I do not own JE's characters, they are just fun to play with.

A/N: This story has been fun to write and I really appreciate all of your messages and comments. Thanks for reading! This is the Epilogue.

Kids: Rafael Alejandro Manoso (age 6) Sofia Mariela Manoso (age 6) Zoe Andrea Manoso (age 4)

Xavier Miguel Manoso (age 4) Jaquan Mason Banks (age 6) Jacqueline Elizabeth Thibodaux (age 4)

Alex, Fifi, Drea, Mikey, Quan, Lizzie

EPILOGUE- FIVE YEARS LATER

Steph POV

"Babe." I tried, but based on the one word in that tone of voice, I could not determine what was wrong. As parents of four children, we have a lot of these conversations. Something happens and he calls me, or something happens and I don't tell him until after dinner with a massage.

Carlos had better not have broken one of the kids; plus I was at the spa. He and Tank agreed to take the kids after first grade for Fifi, Alex and Quan and daycare for Mikey, Drea and Lizzie. Jacqueline Elizabeth, or Lizzie was Tank and Lula's daughter and she was four like our twins Zoe Andrea and Xavier Miguel. We called them Mikey and Drea.

I was being massaged by a woman as agreed and I was trying to relax. Our kids had birthdays one day apart. We agreed after the first birthdays for the younger twins to have birthday weekends and combine it for them. Their birthday party weekend this time was quite the spectacle and I was still cataloguing gifts. All the guys got them things. It was ridiculous. They were too little for night vision goggles. Oh, right, Carlos is on the phone.

"Yes, Carlos?" He growls and I hear a door close.

"Steph, they pranked Zip." I sigh. This is going to be a long story.

"What did they do to Zachary?" He was a sweetie pie and he always volunteered for kid duty and when I went to the market or something. He was so polite and he smiled, unlike the other Rangemen. Why would the kids prank him? I thought they liked him. They were hanging with him a lot lately.

"Babe, they found out he is afraid of spiders and they got into his apartment and placed glow in the dark plastic spiders all over his shower. " I snorted laughing. "Carlos, how do you know they did it?" He was not going to accuse my babies all willy nilly.

He sighs. "Babe, they admitted it and wrote him a ransom note for his teddy bear." I howl laughing and Ingrid or Bridget or whoever is not thrilled with my moving around. Lula and Gayle shushed me. "What does the ransom note say?" I hope he saved it. This was going into the baby boxes.

"Babe, they pasted it like in the movies. It says he has to buy them ice cream and stop staring at your booty and Lula's booty or the bear gets it. There is a picture of him with the bear sleeping." I put the phone down and get up. I put on my robe and pick up my phone and leave the room. Lula is too blissed out to say anything to me. Gayle is in her zone so she waves me off. Once I was in the hall, I laughed for a whole minute.

"Carlos, how did they do it?" He mumbles something. "What was that, Ricky?"

"They asked Ella if they could help her with the laundry. They sent Drea and Lizzie after the bear while Quan and Alex did the bathroom. Fifi and Mikey distracted Ella, and they asked Hector to delete it from the cameras." I took another breath and laughed.

"Zero screamed so loudly that the guys ran up there to see him cowering in his bathroom, Babe. He was holding the note and rocking back and forth." I was still laughing.

"How did they find out he was afraid of spiders?" They are the bomb.

"They asked him after they said they had nightmares. They told him what they were afraid of and said they wanted to be big like him and not be scared of anything." Wow. They are so smart.

"So, what do you want me and Lula to do?" I am not leaving spa day, man. He can forget that.

"Can you get Jay Jay to come get the kids? He is not speaking to me." He and Ray are so funny calling each other names.

"Carlos, just apologize for calling him Kunta Kente." He growls again.

"Babe, he started it." I look upwards like the answer is on the ceiling. I have five children ladies and gentlemen.

"Carlos, he was on the phone with his mother at the time. That was racist." I had sent her a dozen roses and some donuts with a note. She said she understood, but she was acting outraged so Ray would visit more often. Plus she wanted a spa day.

I thought that was fair. When I told Lula, she almost smacked Carlos in the face. I had to take her for ice cream and today's spa day is my treat. Not that she needs the money. She has a boutique now and she sells kids' clothes like her sister-in-law. She does really well.

"Babe, he does it in front of my kids and Drea and Mikey still call me Marco sometimes." I laugh again.

"Carlos, they know your name. They do that when they want you to play with them. Do it to them and play along, Baby. Calm down. Tell the kids they can have make your own sundaes after dinner and send Zachary to the spa. He needs it. I love you, Baby."

I really do. Being married was great and we loved living at the mansion. Tank and Lula lived near us and Ray came over all the time threatening to move into the guest house. He traveled for work and Quan stayed over at least twice a week.

Gayle said they could get married, but she wanted a quick wedding with no reception and she wanted to adopt kids. Quan said he would like to shop for a new brother. He cracked me up. My new book series about spy kids was doing very well, too.

"Give Ray a gift card for the Crab Shack and Game Stop." At least no one got hurt this time. When one of the kids skinned their knees, five men took them to the emergency room. Those poor doctors thought they were being invaded.

"That's all he wants?" Carlos cannot believe it.

"No, his mother deserves a spa day and he also wants to be invited to your basketball games on Sundays, Carlos." He scoffs.

"He is not a Rangeman, Babe." I just shake my head.

"He will do your investing if you invite him, Carlos. He already does mine."

"Fine, Babe. I will make up with Rashawn." I giggled.

"Good one. Write that down, Carlos. I have to go. Kiss the kids and tell them good job and that they should get ice cream for Ella and Hector, too. Do not take Zachary to the mats. Lula and I like that we still have guys looking at us after having kids. It's a woman thing. We will never cheat. I love you. Bye, Ricky." I hang up and finish my spa treatment. When Zachary comes, Lula and I hug him. Poor thing. I hate spiders, too.

Fifi POV

"How long do we have to sit in here, Fi?" I looked at Lizzie. She was a cool homie and she did not like pink or spandex like Auntie Lu. She was good for Drea and Mikey to play with.

"We are waiting until Papi stops breathing hard. He is probably calling Mami right now." Quan colors his picture. We were all coloring right now. The pictures were Alex's idea. My brother is so smart. I wait my turn for the red crayon.

"So, when do we get the ice cream, Fi?" I smile at Quan. He was so much fun on our missions.

"It will be after dinner. That is not the point, guys. We showed the Range guys that we can do an op like them. Now they will respect us more and be afraid. Plus Zach will get the rest of the day to go to the massage place like Mami and Auntie Lu." And he would stop looking at Mami like she is food. It is bad enough that Papi does it. They kiss all the time, but that leaves us more time to play.

"I feel bad that we made him cry." Poor Mikey. He was too nice. He has blue eyes and his hair is like Mami's. Drea has brown eyes and hair like mine. When we want to ask Mami for a favor, we push Mikey on her. He likes hugs the most.

"Mikey, would you rather we made him cry or Papi and Uncle Tank made him cry? They would break his arm or something." There, that should make him believe me. He was always the one who wanted to be nice and not use our BB guns. He was a good shot, too.

"You are right, Fi. You are the best big sister!" He smiles at me and looks like Mami. Nope.

"Mikey, you cannot have my cookies." He frowns, and Drea gives him one of hers. Good. They should stick together. The door knob shakes. I clear my throat.

Papi opens the door and comes inside with Uncle Tank. "Kids, I am glad you planned a successful op. I hope you had a backup plan." We nod. "It was bad that you made a grown man cry." Uncle Tank turns around and snorts.

"Kids, please let me know about any ops that happen here before you do them. This is a workplace and I cannot have people hurt." We nod again.

"I talked to Babe and Pookie and you can have ice cream after dinner. Nena said she is proud of you, too." We smile. Pookie? They are so funny. I wink at Drea.

"Thanks, Pedro, I mean, Papi." We all smile and nod at Papi. He sighs.

"Kids, how would you like to go to laser tag before dinner? Quan, Farad is coming as well." Wow. Mami must have told him to do this, but it is nice. They all look at me and I smile and nod, too.

"Thanks, Papi. We still want more puppies." He shakes his head.

"Sofia, you have two puppies." I know this. I love Padfoot and Moony. They could attack with the right words.

"Papi, there are four of us that live there. We should have a puppy each and since Lizzie and Quan are getting puppies, it is only fair. We cannot have half a puppy." I learned math from Hector.

"Fine, if Quan and Lizzie are getting puppies, I will take Mikey and Drea to the farm this weekend." I watch Drea and Mikey hug each other. I knew I could do it. They will have their puppies first, then Lizzie and Quan would get theirs. Heh heh. I tap Alex's hand. He speaks next.

"Thanks, Papi. We made you more pictures." We hand them over.

"Rafael, why are there men tied up or killed in these pictures?" I smile. This was a good idea. I tap Alex's hand again and he answers.

"Papi, please hang these up so your men know we are badass." Uncle Tanks turns around and laughs again. We are for real.

"Rafael, watch your language. Nice pictures. Go use the bathroom and meet me in my office with your backpacks, kids." We all leave the room and they give me high fives in the hall. Go us!

Ranger POV

"You know we ain't get a puppy yet for Lizzie, right, man?" I just nod and smile at the pictures. She is a little Jefaza. Rafael is still her partner in crime. They are so serious.

"Si, I know, but this will stop them from asking to learn about knives. I am not going back to a parent teacher meeting, Tank." He sighs.

"Man that was rough. It was just easier to agree to their demand." He slaps me on the back.

"So, date night tonight, huh?" Yup and Trey was babysitting. I hope they tied him up.

"Yes, and I am asking Babe to have another baby." Tank looks at me like I am stupid, and then checks outside the door.

"Man, you better ask the kids. If they say yes, then you ask Lula. If she says yes, then you ask Steph. Otherwise, you will turn blue or your hair will fall out, man. They are strict about their little crew. Last time, I thought they were going to hurt you. They said you made their Nena sick. They wanted to run away with her."

I smile at the memory. They said I had to give the babies back and no thank you. Then they asked for a pony each. They had tantrums for a whole week everywhere we went and they shot at me all the time that week, too. Fifi and Alex would ask people if they wanted a baby and would hand me phone numbers of the people I could give the babies to.

Once I told them they could have new members of their crew and they could help pick the names, Fifi, Alex and Quan stopped protesting the babies. Babe also told them she would still love them the same, so that probably decided it for them.

They are a handful and once Xavier and Zoe started walking, Sofia and Rafael spent more time with them. I love my kids. I am also glad that Raheem has to go through this but with adoption. The kids told him they want to interview Quan's new brother before he can say yes.

"Lula already said yes so congratulations. I will ask the kids at laser tag." I have a plan.

"Good luck and thanks for telling me the plan, man," I just smile and nod. I love my life and I look forward to it getting better.