Carlotta was already dressed when I woke up and zipping up her over night bag...I walked over to her and put my arms around her waist and kissed her cheek...
She smiled at me....
"You know....I was thinking...We've been wasting a lot of time on semen." she said.
"Huh? What?" I said.
"I'm talking about the case silly....The drugs that killed her were more than likely stolen from that pharmecutical warehouse...If we get a road into that and who might have purchased those particular drugs...We got our suspect right there....And once in custody, we can get DNA..." she said.
''I love your mind...." I said hugging her.
"That's all?" she asked playfully.
"You know what else I love.." I said.
''Ummmm, I like it when your voice gets deep like that." she said.
''Now go brush your teeth ,so I can kiss you before I go." she said.
I hurriedly brushed my teeth and then washed my mouth out with Scope and then walked over to her...
We embraced and kissed by my door, extra long....I noticed that she wasn't trying to break my embrace..She allowed me to kiss her until I had had enough...
"Wow.." I said.
"That was nice..." she said. "Gotta go." she said.
"Good Luck" I said and waved as she walked out....
I just remembered...I had left my car at C.I.D.!!!!! I had no car...I was going to have to take public transportation to work....It was all good and certainly worth last night...It was a wonder I had the strength to get out of bed after the night we enjoyed.
II-
Juanita James's murder case had already gone cold to use the detectives jargon...It was two weeks old...
Detectives Carlotta Rodriguez and James "Jimmy' Barlow now turned their attention to a recent robbery of a Pharmecutical Warehouse.....just blocks from the Low End Theory Bar where person of interest Kenny Dennard tended bar.
The robbery had occurred one week to the day of the discovery of Juanita James's body. The thieves had been smart...They had disabled the alarm system and the main video camera....but Carlotta discovered that the warehouse had an auxillary video camera!!!!
She and Jimmy caught the two thieves robbing the warehouse on the camera.....The "Crime stoppers " video cam caught them getting into a car when they came out...Jimmy got a clean licensce plate number and in less than a day.... They had the two thieves, Moe Zakasis , 22 and Leo Connelly, 23 in custody....
Detective Tyriq Pile upon seeing them mused....
"I know these two cool cats....and I know who they work for...Top, Jimmy, good pull, Hold these cats....I'll be back with their boss." he said.
He returned with the ring leader....Leroy "Swinga" Taylor...... With his capture....Sissy called me and asked me to come and watch the interrogation.
"These three guys robbed that warehouse Duke was telling us about last week....Swinga is the ring leader, he sent those two guys in there." she said.
"Hopefully they can tell us if one of the buyers is our boy.." I said.
''Yes hopefully." she said.
Carlotta and Jimmy sat in the "fishbowl" with Tyriq and the three suspects..
"Pretty crowded in there huh?" I mused.
''Yeah." said Sissy...
"Okay you guys...here it is..." said Detective Tyriq Pile..." We got you dead to rights for that warehouse theft....Swinga....for you ,this is your third trip up the river and it could be a life sentence....You can help yourself out by telling me who your buyers were." said Tyriq.
Swinga didn't hesitate....
''I sold to this Russian guy... He runs a bar up in Little Norway...Boris "Baby" Balagula.." he said.
''That's who you stole the OXi-cotin for right?" asked Jimmy Barlow...
"Yeah man..." he said.
"But you stole more than just Oxi right?" said Carlotta.
"Oh yeah, yeah...There was one other buyer....A black guy...a bartender at the uh
Low end theory bar." said Moe Zakasis..
"Yeah, Yeah, Kenny, Kenny D. He paid us extra to steal Pancourium Bromide (muscle relaxer) and Potassium Chloride...( causes cardiac arrest)We stole 100 miligrams of each for him." said Leo Connelly.
"Yeah he paid top dollar for that stuff." said Swinga...
"How did you guys come in contact with him?" asked Carlotta.
"The Bar....We all drink at the Low End Theory....He said he needed muscle relaxers and the Potassium Chloride...We told him we were plannin to hit that Warehouse..And so back in February, he paid us....I don't know why he would need that stuff." said Swinga.
"Okay....if you'll agree to testify to that...I'll talk to ADA Wallace and get your sentences for the theft cut in half....Clean time and you guys will be back on the street in two to three years......Don't waste too much time thinking boys and especially you Swinga...it beats a life sentence any day." said Tyriq...
"You got that right." he said.
I looked at Sissy....
"We got Dennard...He purchased the lethal drugs off of these guys...we know he bought the panties and lingerie...." I said.
"Yes , but is that enough counselor?" asked Sissy...
"It's enough to indict.Also, call Lieutenant Eddie Cantrell of the Narcotics Division, tell him to pick up Boris "Baby" Balagula" I said.
Sissy smiled..."Looks like another good week."
Just then, Detective Edwin "Duke" Baylor walked in...
"Lou, Keith...I been following this guy for a week...I think he made me as a cop...He doesn't eat or drink anything out in public...Doesn't smoke or throw away butts....He knows I'm a cop...I got nothin.." he said.
"That's okay Duke...We got proof that he bought the lethal drugs used to kill Juanita James from the thieves who took down that warehouse you told us about." said Sissy.
"Top and Jimmy grabbed those guys?" he asked...
"Yeah, Tyriq too." she said.
"Chica!... It's your collar.... You and Jimmy go pick him up." said Sissy.
Carlotta smiled... "We 're on it Lou." she said and then smiled...
"Ohh..I'm Lou now? I thought you called me Boss Lady? " she joked...
"I just wanted to sound like one of the guys." she joked.
Carlotta looked at me....
"Coming with?" she said.
"Sure!" I said....
Sissy laughed....."You had to ask?"
Duke and Tyriq grinned.
"Ozzie and Harriet...." she said and shook her head...
III-
Carlotta and Jimmy and I entered the Low End Theory Bar....Only to be told that we had just missed Kenny...
"You guys just missed him...He left with one of your guys." said the Bartender..
"One of our guys?" said Jimmy.
"Yeah..She's a cop, a detective like you guys....Angie....She comes in here a lot..
She left with him a little while ago...Funny...He's tried to get her to go home with him so many times and she's damn near laughed at him...Lately she's been laughing and talking to him...even dancin with him....Go figure huh?" he said.
Carlotta looked at me...
"I don't like this.....Angie might be trying to set him up..Remember what she said a few days ago?" said Carlotta.
"We gotta find her...I'll go by Dennards place...You two go by Angie's house." said Jimmy Barlow..
"I'm calling Sissy." I said.
IV-
Carlotta and I met Sissy outside of Angie's house.... We were joined by Duke and Tyriq within minutes....and Jimmy soon after with Dr. Hunter.
"Heyy, this guy has serious drugs...We need somebody here that knows how to fight them if he uses them on her." said Jimmy.
Sissy allowed herself to smile...So did Carlotta...
Duke looked at me and went-
"Cat thinks of everything don't he?"
I smiled...
"Ang, I'm glad you at least let me come to your house....I've driven by here for years and wondered what it might look like inside." said Kenny.
"Years?...You've been stalking me?" she asked.
"Nah...Nahhh...I just ,you know, followed you home one night...to make sure you was safe." he said.
"Kenny,I'm a cop....I carry a Glock...I think I would be pretty safe." she said.
"Yeah, but you never know....You know?" he said.
"So.....You finally got to come inside my house." she said.
"I'd like to cum inside you now." he said.
"What? What did you say?" she said.
"Look Angie...You know what this is...We been drinkin, laughin, talkin...having a good time....Now you don't think I came over here to have coffee do you?" he said.
"That's what you told me at the bar." she said.
"Come onnnn,We are both adults...You know the deal." he said.
"No I don't..." she said.
"Look...You and me...We could have a good thing goin....You a cop, you got a good job, good pension and I'm bartendin for now...but I got plans to open my own club, my own joint....I got my degree from DeVry college last spring....Now the way I see it..You and me could get together and really have somethin good goin on." he said.
Angie laughed...
''You got it all figured out don't you?"
"Sounds good to me.." he said.
"I know it does...but I'm not attracted to you like that....I never have been ,so it would be wasting your time if I did agree to your terms and wasting mine too." she said.
''You could learn to be attracted to me." he said.
"I don't think so...
''What, I'm not good enough for you?....I'm not a suit and tie brotha like the one you had out here a couple of months ago that was damn near trying to rape you until you backed him off?" he snapped.
"You were out here then?" she asked.
"Yeah..I seen him....You guys were settin him up.....He in jail now..I know the whole deal..." he said.
"Wow, you really do care about me don't you? You were watchin out for me huh?" she said.
''Damn right..." he said and leaned over and kissed her. She pushed him away....He forced her down on the bed and immediately ran his hand up her dress...She removed his hands gently...and broke their embrace..But he unzippered his pants and slipped out of them and forced her down again and was grinding her into the bed....She finally gained her balance and pushed him off!!
''Slow down hero....Relax..It's not that kind of party. Put your pants back on." she said...but he was in his boxers and fully erect...his pants down to his ankles.. and was once again grinding on her and kissing her...
"Ohhhh Angie...you don't know how long I've waited for this....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." he moaned...
"Kenny please....Please, stop...get off of me.Put your pants on." she said.
''You got me started girl...don't stop this feelin...it was meant to happen, ohhhhhhhhhh.." he moaned.
"No it wasn't...get off of me." she screamed...fighting him as best she could..
''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh babyyyyyyyyyyy!" he moaned......
Suddenly she felt his body trembling violently and in panic, fought hard to get from under his weight.....She pushed him off of her, but it was.....too late.
''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Angie...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...Oh lawd
nooooo, ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." he moaned..
"Oh my God.NOOOOOOO!" she said in disgust and pushed away from him....Her Orange strapless mini dress and satin sheets were soaked.....Kenny was mortified!!!!!
"I'm so sorry Angie...That never happened before...I swear......Never....It's just that you are so sexy...You got me over excited....Just give me a few minutes and I'll be alright." he said.
"Uh Kenny,it's late...why don't you go home??....We can have this conversation some other time...ewwwww. Please, put your clothes on." she said.
"What? You aint never made a guy uh overly excited?/ I always thought you was a tease." he said, now visibly upset..."You girls walk around with your short tight skirts and smellin all good...A guy can only take so much." he said....
"Kenny, fix your clothes...Go home." she said.
"Nah.....I'm gonna fix you." he said and pulled latex gloves out of his pants pockets on the bed. ...
"It was you!!!...That's what you did to Juanita. You killed her didn't you?" she said.
"Juanita died peaceful...but you aint." he said as he put both of his hands around her neck....
She fought him mightily, she kneed him in his groin and then used her foot to do a sweep...
He fell to the ground...but she did too..He grabbed her and tried to strangle her again, but she broke his embrace and flipped him on his side...
They rolled around on the floor some more...
''God Angie...All this rolling around on the floor has gotten me all excited again."he said...
"Doesn't take much for you huh?" she said.
''Youse a sexy woman." he said still struggling.
''Under different circumstances...I'd take that as a compliment." she said as they rolled around on the floor.
Kenny was on top of her again...She flipped him over and tried to grab both of his arms...
''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Angie...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...Oh lawd
nooooo, ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." he moaned again..."Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" he moaned and sighed...
"OH MY GODDDD, What is wrong with you?" she screamed...
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry, you just got me all hyped up and excited....." he said as she flipped him over again...
The side and the front of her dress was now soaked....and there was a huge stain on her
carpet...
"Duke...hit the door." I yelled...We'd seen enough...
Detectives Edwin "Duke" Baylor and Tyriq Pile hit the door and knocked it off the hinges...Sissy and Carlotta and Jimmy and three uniformed policemen rushed in with guns drawn....
Angie had Kenny subdued by then.....On the floor with his arm behind his back.She was sitting on him...
Detective Tyriq Pile looked down at Kenny ,who had stopped squirming by then and had resigned himself to his fate...
"Damn man.....Not your night is it?" he remarked...
"Yeah, tell me about it. This never happened before." remarked Kenny......
"I certainly hope not....This get around and your date card would soon be very light." replied Tyriq..
Sissy ,Carlotta, Duke and Dr. Hunter heard part of the conversation and turned their heads to conceal their laughter.... I was kind of disgusted myself.... This guy obviously had self control problems for lack of a better way to put it.
"How did you guys know?" Angie said upon seeing us...
"We had a warrant for his arrest...We were looking for him when we found out you had left the bar with him." I said.
"Phew...I'm glad to see you guys just the same...Don't know how long I could have subdued him.." she said.
"Angie...We told you we'd get him....Why didn't you trust us?" asked Sissy..
"I'm sorry Sissy...I just wanted him to pay for what he did to Juanita....Only things got out of control a little." she sighed.
"OH MY GOD Angie...What were you planning to do?" asked Carlotta..
"I shudder to think...I'm just glad I didn't have to..." she said.
"Looks like he ruined a good dress."said Dr. Hunter.
"Oh My God!!!!...I really liked that dress too Hazel, Remember when you and I and Siss went shopping and I picked it out??....I'm never going to wear this dress again....You guys can keep it as evidence." she said.
Tyriq, Duke and I smiled at that remark and held our heads down...The situation was not funny and yet the three of us guys wanted to laugh.
"Yeah...There is enough semen on here and on my sheets to get that DNA sample if you want." said Angie..
Sissy put her arms around her.....
"You crazy lady....You didn't have to do this....But thank you anyway..." she said..
"Guys...Give Detective Belton some privacy...She's got to change her clothes." said Jimmy of all people. Angie looked at him with surprise...She smiled a little bit.
"Yeah and take a shower..Ewwwwwwwwwwwww." said Angie Belton..
''You gonna assist her in taking a shower junior?" asked Tyriq...
Jimmy blushed...
Tyriq, Duke and Carlotta busted up laughing....
Sissy and I gave Jimmy the serious side eye...
''You okay Angie, I mean Detective Belton?" asked Jimmy as he helped her up...
"Yes, thank you Detective Barlow." she said looking a little confused...
''Come on...We are all on a first name basis here...Call me Jimmy." He said.
"Uh...Okay." said Angie...She looked at Sissy...Sissy shrugged her shoulders.
''She never gave me a chance."muttered Kenny as Carlotta pulled him to his feet...
"Hey you! SHUT IT UP! You have a right to remain silent, if you choose not to, any and everything you say can and will be used against you...You have a right to an attorney, if you can't afford one, one will be provided to you...You feel me playa?" said Jimmy...
"Yeah,Yeah...I know the deal." said Kenny Dennard.
"Never heard a person Mirandized like that before." said Carlotta looking at Jimmy a little funny.
"Okay Detective Barlow...Good job...Now Let Dr. Hunter and I tend to Detective Belton." said Sissy..
"Okay Lou.."said Jimmy...
Sissy kind of smiled and looked at Jimmy kind of funny...So did everyone else.
Tyriq, Duke,Jimmy and I walked outside.... Carlotta handcuffed Kenny Dennard and assited the three uniformed officers in taking him outside.
"They never gave a good man a chance...They just want a suit and tie dude..with lots of money...Am I that disgusting? I had a job, A degree from DeVry..What do these broads want?" he muttered.
.
''I'll deny it Top." laughed Tyriq.
Duke and the three cops all cracked up laughing....
Jimmy and I stood on the curb watching the whole thing...
"Hey ADA Wallace..?" he asked me.
"What Jimmy?" I said.
"You think...You think Angie Belton would go out with me?" he asked.
"You? " I asked...
"Yeah...I've kind of had a thing for her ever since the Internal Affairs investigation..she's kind of sexy." he said.
"You're a little younger than her, man." I said.
"What's, two or three years man?" he said.
"Could be a lot....to some women......Why don't you wait awhile before you ask her out..She's been through a lot." I said.
"Yeah, I hear ya." he said as he walked away...
I smiled and shook my head....
Carlotta walked over to me...
"What are you smiling about?" she asked.
"Love and Attraction.....It's a funny thing..." I said.
"You always get so deep after these cases.." she said
"It's the nerd in me." I said.
"You're not a nerd." she said hugging me....A Patrol car had come and taken Kenny Dennard away.
"That's what you all think." I said.
"I wouldn't let a nerd go all the way with me, now would I? " said Carlotta with a wink..
''No...I guess you wouldn't." I said.
"Wanna go all the way with me tonight?" she asked , curling her lip in that sexy way she did....
"That would be nice." I said.
"I know it would." she said and winked at me...
I looked at her and smiled...
EPILOUGE:
Kenny Dennard was convicted of the Second Degree Murder of Juanita James and sentenced to 15 years to life....He left more than enough semen on Angie's dress and sheets for Dr.Hunter to get a positive DNA match...
Leroy "Swinga"Taylor, 23, Moe Zakasis , 22 and Leo Connelly, 23 got three years for the theft of the warehouse...They were all out of jail and back on the street within a year....
Boris "Baby" Balagula.." received a ten year sentence for possesion with intent to distribute illegal and controlled substances.
Detective Angie Belton stopped by Sissy's office a few weeks later...Carlotta, Jimmy and I just happened to be there also....
''I'm good... I just stopped by to thank all of you for solving Juanita's murder..." she said.
"That's what we do Angie...we're Murder Policia." said Carlotta.
Angie laughed..
"Nobody knows that better than I..." she said.
"You tryin to be funny Keith??...I'd like to forget this whole case...Ewwwwwww." she said.
"Yes, I second that." laughed Sissy...
Detective James Barlow walked over to Angie...
"Uh Detective Belton...Could I ask you something in uh private?" he asked..
...I shrugged my shoulders...
"Sure Detective Barlow.." she said...She looked at Sissy,Carlotta and me..
We all had puzzled looks on our faces...Only I really knew what he was going to ask her...
He took her over to the corner and said-
"Hey, I uh know of a nice little spot that serves great seafood...and has good wine and this weekend...They got a great band playing there....I happen to know that you like this band too and that Talapia is your favorite seafood.....Would you mind being my guest?" he asked.
"You askin me out on a date Jimmy?" she said loud enough for us to hear...
Sissy's mouth dropped...So did Carlotta's... I smiled sheepishly..
"Yeah ,I guess it is a bad idea....I mean, you've been through a lot and I am kind of younger than you and out of my league." he said.
"Not to mention white." she said, laughing....
"Yeah that too." he said.
"Sure I'll go." she said.
He looked stunned...
"Huh? What?" he said.
"Why not? You're kind of cute....You have a steady job...You aint in jail and you haven't raped or killed anybody...I could do worse." she said.
"So we are going out this weekend ???..You're not joshing me right?" he said.
"Yes!!!..I said I'd go...By the way...How old are you? You can drink legally can't you?" she joked.
"You got jokes huh?" he said and whispered in her ear his age.
"You're three years younger than me Jimmy." she said.
"Uh two to be more accurate....That a problem?" he asked.
"I won't tell if you won't." she said....
"YESSSSSSSSSSS!" he said and did the cabbage patch...
''Wow...It's not often a guy reacts like that to me." said Angie.
Sissy looked at me and said-
"Wow , he did that almost as good as Duke."
I laughed like a cheshire cat...
Carlotta walked over to me...
"You knew didn't you? You knew and you didn't tell your girls." she said.
"Yeah" said Sissy..
''A guy has to keep some things to himself." I said.
"Yeah and in the case of Kenny Dennard, more than most." said Sissy.
Carlotta and I both looked at Sissy and went-
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW." in unison.
FOR L.-
