"You sure he's coming?" asked Robert Foxworth as we stood on the pier on this amazing morning...
"Relax...He said he'd be here." I said.
It was raining something fierce this morning...and yet the sun was blazing...I had never seen anything like this in my life...Attorney Robert Foxworth and I stood on the pier near the Marina in the rain waiting for Lee Spann, a private investigator I had met during another case , who I had called in from Philadelphia to do a special job for me....
About a half hour passed and then we saw a figure walking down the boardwalk as though it wasn't raining... Lee Spann was white, about my height and weight and the same age as me...He was a bit unorthodox and happy go lucky, yet very good at what he did...Because he was white, he could fit in around here un-noticed..something that Robert and I couldn't do.
"Kevin..We meet once again." he said. I had briefed him thoroughly on the entire case about 48 hours ago...including giving him addresses and phone numbers and faxing him photographs of Wayne Burrows, Beverly Blossoms-Burrows and Sheriff Vernon Dexter or "Dex" as he was known around here...
"Lee...You know Attorney, Robert Foxworth don't you?" I said.
"No ,I don't believe I do....Pleased to meet you sir." he said. Robert looked at him nonchalantly and smiled and nodded without saying anything..
"So spill it Lee, everything in place?" I asked.
"Piece of cake Kevin... I went up to Burrows place.....I had on a suit and I passed myself off as a life insurance agent...She let me in, offered me tea and I practically charmed the panties off of her...I mean uh...literally, if ya know what I mean and I know you do...Man, she's got huge breasts...She's blossoming alright....I placed micro-video and audio devices all over the spot...In the phone, the bedroom , all over the joint...it was too easy." he said.
''What about Sheriff Dexter?" I asked..
"He was even easier...He was bangin some broad in his office...While he was there..I uh broke into his house." said Lee...
"I'm not hearing this.." said Robert Foxworth...
We ignored him....
"His entire house is wired like an old school christmas tree Kev..This was too easy." he said.
''What about the office?" I asked.
"He and the broad left the office and they drove out to the Marina....I doubled back and hit his office too....Where are the deputies around here?? Wasn't a deputy or a clerk anywhere in sight...This was too easy man..so easy ..it kinda worried me." he said.
I patted him on the back...
"It's all good.. You set up?" I said.
"Yeah...I'm in the same motel you guys are staying at...I'm upstairs from you...He's an extra key." he said and tossed it to me.
"An extra key?" I said.
"Yeah...Case you need to use the electronic surviellance equipment and I aint around...I uh took the liberty of having that key duplicated , a town over." He laughed...
"Hey man look...These guys seem like yokels...but Burrows is very dangerous...He's got people all over town watching and he's very connected...don't make any waves..If I was was you ,I'd keep a low profile." I said.
"Okay Kev...Right now...I need a low profile meal and a couple of drinks..." he laughed..
I peeled off a couple of twenties and passed them to him...
"For your pain and trouble." I laughed...He laughed too , shook his head and walked off.
Robert looked at me....
"Can we trust that guy?" he asked.
"He's okay." I said.
"Let's go back to the rooms..I miss my wife." he chuckled...
"Yeah...Me too!" I laughed as we walked back towards the motel.
II-
Back in the room, Sepia was sound asleep...So was Bonita....Robert stopped by my room and we pored over some more files... The Mayor had given us free reign to look over all the public files...More co-operation than I sometimes get in Philly.
I looked up one Vernon Dexter.... He was at least five years younger than I...Like my wife, Sepia..He had been a State champion swimmer and diver...He had also played Football in High School here...He had been a big time Football hero....Had graduated, done a stint in the Navy and had come home and joined the Police force...
"Dex:" as he was known here had been married once, for three years and divorced...No children...He had run for Sherrif in a campaign that had been financed by a dummy company...a company I found was actually owned by Wayne Burrows...
The past few days I had actually asked around about "Ole Dex" and "Mr. Burrows." and had found out some interesting things...He was Mr. Burrows right hand man...His good friend...in High School and clearly now...
Burrows hadn't always been wealthy....He had married a woman named Agatha Clearwater...A woman ten years his senior...She was very wealthy and had him in her will.....She died suddenly of a stroke and Poor Wayne Burrows was now the wealthiest man in the county...Her family had fought tooth and nail to keep him from that money, but he won out in the end...He then married Thelma Reilly , a pretty and buxom blond ex-cheerleader and model....The marriage was rocky...Thelma's folks...The ones who would talk to me..said that Wayne was very jealous and possessive..and not very good in bed, according to one...And then he met former Porn star, Beverly Blossoms , who had moved back to this quaint little town and he fell head over heels over her..had to have her...Only one problem...His wife wouldn't divorce him....To make matters worse.. She was having a steamy affair herself with Black Scuba diver, Carl Stackhouse.. I could see right then and there that she had to go...
"Kev...look at this." said Robert Foxworth as I pored through files..
"What?" I said.
"The Weekend of July 4th 2010....Wayne Burrows wasn't here...He was in San Deigo...He was at a convention of some type...But according to these phone records...He made 27 calls to Vernon Dexter....on the 3rd and 17 calls to Dex on the 4th....On the 5th, Dex called him from the Sherrif's office...AT midnight!
Then there are no more calls.." he said.
"Wow..Interesting." I said.
"Look at this...In September, $50,000.00 dollars was wired into Dex's bank account...and at the end of the month....another $50,000.00....and every three months since then up until around New Years..the same amount....and it's from a private account in the Cayman Islands..." said Robert.
"How careful is Wayne Burrows?" I mused..
"Not that careful...they're his accounts..His name is on em." laughed Robert Foxworth...
"Incredible...We got motive and opportunity..but no killer." I said.
"Nah,look at this...a Gun permit for a .22 caliber pistol for guess who?" asked Robert with a sly grin...
''Vernon Dexter??" I asked.
"Yup...He bought the pistol on June 21, 2010...Here's the receipt from Sully's Gunshop..."he said.
"Okay..give me that...I'm going to take a ride over to the M.E.'s office..See if the numbers on this permit matches that gun over there." I said.
"Good deal...I'm going back to my room to take a nap." he said.
III-
I showed Dr. Norton the gun permit and he pulled the gun out that Robert and James had retrieved from out of the water...
Though the gun had been underwater for two years...the numbers had not been filed off..It was a complete match!!! The phone calls, The gun permit...the gun itself...and the money in the bank account !This was enough to swear out a warrant for Dex's arrest for murder....and possibly Wayne Burrows too!
I thanked Dr. Norton and started out for my rental car...
I was about to open the door when I saw Dex!!!! I smiled-
''Well...If it isn't Sheriff Dexter...You come up out of Mrs. Redding's panties long enough to do some work huh?" I cracked.
"You know boy, you got a smart ass mouth ." He said.
"Yeah , people have told me that." I said.
" I hear you been around town askin all kinds of questions." he said,
"In case you haven't heard...The Mayor appointed me Special Investigator on these murders." I said.
"Yeah...Well I'm unappointing you and I want you and your lawyer friend and your wives to pack up and go home by noon tomorrow." he said.
"Really...I wonder what the Mayor has to say about that?" I said.
"He aint got a damn thing to say about nothing....He's uh out of town on business and uh..I'm the law in town." he said.
"Is that right?" I said.
"Yeah that's right...Now get out of town by noon tomorrow...Don't worry about these murders..I'll handle the investigation." he said.
"Like you handled it two years ago?" I asked.
He cocked his pistol, but stopped short of aiming it at me...
"You know....Newsy people sometimes slip out here on the pier...fall in the water...That undertow is pretty strong...they often wind up in the bottom of the bay." he laughed.
"Is that what happened to Thelma and Carl? Did they slip and fall in the water?" I asked.
"They might have...I don't know." he smirked.
"They put themselves in bodybags too and shot themselves in the head?" I said.
''Don't know..stranger things have happened.......When people know something that they really shouldn't oughta." he said.
"Yeah?" I asked,mocking him..
"Yeah...now do like I say and be out of here tomorrow." he said.
I said nothing...
"It'll be good for your health." He said and he walked away.
IV-
"Yo Hello." said Dex.
"You bumbling idiot...YOU'RE INCREDIBLE...YOU KNOW THAT?" screamed Wayne Burrows.
'Heyy What did I do?" he asked.
"You big dummy...I just got back in town today and I find out that they found those bodies...I thought you told me that nobody would ever find em?" he said.
"Boss, I weighted em down...I dove all the way down to one of the caves and I weighted em down there...I guess the tarp on the body bags tore and they floated out a bit." said Dex..
"You big dummy..And now the Mayor has two Black dudes from out of town, an Attorney and a Private Investigator nosing around, asking questions..Questions about me." he said.
"Relax...I got it handled....I told em to get out of town." said Dex.
"Dex..you couldn't find a handle on your front door...You think that's going to make them leave?? Just cause you said so??They got the Mayor's backing..." he said.
"Oh the Mayor can't help them...I took care of that." said Dex.
"You killed the Mayor?" he asked.
"Nah...I had two of the boys grab him.....They blindfolded him and they're holding him outside of town in our spot...you know , the safehouse...I'm runnin the town." laughed Dex.
"YOU ARE STUPIDER THAN I CAN IMAGINE...YOU KIDNAPPED THE MAYOR??? YOU STUPID BASTARD!!!" screamed Wayne Burrows.
"Well what do you want me to do?? " screamed Dex..
"Don't do nothin....I'll handle this....I've called in some out of town talent to handle our uh negro problem...As for you..Tell your guys to cut the mayor loose and take him back ....Don't do nothin..Go bang the mayor's wife...something you're good at." screamed Wayne Burrows.
Click!
Robert looked at me and smiled....
"Game set match..we got em..We got both of em." he said.
I wasn't smiling.....
Lee Spann looked at me gravely...
"They put a contract out on you Kevin." he said.
(Conclusion Next)
2 comments:
Awww suki suki!
I was wondering where Burrows was all this time... Things are really about to come to a head.
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