Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Down But Not Out

 

 
KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA. 

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

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

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware ,New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans



BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

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

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia




YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice -Lasalle University

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware , New York, Texas, California.

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood



THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CORADO STALL...

Corado Stall was busy studying our dossiers.... He was impressed by us..

"All PENN LAW SCHOOL GRADS AS WAS I....WOW!   " he said.


We were still in the diner in Bayside...awaiting the arraignment...


Yvette was looking at her laptop, studying him-

CORADO STALL Jr.-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

His Mother ,Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Juanita Stall.(Deceased)

His Father ,Litigation Attorney Corado Stall Senior.

Graduated from St. Joseph Prep.

BA.- Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law-University of Pennsylvania

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Passed the bar in Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Deleware//New York/CT./ MA. /California.

Married Attorney Abigail Lewis, heiress to the Lewis fortune...who he met while attending University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Clerked for his mother, Then Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, Juanita Stall ( Deceased)

Joined Wickersham, Williams and Petit as an Associate Attorney

Moved to Bayside.  became an Assistant District Attorney

Now Deputy District Attorney.Bayside,Pennsylvania


"He graduated from Penn Law School, a year before I got there...Wowww!"exclaimed Yvette.


"It's court time Ms. Yvette!" said Kahlil.

"Okay boys and girls...it's showtime." said Ms. Yvette.


We walked a few blocks to the courthouse- It was indeed showtime!



II-


COURTROOM C-

We had a Black Judge....None of us, having not practiced in Bayside knew who he was...We hoped he'd be fair..

"Good Morning, Good Morning ..I am the honorable Judge Malcolm Fortune..." He said.


Sylvia Lively spoke first-

"Your honor...the defendent, Curtis Sellers brutally raped and murdered Mrs. Abby Stall, the beloved wife of our Deputy District Attorney...We feel that he is a depraved and dangerous individual and should be held without bail." she said. 

 Yvette argued that our client, had no previous arrest record and no prior history of violence...He had been gainfully employed as the personal assistant to Attorney and Judge Abigail Lewis Stall for five years...

Curtis Sellers at by Yvette stoically.

I presented five charactor witnesses...
Beatrice presented her five charactor witnesses...
Sofia presented her five charactor witnesses..
and Kahlil presented his five charactor witnesses..

All twenty of our witnesses testified to our client's stellar personality and general earnestness...
Jade sat quietly....



The Judge was impressed by our oral arguments....but he ruled that Curtis Sellers be released on one million dollars!


One Million Dollars...We didn't have anything even close to a third of what he was asking..


Sylvia smiled snarkily...She had won by default...She wanted him held without bail.. He got bail, but it was so high that we couldn't raise it... The Result....Curtis Sellers remained in prison. 

We were all very disappointed!

 "I'm sorry Curtis...We don't have that kind of money....We thought we'd get you off."said Yvette.

"I'm not blaming you Yvette...You guys did the best you could....It's the system..."said Curtis Sellers..

"If we had been in Philly we would have gotten you out."I said.
"We have something called Night Court where the ADA and the Prosecutor that appear aren't the ones that will be hearing your case."explained Bee Bee.
"And we usually have a Judge that rules in our favor."said Sofia.
"And we have an almost 100 percent sucess rate."said Kahlil.

"I believe you good brother...but that doesn't help me here in Bayside...No disrespect." said Curtis.

Jade looked at him understandably..

"I know how you feel Curtis ,but don't give up...We aren't done yet..." said Yvette.


That afternoon in the diner , we had dinner before we got ready to head home... Ms. Yvette talked to us.



We had good comfort food... Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes and Green Peas and Hot Biscuits and Gravy and steaming hot cups of coffee...


 

 "Look I know you all feel bad, but It's not like I didn't prepare you guys for this..We are not going to win every battle...You all got so used to winning...so look...We lost this battle, but we haven't and we are not going to lose the war...We are going home and regroup....Maybe I can get his bail reduced... There will be a bond hearing in a few days...I'll be meeting with the judge...What we are going to do is...We go to work like we usually do...." said Ms. Yvette.

"Okay...Kahlil and I will tap into the Bayside Jury pool, find out what kind of jurors we are looking at."I said.
"Sofia and I will do our usual research." said Bee Bee.
"Yeah, Predicates, Like Cases, Laws pertaining to this case, the works."said Sofia.
"Yeah, we'll come to court with receipts ,like we usually do."said Kahlil.
''And I'll keep digging...Tomorrow I'm going to the morgue and to the crime scene.." said Jade.

"Good..We are down...but we aint out.." said Yvette, smiling.
Somehow when when she talked to us softly like this, it made the whole world seem alright!

III-

We all were home after a long work day and a night in Night Court.


After we all got home that night..We were all settled down with our significant others.. What better way to end a long work day like we had  than to be making love.?
Bee Bee was wearing another sheer see through Baby doll.....She had just taken a hot shower and walked into our bedroom..

My eyes popped out of my head..She had on a new bra and matching panties that I hadn't seen before and she smelled heavenly..

She giggled..

"You've been pawing all over me all day..Even in court.....We have a big case....to take your mind off sex so much Hot stuff...WOW!!! That boner is massive." she said and put her hands over her mouth..

"I'm gonna start watching you when you get dressed in the morning."I said.
I pulled her towards me...Is this something you bought at Bridget's store the other day?" I asked.

"Yes, the bra, the panties and the baby doll...I knew you'd like it." she giggled..as we kissed.

"I like everything on you.." I said.

"Awwwwwwwwwwww" she giggled.

I undressed and  unhooked her bra  and slipped her panties down and off  and took her into my arms and kissed her softly....

Who could ask for anything more?




"Ohhhhh my godddd, Bee Bee..."I moaned...


"Ummmmmm, ouuuuuuuuuuuu you are so hard....Ouuuuuu, look at youuuu!" she exclaimed as she stroked me lightly...




We lie across the bed, kissing and practically slobbering over each other....


"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Bee Bee..." I moaned..

"OH MY GODDDDD YOU'RE SO BIGGG!. SO DAMN HARD HOT STUFF! OUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..



"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HOT STUFFF!" she cried out....

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YOU FEEL SO DAMN GOOD!" I cried out...



Soon we were making love passionately on top of the bed..

The next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS, all we were thinking about was each other..

The same was next door at Kahlil and Sofia's house..



Sofia and Kahlil were lying across the bed..


Kissing ,fondling and laughing..

He unhooked her bra and  slipped her panties down and off...


"OHHHHHHHH MAMASITA!!!" he moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI...AYE MIOS DIOS! You are sooo damn hard! OUUUUU! AND BIG! AYE MIOS DIOS" Sofia moaned  as she rode him on the side of the bed until neither one of them could take anymore...





"You've always gotten me hard mamasita." said Kahlil.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I'M SO  GLAD!!!!" she cooed.

"OUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI, UMMMMMMMMMM PUT IT IN...!" she cried out..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAMASITAAAAA!" he moaned..

Sofia wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist...Kahlil was delirious, he didn't know if he was coming or going...

Neither did Sofia.

"OUUUUUUUUUU PAPI ,I LOVE YOU SO DAMN MUCH!" she said.


"I LOVE YOU TOO SOFIA, I LOVE YOU TOO!...I HAVE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL!" he confessed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she said..  It wasn't long...


before they too were making sweet love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!


At Ms. Yvette and Gary's house

"Vettie I just can't get over you.."sighed Gary ,staring at his sexy wife..
"Gary please, just slip my panties down...I don't want to talk...I just want you inside me...ouuuuuuuu after the day I've had..."whispered Yvette, both of her legs shaking like crazy  and sweating with desire.


"Your wish is my command." he whispered softly..Kissing her and slipping her panties down..

''Awwwwwwww Vettie girl, you're just trying to make me lose my mind." he said, eying her thong and nearly salivating...


"I saw how much you liked my other one...So I bought another one." laughed Yvette.


"AWWWWWWWWW MY GOD!!! YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!" said  Gary., sliding it down....



"OUUUUUUUUUUU YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!" she cooed as she straddled him..


"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!" he moaned....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GARYYYY!!! YOU ARE SO DAMN BIG!  UMMMMMMMM! AND HARD AS HELL...OUUUUUUU!!!" she moaned as she rode him softly and slowly like a surfer rides the waves and felt her whole body trembling...her head turning from side to side...and her arms flailing......


He flipped her over and slid into her warm and wet center...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU VETTIE GIRRRRRRRRL" he moaned.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GARRRRRRY!" she cried out..

Her head turning from side to side,tears and sweat just flowing like a river down the side of her face and her entire body trembling...She was having an amazingly quick orgasm....


"UMMMMMMMMMMMMM HUSBAND, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?" she asked.

"TRYING TO SCREW YOUR DAMN BRAINS OUT!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE DOING A DAMN GOOD JOB OF THAT!!! OHHHH MY GOD GARYYYY!!" she moaned..

She was having an insane second orgasm...

They were really enjoying  their massive  smart bed.. 

Yvette smiled..

The bed was sturdy and very very comfortable...It moved with their every move and was very comfortable and warm..It actually enhanced their lovemaking..


EIGHT TO NINE HOURS had passed by.




 Bee Bee and I were fast asleep in each others arms..


Sofia and Kahlil were in each others arms and still kissing, almost asleep.


And Gary and Ms. Yvette were now sound asleep..With her resting soundly on top of him...



A nice stress buster for a stressful day.

And At Ms. Jade's House...

"I'm so glad you finally came home." said Danny...

"I'm glad to be home with you too." said Jade.

"Come here..." said Danny, pulling her towards him..

They kissed passionately..
Standing in the middle of their bedroom kissing passionately.

Danny un hooked her bra and she slipped her panties down....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JADEEEEEEE!!!" he moaned..
She eased herself down on Danny slowly.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU JADE!" he moaned.

"OHHHHHHHHHHH HUSBAND!" she cooed.

They began making love. 


Enjoying a nice warm spring night.

At Ms. Virginia's House, a few doors down...



"Jetty!! You're staring at me like you want to rip my clothes off."said Ms. Virginia.
"Oh I would never do that...You pay good money for your clothes....Hey by the way have your breasts gotten larger?" he asked..

"No Smarty, they haven't! You ask me that all the time... Do you want them to grow any bigger?!" laughed Virginia..
" No I like them just the way they are.... uh let me uh see....Unzip your blouse, let me take a look." he asked slyly and opened her blouse and began kissing her..

"Ummmmmmmmmm are you sureeee?" he asked..
"I'm positive...but I think your penis got bigger...Ouuuuu lawddd!" said Ms. Virginia..

"I'm certain it has...especially in the last few seconds...Heh Heh Heh!" he laughed.

"You are so nasty....You Horny old mannnnnnnn!" she cooed..

"But I'm your horny old man....Nobody elses dollface." he said.

"That's rightttttttttttt you're my horny old husband.." she said..

"YES I AM!!!!." he whispered.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YEAH!" she said and they both giggled in between smouldering hot kisses.


He unhooked her bra...unzippered her short skirt

and slipped her panties down...
and humped her over the bed....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU NASTY DOGGGG!  OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed out...

Jetty was on top of her and didn't know if he was coming or going... She always smelled so good, Her skin was so soft...and her voice was so entrancing, he couldn't control himself..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH VIRGINIA, LAWWWD!!!" He cried out..

"YOU LIKE IT DADDY?" she asked him..\

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I LOVE IT!!!" he moaned..

"UMMMMMMMM MEOOOOOOWWWWW!!" she 
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH VIRGINIA, LAWWWD!!!" He cried out..

"YOU LIKE IT DADDY?" she asked him..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

"I TAKE IT THAT'S ANOTHER YES!" she said...

"LAWD!!" he mumbled as they made sweet love..for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS. He was deeply in love in a way he had never been before...Virginia loved that a man loved her this much....




Such a nice night! 




And in Bayside...



in their version of lovers lane...


inside of his car...


Deputy District Attorney Corado Stall had Assistant District Attorney Sylvia Lively with him again..





Her bra and panties off and in the front seat...

And she in the back seat easing down on him...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWWWWD!" she gasped..He was quite large...and very hard....

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SYLVIA....OUUUUUUUUUUUU!"he moaned loudly as
she rode him like a surfer rode the waves...She had a monstrous orgasm....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out, her body trembling all over, her head turning from side to side and tears rolling from her eyes..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"he moaned..

He had called her ,invited her out for dinner and drinks...but they never made it..They wound up here on this lover's lane in the back seat of his car... That had been about 7:00 pm...Her watch was still on her hand.. It was now a little after 1:00 am..She had to go to work in the morning..

They were kissing like two horny teenagers....
Hot smouldering kisses.....
She rode him in the back seat, riding him slow and softly......kissing him softly too!

She had another monstrous orgasm....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out, her body trembling all over, her head turning from side to side and tears rolling from her eyes..

She rode him softly, continuing to kiss him until she felt him cumming and cumming hard...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRRRRRL!" he moaned....She was relieved....




Fully dressed now, she stood outside of his car, applying her lipstick..looking into the rearview mirror.




"Damn girl, you are worth your weight in goal...My goodness..." he exclaimed..  His clothes were all wrinkled..


and her lipstick smudges were on his collar...

"WOWWWW! YOU ARE SOMETHING ELSE!" he exclaimed...


Sylvia wondered how she had gotten to this point....This was not how she imagined her career was supposed to go. She looked at her watch...It was quarter to two.




IV-


THE NEXT MORNING-

We were all on the train heading to work with our friends... We had missed them...It had been a few days..


"It's good to see you Vettie..I missed you all..The office was sooo quiet." said Ms. Virginia.

''We are back for a few days." said Yvette.

"Well it sure is nice to see you guys again..We missed you." said Jazzy..

"You know how it is,.Lawyers life...We got a case in Bayside."said Ms. Yvette.

 
"Yeah I heard...The Murder of Corado Stall's wife... I knew her...She was a saint..How she put up with him is mystery to me...He was rumored to have cheated on her multiple times... I met him a few times..
I didn't like him."said Dabnis.

"You know my husband said the same thing..He doesn't like him either."said Yvette.
"It must be something to that.... How is my girls doin?" said Kayla.  She thought of Bee Bee and Sofia
the same way Beverly did...as her cute little sisters.
''We are good..Nothing like a good night's sleep." said Bee Bee.
"And some good Lovin..." added Sofia.

"I know that's right.."laughed Kayla's husband, Ray...


"I heard about the arraignment, 1.5 million dollars bail...that's high..."said Jessica.

"It's a Capital Case....First Degree Murder..."I said.

"Yeah the Judge wasn't about to release him on his own recognizance...Not in Bayside..." said Kahlil.


"And he's Black on top of that...wow...."said Jessica's husband, Chip.


"Who is prosecuting the case Vettie...I know Stall can't."said Karen.
"Sylvia Lively...can you believe it?" said Ms. Yvette.

"That's the girl that sued you and the partners...Used to work at your firm right?" said Karen Page.


"Yupper..She's an assistant District Attorney out in Bayside now...She's pretty successful, Her record is 50-1, Not bad... Apparently she's found her niche."said Yvette.



"Guess who the one loss was to?" said Natalie.

"Us...it was her first case." said David.

"So apparently she hasn't lost since then."said Brooke.

"She's built a reputation of beating inexperienced first year Public Defenders.."said Sean.

"Yeah wait until she faces you guys."said Zoey..
''Well she won in the Arraignment kind of... She wanted him held without bail...The Judge gave him bail."said Yvette.


"So actually you guys won..He got bail...It's just soo damn high. 1.5 million, damn!" said Lem.


"Exactly!...She won the battle...but she hasn't won the war." said Renee.

"Hear that folks?  "said Ms. Yvette , hugging Bee Bee and Sofia.. "We are Down for now, but not out." she said.



Kahlil and I smiled.


Renee's husband Tyrell said "You'll be alright.




Both Paris and Tony were sound asleep...



"Hey where is Jade?" asked Lee..

''She's going to Bayside to do some investigating..."said Yvette.


"The Fun part of the job."laughed Matthew.

"An Investigator is an Attorney's best friend."said Nina.


"Indeed " agreed her husband, Carlos.


As our train rumbled on towards our building..

AND IN BAYSIDE-


Sylvia was at the City Law Library researching her case and other cases on her docket..
She liked it here and it was quiet...peaceful, away from Corado's wandering hands and unwanted kisses and advances...






Her phone rang.... It was Corado...it was the 27th call from him this morning.. She had disabled the GPS so he couldn't track her.. and her phone was on vibrate...She needed to get some work done.. Ever since they had first had sex in his loft he had been like an addict, always wanting it...coming by her office, kissing her, squeezing her..feeling her up, practically begging for it.. She needed a break.


(TO BE CONTINUED)