The Down and Dirty

We are a family...We've all known each other off and on over the years we've worked for the City of Philadelphia and long before we were all in the same unit..and now we've married each other...With the exception of Sissy and her husband Eddie C. We all live in the same Cul De Sac within proximity of each other..

This is like no other police unit I've ever known..Today, in the middle of 4 homicides, 4 homicides more than likely committed by two people...we were beginning our day at Sam Mother's Diner...

Carlotta ,

Sharon and I sat together in a booth...

The three of us had a stack of Pancakes...

Duke and Hazel and Tyriq and Sirena shared a booth....

All four of them were enjoying omelets.....

And Jimmy and Angie sat across from us in a booth..

Their food hadn't arrived yet...

They were enjoying each other...

steaming tumblers of coffee arrived....

Hop walked in...He looked beat...

"Well, if it isn't the dumpster diver....Did your great investigation net you anything?" joked Tyriq..

"Rico...He was gone all night.."laughed Sharon ,who motioned for Hop to sit down next to her..

"I ordered your food boo...I know what you like."she said.

"You wasted money...What I like is sitting right next to me.." he said..

"Awwwww booooo."laughed Sharon..

and she kissed him tenderly..

''She's who he's always liked.." joked Carlotta.

"I found a condom, but not just any condom....It had a wrapper ..It's called Stronghold Condoms.."said Hop.."They're only sold at one place...A cheap little bodega...

''I know there is something special about this, but go on.."said Jimmy.

I smiled.."Go on Hop."

''Our victim purchased a three pack herself from one of the Bodegas..It's on her credit card and I have footage of her and an unknown woman shopping together in that same Bodega....They purchased that cheap Malt Champaigne..." he said... "There is more...There is a latent fingerprint on the condom that's a match for the one Jimmy found in the room last night..A Male's fingerprint...It's being run through VICAP now."said Hop...

"Damn, that's damn good work Detective...."said Duke..

''It is.."said Sissy ,who had just entered and sat down..."Take the rest of the day off.."she said.

''If it's all the same...I'll just sleep in our room at HQ..."said Hop...

''I'm still waiting for a hit from VICAP and Interpol on the DNA and the print.."said Sharon, who was working closely with Hazel.

 ''Rico, Jimmy and I are going to visit the Bodegas where all of the girls shopped"said Carlotta.

 "Yeah, we got footage of them in these stores..Maybe the proprieter can tell us something."said Tyriq.

"It's a start." said Jimmy...

''Sirena and I are going to cruise the malls and shopping centers, where they all purchased clothing and other things..."said Angie.

''After that we are going to talk to Uber and Lfyt and all of the car rental places they used.."said Sirena..

"All four of them showed up on a least one Porn Hub Video....I think I've tracked down the film-maker...I'm going to be talking to him..."said Duke..

 ''He's got the dream assignment huh?" said Tyriq to Jimmy,who smiled.

"I know right?" laughed Jimmy..

"Heads up, here comes the Great Detective..." said Sharon sarcastically...

"Well there goes my appetite."said Hazel, who despised Lt. Tragg..

"Wellll let's see. Pancakes...Omelets, coffee...No hash browns?" said Lt. Tragg..

"We ate em before you got here."said Jimmy...

Before Lt. Tragg could turn on Jimmy, Sissy intervened...

"We have to eat?  Have you had breakfast yet? Don't tell me you were up working on this case."she asked.

"I was up reading everybody's reports..."he said.."I think this investigation is going in the wrong direction.." he said.

"Where do you think it's going?" asked Sharon...

"You know....This isn't a federal case yet...Until it is...The insight of the FBI isn't needed." he said..

"Okay...Okay....There is no need for hostilities..We are all working together here...Have you got a clue as to who we might be looking for?" I asked..

 "He hasn't got a clue period!" said Sharon, not caring if he heard her or not!

Jimmy Cracked up laughing....

 "Jimmy, cool it...I like working with you.."whispered Carlotta

''Yeah James, Cool it."said Sirena.

"Yes...Swingers..." he said, ignoring the pratter..

''You may be on to something."said Sissy surprisingly.."Come on guys...let's get out of here and back to work...Time to do the down and dirty." she said.. Meaning the kind of detective work seldom seen on TV, the little things, interviewing people, checking credit and debit cards, waiting for forensic evidence, scrubbing camera footage...

We all were paying our bills and filing out by then..

Again, Lt. Tragg stood there looking bewildered...

II-

I pulled Carlotta by the side and walked her behind Sam Mother's diner, away from the street...

"I haven't pulled you behind a wall in a longgg time.."I whispered..

Carlotta smiled at me...

"I know Papi...| she said..and giggled like a school girl.

The kiss she laid on me was not a school girl's kiss..It was a woman's...a grown woman's kiss..and we kissed for a long while...

"I gotta go papi.." she said..

''I know baby...be careful.."I said.

''Nothing will keep me from coming home to you papi." she whispered..

We kissed a little longer..Then I watched as she got in her car and drove away....

I then realized I had come here with her in her car...Everybody was gone now...I had no car!!!!  I would have to take public transportation to headquarters or to city hall....  I hadn't done this in a long time!!!

Tyriq watched film footage from the Bodega and talked to the store proprieter...

He remembered the girl, Lisa Reynolds...She came in quite a bit and bought a few groceries..One time she was with a male, A white male, about six feet, wearing Black slacks, a black t-shirt and a black bomber jacket with white Nikes...he had curly blond hair..He looked to be in his mid forties..

Jimmy likewise hit another Bodega ,watched film footage from the Bodega and talked to the store proprieter...

He remembered two of the murdered girls...Not coming in together, but weeks apart...One of them told him she was making movies.. One time one of them was with a male, A white male, about six feet, wearing Black slacks, a black t-shirt and a black bomber jacket with white Nikes...he had curly blond hair..He looked to be in his mid forties..He told her sternly to shut up about making movies.She seemed to be afraid of him...
The same man appeared a month later with our other murder victim...She purchased gum and condoms..She paid with a debit card...She didn't say a word...he stood in the back silently, then they left... he said.

Carlotta visited another Bodega, Not far from where she had grown up and viewed footage..

The murder victim we found yesterday shopped here a lot ..buying food, cigarettes and whatnot...She too was seen with a man...A white male, about six feet, wearing Black slacks, a black t-shirt and a black bomber jacket with white Nikes...he had curly blond hair..He looked to be in his mid forties..He told her sternly to shut up about making movies.She seemed to be afraid of him...He stood quietly in the back..saying nothing...

Carlotta was luckier than Tyriq and Jimmy....she got a description of a car and a partial license plate...

III-

Angie and Sirena were luckier...

Following the credit and debit card trails of the four women they found lingerie stores, shoe stores, wig shops, naileries and clothing stores, high end clothing stores where all four women shopped..

The four women weren't remarkable...but by viewing fiml footage they caught them in the stores...With a woman...Short ,petite, blonde, well dressed, late 30's ,early 40's...They refered to her as "Jane" and she just about directed what they would buy from shoes to wigs, to dresses, coats, panties and bras....

On a couple of the stores film footage , a man appeared...A white male, about six feet, wearing Black slacks, a black t-shirt and a black bomber jacket with white Nikes...He had curly blond hair..He looked to be in his mid forties. He always seemed to be silent and in the background, avoiding the camera..

Duke was cruising Cyber Cafe's ....

Detective or not...They didn't want to talk to him..

So he called me..

Armed with a warrant...They talked and talked long..

A Man named Richard Beamer had sent out ads on the web from their establishments asking for young girls who were interested in a career ,making movies..Independent films...Only four girls had answered...And guess who they were?

Duke and I both went to the studio in question..

Armed with a warrant they showed us film footage the girls were in...All four women were young and attractive..and shapely...but they said their sponser had been a woman..A woman they called "Jane."
They showed us footage of her ....

"She look familliar Duke?" I asked..

"Not at all.." he said..

"Let's call it a night Buddy...I think we are close to something..."I said.

''Yeah man...It's been a long day.."said Duke.

IV-

Everyone had gone home for the night.. I went home too...

Carlotta was waiting for me...She was already nude when I opened the door of our bedroom....

''Hurry up and get undressed papi...I'm waiting for you.." she said..

She cracked up laughing at how fast I was undressed and in bed...

"My goodness papi...You can't wait.." she said.
.

Soon we were in our bed making sweet love....

Carlotta's beautiful red striped bra lie on the floor by our bed...

Her matching panties were not far from it...

I was on top of the bed thrusting mightily inside of her...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu papiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..ayyyyyyyyyyyyyye.."she moaned ....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu girllllllllllllllllllll, why are you so damn hottt............??"I asked..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh papi..."was all she would say...

Her left hand grabbed my buttock ,almost as if she was guiding me in...

"Papi ,ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you are driving me crazy.." she moaned feverishly....

"You're driving me crazy..." I moaned...

The bed was shaking and squeaking something crazy....

The headboard was rattling loudly....

If anyone was directly outside our window, they couldn't help but hear us...

SEVEN TO EIGHT HOURS of hot sweaty lovemaking went by.....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph,ouuuuu girlll!" I moaned..

"ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh papi." she cooed softly...

I wasn't even aware that I was cumming at first....but I was...Like a gusher...

Carlotta held on to me for dear life and began to shake, to tremble...her head began to turn both ways...and her legs got stiff and began to shake...

''Ouu papi...You make me cum so hard.." she said..

I was out of breath...

''Ditto" was all I could say...

 What we didn't know was that another murder had already taken place....Just as we were getting clues to who our killers might be.


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