Then Suddenly, Monday

 A Monday Morning... I hadn't eaten breakfast at Sam Mother's Diner in a long time...I mostly ate with Lt. Sissy Van Buren and her detectives.

I'm Assistant District Attorney Keith Wallace, I prosecute Major Crimes...

"Nice to see you again ADA Wallace, it's been awhile."said Sam Mother.

My Breakfast arrived, Cheddar Omelette, Hash Browns, Sausage, Orange Juice and Coffee. I didn't have any upcoming cases on my docket. All of my friends, the detectives of the Criminal Investigation Division were out on the street...

I peered around..None of the lawyers , who were my friends were in here, not one..

Someone I didn't care to see walked in however and invited himself to my table.. Lt. Arthur Tragg.I suspected he was the reason none of the lawyers I was friendly with , were not in here.

'Well Good Morning Counselor...Haven't seen you in here in awhile." he said.

"Haven't been in here in awhile.. I got up late this morning..My wife and I suppose everybody else I usually work with were gone.. They're all out on the street." I said.

While we sat and ate, Across Town another drama was simmering.. It began around 7:30 am in the morning.

A Car drove up and parked in the drive way..

A young man rang the door bell..

A young woman came to the door in her panties and bra....She was Bonnie Lyle, wife of Captain John Lyle.

''Detective!! Come in.." she said.

The man was Vice Detective Sgt. Barry Yorkin.. He was one of two men she had seeing..The other being the Deputy of Operations.

"Ohhhhhhh my godddddd!" said the young man, his eyes bulging out of his head and the bulge in his trousers growing...

"I didn't think he'd ever leave.. He just left for work." said the woman, taking the young man by the hand and leading him upstairs, where he quickly undressed...

The younger man undressed and put his clothing, his gun and badge on the chair by the door.. He and the woman began kissing passionately and he began running his hands down into her panties..

"OH MY GOD, ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS YOU.." said Barry Yorkin...

"ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS YOUUUUUUU! OUUUUUUUUUUUU MEOOOOWWW!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SWEEET BABY!" he said.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

She began easing herself down on his huge and erect penis..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ...UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, OHHHHHHHH MY GOD UMMMMMMM, YOU FEEL SOO GOOD..YOU'RE SO DAMN HUNG!! OUUUU LIKE A HORSE!!! OUUUUUUUUUU" she moaned.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHH SO DO YOU " he moaned.

She rode him like a surfer rides the waves...He was near delirium...

They soon were making sweet love..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...OHHHHH MY GOD!" he moaned..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he yelled out..

The bed was squeaking loudly..and the headboard was slamming hard against the wall, the pictures on the wall were shaking..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...OHHHHH MY GOD!" he moaned..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he yelled out..

They didn't hear the car drive up and park in front of the house.

The man who got out of the car, was the young woman's husband, Captain John Lyle, Philadelphia Police department...He was furious that this car was in his parking space.

He quietly entered his house...

He could hear the bed squeaking upstairs.. and the headboard slamming against the wall..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" his wife cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...OHHHHH MY GOD!" the man moaned..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" his wife moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" the man yelled out..

"MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...OUUUUUU, I'M ABOUT TO CUM!"  she cooed.

"OHHHHH SO AM I....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM." the man moaned.

He loaded his glock and preceded up the stairs...

He could hear the bed squeaking in the hallway. and the headboard slamming against the wall..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ,OH MY GOD!!! YOU'RE MAKING ME LOSE MY MIND!!!" his wife cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...OHHHHH MY GOD! GEEEEEEZ, I'M ABOUT TO BLOW MY LOAD!" the man moaned..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" his wife moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" the man yelled out..

He opened the door ,catching them in mid stroke.

From outside you could hear-

"OHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOO!!!!"

"JOHN NOOOOO! PLEASE!"

And at least six shots heard!  Then a seventh shot. And then an eerie quietness..

Captain John Lyle holstered his weapon and calmly walked out of his house...

Got in his car..He stopped a moment...He reloaded his glock..

He shot all four of the tires out of the Porsche..and shot the windshield completely out and then 

he then pulled off at top speed.

Meanwhile, I was finishing up my breakfast at Sam Mother's Diner and paying my bill when my phone rang.

It was Carlotta.

"Hello!" I said.

"Papi, you've got to come....It's bad, really bad." she said.

"I'm on my way." I said.

Lt. Tragg saw the grave look on my face as I left.. He paid for his meal and followed me out.. I really wished he wasn't here today!

II-

When I arrived at the house, Police cars were everywhere..

Detective Tony Hopkins saw me and led me into the house, that seemed eerily quiet and well kept downstairs..

Nothing prepared me for what I would see upstairs in the Master Bedroom.

It was a horrific and bloody scene in the bedroom.. A man and a woman, both nude, shot multiple times.. Crime Scene Investigators were snapping photos and checking for prints, DNA and shell casings and snapping photos.

The man shot three times... The woman shot four times...blood just running like a river.. Both bodies were still in the bed.

Dr. Hazel Baylor

and Dr. Marcy Martin had on latex gloves and masks and booties... There was so much blood in the room.

My wife, Detective Carlotta Rodriguez-Wallace, Detective James Barlow and Detective Tyriq Pile, his wife, Detective Sirena Pile and Detective Duke Baylor were looking at the bodies.. They all had on latex gloves..

"The Male is Detective Sgt.Barry Yorkin.."said Carlotta.

"I knew him...We were in the Academy together and we uh were both in Robbery-Homicide for awhile, Carlotta served with him too. So did Rico." said Jimmy.

"Yeah I knew him too..Always a funny guy with jokes." said Tyriq...

"This woman is Bonnie Lyles, Mrs. Bonnie Lyles...The wife of Captain John Lyles over in Vice,in fact, this is their home." said Sirena.

"I know John, he was a damn good detective...damnnnnnn, his wife and this guy in the bed....wowww!"said Detective Edwin "Duke" Baylor..

"The neighbors said that this guy came over here at least three times a week, always early like 7:30 and was usually out by 12:00 noon or 1:00...Apparently this had been going on for awhile. One neighbor said Captain Lyle drove up around 9:00 am, entered the house..They heard screaming and a number of shots, Then Captain Lyle left, reloaded his glock and shot the car up, then got in his car and sped off." said Detective Angie Belton.

Sissy looked at me..

"Either somebody tipped him off or he just accidentally doubled back and caught them...The reports I'm getting says this was going on for at least two or three months, and he is only the second guy to stop by here in the morning." she said.

"This is a mess...A Public Relations mess and a mess period." I said.

"And speaking of a mess." said Hazel, sighing...She was glad that we were handling this case...but now she saw Lt. Tragg coming through the throng.

''What have we got here?" he asked. Then he looked at the body of the woman...

"Oh My God, Bonnie Lyles?? Captain John Lyles wife." he said. He was now remembering just a month ago.. He had had a run in with this same woman and another man in an uncompromising position.

PENNS LANDING! A MONTH AGO!

"Lieutenant, something aint right...We haven't heard any conversation, nor have we seen Jade's car or any sign of her.. she can't be down here." said an officer.

"She's down here...I know it....The trackers have all lead us to this place. Sit tight..I'm going to follow the signal..

Forgetting that this was not Jade's SUV, He yanked the door open...

The woman's blouse was off, Her purple bra was showing...The man's trousers were open...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" screamed the woman.. Bonnie Lyle!

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, Lieutenant Tragg, you dunderhead, what are you doing here?" screamed the Deputy of Operations.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH! SIR, I CAN EXPLAIN!" screamed Lt. Tragg. He had really stepped in it this time.

"OHHHHHHHHH YOU HAD BETTER EXPLAIN!" screamed an angry and embarrassed Deputy of Operations,.

The Deputy Of Operations was still angry about that...He couldn't punish Lt. Tragg without bringing attention to what he was doing at the pier, but he dressed him down, called him everything but the son of God and said he'd better watch it.. He said his next screw up could land him on that Marine Boat at night for the next three months. He had walked a fine line since then.

''We've got a double homicide.. We think Captain Lyle walked in on them and shot them to death...We don't know yet...We have to talk to him.."said Lt. Sissy Van Buren.

"I'll put an APB out on him." said Lt. Tragg.

"No you won't... My detectives are going to find him and handle this quietly...We are not going to go back and forth on this..This is my case." said Lt. Sissy Van Buren.

"Look, I have seniority over you...and I make the big calls...How many times do we have to go over this Sissy?" snarled Lt, Tragg...

''Artie what are you doing here? This is Sissy's investigation..And her investigation only.That's coming from the top.!" said Captain Eddie Cantrell.

"What top? YOU?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"NO! The Deputy Of Operations..He asked that Sissy and her detectives run this investigation and he specifically gave me orders to tell you he doesn't want YOU involved in this investigation in any way..ANY WAY AT ALL!" said Captain Cantrell.

"Why would he say that?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"Artie, I'm trying to give you a break here, save you some embarrassment...Just back off okay?" said Captain Cantrell

All of us knew he had caught the Deputy of Operations in a car at PENNS LANDING, making out a month ago and had been dressed down severely.. though not punished. The entire department except maybe Captain Lyles was snickering about it.

"Okay...we are done here... Angie, Duke,

put a team on this neighborhood, question everybody on both sides of the street.... 

Sirena, Hop, put a team on the street cam and the traffic cam...I wanna know about every car coming and going..

"Carlotta, Rico, Jimmy...Try and find John Lyles...Keep this as close to the vest as possible." said Sissy as her detectives filed out.

"You guys can release the body...I'll stop by when the uh autopsy report is finished."said Sissy.

"What do you need an Autopsy report for? You know they were shot multiple times with a policeman's glock.." said Lt. Tragg..

as both bodies were put on a gurney and wheeled out of the house.

and a crowd of reporters were all over the streets..

snapping photos..

"I'm so glad they're handling this case and not him." said Dr. Marcy Martin..

"You don't know how relieved I was to see my husband and his partner and Sissy and the others.

As the bodies were loaded into an ambulance that was going to transfer them to the Morgue.

I addressed the press..

"We have had an immense tragedy today..All we know is that one female, Bonnie Lyles and a Male,

Barry Yorkin, one of our detectives were murdered..We don't have any more information to give you at this time."I said.

Sissy would not answer any questions about whether the woman, the wife of a Police Captain was having an affair with the Detective found murdered in her bedroom.

"We don't have a lot of information right now, we are not going to speculate." Sissy said.

But Lt. Tragg blurted out..

"Right now we are looking for Captain John Lyle, our chief suspect..." which angered Sissy and me..

''Artie, button it..THAT'S AN ORDER!! YOU HAVE NO AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENT ON THIS AT ALL!" said Captain Cantrell, whose phone was ringing.

"I told him sir, perhaps he should hear it from you."said Captain Eddie Cantrell. He passed Lt. Tragg the phone.

"Hello, yes sir sirrrrr...I feel we need all hands on deck on this one.. I'm prepared to coordinate the investigation, What is that sir?  Oh no...I-I-I would never mention your name sir.. Noooooo ,my head is not up my ass sir..Yes.. I heard what Captain Cantrell said sir, but...I have seniority over Lt. Sissy Van Buren and more experience at these kind of...No sir, I know no one asked me sir.. Yes sir, sirrrrrrrrrrr!"he said and passed the phone back to Captain Cantrell..

He was livid.. He stomped his foot and walked away to his car and pulled off at top speed..

''Someone wasn't a happy camper." said Angie.

''Well at least he won't impede our investigation."said Duke.

''We can only hope." said Carlotta.

"If he doesn't want to wind up on that Marine Boat he'll back off."said Tyriq.

''You know when he's not pestering us.. He's pestering the lawyers..Olivia,Beverly andtheir crew and Yvette Jones and her crew took out cease and desist against him..I heard he goes to their homes and bangs on their doors and he's always running up in Yvette's office..He's out of his mind..He clearly doesn't have enough to do." said Jimmy.

"Don't be surprised if he's not running up into our office wanting "Updates" on the investigation."said Sirena.

"I hope we catch Captain Lyle and bring him in before this gets out of hand."said Hop.

"It's already gotten out of hand." said Sissy.

III-

48 HOURS LATER-

We were back at our headquarters 

"It's all over the news, "MANHUNT FOR CAPTAIN JOHN LLYLES" said Hazel.

"You know ,if only Lt. Tragg would stay out of our cases..We don't get involved in his cases, unless we are ordered to." said Duke, alluding to a recent case they were ordered to get involved in by the Deputy of Operations.

"I'm afraid that's my fault.. I was eating breakfast at Sam Mother's Diner, when I got the call...As usual, he invited himself to my table and was inquiring about you guys whereabouts. He followed me to the crime scene." I said.

"I'm tired of having to argue with him about who has authority over my crime scenes...I may have Captain Cantrell and the Deputy of Operations explain it to him." said Sissy. "Forget him what do we know about this case?" asked Sissy.

"All of his neighbors, everyone that Rico, Jimmy and I interviewed knew about the affair." said Carlotta.

"Apparently he came around three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday... At 7:00 in the morning, right after Llyles left for work..." said Tyriq.

"And he was out of there by 12:00, sometimes 1:00." said Sirena.

"He worked on the late shift, so he had a few hours to sleep before reporting to duty over at Vice."said Jimmy.

"Duke and I checked the Street and Traffic cams  going back a month..Like clockwork, his car pulled in, sometimes before Llyles even got around the corner... She comes to the door, looking like a Victoria's Secret model and lets him in and like clockwork, he's out at 12:00 or 1:00 pm."said Angie.

On the day of the murder however.. Captain Llyles drove up at 9:00 am and went inside...

According to neighbors at 9:15 they heard about seven shots..and some screaming... Then they

heard nothing... The traffic cam shows Captain Lyles coming out of the house, reloading his glock and taking out all four tires on the detectives car and shooting his windshield out."said Hop.

"WOW! Looks pretty open and shut....He was very angry...Very, Very upset.." said FBI/ATF Special agent in charge, Sharon Hopkins, Hop's wife, whose units shared this building with us.

Our building was funded by a combination of federal and city funds....It was equipped with a gym, a stylish cafeteria and 

state of the art crime fighting equipment....

We had a fully vetted administrative staff too! and several uniforms assigned to us.

Lt. Tragg hated that we had a new building all to ourselves with the feds. He was no longer able to constantly watch us and needle us..

"Still, we need to find him...I've alerted the Pennsylvania State Police and the New Jersey and Deleware State Police as well...We have plain clothes guys at both Airports, The Train Station and Bus depot. "said Sissy.

"Angie and I went over to Vice and talked to the Detectives and Uniforms over there."said Duke.

"You'd be surprised how many people knew this was going on and were wondering what day the other shoe was going to drop." said Angie.

"Nobody thought it was going to wind up like this...In a double murder!!!!" said Tyriq.

"But they knew..They knew this was going to end badly.."said Jimmy.

"They knew....but what could they do? This was a personal thing.. It didn't really have anything to do with the job." said Carlotta.

''Carlotta is right." I said.

''We've turned this city upside down for the past two days and there has been no sign of him."said Hop.

''We've just got to keep hunting." said Sirena.

"Dinner is served" said Sissy's husband, who was the only outsider who hung out with us.. Tonight we weren't eating in our cafeteria..

He had a small indoor grill with Hot links roasting on it..

He had a pot of Pork and Beans cooking..

"Ouuuuuu let me get some of that.." said Sharon..

who cracked open a beer..

Just then, Lt. Tragg walked into our office.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" he said.

he snapped photos with his phone.

"We are having dinner." said Sissy.

"You've got a double murder! You've got a killer on the loose.. Yet it's party time here...Beer, Hot Links

and Baked Beans...The Deputy of Operations will be interested in this." he snarled.

"LOOK! WE ARE OFF THE CLOCK! IT's 5:30, we've been turning this city upside down looking for Captain Lylles, which we could have done faster and quieter had you not alerted him by blabbing to the press...We got the Airport , the Bus Depot and the Train Stations staked out and manned, we got the Stateys of PA, New Jersey and Deleware alerted and we've talked to his neighbors and fellow detectives and uniforms in his shop..Now what more would you have us do?" said an angry Jimmy.

"Jimmy, Jimmy, come on, simmer down." said his wife, Angie, trying to pull him away..

"Jimmy , Jimmy, cool it.." said Sirena.

"I'll deal with you in a minute!" snarled an angry Lt. Tragg. He really hated Jimmy.

"You're not doing anything to him, he's under my supervision and he told you the truth...And by the way.. We've been in communication with The Deputy of Operations this entire time.. He's known about our every move." said Sissy.

"You're being defiant and insubordinate.... Oh, here is the Deputy of Operations now!" said Lt. Tragg, smiling.

"Hello sir...Yes, I sent those photos of the Hot Links , the Pork and Beans and the Beer..  I'm over at C.I.D. Headquarters...They're over here eating and drinking sir.  No I'm not harrassing them...No sir sirrrrrrrr..I was showing you that they aren't working hard enough on this case as I thought.. No sir, I am not in any way interfering with or trying to impede their investigation...Yes, I know you told me to back off...No I'm not openly being insubordinate...No sirrrrrrrr sirrrrrrrrr, My head is not up my ass sir...Now sir, there is no need for that kind of language...Yes sirrrrrr sirrrrrrrr....Grab my marine gear....What?  I'm on the Marine Boat until this case is over or further notice, but sir...Yes sirrrrrrrr sirrrrr...I'll report tonight..Yes sirrrrrr sirrrrrrrrrr!" he said and hung up.

He was as red as a beet..He put his phone away, turned and stormed out of our office.

"Sounds like he got a good stitching." said Carlotta.

Sissy, Angie, Sharon and Jimmy exploded in raucous laughter.

"I almost don't want to find him."laughed Duke.

"I know right?" said Tyriq.

"Stoppppppppp!" laughed Sirena.

"I agree with Duke...I almost don't want to find him."said Hop.

"Now Now guys." I said, relieved that Lt. Tragg was out of our way..

Hazel walked in...

"Did I miss something?" she asked.

IV-

Nightfall came.. We all went home..

We all lived in a Cul De Sac that was blocks away from Olivia and our attorney friends..

Sissy and Eddie C. , Angie and Jimmy and Tyriq and Sirena

all sold their original homes and moved into this Cu de sac a few years ago... followed by

Sharon and Hop, Duke and Hazel and Carlotta and I...

We were a tight knit community....

It had been a long couple of days...

It was very late when Carlotta and I got home...

We had said nothing the entire ride home...and she had drifted off to sleep on my shoulder half way home...

Once in our bedroom, she kicked off her shoes...Took her holster off and laid it on the dresser...I helped her take her slacks off...and watched as she took her blouse off and laid across the bed in just her panties and bra...

She was exhausted....

I stripped down to my boxers and lie next to her...

"I'll take a rain check tonight baby...I know you're tired and frankly...I'm emotionally and physically exhausted too.." I said..

She smiled one of her sweetest smiles at me ...

"I love you baby" she said and gave me a soft and sensual kiss...

I returned her kiss.....

Pretty soon we were lying besides each other kissing passionately....She softly began to fondle my surprisingly erect and hard penis...

''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhhhhhh my goddddd..." I moaned...

"Sure you want a rain check?" she asked..

I slowly slipped her panties down and un hooked her bra....

"I didn't think you did!" she laughed.

She eased herself down on me... She felt so good...

It wasn't long before we were making sweet and slow love right on top of the bed...

"Aye Mios Dios papi!" she moaned softly.. "OUUUUUUUU" she continued.

EIGHT TO NINE  and a HALF HOURS  passed and we both found ourselves climaxing...

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu papi.....siiii..." she exclaimed as I exploded ....

"Ohhhhhhhhhh Carlottaaaaa.." I said.

We cuddled!

I sighed....

"Wow...I didn't expect that..." I said.

"I did." said Carlotta , who smiled and then slowly drifted off to sleep... I lay there for a minute watching her...

She'd need all of her strength and her wits and her team-mates to try and locate  Captain Llyles.

Just before dark, The Police Marine Unit pulled off from Penns Landing...

Lt. Tragg sat on the boat...

Sipping his small bottle of Jameson's Irish Whiskey, Angry at the turn of events.

(TO BE CONTINUED)