What Does it Mean to Trust

by at8c

What does it mean to Trust? Will Stephanie understands what it means to trust when something happens that makes her question every man in her life including the merry men. NOT CUPCAKE FRIENDLY, NOT MORELLI or HELEN PLUM FRIENDLY.

33. Chapter 32: Family Celebrations Pt2

These characters belong to Janet I am just borrowing them for my amusement. Although I would love to keep Ranger and the merry men for myself!

This story does contain violence, and touches on dark subject matters. This story is not friendly to Morelli or Helen Plum so for Cupcake fans you have been warned.

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Chapter 32: Family Celebrations Pt2

SlyderPOV

When I walked into the pool area I saw this little girl peaking out around the guys. Her eyes were so stunning blue that they just sucked you right in. They sparkled when she talked and I couldn't help but laugh at her sense of humor.

There was something about this girl that drew me to her. I am sure whatever it was, was the same thing that drew some of these other guys to her. Rangemen could be some intense scary dudes that I wondered what this little girl would see in them.

Looking at her I took in her black eye and cheek, and I briefly wondered if there were any other bruises. I knew the men of Rangemen didn't do this they may be intense they may be scary to some people but I knew they were all upstanding, honorable men that would put themselves in harm's way before they would beat a woman or allow a woman to be beat in front of them.

Walking over to her being introduced to her listening to her laugh seeing her eyes sparkling from what she was saying what the guys were saying I instantly liked her. Looking at her bruises I wanted a run at the man that did this to her.

Listening to her tell the guys the things she had done during the exercise they had planned I was in awe of the woman before me. She was this tiny little thing. She was about five seven but I bet she didn't weigh one ten soaking wet. She was beautiful. When I questioned her about really doing all those things Lester told me never to under estimate the Bombshell Bounty Hunter.

My jaw almost hit the ground. I had heard the guys talking about her. Cal, Hal, Lester and Bobby mainly when they had run missions and were on the aircraft carriers with me would talk about this beautiful woman who was a bounty hunter and all the wild things that happened to her.

I never put the two together when she was introduced to me as Stephanie it just never occurred to me that she was the Bounty Hunter. I guess it should have knowing how much they talked about her and how genuinely they all seemed to care for her.

After I learned she was the Bombshell I felt like I had known her forever. I was even going over some of the crazy things the guys had told me with her blowing up her cars, even blowing up Ranger's cars which I still have a hard time believing but seeing the look on his face with the way he looks at her I suspect she could blow up everyone of his cars and he wouldn't give a fuck.

He might be a little attached to his Aston Martin in Miami but I would be willing to bet you she could even blow that up and he wouldn't give a fuck. I mean it isn't like the fucker doesn't have enough money he could buy another one hell he could buy one a month for the rest of his life and not touch the money that fucker has.

Millionaire you say? Try Billionaire yeah you heard me and not just a Billion either. Hell I bet he paid good money to stay off of the list of the top ten richest men of the world. Ranger never wanted unnecessary attention he wanted to fly under the radar and never have attention brought on him. One it was a security thing but the other was it allowed him to do things that those in the spot light can't do.

When I laughed at her statement about most of the things that blew up weren't her fault I laughed she rushed me and pushed me into the pool. Could I have stopped her yes, but I wasn't about to spoil her fun. Hell her little one ten body would have been nothing. I could have countered her and thrown her in the pool and never had a speck of water hit me from the splash but I wouldn't do that to her.

I had nothing to prove, not to myself, not to the guys, and the way she openly seemed to accept me I didn't have anything to prove to her. So I allowed her to push me but I did grab her and pull her with me as I went into the pool. She came up sputtering but I could see the laughter in her eyes.

That made me smile. I couldn't resist the comment that came out of my mouth and she blushed at it which made me smile even more but then she came right back telling me that she just wanted to push me in for laughing at her. I had to love her spunk and her tenacity here she had just met me, I was more than double her weight, standing a good six to eight inches taller than her she didn't know me from Adam and because I laughed at her she was going to get even and her way of getting even was pushing me into the pool.

I continued to watch her interact with the other guys and with me from time to time I even joined in singing a song with her and Lester it was one of my favorites. I watched her interact with all of them talking to them playing with them I could see that she loved them and they loved her but I could see the love between her and Ranger was a deep true love. One that I found myself wanting one of these days hoping that I would be able to have one of these days with someone.

I was out my time was up with the Navy. I had been with the Navy for twelve years and had just pulled my last tour on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea standing at the ready to lead air strikes. I flew the big boys F22 Rapture mainly but I have also flown the stealth bomber also known as the B2 and blackbird.

I came here to see if there were any openings in Rangeman for me. I was hoping to get a job with my brothers. I am sure all my brothers knew why I was here but they hadn't mentioned it so I hadn't brought it up. Tonight seemed to be a celebration of Stephanie and I wouldn't change that by drawing the focus to me.

SPOV

Ella started to bring in the food and the guys jumped out of the pool to help her. I made my way out of the pool and met Carlos. He pulled another one of his shirts over my head. The smell of the wonderful food brought my stomach roaring to life and those around me just started snickering and laughing.

I rolled my eyes and made it to the table with the food so I could fix my plate. Everything looked so good. I didn't even want to think about any of it being healthy so I put that out of my mind and started fixing my plate. I took a hamburger, a piece of chicken and a piece of steak. I added some beans, potato salad, fruit salad there that was my healthy, some macaroni salad, and chips. I almost passed out when I saw the chips. I couldn't believe Ella would bring chips it was hard enough to believe the potato salad and macaroni salads but I would be willing to bet they were whole wheat pasta, fat free mayo and some sort of organic potato that promised not to reside a lifetime on your hips.

I skipped the salad, I skipped the vegetables, I also skipped the rice so see I am capable of skipping a starch. My plate was running over as I made it to the table.

I sat my plate down and Carlos just looked at it almost frozen, his way of saying what the fuck looking at me. I could see the look in his face saying are you really going to eat that and that much of it. His plate well let me tell you what his plate looked like. He had grilled chicken no surprise there. He had grilled vegetables, salad, and like maybe a small spoon full of what I happened to know to be whole grain rice. I mean really this is a fucking party eat.

I shrugged my shoulders at him. He just gave me "Babe" meaning just what I said. The guys around me seeing my plate started snickering and laughing. I looked at him and them.

"What?" I asked them.

Woody shaking his head "Darling we just don't know how you do it. Your plate has enough food on it to feed you for two or three meals calorie and fat wise." He looked around the table and continued "Darling we are twice and in some cases three times your size and you can eat us under the table. In fact your plate has more food on it than any of ours and we haven't even gotten to dessert." He told me.

Okay my brother's needed to understand something. One you never out a girl for how much she has put on her plate or how much she eats and two I am hungry I had just been tracing my ass all over the woods saving Carlos' life and then playing in the pool which burned up a lot of energy the least he and them could do is let a girl fucking eat in peace without judging.

I narrowed my eyes time to have a little fun by making them sweat. "Woody are you saying that I am fat?" I looked around the table and all the guys were frozen with that oh shit look on their faces. They should be too. "You just said that my plate had more food than any of yours on it are you saying that I eat too much and that I am going to get fat?" I let the rhino mode take over just a little bit even though on the inside I was having a little too much fun with this.

I stood up on the bench and stripped off the t-shirt standing in front of them in my bikini I continued. "Do I look fat to you all?" I asked them and they all shook their heads, smart men. Woody tried to back pedal a little but I didn't let him off the hook that easy. I turn around showing them my ass "Does my ass look fat in this suit?" I asked them and got a bunch of no, not at all, Lester piping up that is one fine ass.

I turned back around looking at all them "you know I am smaller than all of you so for the same amount of physical exertion I use more resources, more energy, and more of my reserves than you do so I need more food if you don't believe me then ask Bobby the resident field medic." I tell them I thought that sounded like a perfectly good excuse.

I caught Bobby's eyes with mine and I narrowed mine daring him to say something different. Bobby just shook his head "Bomber all we are saying is that you have an incredible metabolism, you aren't fat in fact I would say you may be a little underweight for your height but it would be nice if we made up that difference with muscle development rather than excess fat."

What the fuck had he just said to me? I briefly wondered if I should be offended with that statement but he had sort of side tracked me with the underweight comment. So I took it and ran with it.

"See guys I need the extra food because I am underweight there you have it so stop making fun of my plate and what I eat and worry about your plate. I don't go outing you do I? Lester I didn't tell Ranger that time you ate six slices of meat lovers pizza with extra cheese, did I? Ram I didn't tell Ranger that time you ate three of my Boston Cream donuts, Woody for you to out me when I didn't tell anyone about that McDonalds run where you ate two big macs with a supersized order of fries and a chocolate shake oh and a regular coke, oh and Bobby I didn't tell Ranger about that time you took me for ice cream and you got the waffle cone dipped in chocolate with real ice cream and then had them top it with reese's peanut butter cup pieces and whipped cream real whipped cream. I kept all of your dirty little food secrets but you all pounce on my plate like I just loaded it up like a Macy's day float."

Ranger was just looking at the guys shaking his head I saw the humor in his eyes he was loving this. He looked at each of them as I was outing them I had held their secret but if they wanted to make fun of me and laugh at me.

Lester spoke up first "Beautiful I can't believe you just ousted me like that. I didn't say anything about your food or what you ate. I even said your ass looked all kind of fine when you asked." I just smiled at him.

"Well you all should know you don't say anything about the amount of food a woman has on her plate especially before she has a chance to taste any of it. It makes us feel weird like we shouldn't eat. I don't make comments about what you eat. Besides I added fruit to my plate that is why it looks full. So see I have my dose of healthy." I tell them sitting back down.

"It's not nice thing to do to a woman we don't want to be told we are fat and that we eat too much. We just want to be able to enjoy our fucking food." I tell them and they laugh again. I can't hold it in anymore and I join in.

Taking a bite I moan Ella is such a good cook that effectively stopped the laughter and snickering. See here is the thing about karma it's a bitch. When you make someone uncomfortable or make fun of them then there will come a time when you will be made to feel those same ways and now was time to turn the table. See that devil in me can sometimes make me an evil bitch. But hey what can I say it is usually fun.

I could see the pained looks and see the slight adjustments they were trying to make nonchalantly and decided to give them a little reprieve. I mean really they should be use to it by now but anyway.

"Guys" I said getting their attention. "I have something I want to tell you all. I want to thank you all for believing in me even when I didn't. I want to thank you for loving me enough to do this exercise with me today even though I am sure for you all you thought it was probably a little lame. I am not stupid I know you weren't using any of your real training." They started to protest

I stopped them "let me finish please. I mean I understand that my level of training isn't where I can compete against your level of training. While today was challenging for me I am smart enough and understand enough to know that it wasn't challenging for you for your level of training. I am proud of myself for being successful but I am also thankful that you would take the time and allow the boredom you all must have been in while I was doing the exercise." I told them.

"I just want you all to know that I love you for doing it. I just want you all to know that I appreciate and love that you support me like that. That you believe in me, and that you were cheering me on." I added. "It means more than you will ever know. You are my brothers and I love you very much." I told them.

There were rounds of I love you too, I am proud of you, and some that just looked at me smiling I could tell they did not really know what to say by the expression on their faces. That was okay their eyes and face told me everything I needed to know.

I thought I would make up for my little rant and outing earlier. "Carlos you can't say anything to the guys about what I told on them. When Lester ate the six slices of pizza I ate four. When Ram ate three of my boston creams well I had eaten like four or five and I think he was just trying to save me from myself. When Woody had his McDonalds well I ate a big mac, supersize fries, chocolate shake, regular coke and an apple pie. Oh and when Bobby had his ice cream well I had the same thing only I added hot fudge to mine. So you can't say anything or do anything to them. Besides it was all times when I had had a crisis and they were just helping me deal with it." I told Carlos.

The guys smiling that I had fixed it. Carlos just looked at me shaking his head and said "Babe" I took that to mean I can't believe you ate all of that shit, but it may have been I would never do anything to your brothers for sharing comfort food with you in your time of crisis.

Looking at him I said "Carlos you have to promise me."

"Babe" was all I got in reply I took that to mean I promise but it probably meant that I shouldn't ask him to promise that in front of his men because he probably had already planned like extra gym time and mat time for all involved, including me now having heard my confession.

SlyderPOV

I watched Stephanie fix her plate I couldn't believe the amount of food she put on her plate no way she could eat all of that food. Not as little as she was. Anyone eating like that would go two fifty in no time.

When Woody commented on her plate I couldn't do anything but smile at her reaction. Seeing the feisty side of her and when she stood up on the bench and pulled off the shirt asking us if we thought she was fat and then turning around asking us if her ass looked fat in her swim suit had I been eating anything at the time I would have probably choked on it.

When she ousted the guys for having eaten things with her I thought I would laugh out loud at the expressions on their faces. Ranger's face was just hardened as he gave his man an eyebrow. He worked hard, paid good money to ensure his men kept their bodies in optimum condition even down to having Ella prepare their meals for them.

I could see what the guys liked about her. When she sat down and started eating the sounds that came from her had me shifting to get comfortable and hoping that no one was paying attention to the tent that the swim trucks was pitching. I saw a few of the other guys shift so I wasn't the only one having the problem. Thank fuck.

When she started thanking the guys for doing an exercise for her and for believing her when she didn't believe in herself it confused me and I found myself wondering what that was all about. She seemed so confident here tonight. I briefly wondered if it was tied to the bruises. I thought her bruised face was bad enough but I could easily see a hand print on her arm from where someone had grabbed her and she had some bruising on her torso and rib area.

I found myself wondering who did this to her and I couldn't stop the feeling of wanting to protect this woman wanting to beat the shit out of whoever had done this to her. I decided not to ask her about it but I would ask Lester or one of the other guys later and get the scoop. If it was a guy I only hoped that they had already kicked his sorry ass if not I would be willing to join in on the ass kicking of that prick.

LPOV

Dinner ended without any further events after Beautiful thanked us like any of us wouldn't have done it for her. We would do anything for her. I know I would. There is nothing that I wouldn't do for her, live, breathe, die for her.

We got up and started cleaning the table putting the dirty dishes over by the sink the leftover food we packaged up and placed it in the refrigerator. The music changed to Aerosmith's and Run DMC's "Walk this Way" and I couldn't resist.

I walked up to Beautiful singing the words when the chorus came on she joined in screaming Walk this way, Talk this way. We started moving our feet like they did in the video and singing the song. The others laughing at us they were just jealous fuckers for not knowing the words or the foot work, we looked hotter than hell.

The music changed and it was Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" I told her "Beautiful I love this song."

She nodded her head swaying to the beat she said "I love this song too." So when the words started I started singing along.

"Hey kids, shake a leaf together….thought I did something we know changed the weather.." She started laughing I asked her "What?"

"Lester those aren't the words." Oh really sounded like the words to me.

"Really Beautiful then please correct me what are the words?" She rocked a little with the song then started singing

"Your gonna hear electric music so the walrus sounds…..say candy you ken have you seen them yet." I joined her and we both were singing.

"but they so laced down….buh buh Bennie and the jets…..oh but the wind and the waterfall…oh…she is a revocaine" we rocked together for a little until the words started and heard beautiful say.

"She got Electric boobs & mohair shoes…You know I read it in a magazine …oh oh … buh buh Bennie and the jets." I was rolling Electric boobs?

"Beautiful, Electric Boobs?" I asked her she looked at me

"What Lester? I can't help it if that's the words…she had me there so I shrugged and jumped up on the bar reaching down I pull her up on the bar with me. We start jumping up and down on the bar to the music. Beautiful was shaking her beautiful ass to the beat. We continued to belt the words and we got to the point of Electric boobs I did what any man in my position would do I went with it.

Singing and dancing with my beautiful on the bar the guys gathered around laughing at us. Well they are probably laughing me and enjoying the view from her. But she was laughing, glowing even, she was having so much fun. That was the point of this celebration to celebrate her to celebrate her bringing us together, to celebrate her staying with us, to celebrate her as my best friend, to celebrate her making us family. To celebrate our family remaining whole now that my beautiful is staying with us.

I hop down off of the bar and reach for her and she jumps in my arms. Knowing and trusting that I would catch her and never let her fall. I spun her around a few times with us both laughing at our rendition of Bennie and the Jets which reminds me I am going to have to look up the real words to that song the first chance I get. Maybe I will frame them and add them to Beautiful's office.

We go back to helping cleaning up after dinner only until Queen's "We will Rock you" came on. Who could resist that song? The beat alone got in you and you would find yourself moving keeping time to the beat.

When Poison's "Talk Dirty to me" Started I started making my way over to her dancing and singing to her she joined in and we were once again singing and jamming to Poison one of our favorites. Slyder joined in and we were playing air guitars when beautiful screamed out "CC pickup that air guitar and talk to me." I thought I would lose it.

Beautiful was in the middle Slyder and I on each side all pretending to scream in the same microphone jumping and dancing. She would point to Ranger during the part of the song when she sang and baby talk dirty to me. He would just give her one of his smiles. Damn what I wouldn't give to hear her say that to me.

When the song ended I grabbed her slung her over my shoulder and rang towards the pool with the guys behind me. I jumped in while they all joined me for more fun in the pool. Beautiful splashed me with water her way of thanking me for getting her back in the pool.

She swam towards Ranger he opened his arms to her and she latched on to him. Wrapping her arms and legs around him damn he is a lucky bastard.

SPOV

Lester jumped back in the pool with me on his shoulder. When I came up I glared at him and splashed him. When I saw Carlos in the water I immediately swam to him when he opened his arms to me I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist.

The music changed to Kiss' "(you make me) Rock Hard" and I knew I was in trouble as his eyes turned black and locked on mine as the song registered with him. He brought his lips to my ear and started whispering the words in my ear.

"Hot lover, turn up the heat….I want your sugar, girl your love tastes so sweet ….I feel a fire burnin' under me ….I've got a hunger that your love's gotta feed …You make me sweat, you turn me 'round
You get me up, you never let me down" holy hot hell I feel myself blushing at his words I know what is coming so I just tuck my head into his shoulder and chest because I don't want to give up that voice in my ear it is the most erotic thing I have ever heard. I have heard this song a million time but honestly it was the first from his lips and it was going to be my undoing.

"You make me rock hard, baby all night…Love's like a glove and it fits just rights …You make me rock hard, so baby hold tight ….Come on baby, let's rock hard, baby all night" Jesus he is going to make me cum just listening to this words I can't do that in front of my brothers. I really need to control myself here. Feeling his hands on my ass holding me to him hearing the words to this song I didn't remember this song being so erotic I am doomed.

I look at him and when he looks at my eyes he only says "Jesus Babe" Yeah my sentiments exactly. I guess he can see from my eyes how far I am gone how he's words are affecting me and my body. He can see my need for him. When I heard the song end I was a little relieved but then when I recognized the one coming on I knew I was no better off. I was doomed there is no way I was going to keep my current state from my brothers. Fuck.

The song was AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night" Carlos pulled me closer telling me how when I came my walls would quake all around him pulling him into me and how he wanted me to shake him all night long. I think I moaned I am not certain. He said how I made him feel like the earth was quaking around him and I swear I had ruined this swim suit for probably the fifth time tonight.

I didn't want for my brothers to see me rushing because they weren't stupid they heard the song it wouldn't take a genius to figure out my problem and these guys had ESP, I had to get out of there. So I looked at Carlos "Carlos I think I need to go home. I am tired." I told him. He gave me his thousand watt smile as he started to make his way to the edge of the pool where he lifted me out of the water and sat me on the edge of the pool and in one motion pulled himself out to standing holy hot hell I am going to combust in flames any moment. I don't think I could get anymore turned on than I was. I was only hoping I wasn't drooling.

Carlos announced we were leaving and there were some complaints and don't go from the guys but I looked at them "Guys it's getting late, I am tired and tomorrow is another training day for me so I need to get some rest." Of course Lester saw thru it. And yelled over "rest my ass, after those two songs I don't see any rest in either of your future." I almost lost it he knows me too well. Carlos barked a "Santos" meaning to shut the fuck up and I giggled at the look Lester gave us. Giving them all finger wave we made it out of the building and into the Porsche I was glad he had the Porsche because I wanted to be home now.

I looked at him smiling and said "Carlos if you can't drive this thing fast enough then let me drive. I need to be home like now." He just laughed I don't think he realized how serious I was. How great my need was. I was on the verge of coming my ladies parts were thumping and I needed my hot lover inside me before I started quaking and shaking.

I hadn't even taken the time to grab my bag, my clothes I still had on my wet swimsuit the same as Carlos it wasn't until we were in the car that I thought about the seats and giggled. Carlos looked at me questioning my giggle "Carlos we are both wet from the pool in your Porsche sitting on the leather seats."

He just shrugged "I will buy another one right now there are more important things at stake" writing it off as nothing. He had one thing right there were more important things that needed attention.

"Well you better put a rush on it." I told him we made it home pulling into the Rangeman Garage like a bat out of hell. I am sure we broke every traffic law known to man on the way back home. I now know that the Porsche can do one eighty and take turns like a dream, and that Carlos can fucking drive. He gave a whole new meaning to drive it like you stole it.

Pulling out his fob he turns the cameras off in the garage as he runs around the car to get me. He grabs my hand pulling me out of the car. He doesn't even wait for me he just picks me up and runs for the elevator where before he steps on he turns the cameras off as he signals it for the seventh floor.

I can feel how hard he is and feeling him pressed against my side doesn't help the need I have for him to be inside of me. I refrain from moving because I knew the second I touched him it was going to be all over. I was going to be taking him and I didn't want that happening in the elevator or in the hallway on the seventh floor.

We finally reached the seventh floor and the door to our home as soon as it opened we were in and as soon as the door closed behind us the clothes were ripped off. So much for that swimsuit I thought as Carlos just whispered "I will get Ella to order you another one".

My body hit the back of the door as Carlos slammed himself into me I screamed with the sudden invasion but it was pure pleasure I was more than ready for him. I was soaking wet for him and at his inhale I could tell that he was doing all he could do to hold back and not come as my walls clamped down on him and around him shaking him.

All of the words he had whispered to me and I had whispered to him started replaying in my head and I lost myself in his touch his feel his pounding in me. All I know I was definitely crying more more more with a rebel yell. He was definitely shaking my world and as wet as I was I was definitely pouring my sugar all over him. I heard him groan so I must have said that out loud.

I locked eyes with him and I saw the raw need in him that I had in me. There was no stopping there was no way there would ever be enough for either of us. Our souls weren't satisfied unless we were joined together like this.

Carlos' hands were on my ass pushing me harder against him as he pushed himself further into me he turned placing me on the table beside the door that held his utility belt, the bowl that held his keys grabbing on the side of the table for balance he started pounding in me I locked my legs around him holding him to me. Begging for more and more, harder and harder I was clawing at him like a drowning woman who had just found her way to air and I wasn't letting go. We would have plenty of time for slow and tender later. Right now we were both raw we had been holding back from the time we had laid eyes on each other today and it was all at he surface boiling over now and neither of us were holding back our need for one another.

At one point I briefly wondered if we were going to break the table but when there was a loud crash I couldn't look I couldn't even see I was so close to the edge that a band of wild horses couldn't have stopped me. He pumped in and out of my a couple of more times and I could no longer hold on his words replaying and replaying and I screamed his name like I had never screamed his name as I came. I went completely limp I briefly heard him scream and felt us falling to the ground me landing on top of him as darkness claimed me.

I woke up to soft circles being traced on my back, my head on a rock hard yet soft chest the sound of slow strong heart beat. Carlos was still inside me and he was still rock hard the knowledge of that caused me to moan. I felt the chest below me shake with laughter. Looking up at him he was smiling.

"Hi" I said he just smiled and responded

"Hi" god I could never get enough of his voice.

RPOV
God I couldn't stop myself from claiming her. I couldn't stop myself from taking her I only hoped I didn't hurt her. I was so worked up from seeing her earlier today to the pool to all of our shared whispers to her telling me to step on to get her home as fast as possible. From the first moment I ripped her bathing suit feeling how wet she was for me smelling her delicious sweet smell I had to have her I couldn't make it to the bedroom. I just attacked well we both attacked truth be told.

It was all encompassing it was all consuming there was no holding back on either of our parts we needed to feel each other we needed to feel our release but we needed to feel the other's release just as much. We needed to be connected as one our souls needed to be joined and there was no waiting for it. It was raw it was pure emotion and it was pure love for each other.

When I came I roared her name and my legs gave out I could no longer hold us up even though she was on the table. I brought us both down to the floor in the entry way of our home. My Babe blacked out which she often did when the feelings were this intense this raw. I loved the fact that I could do that to her. That I could make her cum to the point that she passes out from it.

"Babe why don't we take this to someplace a little more comfortable" I ask her and she nods her head but doesn't really make an effort to move. I have to smile. "Babe?" I question her.

"Yeah yeah I was just enjoying laying here on my sexy pillow." She tells me and I and chuckle a little.

I sit up bringing her body with me. That's when I notice the glass around us. Fuck. I briefly scan her body and mine and don't see where either one of us have been cut. Whew. In all of our excitement to get to each other we had knocked the picture that hung behind the table down off the wall and the glass had shattered.

I scooted us back away from the glass. "Babe be careful there is glass on the floor." She looked at me her eyes widen.

"Glass? Where did ..." Looking around she saw what had happened "So that was the crash I heard." I nodded.

"Oh my god" she exclaimed "I am so sorry Carlos." What why did she sound upset?

"Babe?"

"Carlos I am sorry I broke the picture" shaking my head

"Babe I don't give a fuck about the picture I can buy another picture I am just glad you didn't get hurt that the glass didn't cut you when we fell to the floor. Besides I am sure I played the biggest part in that picture falling." I told her. I liked the picture but in all honesty the only thing broke was the glass it could be repaired.

We stood up looking at the table the bowl was in the floor, along with the keys that had been in the bowl, the table had a gouge in it where the picture frame had hit it before making its way to the floor. The wall had a few places where the table had slammed against it all fixable.

I looked over at my Babe and she stood there with her mouth open I gently using a finger closed it. "Babe I don't care that was more than worth it, besides Luis can fix it." I tell her.

"Yeah but what we will tell him happened? I mean we can't tell him that we attacked each other and did this what would they think?" Of course she would worry about that.

"Babe we will come up with something to tell him tomorrow. Right now I have more pressing things to think about and that is getting you in our bed where I am going to shake you all night long." I tell her picking her up and carrying her to our bedroom. God I loved the way that sounded. Our home our bedroom our love. I wanted everything to be ours there was no mine or hers just ours and the thought of that made my heart feel at peace.

We spent most of the night making love and finally crashed in the predawn hours our bodies caving to sleep. I heard the click of the door and was suddenly wide awake grabbing for my gun on the nightstand. Chances of it being anyone other than a Rangeman or Ella would be slim to none but with my Babe sleeping soundly beside me I wasn't taking any chances on her life.

I got up easy to not disturb her threw on my sweats and with my gun in hand walked out to the hallway. When I shut the door I head the unmistakable voice saying what the fuck. Fuck I quickly remember the way we had left the foyer.

I hear laughter as I step into the foyer "If you don't shut your fucking mouth I am going to shut it for you." I tell them waving my gun in my hand for effect. They look at me standing before them in nothing but sweats and my gun and start laughing again. "I mean it if you wake up Stephanie I will have all of your asses. What the fuck are you doing up here this time of the morning anyway?" I asked them.

They were just smiling. Lester, Slyder, Bobby and Tank all shrugged. Tank said. "We were just wondering if you were coming down to work out this morning." Fucking liar he has never been concerned before about if I am going to work out, what the fuck. I narrowed my gaze on him and he held up his hands I knew the fucker would cave.

"Okay Rangeman we came up to see if my Little Girl was up, we figured we could have breakfast with her." Now that is more of an honest answer.

"She is still sleep and if you all wake her up before we clean this mess up I will personally kick all of your asses and ship your sorry asses to a third world country where I will make sure you never make it out alive. Do I make myself clear?" I knew she would be upset if she knew they had seen the evidence of our activities last night.

Not that the guys would judge her at all because they wouldn't but I didn't want her to ever feel uncomfortable or ashamed of how we needed and wanted each other. What we had between us was special. It wasn't to be made fun of.

I started picking stuff up Tank brought the broom in from the kitchen and started getting the glass up. Lester and Slyder started picking up the picture and checking the frame out. "If any of you ever mention seeing any of this to her or make any wise ass cracks to her so help me god no one will ever find your body."

Lester was the first to speak up "I won't say anything I promise. I know it would make her feel uncomfortable and while I love joking with her I won't joke about this." He told me and I nodded thanking him.

It didn't take us long to get the foyer back into shape minus the glass in the picture that now hung back in its place. The marks on the wall would take a little touch up paint but pushing the table up against the wall hid most of it.

I looked at them and told them "You call Ella and have her bring up breakfast and I will go wake up Stephanie." Slyder handed me her bag with her clothes in it. I gladly took it from him as I made my way back to the bedroom to wake up my sleeping beauty.

SlyderPOV

Walking into Ranger's foyer I would have been concerned for Stephanie had I not seen the love in their eyes for each other. I knew Ranger and I knew he would never harm a woman let alone someone whom he loved as much as he loved Stephanie.

When he walked into the foyer with his gun in his hand he further proved my point. He was protecting his woman against any threat. We had set his alarm off and he was fully prepared to protect her of course I knew enough about Ranger to know that he didn't need a gun in his hand to be lethal.

We held up our hands to show there was no threat from us. Lester questioned what had happened to his foyer of course we weren't dumbasses we knew what had happened. When he told us to shut it and help clean the shit up and never mention it I couldn't help but smile. I went about helping just as all of the other guys none of us wanted to let her know we had seen this. None of us wanted to make her uncomfortable. I had just met her less than twenty four hours but it didn't matter I would do whatever was necessary to keep a smile on her beautiful face and protect her from any harm.

I had asked Lester what happened to her with the bruises and he had told me all about her x-boyfriend and the run in she had the club with him. I can only hope that Ranger plans a little wakeup call because I want to be on the crew that teaches that fucking prick a lesson. I will gladly spend a couple nights behind bars to kick the living shit out of that fucker.

I knew all the guys loved her and I knew that she was quickly wrapping herself around my heart but knowing and stopping it was two different things and while I would have previously said it wasn't possible I was quickly seeing error to my beliefs in the form of a blue eyed, brown curly haired bounty hunter that had a way of finding herself in and out of the damndest situations I have ever heard.

I had heard stories about the bombshell bounty hunter now for a couple of years but I never imagined the woman behind the stories to be as she was. I mean I knew she would have to be pretty amazing for the guys to talk about her and keep her around the way they had. They never kept a woman around but for one thing and when that was finished the women were on their way.

Ranger had gone to wake up Stephanie and we made our way into the living room. Lester flopping down on the couch "this is going to take a while" he said. I looked at him wondering what was going to take a while and he just answered me.

"Beautiful doesn't like mornings. She doesn't like getting up and from the night they had I suspect she didn't get much sleep which means it's going to be even harder to wake her up and convince her it's time to get up and face the day." He said smiling.

I wondered if he realized how evident it was on his face when he talked about her that his face betrayed how much he truly loved her. For a little bit I really felt sorry for him it must be hard to love someone that much and know that that person doesn't love you back the same way that she loves someone else and that someone else is your cousin whom you love, respect, and someone thathas been in your life forever.

We sat there maybe a half hour before Ranger joined us saying she was in the shower. He sat down on the couch and leaned his head back. Stephanie wasn't the only one that was tired this morning. I had to smile. Served the lucky fucker right I mean there wasn't one of us that wouldn't gladly trade with him at the drop of a hat. Bring on the tired and worn out at the thought.

He picked up his phone called Ella and ordered breakfast for all of us. He then looked at us "I am warning you, you mention what you saw and it will be the last thing you are able to fucking mention. Her confidence is once again heading in the right direction after yesterday I won't have you all fucking with it."

I was going to have to ask more about what was up with her confidence she seemed pretty confident last night at the party but thought I would ask Lester later. It was a little while later that Ella came in pushing a cart with breakfast. I swear as if on cue Stephanie strolled into the living room looking at us smiling. I swear she was even glowing a little.

We make our way to the dining room table and her stomach growls so loud everyone starts laughing. We sit down and Tank speaks up "Little girl your training this week has you working with each of us for two hours at the end of your sessions on Monday and Tuesday. Today you will be training with Hal, Hector, and Bobby this morning and this afternoon it will be Woody, Vince, and myself."

She just nods letting him know she understands while moaning at the food she just tasted. Jesus did this girl know what she sounded like when she ate I briefly wondered as I shifted to get comfortable. After she had taken several bites of her breakfast she looked at me.

"So Slyder are you in the military?" She asked me.

I nodded "well technically not anymore I didn't reenlist when it came time to renew my contract." I told her.

She was looking at me her eyes accessing me "which branch of military? What did you do? Do you mind me asking?" she asked me.

Answering I told her I didn't mind her asking me questions "Navy I flew F22's and B2 jets" I told her. She smiled.

She added "So you are a top gun, a fly boy?" She says and I nod to her. I was a top gun I went to Top Gun school in California I was one of the best. I lead the leader boards.

"So now that you are out what are you going to do?" She asked me. I shrugged

But then added "I was hoping Ranger would have an opening in one of his offices I would like to work for Rangeman." I told her. She nodded her understanding I looked at Ranger. He was enjoying this.

She motioned around the room "so you have known these guys for a while?" She asked

I nodded "I met them when I was stationed on an Air Craft Carrier and they needed a ride for a mission they were on."

I saw her look at her watch and then she looked at Ranger saying "Carlos I need to go meet Hal I am sure he is waiting on me. What are you plans today?" She asked him. He smiled at her telling her

"I am going to do the morning meeting, and then I will be in the office for most of the day. Let me know when you head up for lunch I will meet you." He told her. She nodded gave us all a finger wave but hugged Carlos gave him a quick kiss and left.

Soon as she had left Ranger turned to Tank "Tank call Hector up here. I know he has to train with Stephanie in hour but I want to talk to him first before he does that." Ranger had something on his mind. Tank pulled out his phone and dialed Hector speaking in Spanish he asked him to come to seven.

It was a few minutes before Hector came walking thru the door making his way to the dining room.

A/N : consider all of the spoken parts following to be in Spanish with Hector in the room.

"Thank you Hector for joining us. I wanted to talk to you all because I trust you all the most." Ranger said. He turned to me "Slyder I am assuming someone filled you in on what happened to Stephanie?" I nodded while I wanted to know more I knew the basics.

Ranger continued "Good. Now I know Morelli didn't go to jail. In fact I know that he was delivered to his home by officer Gaspick. No charges were ever filed and what was reported was there was a misunderstanding of the restraining order and Morelli blacked out to because of unknown origins."

There were growls from all of the others. Ranger held up his hand "I know how pissed off you all are trust me when I heard this I wanted to break something. But we are going to use this for our benefit."

The smile on his face well it was sinister and it was becoming quite contagious.

Ranger continued "here is what we are going to do. We are going to pay Morelli a little visit and remind him why it isn't smart to fuck with Rangeman and what's ours." We were all nodding I had just met her but I was nodding along with all the others. Ranger knew I had their backs

Lester spoke up first "How are we going to keep this from Beautiful? If we tell her she is going to want to come with us or want to talk us out of going." I already knew the answer to that one there was no not telling her she was too smart she would figure it out then we would all be on her shit list.

RPOV

Finding out that fucking cop never spent a night in jail for what he did to my Babe I wanted him hunted down I wanted him dead I wanted his body parts spread over the continental states. I wanted him to never be a threat.

Sitting at breakfast I almost couldn't wait to tell my men my plan but I didn't want my Babe to know what I was planning. I knew she would worry. But I also knew there was no not telling her I just wanted to talk to my men first.

When she left to go to her training session with Hal I was able to talk to my men. I told them we were going to pay the fucker a visit and teach him that you don't fuck with Rangeman and what's ours. Of course Lester had to bring up what we were going to tell my Babe.

I knew he was right we couldn't just not tell her anything yet if we told her what we were really going to do then she would be upset she would worry she would be afraid for us not that she had anything to afraid for. Morelli and officer Gasprick had already done the leg work after all if they reported us then we would expose their little cover up which I am thinking is good enough to have their badges at least temporary if not permanent.

Looking around the table at the guys I tell them. "I don't want to lie to Stephanie, I don't want to keep things from her and I don't want to take decisions away from her so we will tell her. I know she will worry but I will explain it to her that there is nothing to worry about and if she decides she wants to go with us then she will be welcome to join us we will keep her protected." I tell them. I would much rather her not know and her be here safe within the walls of Rangeman but the decision would be hers.

I explain to them "See by them not filing the correct police report and covering it up well they left us something useful. If they want to arrest us or charge us then we will let the chief know about the false report from Gaspick and Morelli and that will be enough for their badges if not permanent then temporary it will be enough to hurt their wallets, their careers, so it will be their choice. I don't care about the prick but I want Morelli to understand the full consequences of messing with what's ours." I growled.

I looked at Hector, "I want him followed. I want to know where he is at all times. I tell him." Hector smiled and answers "I have been keeping track of him since that night you and Angletio went to dinner at her parent's house." I smile

"Good, I would like to see where he has been but I want to know where he is at all times. This isn't going to be a single strike. This is going to be multiple strikes. I want to catch him off guard when he is least expecting it. I want to put the fear of God in him or the fear of Rangeman whichever he is inclined to fear the most." I tell my men.

They all nod in agreement. I look at Hector "Hector I want you to set up GPS to come to all of our phones include Cal on the list as he has a little payback to deliver as well. I will fill him in later." I thought about it a little more and then added "Hector also send the GPS signal to Stephanie's phone that way if she is out of the building she can see where his car is. It doesn't mean that he isn't driving something else but it may be some security for her." I tell him.

Hector looks at his watch "I have to go meet Angelito for her training. After I am done I will bring you the reports you asked for and I will setup his GPS signal to all of your phones." Hector tells me I nod. He stands up and walks out of the room.

A/N conversation is now back in English

I turn back to the men in front of me. "We are going to pay a little visit to house to set the fear of god in him then we will blitz attack him when he isn't expecting it. I want him so scared that he is scared to step foot outside of his front door to walk his fucking dog for fear that we will be there. I want him too scared to go the store, I want him too scared to go pickup his hooker for the day or night, I want him to live in fear like he has made my Babe live in fear of him."

They all nod in agreement. I stand up it's time to get to the Monday morning meeting we need to go over these contracts we have coming in. I am actually glad Slyder is here he can really help us.

We make our way down to the fifth floor and when we walk out on the floor several of the guys say hi to Slyder. I show him where his cubicle is and I see interesting looks from dumb fucker one and two if they thought we would hire them full time they obviously are as dumb as they look and act. They have fucked up too many times, in the short time they have been here, to even be remotely considered Rangeman material.

We make our way to the conference room and I let all of the men know that Slyder will be joining the team provided he passes the same tests as my Babe. Her test was coming on Sunday and he would be testing alongside her. Provided they both passed, she better fucking pass or my men were going to live to regret it, they would be joining Rangeman full time.

DougPOV

What the fuck? I watch as Ranger shows a new guy to a cubicle and tells him that it will be his cubicle. I then see them all including the new guy make their way to the conference room. Neither Mike nor I had been privileged enough to join the daily meetings. We didn't rank how the fuck did this new guy rank?

Had he been hired? Was he going to be hired fulltime? I am not going to let someone take my chance from me. I deserve to be a fulltime Rangeman. I have every intention of getting that rank. I am not going to let some split tail or a new guy walk in here and take the opportunity away from me. I already had a plan to take care of the split tail, now I just needed to find a way to get rid of the new guy.

I watched them come out of the conference room an hour or so later and everyone was slapping the new guy on the back, some were talking to him like he was their fucking best friend. My blood boiled at the sight. Here I had busted my ass to fit in around here and all I got was teased and made fun of. What the fuck, this guy walks in and is instantly taken under everyone's wing and is accepted.

I bet even the split tail would let him dance with her and she would willing rub her ass all over him. I am going to have to come up with a way to deal with him. Maybe I can somehow make it look it he is responsible for what is going to happen to Stephanie. I bet that would sever any ties he seems to have with these guys. I briefly wonder if there would be a way to do that and how I would do that.

Our shift for the control room was up so we were replaced by two of the men I believe it was Binkie and Woody. Mike and I made our way to the security lab. I knew Hector had training with the split tail but should be coming back to the lab shortly. I was only hoping I had a few moments to take a couple of items I needed without him seeing me.

If Ranger was going to hire the new guy my time here may be limited so I was going to have to act fast if I wanted my revenge on Stephanie and on Rangeman if they thought they were going to replace me, bring me in when they needed help and then not bother to hire me full time because they didn't think I was good enough. I would show them good enough. I would show them what I was capable of and why I would have made the better choice for a full time Rangeman than either the split tail or the new fucker that seemed to be everyone's favorite.

SPOV

I can't believe how hard they have stepped up my training. It started with Hal this morning he had me running sprints pushing me and pushing me to run faster and faster each time. I have sweat pouring off of me. My hair is plastered to my head. I am sweating so bad my knees are sweating. I am breathing so hard I think any moment my lungs are going to punch through my body to get more oxygen.

I was so fucking glad when Hal's hour was over I was ready to jump up and down that he had to go back to work. Boy was I mistaking in that thinking. Hector took over and he had me doing situps, pushups, and pull-ups. He was timing me and he would push me harder faster. I felt like puking my stomach was so sore, I felt like my arms were going to fall off from the pull-ups and pushups and when his hour was up and he told me I did good I just collapsed on the mat praying to God that he would just take me now.

This is how Bobby found me laying out on the mat. At first I think I scared him because he rushed me landing beside me on his knees his hands immediately searching my neck and feeling my head. Granted I was laying there with my eyes closed but I couldn't move. My body was screaming from my two hours with Hal and then Hector.

When I heard the air whoosh from his lungs I opened my eyes and looked at him. He just looked at me shaking his head "Bomber what the fuck you scared the shit out of me" He told me. I could only smile those were the only muscles that were currently working.

I did eventually manage to reply "I was praying God would just take me now Hal and Hector fucking killed me." I told him and it was his turn to smile at me. I saw the glimmer in his eyes and I couldn't only think one thing okay two things. One I am fucked and two I had the urge to call him a fucker for I knew he had planned his own form of torture for the next two fucking hours.

In his no nonsense voice I am sure he reserved for privates he barked "Bomber get that ass of yours moving." I gave him my death glare but I guess it was still on the fritz because he didn't drop dead he was still there looking down at me. I gradually sat up and then reaching for Bobby's hand I pulled against him to stand myself up on wobbly legs my limbs felt like they were going to fall off. I wasn't sure how I was going to make it thru the next two hours.

I made it over to my water bottle and took a big swig. I needed something to drink with all the sweating I had done I was well past fucking dead. I wasn't sure how I was still standing and not only that I had two hours with him, then my workout before I could head up to Seven for a couple hours were I fully intended on spending them in a hot shower and then laying in my soft bed.

Bobby took me to the compound and we made our way thru the obstacle course this time he pressed me we ran between the obstacles and the obstacles were performed as fast as I could successfully perform them. We kept repeating the course over and over for the solid two hours every now and then Bobby would make a note in his phone as to my performance and he would time me with each obstacle.

I still struggled with that fucking wall but I could tell that I was getting better I was getting higher and higher and getting more coordinated when it came to hitting the wall and pulling myself up but I hadn't quite gotten it yet. I couldn't get my leg over while holding myself to the wall and I kept falling on my ass with each round. I was so frustrated at that wall that I even growled at it but each time I ended up walking around the fucker. I knew to pass the test I had to make it over that fucking wall. It was becoming my personal hell. My personal challenge you know that one thing that you don't think you can ever do no matter how fucking hard you try?

Bobby and I were making our way back to the Rangeman and he knew I was disappointed but being Bobby he knew exactly what to say "Bomber you can't let the wall win what you are currently thinking is letting the wall win. It's just a fucking wall you can do it. It isn't capable of beating you all you have to do is tackle it like any other problem. What would you have done if there was a wall preventing you from rescuing Ranger yesterday what would you have done?" He said and I could see what he was saying and I just smiled.

If there was a wall preventing me from getting to Carlos I would scale that wall, I would blow the fucker up, I would do something to get over or through that fucking wall to get it him or die trying. Next time it's me or that fucking wall it sure as fuck isn't going to be that wall that wins.

Looking at Bobby I tell him "Thanks Bobby I needed to hear that." We pulled into the garage and I made my way to the gym to complete my work out. When I walked in Lester and Slyder were waiting for me. I wasn't sure about working out in front of Slyder. I didn't want him to make fun of me.

I mean I am sure like the other guys he was pushing much heavier weights than my ten to twenty pound weights I mean these were baby weights but when he hopped on the treadmill on the other side of me sandwiching me between him and Lester I immediately relaxed and we went about our workout.

He like Lester helped me with having my weights ready and never looked funny at the weight I was lifting or made fun of me when even at the baby weight for him I was struggling to get in all of my reps. It was nice to have them working out with me. Lester just smiled. I had started out wanting to work out by myself and then Lester sort of weaseled his way in and now I wouldn't want it any other way.

Now I had a feeling that there would be another one joining in on my workouts and oddly I was okay with that. When we all started laughing at something I could see how Slyder was going to fit right in with Lester and I. Lester grabbing my water taking a swig of it he turned on some music and it was older rock like we had listened to at the party and I could tell that Slyder was also enjoying the music so he liked the same music as we did.

Yeah he was going to fit right in.

MPPOV

I finally got Valerie to answer the phone this morning. I tried calling her all day yesterday and couldn't get her on the phone. Normally they come for dinner on Sunday but they didn't come last night or call.

"Valerie, this is your mother. Why haven't you answered the phone? And why didn't you all come for dinner last night. I made pot roast with gravy and mashed potatoes." I tell her.

"Mom I am sorry, Lisa was sick with a virus and I had to take her to the doctor. I just didn't want to bring her out last night. I should have called I am sorry." She tells me.

"That's okay dear, how is she feeling today?" I asked her.

"She seems to be doing better today. The medicine seems to be doing the trick." She tells me.

"Good I am glad to hear it. I hate it when babies are sick." I tell her.

"Were you able to talk to Stephanie?" I asked her, I have been dying to hear what happened.

"Mom, I talked to her but I don't think anything is going to change. She seemed happy with the guys she was with. She told me she was happy with Ranger that she wasn't ever going back to Joe and that in fact she was planning on marrying Ranger. He has given her a ring and everything." What the hell I am not hearing her right.

"Valerie didn't you stress to her how she is disappointing and embarrassing the family? Did you ask her if she had thought what it would mean to her parents and to you if she stayed with those thugs?" I asked her trying to get my point across to her.

"Mom I tried to talk to her but honestly she seemed happy. She doesn't seem to care what others think she basically told me she was happy and then told me I could leave and get back to the kids. So I left."

"Valerie what were you thinking? You should have made her come with you. You should have made her believe you. You should have changed her mind." I tell her almost screaming into the phone. The thoughts of her marrying that thug over my son, Joe who was destined to be part of my family was making my blood boil. My no good daughter would manage to fuck up the one good thing in my life and bring shame and disappointment to the family all at the same time. Only Stephanie was capable of doing something like that.

"Mom I have to go, Lisa is waking up I need to give her more medicine and I need to get Albert things ready for him to take with him to work." Valerie tells me see what a perfect burg woman she is? Why couldn't Stephanie be more like that have children and care for a husband.

"Okay dear. How about you plan on coming from dinner one night when Lisa is feeling better?" I tell her.

"Okay mom we will. I will talk to you soon, Bye" She tells me before hanging up.

See now that is how the proper burg girl should act. Hanging up the phone I briefly debate if I should tell my son about Stephanie's engagement to that thug. We can't let that happen. We can't let her marry that man. What would people think? She is supposed to marry Joe. He is supposed to be my son. This can't happen. If Stephanie marries that thug then I will lose Joe and I don't want to lose Joe.

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