Chapters 7 & 8 Summary

Mitchell and Habib follow Stephanie to the office where she leaves Bob for an hour while she runs some errands. Stopping first at the dealer's house to check on his liquidation of stolen property, then continuing downtown to visit Cynthia Lotte at her ex-husband's office. Stephanie attempts to get information from Lotte regarding the Ramos family, but Cynthia is as rude to Stephanie as ever and drives Stephanie away in embarrassment. Stephanie stops at Radio Shack to buy an alarm for her door to catch Ranger entering in the middle of the night, then returns to the office with chicken nuggets for lunch. Stephanie checks to see if there is any information on file regarding Lotte, and complains about her life, from the large pimple on her chin to the men following her. Those at the office decide to fill a large bag...