Mumbling Words

My wife Sepia and her business partner, Bonita Turner Foxworth had sold this property to an enterprising gentleman named Hunter Caldwell....a peculiar name for a black guy...but his name just the same...They had sold him the property back in February and in a little over a year , he had turned it into one of the most popular eating spots in Philadelphia... It had what people in the know call "Buzz"

I was always looking for someplace different to hang out, so I didn't mind at all when Hunter invited Sepia and Bonita to his spot for dinner this particular Friday night...We had been at Josies every Friday and some Saturday nights for the past three months....I didn't mind a change...

My name is Kevin Morris....I'm a private investigator by night...a successful businessman by day, I own Morris Communications, a conglomerate that houses the magazine I used to write and edit and two more magazines, a newspaper and a sattelite radio station...My company was growing by leaps and bounds and a cable and online television station was our next project...

I hadn't had any cases in awhile and had been working steadily....It was nice to have a night out...

Caldwell met Sepia and I at the door... He smiled broadly...

"Sepia...Sepia...This is your husband?" he asked...

"Yes...Hunter, this is my husband, Kevin." she said.

We shook hands...

"Pleased to meet you." I said...

"Thank you for coming and thank you for recomending us to your friends." he said.

Inside the establishment, My wife, Sepia and I were joined by our friends, Robert Foxworth and his wife, Bonita, Sean Jackson and his wife, Sheila, Harry Charles and his wife Bernadette and our  friend, Bridget Jones...

Hey boyfriend, Chazz, a keyboardist was missing tonight...He was playing at Josies... Also in attendance was our company attorney and close friends...Conrad and Jill Nelson...

The food was excellent!  Everybody was impressed....I could tell, there was hardly any talking...

"Sepia..Bonita...You two have a winner here...this food is great." said Robert Foxworth....

"Yesssss." seconded Sean Jackson...

"We aren't the winners...Hunter is...He's a top chef.." said Bonita..

"We knew when we sold this spot to him that it was going to be hot." said Sepia.

"I'll have to bring Chazz here" said Bridget...

II-

Rollie Rollerson and another former client of mine, Jean Stevens walked in...They were holding hands...He looked content, happier than I'd seen him in some time...This was the longest I'd ever seen him with one woman...Perhaps he'd learned something ...He saw us and he smiled and walked over to our table...

"Kevin...Mrs. Morris and friends...How are you?" he said.

"Heyy Rollie." said everyone...

"If it's hip and happening...I knew you'd be here....Hi Jean." I said with a smile..

"Heyy Kevin." she said.

"You know that...I hear this is the tony new dating spot." he said.

I gave him a side eye and I smiled...

"Well let me get us a table and see what all the fuss is about." he said and waved as they were seated..

III-

A pretty normal night eh?  Nothing in what I've told you would make you think that this was the beginning of yet another one of my cases....indeed a strange one at that!

We had all finished eating and were enjoying a nice wine...courtesy of the house...I couldn't take my eyes off of my wife....She was wearing the hell out of a new dress she had bought for the occassion...It had a plunging neckline....

Sepia was aware of how I was staring at her..She kept shooting me looks and smiling gingerly...I followed her back to the little foyer where the bathrooms were...It was dark....I gently turned her around and kissed her passionately...She returned my passion..kissing me just as passionately...I had nearly grinded her into the wall....After a few minutes ,we stopped kissing and she eased out of my embrace...

"Ummmm, you were waiting to do that all night...weren't you?" she said smiling...We were both like two horny teenagers sometimes!

"I sure was." I said.

"Wow..we've been married nearly six years and you still want to jump my bones....I think I'll keep you." she said and smiled....

"Good to know..I'm going to get the check."I said as I headed back to the dining area...It was then that I heard a scream....a blood curdling scream...!!!!

Heads turned....I rushed out the door.....I saw two men trying to pull a young lady into a car....

''Let me go...get off of me....Let me go.." she screamed..

Before I could do anything ,I saw a familiar figure....Eddie C.  , Lt. Sissy Van Buren's boyfriend grab one of the men and cold cock him...The man went flying.....

"Eddie look out, behind you!!" I yelled...

Another man cold cocked Eddie C and sent him flying into two trash cans and on to the ground...

I pulled my .38 smokeless out and fired three times in the air...

Both men looked startled...They got in their car and pulled off....

The young lady fainted....

I ran up to them both....

Eddie C. had a black eye....and was bleeding a little down the side of his face....but was okay otherwise...

The young lady's blouse was torn...She was hysterical...

A crowd had gathered on the sidewalk.....

"Hey , are you alright?" I asked...''Who were those men?" I asked.

"Cindy....Graves" was all she would mutter...

"Who is Cindy Graves?" I asked....

"Cindyyyyyyyyy...........Graves....Sinister Al Graves.....Cindy....." she muttered and then she passed out.

"We better call an ambulance Kev." said Eddie C.

"Yeah...What was that all about?" I asked.

"She was a co-worker of mine....She kind of vanished about two months ago...Didn't come to work, Didn't answer calls,texts or e-mails...They fired her for abandonment of position....Then I run into her about a couple of days ago...She tells me that she's in some kind of trouble...but for me to stay out of it..She said that some bad guys have been following her or something." he said.

"You know why?" I asked.

"She never told me...We were supposed to meet here tonight to talk about it." he said.

"A pricey tony spot like this for a meet?  I was thinkin maybe a coffee shop or something." I joked..

"Kevin...I'm involved with the Lieutenant of Homicide...You think I can meet with a girl like this in Sam Mothers or Mabel Jenkins Soul Food Joint and not be seen and not start tongues to waggin?" he said.

"I understand..." I said.

"And look..we come here....and you guys are here." he said shaking his head..

"It's all good..." I said.

"No..It aint...somebody is trying to kill her Kevin...she's a friend...just a friend...but I'm worried about her.." he said.

"What's her name?" I asked...

''Renee...Renee Miller..." he said.

An Ambulance came and took her to the hospital...Sepia went to the car and got a first aid kit and bandaged Eddie C's head....

"Eddie...I'll look into it for you..." I said...

"I got a little money." he said.

"This one's on the house." I said. "And I won't say anything to Sissy about tonight ,okay?" I said.

"You're the best Kevin.."he said.

IV-

"You have a case don't you lover?" asked my wife Sepia on the way home...

"Yeah...Eddie can't pay me...So I was hoping that you'd pay me for him.." I said with a straight face...

"Me?" asked Sepia....Then she looked at me and smiled and curled her lip in that sexy way I liked...

Inside our house...We tossed off our shoes and I eased Sepia up against the wall and began kissing her passionately...She returned my passion....My shirt went to the floor as I continued kissing her and she continued kissing me...I unzippered her dress and slipped it off....She unzippered my trousers and I hurriedly stepped out of them....She held my now massively erect penis in her hands...I hadn't even bothered to close the front door...

"Oh My God...lover....Ouuuuu...you are huge!!!..Close the front door, we don't want everyone seeing us" she exclaimed...as I unhooked her bra and began sucking on her breasts.....I took my foot and kicked the door shut.

 "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh baby....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned as I slipped her panties down ......

We seemed to always start making love in the living room, kissing passionately and deeply and then eventually, me lifting Sepia up, taking her upstairs to our room and my hoisting her nightgown up..slipping her panties down and me, entering her soft, warm and moist parts...and moving slowly and deliberately inside of her, savoring every last moment of pleasure...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD...IT's soooo  gooood!" she moaned....


Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lover....you feeeeeel sooooooooooooooooo  gooooooooooooooodd.." she moaned...

"Damn girllll, so do youuu." I moaned myself...

Eventually, we wound up on the bed...really going at it...

Ohhhh My God Kevin...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."Sepia moaned.......
"YESSS" I screamed~!

Somehow or another we wound up actually in the bed...making sweet love for several hours...until we both were spent and satisfied....

We lie across the bed...satisfied and spent....Sepia smiled sweetly and lovingly at me...

'Wow Kevin... We've been married nearly six years and you still want to jump my bones....I think I'll keep you." she said and smiled....

"And you still allow me...I think I'll keep you too." I said.

Sepia smiled....

"Good to know." she said.

Tomorrow...I had a case to begin!

(TO BE CONTINUED...)