Burying The Little Hatchet

I was in the squad room a little early going over video footage with two of the uniformed officers of the tech squad....I thought that maybe I may have found something...I was then at my desk going over crime scene photos and files when I noticed a presence hovering over me...I looked up and it was Detective Wally Becker, my former partner...

"This serial killer case has got you working hard eh Nate? Saturday, Sunday...I'm bettin you're gettin hella overtime." he said sipping a tumbler of coffee...

"Damn man, you didn't even bring me any coffee."I joked...

"That's for your wifey to do ....I wouldn't want to upstage her.."he joked..."By the way...where is she?" he asked...

"She'll be here."I said and continued looking at crime scene photos and other evidence...

My file on this unknown killer was getting thicker by the day with photos of the crime scenes from New Haven,Baltimore, Washington D.C. ,Luna City and New York City making it even fatter..He had now claimed 19 lives over a three year period...

I wasn't even sure this guy was still in Philadelphia...

"Uh...Have you seen Detective Kylie White?" asked Wally..

"Not since last night...She's working on this case with us." I said.

"She is? Ohhhhhh....Because I uh couldn't help but notice she was at breakfast with you guys the other day." he said.

"Yes...she was." I said.

"There was uh another guy with you guys too..." said Wally Becker...

"Oh yeah...that was Detective Carlos Wallace of the Luna City Homicide unit...Our guy dropped two bodies in Luna City and has apparently returned...Monica and I worked a case with him a while ago..."I said.

"Yeah, didn't he cut up that FBI agent too?" asked Wally...

"Yeah...almost killed him...Detective Wallace was working the case with the FBI agent...That's why he's here."I said.

"Ohhhhhh...okay....He's not uh, you know, here trying to hook up with anybody, This is work related right?" asked Wally.

''Yeah..."I said.  "Everybody is not like you. Some Detectives actually do police work" I said jokingly.

''So where is Detective White this morning?" he asked again,which I thought was odd..

"I guess she's at home...on her way here..." I said.

"No, she's not at home...because I called her several times and I didn't get an answer..And I drove by there on my way to work and didn't see her car." he said.

"Wally...maybe she's asleep..We worked until 2:30 this morning....I haven't had much sleep or anything else. Why are you so interested in Kylie White??  Usually you're askin me about my sister in law."I said.

"I know where she was...With Pretty Boy...Probably still with Pretty Boy."he said.

"Yeah ,I guess...but they're all on their way here..." I said.

II-

Detective Kylie White and Detective Carlos Wallace might be a little late...As I spoke at this moment they were in his hotel room in Downtown Philly getting to uh know each other...in the biblical sense..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph..."

"ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."

The bed was squeaking loudly....The headboard was smacking against the wall....They were in the throngs of passionate lovemaking...

''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
"Ohhh baby, give it to meeeeee....ummmmmmph..."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Kylie...Kylie ...ouuuuuuuuuu, more, more... ohhhhhh..."

"Sock it to me Carlos...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Sock it to me..."

"LAWDDD girl, what are you doing to meeeee?ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Kylieeeeeeee..."

"What am I doing to you? What are you doing to MEEEEEE?Ouuuuuuuuuu weeeeeee..."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gooooddddddd lawdd it's soooo goood...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh  girl...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sweeeeet jesusssssssssss you are a demon in the bedddddddddd...arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..Aye Mios Dios!!!!"
 
"Morrre...Morreee....morrre...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Carlos..ouuuuuu..Carlos....OHHHHHHH."
she wailed...

"Ohhhh Kylie, Kylie,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..I'm losin my minddddddddd!! "

"I love the way you say my name with your cute accent...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..oh my god...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." 

They hadn't slept much....They had been making sweet passionate and intense love for close to four hours...

The bed springs was squeaking loudly....The headboard was smacking against the wall....The people in the next room were astonished...

Kylie began to shake and gyrate and tears began to stream down her face again....

"It's sooooooooooooooo goooddd...Oh my godddddddddddddd it's soooooo gooood!  I love it...I love this so muchhhhh Carlos....ohhhhh don't stoppp, don't stopp...Carlos..ouuuuuu..Carlos....OHHHHHHH....I'm cumming...I'm cumming baby..ohhhhhh!" she screamed as they both climaxed in a crescendo of sweat!

"Aye Mios Dios.....Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" he screamed as he came with wild abandon.....

They both lay next to each other laughing.....trying to catch their breath...

''Wow...You are amazing Kylie." he said trying to catch his breath.

"You're not bad yourself...and cute as hell."she said, still kissing him.....

"We'd better get in the shower and get dressed.." said Carlos...

Kylie leaned over and kissed him..

"I don't know if I can let you go." she said..

"I don't know if I want you to." he said -"Come on..let's get up before we start up again and really be late." he said with a smile.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm Yes...that's a good idea.. " she said...and they kissed some more...

Meanwhile...my beautiful wifey and partner ,Detective Monica Nellis walked in with two steaming tumblers of coffee and two breakfast platters....

She leaned down and kissed me softly for about a minute...

"Ummmmm,Good morning partner." she said.

"Morning Baby!" I said...

Wally Becker smiled..

"Now that's a greeting worth getting up early for.The way you have your hair styled today Monica, you look like your sister." he said.

"Hi Wally. We are twins ,Identical twins....I look like her everyday!" she said as she sat down across from me..I laughed...

"You know what I mean.... Always the smart alec, this one.. So hey uh..you heard from Detective White?" he asked...

"I saw her last night...I haven't seen her today.."said Monica who looked at him strangely...

She scanned his mind...He was jealous that Kylie had been sitting with Detective Wallace...He had staked outside her house waiting for her to come home and she never did....Now that was a surprise...Where did she go? thought my wife...

''So you like Kylie now Wally?"asked Monica.

"WHAT? Ohhh no..not like that...No..I uh just wanted to ask her something about uh a case she was helping me with." he lied...

Monica allowed him to have that lie...

"Well when she gets here..I'll tell her you were looking for her." said Monica..

"Uh,it's no biggie...you don't have to...I'll uh see you guys later." he said and left the office, just as Lieutenant Cotton was walking in...

"Gooood Morning Nellis's....Mo-Mo...You brought that man some breakfast....Alright now!! It's about time.."joked Lt.Cotton..

I smiled....

"I give him something he likes just as much if not more than breakfast." joked Monica...

I smiled because despite the late hour last night, we had had a quickie before going to sleep and one this morning in the shower...She was definitely right,I mused....

Lieutenant Cotton smiled wryly-"Ha-Ha....I know that's right...That's why that man has a perpetual smile on his face every morning...Isn't she a lot better to look at than Wally Becker?" he joked...

"No argument there chief..."I laughed and hugged Monica..who giggled..

"Okay..Okay...Stop it you two."she said...

"Where are detectives Wallace and White?" asked Lt. Cotton.

"That seems to be the pertinent question this morning." I joked...

''We are right here Lieutenant." said Detective Kylie White , who had a breakfast platter and two tumblers of coffee with her...She hurriedly ran in and set everything on her desk...

Detective Wallace walked in  after her....

The two of them had a funny look on their faces...They both tried extra hard to avoid eye contact and they both looked like the cat who had swallowed the canary....

Monica picked it up too!...She and I used to look the same way when we came to work, especially after we had spent the night together...

She scanned both of their minds..Her eyes got as wide as saucers....and her mouth opened wide...She didn't say anything.....

I could hear her thoughts now...

"Nate, these two spent the night together in his hotel room...They did the hoochie coo.."

I busted out laughing....

Since neither Monica or I had said a word...(Our entire conversation was through telepathy)..Everyone looked at me...

''What's so funny" said Lt. Cotton.

"Nothing...I just had a funny thought." I said.

Monica looked at me and busted out laughing...This was all her fault..

Lt. Cotton just shook his head...

"You two...Always laughing about something....It's almost like you two can read each other's minds.."he said.

He didn't know how close to the truth that was.

III-

 "So where are we on the case?"asked Kylie..Desperately trying to steer the conversation away from the fact that both she and Detective Wallace were late  and had practically come in together.. Nobody knew she had spent the night in his hotel room...

"Glad you asked... I've been examining the other killings.....I've gone back to when they first began...All of the killings have been during this week...In New Haven, In Washington.D.C. , In Baltimore ,In New York City and in Philly and Luna City...They go back three years....The first killings occurred in New Haven...Three girls...all 28-29 died within three days of this week...Then the next year there were six girls...Three in Washington D.C. and Three in Baltimore...all during this week...then they stopped...Last year in New York City during this week..There were three more girls killed....the same way and during this week and then..nothing...Not a sign, not a trace....All of the women were either 28-29....and now he's killed four women here and two in Luna City and a man...He's changed up a bit..."I said.

"Kylie and I found out something interesting yesterday...Our dead guy, Wallace Abbott..Was born in Jacksonville,Florida...He has an older brother, William Abbott..older by three years...There father was in the state prison for manslaughter and their mother was a stripper and a junkie...She took the
boys to New Haven....That was where her family was from....Her mother and father raised the two boys.....until they died...She then tried to raise them as best she could....They saw a parade of men come through their home....Finally the state declared her unfit and sent them to Foster Homes..."said
Monica...

"The mother was found dead of a drug overdose....She was 28...She would have been 29 within weeks...Wallace was nine and William was 12...Wallace was in and out of trouble as a youth,drugs,petty theft, auto theft...et al...He has an extensive juvie record....but William, he is something else...Graduated with honors from the local high school...Got a scholarship to Dartmouth and graduated from there with Honors...Did his grad school at John Hopkins in Baltimore...Only...he washed out of the medical program....Right after he did...He returned to New haven" said Kylie...

"Which brings me to our point...Look at this footage from your crime scenes...Look hard.."said Detective Carlos Wallace..."I didn't see it at first.....but one of the uniforms noticed it.."he said.

We watched the screen closely....

"Okay...That's Abbott....We know that...and besides...he's dead...." said Lt. Cotton...

"Look Harder Lou....That's Wallace Abbott telling the meter maid that there is a body.....but look over here...Same Blue Polo shirt, same jeans...same Blond hair, different jeff cap and a little taller..That's William Abbott!"said Monica..

"Ohhh hell...That's..That's another guy!"said Lt. Cotton..

"That's Billy Abbott...The surgeon....or would be surgeon....and if you look at all of the crime scene footage..You see both of them in the footage, hiding their faces...We didn't catch them both,because we weren't looking for  two....Only one was on our radar."said Detective Wallace...

"Besides him being at the crime scene...We don't have him doing anything...We've got no prints, no DNA...No evidence....We don't even know where he is." I said.

"I can help you with that."said Dr.Monique Talbert, Monica's twin Sister...

"It's National Surgeon's Week....It's at Penn this year.....A few years ago it was at the University of New Haven...When the killings started...It was at John Hopkins. After that....three murders in D.C. and three murders in Baltimore...It makes sense...Then last year it was at Columbia...Three murders in New York City.....and now it's here at Penn..He's bound to be staying in one of the downtown hotels." she said.

"But how do you explain the murders in Luna City?  That's on the moon..." asked Detective Kylie White.

"He has appeared to have changed up.....There has to be a reason why he's hanging around Philly..."said Monica.

"Maybe he met a girl....A girl he didn't want to cut...If it's Surgeons week...Then he's still around...He's in town...Find him....Bring him in.."said Lt. Cotton.

''We don't have anything Lou."I said.

"But we could get something.....if you know what I mean..." said Monica, winking at me....

"Let's find out where he is and pick him up.." I said.

As we broke and got ready to go Kylie tapped Monique on the shoulder...

"Can I talk to you a minute....In private?" she asked..

''Yeah, what about? Let's walk over here." said Monique.

"I have a confession to make....You have every reason to hate me....I was the one telling Wally Becker when you were with the Lieutenant and he was texting the Lieutenant's girlfriend...I didn't want to do it...He kept asking me...I told him he was wrong and just a tad bit creepy...and finally I stopped..I told him if he wanted to keep tabs on you he'd have to do it himself...I'm so sorry...I don't have anything against you....I love your sister and I want to be your friend to...I'm so so  sorry girl."said Kylie...

Monique smiled...

"It's cool....besides...I already knew....I figured it out....and it didn't stop anything anyhow..."said Monique...

"Good for you...And now I've inherited your problem...It's probably punishment for what I did."said Kylie..

''What do you mean?" asked Monique.

"Have you noticed you don't see him around anymore? You don't get Tulips or wine anymore...That's because he's after me now...See those roses on my desk...they're from him.He and I kind of spent the night together after you guys cracked the Rivers Case..And I kind of spent some time with him the night Nate and your sister got married...I told him both times that I don't think we are cut out to be a couple..That we should just be friends with benefits...I've been getting Roses every other day..I told him not to catch feelings..but now I've opened the flood gates." she sighed.

"I think you two would make a nice couple.."said Monique...

"Wally's not my type..Not for a relationship.....I thought about it for a half second...He's too intense and stalkerish for me...He questions you like you're a perp or something ...He follows you, sits outside  your house...I can't be in a relationship with anybody like that....He doesn't know the difference between a girlfriend and a perp! but now HIM on the other hand...is definitely my type."said Kylie ,pointing to Detective Carlos Wallace...

Monique looked at him and smiled salaciously....

"Ouuu honey ,he is finnnnnneeee....And got that cute accent too." she said.

"Girl I heard it all last night..." laughed Kylie slyly...

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu girl ..you are badddd...."laughed Monique who high fived Kylie...

She knew all about how Wally Becker questioned women the way detectives questioned and watched suspects and she hadn't liked it either..She found it irritating..She perfectly understood Kylie's point...

She was just glad that all she'd done was kiss Wally Becker (and she hadn't wanted to do that!)..If she had gave him some..She knew she'd of never been able to get rid of him...She was secretly relieved that he was shifting his attention to someone else now..It was so relaxing to be on a date or at home and not have him somewhere skulking around and watching.

She and Kylie hugged and continued laughing and talking...

Monica observed the two of them and smiled...

"Looks like they buried the hatchet huh?" I said.

"Yeah....the little hatchet that it was..." said Monica..

I put my arms around her and hugged her..


(CONCLUSION NEXT)