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A/N: You guys are so nice with your reviews. I was in a bad mood when I wrote this and this rain is not helping. I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading.
Ranger POV
We were sitting in our seats on the private plane when Babe turned to me with a question. "Carlos, when we first met, why were you a little stand offish towards me?" She was going to hate this answer.
I took her hand in mine and kissed her fingers where my ring was. "Babe, Connie called me and said she had another wannabe bonds agent and if I humored you she would consider us even. She had done me a favor by giving me the number of one of her uncles and they helped me with a pest problem." I stopped and kissed her again.
"I figured I could scare you away from Vinnie and maybe hire you to do paperwork at the office, but you were a spitfire and you told me you were going after Morelli. I can't stand the guy and you were adorable with your POS car. I wanted to see what you could do, and you got him, eventually. She smiled and shoved me.
"And the night I called you when I was handcuffed?" I sighed. "Babe, I thought you wanted to see the bad boy. I had heard what you ladies said about me, you know." She giggles. "I thought it was a setup so you could make me an offer I would not refuse, so at first I hung up. When you called back, I decided to come over before you called your second choice." She snorts.
"Carlos there was no second choice. My dad would have had a heart attack, then he would have killed Morelli." I kissed her. She was all mine now. She motions for me to finish my story.
"When I saw that you really were stuck and that you were pissed, and not trying to seduce me, it hit me that you really trusted me. Even though I wanted you badly at that moment, I did not take advantage. I liked that you trusted me and called me first whenever you needed help. I will always be there for you, Babe." She smiles and kisses me.
"I will be there for you, too, Carlos." Wow. She means that, too. Then she pulled her laptop out again. I just shook my head. She had howled laughing at some of the video she was sent. I almost felt sorry for those people. They had crossed Babe and she was patient and planned her revenge. She got her mother good and wow, Lula was in the hospital. She did that to herself. Babe must have known she would not be able to resist that all day free buffet. I hope Babe is never that mad at me.
I noticed the seatbelt sign was not on, so I put the laptop down and pulled Babe into the bedroom on the plane. It was time to cross this off of my bucket list. Besides, she looks so beautiful with that huge smile on her face. I want her again.
From the way she is kissing me, she wants me too. We were not getting Elvis to marry us; I don't care how good she is at sucking my dick. Damn, she is so good at that. She said she practiced with dildos so she could deep throat me. I love my Babe. We had another hour before we landed and I could do a lot in an hour.
Connie POV
I was in shock. The office had burned down. Vinnie was not answering his phone. My car blew up while I was in bed with Carmine DeSilva. I had shown him a good time last night. We went to Marcello's for dinner and all. Now he was giving me the bum's rush. He refused to give me a ride home and Lula was out of town. I left her messages, but she has not called me back yet.
I was getting calls right and left about the happenings in town. I thought it was very suspicious that all of our cars blew up and the bonds office, too. Stephanie must have had Ranger do it for her.
Why was she mad at me anyway? She couldn't know about my little bonus program I used. I made more money than her on some of those skips. I had a whole secret account for that money and it was a mint. Two years' worth before she left town. I skimmed on the Rangeman bonds as well and they never noticed. I had quite a bit of money saved up.
Mary Lou Stankovic called and told me that Stephanie was in love with Ranger and I should read the newspaper. When I read it, I was in shock. Stephanie's sister is also Joe Morelli's sister?
Wow, she really told all of the details of her life with her parents. Wow, she was adopted and nobody knew. That was crazy. That story would have made me the queen of the grapevine. Oh, well. I left more messages for Lula. She needed to call me back. I caught a cab home and these two suit-type guys were waiting for me.
"Hello, are you Constance Rizzoli?" The one on the left asked. "Who wants to know?" I gave him attitude.
He flashed a badge at me. "We are from the FBI. We have evidence of corporate embezzlement by you." What?! They read me my rights and handcuffed me. My neighbors were all watching me get taken away. They did not even let me change my clothes. I had to go to federal jail dressed like Betty Boop. Why me?
Joe Morelli POV
"I cannot believe it! You have a sister all this time and we never knew! Then for you to try to marry her sister is like incest! How could you do that! And now you show up in here with herpes on your face! Joseph, I raised you better than this!" She was panting and screaming, but from a distance.
"Ma, I do not have herpes!" I was standing in my mother's living room and she just kept crossing herself and saying I was not to use the silverware or eat off the dishes. I was to use plastic dinnerware and drink out of a paper cup. I took a deep breath because I needed to stay here. I needed her to agree to go shopping for me. I got a voucher from the Salvation Army to use at Macy's. That was nice.
"Joseph, I have ignored the gossip about you for years. I figured boys will be boys, but the papers are saying you are a rapist and then you spend the night with hookers and come home with herpes! How will I get grandbabies with you acting like this? No self-respecting Burg girl will give you the time of day now! You might as well just move to another town, Joseph. I said use paper cups!" She smacks me with the feather duster in her hand.
"What did you and Mooch do for the both of you to have matching sores? You are deplorable!" Wow, when she gets mad, her vocabulary gets better.
I just watched her ranting at me. Sheesh. I wanted to tell her about Terri, but she left town on assignment, and I was hopeful that this sore would go away by the time she got back. Maybe I would let her talk me into a wedding. I had been stringing her along for a while.
At least I have insurance on the house. The rep said my claim was accepted. The car was a write off. It was already used. I was not getting much. I would need maybe a loan to get a new car. I had let work know officially. Big Dog said if I stopped demanding they arrest Ranger, they would file my report with my insurance company. Otherwise, it would drag on and on. I agreed and there you go. I just have to stay here for a few weeks. Ma was coming back.
"Joseph, whose bra is this?" She was holding a large lime green bra that she must have gotten out of my suitcase. Oh no. I had a flashback to the night before I went to the game with Mooch. Lula had come over and we played a little strip poker, then she let me poke her. Once a ho, always a ho. She said she wanted to see what the big whoop was and we got into it. She was good at what she did. I think Mooch hit that, too.
Oh, my god. What if we got herpes from Lula? I took out my phone to call her and a nurse answered the phone. Why was she in the hospital? I hung up and my Grandma Bella was aiming her bony fingers my way. Why was she giving me the eye?
"Grandma Bella, what is the deal? Why are you mad at me?" She muttered in Italian. I got the words "filth", "ass", "kiss", and "whore". She started yelling at me in English. "You are a disgrace! I had hoped that you would be better than your good for nothing father." What? I yell back at her.
"I am better than him! I am not an alcoholic and I don't beat women!" She narrows her eyes at me and points at me in anger.
"I was at your house the other night and brought you a nice casserole. I used my key and came to bring it for you. What I saw was just so shocking. You had your face in between her legs and her face was between yours." She stops talking and shudders, then she yells at me while waving her arms.
"How would we get more grandbabies with her swallowing it down!" Wow. I was not expecting that. She is not done yet.
"You never even told us you were with a black woman. We would not care, but to cheat on her over the last evening is disgusting! I hope she breaks up with you!" She stomps away with the phone in her hand. Now she thinks Lula is my girlfriend and I somehow cheated with the hookers last night. I hope she does not tell Terri.