The Quiet War

The next day....Big Nasty , Eddie , Andrew, Chess, Donald Smooth, Chris Thompson, Owen Todd , Clerow and Kool Kat walked into a store front, pistol whipped three of the bodyguards inside and brought the book keeper out  and tossed him into the back of their van and pulled off...I don't normally agree with that method, but this time I was willing to make an exception.It was important that I not be present for these activities...

I was still being tailed by one of his men and I didn't want him to tip Traine off.. He followed me to Mabel Jenkins's Soul food Joint where I had breakfast and to my home and finally to Josies...where I slipped out the back exit and Gus pulled his .45 out and subdued him before he could follow....Gus and I tied him up and gagged him and releived him of his smartphone, his gun and a pair of brass knuckles. A real sweetheart!.. My guys stopped by and tossed him in the back of the van also.

 They visited three more of Mike Traine's joints and did the same, leaaving with boxes of records which they took to our van, where Peeping Tom and Sean Jackson photocopied and xeroxed everything....Then they put a "CLOSED" sign on all of the doors.

They took the book keeper and Traine's goon to a downtown office where they beat up and "escorted " the entire staff of the office  with three more boxes of records...With them was an accountant... Peeping Tom and Sean Jackson photocopied and xeroxed the contents of these records and files also. Big Nasty locked the door and had the administrative assistants put a "Closed for the day" message on their phones...

They delivered boxes of records and books to the law offices of Robert Foxworth....Robert, Cole ,Chance and several of their assistants pored through the boxes of records and books and looked at me in shock!!

''Oh My God Kevin... You've got evidence goin to bed here, Evidence that could put a whole lot of folks in prison for a long stay..You've got blackmail, outright extortion of businesses and payoffs to some very important people in city government for all kinds of things..all of it illegal...How did you get this?'' he asked.

"Counselor, you don't even wanna know...just box it and mail it to ADA Keith Wallace
and Lt. Sissy Van Buren..I had Sean Jackson and Peeping Tom make copies of everything...We are going to return the originals...and all of those employees have been told (at gunpoint ) not to return to those offices." I said.

''Man, talk about bending the law." he laughed.

"Yeah ,talk about it." I said and left...

We delivered the goon, who was wanted on outstanding assault charges ,the accountant and the book keeper to Lt. Sissy Van Buren's office...Where Sissy and Detectives,Carlotta Rodriguez and Jimmy Barlow were more than happy to handcuff  them and take them into custody.

On the streets,The quiet war continued.. Chris Thompson, Chess, Owen Todd, Donald Smooth, Big Nasty, Eddie,Albert ,Clerow and Kool Kat rousted everybody known to associate with and or have some dealings with Mike Traine...and told them at either gunpoint or a severe beating, (some times both) to either leave town now or make themselves scarce....They were told if it was thought that they made contact with Mike Traine there would be dire circumstances...They got the message and made themselves scarce...Chris Thompson and Kool Kat, though no longer gangsters still had tough street reps and few people wanted to get on their wrong sides....As a result...The bus stations, train station and airport was full of people who decided that today was a nice day to visit elsewhere!! Included in that group was Mike Traine's sleazy lawyer, who he kept on retainer.

 While I had been held captive....I had dropped one of those GPS units on the floor and slid it under a couch at the house where Mike Traine's people had been holding Sepia and I the night before...

The signal was perfect...It was stronger than some of the signals we had gotten before and sure enough ,it led us right to the house where Sepia was being held...

II-

Sean Jackson got a good look at the house from all sides and took infra-red photos of the upstairs with one of his newer cameras..

He walked over to our van ,which was two blocks away...

''Kevin, Sepia is in the front room on the second floor..." he said.

"I got a good scope too Kev...Mike Train and about five of his guys left about an hour ago...Clerow is on them...He's got a rental car..." said Owen Todd...

"Okay...that leaves five guys and a girl...Let's take em." I said.

Chris Thompson, Chess, Donald Smooth and Owen Todd went to the front door and rung the door bell, meanwhile...Lockpick Johnson let Kool Kat,Big Nasty, Eddie, Albert and I  in from the back....

When the lookout guy answered the door, Chess cold cocked him and Chris Thompson stuck a pistol into the chest of the second man and backed them both into the living room...There was two other men on the first floor...Owen Todd took one and Donald Smooth took the other...Big Nasty, Eddie and Albert secured the downstairs.

Kool Kat and I walked up the stairs...Turns out...there was an armed man there....Kool Kat's .44 magnum persuaded him to keep his mouth shut...I kicked in the door of the front room where Sepia was...The female was stunned..She went for a gun but I put the muzzle of a riot pump shotgun in her belly...

"Please give me a reason...Just give me a reason to splatter your insides all over the floor." I said.

She didn't resist...

Lockpick Johnson untied Sepia and unbound her...

She ran to me and  kissed me passionately ....while Lockpick Johnson held the shotgun on the young lady.

"Oh My God...I knew you'd come back and get me lover...I knew it.." she said in between kisses that were coming close to making me forget why I was here and the work still to be done.

"Most definitely babe..Wasn't no way I wasn't coming back for you....Too bad Traine got away. I sure wanted to square things with him." I said.


We tied up the girl and all five of her little helpers....I thanked everybody immensely and told them all that I could handle things from here... Everyone left except Owen Todd, who stayed with me and Sepia just in case...Traine and his crew returned before the cops arrived.

III-

Lt. Sissy Van Buren and her detectives and her uniforms stood outside of the house as The young lady, and all five of her associates were arrested and hauled into the paddy wagon, charged with kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment...

"It's been a good day today Kevin." she said.

''Is that so?" I said.

''Oh yeah...we got two boxes of stuff sent to us anonymously...records of all kind of RICO violations, even murder...ADA Wallace got warrants and Detective Pile and Detective Baylor were very busy ,Must have arrested 60 people connected to the Mike Traine organization..Plus the the three you turned into us earlier..That makes 63.I had to request extra manpower for all of the raids..but it's money well spent..I know my two guys  will sleep well tonight.They earned it...and oh yeah, they both told me to thank you for all the overtime they got." she said looking at me and laughing.

 "Good for them." I said.

Detective Carlotta Rodriguez walked up....

"That's the last of them boss lady....That girl is ADA Wallace's Administrative Assistant...I never liked her...I always thought she was dirty." said Carlotta...

Sissy and I smiled and looked at her side eyed...

''What?" she said laughing.

 Detective Jimmy Barlow walked up to me...

''Hey Kev, I got ADA Wallace on the horn...He wants to talk to you."he said.

''Excuse me Ladies." I said.

I walked over to one of the police cars...

''Hey Kevin...I guess Sissy told you that we have had a great day." he said.

"So I've heard..." I said.

"Well, I got good news for you...Tell your client that we will not press charges and the bank said that it won't press charges provided he returns all of the money."said Keith Wallace.

"It's a done deal...He should be calling me soon." I said.

"I'm keeping the arrests out of the paper...for 48 hours Kevin..." he said.

"Okay...I'll make the deal...I think I can still deliver Traine to you...He hasn't yet found out that his key people are missing." I said.

"Funny thing Kev...I mean we arrested some 63 people and all of em are trying to cut deals and willing to talk about Mike Traine..No honor amongst thieves...but he is known to have several more associates that were not in any of  the indictments that we couldn't find...Seems like all of his neighborhood support just up and vanished." said Keith Wallace..

''Yeah, funny how that happens." I laughed.

"Good Night Kevin...you are something else." he laughed.

I walked over to Sissy ,Carlotta and Jimmy....

"Well I've done my good deed for the day." I said.

''Yes, you did." laughed Sissy..

"I'm going to deliver Traine to you tomorrow by midnight...I need you guys to do me one last solid." I said.

"And what is that?" asked Carlotta...

"Feel like doing some laundry?" I asked.

Sissy and Carlotta looked at me and smiled.

IV-

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That night ,Sepia and I relaxed at our home...

"So lover, the cops arrested a lot of Traine's  people and you and your guys ran everybody else out of town?" she said.

"Yup, under threat of death." I said not cracking a smile...

"Wow...I want to see the look on his face when he discovers that that safehouse is empty." she said.

"That's just the thing...He don't even know yet...He went to Atlantic City with his boys...Clerow tailed him there and then followed him back...He's staying with some girl tonight...Tomorrow ,I'm going to make the deal with Hats and bring the curtain down on Mike Traine." I said.

"Well for tonight...Why don't you close those curtains and take care of your wife?" she asked.

"With pleasure." I said  as I rolled her over on the bed and began kissing her...

'Ummmmmm..I thought you'd  prefer this kind of uh protection." she joked in between
kisses.

''Yessssss lawd...anytime." I said slipping my hand up under her short nightgown...

"Me too." she giggled.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)