Chapter 5
Kate is beyond happy for her feelings towards her husband. She and Rick have made love in the bed from his secret room off the office. There is a kinky part of Kate too. She has taken the party out into the office itself. They have used every surface that they could imagine. Some were comfortable and soft. Others were not. Her best memory of their lovemaking is where she has taken up a position in his swivel chair, then spread her legs with him in between her and the desk. This way he is able to reach deeper than ever before. She has multiple orgasms there. They decide to return back to the queen bed. They lay together after round 11.
"Rick, I need to ask you something." Kate says recovering first.
"Kate, you know you can ask me anything. I will always tell you the truth. We have no secrets between us." Kate listens to him still staring up at the ceiling.
"Yeah, well Rick this might be the straw that breaks the camel's back." Kate says, turning to gaze at his well-formed nakedness.
Rick looks at her with a questioning look on his face. Wondering what could be so important that she would keep it from him.
"Kate, what's this about?" Rick swivels his whole body and props his head on the palm of his hand leaning on the bed to face her directly.
"Rick, I have a feeling that we are both working on the same case. While I think that you were hired by this Henry guy, I'm sure that he is a suspect in a murder that took place within the last 24 hours. While I can't confirm or deny this I hope that you can see that you need to distance your findings from me." Kate says as she gives him a sly wink and smiles.
"Kate, what exactly do you want me to do?" Rick asks exasperatedly.
"Rick, while I am not authorized to disclose any of the findings that I investigating. You, on the other hand, are able to share what you find with me." Kate sweetly says.
"Wait a second Kate…This sounds more like a one-way street. I share with you then you can't tell me how you are doing in your investigation?" Rick says incredulously.
Kate draws the sheet up to cover herself. Rick notices and gives her a look. He needs for her to see that he is trying to understand what she needs.
"Kate listen, I understand that you and Sorenson had a moment way back when. I want you to know that I'm really okay with it. But if this is some sort of power grab on your part to one up him then I really don't know you." Rick accuses.
"Rick, it's not that. I just need to solve this murder. I want to put Sorenson in his place. He was the one to suggest that the FBI & NYPD work together to solve this. And he requested me to be in the lead on it." Kate says, pushing her hand through her hair.
This idea was getting her nowhere. Rick has become stubborn for some reason. She needs a different tact for him to open up to what he knows.
"Kate I understand, I really do but what I have probably will not help you at all. All I have from him are the basics, Name, address, age, and of course his alibi." He reports.
"Okay, Rick I get it. There is one thing that I need you to do, though." Kate sweetly says.
"For the record, I want it known I don't like this already!" Rick petulantly says.
"Okay, Rick it is noted. What I need you to do is contact him then convince him to turn himself into us or more namely me. You can give him a location that won't draw suspicion and hopefully he will meet you." Kate states.
Rick thinks about this for a while. He knows that it will help Kate if she can bring him in for questioning. On the other hand, he does have to keep this information confidential too. Rick is conflicted. He wants to do the right thing for both Kate and his client. He is caught in the middle.
"Kate, I will do this under two conditions. First, he agrees to meet with the both of us and I choose the location. Second, no other outside agencies can be involved, only you and I. Do you agree?" Rick states very firmly.
Kate smiles because his terms are very agreeable.
"I agree to your terms, Rick. So where do you think he would want to meet?" Kate asks.
She knows it would better for everyone if they could eliminate him as the murder suspect quickly so that the red herring he has become would be erased and the clues to the real murderer would be found quickly.
"Kate, that's a good question. Let me give that some thought." Rick says, leaning back in the bed.
"Okay, while you think about that I'll head to the shower." Kate says as she gets off the bed giving him a seductive smile.
Rick doesn't need to be told twice what the look she gives him means. Before long round 12 is done and he is dressed first. Kate kisses him tenderly showing him that she understands his dilemma.
"Kate, I have the perfect location to keep his mind at ease. I will call him now." Rick eagerly says.
Kate is wondering. "Where he could be setting up the meet?"
Xx
While Kate was getting ready Rick had slipped out of the bedroom into his office. He quickly dials his client. He listens to the phone ring. It takes about 4 rings for his client to answer.
"Hello, who is this?" The client asks.
"Henry, it's me, Rick." Rick replies.
"Oh, hi Rick, what do you need?" The client asks.
"Listen, I have some information that I need to share. Are you still where I left you?" Rick asks.
"Yeah, Rick I have been laying low like you said I should." He replies.
"Good, we need to meet at the Westside Theater. I know you know that place very well, too well in fact." Rick says.
"Alright, Rick I'll meet you there in an hour." He says.
"Great, I'll see you there." Rick says as he ends the call.
Xx
Kate looks at him knowing that he actually lured his client there instead of having him to surrender at a police station.
"Rick, I don't know what to say." Kate says knowing what Rick has just done.
"It's okay, Kate, you can thank me later." He says sadly.
Xx
Martha is rehearsing her lines for the play she is now starring in. It's a period piece set during the Second World War. Her character is in love with a man, but there is another man who loves her secretly from afar. Her character Daisy is wondering when her man will return from the war effort. She has not heard from him for about six months. She fears the worst has happened to him.
Martha continues to practice her lines. She is standing at the center of the stage. The next scene gets a bit complicated. As she reads the lines she can't understand why the director has written it as the man who loves her so secretly needs to be stabbed.
"Well, I suppose the director was correct, though I think it does not add anything to the scene." she thinks.
She continues to read her lines quietly. The next scene is the one of action. Daisy has a knife in her hands. Martha walks over to the prop table and retrieves the fake kitchen blade about 7" long. Playing the scene out she says her lines, then mimics the action of stabbing her secret lover.
Xx
Walter arrives at the theater and enters the playhouse. He is quietly walking down the center aisle and he hears a voice talking. He freezes and watches as Martha rehearsing her lines. He thinks she is magnificent. Even after all this time he still has a soft spot in his heart for her. Since Rick has not yet arrived yet he takes a seat, then watches Martha in her quest to be the best Broadway actress. When she is finished, he claps loudly. Martha is startled. She looks out beyond the bright stage lights. She can't see who is clapping. The clapping comes to a stop and Walter walks towards her. Her face goes a ghostly ashen color when she realizes who he is.
"What the hell are you doing here? You have a lot of nerve showing up here!" Martha asks.
"Martha, I can explain. I am meeting a private detective here. It's a long story." He says.
"So, you are leaving the life of crime? It seems that I have some time to hear all about it." Martha says sitting down on the edge of the stage.
Walter is going to regret this, but he needs to come clean. He tells her about the recent developments involving his latest mark. And why he is meeting his private detective here.
"So, Walter, who is it that actually took your case?" Martha asks suspiciously.
"Listen, Martha, you're probably going to hate me for this, but I hired your son to clear my name." He says.
"What? How could you! Have you lost what little sense you have left in that pea brain of yours?"
Martha just looks at him dumbfoundedly.
Xx
Meanwhile, Rick and Kate are heading to the theater to meet with Walter. They are stuck in all kinds of traffic. Finally, after breaking the gridlock they pull up to the theater. Kate and Rick walk to the stage entrance, then they enter. From the stage, they both gasp at what they see before them.
Kate pulls her service weapon and trains it on Martha as she advances towards the stage. Rick can't believe his eyes. This can't be happening. But he watches as Kate removes her handcuffs.
"Martha put down the knife. It will be alright. I just need to handcuff you and take you in for questioning." Kate says as she inches forward only to be stopped by Rick who shakes his head. Kate looks at him, then nods her head, then places her service weapon in her holster.
Martha is at a loss because she is standing directly over Walter's body, not knowing what is happening.
"Mother, you need to do what Kate tells you. Please drop the knife." Rick implores.
This plea catches her attention as the knife clatters to the stage.
Rick runs up the stage stairs and kneels at the form of his mother's long lost husband. He quickly checks the man for a pulse and when he finds no proof of life he shakes his head side to side at Kate.
"Mother, do not say anything. I will get Jeffery on the phone. He will meet us at the precinct. Kate, there is no need for handcuffs. She is going nowhere. I do not care what you see Kate. My mother did not do this!" Rick says.
"Okay Rick, but I do have to read her her rights. She says as Rick nods for her to continue.
"Martha Rodgers,
"You have the right to remain silent."
"Anything you say or do may be used against you in a court of law."
"You will have the right to consult with an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future."
"If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning, if you so wish."
"If you decide to answer any questions now, without an attorney present, you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney." Kate states.
Martha looks helplessly at her son. Never did she think she would ever be charged with a crime and one of murder no less.
"Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?" Kate asks.
Martha looks at her son as he shakes his head no. Kate turns to give him a death stare as Martha speaks up.
"I have decided I need Jeffery here. I will not speak until he is present." Martha courageously says.
"Rick this is your doing! Now I need to take her to the precinct." Kate says with despair.
"Kate, you can't be serious, can you?" Rick says. "This is my mother we are talking about. She is no murderess."
"Rick I know, but I have to follow procedures. She is caught red-handed standing over a dead body with the murder weapon in her hand. This evidence speaks volumes. She also has requested her lawyer. What do you want me to do?" Kate asks helplessly.
"You need to do what you are trained to do. However, Mother has no motive. She forgot about being fleeced years ago. There is someone who wanted Walter dead. That is the real murderer of his latest wife. I believed him when he said he was in danger this proves that. Somehow my mother is just a patsy. She's being set up! And I will prove it too. I'm coming with you to the interrogation." Rick says before the rest of the crew appears.
Kate calls central to dispatch a coroner. Soon the theater is flooded with uni's and other detectives. Kate leads Martha out to her cruiser with Rick looks on in terror...