Sensitive Considerations

Now comes the part of the case where I bring in my guys....Because of what Sepia told me about the situation between Rollie Rollerson and his fiance...I couldn't risk tipping either of their hands...It was a very sensitive matter...Rollie Rollerson, one of the area's wealthiest and most influential African-Americans was on the board of directors of the very magazine I ran and was employed by....He was also a serial lech of the first rate....Still, he was somewhat of a friend of mine...

Lockpick Johnson and Peeping Tom were able to get inside his house and wire it for video and sound in a relative record time...Owen Todd placed GPS tracking devices on both of their vehicles....and kept an eye on their comings and goings...

Sean Jackson with help from Clerow followed his fiance, Portia Collins around town and listened to her phone conversations and snapped photos of her daily until they hit paydirt...They saw her making a payment to the mysterious Marlie Phillips or Jennifer West or Kim Johnson..Whatever her real name was..She was going by Paula Prentis at this time. I told them to follow her and find out where she laid her head.

Turns out, she was staying at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Philadelphia...under the name...Jocelyn Rivers... This chick was as cool as they came.  I was able to rent a room , right across the hall from her!!
I used Sepia as a ruse... We bought a room under the name...Mr and Mrs. Frank Sullivan.. We pretended to be a honeymooning couple.

From this room, I was able to listen and watch all of her movemants...She had only two visitors...One was Elmer Lawson....Her assistant.  Him, I had checked out....He unlike her was indeed a licensed private investigator...He had  been a cop at one time....Had fallen on some hard times...Drinking, drugs, divorce and was now helping her set her pigeons up... The other person was someone I didn't know...Someone referred to as "Calvin..." a tall , slight brown skinned man who drove a nice car and dressed very well..My guess was he was a playa.

"Heyyy Paula...I brought you some good weed baby."


"Calvin!!! What are you doing here?  I'm working a case." she said.


"I missed you baby...I just...just needed to be with you." he said.


"Calvin...you've got to stop this....I told you that I'm not attracted to you in that way." she said.


"What is it baby?? Am I too thin? I'll lift weights...I'll eat more....I'm buying new clothes...a whole new wardrobe...and I got a new car....Come on baby." he pleaded.


"You know...I should have never slept with you....You just don't get it...You were just a job..I was doing my job then...I don't love you...I never will...Now you've got to stop following me around." she said.


"It's another guy isn't it?  Just like the last two." he said.


"What are you talking about? What last two?" she said.


"I saw you kissin that one guy...and then a few months later you was loved up with that old dude...Why can't you do that with me again?" he said.


''Calvin...I can't have this conversation with you....I'm busy right now."she said.


"Well can I at least have a kiss?" he asked.


"Ohhhhh...come here..thanks for the weed." she said and she kissed him on the cheek, but he grabbed her and kissed her fully in the lips...

"Ummmmmmm..." he moaned.


She  broke his embrace....


''Okay Calvin...good bye." she said.


Calvin Left...Then I saw Elmer Lawson appear...He had been hiding in the back...


"That cat is gonna be trouble..." he said.


"He's harmless." she said.


"How does he keep finding out where we are?" said Elmer.


"He's stalking me obviously...but look...I'm supposed to set Rollerson up tonight....This is a big fish..She paid us 50G's upfront..." she said.


"After we pluck this pigeon....Let me pluck Calvin." he said.


"Sure, whatever....I'll miss him...He supplies me with some good weed." she said.

II-

"Kool Kat, why did you bring a white Escalade?" I asked as we sat in front of the hotel.....

"My black one is in the shop Kev!" he explained...

Cindy Waters sat in the backseat with Peeping Tom....Through the rear view mirror...I could see her smile...It was the first time she had smiled about anything in a long time...

Rollie Rollerson was like clock work..He showed up... Had the valet take his car...He was wearing dark trousers, a black polo shirt and dark shades....Within minutes...Marlie Phillips  who was now Paula Prentis
showed up too!

"Ohh Rollie...you smell great...ouuuuuu you are turning me on." she said.

He pulled her to him and kissed her passionately....she felt his pants ...Her eyes lit up!

"OHHH MY Good ness...you're a stallion amongst ponies Mister Rollerson...ouuuuuuu." she cooed..

"Heh heh heh.." he laughed...

"Let's go up to the room.." he said.


Clerow and Owen Todd walked over to our car with one, Elmer Lawson...Clerow had his .45 in his back and had that toothy grin of his and Owen had his camera....a very nice camera....

I looked at Elmer and smiled...

"Nice Camera" I said and took the sim card out.. "You can get another one...but you're not going to use this one." I said.

"Who are you guys?" he asked.

"Questions aren't your concern right now ." I said.

"Clerow, Owen...call the police... Kools and I have business inside that hotel." I said.

I knew the room they were using...

Rollie had his clothes off...he was dressed only in speedos and Marlie or whoever was dressed only in black bikini panties and a black bra....They were kissing passionately when Kool Kat took the hinges off of the door and Peeping Tom and I walked in....

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" he exclaimed angrily!

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." she screamed...

"Mr. Rollerson...you'll thank me for this...You were being set up." I said.

"Set up?" he said.

Peeping Tom used a machine called a sweeper...He found and uncovered microphones and micro-cameras,hidden all over the room...He pulled them out.....

"This here is Paula Prentis, better known as Marlie Phillips, also known as Kim Johnson, Yvette Jackson and really known as Jennifer West, ex-prostitute, check forger, fake private investigator, grifter and murderer." I said.

Jennifer West looked at me with surprise....

''Heyyy hold up...I aint killed nobody...what are you talkin about?" she said as Kool Kat grabbed her.

Rollie Rollerson sat down on the bed...

"Ohhh my god...Ohhh lord." he said.

"It's okay....We got the camera....and we got all of the devices...This will never be made public." I said.

"Who are you?" asked Jennifer..

"Who I am is not important...What is important is that you pay back the pastor's wife and my client...who you rolled...." I said.

Just then Sissy Van Buren and  two uniformed policemen walked into the room...

"Still can't keep it in your pants Rollie?" she said with a smirk as they handcuffed Jennifer and Elmer....

Cindy Waters also walked into the room...She looked at Jennifer and just shook her head...

Jennifer looked at me...She was pleading....

"Look..Look...Okay...Okay...I'm a grifter....I admit it...but I haven't killed anybody...I swear..." she said.

''A jury will decide that Missy." said Sissy Van Buren as the police hauled them off.. She looked at me-

"Good Work Kevin...I sure wish you'd take me up on my offer to become a detective." she said and winked as she and the cops walked away with Jennifer and Elmer..

Rollie got dressed quickly...He was visibly shaken...

"Oh God...Oh God...Oh God...This can't get out..I'll be ruined." he said.

I patted him on the back...

"It won't get out...There is no physical proof...Just go home and don't say a word about what happened tonight." I said.

"Thank you Kevin...Thank you...I owe you...once again." he said as he rushed out the door.

Kool Kat smiled as he headed towards the Escalade with Peeping Tom, Lockpick Johnson, Owen Todd and Clerow...

Cindy Waters looked at me and smiled...

"Thank you Kevin...Once again you were right on point." she said.

"Yeah...at least about one thing..." I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Jennifer West and Elmer are grifters...They con people..They don't kill people....There would have been no need for them to kill anybody...No...I believe her...Somebody else is killing these guys..." I said.

(Conclusion Next)