What Mrs. Fine Taylor didn’t tell Stacy was that the only reason she supports Charles in his Import/Export business in New Orleans is because she has Charles spy on Sam for her. Charles takes pictures for Mrs. Taylor to keep her updated on Sam’s progress in life. Mrs. Fine Taylor warned Charles under no circumstance to tell what he is doing, not to tell Tina she has a sister and not to get close to Sam while taking her picture.
Mrs. Fine Taylor doesn’t know that a few months back Sam was sitting in a park reading a book while Charles was across the street taking pictures of her. Sam spotted Charles and approached him and asked why he was taking her picture. Charles quickly replied that he was planning to open a new magazine in New Orleans and was taking pictures of everyday people for it. Sam asked Charles to sit in the park with her and tell her more about his magazine. She could tell Charles wasn’t from there and she also liked his curly black hair. Charles got caught up in Sam’s beauty and forgot the warning from Mrs. Fine Taylor. Charles took Sam to dinner and it wasn’t long before they were in her bedroom playing bedroom symphony.
Tina became suspicious of Charles traveling to New Orleans and staying for long periods of time. Tina thought Charles was having an affair and seeing another woman. Tina slept with the pool boy, Dennis, paying him to follow Charles to New Orleans to spy on him. Dennis found out that Charles was seeing another woman whose name was Sam and he reported the news to Tina. After hearing the news, Tina in a jealous rage asked Dennis to help get rid of Sam. Dennis waited outside Sam’s apartment and when she came out for her nightly walk, he kidnapped her, stabbed her to death and tossed her body into the Gulf. Tina didn’t know she had just organized the murder of her half-sister Sam.
Stacy flies to New Orleans and gets a rental car to drive to the church parish to talk to the sisters who raised Sam. Stacy wants to know, when was the last time they saw Sam? The Sisters say that they go for a walk through the park every day at 3 and a few months ago they saw Sam sitting in the park talking to a young man. They didn’t stop to talk with her, just waved “hi.” When Stacy asks if they remember what he looked like, they say no, because it was from a distance that they saw him. All they remember is that he had some pretty black hair. Stacy then shows the sisters a picture of Charles and Tina, and the sisters exclaim that, “yes, that is the young man.”
Stacy thanks them for their help and turns to walk away. Stacy thinks to himself my, Charles, you have been doubling your pleasures. It is Mardi Gras day and Stacy knows the first place to look for any missing person is the morgue. Stacy stops on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.
Stacy is standing against a wooden billboard looking at all the people in their colorful costumes and watching a lady throw beads to the crowd, when a knife comes flying at him. The knife goes through his suit, sticking near his arm pit. Stacy pulls the knife out and looks at it and thinks someone is trying to tell me I need a shave.
Stacy gets to the morgue and finds out a young Jane Doe washed on shore a few days ago. When Stacy asks to see her, he confirms it is Sam. Stacy thinks Well, Mrs. Fine Taylor, you don’t have to worry anymore about losing your fortune.
Stacy flies back to Washington, D.C., gets in his rental car, and drives to his office to shower and change into another suit before going to see Mrs. Fine Taylor. Stacy calls the two hot-shot D.C. homicide detectives who helped him with his first case. He tells them about Sam and asks them to meet him at 1313 Maywood in 3 hours. They say they’ll be there.
Before going to see Mrs. Fine Taylor, Stacy stops at 7th and E streets, NW at the Chophouse for a steak dinner. Walking to the restaurant he sees the Street Sense salesman. The salesman says, “Stacy, my man, I read about you in The Washington Post, about that big case that you just solved.”
Stacy grins and asks “Do you have a paper for me?” Stacy gives the salesman $100 for the paper and tells him, “Keep the change. I may need your help some day.” Stacy asks, “What’s this store, ‘Tangy Sweet’?” The salesman tells him it’s a new hot spot for the young. Stacy then says, “Humm … may stop in on my way back.”
Stacy walks into the Chophouse and a sexy brunette with blue eyes says, “Follow me.” As she is walking Stacy is looking at her rump roast thinking that’s a meal I want. Stacy sits down and the beautiful brunette asks if he is ready to order. Stacy smiles and says “I already have.” She smiles and Stacy asks her name. It is Tasty. Stacy says, “Tasty? Why tasty?”
Tasty says, “Because I’m sweet.”
Stacy says, “I can tell.”
Tasty leans over, puts her breasts in his face and licks her lips. Tasty tells Stacy she’ll get off work in a couple of hours. She tells him, “I have some sweet cream you can taste.”
Stacy thinks he can go to hit this and that it will be a tasty dessert after his meal. Stacy tells her he’d like to taste her, but he’s on a case and has some important business to take care of first.
Tasty says “OK,” then leans over again, this time kissing him and pushing her tongue in his mouth. She tells him she’ll be here.
Stacy drives to Mrs. Fine Taylor’s. Stacy gets out of his car, Charles comes walking out the door and gets into his car. Stacy thinks to himself, just the person I want to see. Stacy says, “Charles, I need to ask you some questions.”
Charles looks at Stacy and says, “I don’t know you. What do you want?”
Stacy tells him, “I’m a P.I. working on a case for Mrs. Fine Taylor. Don’t fool with me, Charles. I know you’ve been sleeping with Sam. Sam is dead. Did you kill her?”
“No, I didn’t kill her,” Charles says.
Stacy says, “Don’t leave town. I have some more things to ask you.”
Charles says, “I’ll be in my office in Chinatown.”
Mitch, the butler, is at the window listening to their conversation and hears it all. He opens the door before Stacy can ring the bell. Stacy thinks that Mitch just got some hot news. Mrs. Fine Taylor and Tina are in her room, talking. Stacy walks in and says, “Mrs. Fine Taylor, I need a word with you in private.”
Mrs. Fine Taylor says, “Tina, please give me and Mr. Stacy a moment.” Tina walks out of the room, closing the door behind her, but not all the way so she can still hear them.
Stacy says, “Your daughter Sam is dead. She has been murdered.”
Mrs. Fine Taylor falls on her knees crying, saying, “Oh my Sam. I’m so sorry I didn’t come get you.”
Tina comes rushing into the room, saying, “Mother you had another daughter before me? And kept it a secret from me all these years? Why?” Tina starts crying and screaming and runs out of the room.
Stacy walks to the window and looks out at the pool to see where Tina is running to. Stacy can see Tina, angry with the pool boy. She is shouting at him and pushing him. Stacy asks, “How long has that pool boy been working for you?”
Mrs. Fine Taylor says, “Who? Dennis? About a year. He came here after leaving a traveling carnival. He was a knife thrower.”
Stacy says, “I’ll be back. ” Stacy walks to the pool. Tina is standing there crying. Dennis doesn’t see Stacy walk up. Dennis has three knives in his hand. Dennis has been throwing knives at a target. Dennis turns to throw a knife at the target. Stacy takes out the knife Dennis had thrown into the target and says, “You’re missing one, Dennis. Now you have your set back.” Dennis turns to try to stick Stacy with a knife. Stacy punches him in the stomach and in the face and Dennis falls backwards into the pool. Stacy pulls out his Colt and cocks it and says, “Get out, Dennis. The New Orleans police want to see you.”
Mrs. Fine Taylor looks out the window and comes running down. She asks Dennis, “Did you murder my daughter? You bastard!”
Dennis looks at Tina and says, “It was your daughter who had me kill Sam.”
Mrs. Fine Taylor is at a loss for words.
Tina says, “I didn’t know, God. I didn’t know that Sam was my sister. I’m so sorry mother. I thought she was just another woman Charles was sleeping with.”
The two metro homicide detectives come walking to the pool. Stacy asks, “How did you get in?” They say the door was wide open.
Stacy says, “Where’s Mitch?” He runs to the front door and sees the Rolls Royce is gone.
Stacy jumps into his car, knowing Mitch was going after Charles. Stacy drives to Chinatown and, walking toward Charles’ office, he hears a loud noise of breaking glass. Stacy looks up and Charles flies in the air and lands in the middle of the street. Stacy looks up at the window and sees Mitch. Mitch comes out of the office and walks over to Stacy. Mitch says, “There’s no need. I did it.” He decreed it for destroying the Taylors.
Stacy thinks sex, jealousy, fortune can get a man knocked off.
The next morning Stacy is sleeping in his chair behind his desk. Tamika walks in and says, “Stacy, you were gone three days and I was worried about you so I called Tyrone to go look for you and he checked all the hospitals in Southeast.”
Stacy grins and says, “Tamika, make me some coffee.”
The phone rings. Tamika answers, smacking her gum, and says, “Stacy Investigations.”
