Big Bait Catches Big Fish

Kool Kat delivered me to Fathead Newton's safehouse that night.. To my surprise...I wasn't alone...Chris Thompson, Chess, Donald Smooth, Roscoe ,Fathead and Ralph Mole were all there playing cards in the living room...

There was a spread of cold cuts and cheese and beers of all kinds on a large table and the wide screen tv screen was showing some type of sporting event...Soccer or something.

"Hoooo...there he is...The conquering hero." said Fathead as Ralph Mole offered me a beer...I waved at Roscoe who I hadn't seen in months and shook hands with Chris, Chess,Donald Smooth and the man himself, Fathead Newton...

"Kev, I heard you dusted up Philly and Lucky Johnny Butler and their goons..If you needed help with them you could have let me know...I can't stand Butler.." said Fathead.

"Relax man...Aint you tryin to walk away from all that gangsta stuff?  Butler  is going to get his...Soon..."I said.

"Make yourself a sandwich." said Fathead....

I got some Jewish Rye Bread, Some cheese, some ham , some mustard and made me a sandwich...Ralph Mole tossed me a beer...

And I sat with my friends, Kool Kat, Chess, Chris Thompson, Donald Smooth, Fathead Newton, Ralph Mole and Roscoe safe and sound...I wondered about my wife, Sepia...staying with Robert And Bonita Foxworth and guarded closely by Owen Todd and Clerow and I laughed at the thought of Philly Butler turning the city upside down looking for me and not having a clue as to my whereabouts...

I slept good that night...As good as I could.

II-

The next morning....I was awakened by my cell phone...I thought it was Sepia...It wasn't.

"Hello." I said.

''Hey Stranger."came a familliar voice...It was Patricia Porterhouse...known as" Big Nasty."

"Heyyyyyyyy girl...I been lookin all over for you." I said.

"So I hear...No need to go into the details...I know why." she said.

"Yeah...Look...I can't stay on this phone..Can you meet me somewhere? I got something for you.."I said.

"Yeah? I got something for you too..." she said.

"You ever hear of a bar called Roxys?" I said.

"Yeah?" she said.

"Meet me there around 4:00 pm this afternoon." I said.

"I'll be there sexy." she said.

"Cool." I said.

I showered and shaved and had Ralph Mole drive me by my home....I noticed a strange car with tinted windows just sitting across the street from me...

"That's one of Butler's boys." said Ralph Mole.

"Yeah...Keep driving."I said.

Another car with tinted windows was parked down the street from my job and one was in the shopping center parked near Bonita and Sepia's office.. These guys weren't playing....They were looking hard for both me and Sepia.

I had Ralph drop me off at Josie's..Surprisingly enough...Nobody was looking for me there...

Honey Brown let me in through the back and escorted me to the upstairs room on top of Josies...

"Kevin , what you mixed up in now?" she said.

"It's better that you don't know doll, but believe me...It's big."I said smiling.

"With you! It always is." she laughed.

"Where's Gus?" I said.

"He's here, he's downstairs looking over figures...He knows you're here." she said.

"Philly Butler been around?" I asked.

''Every night..He's been turning this city upside down trying to find you...He looks like he's under pressure." she said.

"Oh he is...and I'm about to turn up the pressure....I need you to do me a favor...Make nice with one of his men...The stupidest one....Let it slip that I'll be at Roxy's this afternoon at 5:00 pm okay?" I said.

"You sure Kev?" she asked.

"Yeah...I'm going to put an end to this once and for all...and call this number...Ask for Lt. Sissy Van Buren...tell her to meet me at Roxy's at 5:00 pm also." I said.

"You settin a trap for him?" she laughed.

"Oh yeah...It's time for that piece of trash to be discarded. Oh and Honey...Make it sound good, like it really is a trap.." I laughed.

"You play mind games well." she laughed...

"I do...I want Philly to think he's out smarting me...really, he'll be outsmarting himself." I said.

She laughed and hugged me...A lot of women were doing that lately...

"Be Easy Kev...You know we love you around here..." she said.

"I love you guys too...We family babes." I said.

She kissed me softly on my cheek.

III-

Patricia "Big Nasty" Porterhouse was my friend...She had saved my life once...I had known her longer than I'd known Sissy...."Big Nasty" was not big and there was nothing nasty about her. She was actually quite attractive. She was no taller than about five foot six...she had a cute round face and she had a very nice shape and nice shapely legs to match.

Why then, you may ask was Patricia called "Big Nasty"? It was apparent the minute she walked in the door...She had twins..Huge breasts that looked as if they were fighting a losing battle with the pretty floral laced bra that was trying to hold them in place.. I imagine her breasts were what guys saw first before they saw anything else.

Make no mistake though, She was not to be trifled with...She carried a sawed off shotgun that she knew how to use...

She was on time...She walked into Roxys and quickly joined me in the back...I ordered her a drink.

"Hey Baby, you remembered what I like." she said and gave me a kiss in the lips...

"I know you're married ,but me and you go wayyy back..." she said.

"Yeah doll..."I said.

I pulled out the life insurance policy that had been found on Fish Bates body and passed it to her.

"He wanted you to have that ..it's worth 200G's." I said.

"Oh my Godddddd...Oh my Goddd....I don't believe it..." she said...

"You can start over...You can do anything you want." I said.

"Ohh Thank you Kevin...Thank you so much....Look, I've got something for you...This is a key to this safe deposit box...Go there and there is a file...and photos...It's enough to put Biddle and several people behind bars for a long time.They knew my uncle was on to them and they conspired to have him killed..." she said.

"I know...Hey look doll...You got your shotty with you?" I asked.

"Yeah, why?" she asked.

''We got company." I said.

"Butler?" she said.

"Yeah...He's been turning this city upside down looking for me...Probably you too!You lay low...I'm slipping out the back...Get out of here." I said.

"I'm not going to let them kill you Kevin." she said.

"I got it covered...Just save yourself." I said.

"Be Easy Baby." she said and kissed me again...

"Always.. You know how we do...Back and front" I said and slipped out of the back door...

She knew exactly what I meant! She nodded and smiled.

"Got'cha Kev." she said.

I stepped out the back door  of Roxy's into the alley. I wasn't surprised when I was punched in the stomach and cracked in the jaw...

Another man, not the one who hit me, lifted me up...Standing there was none other than Phillip Butler...

"Phil...you're early." I said ,half smiling...

"Thought you were smart eh? Planting that story with Honey Brown about 5:00 pm....Yeah right...and by then you'd have cops in place to nab me right?  Not gonna happen...Now where is that file?"he asked.

"I don't have any file, I don't know what you're talking about?" I said.

The man punched me in the stomach again..

"Wrong answer Kevin...." he said.

A third man reached in my jacket and took my .38 smokeless....

"Bates neice is inside the bar boss." said the third man....

"Go inside and get her....You!!...Take Morris further down the street and kill hm...I have no need for him anymore." he snapped.

"Hey Philly, I see you got new guys huh? " I said..

"Yeah.." he snarled...

The goon hustled me down the street...

I heard a loud shotgun blast and a lot of screaming....I laughed...I knew what had just happened...I stepped on this guy's foot as hard as I could and elbowed him in his jaw, snapping his head back....I spun him around and rammed his hand against the wall, causing him to drop his gun..I then punched him in his stomach twice and delivered a right cross that knocked him senseless...

He was still on his feet, about to charge me again when I heard another shotgun blast...It knocked him off his feet and sent him flying...

I turned and Big Nasty was standing there with her shot gun smoking...

I smiled..

"We work well together babes." I said.

"We always did Kev...I dropped one  right outside the bar...Where is Butler?" she asked...

"Right behind you Patty girl.....Now you and Kevin put your hands up and back up.I'm through playing games with you." he said.

He and another man had guns on both of us.....

Just then a car drove up and three police cars were behind it...

''Drop em Phil,it's all over" came the voice of  Detective Edwin "Duke" Baylor...

The gunman with Phil foolishly turned and fired at Duke...He missed....Duke fired three shots...He didn't miss!!!!..

The gunman fell to the ground mortally wounded...

Phil Butler turned to run and ran right into Lt. Sissy Van Buren, Detective Carlotta Rodriguez-Wallace and  six shotgun toting police officers...

"Philllllyyyyyyyyyy... Where are you going in such a hurry?" said Sissy seductively....

"You guys got nothing on me!" he blurted out...

"How about two counts of first degree murder and conspiracy? Your brother told us everything...See ,he didn't like somebody trying to stick a shiv in his back in lock up today." she said.

"Biddle...That Bastard!!" screamed Phil...

''What was that Phiily?"laughed Carlotta.

"I want a lawyer." he snorted.

"I bet you do papi." laughed Carlotta.

I walked up to Phil Butler.....

''Gee Phil....You lie down with dogs...You wake up with flees." I said.

"He's right Phil...It's kennel time for you baby." said Duke as he handcuffed the gangster.. Duke looked at me and smiled..

''Much obliged Kev." he said.

"Anytime Duke!" I said and smiled.

Phil Butler said nothing....Duke, Carlotta and the policemen took Phil Butler away...Ambulances came to collect the dead hoods...

I turned....Big Nasty was nowhere to be seen...

"She went that way Kevin...." said Sissy.

"She saved my life." I said.

"I know she did and the one outside the bar was self defense." she said and winked.

I smiled...

"You used big bait Kevin and we've got a big fish." she said and kissed me on the cheek...She gave me a hug..

"Thank you again...for everything." she said... "Be Easy Kevin." she said and got in her car and pulled off!

EPILOUGE:

I turned over the files to ADA Keith Wallace...39 people, Among them, lawyers, city officials, politicians and businessmen were arrested and charged with a number of white collar crimes and given lengthy jail sentences...

Phillip and John Butler were sentenced to 25 years to life for the murders of William "Fish " Bates and Curtis Thomas....

City Council President Warren Biddle put a pistol in his mouth and took his own life rather than be pulled off to a trial and face imprisonment...

Sepia and I were reunited and were relaxing at our house....

''Wow lover...I read in the paper about all those people going to jail and about that big wig killing himself on the eve of his arraignment...You really nabbed some big fish in this caper.." she said.

"I think these politicians and so called civic leaders were scarier than any gangster I've gone up against." I said.

"Shame you only got a down payment...Your client didn't live long enough to see the case to it's conclusion." she said.

I rolled her over on her back and kissed her...I slipped her panties down and mounted her...

"He told me that you could make up the balance." I said as I entered her slowly...

''Ummmmmmmmmm that's a payment I don't mind making...Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.." she moaned in between wet sloppy kisses and fondling...and moaning...

''I figured you wouldn't mind.." I said as we made sweet love the rest of the afternoon...