Beverly and I went back to the apartment complex that the late Greta Fallow lived in...We went through her entire apartment.. There was a sink with unwashed dishes...Magazines lying on her couch..An unmade bed with panties and bras strown across the floor and several dresses that maybe she thought she was going to wear, but changed her mind at the last minute..
I found Xanax and several drugs for Anxiety in her medicine cabinet , along with a supply of condoms in the drawer...I suppose for any male guests...
I went through her phone...Found only two males numbers...I copied them...I made a mental note to find them and call them..
But other than a sloppy apartment..There was no sign of any struggle what so ever..
Beverly, Hazel and I stood on the rooftop terrace ,surveying the area..
"She wasn't very tidy....Mom Mom(Olivia's mother , her grandmother) would have killed Auntay and me both if we left a room like this..Unmade beds, panties and bras lying around..Sink full of dishes." quipped Beverly as she looked around the apartment.
''She always said 'You never know who might be coming back with you to visit."said Beverly
Beverly and Olivia both were very fastidious , I found from living with the both of them...Didn't leave a bed unmade...Folded their clothes neatly. Put them away, never left a sink full of dishes..
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Both were very neat and tidy women...I noticed that about them when I first met them and began living with them..
And Josie was just like them, probably why the three woman got along so well....
"Yes.. she definitely was not like you and your aunt..." I said laughing...
Dr. Hazel Baylor was back with CSI people and forensic specialists, giving the scene a once over...
"Donnie Ray, I talked to the other tenents and they say she hadn't had a male visitor in two months before they saw your client here that afternoon...and that the day he said he was coming, she was tickled pink.." she said..
Her people were finishing up their investigation...
"Nothing new here Dr. Baylor.."said the one technician..
"Donnie Ray , we've interviewed everybody in this building that knew her...They all say she came back alone and was crying, upset...but that she didn't have another visitor that night.You think maybe somebody else was in here?" asked Beverly..
She passed me and Hazel two tumblers of hot coffee...
"Thanks...I've been looking at all of the video footage the manager was nice enough to let me view..
It shows Alonzo coming here at about 4:45 pm....It shows Alonzo and Greta leaving about 5:30 pm...By car, it's a 30 minute drive to that restaurant..She chose it because she was familiar with it..
It doesn't show him coming back at All...
From the tenents and this film footage...Nobody apparently came back with her....This doesn't rule out that somebody might have already been here..but certainly not Alonzo.." I said..
"His Credit Card shows him at a Gas station on the other side of town right after he left us."said Beverly..."Just like he said..
"Brittany Hughes, an Assistant District Attorney said he returned home , still soaking wet...We can get street cam verification of that.. she said and he said that he didn't go back out..It's no longer my job to try and solve these things..but I can at least clear him...His alibi pans out...He never came back here that night...No Homicide Detective likes to admit this...But this may not have been a homicide at all, but a Suicide." I said..
"You know...I told Lt. Tragg my findings were suspicious , but inconclusive..I told him this might be a suicide, He told me that HE WAS THE DETECTIVE IN CHARGE!! He wouldn't listen...Until otherwise...I'm declaring this a SUICIDE!!!" said Hazel...
"From what I can see, that's what this was.."I said..
"And we can get this whole thing tossed out in the preliminary with just that."said a smiling Beverly..
I smiled at her..
''What?" asked Beverly..
''Your husband, Nelson
told me once, that you were so cute, he couldn't decide sometimes if he wanted to just hug you or make love to you.." I laughed..
"Not the first time I've heard that from the boys, but the truth is...They really prefered making love to me...Nelson included...He's never just hugged me and NOT tried anything else.."laughed Beverly..
"Thanks Hazel.." I said..
"Anytime Donnie Ray, Bev...But I actually did this for myself...I'm going to have to send this report to Lt. Tragg, but he's not going to read it...If you need me to testify...Just give me the date and the courtroom...I'll be there."said Hazel.
II-
At our Duplex/Office
Lt. Tragg sat across the street in an unmarked rental car...He no longer had any wiretaps in our establishment and couldn't listen in to the conversations..but he could watch who came and went..
We didn't need to talk to Alonzo. He and Brittany were tucked away in a Hotel.
Alfreda had spotted him when she came to work with Rockland this morning..She kept looking out the window..
"I wonder what he wants? That boy isn't here and neither is his girlfriend.." she said..
''Who cares? I know what I want....You." said ADA Rockland Cambridge..Who was hopelessly in love with Beverly's mother..
"Nothing new there...You always want me.." she said..
They stood in the front office kissing passionately.....
"Okay, now get out of here , before you're late for work.."she said giggling and wiping her lipstick off of his face...
"Yeah , a few more minutes and I'd be calling out...I'll see you later.."said Rockland ,leaving..
Olivia was in the conference room with Nelson and Josie..
"Donnie Ray and Beverly are at that girls apartment complex, interviewing tenents giving it a once over..Hazel and her crew are there too!"said Olivia.
"If we can establish that our client wasn't there, that he didn't go back..We can win this thing ,without proving who murdered her."said Nelson..
"I don't think she was murdered..I think this is a suicide.."said Josie..
''So does Hazel...and that's what she is writing this down as.."I said as Beverly and I returned..
''We can throw this whole thing out on that technicality alone right?" said Beverly.. "That this isn't officially a homicide." she added.
"Technically we can make that argument and I plan to...but the ADA can argue that a homicide can be determined by the Homicide Detective's discretion..That's old and archaic...but it's still on the books."said Olivia..
"Damn! Old Dumbass holds sway again.."said Beverly...
''Speaking of Holding...I haven't held you all morning.."said Nelson, who grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him...She didn't even try to resist...
He kissed Beverly slowly and softly...
''Don't you want to hug me?" she asked jokingly..
"Huh? Well uh yeah.."said Nelson...who hugged Beverly...
"Liar!" she giggled and continued kissing him...
I pulled Olivia into the kitchen..
"Last night was....Wow! Something else.." I said..
"It was.." Olivia whispered..
We began kissing passionately..
Under the watchful eye of Lt. Tragg, he saw the five of us leaving a little while later.
"As much as Olivia and Beverly get on my nerves...I have to admit.. They are both babes...I see why Donnie Ray is so enthralled with her..Left his hometown of New Orleans to come here and work for her...She must drive him nuts in the bedroom..He mused.. And her smart mouthed niece is equally attractive.." he thought..
"Let's go back to that rooftop bistro, See what they serve for Lunch.."said Olivia..
"Great Idea."said Beverly..
"Yeah, I loved that place.." said Nelson..
''Works for me."said Josie.
"Works for me too." I said..
As we piled in the SUV and pulled off..
"Look at em, both dressed in matching colors...I wonder if their panties are matching too?" Lt. Tragg mused...
III-
It was almost like returning to the scene of the crime...We were back in the very restaurant where Greta Fallow had her last meal on Earth, with Alonzo Williams that fateful night..
''Oh My God this is delicious ."said Olivia as she dined on yet another plate of Jambalaya...
It was indeed good..
"I have to meet this cook, he's definitely from New Orleans.." I said..
I said as I dug in...
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu this is delish...Auntay, it was a good idea to have lunch here today and for many good reasons.." said Beverly..
"Yes lord ." said Nelson as he , Beverly and Josie chowed down..
"I love this place.. It's soooo nice and relaxing..." said Josie..
And far from any interference from Lt. Tragg….And Speaking of him.....
While we enjoyed our meal...
At Sam Mother's Diner.. ADA Brittany Hughes was picking up take out...She had gotten cabin fever being stuck in that hotel room, so today, she ventured out..
She grimaced when she saw Lt. Tragg….
"ADA Hughes, a word!" He said ,walking up to her and noticing two platters, two tumblers of Orange Juice and two tumblers of coffee..
"I saw your boyfriend's attorneys this morning...Apparently they have lawyered up themselves ,which strikes me as odd...Why would the so called "Best Defense Attorneys Money can buy need lawyers? Then I noticed I haven't seen either you or your boyfriend in a few days...They wouldn't have helped him flee would they??? And you being an Assistant District Attorney wouldn't be aiding and abetting would you?" he asked..
How she despised this man...
"Why Lieutenant that would be out of the question..As for my boyfriend....You'll see him in court when the preliminary hearings start....I promise you that ….He is looking forward to his day in court..I assure you....I have not talked to Olivia and Beverly and their team in over a week..Why they have gained counsel is a pure mystery to me...Maybe it's to protect them from harassment by YOU! It's not a bad idea....Dabnis Coley did give me his card and told me to call him if I needed him."she said, Knowing the mention of his name irritated Lt. Tragg to no end..
"Look....Brittany, Baby...We got off on the wrong foot....We are on the same side... Your Boyfriend was out at a classy restaurant with another woman...Doesn't that bother you? She spurned his advances and dumped a drink on his head in front of several patrons and the manager, Including his very defense attorneys, Olivia , Beverly, Donnie Ray, Nelson and Josie...They all saw it.. He was incensed and he followed her back to her apartment and tossed her off the roof..I know it's a hard pill to swallow...but that's what happened..He's got a violent temper...I'm sure you've seen it! Don't be afraid....I'm putting his violent career to an end..And in turn...I'd like for you and I to uh get a little more friendly...Heh Heh heh....I'm sure your father would approve of me , more than that violent brute.."said Lt. Tragg softly..
"IT WAS YOU!!!! Alonzo thought Greta sent those photos...but it was you..I told him she didn't do this...You hired a P.I. didn't you? You knew you'd be gone for a month...But you had your P.I. do it..You were perfectly covered...Ohhh My God....I can't prove it...but I know now..It was you!! I know you didn't kill Greta....but you sending those photos set a whole series of actions in motion that got Alonzo where he is today....Accused of a murder he didn't committ..A murder that is actually a suicide..Oh My God....You totally disgust me..." she said and walked out of Sam Mother's Diner..
"Brittany! ADA Hughes, You've got it all wrong...It wasn't me....I-I- Awwwww nuts...You don't know if it was suicide or murder..I had nothing to do with this..Brittany please!" he said...
Lt. Tragg watched her drive away....He stomped his foot in anger..
IV-
Later that afternoon, We all met up at the Rooftop Bar and Grille at the Hotel, Brittany and Alonzo were staying at...
"You're certain it was Lt. Tragg who sent those photos?" I asked..
"Yes... He saw me picking up take out from Sam Mother's place today and he tried to smooth things over with me..Told me that he could rescue me from Alonzo's violent nature ,said that my father would approve of him more so than Alonzo....Something about the mention of my father, who I have never talked about around him was a dead give away...He hired a P.I., knowing he would be out of town and had that P.I. snap those photos and deliver them to my father.....I'll never be able to prove that...But I know it was him.." said Brittany..
"I'd Like to put him through the wall..."said Alonzo..
"That's what you don't do...That feeds into his narrative...You've done the right thing...You've stayed out of sight ,kept a low profile.."said Olivia..
''And with what we've got...We may be able to get you off during the preliminary hearing."said Beverly..
''The M.E. has ruled her death a "Possible and More than likely suicide.."said Josie..
"We found medicine she was prescribed for High Anxiety in her medicine closet and Donnie Ray talked to two of her ex-boyfriends who both had restraining orders out on her..She slashed their car tires and threw paint on their homes as well as stalked them after they broke it off with her..Just like she did you..." said Nelson...
"The girl was in deep anguish after arguing with you and she went home and jumped to her death...Brilliant defense...Brilliant.."said Dabnis..
"Sad...So Sad...However anguished this young lady was...None of this would have happened if she hadn't been confronted about those photos...Which she knew nothing about.... Those photos set off a sequence of events that resulted in a tragedy....A tragedy that didn't have to happen." said Jazzy, sadly..
It was true after all..
Our New York Strip steaks arrived
With our baked potato...
and a nice wine for the table...
The food was good...
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Still I thought about B.L. and how when he was caught in a room with a dead hooker, who it turned out was murdered by her estranged husband, Damaging Photos were sent to Karen Page...and no one else..
Before it was all over.. A Dirty cop,
and a sleazy Confidential informant wound up dead..They killed each other..
Then there was Dabnis himself..
Photographed unconscious with an unidentified woman in just her panties and bra
and heroin that was stolen from the police evidence lab by this same crooked cop, now dead and a personal friend of Lt. Tragg...
Turns out Dabnis was set up by an associate of his from his own firm, also an Attorney who represented Lt. Tragg's father once..
The Attorney commits suicide...
Once Again Lt. Tragg is free and clear.. Once again Photos were sent to Jasmine, Dabnis's wife, which luckily, she never saw...
Two men Lt. Tragg didn't like...One a romantic rival....And Now Alonzo Williams,
The Black boyfriend of a woman Lt. Tragg was interested in...Damaging photos once again sent to someone...In this case,
Brittany's father..
And an unstable woman with a checkered past is wrongly accused of sending photos and is driven over the brink...
The trail of death had left five people dead...Two suicides , a murder-suicide and another murder...
Lt. Tragg hadn't pulled the trigger...but he might as well have...All five of these people would be alive today if not for his insane hatred and jealousy of certain men...and need to set them up!
It had to stop! This trail of death just had to stop....
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