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Chapter 16

He just stood there and looked at me with that damned blank look of his.

"Well, are you going to answer me? Or are you trying to figure out which lie to tell me?"

"Steph, I never meant for this to happen..."

"Never meant for what to happen Ranger? How long have you known he was alive?"

"Listen to me, I just found out less than two weeks ago. Something is wrong with him, terribly wrong."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"He has no memory of the last 7 years, I have no idea what is going on with him."

"How does Courtney fit into all of this?" Ranger looked at me surprised I knew about her. "I heard Lester in the kitchen, he said he wanted to come back but he had to talk to his fiancé Courtney first to see what she thought."

"I don't know where she comes in to this, but I need to find out who is behind it. Don't worry about Lester and Courtney, he already told me that something feels off to him about the whole situation. She may be a part of what is going on, some of the things he told me don't make sense."

"Like what?"

"Well, he thinks that there was a fight within the family and all ties were cut. I don't know who is behind all of this, but I would lay odds that Courtney fits into it somehow. She was really upset when Lester broke things off with her. I told him that things were okay between all of us, and that we would like to get to know Courtney," I tried to object but Ranger stopped me. "Look Steph, I know the last thing you need or want to see is Lester and Courtney together but I would feel better if they were both here. I want to keep a close eye on her and the only way to do that is if they stay in Trenton. Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make it look like he was on that plane and had died and I want to know why. Tank and Ram are already working on it and as soon as Bobby and Gina get back into town, Bobby will be on it as well.

"Fine, but you need to keep me updated on everything that is going on. Where is he now?" I asked Ranger.

"He went to our parents house, that is what took me so long to get here. He didn't want to just walk in the front door and scare Mama."

"Grace was here with Jake."

"I know, she told me that she left you with Jake. She is happy that you are awake."

"I bet she is even happier to know that her son is alive."

"Steph, I am sorry about all of this. I promise you if it is the last thing I do, I am going to figure this out. I am going to get out of here, you look tired and I want to work on this some more. I will come back in the morning and we can talk more then."

"Goodnight Ranger."

I didn't get much sleep, if any at all. I couldn't stop thinking about Lester and the fact that he has no memories of the last 7 years, what the hell happened to him in the last 6 months. I started thinking about our last few days together.

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June

I woke up feeling sick again and the only thought that popped into my head was that I could be pregnant, Lester would be so happy and so would I. I never wanted kids, but the thought of having a baby with Lester was the best thing I could think of happening to me. Lester had already gone into work, he got a call around 3 am to help out with a huge bond that Rangeman held. After I got sick for the 2nd time this morning I called and made an appointment with my doctor, Father's Day is on Sunday and this would be an amazing gift to give Lester. I got lucky and they had a cancellation for this morning at 11:30, I guess it helps that my doctor is also Bobby's wife, Gina.

I made it to to Gina's office just before 11:30 and was called back right away.

"Hey Steph."

"Hi Gina, I didn't expect to see you yet, did you fire all of your nurses?"

"Nah, I sent them off to lunch. You are my last patient for the day, I have some things I need to take care of this afternoon so I let them go early. What brings you by?"

"Well, lately I have been feeling tired and I have had a bit of morning sickness." I told her.

"So you think your pregnant?" She asked with a smile

"Yup."

"Well let's go find out."

Gina handed me a cup to get a urine sample and told me when I was finished to get changed while I waited for her to do the test. She came back in with a smile on her face.

"Congratulations Mommy."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, now how about we do an ultrasound and see how far along you are."

"Sounds good."

She warned me that the gel might be a little cold. She took the wand on put it on my stomach and started pointing things out to me.

"If you look right here you can see his or her little heart fluttering, the baby is about the size of a pea. I will print you a picture, how are you going to tell Lester?"

"Well now that I know for certain I am going to wait and tell him on Sunday."

"He is going to be so happy, I heard him telling Bobby the other night that he couldn't wait until the two of you had a baby."

This brought tears to my eyes, and now I was really looking forward to Sunday. I left Gina's and started thinking about how to tell him.

The week passed by quickly and I managed to keep my morning sickness from Les and anyone else that I happened to be around. Now it was early Sunday morning and I was really excited, we were in bed and I was just watching him sleep.

He was laying on his stomach facing me, I slowly run my hand up and down his back with my nails slightly scratching him. I can tell he is starting to wake by the smile on his face and the small moan that has escaped from his lips.

"Morning Beautiful." Lester says with a big smile on his face as he opens his eyes to look directly into mine.

"Morning, sleep well?" I ask

"Yes, and it looks like the morning is going to be pretty good as well."

Lester rolled to his back and brought me with him catching my lips in a searing kiss, oh yes this was going to be a good morning indeed. I could feel my whole body tingling with need as Lester deepened the kiss.

"You know this is one of my favorite places to be?"

"And where is that Beautiful? In bed with me or on top of me?"

"Both."

I felt him trying to flip us over, but for my plan to work I had to be on top.

I pointed my finger at him. "Hey buddy, this is my show and either you follow my lead or you will be laying here in this bed alone."

"Hey if you want to be in charge, who am I to argue with my beautiful wife."

"I have a present for you."

"Beautiful, if this is my present then I think I am really going to like it."

He put his hands on my hips and I shook my head and took his hands in mine.

"Your present is right here." I took his hands and put them on my stomach. "Happy Father's Day, Daddy."

He completely froze and I started to panic.

"Please tell me that this is not a joke?" I shook my head no. "Your pregnant, we're having a baby?" I could hear the excitement in his voice.

"Yes."

He pulled me down into another searing kiss and just as things started to really heat up my stomach started to protest and I got up and ran for the bathroom. Lester came in right behind me and held up my hair.

"Are you okay?" He asked looking very concerned.

"Yeah, morning sickness. It has been happening for a little over a week now."

When I finally felt able to move from the bathroom, I was exhausted.

"Les, I'm sorry. I wanted this morning to be special."

"Hey stop that, you have just given me the best gift that anyone could have ever given me. I love you."

"I love you too, would you mind if I laid down and took a little nap. I feel completely exhausted."

He picked me up and carried me to the bed. "Sleep now. I have some packing to do before I leave for Boston in the morning. You still have time to get some sleep before we leave for your parents house for lunch."

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I can't believe that had just been six months ago. Now I just need to find a way to help bring him back to me and our little boy.

TBC