VENTURES

Today was a day like most days when we had a case..

In our law library, Beverly, Josie and Bresha were busy studying aspects of this case, Autopsy Reports, Crime Scene Photos and Reports, General Laws and Laws pertaining to this case and Predicates they might use..

"This work is soo tedious , but sooo necessary..." said Beverly, who hated doing research when she first graduated from law school and began working at the Public Defenders Office... Once she entered a courtroom unprepared and was made a fool of..She realized how important it was to be prepared for trial. Her Auntay never had to tell her again. She in turn told this to Josie and Bresha.

"It is tedious...but I love it when we come to court with receipts and the ADA or opposing attorney is surprised or stumped."said Josie.

"Yeah I love it." said Bresha , who never had to be told...She immediately took a liking to doing research.

Next door in the Media Room-

Nelson was holding court, Teaching Attorney Alexa Pratt the art of picking a juror... She had asked to help out on this case as did her boyfriend, Daniel Bristol...and Olivia agreed.

"WOW, I didn't know this was legal....You have the current juror list and you know their level of education, how they vote, their race, sexual preference and economic status...that's incredible how much information you have pulled." said Alexa.

"The magic of this information age." said Nelson with a smile.

Alfreda brought Sandwiches and Coffees for everybody

"Take five kiddies, Lunchtime." said Alfreda.

"YAYYY MOMMY, WHERE IS AUNTAY?" asked Beverly..

"She's in the conference room....I've got her food and coffee." said Alfreda.

"Ummm these sandwiches are the best." said Josie.

"Ummmmmmmm Yes." said Bresha.

"Enjoy Alexa, you've earned it..."said Nelson.

"If you guys have a menu for that sandwich shoppe, see if they deliver...I could see ordering some for us from there one Saturday Afternoon." said Alexa.

Olivia was looking at her laptop...

She was looking up Attorney Jane Laughlin....

"Hmmmmmmmmm, she's two years older than me..." said Olivia.

JANE MARLENE LAUGHLIN-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Mother, School Teacher, Father , an Auditor at Almagamated Securities

Graduated , Philadelphia High School for Girls

B.A. Administration of Justice, Pre-Law, Trial Advocacy -Temple University..

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Passed the Bar, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Louisiana, Texas, California

Speaks French and Spanish Fluently...

Clerked for Judge Carter Baum

Was an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia PA.

Attorney at the State Of Pennsylvania Public Integrity Section

Assistant U.S. Attorney ,Southeastern District of Pennsylvania.

Resigned after Father's Suicide in 2020.

2021 ,went to work as General Counsel for Almagamated Securities...

Resigned from Almagamated Securities a month ago.

Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, Terminal.

"WOWW!" said Olivia , reading Jane's Bio.

''She is something ,isn't she?" said Laney Talley.

"She's been like a guardian angel to you." said Olivia.

"She sure has and I didn't even know her that well." said Laney Talley

"Time to eat baby!" said Alfreda.

Passing her and Laney coffees and hot sandwiches..

"Thank you Alfreda...Ummmmmm this sandwich is sooo good." said Laney.

"Ummmmmm thank you Freda....Did you take care of the others?" asked Olivia.

"All taken care of." said Alfreda with a smile.

II-

I was used to having Shortcake (Beverly) with me when I did my investigations, but this time I had Daniel Bristol with me...

He was good company...Intelligent and genial. We were back at Amalgamated Securities Inc.

We backtracked...We interviewed the 26 people working under the late Marsha Spaeth, who had chosen to transfer to other departments... None of them had anything good to say about her...They damn near celebrated when they heard she had been shot to death, but everyone of them had an iron clad alibi..

We interviewed the 15 people who had replaced the people who had resigned.. They had a little bit of a better opinion of her and also rock solid alibis.

We then interviewed 15 of the 30 people in Human Resources who had lost their jobs in the purge, They hated and feared Marsha Spaeth, and were genuinely glad she was dead, but none of them killed her.

We visited the crime scene....The office where the actual murder took place...I didn't have the shells, but I could tell by the holes in the chair and the wall that she was shot with a silencer...And since no one who was in the building at the time heard a thing...My guess was that the killer used a silencer.

"I don't get it...She got canned...She lost in court...Why would someone have to kill her?" asked Daniel.

"This was a crime of opportunity and I have a feeling this had nothing to do with the other stuff...The Lawsuit or the Purge....No this was a deep seated score that somebody wanted to settle and they picked the best opportunity to do it...before she got out of here..." I said.

"Then there is somebody else that had an axe to grind...Somebody we missed." said Daniel.

"You're correct...but who? We are missing something...I just don't know what or who...Come on, let's go home..." I said.

That night at Dinner... We had our usual crowd and a few guests, Alexa Pratt, her boyfriend and Olivia and Beverly's "Play cousin" Daniel Bristol and our client, Laney Talley.

" Alexa , thank both you and Danny for helping us out with this trial...The More the merrier I always say." said Olivia.

"I'm only too happy to be able to help out." said Alexa.

"You know I don't mind being of help Aunt Olivia...Especially since you feed us." laughed Daniel.

We all laughed.

"I hear that!" said Laney Talley.

''Awwwww you guys know I love company." said Olivia.

"We did as thorough an investigation as we could today but came up with zero..zilch..Like I told Danny..

This was a crime of opportunity and I have a feeling this had nothing to do with the other stuff...The Lawsuit or the Purge....No this was a deep seated score that somebody else wanted to settle and they picked the best opportunity to do it...before she got out of there... " I said.

"She was widely hated, there was almost 100 people who had motives." said Beverly...

"But they all had alibis...rock solid alibis..." said Nelson.

"Like you said Donnie Ray, she did something really bad to somebody else...Somebody we've overlooked ." said Josie.

"I love it when my baby gets all analytical."joked her husband, Paris.

Bresha laughed...

So did her husband, Tony...

"I know you'll get to the bottom of it Tall, Dark and Southern." said Alfreda.

"Just remember, your job is to prove that Laney here didn't do it...You don't have to solve it." said Rockland.

Olivia smiled... "He's right you know." she said.

"Here is what we do know... The murder occurred while Laney was in the building..." I said.

"I returned my passcode key and my ID badge to Mr. Whitten, He can testify to that and then we left together. If you look at the street cam footage, It shows me getting into my car, which was parked outside in the no park zone... I got a ticket and he went to his car in the garage across the street...I was there all of 15 minutes...Somebody else was in the building on that floor at the same time...But nobody saw who, and nobody heard any gunshots....Strange." said Laney.

"She must have known her killer, because she let her in her office and there was no screaming or loud argument.. She apparently was taken by surprise." said Beverly.

"It's a mystery !" said Alfreda with a smile as we continued eating dinner.

III-

Later that night after everyone had gone home...

Olivia and I retreated to our bedroom..

"I don't want to discuss work tonight Donnie Ray....We are working on this case hard and we'll find a way, we always do.." said Olivia.

"I know we will.." I said as I took her in my arms and kissed her.

"OUUUUUUU OLIVIA, your lips are butter soft..." I said..

"You've always said that.." she giggled..

"It's true, ever since the first time I kissed you....I was entranced..."I said..

"You knew you wanted to screw me right?" she laughed.

"Yes!" I admitted....

"Same here...Ever since I kissed you , I wanted you to." she said.

I slipped her panties down and off slowly..

"Ouuuuuuuuu something new....I LIKE THESE!" I said.

"I don't believe I have any panties you don't like. Bridget said you'd go wild for these." she giggled...

"Remind me to buy Bridget a nice port for Christmas." I said.

"You are sooo silly." said Olivia.

"I'm serious." I said, laughing.

"I know you are." she said.

We fell upon the bed....without turning the sheets back....making sweet love..

Olivia was so soft...so wet...and just so intriguing in the bed....I was losing my mind...

"UMMMMMMMMMMM"

I MOANED AS I ENTERED HER MISSIONARY STYLE ON THE BED..She was so soft, so incredibly wet....and smelled like a newborn baby.....I was delirious..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWWWWWWWD!

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..

Olivia wrapped her legs around my waist.....

I was going to town...

"OUUUUUUUUUUU GIVE IT TO ME!! GIVE IT TO ME!" she moaned...

"ENJOYING YOUR NIGHT DONNIE RAY...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she yelled out...

"I AMMMMM!" I roared.

"SO AM I!" she said.... "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she yelled out...

Our bed was really getting a workout.........

She wrapped her legs around my waist and wrapped her arms around my neck as I plunged deeper into her..

Her body began to tremble something fierce and there was a look of almost fear in her pretty brown eyes as her head jerked from side to side and tears streamed down the side of her face...She was having an intense orgasm.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DONNIE RAY!!!" moaned Olivia..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" I moaned

I lifted her up...She was so soft, so wet...I was nearly delirious....

I lifted her up and entered her slowly...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" I moaned..

"I love to hear you moan.." she whispered in my ear.. "Ouuuuuuu let me ride this horse of yours...ouuuuuuuuuuuu YOU'VE GOT A HORSE...WOUUUUUUUUUUU LAWD!" she moaned...

We wound up back on the bed......making sweet love..

Olivia was so soft...so wet...and just so intriguing in the bed....I was losing my mind...

"UMMMMMMMMMMM"

I MOANED AS I ENTERED HER MISSIONARY STYLE ON THE BED AGAIN..She was so soft, so incredibly wet....and smelled like a newborn baby.....I was delirious..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWWWWWWWD!

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..

"UMMMMM I'm enjoying this moment!" I moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU MEOWWWWWWWWW!" she cooed...

For the next NINE TO TEN HOURS....Olivia and I were in total bliss.

"Ouuu I think I'm going to buy more floral thongs!" she joked...

I just smiled.

We rested peacefully under a nice harvest moon after we were finished....Olivia even snored a little bit....I wrapped my arms around her and held her tightly until I myself fell asleep.

Downstairs...at Beverly and Nelson's place...

Beverly was in the bathroom,

She had just showered and was brushing her teeth....

Nelson came up behind her and hugged her and kissed her on the cheek...

"Ummmmmmmmmmm what is that? Or Are you just happy to see me?" she giggled as he squeezed her tight..

"I just love my honey bun..." said Nelson, continuing to kiss her neck and her cheeks..

"I love you too...with your big ole hard self." she said reaching behind her and softly caressing his engorged penis..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BOY DO I LOVE ME SOME YOU!" she said...

"AWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" moaned Nelson...

Nelson reached under her night shirt and slipped her panties down..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NICE!" he said....

"YESSSSSSS!" moaned Nelson as they began kissing...

"WOUUUUUUUUUU...I LOVE ME SOME YOU!" she said...

He lifted her up and entered her warm wet center slowly...

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Beverly moaned gleefully.. Her legs shaking furiously...

Beverly eased herself down on Nelson once they got to the bedroom and began to ride him slowly...

He liked this because he got to gaze into her eyes as she moved up and down on him slowly....

Beverly in turn came closer to orgasm...as her body trembled and tears just flowed down the side of her face...

She really began to ride him, her arms around his neck and her lips practically glued to his...

both of them enjoying themselves immensely..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH .....UMMMMMM HUSBAND!!" she moaned.

"BEVERLY! BEVERLY...YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!" he moaned.

They sat on the side of the bed while Beverly passionately kissed him and rode him up and down, driving them both to levels of delirium...

"OHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! I DIDN'T WANT TO LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT!" she cried out, crying like a baby, her head moving from side to side....her body trembling...while she continued to kiss him slowly and softly....

"BEVERLY, BEVERLY CHERYL, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!" he screamed out!!! OUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUU YOU CALLING ME BY MY GOVERNMENT NAME NOW!!! IT MUST BE GOOD TO YA!" she howled..as he parted her legs and entered her missionary style on the bed....

"OH IT IS!! IT IS! "BEVERLY, BEVERLY CHERYL, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" he moaned .....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! YOU'RE GOOD TO ME!" she moaned, her body trembling....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BEVERLY!!!" moaned Nelson...

"NELSON I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!" she cried out.....

"I LOVE YOU TOOOOO! UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" moaned Beverly...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!" moaned Nelson..

For the next NINE TO TEN HOURS....Beverly and Nelson were in total bliss, their bed getting a nice workout!!!!

Finally resting peacefully, with Beverly ,sleeping like a baby on top of her husband....Both of them snoring loudly....

IV-

FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER- THE NEXT MORNING!

In her hospital room, Attorney Jane Laughlin was resting..

She looked up and smiled when she saw her visitors.

"Ohhhhhh hello!" she said.

"Hi Jane....We thought we'd visit you today...Hope you're comfortable." said Olivia.

"I'm as comfortable as a dying woman can be." said Jane.

"Don't talk like that...Think Positive... I wanted to introduce you to two additional attorneys who will be working with us on Laney's case.. My "Nephew." Attorney Daniel Bristol.." said Olivia.

''Hello pleased to meet you." said Danny.

''And Attorney Alexa Pratt. We borrowed her from McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt." said Olivia.

"Hello, pleased to meet you." said Alexa.

"Ouuuuuu, Okay, you're throwing everything but the kitchen sink into this case huh? I like that." said Jane.

"We've got the best young minds available on this case...We intend to win." I said.

"Hi Jane...I brought you some tea from the cafeteria." said Laney.

Passing her the Orange Organic Tea.

"Well thank you...How are you Beverly?" asked Jane..

"I'm doing just fine...." said Beverly smiling.

"Are you comfortable?" asked Nelson with concern..

"Oh yeah, you see all these nice pillows I got here in this bed...and I'm high as hell off this morphine most of the day....I'm comfortable.

Josie was speechless...She had watched her mother die of cancer years before she met us....This reminded her of that.

Bresha was silent also..She was reminded of her aunt...The Crusading Attorney who was murdered by a rogue cop, now in prison...She didn't like watching Jane Laughlin lying on what could be her death bed.

Alfreda took a more positive approach...