Lamecia

 THE LADIES DRESSING ROOM AT HOUSE OF PURE JOY LINGERIE STORE-


"Ummmmm, ouuuuu Vanessa, yesssssssssssssssssssssss...." moaned Brad Ruland....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad, Bradddddddddddddd...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"moaned Vanessa.

Brad was in the ladies dressing room of The House of Pure Joy with one of his customers...

Kissing passionately....He pulled down his zipper...He reached under her short skirt and slipped her panties down and she lowered herself down on his erect and engorged penis and slowly moved up and down...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad.....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned....

He had met her for breakfast and then had brought her back to the store before it opened...

Long before it opened....

They had been at it for close to THREE HOURS!


"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad.....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Vanessa...." he moaned...

"Hurry up and cum baby...I've got to go home and get ready for work..."she whispered in his ears...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..I'm almost there baby, almost thereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...ummmmmm here it comes....awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww lawdddddddddddd!" he moaned...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad....." she moaned...

"Where is your uh fiance??...I haven't seen her in a few weeks....Don't you worry she might catch you back here?" asked the woman as she straightened her hair and clothes and applied lipstick..

"She's uh out of town for a few weeks.." he replied..

"Ohhhhhh, you naughty boy.."she said..

At that moment, Bonnie and I were entering the store....When I saw someone I recognized...

"Lemecia?  Lemecia? Is that you?" I asked...

"Mister Kevin?" said the young lady at the receptionist desk...

She ran and hugged me...

She had interned for Sepia and Bonita's company the summer before..

and after she graduated...She interned for me... Neither of us had a job opening for her...but she got one, working here as a receptionist/office manager..

''So you landed on your feet huh?  Good for you..This is a permanent job isn't it?" I asked..

"It is...I just finished my first year at Temple....It pays my rent...It's alright.."she said..

"This is Mrs. Bonnie Shay, she's an insurance investigator....We are looking for your boss..Mr. Ruland.."I said.

She frowned and pointed to the Ladies Dressing room..

"He'll be out shortly.." she said..

"Speaking of which..Have you seen Mindy? Mindy Regan??" asked Bonnie..

Her eyes lit up suddenly and she got a look of dread on her face...

"I haven't seen her in two weeks...No one has..." she said..

Just then Brad Ruland walked out...He was busy straightening his clothes...A Busty and shapely woman walked out behind him...She was busy fixing her hair...She had on a white sheer blouse that didn't hide the white lace bra she was wearing and a very short skirt...

"Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Bradley." she said and blew a kiss at him...He giggled like a school boy...

He then looked at Lamecia and scowled...

"You got any work to do?" he snarled..

"It's obvious you don't " she snarled back...

The Animosity between them was quite evident...

He looked Bonnie up and down and smiled...Then he looked at me...

"You two interested in uh buying a few things?" he asked..

"No....I'm Kevin Morris...I'm a Private Investigator....and this is Bonnie Shay, An Attorney and Insurance Investigator...We were wondering if your uh business partner ,Mindy Regan was around?" I said..

"She's out of town on business..We are equal partners...Anything you want to talk to her about ,you can talk to me about.." he said..

Lemecia walked to her desk and scrawled a message on a piece of paper...

"I for one have been trying to reach her for the past two weeks...She hasn't answered her phone or numerous texts...I'm from Cyclops Insurance...We insure this business..."said Bonnie..

Brad looked confused..

"You do? I didn't know.."he said..

"I've been hired by another concern...Who has also been trying to contact her for the past two weeks."I said..

"May I ask what the nature of your business is?" he asked..

"Ms. Regan was set to transfer 62 percent of her controlling stock to my client...They were supposed to meet to discuss the particulars...Mindy never showed up and she didn't answer several calls or texts.."I said.

"Wellll uh that's because she uh changed her mind..She backed out of that deal...She left for Paris uh the day after that meting was supposed to take place..She's staking out a new business partner for us..Yeah that's it.." he said..

"Do you have a number where she can be reached, since she's not answering her phone?" asked Bonnie.

"I'm afraid not."he laughed..

"Has she called you?" I asked.

"Yes, we talk every day...Now like I said...She's in Paris on business..."he said.

"You're not going to tell us where she is staying are you?" asked Bonnie..

"No I'm not....And neither of you are cops,so I don't have to...Now unless you want a pair of panties or a bra,I'm going to have to ask you to leave.."he said to Bonnie..

He looked at me..

"You, I never want to see again.." he said.

I smiled..

"Good Day Mr. Ruland.." I said..

As we were leaving...

Lemecia passed Bonnie a bag...It had a Bra and Panty set in it..

"Here is the Bra and panties you purchased Mrs. Shay.." she said and winked at Bonnie...

"Oh Thank you.." said Bonnie, who looked at me and nodded..

We walked out of the store and across the street and drove off..

II-

Bonnie looked at the Bra and the panties...

"Oh she's good...She knew my bust size and the size panties I wear....This is a bit racy for me, but Ronnie will like it." she said and then pulled the note out of the bottom of the bag.

"HE'S A LIAR..I COULDN'T TALK TO YOU INSIDE...I GO TO LUNCH IN AN HOUR...MEET ME AT THIS RESTAURANT...IT'S A FEW BLOCKS AWAY..LAMECIA!"  the note read..

"We've got nothing but time.." I said..

An hour later, Lemecia met Bonnie and me in a very fasionable bistro a few blocks away...

"Ouu Kevin this place is nice...You're going to have to bring Sepia here..I know I'm going to have Ronnie bring me here.." said Bonnie..

"Oh you know it Bon Bon...Hey since we are here , we might as well order...."I said..

Lemecia came in and looked around and sat down with us...

"Order what you like Lemecia...I'm paying for your meal.."I said..

"Are you serious?" she asked..

"I sure am.."I said and smiled..

The food was delicious and nice and piping hot...We chowed down...

"Mr. Kevin, Ms. Bonnie...He's a liar... The last time I or any one saw Ms. Mindy was two weeks ago...It was a Wednesday...I stayed late and helped Ms. Mindy do the inventory...She wanted a final count because she said that soon , a Ms. Bridget Jones would be collecting all of this..She was selling her 62 percent to Ms. Jones and Ms. Jones was going to buy out Brad 's 40 percent..In other words ,the store was going to be under new management and he was going to be out...She had been talking about this for weeks..I don't care because I'm going back to school anyway...Grad school...I just got my student loan.."said Lamecia..

"Come see me next week..I'll match that...."I said..

"Oh Thank you Mr. Kevin...She had hired somebody to bug the place and the loft she shared with Brad...She caught him on film with several of our female customers...and some of our employees..I think I'm the only employee who has not slept with him...He tried once and I shot him down...He tried to laugh it off...He's a dog and this night...She turned on a monitor in the store and caught him right outside the store, kissing a woman..

She had a gold smartwatch, with an annoying ring tone....She sent him a text....

"GET IN HERE NOW!"  

I saw that...

He came in the office...Ms. Minday asked me to let them have the room....but I could hear them

He still had the woman's lipstick on his lapel...

She accused him of cheating on her...He denied it profusely...Then she showed him video of all of his trysts...In the loft...in the ladies restroom, in the men's restroom, in the changing rooms..He couldn't deny it...

Then she told him....She was selling her 62 percent to Ms.Bridget Jones ,owner of Lady Chatterly's Lover, Panties and Bras for the discriminating woman and Agent Provacateur and Ms. Jones was going to buy out Brad 's 40 percent..In other words ,the store was going to be under new management and he was going to be out.

He begged and pleaded for another chance...He said that none of those women meant anything to him and that he would straighten up...No more fooling around...She said he could fool around all he wanted because her mind was made up...She told him that she had already had her things moved out of  their loft and placed into storage and that she was planning to move in and eventually marry Mr. London Branton,a minor competitor, who we sometimes did business with.She advised him to have his things out of the Loft and the store by the end of the week...

He accused her of having an affair with London Branton for years...She didn't deny it...But the bottom line was ,he was out...her life ,the store, everything..

I heard the whole thing...And he knows I did..

He was in tears, he was shaking...

An Uber came and picked her up that night....I was leaving with her...Brad was still there...

She got in the Uber and waved to me..She said-"Thanks for helping me with the inventory...I'll see you tomorrow...She got in the UBer and took off and that was the last time I saw her.."said Lemecia..

I looked at Bonnie..

"Wow, nothing about that says she was going to back out of the deal...We did find her stuff in the storage lockers...All of her stuff...So he lied..."I said..

"Yes,he lied...but we don't have any proof of any other wrong doing..."said Bonnie..

''She was last seen getting in an Uber...We need to know what time that Uber picked her up and where she went..."I said..

"The Uber picked her up around 9:30...9:30 pm...That's when the both of us left...She was supposed to be going to meet Mr. London Branton...I remember she told me that...That she was going to stay with him on his boat until his house was ready."said Lemecia..

"But we know she never made it there.. He was waiting for her and he started calling frantically that night, the next morning and the day after that...So Did Bridget Jones...They were supposed to meet the next day for lunch and Mindy never showed up..."I said..

Lemecia gave me and Bonnie a paper with a list of women and their phone numbers  and addresses..

"These are the women he's slept with...Customers, Former Employees, Lingerie Models...You might want to talk to them.."said Lemecia..

I smiled..

"WOW!  Maybe you can come and work for my agency..."I said..

"Or mine!" said Bonnie,laughing...

I had no idea that afternoon that that would be the last time I saw Lamecia Womack alive!!

III-

Bonnie and I split up, We interviewed 15 women a piece the next day...Some tried to lie, but we had video and photo, and audio evidence of their indiscretions with an engaged man...

All of them said that Brad Ruland approached them first and told them that he and his fiance were in an open relationship and that it was cool...None of them admitted that they believed him...but thought he was attractive and went along with it...

There was never any strings attached and it was all good to them...None of these women had seen Mindy Regan within the last two weeks....

We both met up at my office...

We searched the Traffic and Street Cams in the area...on the night Mindy Regan was last seen alive and we found the Uber that picked her up....

I got a license plate and found the phone number of the Uber dispatch office that Mindy called...

I called Bonnie...We were back on the trail...

The Uber driver was very friendly and forthcoming...

"I picked her up at about 9:30 that night...Yeah...I remember her...Very nice looking woman...She wanted me to take her out to Penns Landing, but first she wanted to stop at her favorite Chinese Seafood Bistro...She had called ahead for some Lobster...

I parked in the back alley....I know the cook there...One of em....I went in to talk to him...He gave me the Lobsters and I paid him..She had given me the money.....We heard something that sounded like a
pop sound....When I went outside...

"SHE WAS GONE!!!   Not a sign of her...and a little bit of blood on the ground behind my car...but not a sign of her.." he said.

I couldn't believe it....Not a sign of her...

I drove out to Penns Landing where she wanted me to drop her off...

The guy she was supposed to be meeting,paid me, but he was as baffled as I was as to where she was...He called her while I was there...He didn't get an answer....I gave him the Lobsters and left.."said the Uber driver..

''Did you call the police about the blood you found?" I asked..

"I did...but by the time they had gotten back....The crew at the Bistro had thrown the wash water out back and washed it away....There was no blood any longer..It did seem weird..."he said..

Bonnie looked at me....

Now things looked really strange...

IV-

For the next week, We combed the Traffic and Street cams in the area looking for a vehicle, or anything that was in that Chinatown neighborhood or leaving that Chinatown neighborhood that night..

We weren't having any luck...but we stayed on it...

Lamecia had been a great help...but there was nothing more she could tell us... We had talked to all of his women, we had found the Uber driver , who was probably the last person to see her alive...I had done a complete work up on him...He was clean..


So once again, Bonnie and I headed to The House Of Pure Joy..,

"Ummmmm, ouuuuu  Chole, yesssssssssssssssssssssss...." moaned Brad....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad, Bradddddddddddddd...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"moaned Chole.

Brad was in the ladies fitting room  at The House of Pure Joy with  another one of his customers...

Kissing passionately....He pulled down his zipper...He reached under her short skirt and slipped her panties down and she lowered herself down on his erect and engorged penis and slowly moved up and down...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad.....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned....

He had met her for breakfast and then had brought her back to the store before it opened...

Long before it opened....

They had been at it for close to THREE HOURS!

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad.....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Chole...." he moaned...

"Hurry up and cum baby...I've got to get home before my kids get out of day care....."she whispered in his ears...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..I'm almost there baby, almost thereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...ummmmmm here it comes....awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww lawdddddddddddd!" he moaned...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Brad....." she moaned...

"Where is your uh fiance??...I haven't seen her in a few weeks....Don't you worry she might catch you back here?" asked the woman as she straightened her hair and clothes and applied lipstick..

"She's uh out of town for a few weeks.." he replied..

"Ohhhhhh, you naughty boy.. Two people came to see me the other day"she said..

"Oh yeah? A Man and a Woman?" he asked.

"Yeah,  they said they were private investigators..or from some insurance company or something..They asked me questions about your fiance and you...They knew all about us...Had video.." she said..

"Well don't worry about them, they won't be bothering you anymore.."he snarled..

Imagine his surprise or theirs when they saw Bonnie and I in the lobby...

 "Mr. Ruland.." I said..

"I see you're up to your old tricks.."said Bonnie..

The young woman straightened her hair and fixed her skirt and hastily ran out of the store..

"I believe I asked you not to come in here again....I see I'm going to have to call my attorney..."he said.

''Do you even have an attorney?  I'm here to see Lamecia.." I said..

Bonnie and I thought it would be good if we got her out of here...I could employ her if need be..

"She no longer works here...She was let go yesterday.." he said.

"You got an address?" I asked.

"Get Out and I swear if I see either of you in here again...I'll call the police and my attorney.."he said..

We left.....

I got Lamecia's address...

We stopped by her apartment....but she was not there...Her car was parked in front of her apartment complex...But it didn't look like it had been driven...Her smartphone was on the front seat...

'This looks bad Kevin...No woman leaves her phone behind like that.."said Bonnie..

"You're right.."I said..

We went door to door searching for her asking if anybody had seen her...We went in a few businesses and Restaurants...

No one had seen her since the day before...

I  called her, but her phone was on the seat of her car...

THIS REALLY LOOKED BAD!

"Kevin,I've got a real bad feeling about this.."said Bonnie..

"You and Me both Bon-Bon.." I said..

THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO!


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