Off the Grid

One Hour or so before Sunrise or near enough to it...The city slept.   Carlotta and I were asleep, Sissy and Eddie C. were sound asleep..Tyriq and Sirena were sleeping soundly...Even Sharon and Hop were asleep...Duke and Hazel were sound asleep.....I'm sure DEA SAC, Carol Redding was sleeping soundly in Captain Eddie Cantrell's arms and even U.S. Attorney Brendan Burnside was more than likely sleep...

I'm certain our underworld targets, Little Nikita, his brother Vladmir, his warehouse and drug boss ,Nikolay and their many minions were all sleeping...Only his driver, who in reality was Detective James "Jimmy" Barlow was not sleeping...He was many miles away on the Walnut Street Bridge in University City standing alone, waiting...

It wasn't long before he saw a shapely figure come walking his way...He smiled...It was his fiance, Detective Angela Belton...

They saw each other and they embraced and kissed for a long time....The sight of a white male and black female kissing would not raise eyebrows in this area near the University of Pennsylvania...It was 5:00 am..and unlike New York, Philadelphia did sleep...

"Angie...I was beginning to wonder if you were going to come." said Jimmy..

"How could you think that? I haven't seen you in days.." she said....kissing him again, long and softly...

"Damn girl..I miss you." he said.

"Jimmy this is crazy...you're undercover...These guys could kill you." she said.

He laughed a rather crazy laugh...

"That's what makes this so much fun...it's so dangerous." he said.

"Are you always going to be like this?" she said, giving him the side eye..

"No.....This is just something I gotta do...For a friend..." he said.

"I know about your friend Brendon..." she said.

 "He was fresh out of the academy Angie...He wasn't really ready to do a plain clothes assignment..He was too green....but he was game....I was green myself..Carlotta and I had just made detective....She wasn't with me on this case...We were nearly done...They had told us to come in...There was some kind of glitch...and Brendon got made for a cop...Little Nikita wasn't the big man he is today...He was a low level hood trying to make his bones...He shot Brendon and killed him...Blew his head off....Brendon had two kids...He was married...I wanted to go back and clean Little Nikita out..but they wouldn't let me...They pulled me in...Carol said that they had enough...They arrested 39 guys on RICO and conspiracy charges...and my cover was kept safe..
Breezy,Little Nikita and Leonid Zharkovy all got away..."said Jimmy..."I always felt as though I didn't do enough...Little Nikita is a cop killer...He killed a police...he needs to pay for that...If it was Duke or Rico or Sissy ,wouldn't you do everything you could to bring the killer to justice?" asked Jimmy..

Angie smiled, rubbed his back...

"You know I would..I understand...and like I told Keith the other day...I'm still waiting for you...please don't get yourself killed...I'll never speak to you again if you do." she said and smiled..

Jimmy cracked up laughing...

"Chocolate Cupcake, what am I gonna do with you?" he said.

"I took the day off..I suspect we are going to make a day out of this.." she said.

Jimmy put his arm around her...

"Damn Right....I know a hotel not far from here.." he said.

"James , you naughty boy.." she said and batted her eyes...

II-

Some hours later, Detectives Carlotta Rodriguez-Wallace and Sirena Pile were on the street questioning women who frequented the bars of Little Norway and who knew the players...It was surprising how many people knew that Nikolay's wife had been sleeping with Leonid Zharkovy...It was also surprising how many people knew that Natalia had been sleeping with Nikolay...It appeared that both the husband and the wife had something going on on the side..

"Most of these gangsters have girlfriends...The wives know it." a young barfly told Sirena..

"Maybe...but this was too close to home" said my wife, Carlotta...

"I know right...but something doesn't feel right...If Nikolay was having an affair and his wife was having one too...It would stand to reason that either he knew what and who she was doing and didn't care or was totally oblivious.." said Sirena..

"My phone is ringing...it's your husband.." said Carlotta...Sirena just grinned.

"Hola Rico" said Carlotta..

"Top...I'm going to patch this into your phone...You might want to see this....Somebody was taking pictures at that Regatta Saturday, a young married couple...only they were further down from where you and Keith was and they accidentally caught this on their smartphone....and they turned it into to headquarters who sent it to us.." said Tyriq...

Carlotta watched as the video was downloaded and sent to her and on it...Was Leonid Zharkovy....

"What are you doing here?"

"I don't like the way you are treating Nikolay, sleeping with his wife.."

"First of all, it's none of your damn business...and what do you care? You're sleeping with him..Everybody knows that.."

"The man is dying inside...knowing she is with you.."

"What? He is having problems performing?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"You are an evil man...you have killed many..you scare many...You scare him..but you don't scare me Leonid...You never have.."

"You've got a bigger set on you than he ever did!...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA."

"I've had enough of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."

"Heyy, put away that gun...where did you get that gun?? NOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

A shot rang out!!!

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! I'VE BEEN SHOT!!!!!"he said and fell face first into the water! a huge splash was heard...

Sirena's mouth hung open...

"Awwwww suki suki now....It's not often we get a break like this Lotta." she said.

''Hazel was right about the gun...and she had where he got shot at right on the money and that reward that Boss lady and Honey Bunny put out for information was right on time...That's the murder right there in broad daylight....She didn't realize these people were  not too far from her taking pictures..."said Carlotta...

"And look who our killer is? You surprised Lotta?" asked Sirena..

''Nahhh, I figured it was her.." said Carlotta.

"Me too..."said Sirena.

''A thank you for me solving your murder case would be nice." joked Tyriq.

"Thank you Rico." said Carlotta.

"You'll get my thanks tonight baby." said Sirena...

"Well uh alright...heh ,heh,heh."laughed Tyriq.

"You are soo nasty."laughed Sirena...

"They both are..My husband is just as bad.." laughed Carlotta.

III-

"Jimmy, you're getting so much there won't be any left for our honeymoon.."joked Angie as she and Jimmy entered their hotel room...

"I never get enough of you chocolate cupcake.." he said continuing to hungrily kiss Angie as they eased into the door of their room..

"Ummmmmm, calm down baby...ouuuuuuu, let me get inside the room first.." she cooed...Happy as a clam to have Jimmy's full attention.. She realized that she didn't need to wear this tight black form fitting mini-skirt...He would have been at her mercy regardless.

They both tossed off their shoes and Jimmy eased Angie up against the wall and began kissing her passionately...She returned his passion....Jimmy's shirt went to the floor as he continued kissing her and she continued kissing him...he unzippered her dress and slipped it off....She unzippered his trousers and he hurriedly stepped out of them....She held his now massively erect penis in her hands...She hadn't even bothered to close the front door...

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

 "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Jimmy....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned as he feverishly slipped her panties down ......

"OHHHH MY goddddddddddddddd...Angie...." he moaned..

  He thrusted his tongue practically down her throat and while squeezing one breast with his hand...With his other hand he pulled out a condom...She helped him tear open the wrapper feverishly....he slipped it on and lifted her up and positioned her on him as he entered her and began thrusting away...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  MY GODDD OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed as he continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.......

"I LOVE YOU CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE" he screamed....

 She giggled when he called her that....

"I love you tooo Jimmy.....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..I didn't realize how much...ohhhhhhh my goddddddddddd!she cooed..deep throat kissing him and driving him crazy all at once...


Jimmy layed her across her bed , a few minutes later and  entered her softly and gently and began to stroke her softly and slowly....She moaned and put her arms around his neck and drew him closer to her..She wrapped her legs around his waste and they began to move in a slow, yet deliberate rhythm for quite some time...She matched him thrust for thrust and even began blowing her soft breath in his ear at one point...She was so soft...so moist and smelled so good...Jimmy was losing his mind....He looked like he was going crazy..

  They made sweet passionate and intense love for close to six hours...Angie began to shake and gyrate and tears began to stream down her face again....

"I love you Jimmy...ouuuuuuuuuu....ohhhh my goodness...ouuuuuuuu.."she said...

"I love you too Angie...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...ouuuuuuuuuuu, I'm about to blow my loaddd..." he yelled and he came more intensely than he'd ever come before....Angie came too...Shaking and holding him for dear life...with tears streaming down her face like a gusher....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, ohhh my lordddd...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she screamed to the top of her lungs..

They lay in each other's sweaty arms...kissing and holding each other...She was still shaking after Jimmy had pulled out...

"Damn...I sure wish this day could last forever....ouuuuuuuu" she said..

"We'll have more days like this...and there will be no pressure...It'll just be me and you Angie.." said Jimmy kissing her .

"You promise?" she asked.

"I promise...Nothing could keep me from coming back to you babes.." he said.

''You better..you have my heart now.. " she said.

He smiled..


IV-

 The constant rain of the past few days had finally stopped.  Two Police cars pulled up in front of the bar in Little Norway...Carlotta and Sirena got out...Four uniformed police officers followed them inside of the bar...
Sissy ,Duke and I covered the rear...

The barmaid frowned when she saw them coming...She thought for sure they were there for Vladmir..Little Nikita's brother...

"Natalia...we have a warrant for your arrest..Murder in the first degree." said Carlotta.

"You are crazy...Murder of who?" she said.

"Come on now Natalia...Do we have to play this game?" asked Sirena ,who produced a plastic bag with the murder weapon...a 357 magnum...  "This is a pretty big weapon for a little petite woman like yourself..but you handled it like a pro...But then, you're ex-KGB....and a marksman...wow!  I'm impressed...We got a warrant..found this in your house hours ago...We got a ballistics match...It's the murder weapon and it's got your fingerprints all over it." she said.

"You planted it" she said.

Carlotta pulled out her Iphone..and played the video..

"What are you doing here?"

"I don't like the way you are treating Nikolay, sleeping with his wife.."

"First of all, it's none of your damn business...and what do you care? You're sleeping with him..everybody knows that.."

"The man is dying inside...knowing she is with you.."

"What? He is having problems performing?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"You are an evil man...you have killed many..you scare many...You scare him..but you don't scare me Leonid...You never have.."

"You've got a bigger set on you than he has...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA."

"I've had enough of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."

"Heyy, put away that gun...where did you get that gun?? NOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

A shot rang out!!!

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! I'VE BEEN SHOT!!!!!"he moaned, falling head first into the water...

 Natalia looked like she'd drank two cans of paint...

"How did you get that? There was no one around!!" she spat..

"Obviously mami ,There was...and a big financial reward appealed to their good citizenship....You have the right to remain silent...if you do not ,anything 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 for you...Do you understand these rights?" said Carlotta..

"He needed to die...I didn't kill much...He was hurting Nikolay....I couldn't bare to see it any longer...I had to do it...Have you ever loved a man that much that you would kill for him?" she screamed..

 Duke handcuffed her..

"Let's go baby." he said.

Sissy and I stood there as Natalia was walked out of the bar...

Vladmir looked stunned...

I walked over to him and smiled..

"Do you know who I am?" I said.

"I know who you are...ADA Keith Wallace." he said smiling..

"Tell your brother I said Hi...and I'll uh catch you both later." I said...

Sissy smiled at him  and he smiled at her too as we both walked out into the Philadelphia night...

V-

Jimmy and Angie again met at the bridge as their day ended the way it had begun...on the Walnut Street Bridge...

"Don't take too long coming back to me baby." said Angie..

"Not long now..Not long...This thing is almost over...and this time next week..we'll be gettin married.."said Jimmy..

He put his arms around Angie..a cool spring like breeze blew ,even though it was early fall....Angie laid her head on to Jimmy's chest....

"Look, I can see the moon fading away almost...Is that a good omen?" she asked...

"I don't know...Let's tell ourselves it is." said Jimmy, smiling and holding her for dear life..

He had been off the grid for a day now..It was time to go back to his fake life one last time.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)