Street Car of Desire

The killer known to the public as Annie Christian had been quiet...Another 72 hours had passed by and there had been no killings attributed to her or him...

We had put out an APB and a Bolo for Rollie Nowles...and his twin sister , Nicole Nowles...but so far, nothing had turned up for either of them and my wife, Monica had gotten no more phone calls from our mysterious benefactor, who we believed  was Rollie Nowles..

We had kept it out of the paper that we even had a suspect....Monica figured that this "cooling off" period might make our killer or killers careless and force them to make a mistake or allow us to discover one..



We sat in the squadroom drinking tumblers of coffee one particular morning when a familiar and un welcomed voice greeted us..



"Sooooo Detectives...Where has your GREAT investigation lead?"  It was the voice of FBI Agent Ed Lawlor...Monica's ex-lover and a bain to my existence..

"I thought you were in Boston." I said.

He looked at me imperiously and said-

"I was...but your Police Commissioner was not satisfied with the progress or rather lack of progress you two were making on the case..so she called me in..."he said.

"She called YOU in or just the FBI and you jumped on a chance to come and show us poor dumb detectives up?" I said sarcastically....

"You know...Maybe if you spent more time on the investigation instead of down in the basement screwing your wife..You might have caught him by now..." he said.

Detective Kylie White, who overheard that exchange 's mouth opened wide...I sure had wished he hadn't said that....

She to my surprise came to my aid...

"What's the matter Eddie, jealous?" she said.

He looked around.

"I hear somebody talking...or a sound or something, but I don't see anybody..." he said.

Just then, Monica ,Monique and Lt. Cotton entered the office..

''Edward, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"I'm here to take over this investigation....Since you and your husband have not been able to draw any leads..." he said.

"I'm sorry Mo-Mo..The Police Commissioner called in the FBI....You are to co-operate with him fully." said Lt. Cotton.

"Did you hear that? That means turn over all of your case files on this...immediately." he said.

"I'm sorry Nate, Mo-Mo....It's out of my hands."said a bewildered Lt. Cotton.

Monica pulled the files and passed them to him...

"The identity of the suspect is a secret....The media doesn't know that we have two suspects...It would be nice if you kept it that way..."said Monica.

"It would be nice if you not dictate to me how to run what is now my investigation...."he said tersely...He looked over the files...

"Ummmmm Hmmmm, good...I'm actually impressed..You guys got farther than I thought...Okay...I'll take it from here.." he said. "Monica, you look yummy in that tight sweater skirt...ummmph, umph ummmph.." he said.

"Yes...My husband told me that this morning as he was zipping me up." she retorted..

He didn't like that....He whispered in Monique's ear..

"Baby,how serious are you with this Lieutenant?" he asked.

"Why do you ask?" she said.

"Well...I've always liked you as much as I've liked your sister...I could see a future with me and you together, you know?" he said..

"You could ,could you?" she said..

"Yeah..I could."he said smiling sheepishly and looking around to make sure Lt.Cotton wasn't in hearing distance..

"WELL I CAN'T!" she said and laughed loudly and walked out...

"You have what you came here for Ed...Now I guess you'd better get started with your uh INVESTIGATION!" said Monica.

He looked at Monica..I could tell he wanted to say more...but he didn't..He grinned and left with the files..There were two FBI agents waiting in the hall....

"I'm so sorry you guys...."said Lt.Cotton...

"It's okay...Fresh eyes might be good for this case.." I said and winked...

Lt. Cotton smiled a wry smile...

II-

The next day... Monica and I sat on the back car of the Street Car that raced through Philadelphia...As pre-arranged...Detective Kylie White and one uniformed officer got on at a pre-arranged spot..

"Hey Kylie girl...Were you followed?" said Monica as the train raced off..

"No, we didn't take my car...Wally's got it...We changed taxi's three times..I'm pretty sure if we had a tail..We lost it...This is Officer Brian London."she said as they sat down..

"Pleased to meet you Brian...Cool...That jackass Ed Lawlor is going to do what he does all the time...He probably bugged the place and has GPS trackers on our vehicles...That's why we didn't offer any resistance or say anything in there..."I said.

"Did you copy those case files Monica?" asked Kylie..

''Sure did.. Lt. Cotton told me last night that the Police Commissioner was calling in the FBI...All he has in his possession is what we already know...What we've already covered." said Monica.

"I talked to the Chief of Detectives in Kansas City....Rollie Nowles is a suspect in the death of a pimp...A pimp who put his sister on the street...after this pimp died...His sister high tailed it here to Philly...If she is or was the other person on that lease...She was rarely seen and hasn't been seen in at least three weeks..."I said.

"I interviewed all of the local guys in the know along the strip and showed them a photo of Nicole Nowles...She apparently was Guido Diaz's main lady at one time and White Boy Slim had had some dealings with her too...Both of them were her lovers and neither was too cool with the other having her.." said Monica.

"So she's killing all of these other girls ,both of her pimps /lovers and an innocent cabbie...It just doesn't add up...We are missing something here.." said Kylie..

"I know...as soon as we appear to get close to something..it all seems to fall apart..."I said.

"I got a line on where he might be....A guy I know told me that a strange fella just started working for Uber..picking up fairs about two days ago...Fits the description." said the uniformed officer..."

"Maybe we should check out the Uber station where guys pick up their cars..."said Monica..

"It's as good as any place to start."I said.

III-

Dr. Monique Talbert , Monica's sister and a Forensic Investigator /Coroner dropped by Lt. Cotton's office...

''Heyyy baby." he said.

She gave him a nice soft kiss as she entered his office...

"I thought I'd stop by ...for lunch." she said.

"Awww...I uh ate my lunch about an hour ago.." said Lt. Cotton...

"Hmmm,so did I."she said...and winked.

"Well alrightttttttttttttttttttt." he said...grinning sheepishly.

They kissed passionately in the middle of the floor....

"Ohhh Lawwwd.." he moaned...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh baby!" she moaned....

He heard a rap on his door...a loud rap..

''Who is it?" yelled Lt. Cotton.

"It's FBI Agent Lawlor, I was wondering if I could have a minute of your time."he said.

He looked at Monique sheepishly....His trousers were standing out like a circus tent....

She giggled...

"Ouuuuu,look at youuuuu,Go sit down at your desk Frankie until you uh calm down.. I'll let him in.." she said.

"Uh yeah...I'd of better sit down.." he said. He walked over to his desk and sat down...

Monique unlocked the door...

Ed Lawlor walked in...

"Why was the door locked?" he asked.

"Was it something you wanted Agent Lawlor?" asked a very irritated Lt. Cotton.



"Uh yes...I uh wanted to ask Detective Talbert...I mean NELLIS something and I see
 she's not in...Neither is her husband or Detective Kylie White..."he said.



"You know...They do work other cases besides this one...Maybe they're out on a case."said Lt. Cotton..



"I took the liberty to check the murder board and your decks...The three of them have all closed cases.. So what case could they be working on?" he asked.



"Maybe they went out to lunch as I was getting ready to do." said Lt. Cotton.



"Their cars are all in the motor pool."he said
.

"Sometimes the three of them take Nate's Flying Car."said Lt. Cotton.



"It's on the roof...So where are they ?" he asked..



"Don't you know? You usually bug this office and put GPS trackers on their vehicles and follow them everywhere they go and are privy to their every nuance.. "said Lt. Cotton.



"Look ,I hope they aren't going to get in the way of my investigation.. I don't wish to bust a cop...any cop for obstruction of justice." he said.

"Look..we have seven unsolved homicides....I did  not order them off the case...I gave you their complete case files as far as this serial killing case goes...I told them to co-operate with you in any way that you asked...What more do you want? Now as far as I know they have not gotten in the way of any of your agents...Leave my detectives alone." said Lt. Cotton.



"I can see that I am not going to get any co-operation from you....I'll be sure to make a note of that...I think your new Police Commissioner would like to know that." he said.



"Here...you want to use my phone to call her...I've got her on speed dial." said Lt.Cotton.



He stomped his foot and stormed out of the office...

"He has my office bugged too." said Monique.

"I know...He's mad because he hasn't heard any chatter....he doesn't however have this office bugged.. Lock that door and pull down the shades.."he said and he stood back up...

Monique put her hands over her mouth...



"Oh My goodness...you're still hard!!!" she said...



"Now where were we?" he laughed...

Once more they kissed....

"Oh godd Monique...you are driving me crazy..."he said as they kissed passionately in his office...He unzippered his trousers...



She eased down on him slowly....and moaned...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goodness...ouuuuuuuu..ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."she cooed...

"Yessssssssssssss...Yessss baby yesss...oh my god girl...ouuuuuuuuuuuuu.."he moaned..

"Calm down...somebody might hear us..." she cautioned...

"Baby I don't care!"he moaned. 

Monique moved up and down on him, first slow and then faster....She was also beyond the point of no return, wet and moist and more excited than she could ever imagine...She was having multiple orgasms....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu lawd!" she declared...

It didn't seem like an hour and a half had passed...

The Lieutenant looked like he was going to die of ecstacy....he closed his eyes and just smiled as she continued...

The legs on the chair they were in were rocking from side to side.. This went on for about two  hours more... and surprisingly no one knocked on the door or called looking for him...

"Ouuu Frankie...I'm about to cum ...ouuuuuuuuuuuuu" she moaned.........

"Ohhhhhhhhh..ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." he moaned and he exploded like a gusher....

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she cooed..shaking and staring into his eyes...
They kissed passionately for a few minutes...


She slowly eased up off of him...



She slid her panties back up and fixed her dress...



He fixed his pants and took a towel and wiped the sweat off of his face...and hers..

''Damn girl...I can't get enough.." he said..


"I see that."she said and smiled and kissed him again...


"Ummmph...oh my goodness...I don't know if I can concentrate on my work anymore today."he said.


"You'll be fine."she said softly...


She fixed her hair in his mirror...and reapplied her lipstick..

 "I'm going home and shower and change." she said.

"Coming back to work?" he asked..

"I think I'm done for the day...In more ways than one." she smiled..


"Yeah,me too."he laughed.

IV-

We continued to meet on the street car for the next two days.....And then we got the break we were looking for..



Monica got another cryptic call..

"Hello, Detective Nellis...Homicide."she answered...

"It's been awhile hasn't it Detective Nellis...Annie Christian is still out there...You haven't caught her...I'm telling you...She's going to kill again....Have you been taken off the case?" asked the mysterious caller..



"You might say that."said Monica..



"Nooooo..I want you back on this case...Annie will keep killing until you are put back on the case...That goofy FBI Agent doesn't have a clue...He's going over things and questioning suspects you guys have already talked to and they know nothing." he said.



''Why do you want me on this case?" asked Monica..



"Because I like you.. You're smart...so is your husband...Tell them to put you back on the case.."came the voice..



"I'll do that." she said.



"Until she's crucified...I'll live my life in a taxi cab." he said and hung up...

Monica called headquarters...



"This is Detective Monica Nellis,Homicide...patch me into Tech services." she said..

"Tech services...Did you pick up that call I just got?" she asked..

"Sure did..we got the exact area..."said the Tech guy.


"Text me the area on a clean phone.."she said.

"Got it...Will do."he said.


"I got it...It's up to the four of us...If Lawlor was listening...He'll want to follow somebody.." she said.

"So give him something to listen to."I said.

I called Lt. Cotton ..

 "Lieutenant...We've got a make on our suspect..."I said

"Nate ...This isn't a ..."he said.

"I know, We don't have time...Send three squad cars to this address..." I said.

"Uh Okay Nate...you got it." said the Lieutenant, smiling...

''Well I'll be damned.."I said as we walked into the Uber ride share lot...

"Why am I not surprised." I said.

"Okay...We all know what he looks like...Kylie girl, you and Officer Williams take the back..Nate and I will take the front."said Monica...

"Awww how cute...Mo-Mo wants to work with her honey bunny.."laughed Kylie as they headed for the back...

It took us no time to spot a slight ,effeminate looking man leaving a car......and walking out of the lot..

Monica smiled...

"This ought to be good." she said. She hit star *69....As we suspected...He hadn't ditched the phone yet...nor had he bothered to block the number since it was probably a burner phone or stolen...

"Huh-Hello" he answered...

"Hi,This is Detective Monica Nellis...I told my Lieutenant what you said and guess what,  I'm back on the case..Oh and something else...MY HUSBAND IS BEHIND YOU WITH A GLOCK NINE AIMED AT YOUR HEAD!!! DROP THE PHONE PUT YOUR HANDS UP ROLLIE NOWLES!!!
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!" she said.

 I pulled my glock...

''Anything you're thinking about,like running or pulling a weapon...Unthink it."I said.

"It's all over Rollie...Hands up!"said Kylie.

Our uniformed officer drew a shotgun on him.

"YOU HEARD THE DETECTIVES!  HANDS!!! LET ME SEE THOSE HANDS!" he said

He was astonished..he couldn't believe he had been caught...I could see it in his facial expression...That look of shock!

 Monica put the handcuffs on him....

"So at last we meet...Ronnie Baby...Where is your sister?" asked Monica.

"I don't know....Look...I followed her here...That was her cab...Her car....She's doing this...I'm trying to get her to stop....I begged her...This isn't right...She's not right...While you're wasting time with me...She's going to kill again!!!" he said.

Monica looked at me....She sent me a telepathic message..

"HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH!" she said.

Kylie searched his car...She found several smartphones , several bras, panties and another purple wig, an orange wig and a latex body suit...but no gun....


"Look a here,Look a here, look a here...All the playthings you got." she said.

 "Quite a collection."I said.

"I didn't find a gun...but look at all this other stuff.. Spanx....Bras,Panties...Latex Body suit ,shades.." she said.

"It's hers...I traced her here..We just missed her." he said..

The uniform officer came back...

"It seems that he might be telling the truth...An Anna Christendom is registered as a Uber driver..But all photos of her have been scraped from their hard drive.."he said.

"Take him downtown anyway...Hold him as a material witness."I said.

Meanwhile halfway across town at a storage facility....FBI agent, Ed Lawlor and two agents converged on the scene...

"Ed...there isn't a soul here....Not even a cop car...You sure the guy we are looking for is here?" asked one agent..

"I'm certain...spread out...Maybe they are on the other side."he said.

"Who told you they had the suspects whereabouts?" asked another agent...

"Uh someone in that office." he said.

"Oh yeah? I think they were pulling your chain...The office is closed and there aint a soul around and you said two squad cars were supposed to be coming...Where are they?"asked another officer..

"Maybe we got here first?" he retorted..

"Aint your uh ex-girlfriend the lead detective on the case? Where is she and her hubby?" he asked.

"I don't know." he said..

"There is nobody on the other side...No squad car or nothing.." said the other agent...

"So what do we do now?" asked the agent.

"We wait."said Ed Lawlor.

VI-

Lieutenant Cotton was all smiles when we brought Ronnie Nowles in and put in him the Fishbowl..

"Good pull guys....I knew you guys would crack this thing." he said.

"One thing we know...He's the one who has been making the calls."I said.."we found several burner phones in his sister's Uber car ."I said.

''And we found panties,bras,latex body suit, aviator shades and two wigs...one purple and one orange just like our eye witnesses said the killer had."said Monica..

''What about the gun?" asked Lt. Cotton.

"No Gun....I searched the car.....CSI has the cab now and they are dusting for prints and DNA...We got no proof that he's the killer Lou...He says it's his twin sister...He says he tracked her there ,but that she got away..."said Kylie...

"We can hold him for 48 hours...Mo-Mo- Nate ,see if you can get anything out of him in the fishbowl."said Lt.Cotton..

Monica whispered to me...

"Bae..I scanned his mind...everything he said was the truth.....So how come..I don't believe him?" she asked.

"You've never been wrong before and he's not a mutant is he?" I asked.

"I see no signs of it." said Monica.

Lieutenant Cotton pulled Detective Kylie White to the side..

"When you get a chance...Tell Nate and Mo-Mo that we had the office swept...That clown Lawlor had the place bugged from top to bottom and had several GPS tracking units on your vehicles...We've removed them....He can't listen anymore..."he said.

''Yeah, `but he had to have picked up our call to tech services."said Kylie.

"Oh I'm sure he did...They texted the address to Mo-Mo from a clean phone....Then Nate called back and gave them another address....To the storage unit where you kept your stuff when you were changing apartments, remember?" laughed Lt. Cotton.

Kylie smiled..

"But that place...That place has been closed for a year...They went out of business..." she said then she smiled..

"Oh My God...They got that place staked out?? Oh MY GOD!" she said and busted out laughing...


And At the old storage unit-

"Ed,Ed...pack it in...It's quarter to two in the morning...I think you got snookered...." said an Agent..

"I'm certain about the information I got."he said.

"What did you do,bug the place again? They're hip to you...You run the same play all the time...You didn't hear a peep out of them for days ,then all of a sudden you get this great tip.. Think about it Ed...You got played!"he said.

Both agents snickered...

In the distance ,you could hear a grown man screaming...

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

(CONCLUSION NEXT!)