CHAPTER 1

Bennett paced to and fro angrily

beside his desk.

Carl leaned against the wall.

"Calm down,Ben"He said.

"I'm detective Bennett Meyers, I

solve major cases and not this...."

"This is also major case"

"A case from fifteen years ago...a case

no cop could crack, you have to be fvcking

kidding me,they wanna ruin my reputation.

I wanted those congressmen cases not

this piece of junk and he had to give it to

James, what's so good about James...

nothing... absolutely nothing! I could have

crack that case in a twinkle of an eye"He

said, proudly.

Carl rolled his eyes."It's homicide"He reminded.

"So? Have you forgotten the case

which made me famous? Just when I

thought I was getting a promotion, chief

Edgar had to make me in charge of this

Godforsaken case!"

"He probably thinks that since you

could put that serial killer behind bars

then you would be able to crack this case

too.Why are you doubting yourself? Just be

positive about this,if you can crack this

case, you'll be on every tabloids, every

network station...."

Carl kept on talking but he was no longer

listening,he was just picturing himself on

every tabloids...every network station and

a promotion might be waiting for him.This

would be so great, everyone would know

his name.

He slowly sat down and opened the

case file.

"I've gone through the case file but I

must say Ben,this is a tough case"

Bennett leaned back and handed him the

case file.

"Tell me about the case"He ordered.

"You won't ever stop being

authoritative, would you?"

Bennett shrugged.

Carl shook his head."Landon Martins and his wife Thelma were found dead in their

home on June 5th,2004,it was believed

that they were murdered the night before

that day"

"They had no kids?"

"They did, Nathan was thirteen at

that time and Gwendolyn ten.When the

police got to their home that

morning,there were bags and luggage

already arranged at the living room,it was

as if the family was going away,the bodies

of the kids were never found,the cops then

searched for them,put up their names on

every newspaper but till now,no one heard

anything about the kids"

Bennett sighed."Didn't they have any

neighbours?No one saw anything?"

"Just one of the neighbours called

that he saw the kids running into the

woods close to the house,he saw the

faces of the some men who were after

them,that neighbour didn't make it to the

station the next day,he was killed"

Bennett's teeth clenched."I literally have no

lead in this case"He muttered.

"Well,we can just work on our own

instinct for now"

"And what do you think about this

case?"

"Since no one found the kids,I think they're alive and if they're alive, they would

surely know something, this case has

been a dead end for years Ben,the culprit

has to be very smart not to get caught,he

left not a single trace,no fingerprint at

all,and for fifteen years,no one knows

what The Martins did to deserve that"

Bennett took the case file from him and

glance through it, there has to be a lead...

just anything at all but there was

nothing,he stared at the pictures of the

Martins,was the man involved in any

illegal dealings? Were his kids still alive?

He must admit that the

congressmen cases would be so much

more easier than this but he was cracking

this case,this would make him... someone

greater.....his colleagues would always

look up to him.Even those in the

higher-ups would want to be like him.

He was cracking this case and it has

to be soon.

*************

"Chief Edgar gave the Martins case

to Officer Meyers"

Bruce's fist clenched over his

cellphone."That old crook doesn't want to

let the dead rest in perfect peace.That

Meyers is one smart cop.Keep an eye on

him,if he finds out anything.... anything at all,you know what to do"

"Yes sir!"

*************

A few hours later found Bennett and

some of his colleagues in a bar,those who

weren't on duty had decided to hang out.

They were waiting for their orders as

his eyes glanced around the

restaurant,they quickly scurried back and

narrowed taking in a woman gulping down

a bottle of vodka.

He quickly picked up a magazine in

front of him and covered his face.

Carl glanced at him.

"What?"

"It's Morgan"

"Cop sexy"Carl drawled.

Bennett glared at him. "Don't call me

that.Fvck!Why does she have to be here of

all places?"

"Relax,she doesn't know you're here"

"But if her obnoxious friend gets to

know,my evening would be ruined,the last

time I took home a drunk Morgan was

unforgettable"He replied still covering his

face with the magazine.

"Will you ever tell me what happened

between you two that night....you only

said you have no idea how she knew your

passcode and got into your apartment."

Unconsciously, Bennett removed the

magazine from his face recalling that

unforgettable night.

"Did she bit your d*ck while giving you

a blowjob?"

Bennett frozed."I would never let someone

like Morgan suck my d*ck"He retorted

quickly and the discreet cough from the

people around the table made them

uncomfortable.

Carl lowered his voice."Just tell me what

she did to you, already?"

"She threw up on my couch"He

announced.

Carl frowned."Just that?"

"What do you mean just that?You

didn't get to clean it up,did you?"

"BENNETT!"A bear like voice

sounded from the entrance of the bar.He

glared angrily at Rico,a fat and funny

looking cop walking up to the table.He

had always dislike this man and

today,that dislike had graduated to deep

hatred.

The one person he had been avoiding

spun around drunkily in her seat.

"It's my cop sexy"She giggled.

Bennett felt like crying watching Kate,

Morgan's friend walking up to his table.

"Thank goodness I ran into you,Ben, I was starting to wonder who would take

Morgan home"

"Keep on wondering cause I'm not

going home tonight"He snapped.

"She can't certainly sleep here"

"It's none of my business, I wasn't

there when drinking became her hobby, I'm

not going through......"

"I thought a cop's job is to ensure the

safety of the citizens...."

"When counting citizens of a

country,you don't include pests"

"Please, just put your differences

aside, I have somewhere to be right now

and Morgan's always in her best behaviour

when she's drunk."

Bennett grimaced."You have somewhere to

be the last time she got drunk too.Morgan

becomes a total lunatic when she's drunk"

Kate turned to face Carl who had been

drooling over her breasts."Please

handsome,talk to him to take her home

for me"

Carl grinned stupidly and turned to face

Bennett, preaching and making him see

reasons why he should take Morgan

home.

Bennett just stared at him in dismay,

weren't friends supposed to have each

other's backs. And almost an hour later found him

carrying Morgan into the apartment

building.

Tomorrow,he would start looking for

a new apartment,he couldn't keep on

having her as a neighbour,he couldn't keep

on bringing her home like this...no wonder

she doesn't have a boyfriend.He thought

he had escaped her madness in high

school but now,he was facing the part

2.And this part 2 has to end soon.

Morgan was vaguely aware that

she was in the arms of her lifelong crush,

and the filthy look he was giving her made

her giggled stupidly, when his arms

tightened around her,her giggles stopped and

turned into hiccups.Her head spun

ominously but then cleared again.

His body felt taut and hard and his

face was grim.Her hands went around his

neck and then surprisingly,the silky

strands of his hair brushed against her

fingers.Instinctively, she moved them to

feel more,she couldn't take her eyes off

his mouth.

He walked into an elevator,she could

feel his chest muscles contract and move

against her.

Morgan brought her hand round and pressed a finger against his mouth,a cord

tightening in her belly.

"You've got the most beautiful

mouth....do you know that?"

She was aware on some level that

the words in her head weren't coming out

as clearly as they should.They were

flowing together in an incoherent slurred

rush of words all joined up together.

Bennett twisted his head away and

Morgan's hand fell from his mouth.He

walked briskly out of the elevator so eager

to dump her a$s inside her apartment.

She huffed and started to undo the

buttons of his shirt, sighing happily when

she could slide a hand in and touch the

warm skin of his chest.His heart was

beating heavily against her hand and she

felt unbearably hot all over.Waves of heat

were coming and going.... gathering

intensity.

"Your hair feels like silk......kiss

me...Bennett"She closed her eyes and

pursed her lips.

"This is sexual harassment"Bennett

thought, angrily.

Swaying dangerously,she was

hardly aware of Bennett standing her on

her feet...or his curse.

"What's your fvcking passcode?"He asked.

She leaned against the wall and hiccuped.

Bennett sighed,there was no way he was

letting this crazy bitch into his house.

He bent before her door and started

inputting different digit codes that he

could think of but her door didn't happen.

Frustratedly,he spun around just to

feel soft skin against his left hand.

She drunkily looked down at his hand

cupping her breast.

"Pervert!"She exclaimed and her fist

slammed against his jaw.

Bennett held his face shocked beyond

words.

"Pervert? I didn't even know you were

behind me!"He yelled, running his free

hand across his hair, leaving it disheveled.

Morgan stared at her hand in disbelief.Did

she just punch Bennett?

"I didn't....."

"Well, that's it!You can sleep in this

hallway or on the street, I don't fvcking

care"With that,he stormed off, entering his

passcode and slamming his door shut

that she flinched.

Bennett slowly applied ice on his

jaw as he went through the list of

available apartments online.He won't continue to have that lady as his

neighbour.She would make him run mad

someday.

And she had the guts to punch his

face....this million dollars face.Tomorrow,

when she would be sober,he would make

sure he berates life out of her.

He recalled his hand on her breast,it

was really soft though...it suddenly made

him wonder if her n*pples were dark or

ruby.

Realizing what he was thinking

about,he mentally cursed himself...he

should never forget that this was

Morgan....the girl who hardly combs her

hair,the girl who told everyone in high

school that he had a sugar mommy,the

girl.....

A noise from his front door jerked him

out of his thoughts, someone was trying

to input his passcode but was

unsuccessful.

He quickly hurried towards there,his

hand clenched over the ice seeing her

through the CCTV camera,For God's

sake,this isn't her apartment,why couldn't

she understand that whenever she was

drunk?

Is there anything more frustrating

than having a lunatic as a neighbour?