Needle in a Haystack

Big Nasty and I went from door to door in that neighborhood , asking people if they had seen any activity at Laura's house across the street. A lot of people refused to answer their doors...some that did answer their door were suspicious of the two of us and said that they didn't see anything...Oh but the two or three people who were willing to talk...(There always is someone willing to talk .) gave us the information we needed. One thing was, about an hour before we arrived at the house.. two men were seen escorting Laura out of the house and into their car! I asked them about seeing another man, Cock Robbins at the scene...Nobody recalled seeing him. I asked them about the car at the corner. They told me that they first saw the car on or around Monday afternoon and that the woman across the street-Laura had been driving it all week long.
Meaning she was the woman who the gas station owner had seen!!! Something didn't fit in all of this..I was beginning to have a real bad feeling about what was going down.

The first mystery solved itself... The whereabouts of Cock Robbins. A Silver Nissann Z, two seater pulled up in front of Laura's house...In it was Cock Robbins and yet another beautiful Black woman in a tight black mini skirt.. I had to hand it to Cock, he had great tastes in women.

"What are you doing here Cock?" I asked.

"Oh hey Kevin, I meant to call ya bruh....
Laura put me out, the day after you left..
I was coming here to get my stuff...Oh...
the manners on me..This hear is mah new
baby...Cinnamon....This her car..aint it a beaut?
I'm staying with her up in Chestnut Hill until uh
The Eagles or the Giants call me for tryouts.."
He laughed..

"Cock....Laura's not here, she's been kidnapped."
I said.

"Yeah?? " he asked, not really caring.

"Damn ,that's a shame, well uh look here,
I hope you find her Kev...if anybody can,
it's you...but uh look brother..I'm on the
clock..I'm gon go in here, grab my clothes
and get on up out of here...take it easy
greasy and uh, say hi to Sepia for me."
He laughed as he went into the house.

I couldn't be mad at Cock...He was who he was... I took "Big Nasty" home... There was nothing
more to be done here, I could see. I told her that I would keep in touch with her if I found out anything..Then I headed home.

That night I made love to Sepia as if my life depended on it...it was hard, rough, hair pulling rough...

"Ouuuu, Kevin, you've never been like that with me before...
whewwwww, that was different.." she said...

We both were sweating....I lie in bed next to her, but I was a million miles away...This man had
just dropped out of sight and now his girlfriend was missing too....but certain things didn't add
up...Finding him was going to be like finding a needle in a haystack...Her too.

I leaned over and gave Sepia , a long and passionate kiss......she stared at me...she patted my arm gently-

"I know you're really feelin me an all
right now...but I'm not gonna write about us
in my blog...not right now..it's too personal."

She looked at me as if waiting for some big reaction...I stared at her and then we both busted out
in huge guffaws of laughter...I needed that.

"Hey bay...listen...could we switch cars
tomorrow? I'm going to work for a couple
of hours ...then I gotta be somewhere ,somewhere
where my car can't be noticed." I asked.

"Oh-Okay...you aint steppin out on me
are ya?" she asked playfully.

"Never that..." I laughed.

The next day after work..I drove to Josie's Bar...Every neighborhood has a bar and in that bar there is always one person or persons who knows more than they openly say..That person was Gus ,the bartender at Josie's...I was going to pay him a visit.

"Ho...drinkin alone this afternoon huh?" he laughed.

'Very Funny Gus...Those girls you saw me with
was business." I laughed.

"Oh I know it was...monkey business." He laughed.

"So, listen...you know the producer, the Rap guy
Zeke the Freak right?"

"Yup, I know him...that was his wife you was in
here with the other day and his girlfriend you
was in here with the day fo that...you aint got
to worry bout him though...he aint long for
this world...all the people he owe money to."
said Gus.

"Oh I'm not worried about him..those ladies
are lookin for him..
listen...do you know who might really be looking
for him..somebody who might try to get a little
rough...like with someone close to him?"I asked

"Yeah...I know someone like that..it's the reason
he hidin....Jake Diamond...He's into Jake for 6G's."
said Gus.

"So where would I find Jake?" I asked..

'Kevin, you crazy..you don't want to fool
with him...less you got a death wish.."
said Gus.

"Give me an address Gus..I'll take it
from there." I said.

Maybe I didn't have a clue as to where Zeke the Freak was...but I think I knew where Laura
Valley was...and I was determined to find somebody today!!!

(To Be Continued.........)