Twists And Turns

I had to be in court this particular morning....My wife, Detective Carlotta Rodriguez-Wallace would tell me what happened this morning...

She and her partners...Detectives Jimmy Barlow and Tyriq Pile were the guests of Attorney Olivia Bennett-Alexander, her niece and associate attorney,Beverly West and Olivia's husband...Donnie Ray Alexander...at their Law firm ,which was located on the bottom floor of their duplex, where the trio also lived..

Their Office Manager, Josie Boyd, led them into the conference room and served them tumblers of coffee, cold bottles of Water and pastries from Cakeman Raven's Bakery...

said to be the best in Philadelphia...

"Nice set up you got here Olivia... You've come a long way from your days as a Public Defender."said Tyriq with a smile..

"Glad you like it Tyriq" smiled Olivia...a pretty and pleasent woman who I once considered dating..before I met Carlotta of course..

"Finally get to see your digs Donnie Ray" said Jimmy.....

"Hope you approve."laughed Donnie Ray, a former Homicide Detective from New Orleans...Now Olivia and Bev's full time Investigator..

"So...I take it you guys are here because of the recent death of my client, Evan Tolson." said Olivia as they all sat and drank their coffees and munched on pastries...

"Yes...we are investigating his murder...We know that you and your niece and your husband paid him a visit on the last day of his life at his second condo..."said Carlotta..

"We did ,but we didn't kill him!" joked her precocious niece, Attorney Beverly West, a brilliant attorney in her own right...

We all laughed...

Carlotta smiled...and continued..

"We know...You three arrived at 10:00 am...and were leaving by 10:45 am..A very short visit." said Carlotta...

"He's deceased now, so I suppose I can discuss the nature of his business..."said Olivia..."I am pretty sure you guys know about his rather unique uh marital situation.." said Olivia..

"Yeah, that's one way to uh put it." laughed Tyriq Pile...

Jimmy, Donnie Ray and Beverly hung their heads and cracked up laughing....

Olivia smiled, but ignored them and continued talking to Carlotta..

"He wanted to get out of his present marital relationship...He told us he was tired of sharing his wife with another man...He wanted a more traditional relationship.."said Olivia...

"Oh really?" said Tyriq...now very interested...

"Yeah...We told him that his "marriage" was not legal or recognized in the United States anyway."said Beverly..

"I told him all he had to do to break his "Domestic Partnership" agreement was to move out and get his name off the lease.."said Olivia..

"We talked to his wife and his uh husband , a few days ago and we got the impression that they didn't know he planned to do this just yet.."said Jimmy..

"They didn't know...He wanted to know his legal rights and he was uh planning to tell them sometime later.."said Donnie Ray...

"Can you tell us if he was involved with another woman?" asked Carlotta...

"He told us she was Russian...and that her name was Anika...she worked at his firm....We never met her. That's all we know...I hope we were helpful." said Olivia..

"You've been very ,very helpful Ms. Olivia..."said Carlotta...

"Carlotta ,You are so polite and sweet...You don't have to call me Ms....We are the same age...Look in your year book Carlotta..You and I graduated from Girls High the same year.." said Olivia..

"We did at that...I don't remember you, but I saw your photo in my year book.."said Carlotta..

"We had a girlfriend in common, Sharon Ferrell...It's Hopkins now....

I was in law school with her and Tony...I remember him well.."laughed Olivia...

"Small world isn't it?"laughed Carlotta who hugged Olivia as she ,Tyriq and Jimmy got up...

"Tell your husband and Ms. Sissy....Bev ,Donnie Ray and I said Hi." said Olivia..

 Beverly smiled and waved...

Donnie Ray showed them out...

"I will" said Carlotta...

"Donnie Ray...Duke and I will be at Josies the next time you and your group play." said Tyriq...

"It's a date man.."said Donnie Ray...

Once on the street Jimmy got his phone...

"I'm calling Sirena and Hop...Tellin em to go back to that firm and look for an Anika.." said Jimmy...

"Good Idea."said Carlotta...

"Let's head back...see if anybody found anything else on those cameras..."said Tyriq.

II-

Detectives Sirena Pile and her partner, Detective Tony Hopkins went back to the late Evan Tolson's event planning firm....

It took them no time at all to locate "Anika." her name was Anika Natchios and she was now the head of the firm and the one person, Carlotta,Tyriq and Jimmy did not interview the day before when they had been there talking to employees and checking alibis and financials..

Anika was a shapely and attractive Russian woman....

"I'm sorry detectives....I heard you were here the other day looking for me...I was in New York..I'm sorry I missed you." she said.

"Ms. Natchios...We understand you were very close to Mr. Tolson...You were his second in command.."said Hop...

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"Yes, we were very very close...Not just business partners ,but partners in the bed..." she said boldly...

"Oh lord..."said Sirena...Here we go again , she mused...She had spent a rather revealing afternoon talking to Evan Tolson's jilted ex-lover, Janice Austin a day before and now here was another woman who shared his bed...

"We were planning to get married...Just as soon as he saw his lawyer and found out how to get out of his present situation....I'm sure you know that he and another  man were married to the same woman."she said.

 "Yes...We knew."said Hop..

 Sirena tried mightily to supress a smile.

"Ms. Natchios...You say you were in New York...When did you last see Mr. Tolson?" She asked..

"The night and the early morning before he died..."she said..."He kept that other condo for nights when his uh husband had his wife....They shared nights with her..When it was Carl's night...Evan usually left and went to his other condo..He couldn't bare hearing the sounds...The bed squeaking, the headboard slamming against the wall, Ellie moaning and screaming Carl's name...He was just tired of it all..He wanted out...He told me that once he was free ,he was going to marry me...and we'd live in the condo where you found him dead.."she said.

"So uh describe your last night." said Hop...

"He called me around 11:00 pm...He begged me to come be with him..He said he was heading over to the condo...They were making so much racket in the bedroom...I could hear them on the phone...He couldn't take it.." she said.

"When I arrived at his condo...He was soo horny, he could barely wait for me to get inside...he looked at me...I looked at him...Within minutes we were kissing each other passionately ...in the middle of the floor...and he had me out of my dress and out of my panties and my bra!~

We didn't moan or cry out, even though we both wanted to...I fondled him gently,which was driving him crazy...He licked and sucked my breasts...Which was doing the same to me...But I didn't say a word...I opened my mouth a little, but no sounds came out..

  He straddled me on the bed... , We continued kissing...laughing ,silently....I kissed his neck, his chest, his cheeks and finally his lips...He kissed my breasts and my neck...finally, he was entering me..
"Oh My God....Oh my goddddddddddddd.."I moaned....The lovemaking was intense...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Evannn..............ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goodnesss.........ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."I moaned....

....We both wanted to cry out..but we couldn't...

"Oh My God....Oh my goddddddddddddd.."I moaned....

He just  laughed......

The bed squeaked a little bit , we smiled..but resisted the urge to cry out....She began licking my neck and sucking on it,which made him begin moving deeper and deeper into my body...

"Ummmm..Ohh Evan I love you" I said quietly..."Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Anika."he moaned.

"This is driving me crazy...." I moaned silently...

''Me too..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." he moaned...

  He kept moving up and down and then from side to side...The bed was rocking and slamming against the wall...We slowed down a bit...Evan looked like he was climaxing...I slowed down immensely and moved in a little slower.....he let out a soft whisper...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

''Yes...yessssssssssssssss...ouuu,this is so good Evan" I moaned..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."he cried out!

The bed squeaked a little bit ,but nowhere near like the one at his other condo..

"Anika...you are one naughty girl...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."he moaned..

"Naughty is sexy No???!"I laughed.

"No argument there Anika....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." he said.

We kept on at it for another five hours...We couldn't seem to get enough of each other....We managed to climax together...holding each other tightly..and breathing heavy...Kissing each other as if it were going out of style.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Evan...ouuuuuuuu that was soooo nice." I said  in between wet sloppy kisses...

"Yes lord....Yesss lord Anika...."he said.

I giggled and ran her index finger across my lips...

"Oh My God Evan, that was awesome..Whoooooo."I whispered in his ears ..

I listened...I heard nothing....I smiled... We started kissing again...I fondled him softly some more...He was going bananas.....I  surprisingly felt him getting hard again...and he began to move slowly inside and out of me....once again!!! An hour and a half went by...more kissing, more sweet lovemaking..

"Ohhhh my......you are something else Evan!!!....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...."was all I could manage to say...

He entered me and begin to thrust inside of me deeply. I tried to catch my breath, I wrapped my legs around him and my arms around his neck as if I was falling off a cliff.

"Ouuuuu Evan....ohhh my goodness..wooooooooooo.."I moaned..laughing and turning my head from side to side....

"Awwwwww lawddddd!" he moaned....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Evan....my lord..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...." I moaned...

"Anika, what are you doing to me? You're driving me crazy" he said...He looked as if he was losing his  mind...

I laughed and kissed him slower,softer....

"Nothin.....Just trying to make you feel goooooooooooooooood as usual...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." I cooed.

"Well...you're doing a good job...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..damn good job!!"he moaned...

"Glad you like it baby!"I  said...

"Anika...Anikaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...I love ittttt.."he said...

We quickly got into a nice deliberate rhythm.. he just wanted to go hard and fast, but I slowed us down. I could barely stand it.It felt so good...

"Take your time sweetie...Take your timeeeeeeeee....Anika isn't going anywhereeeee.." I cooed...

"Ohhhhhhhhh.." was all he could mutter......

He slowed it way down with deep, long strokes that made me feel like I was losing my mind...I kissed him softly and blew into my ears...

He came so hard ,I thought he was having a heart attack....

We laughed and held each other tightly, still kissing until we drifted off..." she said.

Hop was sweating...

"Well..that was uh some story..." he said.

"Mr. Hopkins are you alright?" asked Anika..

"Yeah...Yes..." he said..

"Sirena was doubled over in laughter....at this point..

"So ,you arrived at his condo at midnight...and we have you being buzzed out and leaving at 7:30 am on the morning he died..Where did you go after that?" asked Sirena..

"I went home and changed my clothes and I caught a train to New York City..I have the ticket stubs in my pocketbook and the receipts for the cab...I returned to Philadelphia around 6:00 pm...I went home and was there all day yesterday...You can check it out....I wouldn't have hurt Evan...I loved him,I was planning to spend my life with him..."she said.

On the drive back to headquarters....Sirena was still laughing at her partner...

"Go be with your wife tonight...you need her.." she laughed..

"Yeah..I do....Anika alibied out...Her story holds...She wasn't there when Evan got killed..This was somebody else.."said Hop..

"But who????...His wife and uh Husband didn't know he was planning to leave them and were at home all night and all morning..She left in the morning and was in New York and I can't place Janice Austin at his condo at all...Plus her alibi holds...She was in the bar during the murder....The bartender not only IDed her...He asked me if I had her phone number..It wasn't her."said Sirena as they drove back...

III-

 Detective Angie Belton was without her partner, Duke Baylor..She was at the home of Rodrigo Valez, a caterer who had done work for Evan Tolson...

She was having a drink with him and sampling his latest cuisine...

"Ohhh my goodness...This is delicious..."said Angie..

He was smiling and looking her up and down...

"You are far too pretty to be a detective..." he said smiling sheepishly as he looked her up and down..

"Thank you..."she said..."You knew Evan Tolson...??"

"I did...I catered several of his affairs...The man was a genius...If he had concentrated more on his work than the young ladies...he would have been even more successful."he said.

"He was married.."said Angie..

"Yes...How ridiculous...He and another man married to the same woman...He had to have her and she threatened to stop sleeping with him if he wouldn't consent to that ridiculous arrangement..." said Rodrigo..

" I understand he broke off a prior engagement to marry this woman and uh this man.."said Angie..

"You mean Janice??

"Beautiful woman...She idolized him...It was terrible what he did to her...She was smart..she left him, started her own company and took some of his business..." he said.

"I understand you did some catering jobs for her firm too?" said Angie..

"Ohh yes...This was business...not personal...I go where the money is...I still worked for Evan..." he said.

"Did he know you did jobs with Janice?" asked Angie..

"He knew..He didn't take it personal..He understood business.." he said..

"He was planning to get out of his marriage  you know."said Angie..

"So I hear...Apparently he wanted to marry the young lady who now runs his company...This worked out well for her...Evan dead and she with the whole company...." he said smiling slyly..But something about the entire exchange made Angie kind of ill at ease...behind the smile appeared to be slight irritation...anger even...

"She didn't kill him...She spent the night with him and left in the morning and was in New York all day.."said Angie..

He laughed sheepishly....but Angie could tell that it was phony laughter...something about this guy was giving her the creeps!

"I know...Did I tell you you are extremely attractive?" he asked..

Angie laughed..

"You did...a couple of times....So tell me..How did you and Evan get along?" she asked..

"Just fine...As long as he paid me well...I was good with him..."he laughed....but it was an uneasy laugh....

"I see in all of your photos you have a goatee...and today you're clean shaven..."said Angie.


"Gotta change it up every now and then...My face is smoother when I attempt to kiss you detective." he laughed..

Angie moved away....

"Uh I am flattered, but I am married..My husband wouldn't like that."laughed Angie...

"I like that...A woman who is loyal..."he laughed...

"When did you last see Evan?" asked Angie..

"A week ago..."said Rodrigo...

"So on the day he died..Where were you at say around 12:30 pm?" asked Angie..

"I had a catering job in Little Norway." he said. he looked at Angie again...

"Damn...I wish you weren't married.."he said.

Angie smiled..She'd heard that before...but not as much when she actually was single...

IV-

Back at headquarters , I walked in and spoke to Sissy,Duke and Sharon...

"Hey guys, how was your day?" I asked..

"Fine considering this case is close to 48 hours old and all of our suspects have rock solid alibis"laughed Duke...

"Something will pop...We just gotta keep plugging...The killer is amongst that crowd...We are triangulating all of the employee ID's from his firm with faces in the crowd...We'll get something."said Sharon..

 "I just love your toys girlfriend." joked Sissy...

Just then...some of the troops arrived..

Carlotta,Tyriq, Jimmy, Sirena ,Hop, Hazel and Angie..

They looked beat....

"You guys down for drinks tonight at Josies before we turn in??...I'll buy a round for everybody..."I said.

"Works for me.." said Sissy..

"Yeah , sounds good to me..."said Duke...

Everybody else agreed...

And so it was...We all headed to Josies....for drinks and quiet conversation...

End of a long day....A day of twists and turns...


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