THE BIG EASY
Chapter 2
As his car pulls to a halt outside Tipitinas Ororo notices the large queue and moves to join at the end, but Remy goes straight for the door.
"Hey c'mon chere we don't have to stand in line."
Ororo walks toward him despite the protests of the annoyed queue.
"This is very embarrassing."
"No this is what's great about being a cop."
Heading in to the restaurant cajun music and people dancing greet them. Ororo looks uncomfortable while Remy smiles at her.
"C'mon were gonna work up an appetite alright?" Remy says removing Ororo's jacket and leading her to the dance floor.
"I thought we were going to discuss business?"
"Business and pleasure what's wrong with that?"
"I can't.. I can't."
"Oh no now wait a minute didn't dey dance where you come from?"
"No we barely spoke."
"Well this is N'Orlins' darlin' dancing's a way o' life. Now you're getting it chere dat's right."
Ororo got into the swing of things almost immediately and couldn't remember the last time she had so much fun. Two hours later they were sitting at their table finishing off their dinner.
"So where you from chere? Definitely not N'Orlins."
"Well I was born in Cairo but raised in New York, I've only been down here for three months."
"Oh New York huh? My grandpapa on my momma's side he was from New York."
"Really I thought you came from a family of Cajun cops."
"That was on my daddy's side he was the first one to join the Police Department."
"Followed by three brothers, one son and four nephews."
"Well my cousin Emil joined the Fire Department he's the black sheep of the family." Remy replied a little taken aback at Ororo's knowledge about him.
"Haha, you were the youngest detective in the history of the NOPD to make Lieutenant."
"Well I had friends in the Department chere."
"Hmm be careful who you say that to."
"Oh that's right you bust cops…for a living."
"I'm not ashamed to put bad cop's in prison." Ororo replied meeting his eyes but looking away under his fixing stare and lopsided grin.
"Why don't you tell me something about your life huh?"
"It's not as colourful as yours"
"You want me to tell you why I'm not closing the Porter case?" Asked Remy holding her hand in his own and looking into her eyes.
"Well that's supposed to be why I'm here." She replied breathlessly.
"It's you."
"Oh please." Ororo looked away embarrassed.
"No no chere it's you really…I mean how come an Assistant District Attorney in an official corruption strike force, is so interested in a routine mafia hit?" Asked Remy sobering the mood.
"Wise-guy. Routine wise-guy hit remember?"
"Yeah whatever, what gives huh?"
"We have the jurisdiction to investigate any crime we see fit."
"What you got some kinda police corruption angle on this case?"
"No comment Lieutenant."
"You got any evidence at all?"
"No comment again Lieutenant." Further conversation was halted by a large man in a chef's outfit approaching the table.
"Hey Remy how was every'ting You like that gumbo?"
"Everything was great Paul."
"You know chere Remy's great aunt Emmaline she teach me my gumbo."
"Yeah but aunt Emmaline uses more spice in her gumbo."
"Hey you watch you're mouth Remy you don't get no desert, we got Cajun couscous."
"No nothing for me thanks I have to be up early tomorrow."
"Yeah I guess we just gonna take the check tonight Paul." Remy said winking at the chef
"What you talkin' bout Remy?"
"I mean I WANT the CHECK Paul!"
"Remy done lost his mind he knows his moneys no good here."
"Then why don't you just give me the check."
"Paul have you met Ororo Munroe of the District Attorney's office?"
"Oh really, you looking' for that check Remy? Here it was the whole time."
Driving from the restaurant not another word had been said until Ororo turned to address Remy with an annoyed look on her face.
"You Honestly don't see the harm in any of this?"
"What harm? These are the perks."
"Yes but the restaurant is going to expect extra protection in return."
"Oh big deal."
"And expect the officer to overlook any code violations."
"Well if all the codes were observed in the city darlin' there wouldn't be a single restaurant that could stay open."
"So now you're defending organised corruption?"
"Hey I'm not defending anything chere this is N'Orlins, people have a certain way o' doing things down here, folks like to show their appreciation."
"Oh really well how does it work? What do you get free suits? An envelope from chef Paul every week?"
"Are you wearin' a wire?" Remy asked half joking as he intentionally ran a red light.
"I'm serious how far does all of this go? Is everything for sale? What does it cost to beat a murder rap these days?"
"Is that what you think about cops? You got a real serious attitude problem you know that?"
"Well being around you for an evening certainly hasn't done anything to change it. I've never seen one person break so many laws in such a short space of time."
"Oh just forget about the laws for a minute, it's very simple when you're out on the street there's good guys and there's bad guys."
"And I suppose you're the good guys?"
"You're damn right were the good guys and were the only thing that stands between you and them chere."
"Why don't you just drop me off at the corner over there."
"Yeah right."
"And don't think that I'm naive Lieutenant I know the way the system works, but things can change."
"Oh yeah are you gonna change it?" he asks grinning.
"Don't you dare be amused at me!"
"Hey is this you're building?"
"No I live down the street but I'm going to get a few things from the store first is that okay?"
"Well I'll wait for y' I'll drive you the rest of the way."
"No thank you I'd rather walk."
"Well I'll walk with y'."
"No, and thank you very much for a very illuminating evening."
After exiting the store Ororo was walking down the street muttering to herself something about crazy corrupt cajun cops when the sound of a woman yelling made her turn around and see two men running away from a lady, one of them carrying her purse. She swung her bag of groceries at the first mans feet witch brought him to the ground, but the second man ran straight into her and tackled her to the ground. Grabbing hold of his foot as he tried to flee the first man pulled out a knife but was knocked to the ground by a slowly moving black Porsche as it mounted the pavement. The second man ran to the drivers door but was punched in the face by Remy as he exited the car Shouting:
"POLICE. Don't move. You scumbag get y' face down on the ground."
"Oh thank god you were here I just cashed my pay-check."
"That's alright miss a patrolman will be along soon t' take y' statement."
"Are you crazy I'm not taking any chances no police."
"Alright scumbags a patrol car is gonna come along soon, now if you do anything to my car if you even get you're fingerprints on the paintwork they are gonna beat the ever living shit outta you ok? Now do y' fully understand each and every one of these rights as I have explained them to you?"
"YES SIR!" "Good thing I'm such a pushy guy huh?" Remy said turning back to Ororo while flashing her his trademark grin and offering her a hand up. Try as she might she couldn't help but smile.
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Next up its going to get a little R rated but the course of true love doesn't always run smoothly.