Every Now and Then

The next day we all met with FBI Deputy Special Agent In Charge, Sharon Hopkins...Our good friend and honorary C.I.D. member as well as the wife of our own, Detective Tony Hopkins..And our Forensic Investigator, Dr. Hazel Baylor....

Sharon had the photos of our three  murder victims on the monitors behind her...

"Johnny Licvolli, Hacker..High Priced Heist man...One of the best in the business....Only steals top of the line merchandise for a price...Did three years in Green Hill and the last two in Stanga Correctional for Grand Larceny...His only conviction to date...Herbert Bagley, a Bank Robber, with three convictions...Amazed to find him running with this guy, but he's an excellent driver and an ex-race car driver,so maybe that was it..And last but not least, Anthony John Dennis....Tony Dennis, Several arrests ,but no convictions...no jail time...A Shot Caller...puts together high line crews....for major heists....He no doubt put together you guys crew..."said Sharon...

"Yeah,well me and Top ran down guys who ran in his circle...yesterday after we unsuccessfully went to three of his last know addresses."said Tyriq...

''All three places were empty....They didn't look like anybody had lived there in months...We had CSI scrub them down for prints and DNA...We got nothing...Not even his."said Carlotta.

"But we did find out that several crime syndicates wanted to get their hands on that Tiara...and some big money was thrown around for it...It's worth five million dollars easy...maybe more...All we know is that Tony D. had a buyer...He fished himself inside that building, got the lay of the land and his guy, Johnny Boy made the snatch....They were all ready to make their clean getaway when somebody else shot and killed all three of them and took their merch." said Jimmy....

"It wasn't a complete loss....We found the clothes the actual security guard was wearing and we were able to lift a partial print off of them as well as a print off of his skin...and DNA off of the discarded rag and the latex gloves..."said Hazel...

"Let me guess...He's not in our system right?" said Carlotta.

"No Lotta...He's not in our system...but he is in somebody's system."said Sirena.

"I ran him through VICAP and Interpol's websites and I got a hit....The man we are looking for is this guy...Reese Wilkins...He's English...from the U.K. A remorseless killer and Heist guy, who is like our boy,Johnny Licavolli...a High line thief and boxman (safe cracker).."said Sharon.

"I even got a photo of him...It's a grainy one...but the FBI techs say they can clean it up....we got him coming out of that driveway and into the street, exactly five to ten minutes during the timeline when our triple murder may have occurred."said Hop.

"Good...Now all we have to do is find him."said Duke.

"That might not be so easy...As soon as I got his name...I checked the DMV here and in London and I searched for addresses here under his name and got nothing..."said Angie..

''Something else you should know...He is a remorseless killer...The operative word here is remorseless..He is a suspect in seven other murders in the U.K. ,in addition to your three...And one of them was a Scotland Yard Inspector...He won't hesitate to kill a cop....or anyone that gets in his way."said Sharon.

"Hey where is boss lady?" said Carlotta...

"She has a meeting with Captain Cantrell...She should be along shortly..."I said.

"Well,I'm going to get breakfast...Any of you guys going?" said Duke..

"That sounds like a great idea."said Hazel ,who grabbed her pocketbook...

Tyriq,Sirena,Angie,Hop, Jimmy and Sharon all headed out...

"You guys going to Sam Mother's Diner?" I asked..

''Yeah."said Tyriq..

"We'll meet you there." I said..

As soon as they had all left..I calmly pulled Carlotta into an empty office and quietly closed the door and pulled the shades..

She said nothing...She smiled at me and sat on my lap, staring into my eyes....She kissed me slowly and softly....

I slipped my hands up her dress, rubbing her legs softly and quietly slipped her panties down ...She unzippered my pants....

"Ouuuuuuu...I knew you wanted to do this...The way you were staring at me.." she said and kissed me hungrilly......

"I did...I did ...You know me so well.."I said in between hungry kisses...I could hardly catch my breath!

I kissed her slowly and softly....hungrilly!..she eased herself down on my erect and throbbing penis slowly..

''Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm.."I moaned..

"Shhhhhhhhhhh.Be easy Papi...Easyyyyyyyy..."said Carlotta...who moved up and down faster...

"Ohhhhhhh Carlotta, you're asking almost the impossible...ummmmmmmmmmmmmm..."I moaned softly as she continued to kiss me and move up and down....

I was going crazy....

Twenty minutes went by quickly....

I couldn't believe it..but I began to come and come hard.....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.."I moaned..

Carlotta's body began to shake a little bit...she had the most serene smile on her face..she closed her eyes for a moment...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned....

Carlotta breathed heavily....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..that was nice....A Quickie..." she said and her body shook a little bit...We stared at each other and smiled as she got up and adjusted her clothes...There was a time when she wouldn't have let me do this...Not here...When she was too shy, too modest...That time was gone...

"Yeah, a quickie..but a goodie." I said..

"Si Papi....Maybe when we get home we can finish up where we started off"she said and winked...

We both retreated to our respective restrooms to clean up and then got in My SUV and headed for Sam Mother's Diner..

"You think anybody will suspect anything?" she asked.

"We are only a few minutes...I'd say a half an hour or so behind them...What is to suspect?" I said..."we stopped to gas up.." I said.

"Wow...that's one way to put it Papi"she said,playfully striking my arm and laughing..

II-

Three Years Ago

 It was a warm Spring night...Unseasonably warm...almost 79 degrees...Most of the windows on Lt. Cantrell's block were open...His was no exception..

Carlotta and Sissy had their guns unholstered and walked around looking for anything suspicious...and then we got in front of his house...

From the streets the three of us could hear bed springs squeaking loudly, headboards slamming against the wall..and wails of  lust and ecstacy

''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

"Ohhh baby, give it to meeeeee....ummmmmmph..."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Barbara ...ouuuuuuuuuu, more, more... ohhhhhh..."

"Sock it to me Eddie...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

 "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gooooddddddd lawdd it's soooo goood...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh I've missed you girl...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sweeeeet jesusssssssssss you are a demon in the bedddddddddd...arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."

"Morrre...Morreee....morrre...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Edward..ouuuuuu..Edward....OHHHHHHH."
she wailed...

"Ohhhh Barbara, why did you leave me?,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..I'm losin my minddddddddd!! "

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...I love you soooooooooooooo much...ouuuuuuuuuuuu.."

Damn, I kind of hate to interrupt the man at a time like this." I said.

Both Sissy and Carlotta gave me the serious side eye and said in unison- "Men!!!"

Finally there was silence.....Perhaps they were finished...

''Girl, where are you going? You gettin dressed??" said Lt. Cantrell...

"Got to go." said Barbara Dennison...

"Go where?, We just got started good.." he said.

"That was my parting shot..See...ADA Washington got me fired and you promised to go to the F.O.P. and get me a lawyer and get me re-instated...You never did...You never returned my calls..All those years..All those years I let you have me whenever you pleased...All I did with you and you acted like you didn't know me." she said.

"Barbara wait..I did all I could for you...I swear ...I did everything I could...but there was people over my head...It was out of my hands!!!!...I swear. Heyyyy, Wait a minute... It was you wasn't it?  You killed The Washingtons and Feingold, Didn't you??Oh my God!!!...Hey put that gun away..What you doing with a gun??" he yelled...

We heard a shot!

"ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH, YOU BITCH!  I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!! I'VE BEEN SHOT!!!!!YOU ALMOST HIT ME IN MY JOHNSON GIRL..ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHH, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.." came the moan...

I picked the lock.....Carlotta and Sissy looked at me with astonishment.... I smiled weakly....

''What? Before I was an Attorney, I was a kid from West Philly..I wasn't always the sterling guy you see today!....Go get her." I said..

Sissy smiled broadly and shook her head...

"Got any other things we should know about, counselor?" she asked.

"Well, I'll let you know as it comes up." I laughed...

Carlotta whispered in my ear...

 "I'm really turned on by you right now papi." and then she winked and cracked up laughing..

I shook my head and smiled.

Barbara was dressed and coming down the stairs when she looked and saw Sissy and Carlotta with their glocks drawn and aimed at her....

"Barb...It's Over...We got Dom, he laid the whole thing out...He gave you up! Please ,don't make me kill you." said Sissy.

 Barbara Dennison smiled..dropped her weapon and allowed Carlotta to handcuff her....

"Well,if I had to get arrested, I'm glad it was by you Sissy...One of the best." she said....She looked at Carlotta and she smiled...

"For what it's worth...I'm proud of you Carlotta....You always were a sharp young patrol officer and you look like you're a pretty good Detective." she said.

 "She is...She's one of my best." said Sissy...

Carlotta smiled...

 "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, Girl ,YOU ALMOST HIT ME IN MY JOHNSON GIRL..ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHH, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.."came the moans of Lt. Cantrell from upstairs..

 "Ladies, uh let me attend to him...Give him some dignity." I said.

Sissy laughed.....Carlotta smiled and Barbara Dennison herself, laughed too.. I ran past them on the stairwell and went to the bedroom where Lt. Cantrell lay on the floor in his boxers...He had been shot in the thigh, just inches from his penis...He was bleeding profusely, but he would more than likely live...

"Lt. Cantrell. Sissy and Carlotta have Barbara in custody and we picked up her accomplice earlier today." I said.

"Good..Good..I knew you guys would crack the case..Don't let Sissy up here..I don't want her to see me like this, OH  and ADA Wallace?" he said ...

"Yes sir.." I answered...

"Could you please keep this part of the story out of the papers? My Pastor reads the paper and there are several of my peers who would use this to humiliate me.They're jealous because of , you know...my way with the ladies." he said.

"I'll do the best I can sir." I said.

"Thank you  son..ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...broad tried to ruin my sex life..ohhhhhhhhhh lawdddd it hurts, Throw the damn book at her son....ughhhhhhhhhh! Crazy woman...I was layin that pipe too.." he moaned...

I called an ambulance and a Police car!

Sissy and Carlotta looked at me as I ran down the steps...

"He okay?" asked Sissy..

"He'll live....His pride is wounded." I said.

"Sounds like more than that!' sneered Barbara Dennison.

Sissy and Carlotta looked at each other and burst into laughter!

Then Lt. Cantrell recovered from his wounds, but walks with a limp...Nothing about his part in the capture was ever leaked in the press...

Lt. Sissy Van Buren, Detectives Carlotta Rodriguez, Tyriq Pile , Edwin "Duke" Baylor , James "Jimmy"Barlow, Then Officer Tony Hopkins and Forensic investigator, Dr. Hazel Hunter all received special commendations from The Police Commissioner for solving the case...I was proud of my little unit...

That was three years ago...Almost a lifetime to Now Captain Edward Louis Cantrell...

For one thing..He was married now to DEA Special Agent in Charge, Carol Redding..Our good friend..

And I know he'd like to forget all about former Detective ,Barbara Dennison, now scheduled to be executed in days...

Sissy smiled when she remembered the actual take down....Captain Cantrell would probably like to forget that too..being shot right after having sex with her...

Barbara Dennison had been a great detective....a stellar detective...She ,just like Sissy and Carol Redding and later Angie Belton all  began their careers working under then Lt. Cantrell's command..I remember...All three of them used to melt when he walked in a room and all three tried to sit up front to hear his morning address...

He was a good man...He mentored all of them and many more detectives...Including Edwin"Duke Baylor...and Tyriq Pile...

who got snatched by Lieutenant Tragg later on...This method Sissy had of allowing her detectives to brainstorm together and work out a case was a method Ed Cantrell had mastered and taught her,first when she made Sergeant and later on when she made Lieutenant and left his command and took Angie Belton with her...He had trained them both well..


Barbara Dennison planted evidence on a suspect...Willie "Shoes" Shoemaker, a stone cold gangster ,who if he was innocent of the crime she tried to frame him for was probably guilty of many more..Still she planted evidence on him and lied under oath...


A Sleazy Attorney, Mike Feingold discovered her deception and buried her and the case with it...embarrassing the City and the District Attorney's office...ADA Joshua Washington asked for and got her badge....She never was the same again...she loved being a cop...


Years later, she and another disgraced cop, Dominick Evans...killed ADA Joshua Washington, his wife, Attorney Mike Feingold and Willie "Shoes" Shoemaker...She was the mastermind.... After the guys took her down, she pleaded guilty and refused to appeal her death sentence....

Dominick Evans got himself a real sharp lawyer and turned in State's Evidence against Barbara Dennison, which got him a 15 years to life sentence rather than the death penalty or life without parole that he deserved..

Barbara Dennison got the Death Penalty for the murders of Joshua and Cynthia Washington , Melvin Feingold and Willie "Shoes" Shoemaker. She is currently on Death row and has indicated that she does not plan to appeal her death sentence.



Her date with destiny was in two days.

Captain Cantrell looked at Sissy...


"I know it brings back laughs for you...The actual takedown....but she's requested both of us at her execution.."he said.

"Captain ,I'm in the middle of a major investigation."said Sissy, tongue in cheek.

"That Triple yesterday huh?   I heard that they have already identified a suspect." he said.

Sissy was surprised...She hadn't heard that...


"THEY DID?" she said.

"Yes...I called ADA Keith Wallace...Your guys IDed a guy from the U.K. wanted for seven murders over there as your suspect in yesterday's triple homicide and theft...They even pulled a grainy traffic cam photo of him."said Captain Cantrell..

''Wow!"said Sissy..

"You have great detectives Siss..Duke, Rico, Angie and your youngins...Carlotta, Jimmy,Hopkins and Sirena Pile..They got this....plus you have Hazel and Sharon working on it..I'm sure if you and I are missing for two days they won't suffer...They'll probably have him in bracelets by the time we get back." he said.

"Wait a minute...what do you mean ,you and me gone for two days...Where is Carol on all of this?" asked Sissy.

"She's in California...Finishing up a case..She'll be home next week...Look Sissy...I'm on the level..You have a husband...I booked us two seperate rooms..." he said.

"Oh you did huh?" said Sissy,smiling wryly...

"Come on Siss...It's Angel City...How much trouble can we get in?" he said.

Sissy arched her eyebrows...


IV-

After lunch we all went our seperate ways and arrived back at Headquarters within a few hours...Sissy and Sharon were there...

''Well guys..anything new in this investigation? I heard you guys identified a suspect.."said Sissy...

''Rico,Jimmy and I did some digging and we found out that some pretty heavy hitters...Heads of  two major crime syndicates wanted that Tiara...."said Carlotta..

''The prime reason was to auction it off for enough liquid cash to purchase the entire Hotel chain of one Christopher Marlowe..." said Tyriq...

''Christopher Marlowe?? He owns a national chain of Hotels and Motels...He's a big real estate magnate...but his headquarters are in New York City...Not here."said Sissy..

Jimmy looked at Sirena...

"May I?" he said.

Sirena laughed...

"Be My Guest Jimmy." she said.

"This is where it gets cute....He lives here in Philly....He has a Condo downtown.....He conducts business like that...In person and here and through one man....James Magnus....A lawyer....A Philadelphia Lawyer...It has long been alleged that he's involved in other non-legit things..Credit Card and Wire Fraud, Identity Theft...and even a little Heroin sales.."said Jimmy...

"Okay...I heard that he's lost a number of his hotels already and that he is in need of serious cash flow...but that Tiara is only worth five million...He clearly needs more money than that..."I said.

"You're right...but that Tiara is worth a lot more to it's original owner...A woman!!! Who happens to be staying at one of our more expensive hotels down near Penns Landing.....Her name is Margaret Lago...That Tiara belonged to her family at one time and they kind of had to give it up during the depression...Long before she was born...It belonged to her great grandmother..It's no secret that she wants it back...She's been trying to buy it from it's original owners for a few years now."said Angie.

"So they hired a thief to steal it?" asked Sissy...

''No Siss..She probably has no idea it has even been stolen...Marlowe and Magnus want it and they put up a huge bounty for it...Our high end thieves went after it and they got uh undercut you might say...At any rate...We have to stop that transfer from going through and nab these guys with the goods....and maybe, just maybe...We'll get lucky and nab out thief slash mass murderer." said Duke..

"I'll shake up some of my C.I.'s ,they might know."said Hop...

"I can do better than that...I know a guy who will definitely know..."said Sissy..

"Kevin"I asked..

''No not him...someone else..Chica...Sirena....Angie..I need you... Get your "Freakum Dresses" and join me in a couple of hours."said Sissy..

"Ouuu this sounds like fun." said Carlotta.

''At the very least, free drinks Little Sis." said Angie smiling...

 "I have to go away for two days on some other business...I figure I can do you guys this one solid before I go." said Sissy.

"You're such a good boss lady."joked Sharon....

"Every Now and then you come across one of them." laughed Sissy...

We all broke out into laughter....


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