VENTURES

MONDAY MORNING- THE BRIDGE BUILDING

WRONGFUL CONVICTION- CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT CONFERENCE ROOM-

Natalie walked into our conference room with a letter..

"I see you got one too, from Dolly Madison Correctional Institution for Women." she said to Brooke.

"Yeah it concerns Darlene Betts." said Brooke.

"Darlene Betts......Darlene Betts....Yeah, I remember her. didn't she cut this girl's head completely off?

She thought the girl was trying to steal her boyfriend from her." I said.

"OH MY GOD!!!" said Karen Page-Benz, our supervisor....

"Brooke and I tried her for murder......Her Boyfriend called the victim and lured her to the spot where she was murdered and then helped her hide the body, which was found a week later... The head of her victim was in her dorm room..." said Natalie..

"Damn ...Gruesome." I said.

"Her Boyfriend cut a deal...He confessed to his part in it and took a plea...He got Life with the Possibility of Parole... That was 7 years ago...He was paroled last year." said Brooke.

"We told Darlene to spare the city a big trial, to take a plea deal...She'd get Life , No parole... She had a slick talking lawyer, who talked her into going to trial. He told her no jury will convict or send a "poor little disturbed white girl like you to death" said Natalie.

"We tried her and got a conviction....She had a very strict Judge who sentenced her to Death.....She remains the only person, Natalie and I ever prosecuted who got the Death Penalty."said Brooke.

"We felt bad about that! Real Bad." said Natalie.

"SHE CUT SOMEBODY'S HEAD OFF AND HAD IT DISPLAYED IN HER ROOM....SHE PUT HERSELF ON DEATH ROW! YOU TWO HAVE NOTHING TO FEEL BAD ABOUT!" said Karen.

"She's scheduled to be executed next week....She wants Brooke and I to come and witness her execution." said Natalie.

"WOWWW! I GUESS NO HARD FEELINGS!" I said.

"I guess not." said Brooke.

"So you girls going? You've already been to one execution." said Karen..

"Not my favorite activity...but I don't know...I'll go if you go bestie."said Brooke.

"Nobody should have to die alone... Her Father raped her from the time she was 14 until she was 18... He's in prison for sexually assaulting another woman... and her mother disowned her."said Natalie.

"Can you blame her?" said Karen.

II-

Upstairs in Yvette Jones-Lockwood's office.

"Mail for you Virginia..." said Yvette... "It's from Dolly Madison Correctional Institution for Women., you guys having a reunion or something?" joked Yvette.

"That was my home for seven years Vettie as you know... I haven't been back since I got paroled...This letter is from an inmate named Darlene Betts...You may have heard of her... She was convicted of a horrific murder...She decapitated this girl's head from her body..She thought the girl was trying to steal her boyfriend." said Virginia.

"Damnnnnn!" said Yvette.

"I knew her while I was incarcerated.... I helped her study for her G.E.D. She was so happy when she passed..."said Virginia.

''She was on Death Row wasn't she?" asked Yvette.

"Yeah, she was sorry she never graduated from High School.. She was in the job corps...She met a guy...This guy totally turned her out sexually...She was obsessed with him....She got word that he was sleeping with another girl...She put a knife to his throat and made him call her and lure the girl to a secluded area where she slit the girl's throat and then cut her head off.. She kept her head as some kind of souvenir. The police found it in her room...She still had the girl's blood on her clothing." said Virginia.

"She sounds like a scary person.." said Yvette.

"She was...The other inmates were afraid of her....I tutored her ,like I had so many other girls...She knew that I had been an attorney and she wanted me to help her get her G.E.D....I did and shortly after she passed. I got paroled. She got in trouble a year later for trying to choke another inmate, who she felt was trying to take a male guard's attention from her who she had been attracted to and who had apparently been attracted to her. ...She went on trial and in addition to her death sentence, she was given an additional 25 years for assault with intent to kill and isolated...I believe she is the only female inmate on Death Row... That was a few months after I was paroled. I never saw her again...She is supposed to be executed next week...She wants me to attend." said Virginia.

"Oh My God....You're not going are you?" asked Yvette.

"I don't know...I've never been to an execution...It is something to think about." said Virginia. "You know...Her boyfriend, who helped lure the girl to the wooded area was convicted of Conspiracy and accessory after the fact...He cut a deal..He testified against her and he got Life with possibility of parole.

He was paroled and released last year...He's got a job. She had a slick lawyer who told her there was no way a poor white girl would be sentenced to Death in Pennsylvania....They were wrong...Rather than plead out and get Life no parole....She and her lawyer went to trial and lost...and got sentenced to death." said Virginia.

"We were the two ADA's who tried her and got the conviction." said Natalie, who had just entered the suite with Brooke.

"We didn't recommend the Death Penalty..We asked for Life No Parole, but the Judge thought different.. He gave her the Death Penalty." said Brooke.

"So you got a letter too huh? I didn't know you two had prosecuted her." said Virginia.

"We didn't know you knew her...but then again...You were incarcerated with her."said Natalie.

"Yes , I was..." sighed Virginia.

That Night After work..... Natalie and Brooke went to the laundromat at the corner of our block.

"Girl, I'm glad this laundromat is here....I had a load of laundry to do and I wouldn't have been able to wait until laundry day..." said Natalie.

She opened her laundry bag and began loading the washing machines...

"I know....I love that this laundromat is in the neighborhood now." said Brooke , who began to unload her laundry bag...

Sean and I walked into the laundromat....We had coffees and pastries for everyone.

"Hey Look who we ran into..." said Sean...

"Hi Guys..." said Lee Akes , who was also doing laundry tonight...

"Look what I brought." said Matthew who brought more coffees and Pastries for everybody....

"We got there just before the Coffee Shop closed tonight." said Matthew.

"Our neighborhood is doing laundry tonight.." said Brooke.

"Any other Monday or Tuesday night we'd be headed towards Aqua Bar or Josie's.." said Natalie.

"Can't Party every night."laughed Lee...

We spent the next few hours in the Laundromat.

After that we retreated to our homes..

I helped Natalie put her things away...

"See anything you like?" joked Natalie.

"I like it all." I laughed as I folded things and put them away, including my own clothing....

"I think you've seen me in all of these...."laughed Natalie.

"Ummmmm yes ,I have.....So.....you going to that girl's execution?" I askedmomentarily changing the subject....

"Yeah...Me and Brooke and Virginia are going..I want you to go with me..." said Natalie.

"Of course I will.." I said.

"AWWWWWW THANK YOUUUUU!" said Natalie.

She gave me a kiss...

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" I moaned myself...

"OUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRRRL! SO WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TONIGHT?" I said as our kissing got hotter..

"MMMMMMMMMM DAVID! YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE!" she whispered....

We walked toward the bedroom...

We undressed each other as we continued kissing..

I loved kissing her....She seemed to love kissing me too!

I unsnapped her bra... It dropped to the floor...

I slowly slipped her panties down....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMM!" I moaned..

Natalie giggled....

"YOU LIKE THIS SET?" she asked.

"YESSSSSSS!" I moaned.

"YOU'RE SO SILLY!" she laughed.

.I laid her on the bed and parted her legs....She was so wet and so warm and smelled so good that I was delirious...

I couldn't get enough of Natalie and she couldn't get enough of me...

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

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" I cried out...

"SWEET HUSBAND!!! " she cried out...."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

We were really going at each other...Natalie had her arms wrapped around my neck and her legs wide open and wrapped around my back...

She was having an intense orgasm! She wasn't speaking but she was smiling broadly....and her body was trembling....

"Is it good to you? Is it good to you baby?" she whispered..

"YES...YES!" I cried out..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU, UMMMMMMMMMM! I'M GlADDD! OUUUUUUUUUUUU! It'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEE...WOUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW MYYYYYY DAMNNN!" I moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMM ZADDDDY!" she moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....DAVID.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"Natalie finally moaned loudly.....She was having another intense orgasm!!!!

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NATALIE....YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!" I cried out..

"YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY HUSBAND!! OUUUUUUUUUU OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY SWEET MANNNNN" she said...."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned. Her body trembled and her head turned from side to side...Tears streamed down the side of her face...

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

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" I cried out...

"MY SWEET MANNNNN" she said...."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned. Her body trembled and her head turned from side to side...Tears streamed down the side of her face...

We made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

Ending our night with Natalie lying on top of me, breathing heavily.....

"Look at you...Big smile on your face.." she said..

I continued to smile as she lay her head on my chest....I wrapped my arms around her back...

She snuggled in the crook of my arms...

"I'm glad I make you happy." she whispered and smiled at me....

"I'm glad you do too! Give me a kiss baby" I whispered as we both dozed off.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" moaned Natalie, kissing me..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" I moaned.

"Let's Go to sleep.." said Natalie, softly sleeping on top of me...

Next Door at Brooke and Sean's house..

''Would you come with me to the execution in a few days?" she asked her husband, Sean.

"Of course I will....I'd follow you to the moon and back." said Sean..

"You're just saying that because you want to get in my panties."laughed Brooke.

"I'm saying that because I love you.." said Sean...

"I know you do and you want to get in my panties too!..."laughed Brooke.

"Both are true." said Sean as Brooke lay on top of him and kissed him passionately...

He slipped her panties down...

He spread her legs and entered her slowly....She was wet and warm and smelled good...He was delirious...

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

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

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU! Oh My God Sean, you are so hard....ouuuuuuu and so big! Ummmmmm" moaned Brooke.." she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!

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

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.LAWWWWWWWWWWD BROOKE, MY SWEET VANILLA!!!" he moaned.

The bed squeaked loudly and the headboard rattled....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! CHOCOLATE DADDY!!!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HUSBAND! OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"he moaned loudly...

They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

"Chocolate Daddy ,I'm about to cummm....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"

"OHHHHHHHHHHH BROOKIE...SO AM I....AWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he yelled out.

Brooke rested on Sean's chest, breathing heavily .

"So you're going with me?" she asked.

"I told you I was..." said Sean....

"I put it on you good ,didn't I Zaddy?" she asked, smiling..

"You surely did."laughed Sean.

Sean smiled as he held Brooke and softly rubbed her butt....

III-

THE NEXT DAY!

We were having breakfast the next morning in our building..

"Well the day after tomorrow we head to Muncy." said Natalie.

"Yeah...." said Brooke.

"I don't envy you...I hated going to women's prison when I was an ADA..."said Jazzy.

"I never got to go to one..." laughed her husband, Dabnis....

"I've never been to one... My cousins ,Olivia and Beverly are always at Jails and Prisons...They're used to it." said Kayla.

"It's amazing she would ask you to come to her execution....You guys sent her up."said Ray.

" We tried her and got a conviction.." said Natalie.

"We didn't ask for the death penalty...In fact because of her age at the time, 18..we asked for leniency..

Life with the possibility of parole.....The Judge sentenced her to Death.."said Brooke.

"It's okay! Her Boyfriend cut a deal and got Life with the possibility of parole...Did 7 years and was paroled last year." said Jessica.

"He was charged with Accessory after the fact and conspiracy...Not the same as the horrific murder." said Chip.

"It was a Horrific crime...She slit the girl's throat and then beheaded her.." said Karen.

"It was horrific...Even for an 18 year old... But she had a bad home life...She was raped by her step father, she was a runaway...She was in the job corps to try and straighten her life out." said Natalie..

"But she was still guilty...." I said.

"Yes she was...and we offered her a deal.. A deal that would have given her life ,no parole...

She had a slick lawyer who convinced her to go to trial...He had the audacity to tell her that he could get her off with a "Diminished Capacity" defense...

"Brooke and I told her not to take the deal...That no jury would have any mercy on her after what she did." said Natalie.

"I pleaded with her....Take the deal..At least you'll live..but she wouldn't listen,....and even though after the trial, Natalie and I asked the Judge for Leniency....He gave her the Death Penalty instead." said Brooke.

"Not your fault...She got what she deserved...I wonder if her slick lawyer is going to be at execution." said Sean.

"Who knows? But this isn't a party...This isn't an event...This is an execution for God's sake!"said Zoey.

"She's right...This girl seems to be turning this into some kind of event." said Lem.

"Is the media going to be there?" asked Renee.

"They're always at an execution." said Tyrell.

"Yeah, it's news worthy..." said Paris.

"If the girl has no family....I suppose she would want somebody there..." said Tony.

"Even if it's the Two ADA's who sent her up." said Lee.

"Guess it's no hard feelings." said Matthew.

"I guess not." said Nina.

Carlos shook his head as he ate his food.

"Well Virginia... Good luck on your trip...Is Jetty going?" asked Yvette.

"No. He's in court that day..." said Virginia.

"Bummer...Well you won't be alone."said Keith Jones.

"Yeah, Natalie and David and Brooke and Sean will be with you.

"You'll have some company!" said Sofia.

"Yeah, it's better than going up there alone." said Kahlil.

"For Sure." said Jade.

"Bring a deck of cards...We can play." said Natalie.

"Yeah that will help us while the time away the night before in the hotel." said Brooke.

"I suppose you're right." said Virginia.

Her husband Jetty just stared at her and smiled.

IV-

Later on that Day, Near Quitting time..

"Ladies, I have some good news...I got an email from Muncy ...We do not have to travel there, day after tomorrow." said Virginia.

"WHATTTTTTTTT?" said Brooke..

"They called the execution off?" asked Natalie.

"No....but they are not going to hold it at Greene Correctional Center...They are going to hold it at Phoenixville, Near here...The State's newest Death Row..."said Virginia.

"Oh wowwww!" said Karen.

"You say that like it's a good thing."joked Sean.

"Yeah." I said.

"Well we don't have to ride upstate to Muncy...We can stay home...They are transferring her to Valhalla Women's Correctional Center, where she will be held in isolation...Then she will be transferred to Phoenixville where the execution will take place.. We can stay at home.." said Virginia.