Grandma and Andy stayed at the apartment until nearly midnight. She just went on and on about what kind of sicko would kidnap a dead man. At one point both Ranger and Andy looked at me, but none of us had the heart to tell her it wasn't kidnapping if the person was dead. Grandma Mazur was always up for some good gossip and she loved excitement at the funeral home showings, but it seemed that stealing the body crossed her line. It was probably one of her greatest fears. She turned to me.

"Stephanie, you're a detective. You have to find Eddie. You'll do that for me, won't you?" It was midnight, I was exhausted and honestly, I was tired of hearing about it. I know, I'm going to burn in hell but I think all three of us would have promised Grandma the moon just to get her to go home. I nodded. She beamed at me and took my hand.

"And you," She said turning to Ranger. "You always help my Stephanie. You will help her, right?" His blank face was fully in place, probably to hide his sleepiness, but possibly, to hide how much he wanted to send her to a far away Third world country. He nodded.

She started to turn to Andy but he beat her. "Of course, we will all do everything we can to stop this…madman." Ranger lifted his eyebrow at this. Madman? But Andy continued. "This is an awful thing, but I think you need to go home and get some rest, Grandma. You know everyone's going to come to you to find out what happened and you don't want to look tired for that, now do you?" She smiled, completely won over by his BS. I looked him over. Hunh. How did he do that?

"You are a sweet boy, Andy. I hope you find a nice man to settle down with." She turned to me. "I need to use the little girl's room before I go home." I nodded. As she got up, she turned to Ranger. "To think, I wasted my brand new outfit. I hoped to pick up some nice stud tonight." She shook her head and toddled to the bathroom. Ranger rested his head on his arms and shook it.

"I think the worst part about tonight was getting hit on by that creepy assistant." Andy did a full body shiver. "He made Igor look like a babe."

"What was his name?"

"Don or Dillon, something like that."

"I'm ready to go, sugar!" Grandma called in a chirpy, sweet voice. Andy got up, shaking his head. Hey, it's his own fault. He volunteered.

XxXxXxX

Ranger and I slept in the next morning. I love being lazy with Ranger. He's warm and cuddly and hey, he's hot, you know? I can't help it. It's those Hungarian genes. I woke up and stretched. With a kiss, I asked what the time was.

"8:03." Hunh. That's early. I guess, I'm living on Ranger time. "What are you doing today?"

"Hmm…I have new skip that I haven't really looked at and I need to look for Mallory. Maybe drop in and see the girls. You?"

"I've got to do some busts. Vinnie asked me to drop in and talk to him about some changes he wanted to make." He shrugged. "I don't know what that's about."

"You turn him on."

"Ugh." He rolled away from me with his arm across his eyes. I giggled. I loved getting a reaction out of the master of control. His cell rang and I slipped out of bed to shower. He watched while he spoke to the phone, obviously wanting to join me. Another time, bat boy. I gave him a finger wave and he gave me a dirty look as I walked away.

When I got out of the bathroom, he was in the kitchen munching some toast. I jumped up on the counter and he moved closer. Kissing up my neck to my mouth, I moaned and pulled away. Something occurred to me that had been on my mind. I pulled him closer and kissed him a little to butter him up.

"Ranger," I kissed his throat.

"Mm, yeah?"

"Why," I moved to the other side, "did you pull away so much with me before we got together?" I pulled back and looked him in his dark eyes. "If you are an opportunist, why not take the opportunity?"

He kissed me hard. "Because, when I made you mine, I wasn't going to share." I gulped. Oh, boy. He gave me one last kiss.

"Got to go, babe." He grabbed the last piece of toast and pulled on his leather jacket. I may see him everyday, but I never get use to how easy on the eyes he was. He smirked and walked out the door.

XxXxXxX

I decided to go to the office first, just to check the gossip. Maybe someone knew something on the funeral home theft or the redheaded walking disaster.

"Hey, girl."

"Ooh, Steph! Thank god, you brought donuts. I was craving like a banshee." I set the box down between the starving women. It was nice to be needed, even if it was just for a sugar fix. I plopped down and the girls froze with their donuts halfway in their mouths. Now, there was only one man in the city that could induce an orgasm on sight alone. Three guesses, anyone?

"Babe," Ranger nodded to me. "Ladies." And walked into the little weasel's office, shutting the door behind him. Both women gasped simultaneously. Tank stood in the office, waiting for Ranger. Tank was a big, black guy that made Ranger look like a chatterbox. The first time I worked with him, I saw him throw I guy out a three story window. Fun times with Tank.

"Hey, girl, did you get an invitation to a ball recently?" I nodded.

"Oh, me too!" Connie burst out. "It said the crème de la crème would be there."

"You have a date?" I asked Connie. She deflated a little.

"Not yet."

"Hey, big guy!" Lula said to Tank. He turned his head a fraction toward her. "You got a date on Halloween?"

"No, ma'am." He said softly.

"You want one?"

"Yes, ma'am." He smiled slightly at her brashness.

"Good, pick me up at six."

"Yes, ma'am." He drew out he words and had the biggest grin on his face. Ranger stepped quickly out of Vinnie's office and saw Tank's dopey grin. Then he looked at me. What broke Tank? His look asked. I mouthed, 'later.' He nodded slightly.

"Tank." Ranger nodded to all of us and led Tank out.

A/N: I know that by this point, JE has already gotten Tank and Lula together, but since I'm already revising some of her stuff, why not try my hand at this couple? I think they are sweet.