I went to Jean's office of employment a day or two later...I had a fresh haircut and shave and was wearing a brand new ,european tailored suit...I looked like a Black Wall Street Banker...I was also wearing a fresh fragrance...
I was here to actually question some of the employees about the late Mary Shipley...
Here was what I knew about her...Born and Raised in Philadelphia..Attended Philadelphia Public Schools...Mostly in the Northeast...Graduated from Girls High...Then attended and Graduated from Wellesey Women's College and migrated to Boston ,then New York City for awhile...
Two years ago ,she found herself back in Philadelphia working at this small company and the girlfriend of Skye Tyler..
I had talked to her family and friends...None of them liked Skye..All of them thought Skye was a hoodlum..Which I now know is right...He indeed is...And this company is the perfect cover for what he and Dag were doing...Low level drug sales with huge profits...Small,tight operation...
Now I was talking to several employees about Mary Shipley...
None had anything bad to say about her...Except that they thought she could do better than Skye...Nobody was clear as to what it was he did..
When I asked the Plant manager and Supervisor about him...They got very frightened and closed mouthed...They clearly were afraid of him....
I did find two girls who were willing to talk....In the confidentiality of their offices with the doors closed.
They both said that Mary partied hard and that although she had indulged in some of the "party favors"she was no addict...Neither believed she overdosed...
"That just wasn't her."
I was told by these two women and one guy that in the last weeks of her life..She was nervous about something concerning Skye...She had found something out about him..but they didn't know what...
Her office was open...I could see several boxes packed of her things...I walked in and began looking through them...Most of what I found was work related....Then I found something with account numbers written on it..I stuffed the paper in my coat pocket and continued looking...I found a card -Carol Redding..Special Agent in charge,Regional DEA...Why would she have her number? I kept the card...
I wasn't surprised by the voice I heard next-
"Who are you and what the hell are you doing in here?" came the voice of Skye Tyler..
I smiled and stretched out my hand...
"Hi...My name is Kevin Morris...I'm a Private Investigator."I said.
"Oh? What are you investigating?" he asked ignoring my out stretched hand and looking at me like I was garbage...
"Excuse me...Who are you?" I asked ,ignoring his question...
"Get out of here?" he said..
"I have permission to be here." I said.
"Oh yeah?? Who gave you permission?" he asked..
"And you are?" I asked..
"I'll be right back....I'll show you who I am." he said and came back with a big beefy security guard...
"HE SAID GET OUT AND HE AINT GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN..."he said.
I smiled...
"I suggest you back up fat boy...I have a pass to be here and I'm not disturbing either of you..." I said.
"Ohhhh, you gone be a smart ass huh? I'll take care of you." said Big and beefy...
With that ,the beefy guard rushed me.. He swung wild round houses at me, Which I ducked....Skye Tyler was laughing as big and beefy charged me again...Again he missed....But I didn't..I placed about ten lefts to his mid section and ten rights to the other side of his mid-section...
He was in excruitating pain...He feebly attempted to swing again...I placed several lefts and rights to his face and his jaw.. He spun around like a drunken bum...I put his arm behind his back and slammed his head into the wall hard enough to crack what was only pressboard, but enough to knock him unconscious...He slithered to the ground..bloody and battered and out like a light...The fact that at one time I boxed had never left me..This skill came in handy dealing with these street thugs and brutes like this guy..
The smile immediately left Skye's face and turned to fear...
I then grabbed Skye in the collar and slammed him hard against the wall...
"YOU WANNA COME AGAIN WITH THIS?? STILL WANNA KNOW WHO I AM OR WHAT I AM DOING HERE?" I said..
"Let me go...Let me go." he said..struggling to breathe....I smiled....
I let him go...He straightened his shirt and tie...
"Now beat it." I said.
He scurried down the hall...
"You have no idea who you're dealing with." he said running.
"I think I do." I said.
Several employees laughed and smiled...One high fived me...I take it, Skye wasn't liked too much..
"He walks around here like he owns the joint...He don't run nothin...Aint even got a title..but the boss is scared of him so he lets him have his way....We hear he's connected ."said one man...
"Yeah,watch your back dude...He has powerful friends.." said another..
"Thanks guys...I'll keep that in mind." I said and left.
II-
"Heyyy Ronnie..open the door...The man we work for would like to talk to you." said Owen..
"About what?" he said.
"Open the door and let us in...You'll see." said Clerow.
"Jay, what are you doin here man?" asked Ronnie..
"They put a gun on me man and walked me out of my house."said Jalen...
"Sit down Ronnie."said Clerow, as he and Owen Todd took the booth in front of them...The two men looked into the intimidating eyes of Walter "Kool Kat" Jones.
"What you want with us?" said Jalen...The six foot ,three black guy who suddenly didn't look so intimidating.
"I want to be your partner...See...Stoleys is my territory...I been uh detained for a few months...but now I'm back...and my associates and I peeped your action in Stoleys a few night....You guys look like you're making a killin ,in my territory." he said.
"Look man...We just deal in Party Favors."said Ronnie Howard..The blonde haired white boy, with fake swagger.
"Party Favors eh?" said Kool Kat...laughing.
"Illegal Viagra, Cialis, Ice,Crystal Meth.. Designer drugs that kind of thing...No Coke, No Heroin...No Heavy stuff." said Ronnie Howard...
"Well...I'm a businessman...I'm willing to expand my market...You know, try new things"said Kool Kat..
"What's the split?" asked Ronnie Howard.
"Sixty-Forty my way...Since this MY Territory..."said Kool Kat.
"We aint the guys to talk to."said Jalen..
"You don't think I know that? I want you to set up a meet with your boss man...The white dude that wears the nice suits...Calls himself Skye...Make that happen...."said Kool Kat,cracking his knuckles and smiling..."Tell em Mr. Jones wants to meet with him sooner rather than later." he said and stopped smiling to let them know he meant business.
"Okay..we'll relay the message.." said Jalen nervously...
Kool Kat then peeled off a few bucks and gave it to both of them..
"Gentlemen, thanks for your time....You're free to go. Grab yourself some lunch and a cab...for your troubles." he said.Jalen and Ronnie looked at each other in disbelief...
Kool Kat laughed as both guys got up and wasted no time getting out of the bar.Clerow looked at him and smiled that toothy grin...
"That was one scared white boy....The Brother was pretty shook too." he said...Owen Todd and Kool Kat both nodded...
''Kevin's plan is workin...This is gonna shake things up in their little operation...They stone rookies..They got no muscle and they workin with a small crew...Nothin like the old days when me and Chris Thompson and Basil Robinson was in the game...Nobody would have punked us like that...It's a different day now." mused Kool Kat...He was right of course.
After they were gone...Sean Jackson, Peeping Tom , Lockpick Johnson and I walked in and sat down in the booth with Kool Kat...
"Oh I got the whole thing..That's enough to take his whole drug operation down..."I said.
"I guess it's time to call your favorite Lieutenant huh?" said Clerow..
"She's on her honeymoon."I said.
"Yeah, that's right..."said Kool Kat....
I was at Skye's office today...I found these account numbers...I need to find out what they are account numbers for and I found this card...For the DEA...My guess is that Mary Shipley found out too much about what Skye was really into and he had her killed with a hotshot."
"How you gonna prove that Kev?" asked Kool Kat..
"Don't know yet..Somethin got to break my way."I said.
"After the way we punked those two boys today...Something is about to be shook up." laughed Kool Kat...
"Yo Kev, Eric "Shark Dollars' Redding called from Atlantic City....He said he uh took care of that uh thing for ya...Delivered your package." laughed Kool Kat...
I smiled...
"The fun is about to begin guys....Come on,let's get out of here."I said.
III-
"Hello."
"Dag..We gotta problem."
"What kind of problem?"
"Some jigaboo Drug dealer wants a cut of our action..."
"How did he even know about our action? I told you to keep it low key..quiet."
"Dag ,it's been quiet for a year...We only take customers through word of mouth that we vet...but people talk...People watch...It's not hard to see our action if you know what to look for."
"How many people he got?"
"The boys told me just two..."
"No problem...Set up the meet..When they show up...I'll kill all three of them..I'll
send Simon to take care of it.."
"Dag ,this aint no hotshot job like what we did to that broad Mary Shipley...These guys are heavy duty.Gangsters man, Stone Cold Gangsters"
"Skye...Skye...Simon is a professional killer.....This is what he does...He killed Mary quietly didn't he?...We didn't want to draw any attention to us...She was a woman...But these three guys have to be taught a lesson..We need to set an example..Have em meet you in a bistro...I'll text you the name ..Have em sit near the window...He's an expert marksman...He'll take em out...He's coming with me tomorrow.."
"Okay Dag...and we got another problem too."
"Now what?"
"Somebody hired a Private Detective...He was around here asking questions about Mary and rumaging through her things.."
"You said that you cleaned all of her things out and you didn't find anything.."
"That's right,I did."
"Then he won't find anything of value..Forget about him...If the cops didn't find anything..He damn sure won't."
"Yeah Dag..I guess you're right man."
"How's my baby?" he asked..
"Inger...She's fine...I'm takin good care of her..."
(Pause)
"I just know you are...Heh..heh..Heh.."
(Click)
I smiled...
My Atlantic City gangster friend, Eric Shark Dollars Redding had given me Dag Rhule's address...and I had made sure that a DVD of Skyee and Inger's little tryst in her bedroom a few nights before was mailed to him...By now he'd seen it and my guys weren't the only ones in his sites...
Oh There was going to be a party alright...And not like anyone suspected...I now knew that Mary had been murdered and by who and on who's orders....
IV-
"Hey...Where is the baby?" I asked..
"Robert and Bonita have her..." she said.
"Where is Josie?" I asked..
"She's spending the night with Paris...Blake and Cherish went to AC.."she said...
"So......It's just you and me huh?" I said pulling her to me and kissing her...
"Uhhh huhhhh.." she cooed....
"So uh...Any ideas about what we can do with uh all this free time?" I said..
"I've got some ideas." she said.
"I have some ideas too." I said and pulled Sepia to me...
''Ohhhhhh...I can feel your uh ideas..."she said.
My pants were standing out like a circus tent...She quietly unzippered them and I stepped out of them....She fondled me softly and led me upstairs to our bedroom where we closed and locked the door...
"Ouuu look at you.." she said...
I felt her breasts softly...
"Look at YOU?" I said.
I turned her to me and we kissed softly at first and then gradually more passionately...
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It wasn't long before we were making sweet love in our bedroom....Moaning ,groaning...and rattling the walls....Oblivious to the fact that the windows were open and we could be heard...
The bed seemed to move with our every movemant...I plunged deeper and deeper into Sepia's warm moist places...and she moaned..tossed pillows off of the bed.. and held me tighter, wrapping her legs around my back and following my every move...
We were both sweating profusely and listening to each other's breaths... Four hours went by....
"Ohhhhhhhhh.." I moaned...
"Baby....." she cooed...
"Ummmmph ,baby..."I moaned...
"Ohhhh Kevin..." she cooed...
We finished making love some two hours later, drenched in sweat....Sepia lying between my legs...
"Wowww, that was something else..." I said.
"It was...ouuuuu..." she said..
"You have a good day today?" she asked..
"Sure did..Both at work and on this case..."I said.
"Is this case almost over??" she asked..
"Almost....and after it is...You and I and the baby are going to go away on a little vacation,how about that?" I asked..
"That'll be nice...I'm looking forward to it." she said.
So was I...but first..To close this case..
(CONCLUSION NEXT)
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