Love And Leg Work

A bright and humid day in the city..We were still investigating three murders....Three young women .whose bodies had been found in the Ivy Hill Section of the city...The Newspapers were calling the killer -"The Ivy Hill Strangler"..

They had a drawing of the suspect that they had gotten somewhere that looked nothing like any information we had on the suspect....Which was none...Whoever our killer was...He had been lucky...He had dropped the bodies off during a night of pouring rain and a lot of trace evidence had been washed away...Except for semen found in all three of the young ladies...

That morning in the garage of Headquarters....Detectives Jimmy Barlow and Angela Belton-Barlow were standing by their car, kissing..

It wasn't time to go up yet and they were spending the few minutes before they clocked in, kissing.

"Baby, we gotta stop, before somebody drives up and sees us..I don't want you getting too excited."said Angie in between kisses..

"Too late for that....I hope we get to work together today..."said Jimmy...

"Is this your partner Jimmy? Ha...Ha...Niceeeeeee" came the voice of Benjamin Delphy..

Jimmy turned around...Startled...

"Benny...Benny Delphy???Wow...I haven't seen you since...The Academy!!" he said.

"Yeah,I know...I know...I see you've done well for yourself...Detective eh?  Narcotics, Auto Theft??" he asked.

"Homicide-C.I.D." said Jimmy...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wowwww...The Elite of Detectives..."remarked Benjamin Delphy...

"This is my wife....Detective Angela Belton-Barlow...Also Homicide -C.I.D."said Jimmy.

"Pleased to meet you...You knew Jimmy in the Academy? What Unit are you with?" asked Angie..

"Uhh I'm not...I uh didn't make it..I uh washed out..." he said..

"Oh...I'm sorry to uh hear that!" said Angie..


"Sooooo Married huh ? Wow Jimmy....That's quite a move....Nice move..."said Benjamin..

"So Benny, What brings you here?" asked Jimmy..

"I'm lookin for your old cut buddy, Carlotta....What unit is she with?" he asked.

"She's part of us...She might be upstairs now." said Angie.

"Really? I knew she was a Detective...but Homicide-CID...Woww! You both have moved up huh?"he said.

"What do you want with her Bennie?" asked Jimmy...

"Relax...I just need to ask her about a mutual friend of ours..Nice meeting you and the missus."he said as he headed for the elevator...

"An ex-boyfriend of Carlotta's?" asked Angie..

"Not hardly....If he's around...It means trouble." said Jimmy...

II-

Carlotta and I were upstairs in the conference room ,drinking coffee and talking to Sissy...

"Our Killer has been quiet for two nights straight...That's good..That gives us more time to catch him."said Sissy..

"Jimmy and I went back to Josie's and watched their film footage...

We know the guy is blond, about five foot eight. and had on a nasty leather jacket...but we didn't get any facial...He seemed to know where the cameras were and sat either with his back to the cameras or away from them..."said Tyriq..

"Same thing at Aqua Bar yesterday...."said Hop

Sirena and I caught this guy with our girl the night before...With his back turned from the camera and his face turned away from it.."He said..

"But we did catch something on the Street Camera...Our guy and our victim got in a Post Office truck, one of the little ones...but we lost it."said Sirena..

"Did you get a plate?" asked Carlotta.

"Sure did....but the guy who this car was registered to was not in Josies or Aqua Bar...He was at a motel with a woman not his wife.."said Hop..

"Yeah...Which means somebody else there must have took the Post Office Truck...But Hop and I interviewed everybody there and nobody took that truck out.."said Sirena..

"We are going over it for fingerprints now."said Hazel.

"Angie and I checked out Stoleys..."said Duke.

"Same Thing....Couldn't get his face....Caught him leaving in yet another Postal Van, A smaller one from the same Office...Traced it there and just like Hop and Sirena's case...It was reported missing..Ang and I interviewed everybody there and they alibied out.."said Duke..

"Our Guy either works at that Post Office or he just recently stopped working there...At any rate..He still has access.."said Carlotta..

Just then Sharon walked in

"Carlotta, you have a visitor out front."she said.

Carlotta looked perplexed....

"A Visitor? Me??" she said..

She shrugged her shoulders and walked out...

III-

Carlotta took one look at Benjamin Delphy ,who she hadn't seen in years and frowned..

''Benjamin, what do you want?" she said.

''Where is she Carlotta?"he asked.

"Where is who?" said Carlotta feigning ignorance..

"Okay,Are we going to play this game? I know you moved her out...While I was detained..."he said.

"You mean in Jail?" asked Carlotta..

"Whatever..Where is she..I-I need to talk to her.."he said..

"Why don't you call her?" asked Carlotta..

"She's either got my number blocked or she's changed her number..NOW WHERE IS SHE?" he bellowed..

"Don't you raise your voice at me...I'm not telling you anything..Now Leave!"said Carlotta..

"I'm not leaving until you TELL ME WHERE FLORA IS!!!" he bellowed..

"You're leaving right now...Hit the bricks Bennie!" said Jimmy who was just coming in with Angie..

He looked at Jimmy..

"Oh So It's Like this huh?" he said.

"It's like this Benny...Get out!" said Jimmy..

He turned to leave....

"You're wrong Carlotta...Dead Wrong! You're just jealous...Jealous that I picked her over you!" he said.

Carlotta let out a loud laugh-"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Don't flatter yourself Bennie.!" she said.

Angie put her arms around Carlotta..

"Don't you just love guys like that Little Sis?"she said.

"How about that?" laughed Carlotta.

IV-

Back in the conference room Sissy was holding court...

"What we do know is this...Our killer is the same guy...DNA proves that...Our guy was seen with all three girls on three rainy nights ,three different bars...and he used a Postal Truck...Go back to that Post Office and look for anybody who has recently quit, or transferred or been fired in the last few months..They would probably still have access and be able to get their hands on vehicles.."said Sissy.

"I'll do that...Everybody else did the legwork yesterday while I was out handling a personal matter."said Carlotta..

"I've got to go to court today and Rico..You and Duke have to testify in another case.."I said.

"Yeah..I'm coming right now." said Tyriq..

"On my way counselor." said Duke.

Sirena and I are going to keep on looking at those Street ,Traffic,Business and ATM Camera footage from around the three clubs..."said Hop..

"I'll be with you after I get my coffee partner.."said Sirena, who followed him..

"I've got to be in court myself...Call me if you guys need me" said Sharon....

"I've got a Unit Commander's Meeting...Not quite as bad as COM STAT...but I know they're going to want updates on this Ivy Hill Strangler case...So guys get me something."said Sissy as she left the office..

I looked at Carlotta..

"I wish I could go with you babes...You gonna be alright?" I asked.

"Yeah..I'll be fine.."she said and kissed me...

With everyone gone...That left Jimmy and Angie...

"Jimmy....I have work to do...You can't spend all day at my desk.."said Angie.

"We are alone cupcake... Just me and you..." he said and winked...

"Jimmy,I have work to do...and so do you...." said Angie...

They worked for about an hour..at their desks...Sneaking peeks at each other and smiling...soon they wound up in the sub -basement in the small room in the small bed...making sweet love..

Ummmmmmm..Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Angie...ohhhhhhhhhhh my goddd!" Jimmy grunted..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu..ohhhh my goodness..ouuuuuuu...Jimmy...Ohhhhhh" came her shrill voice..

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...""Ohhh baby, give it to meeeeee....ummmmmmph..."she moaned...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Angie......Angie,,,ouuuuuuuuuu, more, more... ohhhhhh..."
...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...this feels sooo damn good...Ouu boy,what am I gonna do with you."she moaned.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh jeez chocolate cupcake it's soooo goood...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh damnnn girl...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sweeeeet jesusssssssssss ..arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."he cried ...out!!"Morrre...Morreee....morrre...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. "

 "Jimmy..ouuuuuu..Jimmy....OHHHHHHH. Jimmy I'm cumming...ohhhhh my goodness..ouuuuuuu!"she wailed...

She was sweating profusely....So was he.....

"Ohhhhhhh,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, here it comes...here it comes....ohhhhhhhhhhhh." he yelled...

"Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Jimmy...YESSSSSSSSS!!!!" she yelled...

They were rocking so hard... they looked like they were going to break the legs off of the bench....

They both began shaking and holding each other...They were both climaxing.....His bottom lip was quivering...She was shaking and sweating profusely....breathing heavily.....

"Oh My god, Jimmy!..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she screamed.

"Angie.....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god!"he screamed as he came harder than he had in awhile.

They both took deep breaths....he pulled out of her...He was wearing a condom...

He slipped it off and tossed it in a trash can....He pulled his boxers up and his trousers....He didn't bother to try and fix his shirt...Angie surprisingly fixed his shirt and his tie for him...

She pulled her panties up and straightened out her dress and put her bra back on...She fixed her hair the best she could..

She turned and gave him a wet sloppy kiss...He held her for a long while,staring into her eyes....They found themselves surprisingly kissing again, a little longer and tenderly this time...


"That was a nice little quickie."she said smiling.

She pulled away from him...

"Okay, that's enough....You think anybody missed us?" she asked.

"Who is here to miss us? Everybody is out..." said Jimmy...

Carlotta Rodriguez-Wallace, my baby has been a detective long enough to know when she was being followed...

She drove to a Bar in Northern Liberties and parked her car out front...

She hadn't been in this bar in years....But she knew the owner...

Natividad Diaz...Nephew of the late older brother and son of the incarcerated younger Diaz walked into the front of the bar....He was tall, rugged chin, Handsome face and long ponytail.....He walked with a certain swagger and confidence about him.

"You always did keep a girl waiting." laughed Carlotta.

"Never you doll....It's been awhile chica...Everything okay?" he asked.

"I need a favor." she said.

"Anything for you baby." he laughed..

"I'm being followed...I left my car outside....I need you to take me somewhere..Where is your car?" she asked.

"It's in the back..."he said.

"Will you?"she asked.

He smiled..

"Sure Chica..Come on..." he said..

She met him in the back and got in his car and ducked down...

They slowly pulled off...She saw Bennie Delphy ,sitting in his car watching the building...The joke was on him....They drove right past him and he was none the wiser...Still sitting there..

''Who is he?" asked Natividad..

''Some guy that used to like me when I was in the Academy..."said Carlotta.

"Ahhh Carlotta you've broken so many hearts...Where is your hubby today?" asked Natividad..

"He's in court...I need you to take me to the Post Office downtown..."she said.

"The Post Office?"he asked..

"It's part of a case I'm investigating.."she said.

"What about your car?" he asked..

"I can have an officer pick it up..." said Carlotta..

"You are the smart one aren't you baby?" laughed Natividad...

"I try...I tryyyyyyyyyyyy.." laughed Carlotta.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)