Chapter 7, enjoy!
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Dinner At The Plums
Joe smiled as Helen Plum let him into the Plum Residence. He had gotten a call from her, stating that her husband would be out until 5:30, and that her mother was gone until well late in the evening. She had suggested that they enjoy the free time that they had. Of course the neighbors would see, but they could write It off as Helen trying to push her crazy young daughter on poor Joseph Morelli, a good 'Burg boy.
The moment the door closed behind them both, Helen was on Joe, showing him that even if she was in her 50's, she still had the moves to make his toes curl and him hard in seconds. All these Plum women must have insatiable sexual desires. Helen rode him in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the bedroom, she drained him of all the sperm he had in his balls. Joe had to push her away from him, fearing his dick would fall off. Did the woman not get enough from her husband? No she didn't she told him that she hadn't touched him in ages, Frank Plum didn't have what she wanted, and so she didn't go to him, she went to Joe. It made Joe happy to know that he was fucking his soon to be mother in law, under his father in law's nose. The old man didn't have the virility that Joe had. Heh, and he would still fuck Helen Plum on the side as well.
Joe tucked his shirt in and sat down on the couch in the living room, just as Frank Plum entered the house. Ah, poor frank plum, he had let himself go over the years, Joe had seen pictures of Frank when Frank was younger, he could have beaten Joe in any handsome man contest, but no here he was balding and a gut that was getting bigger every day. No wonder why Helen went to Joe, he wasn't getting fatter, and he didn't come home and go right to the TV to forget about the world, if only Frank knew…
Joe perked up seeing a black SUV pull into the driveway, great, his cupcake was here. He frowned though, seeing Jeanne Ellen Borrows exit the SUV, along with that fucking Manoso. That wasn't all either, Manoso had a toddler in his arms. The toddler looked to be two with black hair that were in curly pigtails and she was wearing a white shirt with a black kitten on I with black leggings. That must be the baby Helen was bitching and moaning about. He'd set Stephaie straight once and for all. The door opened and Stephanie walked in with Jeanne, Manoso and the toddler. She took one look at Joe In the living room and said, "Fuck…"
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Stephanie groaned softly, looking over to Joe who sat in her parent's living room, great, this was excellent, this POS was in her parent's home, possibly because her mother wanted to try to matchmake her again with him. Her mother really needed to get it through her head that she didn't want joe!
"There you are Stephanie," Helen said walking over to her daughter, sizing her up and down, "I've been calling you for five hours, where were you, and what's this about you being a lesbian?!"
Jeanne puffed and said, "Now see here, woman, you have no right to be bossing Stephanie around, demanding her to do things, I'm putting my foot down!"
Helen rounded on Jeanne and said, This must be her, you always did go after thugs and rude people."
Jeanne continued to sputter as Helen went over to Heidi, who clung to Ranger, hiding her face in his neck, "Let me see this child you adopted."
Ranger stood to full height and said, "Don't touch her," earning a look from Helen.
"And why not, she's my granddaughter, after all," Helen spat out the word 'Granddaughter,' "Let me see the girl."
"Daddy!" Heidi whined gripping Ranger's shirt, "Daddy!"
"She doesn't want you to see her," Ranger said walking past Helen, "Besides, this is not your grandchild, she is my daughter."
"And I'm not a lesbian," Stephanie said looking at her mother, "Jeanne's a bitch, she only said I was, just to grind my gears."
Helen shook her head and said, "I don't know what to do with you Stephanie, I invited Joe over, hoping maybe he'll still want you."
"HE may want her, but Stephanie doesn't want him, besides, she's with Ranger," Jeanne said looking into the kitchen, "Hey something's going off in there."
"The roast!" Helen exclaimed, before she ran into the kitchen.
"Like you really want to run to a kitchen for a fucking pot roast," Jeanne said to Stephanie, who shook her head, "Good, Ella can do all the cooking for you."
"Cupcake," Joe said getting up from the couch, "I'm glad to hear you're not a lesbian, I would have-ouch!"
Ranger knew from the start that Heidi did not like Joe Morelli, nor did she like Helen Plum. He had felt her stiffen up in his arms when they walked into the house. She didn't want Helen to touch her and by the looks of it, she didn't want Joe to touch either one of them, or to talk to them. Joe had made his way over to Stephanie but, Heidi was having none of it, she had slid out of Ranger's grip and made her way over to Joe and bit his leg hard, hissing like a kitten.
"Mew! Mew! Mew!" Heidi hissed biting on Joe's leg, her little fist hitting his thigh, "Mew! Mew!"
"Heidi!" Jeanne said, picking up the child, "You don't want to bite on Morelli, he's full of germs and nastiness! Now we gotta wash your mouth out with water!"
As Jeanne and Heidi walked past Joe, Joe growled to Ranger and asked, "I should have known that was your brat, rude and nasty, just like the thug who spawned her."
"Shut up Joe," Stephanie snapped crossing her arms and giving Joe a glare, "It's not her fault she can sniff out trash when she sees it."
"Stephanie Michelle Plum, you apologize to Joseph and come sit down all of you, it's time for dinner." Helen said walking into the crowded foyer, "The roast isn't too dry….I supposed."
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Frank Plum was a tired man. He wasn't tired physically, he was tired mentally. He loved his wife, he truly did, but he couldn't do this any longer, he couldn't pretend that everything was okay, that everything was copacetic, when it wasn't. it had started years ago, with Helen refusing to let Frank be intimate with her. Frank had thought nothing of it, maybe something with hormones or something emotional. Most women went through that phase where sex wasn't wanted. Though, those thoughts quickly vanished, when Helen would walk around the house, a glow to her face and a spring to her step. He then grew suspicious of the woman. He confided in, of all the people, Edna Mazur, who surprised him by telling him that she understood if he should find something, that she would fine if he divorced from Helen.
"You're a good man that let my tightwad daughter beat down," Edna had said to him over coffee, "It's time to get your balls back and take charge of the situation."
To hear that Edna supported his decisions, no matter what, comforted and surprised Frank. It gave him the courage to do a little detective work. One day he told Helen that he'd be out for the whole day. Edna had conveniently left to go spend a day with her friends, leaving Helen alone in the house. Frank took his car down to the taxi garage and took one of his buddy's car to follow Helen around. Helen had done her housewife duties, shop, clean and etc. before she got in her car, and drove down route to a road side motel. Frank watched from a distance as she got out, went to the second floor of the motel and knocked on one of the doors. To his amazement, Joe Morelli opened the door, swooped his wife into his arms and kissed her senseless, before leading her into the hotel room. Frank couldn't believe it, his wife of nearly 35 years was having an affair, with a Morelli man, those men that beat their wives and drink too much. What was it that he had done wrong? Did he give her not enough attention? Not enough affection, was he too demanding of her, what did he do wrong to make her go to a man almost half her age? Edna told him the answer; nothing, he had done nothing wrong, which is why Helen went after Joe Morelli. Edna told him that she had a sister just like her daughter, who ran after every man she find, even though she had the best husband around. He had been like Frank, kind supportive, and attentive, but her sister was always attracted to those bad men, men who beat their wives, who put them down and made them feel like utter trash. Frank had to ask, what happened to her sister's husband and Edna told him with a sly smile;
"Well, I married him once he divorced my sister."
Frank could see Joe Morelli's face, so full so smugness, thinking he was the best, because he was fucking his wife. And Helen, prancing around the house, humming and singing, snapping at him when he asks what has her in a dapper mood. No more, Frank had had enough. He had been putting money aside, from poker winnings, cab tips, to parts of his pension. He had a nice size sum, he had the means to leave Helen, and he might do it tonight.
Frank kept his head down, listening to Helen brown beat his youngest daughter, that Ranger fellow, and the child with him, whose only fault was that she was there in the room. Frank ground his teeth together, as that fucker, Morelli interjected from time to time.
"Who in their right mind would let a thug have a child?" Helen asked, all the while Ranger's face was becoming more blank, Jeanne's face was becoming more red with rage, "you must have killed her parents…heavens knows why people like that are allowed to reproduce."
"People like what?" Stephanie asked her mother, anger simmering below the surface, "You should specify which people you talk about!
"Cupcake, you shouldn't talk to your mother like-"
"Aw shut the fuck up, Morelli," Jeanne snapped glaring at the man, "I don't even know why you're here, what, you're over here because you're fucking Stephanie's mom? That sounds so gross I can't believe I-"
"He is," Frank said looking up, "Joe Morelli here is fucking my wife, all behind my back like it's no big deal."
There was silence around the table and then Helen snapped, "Frank! I am not having an affair with Young Joseph! I am only trying to-"
"Bull shit!" Frank snapped glaring at Helen and Joe, "Bull fucking shit! I've followed you, I watched you go to that fucking Rt. 1 motel that Morelli likes to take his women!"
The occupants around the table were stunned silent. Helen's eyes widen and then she raged, "you followed me, like I was some criminal?!"
"Oh, you're angry because I followed you to your little love shack, you don't even deny It, Helen," Frank said his eyes dark, "I've sat here for too long, your mother was right, I let you beat me down and turn me into something else! Not anymore, I won't let you do that to Stephanie either! Compare to this scum Morelli, Ranger here is a saint, I'd rather have my daughter with him any day!"
Everyone was looking at Frank, who, at this point, stood up and was glaring down at Helen. Helen puffed up and raged, "I should have married Anthony Morelli! I should have never married you, you were soft, letting me do whatever I wanted!"
"What did you want me to beat you like Anthony did his wife and children?!" Frank asked, causing Helen to flinch, "I'm sorry Helen, but my parents didn't teach me to abuse women and to treat them like shit! I'm sorry if I treated you with respect and decency! You were my wife, I wasn't going to treat you any differently!"
"What do you mean were?!" Helen asked glaring at Frank who shook his head with a sigh.
"I'm divorcing you," Frank said waving his hand, ignoring the choking sound that came from Helen, "I'm leaving you, selling the house, and moving on with my life, without you."
Stephanie covered her mouth and looked at Helen, "How could you? How could you cheat on Daddy, and with Joe Morelli too, and you talk about me, you hypocrite!"
Helen ignored Stephanie and exclaimed to Frank, "What will the neighbors think?"
"I don't give a flying fuck what they think, Helen!" Frank said his eyes hard, "You should have thought about that before you fucked Joe, and as for you Joe, stay away from my child, she doesn't want you, and I don't want you around her!"
Joe was silent, staring at the child in Ranger's lap, the words of General Smith coming back to him. He had told him, a few days back, that the package would be close to Ranger at all times. From what he could see, and what he heard, the child was around him all the time. No way, this child couldn't be the package. This was the potential weapon of mass destruction. Joe would do what he had to do, he would kill Manoso and take the child back to the General. He couldn't do it now, he'd be killed on the spot. He would wait, until the time was right, then he would attack.
Joe got up and said, "Whatever, like want Stephanie anyways, she's Manoso's whore now, and I don't take sloppy seconds from him. It was great what we had, Helen, but I've got bigger fish to fry."
Joe turned and walked out the dining room and then the house, leaving Helen stunned at what he just told her. they were over, after these few years, over, just like that! Like it meant nothing!
Jeanne stood up and said, "Well, that's a Morelli man or you, how does it feel to know that you were nothing but an outlet for him? Horrible, have fun with your life now, without your husband, your precious 'burg, everything. Come on now guys let's go get some ice cream,"
Heidi perked up at those words and grunted, reaching for Jeanne, who picked her up with ease. She kissed her cheek and said, "Let's go little one."
Stephanie stood up and said to a stunned Helen, "don't worry about me and my life anymore, I don't want you in it," before she followed Jeanne out the house.
Ranger got up and went over to Frank, "If you need a place to stay, you can stay at Rangeman."
"I already have a place to go to, son, just watch out for my pumpkin," Frank said with a smile, before Ranger nodded his head and left.
Rank turned to his stunned wife and said, "My lawyer will call you to give you a time for the meeting we will be having to go over the divorce. Expect a call from him tomorrow. I loved you Helen, and I made sure to make you as happy as possible, I guess trying wasn't good enough for you. Goodbye Helen, enjoy your life."
Frank got up and left the house, he had packed a duffle bag the other night, he always ,made sure to keep a bag packed just in case.
Helen looked down at the table and said, "I'll never be able to show my face in public again!"
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Stephanie smiled softly at Ranger as he read Heidi a story from one of the many books Jeanne and Diesel bought for her. She never got bored of watching Ranger behave like a father. It was cute to see Heidi and Ranger interact, the bond they had got stronger and deeper every day.
"Can you say Little Red Riding Hood?" Ranger asked Heidi who nodded her head with a smile, "Okay, say it!"
"Mew!" Heidi replied clapping her hands and earning a chuckle from Ranger.
"That's acceptable," Ranger said kissing the top of Heidi's head, "You know what's a good idea, if Babe came over and helped me read to you, I could always use a sexy woman to play red riding hood."
Stephanie blushed but got up and went over to the two sitting in the armchair, "I'm only doing this for Heidi, not you, you lecher."
Ranger pulled Stephanie close to him and read out loud, "Little Red Riding Hood went over to her grandmother, laying in the bed tucked under wuilts with her night cap on her head. When Little Red Riding Hood went over to her Granny lying in her bed, she saw that her granny looked a bit of so she said;"
Stephanie coughed softly and said in a high pitch voice, "Why Granny, what Big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear you with, Babe," Ranger said causing Stephanie to gasp.
"Why Granny, what big eyes you have."
"All the better to see that sexy body of yours Babe."
"Why Granny, what big teeth you have…."
"All the better to eat you all up, Babe," Ranger said before he leaned over and kissed Stephanie.
The kiss would have turned into something more, but a small voice said, "Daddy! Mew! Mew!"
Ranger pulled away from Stephanie and looked down at Heidi who was pointing to the book, her mouth turned up in a pout, "Mew…"
"Okay, let's finish this tale," Stephanie said, "The wolf made to eat red riding hood, but red riding hood stopped him by offering him the Boston cream doughnuts that were in her basket."
Ranger raised an eyebrow, looking at Stephanie who shrugged her shoulders, "I don't like sweets, I only like two things, healthy foods and beautiful women in red riding hoods."
"But I have no healthy foods, I could give you myself, but you can't leave me afterwards," Stephanie said to Ranger who looked up at her, "And I heard that wolves didn't do relationships."
"They can change their mind, especially if they love this woman in a red riding hood," Ranger said, closing the book, "I can take them back to my den, and they can become my mate."
"I wouldn't mind becoming your mate, Mister Wolf," Stephanie said with a smile, "Especially with a cute pup such as the one in your lap."
Ranger looked down and saw that Heidi was fast asleep, curled up in his arms, snoring softly, "Babe, let's put her to bed."
Ranger lifted Heidi up in his arms and carried her to his room. He stopped and turned to Stephanie and said, "Well, Little Red Riding hood, ready to go into the den tonight?"
"I could use a rest," Stephanie said with a smile as she closed the door to the bedroom, "Just don't eat me up, Big Bad Wolf."
"Babe….."
TBC…
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