In an Alternate Universe

by Belle1228

What if Stephanie was married to Morelli when she met Ranger? Babe HEA. Rating bumped up due to language and smut in later chapters. Not a lot of cupcake bashing, but not overly cupcake friendly in the first few chapters.

5. Chapter 5

Chapter 5

SPOV

Revenge. There are so many things that come to mind when I think of the word revenge. Some people say living well is the best revenge. I say those are the people that have little to no imagination. Joe has caused me heartache throughout my whole life, and even though I did break his leg to get a little revenge many moons ago, I feel that Joe needs another does of his own medicine (on top of the antibiotics he should be taking).

Ranger has offered to help me in any way I need to make sure that I get this taken care of. Luckily working in a law office long enough I can go down to the courthouse and get the paperwork to serve Joe with divorce papers fairly easily and it's not going to throw the whole Berg grapevine into a tissy. Once I have the paperwork filed with the courthouse and given over to my cousin Steve, the process server, Ranger has agreed to let the guys help me move out of our house and into an apartment at Rangeman. We're going to make it seem like I've disappeared to him. He will have no way to contact me and being a fully secured building even if he figures out I'm here he won't be able to get in.

Once news of him being served hits the Berg I will begin with part two. I will have Connie and Mary Lou start spreading the story of why we are getting divorced. For such an "upstanding" cop and citizen this will be a low blow for him. He prides himself as being the only good Morelli man out of the whole family. The one that doesn't cheat on his wife.

The only downfall to my plan so far is that I have to go back to the house and act like I know nothing for the next 48 hours until I can get down to the courthouse on Monday morning. I can only hope that I can keep it together for that long and act like I know nothing.

I laid there and tossed and turned in the bed for close to two hours before Joe finally made it home that night. He smelled of cheap booze and even cheaper perfume. He kissed me on top of the head and stripped down to his boxers and got into the bed. Once I heard him snoring I got up and went downstairs to sleep on the couch, between the smell and just knowing he was next to me in the bed I was about to lose it. I just hope that I can keep myself together for the next 48 hours.

**I know it's a short chapter, but this should hold you over for a bit :)