The Second Shooter

I found Jessica in the Law Library studying away....

 "Heyy ,I was told I'd find you here.."I said with a smile..

"You must have been by the office...I don't really have an office like Olivia and Yvette and their contemporaries....Here it's quiet and I can gather my thoughts." she said and smiled..

I could tell she had been here for hours... I sat down with her..

 ''What you got?" I asked..

''The FBI and The D.A.'s office notes are almost identical...Apparently they were sharing information..

"They had a mole, an informant deep inside of Joe Boyd's organization... The street war that erupted between Boyd's organization and Little Caesarline took 28 lives...There were no clear winners, but Little Caesarline got to keep his territory...."said Jessica.

"This must have made Joe Boyd very angry.."I said..

"Oh it did and he had people of his own inside of Little Caesarline's organization gathering information and relaying it back to his people...Which is how they found out that Joey Coconut was seeing Little Caesarline's fiancé on the side.... This enraged him and he put a contract out on his one time protégé..  He got his younger brother ,Nathan Russell to set it up.... Nathan Russell called in a guy known around Philly for his proficiency with a shotgun....A sawed of shotgun." said Jessica.

"The man's name is blacked out." I said..

"On the D.A.'s report and on the FBI's report.....You know what I think?" said Jessica with a sly sexy grin.

''This man was a paid informant....He was on the FBI's payroll...He was giving them information on both organizations..and they turned a blind eye to his criminal activities....This man is our killer...Our real killer..."I said.

"Exactly and the FBI and people in the D.A.'s office knew this all along..Here is the Autopsy report."she said and passed it to me..

I winced....They were gruesome photos...The torso was headless...The face was non existent...

"It says here , he sustained a gun shot wound from a .45 in his left leg near his buttock.....That was the gun Nate Russell had.... and another .45 wound in his right leg...also from Nate Russell...but neither caused his death....It was definitely the shotgun blast...by the un named man in both reports..
Thing is...They can say that that man was Little Mel." I said.

"Homicide didn't see the D.A.'s report or the FBI's report...From what I heard Lt. Arthur Tragg Sr. and both offices had a rather frosty relationship...Neither office liked him too much.."said Jessica.

''Wowww, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree...That explains sooo much about Junior."I said.

"I heard he arrested you once, tried to have your P.I. License pulled...and practically the whole city came down on him."laughed Jessica.

I laughed.

"Oh my God...All of my attorney friends offered to rep me for free, Several detectives from C.I.D. and other agencies testified in my behalf and even several ADA's came to bat for me..And my client at the time paid my legal fees...My license wound up getting renewed and Lt. Tragg got a good stitching from his higher ups.. He tries to threaten me, but he knows he can't touch me."I laughed.

Jessica laughed..

"Kevin, we've got to find that man...The real killer...The Second Shooter..I'm guessing, I'm hoping....He's still alive..." she said.

''Even if we find him...He's not going to talk to you...There is no statute of limitations on Murder..He's not going to put himself in...We've got to prove he did it or at least prove Little Mel didn't do it.. When am I going to meet with him anyway?" I asked.

"Soon, How bout tomorrow?" she said.

"Great....Let's call it a night.." I said.

Just then, a young Black man about my age walked over to us...He was smiling...The way he looked at Jessica, I could tell there was something between them...

"Hi....You must be Kevin...I'm Chip.....Chip Burrows....I'm also an Attorney with the Innocence Project...I uh work with Jessica." he said and smiled.. We shook hands..

''He's also my boyfriend....We try to keep it on the low at work, but a lot of people know."said Jessica.

"Hard to keep something like that a secret..." I said and smiled..

I gathered my notes and Jessica gathered hers...

"I'll see you tomorrow Jessie...Nice meeting you Chip." I said.

II-

At Jessica's apartment..

 "So That's the investigator you're working with huh? I've heard he is the best money can buy around these parts..."said Chip..

"You did a make on him Chip?" asked Jessica, smiling, sensing he might have been a little jealous,her spending so much time with a man other than him..

"No..No..I uh just asked around...I heard he's tight with law enforcement, but that he also works with a lot of the defense attorneys you're friendly with...Heard he always gets results .  I use his other company for my music and movie streams.."said Chip..

Jessica kissed him...

"He's married and has a daughter Chip..." she said..

"Oh..I-I-I wasn't worried about that...He's good people..everybody I've talked to has told me that.."said Chip..

"Everybody you've talked to?" she laughed...

She kissed him again and slipped her skirt  and heels off...

He lifted up her tight black top.......He admired her pretty bra...He leaned in and kissed her and allowed his hands to rub her hips..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Chip.." she moaned....

"Damn  Jessie, you are sooo sexy.." he said as he unbuttoned her blouse...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Chip.....So are you papi!" she moaned..

He  helped her out of her skirt and stood there marveling at her sexy body...

They stepped inside her bedroom and they closed the door...

Inside her bedroom ...They tossed off their shoes and Chip eased Jessica 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.....She unzippered his trousers and he hurriedly stepped out of them....She held his now massively erect penis in her hands...He slipped her top off..and unhooked her bra..

"Oh My God...Chip....Aye Mios Dios..you are huge!!!..Ai yi yi yiiiii" she exclaimed..

"So are you. You have the prettiest bras and matching panties...." he said eying her breasts...

Jessica laughed... "You're fresh.." she said.


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

"OHHH LORD JESSICA...I COULDN'T WAIT.." he said.. He lifted her up in his arms...

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..neither could I...Ouuuuu , AYE MIOS DIOS PAPI!!!" she moaned.

He thrusted his tongue practically down her throat and while squeezing one breast with his hand...With his other hand he pulled out a condom...She helped him tear open the wrapper....He slipped it on and lifted her up and positioned her on himself as he entered her and began thrusting away...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

AYYYYYE PAPPPI...AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEE!" she moaned..

This was getting him more excited...Her too...Her entire body began shaking...She was having an intense orgasm...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed as he continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.....Her legs were shaking very hard....

  He laid her across her bed , a few minutes later and he 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..He kissed her neck, between her breasts, her cheeks....She continued to kiss his lips and his ears and his chest...

"Ohhh My God...I can't believe how good this feels!" she moaned..

"Me neither!" Chip said.

Both of her legs were shaking feverishly....She was already having another intense orgasm just that fast...

"OUUUUUUUUUU....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...AYEEEE PAPIIIIIII!!!!! !" she moaned..

"YEAH?  YEAHHHHH? YEAHHHHH?" he moaned with pleasure..

"Ouuuuuuuu yes....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu yessss baby!  Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" she cried out, both of her legs shaking feverishly,


"I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE  OR WITH ANYONE BUT WITH YOU!" he blurted out....

She knew that.....She smiled confidently....


"I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU PAPI" she said.

She wrapped her legs around Chip's waste and they began to move in a slow, yet deliberate rhythm for quite some time...She matched him thrust for thrust and even kissed his shoulder at one point...She was so soft...so moist and smelled so good...Chip was losing his mind....She was shaking and looking like she was on the verge of crying the entire time.......

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHH MY GOODNESS...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she moaned loudly ,obviously not caring who heard them....

Chip and Jessica  made sweet passionate and intense love like this for close to EIGHT TO NINE HOURS...Jessica  began to shake and gyrate and tears began to stream down her face again....Chip  was surprised at how passionate she was ... The bed was rocking back and forth, the headboard was slamming into the wall and the bed springs were squeaking like crazy...

 "It's sooooooooooooooo goooddd...Oh my godddddddddddddd it's soooooo gooood Oh my Goddd Chip....ohhhhh don't stoppp, don't stopp...don't ever stop...ouuuuuuuuuuuu" she screamed as they both climaxed in a crescendo of sweat! Both of her legs were shaking furiously.....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JESSSSSIEEEEEEEE...OUUUUUUU, UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned.....His body was trembling...

His body shook....His lip curled......Her legs shook and sweat and tears ran down the side of her face...

She got up, went to her refrigerator and got him a bottle of cold water...She got herself one too, They both hungrily quaffed the water down...

They both caught their breath......They stared at each other and began kissing again in her bathroom doorway..

"Ouuuuu Chip you're as hard as an iron pipe!  Aye Mios Dios....Ouuuuuu!" she marveled, just rubbing her gentle hands against it softly....

Within minutes they were back in the bed....

TWO  TO THREE MORE HOURS lazily slid by... She was amazed at his stamina....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!" she moaned......She was having a slow and intense orgasm!

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU AYE MIOS DIOS!!!OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out...She hadn't ever cum this hard! or this many times...She was not expecting it to be this good.. but week after week, month after month with Chip it was indeed this good..

She gently held his head on her breasts.....Her body still trembling....

"AYE MIOS DIOS! You are my boyfriend?" she declared...trying to catch her breath and stop her legs from trembling..

"That goes without saying.." he said confidently...

When I got home, Sepia was still up...

"Now this is the time I expected you to be home.." she smiled..  "You Hungry?" she asked..

I pulled her to me...

"I am horny." I said..

She laughed...

"I said Hungry idiot.."

We kissed passionately....

"Kimmie is sleeping...So don't wake her.." she said..

I stared at Sepia....

We kissed passionately....

"Let's go in the room and lock the door..." she said..

"That's a good idea.." I whispered in between hot smouldering kisses...

"That's a very good idea.." she whispered...

Sepia unzipped my trousers and softly caressed my engorged and erect penis..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh myyyyyy Kevin.... I need to take care of that..." she whispered softly in my ears...

"Yesssss..You do"I agreed...and slipped her slip dress up over her head....She unzipperd my trousers and fondled me gently....

"You are soooo nasty." she laughed.. "It doesn't make any sense...you being this huge and this hard.."she added...

I followed Sepia up the stairs to our bedroom......

We embraced in a passionate kiss once more...

"Ummmmmmmmmm, I started not to wait up...but I am soooo glad I did.." she said.

"I'm glad you did too.." I moaned..

"You are soooo nasttty!" she replied..

I lifted up her slip dress, slipped her panties down and off and began humping her across the bed...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh husband,  get fully undressed ,so we can be comfortable.."she said...

I didn't want to stop...but I did..and we fully undressed.....

I lifted Sepia up and began long stroking her....She was beyond soft, very wet and smelled very good, almost baby soft...I was delirious with lust...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu husband...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"she moaned as a stroked and thrusted into her mightily...

A Good TWO HOURS seemed to just evaporate....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Kevinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"said Sepia, who's entire body was shaking...She was having an intense orgasm....I could tell...Tears were flowing from her eyes and she was holding on to me for dear life...

I laid her across our bed.....I began to move inside of her slower and slower....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl...I'm losing my mind.,.."I moaned..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"she cooed softly...

A Good EIGHT TO NINE HOURS went by.....Neither one of us could seem to get enough of each other...

Our bed was squeaking out of control and our headboard slammed against the wall...

Sepia was once again having an intense orgasm...Shaking, trembling..Head turning from side to side, tears flowing from her eyes....

''Oh my god..oh my god...oh my godddddddddddddddd, ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuweeeeeeeee!" she squealed....as she positioned herself on top of me and rode me  hard and fast..

Finally, I began to cum and cum so hard....my body was trembling and shaking....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"I yelled out....

"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DON'T WAKE THE BABY!" she moaned...

 ''You good baby?" she asked..

"Always" I said.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." I moaned...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned..

I held her in my arms...We dozed off to a deep relaxing sleep..







III-

I met Jessica in the small neighborhood where Little Mel was reportedly living...I brought my good friend and associate, Walter "Kool Kat" Jones with me...for insurance..

 "Kevin takes me to the nicest places.." Kool Kat joked..

 Jessica smiled..

"Today, I'm taking you to a nice place." she said.

''Well if it's you darlin...I got no problem..." joked Kool Kat..

"Pay him no mind Jessie.." I said, laughing..

To our surprise...The man known as Little Mel was sitting outside at a table, having a cup of coffee..

He smiled upon seeing Jessie...He grimaced when he saw Walter and Me..

"Heyyy Jessie...Who are these two guys?" he asked..  Just like an O.G.  Wary of strangers in the mix, especially strange men he did not know..

"They are friends..This is Kevin Morris, He's the private investigator who has been helping me..and this is his associate, Mr. Jones.." she said.

 "Pleased to meet you Mr. Harris." I said and extended my hand...He just looked at me..

Kool Kat nodded...


We sat down...

"Private detectives? They look like hoods to me...but most gumshoes I knw was just a step away from bein hoods." he said..

''We are the only ones who can help you...The cops aren't gonna touch this...and I think you know that."I said...Tired of playing games with this man....

"Cops is the ones who let me sit in the can for 22 years for a murder they know I didn't commit...Nate Russell confessed to being one of the shooters...He told em that I didn't have nothin to do with it..but that jackass Tragg wouldn't listen....He needed two shooters...He knew that Nate carried a .45.. The two shots in Joey Coco's legs didn't kill him...but the shotgun blast that took his head off definitely killed him... So he pinched me...I wasn't even there...I had a broken toe..I was laid up at home...  "said Little Mel.

''Why did he just pick you?"  I asked.

"Because me and Joey Coco had had a big argument a few weeks before..He pinched my then wife's butt....She was a barmaid ...I told him if he did it again...he was a dead man..." a lot of people heard me say it...It was just talk....I didn't have no shotgun...Never handled a shotgun in my life...I had a
.38 smokeless for his ass though." he said.

Kool Kat laughed....

"That's my partners weapon of choice...That and a a .40 cal.. " He then opened his coat jacket...

"Me...I prefer the 357. mag , big enough to make a guy question if he wants to proceed..." he snarled..

Little Mel smiled..

"I like you guys...You're my kinda guys." he said.. finally warming to us...

"The D.A.'s office and the FBI were watching you guys heavily and they knew that you weren't the second shooter...They knew that...but they don't name him in any of the documents...His name is blacked out.."said Jessie ,showing him the didacted documents..

"Aint that a bitch.?" said Little Mel.

"The Homicide detective working your case could have demanded those files and saw that information for himself if he had bothered..."I said softly..

"That jackass...he didn't really care...We were Black gangsters killing each other...We were fools...All of us...All he wanted was a collar and a quick closing of the case....Nate was captured at the scene...or shortly afterwords...He didn't pinch me until two days later...and by that time there was a public outcry to catch both "Brazen Killers" as the press was calling the event..You know, a broad daylight
shooting in a public place like that...It was bound to enrage the public..."said Little Mel.

"You got any idea who the real shooter might be?" asked Kool Kat..

"I heard it was a guy out of North Philly.....Named Frankie "Shotgun " Lewis....I can't be sure...I wasn't there...Nate never told me who the second shooter was when we got to prison...And after two years we got separated...He went to the new prison in Chester and I went to Stanga...I was a cook there in the kitchen, got my GED....took some courses, got my Bachelors Degree  and eventually got paroled.... They sent Nate's brother home a year after I came home..He had the cancer real bad and he passed away..but before he did...He signed an affidavit and made a video recording saying that I was innocent ,didn't have nothing to do with it.."said Sam..

''What about Nate Russell? What happened to him?" I asked.

"He got paroled last year....He's here in Philly...If we can find him...He might be able to help us.."said Jessica.

IV-

CURLY's BAR!

 "The More I come here...The more I like this bar."said Sepia

"It's pretty nice...for a cop bar!" I said.

"ADA Karen Page is meeting us here..."said Jessica.

 Like clockwork...ADA Karen Page arrived...

'Hi Guys...You didn't wait long did you?" she asked.
\

"No, we are just getting here." I said..

A round of beers arrived..

 'So Jessica, what did you guys find out? Was what I gave you helpful?" she asked.

"Very... The Autopsy report shows that there was only one real killer, the second shooter, the man with the shotgun...Melvin Harris didn't own a shotgun and says that he never handled one in his life...The way this shooter handled himself...He was an expert...An expert at quick death."said Jessica.

"The D.A.'s office and the FBI had several informants within both camps, Joe Boyd and Little Caesarline not only giving them evidence but instigating the conflict to the point that a murder, a hit was almost inevitable...Once Little Caesarline found out that his protoge' Joey Coconut was sleeping with his then fiancé, Wilma Gibson....the die was cast....See they wanted a split in that organization..they wanted Joe Boyd to take over again.."I said.

"Why? Why would law enforcement want that? Why would they want to help Joe Boyd?" asked Karen..

"Joe Boyd kept the peace...It was a thing of dealing with the Devil you know....Little Caesarline was messy, murders..assaults...shootings....They wanted him neutralized...When he contracted the murder of Joey Coconut...They had him....They scooped him and his brother up...The second shooter was never really important one way or another...They had who they wanted and like Dominoes..his organization fell and Joe Boyd took control of the streets again and for awhile there was peace...No more murders...But all along...Somebody in the FBI and possibly in the Philadelphia D.A.'s office knew who the second shooter was...My only guess is this guy may have been a paid informant that went rogue...They couldn't afford to pop him because of what he knew...and the embarrassment that they were all in bed with him."I said.

''So they had two guilty men and they sacrificed an innocent man , while the actual  killer has walked the streets a free man all these years?" said Karen.

"Exactly....Little Mel, My client, Mr. Harris was no angel...He was a gangster himself...They didn't care....but he wasn't the killer...He wasn't the second shooter...This file names the second shooter. Only it's blacked out.."said Jessica.

"I see....There is no one from this time still in the D.A.'s office and possibly ,still with the FBI.."said Sharon as she looked at the files..

"Guys....You've got company."said Sepia..

Lt. Tragg walked over to our table...We all stopped talking almost immediately...It was quite obvious.

"Am I er uh breaking up anything?" he said staring balefully at me..

"Now WHAT would make you think that?" I asked sarcastically...

He looked at me ,like he wanted to kill me...

Sepia and Jessica smiled and put their heads down...

Her boyfriend, Chip simply smiled...but said nothing..

"Arthur , you kind of are....I'm having a meeting with my friends, Attorneys Jessica Sanchez and Chip
Burrows....They work for the Innocence Project....Kevin here is doing investigative work for them.."said Karen..

"Oh and would that investigation happen to involve an age old case of my father's that you've uh been nosing around in?" he asked..

''Whatever gave you that idea? Besides....I'm not at liberty to say one way or another...but either way, It has absolutely nothing to do with you....So if you don't mind...May I continue with my meeting?" said Karen..Having no idea where he got that from and then remembering the Lieutenant working in records was the biggest gossip on the force...She made a mental note to see that he be removed from that post on Monday Morning.

As a second round of drinks arrived at our table...

Just then, Karen's current boyfriend, B.L. Benz, host of the television show , HARD BOTTOM, walked over to the table and took the last seat, but before he did..He kissed Karen passionately...

simply because he knew it got under Lt. Tragg's skin..

"Hey baby!" he said..

"Hi lover...This is Attorney Jessica Sanchez..."said Karen..

"Oh I know her...She's been on my show...That case she worked with Olivia and Beverly and company and that case she worked with Yvette and her team...And of course I know my man Kevin and his lovely wife..."said B.L.

Sepia and I smiled.

We drank beer and talked small talk as if Lt. Tragg wasn't there..

He got the message and angrily walked away....

"Look, Karen has given me the inside on  this case..and I'd like to do an expose on this...When you guys finish...I'd like to have you all on the show..Jessica, you Kevin and uh Mr. H. Thing is...This is not the place to have a meeting as such..Too many ears....Too many ex-cops and friends...you get my drift...If I may....May I suggest a few places where the chance of running into the uh GREAT DETECTIVE would be damn near impossible?   " said B.L.

I smiled..

"B.L.  You're alright with me.." I said.

(TO BE CONTINUED)