okay - now you need book III to tell the rest of the story...

AHHHHH!

You need to re read the series and fall in love again and write more stories. You are sooooo good. I really enjoyed this, thank you for spending so much time and completing this.

I really like seeing this different side to Tank

Maybe it is not right because I might have lost the guy, but I could not have forgiven him so easily. Great story. I am pretty much just going through everything that you have written

I think I would discharge myself AMA and walk out of the hospital, and any shrink will tell you that it is impossible to treat someone that refuses to talk with them, treatment other than with drugs needs to be done voluntarily, "talk therapy" otherwise is useless - the patient will simply tell the doc exactly what they need to to get away.

If she needs help, then he needs help - he said he needed to 'retrain' himself to not have a defensive reflex around Steph. So make it a deal, she gets help if he gets help and they can add couples therapy.

Why should she consider Haywood 'home'? Has Ranger asked her to move in? All she knows is she has a key to the place and authorization to use it. That is not a home, that is a convenience or a hotel.

But she really needs to bail out of that damned place to a high rise that has no balconies or fire escapes and a hell of a lot better security. There are even door locks that are damned near pick proof [one is based on a magnetic key rather than one with teeth] and even a key fob/RFID pair of variants. The RFID one is really neat, you can get an RFID chip embedded in your arm to make it work so you never lose your key.

[I used to keep the key to my back door on the collar of my 120 lb husky Blue. Never had to worry about losing the key as she was always in the back yard until she finally died of old age. Now it is stashed in the goose house. Geese are *very* territorial and will attack strangers )

late to the party, however antibiotics [previous ear infection] and hormonal birth control do not play well together ... just a guess as to one possible issue.

Hm, clean and sterilize the syringe and make an isotonic saline solution that looks exactly like the solution that had been in it, with the addition of a small amount of propofol. Make up 4 or 5 more, and just leave neutral saline in them. Go in and set them out, then effectively play russian roulette with them, letting him think that one has the original strychnine solution.

I swear I would keep a can of mace in my damned pocket and every time he surprised me, ranger would get a face full.

Sucks to be Ranger, Tank told him ages before that he would step in if Ranger didn't. Ranger broke up with Steph, so she is now free to see whomever she wants.

Pain can go both ways, sucks for Ranger ... now he can hurt for a while.

Great story! Love the ending!

This Stephanie is infuriating.

That was outstanding - all loose ends tied up. It was agony reading all of the back and forths, but so realistic. I felt like a fly on the wall that could read minds. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent.

"I always got off easier when Ranger was with me at dinner and I just didn't have the strength to face the Spanish Inquisition right now. Mom was always a bit nicer when Ranger was around and she never ever asked about grandchildren." - Moral of the story? Always take Ranger along to dinner at the Plum parents.
How the heck did whoever that killed Guzurella get Stephanie's gun AND her fingerprints?