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The comment about Ranger needing to know there is a reason people wear underwear made me crack up. Personally if Ranger wants to go commando who am I to stop him?

Chapter 4

SPOV

What the fuck just happened? One minute we're talking about the case and the next minute he's got his hands down my pants. It all happened so quick I couldn't even form a response, and I think that was his intention all along. It had been so long since I've had a social orgasm it didn't take long. I don't think it ever takes long when the wizard shows me his skills, but it really left me thinking about what all of that meant. He didn't even get off, so it wasn't a tit for tat type thing. Some things are left to think about at a later time, so I went and cleaned myself up the best I could and changed into the uniform from the closet before I headed down to the conference room.

As I made my way to the door downstairs I saw Lester talking a young boy upstairs. I was guessing it was Justin.

"Hey beautiful, I'm taking Justin upstairs to the break room to play video games. The kid has some cheats for some of the games we have so I figured I'd pick his brain so maybe next time I can actually beat Tank and Bobby."

"Well have fun. It's nice to meet you Justin." I said as I made my way past them and into the conference room.

"Megan, Stephanie is going to sit in with us today. She's got some of the best instincts I've ever seen and I'm hoping she can pick up on something that the rest of us maybe overlooking." Ranger said as I sat next to him at the table.

Looking at Megan you could tell the day had taken a toll on her. The only thing that seemed a bit off was that I thought someone who had lost their husband less than 12 hours prior would look a little worse for wear. She didn't look happy by any means, but she didn't look completely devastated by any means either. Maybe she just wasn't someone who showcased their emotions, maybe she was the type of person who broke down in the privacy of their own home.

"Megan, can you tell me a little bit about your marriage?" Ranger said.

"Not a lot to tell. We've been married for 10 years last month, together close to 11. Brandon's ex wife worked for my parents when I was younger and that is how I met Brandon." She said.

"Before you two started dating did anything happen between you?" I asked.

"Heavens no. I was 16 when we met and he was 23. I would see Brandon a couple of times a month when Amanda worked for my parents and I thought he was the biggest asshole on the face of the earth. Arrogant and just not someone I wanted to be around. We actually didn't really become friends until right before Justin was born. I was also dating someone for the first two years I knew him, so there was no interest on my end."

"How did you two become an item?" Ranger asked.

"Well when Justin was around two months old Brandon and I went out to dinner while Amanda was at work. Brandon's parents were watching Justin, so I had the night off. After dinner Brandon begins telling me that he's leaving Amanda because he's a horrible mother and does not want Justin to grow up in that type of environment. Later that evening he kissed me and it blossomed from there."

"What can you tell me about Amanda?" I asked.

"Amanda is a complete and utter piece of shit, please excuse my language. Overall if you look at her she's not a bad person, but she's always reminded me of the type of mother who eats their young. She doesn't have a maternal bone in her body. The only time she has really wanted anything to do with Justin is when she is around other people, when she wants people to think she's a good mother. I've been that child's mother all of his life, not her. It wasn't until the past couple of months that she has tried to make more of an effort to be in his life."

"Any clues as to why?" Ranger asked.

"She has a new boyfriend. Someone that wants to be a father so she has decided that she can give him a son by trying to make up for lost time with Justin. Give the guy the whole instant family."

"Do you know the boyfriend's name? Have you met him?" I asked.

"He's come with her to pick up Justin a couple of times for her visitation. He actually seems like a pretty nice guy. I feel sorry for the stupid bastard if he thinks he's actually going to get himself a decent wife and mother out of her. I think the guys last name is Morelli, I know the first name is Joe."

Just then Lester and Justin entered the room, keeping me from screaming.

"The kid showed me some pretty good hacks," Lester said.

"Well he's a freaking computer genius like his Daddy. My brain is not wired like that, I was always better at English and history in school." Megan said.

A few minutes later we concluded our discussions so Justin and Megan could head back to her parents. We really didn't want to go over the information with Justin in the room, he didn't need to hear any of that. Lester, Ranger, and I all sat in the conference room for the next twenty minutes going through information and trying to figure out what our next move was.

"I think I was right in my assumption of this being like a Jerry Springer triangle" I said.

"I've got respect for the guy. Any guy who can leave their wife for the 20 year old babysitter has some skills." Lester said.

"What is it with you guys? You're all a bunch of perverts! You hear about a guy with the babysitter and it turns into a plot line for a porn film. If Brandon was a cable installer and came to run cable in the house and that was how they got together I can almost guarantee Megan wouldn't be going around making it sound like that." I said.

"Beautiful you know an awful lot about plot lines to porn movies. I guess we know what you've been doing with your spare time since Morelli is history."

With that I smacked Lester as hard as I could on the arm, not that it really hurt him but it made me feel a little better. Ranger watched the whole conversation with little twinkle in his almost black eyes and a smirk on his face. I think the bastard actually thought that was what I was doing in my spare time!

"I'm going back up to the desk to do some research. I want to look into Amanda a bit more. I really have no need to look into her boyfriend. I will bring what I find to your office."

As I left I heard Lester telling Ranger that he should "fill that void" left in my life. Ranger hit his head and told him "I can't do that, I don't want to fuck things up again. I'm trying to get her to see a different side of me." The more I'm around Ranger I realize he's kind of an enigma. The other thing that I realize is I really wish that instead of a quick orgasm before this meeting that I wish he would have just thrown me on the nearest flat surface and screwed my brains out. Maybe I need to make a detour to the break room and see if any of my stash is still there before I start my research.

I've decided to break down the backgrounds a bit more. Amanda and Joe are coming next. How many of you even though about Joe being the boyfriend?