Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend

My wife Sepia sat in the huge sitting room of Berks Landsdowne's house...

''Wow...I've never handled a property this big before Mr. Landsdowne.." she said.

"Heh,Heh,Heh....I've got another big property I'd like you to handle my dear." he laughed,eyeing her salaciously...

He had been making sexually suggestive remarks like this all morning...Sepia had tactfully ignored him...

He had called her when he found out she was a realtor and told her her was interested in selling his huge house....

She was wearing a wire of course and Peeping Tom and I were listening intently..

Berks Landsdowne smiled...

"Ms. Morris..Would you like another drink?" he said slyly,still staring at her salaciously..

"That's Mrs. Morris...MRS. Morris...I'm happily married...That was my husband in Mr. Swanson's store the other day.." she said.

"MY STORE...That's my store...Mr. Swanson works for me...and not much longer..I suspect he's been stealing from me..As soon as I can prove it..He's going to be gone and prosecuted to the full..But let me be perfectly frank Mrs. Morris...I could have chosen any other realtor in the city....I chose you because frankly,I couldn't get my mind off of you from the moment I first laid eyes on you...You are very attractive and I'm willing to buy you things...take you places...do things for you that you can't imagine....I just have to have you..." he said.

Sepia laughed....

"Mr. Landsdowne...I am very flattered....and if you don't want us to sell your house..I'll understand...But I came here strictly as a business venture...You called me..I didn't call you...You said you wanted to sell your house....That's all I'm here for." she said..

He took her hand and looked at her wedding band and her engagement ring...He smiled..

"Nice...For a man of your husband's means....but I can give you a diamond far bigger and far more valuable than this..."he remarked tersely...

"Mr. Landsdowne...I'm sure you could...In fact...I KNOW YOU COULD...but my husband gave me something that is worth more than your net worth."said Sepia.

"What? Good Sex?" he snarled...

Sepia smiled...

"While he has given me that...That is not what I was talking about....Let me tell you a story...I'm not from Philadelphia...I'm a North Jersey Girl...I'm from a place called East Orange....You've probably never even heard of it...When I met my husband...All I had was my old beat up car and the clothes on my back...My husband gave me a place to stay initially and I was only supposed to stay with him until I got a place of my own here... I wound up getting a job and going back to college finishing up my degree and getting a second degree....By then,I was still living with him and he asked me to marry him....Since then...I've gotten a business, been reunited with long lost relatives and made friends...new friends and just a few months ago...I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl....My husband gave me the most valuable thing..more valuable than a diamond...My husband gave me a life." she said..

Berks Landsdowne held his head down...

"So that means you still won't sleep with me?" he asked.

"Good day Mr. Landsdowne...." she said and got up to leave...

"You know, your boss won't like it that you lost since a large account..."he said.

"I guess you didn't read the name on the business card...MORRIS & FOXWORTH REAL ESTATE."remarked Sepia.

Berks Landsdowne looked like he'd swallowed a canary....

"You're the boss?" he said.

"You might say that." said Sepia...

"Damn girl, that makes you even more sexy to me..." he said as she walked out....

 Sepia looked back at the townhouse....That would have been a nice commission....She thought...and kept on walking...

Berks Landsdowne watched her the entire time she walked to her car and pulled off...Her husband was a very very lucky man...He had a good wife...Loyal and sexy to boot, he thought.

Peeping Tom turned to me....

"You got a good wife my friend.." he said.

I was nearly in tears...

"I know." I said.

"You learn anything from this?" he asked...He was referring to Berks Landsdowne....

"Yeah...There is something else going on here....Time for me to talk to my friend."I said.

"Philly Frankie?" he asked..

"Uh Uh...Someone else." I said.

II-

 That friend was Lt. Sissy Van Buren...of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Philadelphia Police Department...

I came to her office with two tumblers of coffee and sat down...

"Heyyy Kevin...Haven't seen you in awhile..We've been busy and I guess you've been busy too!  How is that little girl doing?" asked Sissy..

"Oh she's trying to stand up by herself...Soon she'll be opening the refrigerator."I said laughing...

We both laughed...We had known each other a long time...Long enough that Sissy knew this wasn't just a friendly visit..

"So friend...what can I do for you?" she asked.

"Sissy..You ever hear of a guy named Ralph Black?" I asked.

Sissy's face turned almost beet red....She shot me a look...

"Question is...How do you know him?" she asked.

"I don't...Never met the man...I have a client who lost some valuable stones...Diamonds...Mr. Black was employed as a security guard for him....The diamonds vanished...I'm talking five million dollars worth of stones....I found half of them in Mr. Black's apartment ..but no sign of Mr. Black....His wallet was there and full of cash ,as was his clothes and dry cleaning...I checked several fences and all had seen him and turned him away...but none had seen him within two days...It's now been almost a week and he hasn't been seen."I said.

"And the diamonds are still missing right?" said Sissy.

"Oh no...I found them..I just haven't turned them in to my client." I said.

Sissy smiled and shook her head....

"And that client would be Philly Frankie Swanson right?" asked Sissy...

Now it was my turn to be surprised..

"Wow! No wonder they call you the Boss Lady.....You're good." I said.

"I can tell you where Ralph Black is Kevin."said Sissy...

"Locked up right?'' I asked.

"No ,He's dead!!  Take a ride with me to the M.E.'s office." she said.

III-

 Sissy and I drove over to the Medical Examiner's Office..Where Forensic Investigator, Dr. Hazel Baylor was in attendance..

"Hi Sissy, Heyyy Kevin." she said as we entered...

"Hi Hazel." I said smiling sheepishly...Hazel was a sexy woman..She made me blush and I think she knew it...

"Hazel, show him Mr. Black's body." said Sissy...

Ralph Black , was about six foot ,two...well muscled and dark skinned...In death he looked so peaceful lying on the medical examiner's table..

"We found him floating in the river yesterday morning with two fresh slugs in his head...From a .22"said Hazel.

"We interviewed your client, Frankie Swanson...He neglected to tell us that Mr. Black was a suspected thief..He just said that he hadn't seen him...Now it all makes sense..We hauled Benny the Ball, Wally Palmer and Murray Kessler in here and they all told the same story..That they either didn't know him or hadn't seen him..."said Sissy.

"You know they are Fences right?" I asked Sissy.

"Of course...and I know that they all were probably lying too...but I had nothing to hold them on..." she said.

"None of them killed him...I can tell you that much...but he was attempting to pawn these diamonds off on them...They couldn't handle the weight...couldn't find buyers..."I said.

"You really mean, They couldn't handle the heat that Berks Landsdowne would bring down on them...Those are his stones..Those guys are small potatoes...They don't have the juice to move those stones or the muscle and connections to keep them safe from Landsdowne's wrath....He's not actually a gangster...but he can make things happen..He's one of Rollie Rollerson's sleazy associates...I remember him from when I used to date Rollie....Not a very good period of my life...He tried to hit on me every chance he got..What is with these rich guys...?"  She laughed.

"I don't know...They have a lot of cash to spend and a lot of women are easy to buy...At least in their mind." I mused..

"Well I'm not for sale....Diamonds Aren't always a girl's best friend..."said Sissy....

"Interesting...That's not what I heard.."I said laughing..

 "You got an idea who might have killed Ralph Black?" asked Sissy...

"I do...and I don't like what I'm thinking. I need a little more to go on first." I said.

"You will call me when you get something won't you?" asked Sissy...

"After all this time ,after all the cases we've cracked together...You have to ask Siss?" I said smiling..

This time ,I pulled her to me and hugged her...She nuzzled her head into my chest...This felt too natural..

"Of course not Kevin." she said.

Gus's hunch was right...He had told me the night before that Ralph Black was either dead or in jail...I would have preferred him to be in jail...With him dead...He couldn't fill in the blanks to this mystery.

IV-

 That afternoon at home, Sepia sat on my lap, I squeezed her tight....She smiled and rubbed my hands softly...

"I like what you told Berks Landsdowne today.."I said.

"I meant every word of it...Did you know he still gave me the commission?  I'm going to find a buyer for his house.." she laughed...

"Looks like your little undercover assignment turned out to be lucrative after all..."I said smiling..

"Yeah, but I'm not going to be with him alone again...Next time we meet..I'm going to have Bonita and Eva Corona with me..."she said.

I smiled...

"Or me?  I'm your business partner after all."I joked...

"You're my life partner and speaking of undercover...I've got another undercover assignment for you."she said and winked...

She got up and walked towards the stairs...

"Coming?" she asked..seductively....

"Yes...Yes , I am..." I said smiling sheepishly....Loved that woman..

As she walked up the stairs ,I peered at our kitchen table...I thought of years ago...before we were married..before we were even a couple...and after I had cracked my first case....She and I sat at this very table..

 Sepia was up and dressed. We sat at my kitchen table and ate the donuts and drank the coffee.. I turned on some music...Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain...My Uncle gave me the original record before he died...I had since bought the CD and downloaded it on my IPOD.

It was still timeless music.

"Miles Davis? You are so deep Kevin...I like that about you." Said Sepia.

"So are you..you have a great knowledge of music....I like that about you." I replied being surprised that a girl her age would have even of heard of Miles Davis.

"So what will you do now?" I asked, Wishing and hoping secretly that she'd stay.

" I don't know...I don't have anyone in East Orange and I hate my job as you know from reading my blog...I might just want to start over again...a new city, a new job...you know?"

"Got any ideas of where this transformation might take place ?" I laughed...

Sepia sat quiet for awhile, then she sighed-

"Hmmmmmmm, maybe a big city on the East Coast."

"Oh, New York, right?"I said, hanging my head..No way Philly could compete with the Big Apple.

"Nah, New York is great, but a little too busy for my new tastes." She said.

"Oh ,your new tastes" I said.

"Yeah" she giggled... "I was thinking of a smaller city,a city of Brotherly love." she said.

I smiled...I looked up and Sepia had come back down the stairs...She saw me looking at the kitchen table..

"I know what you were thinking about...." she said.

"You do?" I asked..

"You were thinking about us...When I decided to stay in Philly and with you...."she said.

"I was..."I said.

"I often think about that decision....I didn't know it..but it was the best decision of my life...I got a man, a house, an education, a job, friends and a business... Now I have a husband and a daughter...You gave me a life....That's more valuable than any diamonds....Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best friend Kevin.."she said..

She then rubbed her soft fingers across my lips...Something that she knew turned me on...and kissed me softly for a few minutes in the foyer...

"Now...come to bed."she said..

She didn't have to ask me twice.

Sepia unzippered her dress and softly laid it across the futon at the bottom of our bed....She was wearing white lace bikini panties.......I lifted her up and gently laid her across our bed...Sepia still had a hell of a body,after all of these years...I stared for a minute and just shook my head....Surprised that I had known her as long as I had and a sometimes momentarily forgot how attractive and shapely she was.

"Oh My goodness Kevin...whoooooooo." she said, eying my  erection as I undressed....and softly fondling me..."Look at youuuu...oh my god.." she exclaimed and smiled...

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" I moaned....

  I began devouring her lips...She was breathing heavily and continuing to kiss me passionately...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Kevin...oh my goodness...ouuuuuu.."she moaned..

  We wound up on the  bed...kissing and humping like crazy.....

Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....oh my gooodnesss...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."she moaned..as she and I  continued kissing.....


  I was kissing her softly and breathing heavy...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, Oh My god..." she was moaning...

  We resumed kissing again and I laid her down across the bed and began to enter her softly and slowly again......

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Kevin, baby....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."she said..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my godddddddddddddd..."I  moaned...

For the next five hours...Sepia and I made slow ,passionate love..I took my time...I was , as usual very gentle and loving and patient with her...she loved every minute, every second of it...

She let me know by her howls, but her head moving back and forth...by the tears streaming down her face.......She found herself climaxing....not once...not twice..but three times.....

Her head moved from side to side...sweat and tears poured down her face and she found herself shaking ....I exploded and came like a gusher.....

  We lie next to each other breathing heavily...Sepia softly rubbed my penis..which got as hard as a brick right before her eyes...

"Ohhhh my goodness..KEVIN!!!..."she exclaimed...

 Before she knew it..I had rolled over and was on top of her again for round two...

"Oh My goddd. Kevin...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.. I should compliment you more often"she moaned...

 We kissed passionately and I found himself going in and out of Sepia again...Her pretty brown skin was soft and her breasts were just a mouthful enough to be perfect for him..I licked and sucked on them until Sepia found herself coming again...

  I wouldn't come for another two hours and when I did...I came furiously...Harder than I ever had before...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed...

  Sepia laughed... A few minutes later...she  eased on top of me.......

 She moved up and down for close to an hour....This motion made us both feel very good...I kissed her neck, her cheek and her lips until once again I found himself coming harder than I'd come in a long time...

It took her about a minute..but soon she climaxed too...Shaking mightily and moaning until she collapsed on top of me in sheer exhaustion...We both laughed....

Sepia lie between my legs....I played in her hair...She looked up at me...

"Bae...you think you know who killed Ralph Black?" she asked..

"I do...but I need you to do me a favor...and you're going to have to break a promise  you made to yourself."I said.

"Uh Oh...I already don't like the sound of this." said Sepia,giving me the side eye.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)