Third Time is The Charm

 Early Morning-Philadelphia.

Lee Phillips Apartment..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm Matthew....I gotta get up baby.." whispered Lee...Matthew had spent yet another night over her apartment...He was holding her gently and sleeping very peacefully.. The window was partially up and a nice warm breeze blew across both of them...

"Ohhhhhhhhhh you feel so good..."moaned Matthew as he showered and got dressed.

''So do you...but I gotta get up, it's trial day."said Lee, heading to the shower..

at 12 blocks away at Natalie and my home...

"Ummm come on baby, it's trial day, don't get yourself all worked up for nothing."said Natalie.

"I know you're right, but you're so irresistable." I said continuing to kiss her.

"And you make me feel so desirable, so pretty."laughed Natalie as she dressed..

I smiled.. I was glad I made her feel so good.

Her lipstick smudge on my suit jacket was a badge of honor.

and next door..

The kissing at Brooke and Sean's house continued...

"Ummmmmmmmm Natalie and David should be ready now.." said Brooke.

"I know...but I'm not ready to let you go." said Sean.

"Ummmmmmmmmmm you've got to let me go though sweetums."cooed Brooke.

"They'll be plenty of time for that tonight babes...Come on now...We've got to go." said Brooke.

"Awwwwwww okay."said Sean, sounding like a spoiled child.

We all got on the train, headed to Center City...with our friends ,who wpould be getting off

"Good Luck in court today Karen." said Jazzy.
 

"Yeah and Good Luck to you to Kayla." said Dabnis..

"I know..It's not often I have to go to court now of days...I'm used to going to a building and a conference room or having them come here." said Kayla.

"Same here...butttt you need the practice every now and then."said Ray.

"We just finished a court case." said Jessica.

"Yeah...it'll feel good to relax today."laughed Chip.

"Don't rub it in. You ready guys?"laughed Karen.

"Ready as we'll ever be."laughed Natalie.

"We 're ready Boss Lady." I said.

"Yupper..."said Brooke.

"We are ready." said Sean.

"That's good.. Good Luck to you guys." said Zoey.

"Yeah Good luck....You're going to court too, huh Renee.?" asked Lem.

"I'm second chair on Kayla's trial." said Renee.

"Good Luck Baby girl." said her husband, Tyrell.

"What a day today is." said Paris.

"We'll be in court soon enough." said Tony.

 "Well this is it for you...Your last case as a non-lawyer."said Yvette to Lee.

"I know...I'm going to miss working with you guys so much." said Lee.

"You'll be working right down the street from us at the Women's Law Center...We'll see you."said Keith Jones.

"You can come visit us..and we'll come and visit you."said Bee Bee.

"You have a building pass...You can always come and eat with us."said Sofia.

"And we can't wait until this summer...When we can have those rooftop cookouts like we used to have when we lived in your building." said Kahlil.

"I can't wait." laughed Jade.

"I look forward to it." said Lee.

"We never had one while I lived there....I'll be looking forward to it." said Virginia.

"Me too!" said Jetty.

"It's nice to live so close to you guys now and to ride to work with you." said Nina.

"Yes.." agreed her boyfriend, Carlos.

"This is going to be a good education for you young lady." said Rockland..

"I'm very excited about it." said Lee.

At the courthouse...Lee brought us all coffees..

"Coffees everyone." she said.

She brought coffees for the entire legal team...even John Ivey Jr.

"Thank You Lee." said Karen...

"Lee you're the best." said Brooke.

"Thanks Baby." said Sean.

"Thanks Lee." said Natalie.

"Thanks Lee...I usually grab the coffees for us." I said.

"Thank You Lee."said James Ivey Jr.

Deputy District Attorney Katie Beck walked past us and nodded...

So did Lt. Tragg, shaking his head...At least he didn't give us a speech.

It was trial time!

II-

COURTROOM B-

" "GOOD MORNING!! GOOD MORNING ATTORNEYS AND PERSPECTIVE JURORS! I am Judge Kelly Mercer. I see some familiar faces today....I Welcome to my courtroom.... Due to courtroom crowding of cases, we are going to bypass a preliminary hearing...We know that a crime, a henious crime has been committed so we are going to go straight to trial. I expect some of you are tired of hearing this...but it is what it is..We are trying to wind down our case load. We will have Jury selection today. Trial could begin tomorrow morning if we seat a jury today." said Judge Mercer... "We will start today with introductions." she said.

"Deputy District Attorney Kathryn "Katie" Beck, your honor." said Katie Beck..

"Karen Page-Benz-Lead Attorney for the Defense Your Honor." said Karen.

"John Ivey Jr. -Second Chair for the defense your Honor." said John.

"Mrs. Brooke Marks-Attorney for the Defense."said Brooke.

"Mrs. Natalie Charles for the Defense."said Natalie.

"David Charles, Attorney for the Defense." I said.

"Sean Marks. Attorney for the Defense." said Sean...

Our client sat in a nice new suit, looking comfortable....

Lee sat next to our client....This was the last time she'd appear in a courtroom and not be an attorney she thought to herself..

"Excellent...Now we'll get to Jury selection." said Judge Kelly Ann.. We were fortunate to have a somewhat Liberal and caring Judge. Anything was an improvement over Judge Wilson, now incarcerated..

Another thing...We had young intelligent  aggressive attorneys, not old, not over worked unlike poor Mr. Ivy , ready to rock and roll...

Something Deputy D.A. Katie Beck was quite aware of. She beat John Ivey Sr. twice and under the same judge , Judge John Wilson, now himself incarcerated... She could feel that this time , things were going to be different.

"Alright let's start with Jury Selection." said Judge Kelly Ann.

Katie Beck was good...You didn't get to be Deputy District Attorney without being good.  She knew a thing or two about Jury selection..

but my wife Natalie and her bestie , Brooke were good too and fearless...Not intimidated in the least bit by Katie Beck...They had done research on the jury pool as well and had good questions..

With Lee backing them up on a laptop with additional information and good questions...They eked out a 7-5 split in our favor, the first time anybody had gotten such a win over Katie Beck in court.

This was more than an omen to her that things weren't going to move in her favor this time around.

"EXCELLENT!  We have a jury....Trial will begin promptly tomorrow morning at 10:00 am...Jurors ,Attorneys, be on time and ready for trial...You are dismissed."said Judge Kelly Ann.

"Good Work ladies..."I said..

''We got most of the jurors we wanted..and we have a great judge."said Natalie.

"Any judge would have been better than old James Wilson..."said Brooke.

"You can say that again....At times it felt like there was two prosecutors up there during the trial."said John Stanton.

"My dad was old and tired and sick with the cancer that ultimately killed him when he took on your trial...and two years later when he took on your case a second time on appeal...He was in worse shape...It broke his heart that he lost your case both times...He never got over it and he never took on another case...He retired after that...and two years later...he was gone." said John Ivey Jr.

"Well, we are all young, healthy and ready to go...Fresh eyes...It won't go down the way it did before...I assure you of that." said Karen.

"And we got a new Judge too!  A Good Judge...She's tough but fair...She won't try to kneecap your case like Wilson did." said Sean.

Out in the waiting room, we ran into Kayla and Renee, who also had a trial today.

"What a great day we had today....Our case is over...Judge tossed our client's conviction out...He's a free man...Just like that." said Kayla, smiling.

"Come on back to the Bridge Building...They are having Prime Rib Tonight..."said Renee....

"Let me call Matthew...He'll love that." said Lee.

And At the Bridge Building where most of us worked...

Tonight was a special night...

Prime Rib was being served as the main dish...

Tonight was a special night.. Everybody was here... And those of us who had spouses who didn't work in our building was here tonight too!

"Oh My God!  This is soooo good.." said Jazzy. "The meat falls off the bone." she said.
 

"Damn right...I'm glad everybody could make it out tonight." said Dabnis.

"What a great day today was.." said Kayla.

Her husband Ray put his arms around her waist and squeezed her tight...While they both fed each other their food.

"That's sooo romantic." gushed Jessica , watching them...

Ray put his arms around her waist and squeezed her tight.  She smiled at him.

"I'm glad you joined us honey bunch.."said Karen to her husband, B.L.

"I wouldn't have missed this for the world." laughed B.L.

"Ummmmmmmm This is soooo good.." said Natalie. "The meat falls off the bone." she said.

"Yes it does...my lord.." I exclaimed..  The food was soo good.

"I just love this building...Having my own office...this cafeteria..." gushed Brooke.

"Not to mention a gym and a spa upstairs." said her husband, Sean, who worked down the street, but ate every meal in this building with his wife.

"I'm with you Brooke, this is the best building I've ever worked in." said Zoey.

"Same here." agreed her husband, Lem.

"Oh My god this food is soooo good."said Renee.

"You girls had a great day today...Awesome day, won your case and got treated to this."said her husband, Tyrell.

"I love it here...I don't know why we don't eat in here more often...We have a building pass." said Nina Rios.

"I know and our very best friends work in this building." said Carlos.

"Thank you for inviting me to this...This food is so good." said Matthew Akes.

"It wouldn't have seemed right without you." said Lee. 

 "So glad you could make it down here Gary." said Yvette.

"I think I'm going to eat with you more often." said Gary, smiling.

"Remember when we had to look for places to eat after work sometimes?" said Keith Jones.

"I know.. On a good day, we eat all three meals right here/"said Bee Bee.

"Yeah..we only have to cook on weekends and sometimes not even then."said Bee Bee.

"I'm glad everybody made it down here." said Kahlil.

"I am too!" said Jade.

"Thank you for inviting me sweetie." said her husband, Danny Ho.

"This is so nice.....Everybody eating dinner together...I wish it was like this every night."said Virginia.

"It can be...They keep serving Prime Rib." said Jetty.

 Even Olivia and Beverly and their crew came down..

"Vettie thanks for inviting us...This food is delicious." said Olivia.

"Thought I'd give you guys a night off from cooking." laughed Yvette.

 

"And we appreciate it." said Donnie Ray.

"Oh My God!  This is delish!.." said Beverly. "The meat falls off the bone." she said.
 

"Ummmm Honey Bun you aint never lied." said Nelson.

"It is delish!" said Josie.

"I'm so glad you could come down here and eat with us tonight."said Paris.

"It is good, All of us eating together." said Bresha.

"Yeah, this is a real vibe." said Tony.

"I'll say...We didn't have to cook tonight."said Alfreda.

"Ummmmmmmm this is delicious..I'm glad we all met here." said Rockland.

 

Even Attorney John Ivey Jr. joined us for Dinner tonight...

 

III-

ONE WEEK LATER- COURTROOM B-

The trial of John Stanton for the murder of Mabel Monohan began and got under way......He admitted to being there to breaking into her house and beating her safe... but claimed there was nothing of value in her safe and that he left...He said she wasn't there when he exited....

Deputy District Attorney Katie Beck ran the same playbook she had run in the first two trials and was very good at it... She made the jury think that this man was a two time loser  who cold bloodedly beat Mrs. Monohan to death because he was angry there was no loot or anything of value in her safe.

Karen and John Ivey Jr. argued eloquently that there was just no sense to that....That Mr. Stanton was a theif...that he broke into homes and safes..but never was violent...They showed his criminal record...There was no instance of violence in it...They maintained that he returned his "tools " to his fence and went home..

I located the Fence, who was in prison, serving a two year sentence...Who testified that John Stanton returned his tools and said there was nothing in the woman's house...and left...but he said.. There was another man there that night who overheard the entire thing ...a man with three fingers named ..Chester Dresden...

Natalie and Brooke interviewed the woman from across the street who had testified she'd seen John Stanton leave the home through the front door and she had called Mabel Monohan and told her her home was being robbed....This was after John Stanton had left...She never testified to this in either trial and offered the explanation that "it slipped her mind.."

Sean interviewed two detectives from Robbery-Homicide..

who testified that they found the mysterious second set of fingerprints, belonging to the three fingered man at Mabel Monohan's house that couldn't be identified and later at another home where a woman had been robbed of close to one million dollars worth of jewelry and strangled.  That case was two years old and still not solved.

Sean brought up the fact and they admitted it...That when captured that night...John Stanton had no blood or any DNA evidence from the Monoham slaying on him.

Brooke and Natalie showed a photo of  Chester Dresden... He had only three fingers...He was a known theif and safe cracker.. He had not been seen in three years and was still being saught...He had only been recently identified.

Karen brought in Dr. Goggins.

She explained to the jury how DNA helped them pinpoint who Chester Dresden, the mysterious three fingered man was.

With that Kate Beck and John Ivey Jr.

gave their closing arguments and the case once again went to the jury.

"Deputy D.A. Katie Beck is good, best prosecutor I have gone up against to date...but I think this week....We were better...You all did a good job.  John, I think your father would be proud."said Karen.

"I just hope we win, that's all." said John.

"You did your best..We did our very best...You can't ask for much more."said Brooke.

"We brought things into this case that weren't presented in either of the other two and we had a better jury." said Natalie,

"We had a better judge too..You can't ask for more." I said.

Lee stood quietly....She had learned a lot...She was going to study for the bar next....This was her last trial as an intern...She had graduated from law school and had gotten a masterclass from all of her new friends who were already seasoned attorneys...

"Let's Get out of here....and go home."said Sean.

At home that night...

"The trial is over    You happy?" asked Brooke..

"Kinda...I'm going to miss working with you every day.."said Sean..

"Awwwwwwwww...I'm going to miss working with you too...It was kinda fun."said Brooke.

"Well, we live together ad eat all of our meals together.There is something to be said about that.."laughed Sean...

"Mmmmmmmmmmmm, yes, always something to be said about that!" moaned Brooke as she kissed Sean...

"Yes ....lawd..." said Sean, smiling while looking at Brooke salaciously....

Brooke giggled..She loved that she turned him on so much!

"Oh my goddddd....Your lips are so soft." said Sean,kissing her passionately...

"So are yours..." she said, breathing heavily...as they began kissing.

He slipped her bra and panties off....

and lifted Brooke up ,slowly entering her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! WOUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed as he entered her warm wet center....long stroking her....

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWWD!" he screamed..

And next door at our house...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! WOUUUUUUUUUUU!" Brooke screamed as Sean entered her warm wet center....long stroking her....

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWWD!" he screamed..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed....

We heard them through our wall.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu my goodness...Sean must really be putting it on Brooke...They didn't waste anytime." she laughed...

I put my arms around her and kissed her neck...

"I don't want to waste any time with you....I want to put it inside you...I don't want to waste anymore time either....I want to sooood bad!" I whispered..

"Ummmmmmmmmmm I know you do... You're as hard as a brick" she giggled.....softly rubbing the crotch area of my trousers...

"Goodness Gracias...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu boy, you are ready. Get your clothes off and help me out of mine.." she gasped.

"Ummmmmmmm,I told you..." I said as I undressed...

I helped her out of her dress....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu this dress is so tight, fits you so well... A couple of the bailiffs were checking you out."I said.

"They were not!!" said Natalie, blushing..

"Yes they were." I said.

"You always say that...I never see them."she said.

"You aren't suppose to."I laughed.

I unhooked her bra and slipped her panties down.....

"Oh My God Natalie!" I moaned..

"Would you calm down!" Natalie giggled...

We began kissing passionately....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...ouuuuuuuuu David....ouuuuuuuuuuuuu"she cooed lightly...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm you said you wanted to put it in me....Now here's your chance." Natalie Whispered, as we crashed unto the bed.....

"Ohhhhh thank you baby.." I said as I entered her..She was the wettest and warmest I ever felt...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm give it to me baby!" she exclaimed..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!  UMMMMMMMM NATALIE!" I exclaimed.

Natalie was as soft as a newborn baby, smelled good and was as wet as she could be... I was practically delirious as I always was when I was making love to her... She was simply the best I'd ever had..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEET HUSBAND!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed softly...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" I cried out...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEETIE..." she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I cried out..

WE MADE SWEET LOVE FOR THE NEXT NINE TO TEN HOURS, neither of us being able to stop.

And next door at Brooke and Sean's house..

"OH MY GOD BROOKE....BROOKE...UMMMMMMMMM BROOKE!" he cried out as he entered her warm wet center.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU ? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY?" she screamed.

"YESSSSSSS!!   OH YESSS!" he screamed out...

"David is putting it to Natalie...Do you hear them?"laughed Brooke.

"I'm sure they hear us too!" Sean laughed..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY GOD!!!!! YOU'RE SO DAMN BIG AND HARRD...OUUUUUUUUU CHOCOLATE DADDY!" she screamed.

"AWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD BROOKIE" he screamed.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BOYYYYYYY!" whispered Brooke..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed...

They had been making sweet love for EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

Brooke spread her legs wide and lowered herself on top of him...Still very wet and very warm, Still driving Sean out of his mind..

and riding him for another TWO HOURS until he came again with wild abandon..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRL! BROOKE !" moaned Sean....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM CHOCOLATE DADDDDDY! I gave you a little extra tonight.." she cooed as she drifted off to sleep.

"AWWWWWWWWW LAWWD AND I'M GLAD OF IT!!! OUUUUUUU!" Sean moaned.his leg still shaking.

And back at our house....Natalie and I were still awake and still kissing passionately..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEETIE..THIS WAS SOOOO ENJOYABLE!." she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...NATALIE  BABY!!! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YES IT WASSSS...." I cried out..rubbing her butt and continuing to kiss her...

And at Lee's apartment..There was a familliar knock on the door.

''Well Hello.."said Lee smiling.

"Your trial is over huh?" laughed Matthew..

"It went to the jury....I think we did well enough to get an acquittal." said Lee.

"You know what they say...Third time is the charm.."laughed Matthew.

She put the "do not disturn "sign on her door handle.

and closed the door..She smiled at Matt...

She slid her panties off ...

"Nothing I like better than celebrating with you.." she said.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRRL!" said Matthew ,smiling slyly as he followed her into the bedroom and quickly undressed.

And within minutes they were in her bedroom in the middle of the floor, kissing..

and then in her bed, making love passionately....

He spread her legs and entered her slowly....She was very wet and very aroused...Her head turned from side to side, sweat and tears flowed from her face....her body began to tremble...She had two straight intense orgasms.... She cried like a baby!

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!  WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! LAWDDDDDDDDDDD!" he moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!

Her body trembled and she had a quick almost embarrassing orgasm....

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out!.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned...

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! OHHHHHHHHHH MATTHEW...UMMMMM" she cried out!.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! LEE...OUUUUUUUUU" he moaned..

"OH MY GODDDDDDD!" she yelled out..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEET GIRRRRRRRRRL!" he moaned as the bed squeaked something fierce!

They made sweet, sweet  love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS.

She admired his stamina. He admired hers...She was driving him to near delirium...

a perfect end to a day.

IV-

THE NEXT DAY -COURTROOM B-

"ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE JUDGE KELLY ANN!" said the Bailiff.

"Okay, you can all sit down." said Judge Kelly Ann.

Our client looked hopeful...More Hopeful than he had the entire trial...He was certain that we, his new attorneys, young and aggressive had put on a masterful defense..He was certain he would not be going back to prison ,let alone Death Row after today..

Deputy D.A. Katie Beck recognized that she went up against younger ,more aggressive attorneys who brought in more evidence than the last two trials, but she was certain she could get a third conviction.

John Ivey Jr. wanted a win...Needed a win today badly...His Father's memory all was on riding on this.

Karen looked at her people...

Brooke, who handled herself so brilliantly.,..

Her husband was equally brilliant...

Natalie...Smart as a whip, a brilliant attorney...

and her equally brilliant husband....

and Lee, sweet Lee. who absorbed all of this like a sponge and is going to be a fierce attorney soon...She was happy to have her with us....

"You May be seated...Has the jury reached a decision?" asked Kelly Ann.

"We have your honor."said the Jury Forewoman..She passed the envelope to the Bailiff, who passed it to Judge Kelly Ann.. She read it without any expression on her face and then passed it to the Bailiff.

"Read it." she said softly...

"REPRESENTING THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA...WE THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDENT, JOHN STANTON ON COUNT ONE, MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE! NOT GUILTY!!" said the Baillif.

ON THE SECOND COUNT ,USING AN INSTRUMENT OF CRIME TO COMMIT THIS MURDER, WE FIND HIM NOT GUILTY!

"ON THE THIRD COUNT, BREAKING AND ENTERING FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROBBERY, We find the defendent  GUILTY AS CHARGED!"

"On the charge of Breaking and Entering for the purpose of Robbery...The Defendent has already served five years in prison, so I am dismissing  sentence for time served....Mr. Stanton, You are a free man!" said Judge Kelly Ann.

"Thank You Your Honor....Thank You!" said a very contrite John Stanton.

For the first time , John Stanton showed some emotion....He cried crocodile tears and hugged all of his defense team....

"THANK YOU!! THANK YOU ALL!" he said.   He was a free man for the first time in five years..Tonight he would not be going back to a cell, but a halfway house, where he could come and go as he pleased.

''We did it buddy...You're free.." said a very happy John Ivey Jr. "Thank you Karen, Brooke, Natalie, David ,Sean and you too Lee." said John Ivey...

In the corner, John Ivey Jr. saw his late father, John Ivey Sr..  waving at him and smiling..

He then saw a bright light and his father was gone!

He had gotten his Penitence at last!

"Well you got your Penitence..." said Karen...

"It's always nice to win.." said Brooke.

"It sure is." said Sean.

"It's Thursday....This was right on time." said Natalie.

"Couples Night."laughed Lee.

"Yes and I could go for a cold one.." I said, hugging both my wife Natalie and Lee.

Lt. Tragg stomped his foot...He was livid about this case...

"You Boob!   I thought this case was weak from the door.. No Blood or DNA on him, foreign fingerprints and DNA at the scene...You wouldn't investigate...because the mystery guy wasn't in any database...You never stuck with it....And NOW THEY...The Defense discovered his identity....You Boob...I hope I don't have any other cases involving you." snarled Katie Beck..

"Youi weren't complaining when you won the cases were you?" snarled Lt. Tragg at her...

While they sniped at each other... Lt. Tragg looked around.

We were all gone!!!

EPILOUGE-

Newly freed John Stanton moved to South Jersey , got a job driving a truck and bought a small house.

He lives quietly with no plans to go back to jail.

Richard Ivey Jr. moved to Bayside where he began a small law firm of his own.

The Mysterious Three Fingered Man, Chester Dresden is still being hunted.

Lee Phillips took the Bar exam and passed with flying colors......

We were all there when Judge Jetty Dukes swore her and others in that day...

"You're Official now...You're an Attorney baby!" said her boyfriend, Attorney Matthew Akes, hugging her..and spinning her around...

"OUUUUUUU THANK YOU!   YES I AM!" she squealed with delight. She was now Lee Phillips, Attorney at law!

 

 "I'm so proud of you and happy for you baby girl."said Yvette, hugging her...

"CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG LADY!" said Yvette's husband, Gary.

"CONGRATULATIONS LEE!  WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU!"said Keith Jones.

"No longer an Intern or Para-legal....Now a full fledged Attorney....Wowwww!"said Bee Bee.

"Nice!  You did it girl...You did it! You're an Attorney now....I can't wait to see you try your first case."said Sofia.

"Congratulations Lee.."said Kahlil.

"I'm so happy for you." said Jade.

"Thank you all...I'm so happy to be working down the street from you." said Le..

"Congratulations Lee." said Danny Ho, hugging her..

"I'm So Proud of you...Congratulations.I can't wait to see you try your first case." " said Virginia with tears in her eyes..

"CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG LADY!" said Virginia's husband,Jetty who had sworn her in.

Olivia had tears in her eyes...She grabbed Lee and hugged her, Much like she'd hugged her niece Beverly and her little cousin Kayla when they both passed the bar and got sworn in.

"So Happy for you girl.I can't wait to see you try your first case."said " she said.

It seemed like everybody was saying this today!

 

"CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG LADY!" said her husband, Donnie Ray.

Beverly hugged her...

"Love you girl!" she said.

"Thank you big sister. Love you too!" said Lee, crying profusely...

"You did it...I knew you could...You passed the bar." said Nelson, who along with Dabnis , helped her study for the bar.

"Congratulations Lee Lee." said Josie...

"Congratulations." said her husband, Paris..

"Love you girl." said Bresha, hugging her...

"Congratulations."said her husband, Tony.

"I'm So Proud of you...Congratulations." said Alfreda..

"Congratulations!" said Rockland.

Jazzy was crying profusely...She hugged Lee and kissed her on the cheek..
 

"Congratulations...I knew you were going to pass the bar.. No student of mine has ever failed." said Dabnis.

"Congratulations honey!" said Kayla, hugging Lee..

"Love it ,Love it, Love it...You're officially one of us now." said Ray, hugging her..

"CONGRATULATIONS MAMI!" said Jessica.

"Come here, give me a hug." said Chip.....

"Of course you know how much we love you, don't you?" said Karen..

"And I love all of you guys too!   I'm going to love working down the street from you guys."said Lee.

"CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm going to be doing a story on you soon."laughed B.L.

"He's not kidding...Probably a lot of stories." said Natalie, hugging Lee.

"You're getting so much love today."I laughed, hugging her.

"So proud of you,So happy for you." said Brooke.

"We've taken so many days off from work for you little lady....That means we know you are worth it."said Sean.

"So proud of you,So happy for you." said Zoey.

"CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG LADY!" said her husband, Lem.

Renee hugged her for the longest time... "So HAPPY FOR YOU GIRRRRL!" she said.

"Congratulations Lee."said her husband, Tyrell.

''We already have an office cleared away for you.... You'll be right next door to me." said Nina Rios.

"Welcome to the Women's Law Center." said Carlos...

"Awwwww thank you.." said Lee..

Matthew gave her a long hug....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I'm VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!" he moaned.

"You're happy period....I can feel it.." she said and they both laughed...

"Olivia, Yvette, Karen.....We'll see you tomorrow at Curley's."laughed Lee.

"Okayyyy, enjoy the rest of your afternoon."said Olivia.

"Yes, enjoy yourselves....Youy've earned it." said Yvette.

"See you guys tomorrow night...."said Karen..

Lee and Matthew went back to Lee's apartment....holding hands and smiling at each other...

Lee smiling while observing Matthew's trousers which were standing out like a circus tent. She smiled and shook her head.

She hung the "Do Not Disturb" sign on her door.

FOR DANYL-