Turnabout!

"Awww Lawd.....Awwww Lawd....I- I can't believe she would do this to me." cried Robert Woodcock...



Sepia, Barbara Cokeley and I sat in the parlor of his home and explained the sordid details of just what his wife Nicolette had been doing behind his back. I felt bad for the man..A hard working man...an honest man...a well meaning man who was in over his head and wayyy out of his league.



"I gave her everything she ever asked for...including good lovin...You heard her yourself Miz Sepia...I know you did when I'd have her up there in the bed in the afternoons...You can't fake that." he said.



Actually, you could...but I wasn't going to argue with him at a time like this....Judging from what I heard on the tapes...Either he was screwing her brains out or she was an actress worthy of an academy award....



''And the baby...our little girl......she aint mine?" he asked as he buried his face in his hands..



"Well biologically she's my late husband's child....but you've been raising her...she's your baby." said Barbara Cokeley.



He looked at her and she looked at him with so much empathy and understanding...



I looked at Sepia and Barbara and I said-



"Come on....let's go.....that's enough for today."



"It's alright....I'll be okay...Ms Sepia..I'm sorry about your cousin's death...Uh I believe he was your husband Mrs. Cokeley? " said Robert Woodcock.



"Soon to be ex....Don't worry about him....." said Barbara.



"Uh Kevin...Sepia....You two go ahead...My car is outside...I- I-I uh , am going to stay here and talk to Mr. Woodcock a little bit..." said Barbara.



This raised my eyebrows a little....but I thought nothing of it. Sepia and I sat in my car for a minute before we pulled off.



"Kevin, you think he knows where his wife is?" she asked me.



"Sure do....and he's either going to tell us or we are going to follow him there.....Mark my words..she's going to run out of money...she's going to try and call him, contact him and when she does...We got her." I said.



"Hey ,is that place still wired?" asked Sepia.



"Yeah..why?" I asked.



"Ohh, I'm just curious as to what Barbara may be talking to him about." said Sepia.



I was curious too, so I clicked on the feed in my car-



"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh baby...I couldn't wait........I've needed this soooo longgggg..."



"Ohhhhh daddy lay that pipe...lay that pipe....ouuuuuuuuuuu..."



"Mmmmmmmmuahh......ohhhhhhhh.."



"Ohhhhh baby....give me more......."



"Darling...ohhhhhhhhhhhh..."



Sepia couldn't believe her ears....Neither could I....Barbara and Robert Woodcock? Lovers?? When did this begin? How long had it been going on??



Hours later...Barbara Cokeley drove up to her house...Her hair was out of joint...She had sweated
out her beautiful perm....Just as she was about to pull out her key to open her door....



"So Barb...Were you ever going to tell us?" I said.



She was astounded....Then she grimaced...She turned and my wife, Sepia was staring daggers at her...



"It's not nice to eavesdrop.......I found out about my husband cheating on me soon after the baby was born....and I told Bobby about it....This was a year ago...We cried together, comforted each other and one thing led to another and pretty soon we wound up in each other's bed...We've been seeing each other for close to a year now." she said non-chalantly.



"So that was a little act in there..He knew about Nestor and all the others." said Sepia.



"No..No...Just Nestor....I didn't know about Adam or the guy on the motorcycle until you and Kevin got involved...I never thought she'd have people killed...I swear...I swear ,I'm telling the truth." said Barbara.



"Do you know where she is?" I said.



"Bobby and I have an idea......She looted his wall safe and he has a little time share on this island off the coast of Puerto Rico...She's probably holed up there...." she said.



"You got an address?" I said.



"No but I can get it from Bobby." she said. "Sepia..don't judge me...Nestor was cheating on me..had a baby outside our marriage...so turnabout was fair play...Mr. Woodcock and I were just friends...two lonely friends with benefits, that's all."



"Whatever you say Barb...whatever gets you through the night." said Sepia...I just chuckled to myself.



Some days later...Sepia and I and six U.S. Coast guard men walked on the little island....Nicolette
wasn't hard to find...She was in a small bar on the beach...A smooth guy was buying her drinks and talking to her...



"Hey Foxy mama...what has a brother like me, gotta do in order to go home with you..."he laughed.



"I'd say you thank the lady for her time.....She's got an appointment in Philadelphia with a judge." I said.



"Who the hell are you? Sepia?? What are you doing here?" said a startled Nicolette...



"That's my husband....These are the Coast Guard....and Nestor Cokeley was my cousin....Morris is my married name....My birth name is JoAnne Sepia Cokeley." she said with pride as The Coast
Guard men placed handcuffs on Nicollette and led her off to the ship that would take her back to the mainland and justice...



I just chuckled...Much like Clerow would have if he had been here.



"Well my dear...You just cracked your first case." I said with a broad proud smile...



"Yeah, I did, Didn't I?" said Sepia...



"And since we both still have a few days before we go back to work..Why don't we just use Mr. Woodcock's timeshare?" I said.



"That sounds like a plan" laughed Sepia...



"I'm sure there is a store in town where we can get some food and some toiletries..." I said.



"I was thinking we have all we need, if you get my drift." said Sepia with a seductive smile.



"Yeah..heh heh heh....I was thinking the same thing." I laughed , as we held hands and walked toward the timeshare!