Clever Girl

It had rained all last night...I had been in a somber mood concerning this case until my beautiful wife, Carlotta had stripped to her undies and taken my mind off of it completely...We had made love furiously throughout the storm...

She was very hungry when she woke up this morning...So I took her to one of her favorite spots in her old neighborhood for breakfast...

''Today Papi...I have a feeling we are going to get very lucky with this case.." she said as we waited for our food..

"Uh I don't know...I got pretty lucky last night." I said and winked...

To my utter surprise...Carlotta blushed a bit...

"Oh My God...I am the one who got lucky...I had an orgasm,like I've never had before...I thought I was dying...."she said and punched my shoulder...''What got into you?" she asked ,smiling..

''Here comes our food...I'll answer that later.." I smiled..

Our week had started off with a bang...Two teen aged shooters had shot up center city Philadelphia...killing 10 people,one of them a police officer...and wounding 18 people, four seriously..

We had killed one of the shooters at the scene and were now feverishly searching for the other one..hopefully before he got his hands on another gun and heaven forbid started shooting again...
We'd had a few leads....but we'd gotten there usually right after he left...To make it worse...This kid now had a hostage...His ex- girlfriend...

Tego, the cook brought us out Friattas...

Carlotta had introduced me to this last year...It was very good...

It looked and smelled good...Tomatoes, peppers,eggs, sausage and spices.....


It was so good...I playfully took my fork and tried some of hers...


"Ummmmmm...almost as good as you babes.." I said...

''You are sooo nasty...all you think about is sex." laughed Carlotta...

"All I think about is you." I said and looked at her leeringly...

"Good to know." she said and smiled and rubbed my hands softly...

She said something in spanish to the cook.....Who laughed and clapped his hands...

"Tego...you have outdone yourself..." she said

"Gracias Carlotta." he said- "Glad to see you again."he said.

We were on the other side of town..About a block from where Carlotta used to live, before we got married...Someone else was already in her old apartment...

Carlotta had woke up this morning hungry and a little homesick for the old neighborhood...So I said..

"Hey..Let's go to that diner you used to take me to when I'd spend the night with you."

''But we got a big case .."she said..

 "Just come...Put your clothes on and come with me." I said.

I paid Tego and left a hefty tip.....

Just then Carlotta's phone rang... it was Sharon.

 "Hola." said Carlotta..

''Lotta...We have what may be a break in this case...That girl, Jessica Mooney...who Johann Storm is holding hostage...managed to sneak a text message to our hotline...She left the GPS on her phone on so we can track their movemants...I think Storm is planning a run for New Jersey over the Ben Franklin Bridge....I've already called Sissy, Duke and Rico...You call the others...We don't have time to waste...Wherever you are ...get to the Ben Franklin Bridge now!" she said..

"Thanks Sharon...I'm on it." said Carlotta...

II-

We knew he was traveling in a 1976 Ford Torino..We had the license plate number...Thanks to the GPS in Jessica's phone..We were able to track it down...

Sharon and the FBI had locked in on the Traffic Cam and had located the car...In downtown Philadelphia ,heading toward the Ben Franklin Bridge..

I was so glad she was friends with us and helping us and had an office in our suite...The playthings the FBI had so far outweighed what he had...and had helped us on numerous investigations..

Carlotta and I met Sissy, Sirena, Hop and Jimmy at the base of the bridge....

They all had on Kevlar vests and Trauma Plates....Sirena handed one to Carlotta as she approached us.

"Is he near by? " asked Carlotta...

''He is..That's the car down the road...He's in the car with the girl...He knew we were on him...For some odd reason he stopped here on the bridge...He's got a knife to her throat and I think he has a loaded .45." said Sissy....

"Where is Duke....Rico?" I asked..

''They're around...They're a little ahead of him...Duke's got his sniper rifle...Rico has one too...I told them that if they get a clear shot...to take him out...but not to endanger the girl.." said Sissy..

''You call Cantrell?" I asked.

"I did...he's on his way with Tactical.." said Sissy...She smiled that sexy smile of hers..."My uh troops here won't leave my side..."she said pointing to Sirena, Jimmy,Hop and now Carlotta.

"I know you...You were going to try and take him yourself...They weren't going to allow that...They love you too much."I said.

She smiled...

"Love is never a bad thing." she said.

Sharon drove up....She had four FBI agents with her...

''Hey guys...This was all I could get on such short notice."she said.

"That's fine...There hasn't been any movemant in the car...I think he's contemplating his next move." said Sissy...

"Boss Lady, you think he's got another automatic weapon?" asked Sirena...

"Oh God,I hope not...If he does...We are grossly out gunned." said Sissy...

"Boss Lady..The car door is opening." said Jimmy...

''Everybody get down behind the cars!!!" said Hop...."Especially you sexy..I don't want anything happening to you." he whispered in the ears of his wife..FBI Deputy Special Agent in charge ,Sharon Hopkins...who blushed...

''Ouuu Tony Bear..Not here baby..We are working...I have to concentrate.." she cooed.

"I wish I had my shotgun." said Carlotta , who squatted down next to Jimmy ,with her Glock drawn and ready...

III-

Individual uniformed officers who had just arrived were veering traffic away and temporarily blocking traffic....

Johann Storm emerged from the car with a knife to the throat of Jessica Mooney...He appeared to have shaved and showered and put on clean clothes..within the three days since the shooting....He looked better...But beyond his cold gray eyes was nothing...

"Okay! " he screamed... "YOU GUYS GOT ME!!! MY CAR IS OUT OF GAS!!!....I CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER....BUT YOU DON'T DICTATE HOW THIS IS GONNA END...I DO! I DECIDE HOW THIS IS GONNA END!!" he said.

Jessica appeared to be scared to death....

"Johann,please...please...don't do this...you'll get us both killed.."she squealed..

"SHUTTTTT UPPP!  I OUGHT TO SLIT YOUR THROAT....Do you know what she did? Do you know what she did??? I DIDN'T FIGURE IT OUT TIL NOW?  She lied to me..Lied to me..Told me last night that she reconsidered...that she would go on the run with me...We stayed in a motel and made love until the early morning...I was so worn out that I fell asleep...She must have siphoned what was left of the gas in my ride out...Now we are stuck..."he said and snatched her phone out of her pocketbook and tossed it over the bridge into the water...

"You guys tracked me by her phone didn't you??? I oughta slit her throat right now!!!!" he screamed...

"Noooooooooooo...No ,don't do that." yelled my wife Carlotta...

Jessica had been a very clever girl...Without her help, Johann might have gotten away..She used her feminine wiles and street smarts to lead us right to him and with no gas...He was stuck..We had him..or did we?" I mused..

He looked at Carlotta salaciously....and smirked...

"I remember you...You were in town the day me and Evan made history....You were the hot chick in the red dress with the gun in your purse that was shooting at us...Come here.." he said..

"No Carlotta, don't do it." said Jimmy.

"Start walkin forward or I swear I'll slit her throat..." he said.

Carlotta cocked her Glock and began walking forward....Sissy cocked her glock and began walking behind her...So did Hop and Jimmy and Sirena..

He scowled....

"I DIDN'T SAY ALL OF YOU!!....JUST HER...THE FIRST ONE.....THE PUERTO RICAN CHICK!"he yelled.."BACK OFF..BACK OFF OR I'LL SLIT HER THROAT."he said.

IV-

In a tower off of the side of the pedestrean walkway sat Detectives Edwin "Duke" Baylor and Tyriq Pile....

Duke had his sniper rifle trained on the car and the head of Johann Storm.... Tyriq also had a rifle trained on him...

"What are they doin? Top, Siss, Hop,Jimmy and your wife are walking towards him with guns drawn...I don't want to get a shot off with them in harms way." said Duke..

"Yeah...They got to back up...Sharon is there....I'm gonna call her..tell her to back them up..."said Tyriq...

''Wait Rico...Sissy, Hop,Jimmy and Sirena are retreating...It's just Top...."said Duke..

"Damn it Top, don't put down your gun in any circumstances...Don't do it baby..I trained you..I taught you that."said Tyriq...

Duke smiled...He remembered when he brought Carlotta to Tyriq...She had been a detective for a few months...but she had street smarts and a toughness that seasoned detectives he knew didn't have...They both were only about three or four years older than Carlotta, but they had always taken on a near fatherly approach to her...

"Man, you and her have cracked how many cases together over the years...You still feel protective of her???" he laughed...

"That's my partner man."said Tyriq...

"I love her too....Top knows what she's doing.."he said.

And on the bridge, Carlotta, with gun drawn walked toward Johann and Jessica...

"It's over Johann....You're in enough trouble...Don't compound it by killing another person..." said Carlotta..

He smiled..

"They gonna remember us forever!!.....Screw Columbine!!!...We outdid them and at least I lived to talk about it..Everybody will know our names..."he said.

"Okay, you won..you're right...Everybody is talking about you around the world..Let Jessica go...Surrender." said Carlotta..

"I want a car and safe passage over this bridge.." he sneered....

"Not going to happen and from this range...I won't miss...You cut her...I'll mow you down and my friends will blast you to pieces....In a few minutes...this place will be flooded with more cops..The game is over Johann...Let's end this..Aren't you tired of running?  How much money you got? How much longer...??"pleaded Carlotta..

"Yeah you're right...Oh and for the record....I didn't kill that cop....I know you guys are gonna hang that on me anyway with everything else I did...but I didn't do that...He was chasing me and then he fell backwards...That's the truth...I didn't have another gun...This here .45 I have...I stole it off of her bum ass boyfriend after I got away from you guys..."he said...

He let Jessica go...She ran into Carlotta's arms and then a shot was heard!

Blood flew out of the side of Johann's head....and he dropped to the ground...dead.

Up in the tower...Tyriq looked at Duke...

"You got him !" he said.

"Yeah....I didn't enjoy that."said Duke....

V-

It was over....We all stood around as Johann Storm's body was loaded into the M.E.'s Van....

Hazel looked at us somberly...

''Well the case is over..you got both shooters..." she said...

Carlotta put her arms around 18 year old Jessica Mooney...She smiled and hugged her...

"But we never would have done this without the help of this very clever ,clever girl....She's the real hero.." said Carlotta...

"I'll say" said Sissy...

Captain Ed Cantrell and his tactical unit guys were talking to Sharon and her FBI officials...He walked over to Sissy..

"Once again Sissy...Job well done..."he said.

"I had a good teacher." she said and kissed him on the cheek....

He smiled..

"You did at that..."he said.

VI-

And at the medical examiner's office sometime later...Carlotta and I stood with Hazel, waiting for Detective Angela Belton to arrive...

Angie arrived and looked at us strangely..

"Heyyy Carlotta....Good Job, You guys got your second shooter and closed your case." she said.

''Well we closed one case anyway.."said Carlotta.

"What are you talking about?" said Angie..

"Ang...I think you need to hear this."I said.

"That second shooter...Johann Storm..He was bragging about he and Evan Clayton's shooting rampage...How they were going to be remembered, how they outdid the Columbine kids...but he said that he didn't kill Devon Lawson...He said Lawson was chasing him and fell backwards...Why would he lie at this point? What's one more killing to the nine we know he and Evan committed going to do for him?" said Carlotta.

"Remember my initial suspicion the other day Angie...about the difference in Officer Lawson's gunshot and the other people?  We didn't find a second glock on Storm...And all of his and Clayton's shots are accounted for...The gunshot that killed Devon Lawson came from a Glock nine.....Police issue!"said Hazel...

''What are you saying Hazel? ,Carlotta??"aske Angie.

"Devon Lawson was killed by a cop Angie!!!" said Hazel.


(CONCLUSION NEXT!!!)