35 Minutes

The next morning found us all gathering all of our evidence and moving out of headquarters and to our second headquarters...

The government owned apartment complex we nicknamed "Copland"...

Carlotta and Tyriq had talked to everybody about their suspicions and Sissy and Captain Cantrell

had both agreed that it would be better if we take this investigation underground and away from prying eyes and ears....

Duke and his wife, Hazel....

Hop and Sharon

and Jimmy and Angie packed their bags and moved in that night....

Sissy and her husband ,Eddie C.

Carlotta and Me...

and Tyriq and Sirena

joined everyone else in the morning....

We decided not to talk to the press or give any more updates to Jerome Monaham about his wife's murder investigation....

Sissy held the morning meeting in the conference room....

"Now that we have complete privacy....What have we learned so far?" she asked...

''I talked to a number of Mrs. Monaham's relatives and close friends...None of them liked Jerome.It's her money, they always felt that left up to him, he'd run through it.They despise him." said Carlotta..

"Gee, I can't imagine why? Such a sweet guy." said Jimmy sarcastically, which was followed by raucous laughter....

''Angie !"said Sissy, looking at Detective Angie Belton-Barlow...Jimmy's wife..

Angie shrugged her shoulder...

"I married him....What can I say?" she said ,followed by more laughter...

"Okay, simmer down, simmer down...Finish Chica.."said Sissy, who was holding her sides..

"The money really belonged to Lillian...and Mr. Monaham had her insured pretty heavily....for millions."said Carlotta.

"Which means...between the insurance money on that stolen Jewelry and on her...Jerome stands to make his own private fortune...He appears to be up to his neck in debt from failed investments and business ventures..This would be his way out and he'd have a little cash on the side." said Tyriq.

"And...word is...She was cutting him off and planning a seperation of sorts..." said Jimmy.....

''Any thing on the Street or Traffic Cameras?" I asked.

''So me, Rico and Jimmy were scanning the street ,traffic and home security cameras for the day of the murder...Everything was normal until about thirty five minutes before we believe the murder occurred...Everything...The Street Cam, The Traffic cams and the home security cams in the area went dark...And stayed that way for thirty five minutes..Then just like that...they came back on...Only there was nothing." said Hop....

"The timeline of the theft and murder." said Sissy.

"The thief used a very sophisticated jamming device...Not many of them available in the U.S.   Mostly in Europe or amongst the intelligence community....I have my people at the FBI trying to track them all down as we speak.." said Sharon..

"But we did get lucky." said Carlotta...

"Oh? How?" asked Sissy...

"There is a bank across the street from the house...The ATM Camera caught this figure." said Tyriq, who walked us all into the monitor room...

We watched and saw what appeared to be a frail ,petite figure ,dressed in all black, using the jamming device...and then disabling the alarm system on the house and then breaking in....

"It's too grainy to make an accurate identification...but I'd swear that was a woman...an old woman...Hard to tell."said Jimmy...

"I'll try to clean that up..." said Sharon...

"There is whoever that is, coming out of the house with a sack..That's the jewelry..." said Duke...

"Duke...I want the book on Edith Barry.." said Sissy..

"I'm on it Siss." said Duke..

Sirena looked at Angie...

"Come on Toots...We got somewhere to be..." said Sirena...

"Coming." said Angie...

"Chica,  Rico, Jimmy...Get me anything you can on Dante Peppers.. Take Hop with you." said Sissy...

"We know him...Don't we Rico?" said Carlotta.

"Yeah Top...From our days at Robbery-Homicide.. He's a major shot caller.. he puts together crews who take down jewelry stores, a bank or two allegedly... We could never put a tag on him.." said Tyriq..

"I know him too from when I worked Narcotics...He owns a Jewelry store...but everybody on the street knows that the drug boys launder their dirty money through him and he fences high end merch...."said Jimmy..

"Maybe we can get wiretaps, clone his phones.." said Duke.

''I'll call Judge Stevens.." I said.

''And I'll call a federal judge...If you can't get it...perhaps the FBI can get it.." said Sharon...

 Sissy looked at Hazel-

"You got anything forensic wise?" she asked.

"Yes...I pulled a latent fingerprint off the skin....and some DNA....ran it through the system...Haven't got a hit yet....but I can tell you one thing...No 86 year old lady killed this woman...This was a man or somebody with some very big hands..." she said..

"Okay folks...Let's try to close this case...So we can all go home to our own beds.." said Sissy...

Carlotta, Jimmy , Tyriq and Hop were headed to Sgt Danny Ho's office at Robbery Homicide..

To get the file on Dante Peppers, jewelry store owner and laundry man for drug dealers as well as fence and shot caller for heist crews....

Duke was riding with them to get the file on Edith Barry, an 86 year old safe cracker and thief ,who hadn't been seen in years ,but was suspected of being behind this jewel heist...

I was headed to the courthouse with Sharon and Hazel was headed over the medical examiner's office....

Sirena and Angie were already gone....

That left just Sissy and Eddie C. at the complex alone...

"Wow Boss Lady, your troops are all out in the field..." said Eddie C.

"I know...I used to go out with them...Now I do paperworlk...

Eddie C. pulled Sissy to him and kissed her passionately...

''All work and no play makes the Lieutenant a bad ,bad girl.." he said..

''Don't you mean a dull girl?" asked Sissy, smiling at him..

''Aint nothin dull about you girl.."he said..

They continued kissing passionately...

Sissy turned her phones off..

"Let's go up to the room...I'm not going to get any work done anyway." she said.

II-

 Once in the room, or rather to the door of their room, both were kissing each other passionately...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Eddie...Eddie...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..I need you inside me.."moaned Sissy...

"Oh My God girl, I can't wait..." he said..

She could feel his erection and see the huge bulge in his trousers...

"Oh MY GOODNESS...I see...." she exclaimed...Smiling at him as he kissed her hungrilly...

"Okay....Okay...calm down...Let me get my clothes off first.." she said laughing...

Inside the doorway...they tossed off their shoes and Eddie eased Sissy up against the wall and began kissing her passionately...She returned his  passion....his shirt went to the floor as he continued kissing her and she continued kissing him...He unzippered her skirt and slowly unbottoned her blouse....She unzippered his trousers and he hurriedly stepped out of them....She held his now massively erect penis in her hands...they hadn't even bothered to close the front door...

"Oh My God...Eddie....Ouuuuu...you are huge!!!..Close the front door, we don't want everyone seeing us" she exclaimed...as he unhooked her black lacy bra and began sucking on her breasts.....Eddie took his foot and kicked the door shut.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Eddie....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned as he slipped her panties down ......

He thrusted his tongue practically down her throat , while squeezing one breast with his hand...he lifted her up and positioned her on him as he entered her and began thrusting away...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOODNESS ,EDDIE... OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH EASY BABY...EASYYY....SLOW DOWN...I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE...OUUUUUU..WEEEEE." she screamed as he continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.......

 Eddie laid Sissy across the bed , a few minutes later and  entered her softly and gently and began to stroke her softly and slowly....She moaned and put her arms around his neck and drew him closer to her..She wrapped her legs around his waste and they began to move in a slow, yet deliberate rhythm for quite some time...She matched him thrust for thrust and even bit his shoulder at one point...She was so soft...so moist and smelled so good...Eddie was losing his mind....and his self..

They made sweet passionate and intense love for close to Six hours...Sissy began to shake and gyrate and tears began to stream down her face again....She marveled at how long this man could last and how he was bringing her to orgasm so many times in one session...Surprisingly....All of her detectives were still out on the street working this case...

"It's sooooooooooooooo goooddd...Oh my godddddddddddddd it's soooooo gooood! I love you...I love you so muchhhhh Eddie....ohhhhh don't stoppp, don't stopp..." she screamed as they both climaxed in a crescendo of sweat!

"AWWWWWW LAWDDDD SISSY..I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF...AWWWWW
Good LAWDDD girl..."moaned Eddie...He felt like his body was falling apart! He came harder than he had in awhile and just kept cumming and cumming...

"Oh My God.....you finished there?" asked Sissy....

"Damn girl...I feel like I just died.." he said trying to catch his breath..

 Sissy finally sat up...She was breathing heavily and still shaking...still climaxing...

"Ouuuuuuu...Ouuuuuuuu..Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Eddie.." she said...

Eddie was sitting on the side of the bed with his head in his hands..He was trembling...Scared out of his mind....He had never experienced anything or anyone who made him feel as turned on as Sissy did!

Sissy gently rubbed  her soft hands across his back.....

He had only meant to have a quickie...35 minutes or more like they had in her office sometimes during lunch break....but he couldn't stop himself this time...He was certainly glad none of the guys had returned yet...

"Damn Siss...I feel like I just died.." he said trying to catch his breath.."That was sooo goood...Wow!" he said...

Sissy smiled..

"You'll live! Come on silly...We've got to shower and get dressed....The others will be back and I don't want them to know I didn't do a lick of work all day...that I spent the whole morning screwing my husband...who should have gone to work by the way..." she said and playfully laughed..

III-

Captain Eddie Cantrell sat in his office and listened as Jerome Monaham yelled and screamed..

"I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND...I WAS PROMISED TRANSPARENCY....I WAS TOLD I WOULD GET DAILY UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS INVESTIGATION...I WENT OVER TO C.I.D. AND NOT A DETECTIVE IS OVER THERE...''he screamed...

"Did it occur to you that they are out on the street trying to catch your wife's killer? My detectives don't answer to you...They answer to me...They're investigating your wife's murder...They're not just lounging around...I trained most of them myself..Including Lt. Van Buren...They have never dropped the ball with any case and have always brought a case in...You have a habit of blabbing everything to the press...We can't have that during an open investigation...It could tip off the killer and you are not going to be privy to every bit of evidence gathered..." asked Ed Cantrell...

"IT'S BEEN TWO DAYS...DO THEY HAVE A SUSPECT?" he asked...

"I don't know...but when they do..believe me...you'll be the first to know..." said Ed Cantrell..

"I WANT ACTION ON THIS AND I WANT IT NOW!!" he bellowed...

"Good Day Mr. Monaham...."said Ed Cantrell..

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

 Ed Cantrell shook his head...

"Siss, close this case quick...This guy gives me a headache." he thought to himself..

IV-

Sirena and Angie walked into the tony bar...It was four stories up in what looked like it used to be a warehouse...It had a great view...

''Angie, this is sweet...I've got to get Tyriq to bring me here..." said Sirena...

"Girl, you aint lyin...Jimmy and I are definitely coming here..." said Angie...

Sirena stared down the bar and she saw him, drinking alone...Gerald Glenn Felton, the road runner, sat at the end of the bar...

Sirena walked over and sat on one side of him....

"Hello Glenn...Long time huh?" said Sirena...

He turned...

"I'd recognize that perfume anywhere...Hello Sirena..." he said..

Angie sat on the other side.

He smiled at her...she smiled back...

 "Nice place...You always did have good tastes..." said Sirena..

He smiled...

"You drinkin?" he asked....

"Vodka, Cranberry Juice..." said Sirena..

He looked at Angie..

''What is your friend drinking?"he asked.

"I'll take the same." said Angie...

He smiled at her and looked her up and down..

He turned to Sirena..

''She a cop too?" he asked.

"She is..."

"She your partner?" he asked..

"She is today.." said Sirena...

"You still married to that corny detective who tried to take me down...?" he asked.

"I am..and we have three children...Two boys and one girl..."said Sirena proudly...

''Hmmph!" he said.

"If I recall, that corny detective did take you down..." said Sirena..

"No..YOU took me down...You were the only one who could..I was too damn fast and smart for him and his partner...Although she was kind of cute...Puerto Rican chick.. She still on the force?" he asked..

All the guys, whether cops or criminals ,just loved Carlotta , thought Sirena , who smiled...She could understand that...Lotta as she came to call her was lovable...She loved Carlotta! she thought to herself but for a different reason..

"Yes...she and my husband are still partners and we are all in the same unit...The Criminal Investigation Division..It didn't even exist when we took you down...We take down major criminals..Drug Kingpins and cartels..Crime Syndicates...Serial Killers, Spree Killers..Heist crews...Fences.." said Sirena..

"Ohhhhh I see...So you moved up in the world...You and Hubby...By the way , where is he?" asked Glenn

''He's working...He's not here.." said Sirena..

Glenn smiled as their drinks arrived...he looked at Angie..

"Does she talk?" he asked and smiled.. checking Angie out...

"I talk a lot when there is a need to."said Angie cooly...

"Ohhhhhhhh I like her already...Sassy" he laughed..."Sooooo, Ladies, I know this isn't a social visit...and I expected to see you soon anyway....You or some cop." he said.

"Ohhh? You did..?" said Sirena..

"That Monaham job..I heard about it on the news...Her loud mouth husband has been on the news..yellin and screaming...He's really not impressed with the job you cops are doing..," said Glenn ,laughing...

"So we've heard." said Angie...

"Just so you know..I had nothing to do with it..It was a cool score...but I'm not in the game anymore..I was at work when that went down...Here is the address of my employer and the phone number...Here is the name of my customer....Call em both, check her credit card log...It will prove where I was...After that, I was in my Loft ..Here is my Key card number...The key card lets me in..It tells you exactly when I came in and when I left again..." he said.

"I didn't think you were involved in this, but I had to check out all of my leads..."said Sirena..

"You probably want to know was I approached about the job?  Well....in my world..one doesn't snitch....I've proved that I wasn't involved...Anything else...Is on you." he said.

"I heard you have a girlfriend..." said Sirena..Changing the subject...

He smiled..He passed the bartender money to pay for the drinks...

"I do...We been together about two years now...We are uh expecting our first bundle of joy...any day now..I wouldn't do anything to jeapordize that.." he said.

"Well, congratulations are in order..." said Sirena..

"Thank You....It was nice seeing you again Sirena and nice meeting your friend..." he said and got up and left..

In all ,their little meeting was a mere 35 minutes!

They both watched as he left the bar...

"Having worked undercover and been caught up with the person I was lying to...I can only imagine how you must feel...You alright girl?" asked Angie, putting her arms around Sirena..

"Yeah...I -I don't know why I almost feel like I want to cry..." she said.

"Because we are human...that's why..." said Angie...who hugged Sirena.

Just then...Sirena's smartphone began vibrating...

Sirena looked at it...It was a text...from a burner phone...

"DANTE PEPPERS....HE PUTS DOWN SCORES IN THAT AREA...HE WAS RECRUITING FOR THAT JOB WEEKS AGO! I TURNED HIM DOWN"-came an anonymous text.

"That was from Glenn...He just pointed us in a direction we are already in anyway.." said Angie..

V-

It was a quiet night....We all sat in the conference room playing cards....

"I got the warrant for wiretaps of Dante Pepper's Jewelry store and the cloning of his phones...Jerome Monaham too..."I said..

"I got a surveilience team on the Jewelry store..They lucked up and found a place right across the street...One is a plains clothes cop from Robbery-Homicide and the other is a plain clothes cop from Narcotics..Guy and girl...They look like Bohemians....Hipsters....They got a tinted window, Telescopic lense for video camera ,the whole works...They'll be sending the feed right to Sharon...And they got two plain clothes guys with em for muscle.."said Duke..

"Me , Jimmy and Hop got the book on Edith Barry...We may even have some addresses.We can talk about it tomorrow." said Tyriq..

"Yeah, we'll talk about it in the morning."said Jimmy....Angie had been sitting on his lap the entire time, nibbling on his ear....

 Angie took Jimmy by the hand and led him up to their room...

Carlotta yawned...

"I'm turning in..I'm tired..." she said..

"Yeah...I guess I'll be turning in too.." I said.

''Come on Rico...Let's go to bed." said Sirena...

"Not a bad idea at all.." said Tyriq..

Duke,Hazel, Sharon and Hop continued to play cards...

 "It's been a long day guys..Good work..."said Sissy..Who looked at her husband and smiled...

Sissy and Eddie C. turned in also...Eddie C. grabbed her behind as they entered their room...

"Ouuuu, cut it out Eddie.." Sissy giggled as they closed their door...

We weren't fooling anybody....they knew we weren't going to sleep....Well not yet....Beds would be squeaking in a few minutes.... Sounds of both women and men moaning and cooing could be heard on the streets...

It had been a long day...but a productive one...We had a suspect....and perhaps..we were closer to solving this murder...



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