Living In Entropy – L.I.E. – 02.07 – Caught

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            “Where is Alice?” Dana demanded from the petite secretary that was seemingly guarding the entrance to LA Magazine .  Dana Fairbanks was in no mood for this today, her blood was running hot, red-hot, and scorching, and she was putting a stop to this nonsense right the fuck now.  She’d never felt cheaper, and more betrayed in her life then when she finally figured out what Alice had bee up too.

            “I’m sorry, you’ll have too…  HEY!”  She yelled as Dana slammed her hand on the top of the reception desk and barged into the office area, not caring that she was being rude.  This was important, hell it was more than important, it was her life!  She was livid and she wasn’t going to let some minimum wage receptionist get in her way.

            “Alice!  Alice Pieszecki!  Where are you!”  Dana bellowed, drawing glares from everyone in the room, and for once Dana didn’t care that she was being stared at.  She swept the room with her eyes, knowing that she was somewhere here because her car was in the parking garage. 

            “Can I help you?”  The tall auburn haired woman that was standing in front of an office asked, and Dana saw Alice‘s head through the window.  There she was and Dana growled, she actually heard herself growl.  Fuck you Alice for making me so fucking angry.

            “Yeah get the fuck outta my way.”  Dana said pushing passed the woman, and she grunted as Dana swung the door open.  Maura was trying to stop her but it seemed that Dana was one stubborn woman when she wanted to be.

            “You!”  Dana said in an accusing voice, the two-hour speech that she’d been rehearsing for the last hour was gone in the wind as she saw Alice.  Everything was gone; all she could think of was why she’d played her like a fool, instead of talking to her like a friend.

            “Oh boy.”  Was all that Alice could get out, and she leaned back in the chair as Dana stomped over to her.  Hovering over her a tower of pain and humiliation as she pointed at Alice.

            “You!  You’ve been playing me!  You kissed me!”  Dana yelled and she tried to find all those huge articulate words she’d thought of on the way here, but they were lost.

            “I did.  On several occasions, but…”  Alice started she’d spilled everything to Maura, and the editor had convinced her to come clean to Dana and now this.  Now Dana was mad, she didn’t have the chance to say anything to calm her down, instead she was angry at her.

            “You wanted me to break up with Tonya!  Then you were going to break my fucking heart, Alice.  How the hell could you do that?”  Dana yelled half of the office had scrambled to watch the ensuing fireworks and Maura now closed the door and with a steely glare, sent them all skittering away.  Alice sat stunned, how had Dana managed to figure it out?

            “It wasn’t like that…  Why are you dressed like that?”  Alice asked suddenly and Dana looked down at herself, a comical look over coming her as she realized that she was still wearing her Alice ensemble, and then she found her wrath again.

            “Fuck that!  Is that what you were going to do?  Tell me?  Is it?”  Dana yelled her heart thumping in her chest as Alice looked away sheepishly, the same way she’s looked that night she’d kissed Dana.  Well, Alice was a great actress, now wasn’t she?

            “Yes, but…”  Alice stood up, wanting desperately to tell Dana the whole truth, Dana grabbed her as she was standing, pushing her against the windows.  Alice‘s eyes were wide with surprise, Dana promptly kissed her and Alice kissed back.  She grabbed at Dana, pulling her closer, Dana‘s athletic hips pressing against her and Alice thought she was going to scream, she was in her head.  Dana pulled away, and she looked at Alice with heat in her eyes.

            “I’m marrying Tonya and I never want to see you again Alice Pieszecki.  Do you understand, never again.”  Dana said turning on her heels and yanking the door open.  Maura almost fell into the room as Dana pushed by her. 

            “Oh god.”  Alice whimpered, sobs beginning to wrack her body as she collapsed onto the floor, hugging her knees and bawling like a four year old as Maura closed the door then the shakes and sat down next to Alice and let her cry.

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            “FBI agent Jo Wheaton this is Alexandria Pezinni she’ll be your liaison during this investigation.  We have it set up Pez that we have Jo for two weeks I have three other two man or woman teams working on this so a force of eight officers.”  The chief said to Jo who simply nodded, she looked Pez over with a careful eye.  Jo scratched her chin and Alex grunted, she hated joint efforts they always seemed to get in each other’s way.

            “Welcome to the team.”  Pez said not meaning it but she was going to say it, and Jo shook her hand with a quick nod of her head.  Jo hadn’t said a word yet and Pez wondered if the woman talked at all.

            “I do, don’t have anything to say Officer.”  Jo stated she went to the desk and started to leaf through the physical evidence of the serial killer case.  The killer that had been traveling all over the country in the last two years and now was striking here in California.

            “Detective, Detective Pezinni, you can call me Pez.”  Jo met her eyes and she smiled, putting Alex as ease.  Jo pulled her long dark blonde hair into a loose ponytail.  She was wearing a simple suit with a dark green shirt underneath.  For some reason Pez thought she looked absolutely out of place in the small room filled with evidence from several murder cases.

            “Pez it is then and you can call me Jo, everyone else does.  I don’t like the Special Agent Jo Wheaton, simply Jo.”  Jo stated, sitting down at the desk and pulling open the file from the first murder.  She bit her lip and sighed it was the same stuff that she’d seen in all the other cities, same MO, and if he stuck to it he would be out of LA in just over two weeks.  He ran in cycles.

            “So tell me what you’ve got in this guy?”  Jo asked in a soft voice, and Pez leaned up a against the door jamb.  She crossed her arm, she’d been working this case from the beginning and she had her own theory after the second murder and the killer was on the third one.

            “It’s not a guy.  I’ve been trying to sell that to the brass for two weeks now, I think it’s a woman.”  Jo‘s eyebrows shot up and she was stunned.  Women serial killers were virtually unheard of.  Is this why she hadn’t been able to get a bead on her all this time?

            “Tell me more.”  Jo offered her blue eyes studying this cop she was starting to like what she saw, and Pez shrugged instead she said.

            “How about I show you?”  Pez asked and Jo stood up following Pez out the door.  She was actually going to enjoy this adventure.

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            “I’m sorry Helena I honestly can’t fly to Florida today, or tomorrow.  I understand you want to spend time with the children.”  Tina said juggling a stack of files from Oscar‘s office, almost dropping one.  She sighed to herself, and then she pushed the phone back up onto her ear and listened.

            “I know, I know.  I miss you too.  I just can’t I am ubar busy here, and I have a job interview in two days.  You enjoy your vacation and I’ll see you in two weeks.”  Tina said and Helena offered an I love you, and Tina just said good-bye.

            “You don’t have to stay and help we can handle this on our own you know.”  Oscar offered, and Tina gave him a blank look.  She put the files down and shook her head, not wanting to drop her life just for someone else, not any more.

            “No, it’s ok.  I’m better off here.”  Oscar said nothing and walked away leaving Tina to her own thoughts.  She sat at her desk and the day began to whiz by her, soon it was late afternoon and she hadn’t moved from her spot yet. 

            “You going to take a break or just work the day away?”  Shane asked from a few feet away.  Tina looked up to see a rumpled Shane standing there her hands in her pockets, rocking back and forth on her heels.  A grin that Tina couldn’t place was plastered on her face.

            “I should get something to eat huh?”  Tina asked her voice light as she stood up, Oscar waving to her as she picked up her purse and headed out the door with Shane, arm in arm.

            “About time you get out of this office Tina…”  Oscar muttered, picking up the phone and starting to make phone calls.

*****

            Bette sat at the long dining room table several friends of Crystal‘s were there, smiling and eating slowly.  Talking the mid afternoon away, but Bette‘s mind wasn’t there with them.  Crystal sat to her left, at the head of the table, and she leaned into whisper into Bette‘s ear.

            “Are you all right my little one?”  Bette smiled at the timbre of her voice and she closed her eyes to the soft blowing in her ear.

            “A bit distracted as you might well know.”  Bette said, a bit of playfulness in her voice, and she felt Crystal pinching her exposed leg lightly.  Bette winced a bit, but a soft sigh escaped her lips as she met Crystal‘s eyes then back down again.

            “A bit more respect next time out of that remark.  I do know you are distracted, I am controlling the distraction.”  Crystal smiled, kissing her cheek as she pressed the button the remote and Bette moaned at the soft vibrations that were sent riding up inside of her.  Bette tried to repress the urged to press her own hand between her legs, but she didn’t.

            “Very good my pet you are getting better.  How about you engage Brandy in some conversation.”  Crystal ordered and Bette stood, doing as she was told.  She sat next to Brandy, seductively beginning a conversation; Brandy was an actress on a daytime soap opera.  They talked easily about work and the different aspects of Brandy‘s job.

            “So how is Crystal treating you?”  Brandy asked her dark green eyes imploring her to be honest.  Bette licked her lips thinking about the last two days of sheer pleasure yet no release.  She felt herself about to bust but she resisted with all her might, not sure what Crystal would have in store for her if she did.

            “It’s been a new horizon.”  Bette said simply and Brandy leaned into her, her eyes meeting Crystal‘s from across the room as she nodded to Brandy.  An evil smiled graced Brandy‘s lips as she nodded back to Crystal.

            Brandy reached down between Bette‘s legs, pressing her fingers against the small vibrating egg that Crystal was controlling from across the room and she rubbed her clit through the soaked silk panties and Bette whimpered.  Bette Porter, actually whimpered, and Brandy said into her ear.

            “If you don’t come she’ll have you tied to the whipping post down stairs and I’ll have my pleasure with you there, instead of here.” Bette gasped as she felt the first wave of the rippling orgasm rip through her body and Brandy smiled against her skin.

            “That’s it be a good pet.” Brandy encouraged and Bette could feel people’s eyes on her, but she didn’t care, it was so sweet. Bette rocked gently back and forth and she felt Crystal behind her touching her neck. Bette looked up her control gone just wanting to please Crystal, to please anyone but herself.

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            Shane and Tina sat down at the Planet and began to pick at the salads that each of them had gotten when Shane saw Pez walk into the caf with a cute tom-boi in tow. She had wanted to talk to Alex since the day she’d run her over but Vanessa had told her she’d been very busy lately, and that she was ok after the accident.

            Pez was talking to her and paying rapt attention to the other woman and the woman was nodding Shane looked at Tina and said with a bit of a smile.

            “I’m going to go and see Pez… Ummmm… Alex for a minute, invite her over for a minute, ok?” Shane asked and Tina nodded finally getting to see who this Alex Pezinni was, from what she heard she was cute and a cop.

            Shane walked over to the cop and waited for Pez to see her standing there, and Shane asked with a wicked grin.

            “Remember me?” Alex smiled and she nodded, waving a hand to Jo, making a quick introduction. Alex thought that Shane be just the woman that could help them with this she would know were every lesbian in LA hung out.

            “Jo Wheaton Shane McCutcheon. Shane this is Jo, she’s an FBI agent working with the LAPD on a case we’ve been trying to break.” Shane sighed licking her lips, she was working.

            “Ah, I was going to invite you over but since you are on the clock….” Shane began, and Jo‘s eyes lit up a mischievous light shown behind them.

            “We’d love too.” Jo put in and Shane motioned for them to follow her to the table where Shane and Tina had been sitting at in the soft sunlight of the afternoon. Jo wiggled her eyebrows at Alex and Alex wondered what Jo was up too.

            “Tina, this is Alex the one I ran over the other week and her partner Jo.” Alex laughed and she looked at Jo and Jo put a hand up, showing off a gold wedding band. She wiggled her fingers and turned the chair around straddling it and leaning casually on the back of the chair.

            “Partner in work not life.” Jo added, and Alex sat down, she made eye contact with Jo and she smiled again. Jo Wheaton was a contrast in demeanor.

            “Oh hi, I’m Tina Kennard. You ran over her?” Tina asked aghast she’d been so wrapped up in her own life as of late her voice a bit higher pitched than normal and Shane‘s face burned with the embarrassment of the situation.

            “Yeah, I did… Ummmm.” Shane stammered and Pez said nothing, and Jo was scoping the place out she pulled out a small palm pilot and scribbled some notes. She liked the concept of the place nice open and relaxed, she might be able to do something with this.

            “You are right Alex.” Jo said thinking back to the previous victims it was slowly falling into place now.

            “Right about what?” Tina asked between bites of salad and Jo just shrugged. She didn’t like getting civilians involved in cases, even though sometimes they were the best source for information.

            “Lots of good looking women here.” Jo stated and Alex blinked, she hadn’t known Jo was gay. She’d seen the wedding band on her left hand and had assumed that Jo was straight.

            “You are? I thought my gay-dar was broken ever since I thought her sister was gay I’ve been thinking mine isn’t working.” Shane grinned sipping her coffee and Jo nodded, her face turning serious again her work face and not her casual face.

            “I’ve been with her since high school actually.” Just as she said that, her phone rang and she muttered.  “Speaking of the green eyed devil.” Jo got up as she saw the number on the cell phone and walked to the patio her face bright as she spoke to the person on the other end of the phone. A quick grin spread over her face and stayed there the whole time she was speaking with her. Tina watched her, thinking it was wonderful to see someone in love, she remembered that feeling well. It hadn’t been all that long ago.

            “So Alex, are you feeling ok? Your ribs not to bad?” Shane asked and Alex had to smile, that accident being the best thing that had ever happened to her in the last two years. It had given her the feeling back in her legs but she didn’t say that, she just said gruffly.

            “Yeah, I’m ok. You fucked my bike. I had to get a new one.” Shane‘s face dropped she knew that cops didn’t exactly make big money she didn’t know what to say. She started to stammer a response and Jo sat back down, smiling and engaging Tina in conversation.

            “No worries Shane ok?” Alex said to Shane and Tina was enthralled by Jo as a drop-dead gorgeous blonde walked into the Planet and headed straight for them. Jo couldn’t see the woman, but Shane and Tina did and instantly Tina‘s jaw began the quick decent, her mouth hanging open and Pez looked up and she too stared hard.

            “Oh jezz….” Shane said sinking down into her chair trying, without success to hide.

            “Sexy FBI officer called and needs my brain? Or does she want my body? I was just round the corner from this place, isn’t that so cool I do love LA.” Amy Astin said sliding into Jo‘s lap and Jo laughed sexily and Shane groaned aloud. Amy looked in her direction, not even having noticed that it was Shane.

            “Oh Jo, you’ve met Shane. She was the hotel chick from the other night the one with the tongue thing?” Jo grinned and Tina‘s mouth made a little ‘O’ and she gave Shane a look that could kill.

            “Hi.” Shane said sheepishly wiggling her fingers in a lame hello, and Alex began to laugh for some reason it struck her as funny. Alex grabbed her sides and they just watched as the detective laughed for a full five minutes, drawing looks from the other patrons.

            “Sorry, you fucked her?” Alex said and Amy whispered into Jo‘s ear and Jo nodded, saying something in French to her and then said.

            “Amy prefers slept with.” Jo said in a blas voice and Amy giggled into her neck, kissing it as Jo smiled impishly.

            “Shane….” Tina said her voice filled with something no one could quite figure out. Shane shrugged, wanting to offer an explanation but not being able too.

            “Down to the business at hand. They gave us the go ahead on this little caper of ours Pez, oh Amy this is Alex Pezinni, preferable Pez, and this is Tina and you know Shane.” Jo said, batting her eyes and Amy shook Alex and Tina‘s hand. Shane took her cup and downed the rest of the coffee very uncomfortable now.

            “Very nice you want to use me as bait I take it?” Amy asked as if it were your run of the mill request from one’s wife.

            “Oui Cherie. You are the perfect bait but you have to be less dyke like and more, shy not outta the closet like can you handle that?” Jo asked and Tina waved a hand, trying to figure out what was going on.

            “Wait you guys are hunting a killer and you are going to use the woman you love to lure that person in? Why?”  Jo thought about this for a moment, and Amy didn’t know how to answer she’d always played with danger. From her time to doing drugs, to her life with Jo, they’d never had a moments rest. There was always one thing after another either coming after them, or them going after it.

            “Because she is out there killing people of your community. We have an idea that the killer is out looking for women, women who are in the closet but still out venturing into the gay bars. The last girl to be murdered was seen here at Radar. Therefore, we are going to set up a sting Friday night. We need dates.” Jo said with authority, smiling she looked at Tina and said, her voice filled with the soft northern French accent she had acquired from learning French while she had been a toddler.  “La belle Tina, up for some safe fun on Friday night? Oui?” Tina sat back, thinking it was just the excitement she was looking for.

            “Fuck yeah. What the hell do I have to loose as long as you bring your gun.” Jo nodded, and Amy kissed Jo‘s cheek having known that Tina was more her type than Shane.

            “So Shane how about you pay me back for killing my bike and being my date Friday night? My cover girl?” Pez offered and Shane tried not to smile, but she did. She nodded, then said.

            “Sure, what the fuck, why not help out right?” Alex looked up, seeing Vanessa working at the counter, hoping that this woman wasn’t going after straight girls who worked in gay bars.

            “This is gonna be fun, Jo I feel like a teenager again, when were had J*A*D*E*S up and running.” Amy said kissing her girlfriend hard and Jo tugged at her long golden locks.

            “You are supposed to be single young lady. Start playing the part young woman.” Jo said, gently pointing to one of the empty chairs at the table. Amy grumbled, pouting sexily and Jo let her hand go.

            “Right like we don’t fuck like single women? How about we let me look at the files so I can help build a profile of this person so I know what to look for Friday night?” Amy asked, standing and Jo nodded following suit. Her serious game face back on as Amy‘s face reflect her girlfriend’s grave mood.

            “Pez, meet you back at the station?” Jo knowing that Alex had something to say to Shane, and Alex cocked her head simply nodded. Shane, Tina, and Alex watched them walk away, and Pez let out a long whistle.  Shane said softly.

            “That woman is hot.”

            “Which one?” Tina asked, smiling as she took a leaf of her salad and licked off the French dressing. French, she wondered what other French things Jo Wheaton was good at.

            “Both of ‘em. Wish she’d told me she had a girlfriend that looked like that, I’d have waited to do the both of them.” Shane said and Tina and Pez both said in unison.

            “SHANE!”

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Caught
8/20/04

Colliding
I try to move
Held me tight
Penetrating look of lust in your eye

This ghastly flow from you
In our heat
We melt together, ignited by just a gaze

Perform your exoticism
I’m wicked, I’ve drowned in my own innocence
There are no rules here
You whisper in my ear
Just the consequence of disobedience

You speak to me in tongues
Taking me way to the place I’ve never lay
I’ve always suspected
I’ve just never connected
Now you have infected me
Now you will dissect me

Tear me apart
To build me up again
Knock me down
Keep me down
Punishment my release

You can’t own a soul
That is what they say
Obviously they’ve never met you
Capturing my body
Never release me