Excellent ending!

Finally!

Ranger knows her so well, and she finally sees the light!

Dun, dun dun...

Great date until the end.

The Cuban Inquisition went better than I was expecting, lol. An actual date? Finally!

Mary Lou is the best kind of friend to have-honest and compassionate. She's certainly give Steph a lot to think about.

Ranger still there in the morning...check.
Happy Steph not freaking out...check.
Mama Plum standing up for Steph for once...check.
Angie and Bella getting told off...check.
Awesome chapter!

Go, Steph!

Never saw the Robin thing coming! Glad that Step realized that a little training might go a long way in keeping her safe and minimizing grapevine worthy incidents. Nothing says love like meatloaf, mashed potatoes and chocolate cake...or an actual conversation with your dad :)

Joe's an ass. That's all.

Good callback with the distributor cap, and ballsy of her to confront him by herself. Joe is delusional if he thinks saying that crap to her is the way to get her to come back.

It's sad that Steph was one of the ones insisting that Joe would never hurt her, until he was the one that hurt her. Eww on dog poop on the door.

What the hell, Mama Plum? Good on Stephanie for standing up for herself and walking out and good on Grandma Mazur for sticking up for Steph and making sure the blame lands where it is supposed to.

Good to see everyone has Steph's back, and damn, Raul was a cold hearted bastard.

Holy sh!t is right! Can't say I'm surprised by Joe and his behavior, but I didn't see him trying to rape her. And that knee is wicked and he deserved it, and everything Ranger dished out. "I love you completely and with every ounce of my being"...can't say it much straighter than that. I guess the ball is in Steph's court.