Something Fishy

Robert Foxworth, James Swanson and I went to the morgue and looked at the skelatal remains of the two bodies that had been fished out of the water the day before....The M.E. confirmed what I had suspected all along...That these were the remains of a man and a woman...both about 36 or 37 years of age and both had been dead for close to two years....

I really didn't want to get involved, but out of curiosity, I searched through the case files of missing persons in the general area and came up with what looked like a match... Thelma Burrows, 37 and Carl Stackhouse, 35
both vanished in the summer of 2010.....Thelma Burrows was the wife of Millionaire socialite, Wayne Burrows, 37 and Carl Stackhouse , 35 was a swimming instructor and bodybuilder....Both vanished in and around the 4th of July weekend that year.  A missing persons report on Mrs. Burrows wasn't filed until August 14, 2010 by her husband, Wayne Burrows.  I found that odd...  Carl Stackhouse was reported missing by his female housemate, Rita Whitfield on July 6th 2010...From what I could see...Not much of an investigation was done on either person.

I looked up insurance records and I found that Thelma Burrows was insured for 2 million dollars...Which made this seem all but a done deal...until I thought...Her husband was already rich...what would 2 million be to him?

A further search of public records showed that he was already re-married to another younger woman, 27 year old Beverly Blossoms. He remarried in September 2010....Just two months after his wife went missing...
I told Robert of my findings....

'Damn Kev, you are good...You found out all of that stuff this quick? " said Robert.

"Yeah...What's amazing is , it was all kept very quietly...I need to talk to the Sheriff." I said.

"That's a waste of time...He's not worth a damn." said James Swanson.

"Still..it is his town, his investigation.." I said.

The three of us headed over to his office... Robert and James sat outside in James's car, while I walked in the office...

When I got to his office..the door was slightly cracked... The mayor's wife was on her knees..She had Dex's engorged penis in her mouth and her head was going back and forth....His eyes seemed to be rolling up in his head and he was moaning....

"AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...ummmmmmmmmph...ohhhhhhhhh babyyyyyyyyyy.....Awwwwwwwwww gezzzzzzzz...geeeeeeeeeez.....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

 " Mmmmmm Dexxxxx...MmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...ouuuuuuuuuu.." She moaned... Now he lifted her up and plunged into her as her head flug back and her hair just fell and he mounted her and began pumping her as hard as he could...

''OHHH GODDDDDDD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH baby...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." he screamed!


"OHHHHHH DEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...PLEASEEEEEEE..OHHHHHHHHHHHH..." she screamed!

"OHHHHH baby, I'm about to blowwwww my loaaadd!..ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" he moaned!


"OHHH GODD DEX...you're making me lose my mind.....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing...In the middle of the day..Not a deputy or detective anywhere in sight and this guy buck naked , with the Mayor's wife on her knees in his office...It was a wonder anything got done in this town of a law enforcement nature... I wonder how long he'd been screwing the Mayor's wife...I wondered if the Mayor of this small town had any idea...It wasn't important...I left.

''Hey that was fast." said James Swanson.

"Not fast enough ." I muttered in disgust.

"Yeah Kev ,what's up?" asked Robert.

"Aww he's no help." I said.

"I told you." said James Swanson..

"So where to now?" asked Robert.

"To the Mayor's office." I said.

II-

The Mayor's Office in this small town was in the same office the Post Office shared...Why was I not surprised?

Unlike Sherrif Dex.....Mayor Otis G. Redding was in his office and it was fully staffed and he was hard at work...Robert  and I walked in and  he smiled upon seeing us. James stayed outside in the car.

"Well Hello fellas...You are the two guys who found the bodies in the Marina yesterday aren't you?" he asked.

"Yes sir we are." said Robert Foxworth...."I'm an Attorney from Philadelphia....This here is my friend, Kevin Morris...He's a licensed Private Investigator...He's very good...We went to the morgue this morning...They are doing a DNA work up on the two skelatons....My friend Kevin here did some digging and this is what he found sir." said Robert.

"Well Mr. Mayor..I did a little checking and These two people match Thelma Burrows, 37 and Carl Stackhouse, 35 who both vanished in the summer of 2010.....Thelma Burrows was the wife of Millionaire socialite, Wayne Burrows, 37 and Carl Stackhouse , 35 was a swimming instructor and bodybuilder....Both vanished in and around the 4th of July weekend that year.  A missing persons report on Mrs. Burrows wasn't filed until August 14, 2010 by her husband, Wayne Burrows.  I found that  was kinda odd...  Carl Stackhouse was reported missing by his female housemate, Rita Whitfield on July 6th 2010...From what I could see...Not much of an investigation was done on either person." I said.

"THAT FIGURES" said the Mayor who didn't seem to be hearing all of this for the first time.

"I looked up insurance records and I found that Thelma Burrows was insured for 2 million dollars...Which made this seem all but a done deal...until I thought...Her husband was already rich...what would 2 million be to him? I did some checking and I found that a further search of public records showed that he was already re-married to another younger woman, 27 year old Beverly Blossoms. He remarried in September 2010....Just two months after his wife went missing.. I know it all could be a co-incidence, but it just looks fishy sir.Like he knew she wasn't coming back..ever!" I said.

The Mayor sat still for a moment then he said.-  "You found all of that out in just one morning?...That waste of time Sheriff I got couldn't find out a damn thing in two years...Yes...I knew Thelma Burrows and her husband Wayne Burrows...I remember when she went missing...I didn't know the other fella... Burrows told us that his wife  run off with another fellow,...I didn't know about the other fellow that went missing...but I know the girl he used to run with, uh ahhh Rita Whitfield....I can give you her address and phone number...She's still around town..I thought something was fishy from day one ,when Thelma went missing and how non-chalont Wayne acted... Did you know he auctioned off all of her stuff just two months after she vanished? ,I tried to get the State Police to look into it...Even the Justice Department, but I was un successful and that waste of time sherrif...ugh, don't get me started on him...He vanishes for hours at times...I think he's got some woman somewhere.  Then again...What woman would be dumb enough or desperate enough to fool with him? he said.

"Uh sir...Uhh shouldn't that be Sheriff Dex's job? I mean shouldn't he handle this?" I asked, Trying to change the subject...This poor man...If he only knew what I knew.

"Dex couldn't find a handle on a front door....I'd of fired him a long time ago...but my wife seems to think that I'm too hard on him....She and he are friends...they go back to high school or somethin or other..He played football...He's somewhat of a hero around here....She was a cheerleader...If it wasn't for her..I'd fire him.
I want you to investigate this...I'll pay both of you." he said.  "I'll call Dex and tell him to give you any assistance you need." said the Mayor.

Robert Foxworth and I looked at each other and smiled....We left the Mayor's office...


"Wow...We got a job." said Robert....

"What ?" asked James Swanson..

"The Mayor wants Kevin to head up the investigation  and for me to assist him." said Robert.

''Mannn ,Dex aint gonna like this." laughed James Swanson.

"He'll be too busy porking the mayor's wife to even notice." I smirked.

"Huh?, what?" said both Robert and James.

"Yesterday, while you guys were diving...I caught him and the mayors wife going at it in one of the locker rooms....I nearly walked in on them but I turned around before they saw me..Then today when I went up to talk to him..He had her in his office going at it again." I said.

'WHAT??? Does the Mayor know?" asked James

"No...If he did ...Dex wouldn't just be fired...He'd be dead." I said.

Robert busted out laughing , he slapped his sides laughing...

"Come on, let's go get the girls and get some brews." I said.

III-

Robert, Bonita, Sepia and I all  met in the little Marina Bar and Casino we had found the day before...We had  drinks and we told the girls about the days events....They especially laughed when I told them about Dex and the Mayor's wife and how much the mayor hates Dex and has no clue about what Dex and his wife are doing.

"You know Kev...James and I have another dive tomorrow..." said Robert.

"That's cool...I'm going to interview that Rita Whitfield person and look up some more county and state records... The M.E. has contacted the relatives of the two people I suspect that these bodies are and he's doing a DNA match up and he's looking at dental records...I'll talk to him tomorrow and see what he comes up with." I said.

"Is James going to be meeting us tonight?" asked Bonita.

"Yeah, why?" asked Robert, who wasn't as amused by their attraction to him as I was.

"No reason...just asking." said Bonita who gave my wife the side eye. Sepia just laughed and shook her head.

"Speak of the devil..here comes James now." I said as James walked over to where we were sitting with an attractive , light skinned Black woman...she had green eyes..Robert and  I both perked up.

"Hello guys....This is uh my fiance, Virgina Wells...Virginia, this is Robert Foxworth, The fellow I will be doing my dive with....and this is his wife, Bonita...His friend, Kevin Morris and his wife, Sepia." he said.

"Pleased to meet you." she said.

Both Sepia and Bonita looked like the sun had fallen out of the sky....I laughed and stomped my foot silently...They had no idea what I was laughing about...but Robert did and he looked at me and winked.


(To Be Continued...)