Still Waters Run Deep

Deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean in the Undersea Hotel and Mall known as Octopus Gardens, My wife, Detective Monica Talbert and I, Detective Nate Nellis had rented a room....We were investigating the murder of a Swim and Dive Instructor named Sandy Nolan, found shot to death in a parked Hyper Sub yesterday...

We had interviewed a number of people she worked with and some family members already and they all had only good and glowing things to say about her...None of them had anything bad to say, couldn't think of one enemy she had in the world or why anybody would want her dead...

"At least one person obviously wanted her dead."said Monica.

"That goes without saying."I said.

Surprisingly...None of them knew about the Mermaid tattoo on her left calf...Most agreed that it must have been new...and nobody knew the work...Monica and I had gone to several Tattoo guys we knew and none of them remembered her and none of them certainly knew who did this kind of work...One thing they all knew and said was...Whoever did it was old school and a craftsman...

"That's what they all told my daddy when he was investigating his case..."said Monica.

I was right about another one of my hunches..Sandy was making extra money on the side......

Our good friend Zigster told us...

"Yeah Babies...She wasn't just teaching swimming and diving....She was taking some of the guys on a deeper trip I might say...." he said.

"You mean ,she was sleeping with them?" asked Monica..

"You catch on fast baby girl...Yeah....It was a..an open secret...It wasn't broadcasted....but yeah...She has a place in Octopuss Gardens...Her johns met her there...and I mean for price ..Top dollar and she was rewarded handsomely...You no doubt have been to her place...Seen her apartment....Her car....That was her Hyper Sub you guys found her in...."said Zig...

"Oh My."said Monica.

We interviewed her client list....both the swim and diving clients and the men who were in her second phone...Some of these guys were on both lists...I was happy for Monica's special powers....Of being able to read people's minds and feel their emotions...It cut the lying down....

Yes...All of these guys slept with her and paid her....but none of them were with her recently and all were very satisfied customers....Some were very upset that she was dead and they wouldn't get a chance to ever be down under with her again...

They all....Every single one of them alibied out for the day of the murder....

"So you guys want to rent a hotel room in Octopus  Gardens?" asked Lt. Cotton ,giving us the serious side eye...

"It's the only way to get closer to what she was doing her last day of life Lieutenant...We might find some more clues...."said Monica.

"This is on the level Lou." I said.

He looked at both of us suspiciously...


"Hmmm...I suppose you two want a real nice suite too, with a view of the ocean huh? A second honeymoon on the department's dime eh?" he said with a wry smile..

"Look at it this way Lieutenant...You can have the entire Duplex to yourself with my sister....Complete privacy! For the entire time we are gone..."said Monica..

"You two are as slick as canned oil....You two get a nice huge luxurious hotel room too and complete privacy..."he said...then smiled ..."But okay...since it is uhhh case related...I'll write this one off...but no goofing around...Bring me back something and close this case." he said.

"Of Course Lieutenant!" I said , smiling slyly...

II-

So what were we doing, almost as soon as we got to our luxurious undersea hotel room....?? Goofing off of course...I had my hand up Monica's mini skirt no sooner than we got in the front door and was kissing her passionately and slowly slipping her panties down...

"Ouuuu girllll, I like these ." I said.

"Thank you...I thought you would baby."she said as we continued to deep throat kiss...She unzippered my trousers and was slowly and softly fondling me...

"Ummmmm baby.." she moaned...."You are as hard as a brick....Ohhh my goodness...ouuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned...

I was still kissing her softly and slowly and rubbing her breasts.....

 "Damn girl..."I exclaimed...

She giggled as I began to slowly move in and out of her warm and moist center...

"Ohhhh Nate, Oh my god baby...ouuuuuuu.." she moaned..

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Nate..." she screamed as I continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.....

  Six hours came and went as Monica and I made sweet and passionate love right there in that wonderful room on that soft bed....I couldn't get enough of her...She couldn't get enough of me..The bed wasn't squeaking, but the headboard was definitely slamming up against the wall...

I couldn't get enough of her......

Something about the way she was making love to me this afternoon was different..She was more passionate than usual...Tears were furiously running down her cheeks and she kept saying..

"Nate,I love you so much...Oh My god..."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Nate...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned with pleasure....

''Mo-Mo....I'm losing my mind..."I screamed....

"I am too baby....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu,I am too!"she screamed!!!!!

She was so warm, so moist...smelled sooo good....I couldn't imagine that anybody could feel this good in the bed....

I watched as Monica's head moved from side to side, as tears flowed down her face and as she climaxed very hard.....Before I knew it...I was coming so hard...I thought I was having a heart attack...

"Babes...Mo-Mo...ouuuuu you are killing me.."I said.

"I'm loving you baby....I'm loving you!" she moaned...

I was cumming so hard,it almost hurt....

 She pulled her baseball shirt over her...The central air in the room kind of made her a little chilly....

She smiled...

"You're killing me.." she said and gave me a juicy and wet kiss....

We kissed a little more , and she fondled me until I came again...this time harder.....

"Okay get up off of me....ouuuuuu, I'm tired...Wow!" she said as I rolled over on my back...

''Wow, that was awesome.." I said.

"I told you I was going to take care of you, didn't I?  My sister is going to TAKE CARE OF YOU TOO, when she finds out you made me sweat out my perm again.." she laughed and kissed me on the cheek...I softly drifted off to sleep.

III-

I slept peacefully for a few hours.....When I awoke...I was alone in the bed...Monica was gone!!!  Her things were still here..Clothes and all, but she had gotten dressed, took her badge and should holster and one of her guns and left...

I showered and dressed and then sat by the window...looking at the aquatic life and the city...

Of course I could track her by GPS...She had her smartphone with her and her GPS was on...but I wanted to try another method...


Because we were now so close.. Married...Having slept together numerous times and obviously having an emotional connection to each other.. I could hear her thoughts...pick her telepathic scent up ,if you will.. If I just concentrated and put everything else out of my mind...She and Monique had taught me how to do  that once...I had never actually tried it before.. I sat at the window and concentrated....They called it..."Locking In..." I had watched Monique find her sister in a crowded shopping mall once.. Then they both taught me how to do it...I found her in the parking garage once...Now I was going to try and find her at a distance and under water...This was going to be interesting!

I connected with her mentally and could follow her.. I could feel her...

For her part...Monica had gone out.. She had found Sandy's apartment in Octopus gardens and from following her credit card trail she had traced some of her last movements...She and a gentleman friend had had a very pricey meal at the same bistro, she and I had dined at our first time here as a couple..

She showed Sandy's photo to the Manager and the wait staff and they all remembered her ,especially the male waiters..and the gentleman...His name was Charles Schyler...according to his credit card charge...He paid for the meal.. She even lifted a photo of him from the camera inside the undersea bistro...She called Detective Kylie White in Philadelphia and sent his photo and waited to get the run down...

Kylie called back an hour later...


''Ouuuuu girl..I am so jealous...You and Nate gettin a free mini vacation in Octopus Gardens..."laughed Kylie..

"Heh Heh....Girl, our room is gorgeous...It's better than the one we had when we were down here before.." said Monica...

"Hah Ha...You and Nate uh test out that bed in that room yet....??I know yall did.." laughed Kylie..

"Ouuuu girl, did we?? Ouuuu...." laughed Monica..

''Where is he?" asked Kylie...

 "Sleep....You know how guys are...They put in some good work and they done for the night...He was sleeping like a baby when I got up...I didn't want to disturb him...He was sleeping so good." said Monica.

"Yeah, well you might want to go wake him up...This guy...Charles Schyler is a real head case...He comes from money...but he's crazy...He just finished a stint in State Prison for Sexual Assault of a young nurse ....Prior to that ,he did four years in a Mental Hospital....His father got him put there in lieu of jail time for "Carnal Knowledge of a minor..." He was 18 and was caught in the bed with a 14 year old girl.. All of the women he assaulted were Blonde and Busty like your victim...and get this...This is where it really gets cute...Your dad, Ray Talbert interviewed this guy some years ago in connection with some hooker being killed, but cleared him for some reason...Maybe this guy's family's influence got to the brass and they told him to lay off." said Kylie..

Monica was as pale as a ghost....

"Mo-Mo...You there girl?" asked Kylie...

"Yeah...He got an address?" asked Monica..

"Yeah, I'm sending it to you...Don't go after him by yourself...Wake up Nate." said Kylie...

"Uhh Yeah, I will...Thanks Kylie..."said Monica...

Monica first went to Sandy's apartment...Like her apartment in Philadelphia.. It was beautiful...Amazingly high line and very expensive...It had every creature comfort...She found a Tablet with numbers and email addresses in it...including Charles Schyler....It had a list of a payment also...

''Sooooo Chuck...you were one of her clients too?" she said to her self..

Just then, a man grabbed her from behind...She elbowed him in the mouth and punched him in his face a few times and then flipped him....

He used his feet and did a sweep ,knocking her down and then punched her in the face...Her gun fell to the ground and then he dove and grabbed it first and aimed it at her...

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to take that tablet Missy.." he said.

"Charles Schyler..."she said..

"H-How do you know my name?" he said..

"I'm a cop...I know all about you..."said Monica.

"I didn't kill Sandy...I swear...I didn't..."he said..

"DROP THAT GUN AND PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" I said and cocked my pistol..

He did as he was told and I handcuffed him...

"Y-You got the wrong guy.." he said.

"Shut Up!" I said.

"Nate...How did you find me?   GPS right?" she said smiling...

"I could have...but I didn't..."I said...

"Awwww , you locked into me..."she said smiling...

"I did...it was a very pleasurable experience..Bae...Mo-Mo ...We are a team...Don't go out without me again.. I was worried sick..." I said smiling...

"I knowwww, and I'm sorry but honey bunny you were sleeping so soundly, I hated to wake you up..."said Monica.

"You two are screwing each other, aren't you? asked Charles Schyler.

 "Shut Up!" said Monica

"Yeah, Shut Up!" I said as I hauled him out of the apartment..

"You guys are screwing each other and one of you is a Telepathic mutant...I knew it!" he said.

Monica and I looked at each other...Neither of us said a word..

"Detectives...I'm telling you...I didn't kill Sandy...I loved her...I swear...I came here because I know she has my email address and my phone number in that tablet...I was just going to erase it ...because I didn't want any trouble with the law...I 'm on parole...I'm not trying to get mixed up in no murder.. Once I heard she had been murdered, I knew it would be a matter of time before cops came sniffin around me...because of my record....I didn't kill her ..I swear!" he said.

Monica whispered to me..

"He's telling the truth Nate...Cut him loose." she said.

"You sure?" I said.

''Wait a minute....Some years ago...Another Detective, Ray Talbert interviewed you about another murder of a blonde girl...Sandy Slocum...A prostitute like this girl with blonde hair and this tattoo."said Monica.

"How do you know about that?  You couldn't have been on the force then.. You would have had to have been a little girl back then...Ohhhhh you can read my thoughts....You're the mutant!!"he said.

"Just Answer her question."I said.

"Look...I lied to that Detective back then....I-I-I didn't kill that Sandy either...Every cop in the city was looking for her killer and because of my history they all keyed in on me...I didn't kill her."he said.

''So what did you lie about?" asked Monica.

"The Tattoo...The Mermaid Tattoo....I did both...I uh like the occassional company of a young lady,minus the wining and dining...I uh may have uh ruh paid that Sandy and ironically enough this Sandy for their uh services and since I'm somewhat of a Tattoo artist myself...I did the Mermaid tats for them..." he said.

"Unhook him Nate."said Monica.




"That's it..You're letting me go?" he said.

"Just like I found you this time...I know how to find you again...So don't plan on going far." said Monica.

''A word of advice...find a girlfriend..leave the hookers alone." I said as he walked away...


IV-

Back in our room..Monica sat across the bed in her baseball jersey...

''So Nate...We are back to square one...He looked like a great suspect..."

"Yeah he did....but his credit card statement says that he was at an all you can eat Seafood Bistro here during our window for the murder and a scrub of the cameras in that Bistro shows him entertaining another young woman...He's not our guy."I said.

"I know...but at least we know who did that tattoo."said Monica.

I looked at the photo of the tattoo...

''So we have to figure out where she went and who she was with after Charlie S. left her..."I said.

"I want a team to scrub that apartment...See if we missed anything..."said Monica.

"I'll call OGPD in the morning and get a team on it."I said.

Monica looked out our window and smiled...

''We are under the ocean...How can you tell day or night?"she laughed..

"I can't....I'm just going by my watch..." I laughed...

I pulled Monica to me and slowly ran my hands up her baseball shirt...I unhooked her black and red lace matching bra and slipped her bikini panties off....

" Ummmm we might as well take advantage of this room partner......We got one more day" she said..

She ran her hands down my pants and stopped at my crotch area...

"OH MY GOODNESS.." she said....and smiled at me sheepishly....

I unzippered my pants and slowly took them and my shirt and socks off...

We stood there looking at each other and slowly and softly began kissing right in the middle of the floor....This is how it always began...

"Ouuuuuu Nate..."she moaned..

"OhhhhhhhhhhMo-Mo.." I moaned...

I  thrusted my tongue practically down her throat and while squeezing one breast with my hand...She softly stroked my engorged penis...I shivered...I was nearly losing my mind....We stared deeply into each others eyes for a minute and then began to softly and slowly kiss.....I lifted her up and slowly entered her more than moist center....I had never felt anything as soft and as good in my entire life...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed as I continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.....

I laid her across her bed ,and a few minutes later  I entered her softly and gently and began to stroke her softly and slowly....She moaned and put her arms around my neck and drew me closer to her..I kissed her neck, between her breasts, her cheeks....She continued to kiss my lips and my ears and my chest...

"Ohhh My God...Nate...I can't believe how good this still feels!Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." she moaned..as we got into a nice groove...

"Me neither!" I said.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Nate..." she screamed as I continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.....

Five hours came and went as Monica and I made sweet and passionate love right there in that wonderful room on that soft bed....The bed wasn't squeaking, but the headboard was definitely slamming up against the wall...

I wondered if Lieutenant Cotton had been right...If we just used our murder investigation as an excuse for a mini vacation...We had done some investigating..Even interviewed a suspect...Which turned out to be a bust...

And yet we seemed to have spent a great deal more time in bed....

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