Back in Miami

Chapter 5

I asked Rich, “are you saying you think the Malik stole $5000 from Freddie?”

Rich took a drink of his coffee, “that’s what we were told.”

Ollie asked, “do you think that Freddie would go after Malik?”

Rich nodded, “sure, like I said, I already thought he did, I assumed that was why I hadn’t seen Malik around.”

I said, “Malik has been in Key West for the last year, he came back last night for a concert. That’s when someone grabbed him.”

Rich chuckled, “hid out in Key West? Good for him, serves Freddie right.”

I said, “well, it was good, until last night.”

Rich looked at a worried Tyler, “oh, yeah. So, do you want me to bring Freddie in and ask him a few questions?”

Ollie asked, “can you do that?”

Rich nodded, “yes, I always have a reason to bring that slippery bastard in, one of these days, I’m going to have a reason to not let him go.”

I said, “if you could bring him in, that would be great. I can question him too, right?”

Rich stood to leave, “absolutely, I’ll let you know when we got him.”

Tyler looked at us, “so that’s where Malik got the money he had when we got to Key West.”

I shrugged, “it looks like it. He never told you any of this?”

Tyler shook his head, “no, he didn’t.”

Ollie said, “I still think we need to talk to the ex-boyfriend, I’ll go get an address.”

I said, “ok, I’ll meet you at the car in 10 minutes.” I turned to Tyler, “are you going to be ok hanging out here for another hour or so?”

He nodded, “yeah, I got no place else to be.”

I asked, “did you already check out of your hotel room?”

He said, “yes, we only had the room reserved for one night, and there is some big convention in town. I guess I’ll have to see if I can find room somewhere else.”

I said, “just hang out here until I get back and I’ll help you figure something out.”

Ollie and I knocked on Casey Davis’s apartment door, a thin wiry redhead answered the door.

I asked, “are you Casey Davis?”

He raised an eyebrow and put one hand on his hip, “who’s asking?”

I showed him my badge, “detectives Ridgeway and Hemple with the Miami police department.”

He looked us both up and down, “Casey, the cops want to talk to you.”

Another young man walked toward the door, he said, “I’m Casey, what is this about?”

I said, “we have a few questions about Malik Reyes.”

The little redhead rolled his eyes, “we haven’t seen that little Filipino bitch in over a year, so you can just…”

Ollie stepped up and in his best sassy gay voice, matching that of the redhead, said, “listen honey, Malik has been kidnapped, and if you don’t lose the attitude, you will be moved up to the top of our suspect list.”

He stared at Ollie with wide eyes, he sputtered, “well I never…”

Casey turned and said, “Timmy, shut up. If Malik is missing, the least I can do is answer any questions the police have.” Timmy shot Casey a look and backed down, Ollie did the same.

Casey asked, “did you say that Malik was kidnapped?”

I nodded, “it appears so, he came to town last night for a concert and on his way back to his hotel, he was pushed into a car and hasn’t been seen since. Have you talked to him recently?”

He genuinely looked concerned, “no, it’s been over a year since I talked to him. After we broke up, I guess we both just got on with our lives.”

I said, “I have to ask, where were you last night between 11 pm and midnight?”

Casey said, “we went to a club down on the beach, I think we got there around 10 and we got home at a little after 2 am.”

I asked, “what was the name of the club?”

He said, “The Wave.”

I jotted that down and asked, “and you haven’t had any contact with Malik in the past year, no phone calls, texts, or emails?”

He shook his head, “no sir. Our breakup wasn’t exactly a good one, we didn’t part on the best of terms. Plus, I met Timmy a few weeks later and had no reason to talk to Malik.”

I asked, “is that when you stopped working for Freddie Rogers?”

Casey began to look uncomfortable, he said, “yeah, that’s what the fight was about. I wanted to quit, and Malik wanted us to stay for one more job. He said if we made one more delivery, we could just keep the envelope that we were supposed to take back to Freddie, we would have enough money to leave town. Plus, Malik was upset with Freddie because he hadn’t paid for the last two deliveries we made.”

Ollie asked, “so that was your job with Freddie, you deliver a package, take an envelope back to Freddie and he pays you?”

Casey nodded, “yep.”

I asked, “did you know what was in those packages?”

He shrugged, “I guess I had an idea what was in them, but I never looked inside or asked any questions. I was told that it was better not to know.”

Ollie thought a moment, “so, did Freddie just let people quit?”

Casey said, “well, sort of. People like Malik and me were so low on the totem pole, we were never told anything that was going on. I don’t think Freddie even knew who we were. We were given clear instructions for each delivery, then we were paid and told to leave. If you decide to stop working for Freddie, you just stop showing up to make deliveries.  I don’t think Freddie cared about me quitting, like I said, he owed me some money. I think he just decided to cut his losses. In the three months I worked for Freddie, I only saw him once, and that was just when one of his guys opened the door to his office. The one guy that ran his mouth after working for Freddie, well, let’s just say he was used as an example to anyone else that wanted to talk.”

I asked, “do you know for sure that Malik kept the envelope from his last delivery?”

Casey shook his head, “I don’t know for sure, but one of Freddie’s guys came to see me at work after Malik left town to see if I knew where he was. When I told him I didn’t, he just said to have Malik come see Freddie the next time I saw him. He followed me around for a couple weeks just to make sure I was telling the truth.”

Ollie asked, “but you didn’t ever see or hear from Malik after that?”

He said, “no, I didn’t.”

I said, “and Freddie never contacted you again either?”

He shook his head. We asked a few more questions and I gave him my card and asked him to call us if he heard from Malik.

As we drove back to the station, Ollie asked, “you don’t think Casey had anything to do with Malik’s disappearance, do you?”

I said, “no, I think he was telling the truth, he wanted out and Malik wanted to get one last payday before he left town. Even though it sounds like Freddie owed him some money, I’m just not sure that Freddie would sit back and take losing his money that well, I am thinking he has something to do with this.”

When we were back at the station, Ollie went to check if the forensic team had started on the stolen car and I decided to call Jeff Barker, Malik’s old teacher. He answered and I identified myself.

I asked, “when was the last time you talked to Malik Reyes?”

He said, “last summer, right after I moved to Jacksonville. Is Malik in any trouble?”

I said, “no, we just have some questions for him, we think he might be a witness to an accident.”

Jeff said, “oh, good.”

I asked, “why did think he might be in trouble?”

He answered, “well, in his last year of high school, he was kind of hanging out with the wrong crowd.”

I said, ‘yeah, I think he figured that out and is trying to do better now. If you do hear from him, will you please let me know?”

He said, “of course, if you talk to him, tell him hi for me.”

Ollie came into my office as I ended the call.

He asked, “did the teacher know anything?”

I shook my head, “no, he hasn’t talked to him since he moved to Jacksonville. How about the car, did forensics find anything?”

Ollie said, “no, there’s just a couple guys there now, it’s Sunday so they are going to hit it hard tomorrow morning.”

I nodded, “yeah, I guess maybe we should call it a day too. Maybe Rich will be able to find Freddie for us, I think that’s our best lead right now.”

Ollie asked, “what are you going to do with Tyler tonight?”

I sighed and called Lucas. He answered, “hey babe, are you about done?”

I said, “yep, going to head home in a few minutes, would you mind if I brought a guest home?”

I walked back to the interview room, Tyler had his head down on the table, he looked up as I came through the door.

He asked, “anything new?”

I shook my head, “sorry, no. We have a couple leads we want to follow up on in the morning, why don’t you come home with me? I have already called my boyfriend and you can spend the night in our guest room.”

He thought for a minute, “are you sure?”

I nodded, “yes, I would feel better if I knew you were safe and you really shouldn’t be alone.”

Tyler followed me in his car, I waited as he pulled his bag out the back seat of his car. Lucas greeted me at the door with a kiss.

I said, “Tyler, this is my boyfriend Lucas, Lucas this is Tyler Pearson, he was our waiter last year in Key West.”

Lucas smiled, “yes, I remember, it’s nice to see you again Tyler.”

Tyler gave Lucas a weak smile, “thanks, good to see you again too, thank you for letting me stay here.”

Lucy licked Tyler’s hand as Tyler jumped in surprise, I chuckled, “and this is Lucy, this is her house, she just lets us stay here.”

Tyler chuckled as he bent down to pet her, “hey Lucy, nice to meet you too.”

Lucas laughed, “oh boy, you just made a friend for life Tyler, she will be at your side for the rest of the night. Come on you two, I have dinner ready.”

We sat at the table and began to eat. As Tyler filled his plate for the third time, it dawned on me that we hadn’t eaten all day. Of course, Lucas knew that would probably be the case and had made plenty of food.

Once we had finished eating, Lucas and I started to clear the table, Tyler stood and helped.

Lucas said, “you don’t have to help Tyler, you can go relax and watch tv if you want.”

Tyler said, “would it be ok if I just took a shower and went to bed, I didn’t get much sleep last night.”

I nodded, “of course, grab your bag and I’ll show you to your room.” I led him down the hall to the guest room. I said, “the bathroom is across the hall, soap and shampoo are in the shower and the towels are in the closet next to tub, let me know if you need anything else.”

He smiled, “thanks, I really appreciate everything.”

I went back to the kitchen to help Lucas with the dishes as Tyler took his shower.

***

Tyler stepped under the hot stream of water, the day’s events racing through his mind. God, he hoped Malik was ok. He was still trying to understand all the things that he heard that Malik had done before they met. Did Malik really work for a drug dealer? Did he steal money from him? What really happened between him and his old boyfriend?

Tyler thought back to that first night in Key West. They had gotten along so well on the bus ride, it only seemed natural that they share a hotel room until they each found a place to live. Once they were in the room, Tyler went to take his shower, neither one of them questioned it when Malik just followed him to the bathroom. Tyler smiled when he remembered the first time they undressed in front of each other. Neither of them said a word, they just paused and looked at each other’s naked bodies. Tyler admiring Malik’s dark hairless skin, and thick uncut cock surrounded by his thick dark bush. Makil smiling as he looked at Tyler’s pale smooth skin, his dick was slightly longer, but not quite as thick. Once they had scanned the other’s body, their eyes met, Malik’s brown eyes, staring into Tyler’s baby blues. They slowly moved toward each other, each running a hand down the other’s taught torsos. They moved their other hand to each other’s quickly stiffening man hoods. It was like it was in slow motion and they were mirroring each other’s actions. They kept their eyes locked onto each other as they moved close enough for their lips to meet. Malik pulled Tyler in, wrapping his arms around him, Tyler also wrapped his arms around Malik, their now fully hard poles, rubbing against one another. Their tongues began to dance as their kiss became more and more passionate. Tyler couldn’t tell if the steam filling the room was from the shower or from their hot embrace. They stepped under the stream of the shower, the hot water cascading down each of their smooth bodies, damn, Malik looked even better wet. They soaped each other up, then watched the water rinse the suds down the drain. Malik took the soap and covered Tyler’s chest and stomach with the cleansing foam, he went to his knees and thoroughly washed Tyler’s erect member and cum-filled balls. Once the soap was rinsed away, he stayed on his knees and gave Tyler another good cleaning, this time with his mouth. This caused Tyler’s knees to buckle, he steadied himself by grabbing onto Malik’s shoulders and leaning back against the shower wall, letting out an audible groan. Tyler felt his nuts start to churn, he wasn’t ready to let this end just yet. He pulled Malik to his feet for another steamy make out session. He broke their kiss to give Malik a shy smile, then went to his knees, he kept his eyes locked on Malik as he flicked his tongue across Malik’s hooded erection. Malik gasped as his cock disappeared down Tyler’s throat. Malik put his hands on the back of Tyler’s head as he enjoyed the oral assault on his appreciative dick. Tyler fondled Malik’s nuts as he began to work his finger closer to Malik’s manhole. Malik encouraged Tyler’s exploration by slightly spreading his legs, Tyler took the hint and soon had his finger buried to the first knuckle in Malik’s tight, warm hole.

Malik panted, “let’s go out the bed before we fall and hurt ourselves.”

Tyler chuckled, “anything you say.”

They quickly dried off and Malik fell back onto the bed on his back and pulled his legs up in the air. Tyler grinned as he saw Malik’s beautiful pucker wink at him, he dove in, tongue first. Tyler slobbered all over that glorious hole, pausing only to push his tongue in and out a few times. Malik squirming as his toes curled, finally gasping, “holy shit, just fuck me already.” Tyler moved up for another kiss as he aimed his rod at Malik’s well licked hole. He slowly pushed in as each of them let out a deep breath, Tyler’s nuts were soon tight against Malik’s ass as the pair played another round of tonsil hockey. Tyler started to piston in and out with Malik’s arms wrapped around him. Before long their breathes were coming faster and Tyler couldn’t hold back any longer, he filled Malik with every ounce of love juice he had. Malik followed by blasting his load all over the two washboard abs that his cock had been sandwiched between.

Tyler was jolted back to the present when his cock shot a load of cum all over the shower wall. He watched as the shower washed his seed down the drain. He realized he had been in the shower a little longer than he should have been. He quickly dried off and wrapped his towel around his waist and made his way across the hall to his room. He was relieved when the lights in the living room were still on and he heard the tv, Ridge and Lucas were still up.

He crawled into bed and once again, hoped that Malik was ok. The events of the last 24 hours finally caught up to him and he was soon fast asleep.

 

To be continued…