December Surprise

"BOBBY??? BOBBY DIAMOND??? DETECTIVE BOBBY DIAMOND??" I said.. I recognized the voice...

"KEVIN!!! KEVIN MORRIS???" he said and holstered his pistol....."What the hell are you doing here?" he asked.

"I might ask you the same thing...This doesn't exactly look like the joint is burning down...Not on the outside anyway. I'm on a case...I've been asked to find somebody...I found him and I followed him to this place." I said.

''OH WOW!" he said and laughed...Detective Bobby Diamond and I worked an arson case last year right around this time...

"This isn't an arson...unless you know something I don't know." I said and smiled.

''This aint an arson case Kev...I'm on a leave of absence from the department.. This is personal Kev." he said.

"Personal?" I said.

He hesitated...then he began to talk...I could tell it was killing him to talk to me..

"My daughter, Kelly Anne Diamond...She's 19...Head strong.. Just like me...From my first marriage...She ran away...My ex-wife called me, frantic...I've been searching for her for days...I finally got a lead.. I-I think she's in there..." he said.

''What's going on in there..?" I asked jokingly. It was quite apparent what was going on in this joint!

"Come on Kev,  you're a smart guy....Women make their living in there staring at the ceiling.. It's a whore house." he said ,laughing....He knew that I had already ascertained as much.

"Shame you aint vice.." I said and smiled.

"Yeah shame...Come on...I'm goin in...back my play." he said.

"I'm lookin for a guy.." I said.

''So.. Now you can find him...You weren't going to sit out here and take pictures all afternoon were you?" he asked..

"Actually....I was..." I laughed.

"A guy on the street named Pink put me on to this place...

 I was here yesterday...I got a photo of my daughter with this guy goin in...but not coming out.." he said.

"Good Old Pink. If he doesn't know it...Chances are ,it aint worth knowing." I said

....Then I noticed the man in the photo...Oh crap.. That's Stephen Harkey...The guy I was paid to find." I said.

"You know this mope?" asked Bobby.

''That's the guy I was paid to find...Now look...We'll go in and get your daughter, but we gotta lay off of him....dig?  You aint the man right now...You're a citizen like me Bobby!" I said.

I looked at him hard....

He gave in...

"Let's do this." he said.




II

 

Surprisingly enough...The front door was open...We walked right in...

There were girls everywhere clad in panties, bras, garters, stilletto heels....You could hear the bed squeaking in one room and the headboard slamming against the wall and the moans of guys and girls enjoying hot ,sweaty sex...

Before we got past the lobby, a Big goon approached us...

"HEY...WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

Bobby smiled..

"I'm lookin for a girl.." he said.

"SO IS EVERYBODY...I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FOUND THIS PLACE, BUT FIND YOUR WAY OUT!" he said..

Bobby smiled..

"Sorry you feel that way.."

He head butted the guy, punched him in the stomach and punched him in the face about ten times...

The big guy fell to the ground...

I took his gun off of him....

Girls started screaming and running...So did the guys...

Another goon came running...

I put the gun I had to his forehead...He put his hands up...I took his gun off of him and Bobby slugged him with the butt of his gun, knocking him out...

Bobby fired his his gun into the floor and all hell broke loose...Girls and johns ran in every direction, screaming and hollering and running out of the place...

Armed with a photo , we started going from room to room....

Women screamed... Half dressed men grabbed their boxers and their trousers and ran....The women screamed...

Bobby would ask them..

"Do you know this girl?"

Several of the girls were so scared they were paralyzed with fear and said nothing...

One girl answered...

"I know her..Kelly Anne...She's not working today!!!!'

"Where is she staying??" he asked..

"I don't knowwww.." she said screaming...

Out of the corner of my eye,I saw Stephen Harkey... he was slipping his trousers on and running for the back door..He apparently had decided to sample some of the merchandise...

I ran after him....

He dodged out of the door...

Two men entered and they pulled their guns...

I pulled mine...

"You don't want to do that fellas..." I said..

Bobby Diamond pulled his badge and his service revolver..

"Believe me gentlemen you really don't want to do that..." he said..

They dropped their guns and put their hands up...

I saw Stephen Harkey getting in his car and driving off....

III-

We tied the two men up as well as the two other guys we had knocked out...I made an anonymous call to the Police and Bobby and I got the hell out of there...

The police arrived in time to pick the four guys up and a few of the girls...Most of the other people had left the house...

I picked up a wallet that had been laying on the floor...I didn't know why I picked it up, but I was glad I did, rather than Bobby...Especially after I saw who it belonged to..

"Hey Bobby...I'm sorry we didn't find  your daughter man..." I said.

"Or that clown that was with her...Looks like he got away..." said Bobby.

"He won't get far..he'll show back up.." I said.

Bobby smiled-

"Nice taking down this place with you Kevin." said Bobby..

''Always a pleasure man." I said and we parted ways...

I drove past the house where Stephen Harkey was staying...

Surprisingly ,Stephen Harkey's car was outside...I was certain he was inside..

I drove by Elwood Barnes Loft that night...He wasn't at home...  I headed home...I had done my job...All I was supposed to do was locate Stephen Harkey...and I had done that...I didn't know what else he was into ,but I had found out where he was staying..I had seen him...I slid the dozier I had with photos of Stephen Harkey and his address under Elwood's door...along with photos of the whore house he had gone to...

My job was done.

IV-

Sepia and Kimberly were still up when I got home...

''Well, did you find your man?" asked Sepia.

"Yeah...I found him...but something else is going on here...This is more than what Elwood told me.."I said.

"Oh Boy.."said Sepia..

"But it's Christmas...I neither have the desire or motivation to dig any deeper...He wanted to know where the guy was and I told him...My job is done...I expect full payment soon." I said.

''That's my guy..."said Sepia.. She kissed me passionately for a few minutes.

I wanted to hold her for a few more moments...but we eased out of our embrace....

"Damn girl, why you stopping?" I asked.

"Because...Kimberly is running around...We'll have plenty of time tonight...She's spending the night with Eva tonight." said Sepia..

"Wow....Sounds good to me." I said.

"So you think this case is over huh baby?" said Sepia..

"Yeah,it's over babes...I'm just going to get my money." I said.

Only I was wrong...This case was far from over... Sepia looked at me and she knew it too!

(TO BE CONTINUED)