move down to Miami to be with us.

"When I told that to Tim, he confessed that he was glad I wasn't going back to Carlos. He said that he wanted to keep me for himself and we started sleeping together that night. Tim told me things about Carlos each time we met. He told me that Carlos' fortune was vast and that it would go to Julie and me if something happened to him. I confess that I started mentally spending money at that time. I couldn't stop seeing Tim, even when it became clear that he was setting Carlos up to be killed. Julie doesn't know Carlos all that well, so losing him shouldn't be too traumatic for her. We'd get his money and simply move on with our lives."

I looked at her like she was crazy. "Are you on drugs or something? Why do you think that Ranger's money would just go to you if he died?"

"Tim said it would. I am his ex-wife. The money always goes to the next-of-kin. That's me."

I actually laughed at her naivety. "Have you ever heard of a last will and testament? It's this legal document that one writes so in the event of their death so that their estate is distributed in a manner of their choosing."

Rachel stared at me like I was speaking a foreign language. I giggled and simplified things down for her even further. I even talked to her using that tone of voice that adults use on small children. "Ranger has a will and if something were to happen to him, you wouldn't get his money. Julie will get some money but it would be protected from you. You would have no access to that money and neither would Julie until she's 18 years old. The rest of his money would probably be divided amongst his loved ones. You are not a loved one Rachel."

Rachel was stunned into silence. She sat there staring at me with a blank look on her face. I don't know why, but it made me laugh. This must have annoyed her because she snapped and lunged for me. She raised her arm in an attempt to hit me, but was able to easily block her. Before she knew what happened to her, I had Rachel flat on her stomach with her hands held behind her back.

The guys must have heard the commotion from the other room because they started filing into the room to see what was going on. Tank smiled down at me and asked, "What's going on here Lula?" He handed me a pair of handcuffs.

I laughed at the looks on the faces of the guys and said, "Rachel here took offence to the fact that she's not the big winner in Ranger's will."

Rachel was squirming and spitting and said, "Let me up. If Ron finds out about this, I'll kill you."

I laughed at her and heaved her to her feet, quickly locking the cuffs on her hands. I looked her directly in the eye and said, "Ron already knows about this. He talked to Ranger the other day. Ron informed Ranger that he was going to serve you with divorce papers. Ranger asked him to hold off for a couple of days until we were able to confront Mr. West. West is currently being questioned at a RangeMan facility. That's why you can't get a hold of him."

Rachel smirked and said, "If Ron divorces me, he'll lose paternal rights to Julie. He wouldn't do that to her."

I smiled back and said, "That's why Ron called Ranger the other day. Ron wanted to make arrangements with Ranger to keep seeing Julie. Ranger agreed that it wouldn't be fair to Julie to lose Ron and you at the same time."

My comment clearly confused Rachel because she said, "Why would she lose me? I'm her mother."

This woman really was stupid. "Rachel, you committed at least one federal crime. You were also an accessory to several other crimes. You'll be lucky if you don't spend the rest of your life in jail."

Rachel fainted at those words. We all stood around her, waiting for her to wake up. After 5 minutes, Tank got bored of waiting and carried her into the living room and bound her to the rattan sofa with a second pair of handcuffs. When she eventually woke up, we'd tell her that she was in our custody and that we'd hand her over to the FBI when we were sure that Julie and the rest of the family was safe.

Tank looked at me and said, "I was hoping to get an opportunity to see you acting as a pacifist with Rachel back there. I loved what you said to West, that you were going to pass-a-fist across his face. I hope I get to witness that at some point."

I laughed and hugged Tank and turned back to look down at Rachel. She's definitely lucky that I didn't punch her. I've been taking lessons and I bet I could have broken her nose. I let go of Tank and sat down to keep an eye on Rachel. She wasn't going to escape on my watch.

Now that's two people in RangeMan custody and one in FBI custody. Three down, one to go. What's next? There is only one more chapter left in this story, so keep your eyes out for it and the next installment of the RangeWoman series.

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