Monday, March 16, 2026

A Day In The Death

PENNS LANDING!
 
MONDAY MORNING-

A Quaint little coffee shop a few blocks from our building...MOCHA JOE'S ,Ms. Yvette and I were picking up a coffee and pastries order for our office meeting...


"Mmmmmmmm smell that aroma Keith...Doesn't it smell great in here? I love Mocha Joe's " gushed Ms. Yvette.
I had to admit...It did smell good."Yes it does." I said.
"Vettie, you here again? Aren't you a long way from work?" came the surprising voice of Lt. Tragg. He was in jeans and rain boots...Not his usual immaculate attire.

Ms. Yvette was just as surprised...Lt. Tragg still had no idea that we worked just blocks from here, she played it off

"When you're a Partner, Nobody clocks your time. " she said. "This is the best coffee shop in the city I'm told and they have the best pastries... Just thought we'd stop in here and place an order before we went to work.What are YOU doing here?" she asked with a smile, even though she knew.

He was embarrassed.."Yeah that's right....You are a big mahoff now! Uh ruh...I'm still on the uh Marine Boat for I don't know how long...That Jack Ass Prosecutor, Joshua Hoffman,who your buddies, Olivia and Beverly defended ,complained to the brass that I screwed up his last case and thus I'm on Marine Boat Duty Indefinitely. said Lt. Tragg.




"Oh wow.....Sorry to hear that! " said Yvette...Glad he was off of what she was doing here.


"Hoffman really did a number on me." said Lt. Tragg..
"I understand Special Prosecutor, Peppers did a job on your cousin too...He's also on the Marine Boat." I said ,noticing that his girlfriend, Judge Kelly Anne Mercer had entered the coffee shop followed by ADA Dan Giorgio...

Lt. Tragg hit the ceiling!

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!" he blurted out angrilly..


"Relax...I don't live too far from here... I'm trying a case in Judge Mercer's court tomorrow and I thought I would treat her to what I've been told is the best coffee in Philly,,We've been here before.," said ADA Diorgio with a smirk...
''Yes Arthur ,Dan offered to drive me down here to get some coffee and bagels."said Kelly Ann.


"I'm grabbing some coffees and doughnuts and bagels for the Captain and the guys on the ship."said Lt. Tragg.


"That's a switch for you isn't it? You're used to some patrolman fetching coffee for you and now you're fetching coffee for the guys on the boat again huh? You just can't stay out of trouble can you?" said ADA Diorgio with a smirk.

"YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY EH? I'LL KNOCK THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE PAL!" said Lt. Tragg..


"OH YEAH? TRY IT PAL?" said ADA Diorgio...

"BOYS! BOYS PLEASE!" said Judge Kelly Ann, coming between them...

By now Ms. Yvette and I had our orders filled ,had paid for it and had left...heading safely back to our building and our conference room..



Back at our building...

We hurriedly got on the elevator-


"Gee Ms. Yvette, that was close....Running into him again." I said smiling..

"Ouuuuu I know...I forgot he's on that damn boat...Didn't want him to figure out that we work in this building."said Ms. Yvette.

OUR CONFERENCE ROOM-
"We'll send somebody else next time." I said.
"Yeah,Good idea."said Ms. Yvette.






We had warm Bagels with Cream cheese and Jelly....


and hot freshly baked doughnuts.


"You're right about this coffee Ms. Yvette...It is good."said Bee Bee

''As are these warm Bagels."said Sofia.


''Are the doughnuts and bagels  baked on the premises Ms. Yvette?" asked Kahlil.

"Yes I believe they are  and you can smell the doughnuts and bagels being baked as you walk up on the shoppe...I love that place...They roast the coffee right there too!" said Yvette.


''Apparently Lt. Tragg likes the place too!"laughed Jade.

''Whoever he's on that boat with apparently likes the place...They always send him to get a dozen bagels and doughnuts and coffees...His order this morning.. He came with a cart."said Ms. Yvette.




"I'd of loved to have seen that...He's the type that had patrolmen fetching him coffee." said Virginia..
"How the worm has turned." she said.

While we were enjoying breakfast, one of our favorite partners walked in with a guest...

"Hi Vettie, Hi Guys....Enjoying a mid morning snack eh?" said Mike Pratt...

"After three years we finally have someone to fill your old office....This is Alexa Pratt, no relation..heh heh..Alexa, this isYvette Jones-Lockwood, our managing partner...Senior Associates, Keith Jones, his wife, Beatrice "Bee Bee" Jones, Sofia Garcia-Ahmed and her husband, Kahlil Ahmed...their investigator, Jade Lee Ho and Office Manager and Legal Consultant, Virginia Shaw Dukes."  said Mike Pratt.

She was very pretty...Had nice legs...and a magnetic smile.

"Oh how nice to meet you all.. I'm certain I'll be visiting you all in this building a lot.. I like this building. "said Alexa...

 

 ''We love it too!"said Yvette.

"You from Philly?" I asked.. She didn't sound like she was.
"Actually, I'm from Chicago...born and raised....but I went to college here and law school, University of Pennsylvania." said Alexa.

"HEYYYYYY WE ARE ALL PENN GRADUATES, ME, My Husband, Sofia, Kahlil and Ms. Yvette." said Bee Bee.

"Yes, Mr. Pratt told me that....Wowwwww!" said Alexa....

"Nicee!" said Sofia.
"We all have that in common."said Kahlil.

"I graduated and passed the bar three years ago. This is the biggest law firm I've worked for."said Alexa.

"Hope you like it here."said Jade.





"We've got Chicago in common Alexa!!...I was born and raised there too....West Side..."said Virginia.

"South Side here.."laughed Alexa.. "You go to PENN too?" asked Alexa.


"No I went to Northwestern. Then I moved here....Been here ever since." said Virginia...

"Ohhhhh I thought about going there....but the thought of coming to Philly seemed to appeal to me more." said Alexa.

We all got along famously......


II-

We took Alexa down to our Ultra Modern Cafeteria.
"This is where we have most of our meals...This cafeteria serves Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner." said Yvette.
"No Mid Day Snack?" Alexa joked.


"Yeah , we used to joke about that when we first started working here."said Bee Bee.


"Hey Everybody...This is Alexa.  She's new to our firm...She's going to be working in our old building
in Ms. Yvette's old office...She's visiting us today."said Sofia.
"Hi Alexa...I'm Jasmine Coley ,Attorney at Law...My friends call me "Jazzy" said Jazzy.
 
"I'm her husband, Dabnis Coley, Attorney at Law, pleased to make your acquaintance Alexa."said Dabnis.
"I'm Kayla Bennett-St.Jacques, Attorney at law, Pleased to meet you Alexa." said Kayla.
"I'm her husband, Ray St. Jacques, Attorney at Law...Pleased to meet you Alexa."said Ray.


"Hola Mami...I am Jessica Sanchez-Burrows, Attorney at Law and Director of the Innocence Project, Pleased to make your acquaintence."said Jessica.


"And I'm her husband, Charles Burrows, Attorney at law...Hello Alexa."said Chip.


"I see a number of you work with your husbands....That's so nice..."said Alexa.




"Not all of us.  I'm Karen Page, Attorney at law, Director of The Wrongful Conviction, Conviction Integrity Unit and these are my staff attorneys, Natalie Charles, her husband, David Charles and Brooke Marks"said Karen.


"Hello Alexa."said Natalie.

"Hello Alexa."said David.

"Hello Alexa."said Brooke.

"I'm Brooke's husband, Federal Public Defender, Sean Marks... I work a few blocks from here, but I come here to eat with my wife and friends."said Sean.

"Hi Alexa, I'm Zoey Easter-Anderson, Attorney at law.."said Zoey..

''And I'm her husband, Lem Anderson, I'm also an Attorney."said Lem.

"I'm Renee Cantrell Jones, Attorney at law...Hello Alexa."said Renee..


"And I'm her husband, Tyrell Jones, Attorney at Law."said Tyrell.

"Hello Alexa...I'm Paris Boyd, Attorney at law..."said Paris.


"I'm Tony Billips, Attorney at law...Hello Alexa." said Tony.


"Hi, I'm Lee Phillips-Akes, Attorney at law...I work at the Women's Law Center down the street, but I come here to eat.with my friends."said Lee.
"Hi Alexa...I'm her husband, Matthew Akes, Attorney at law...I work here at the Innocence Project with Jessica and Chip."said Matthew.

"Hello Alexa. I'm Nina Rios -Alvarez, I work at the Women's Law Center down the street ,along with my husband, Carlos Alvarez, also an Attorney."said Nina.


"And I'm her husband Carlos, pleased to meet you." said Carlos.


"You're all very beautiful people...I know I'll jump at the chance to come down here and visit."said Alexa.



 

 ''When it gets warmer...it'll be easier.  Do you drive to work?" asked Yvette.

"I do...but you know how it is with our parking lots...I'll take the train."said Alexa.


''Well so glad everybody got acquainted...What's good for lunch?" asked Mike Pratt.

"Take your pick, walk on up to the buffet with me." I said.
"Yes Alexa, let's get you some food. I know you're hungry."said Bee Bee.
"Famished." said Alexa.

"Well let's go then."said Sofia.
Kahlil followed them.
"She's getting along quite well with everyone."said Jade.






"Yeah, she's a nice girl."said Virginia.

"Very Nice." said Jetty, smiling as he admired her shapely legs and nice hips..and nice sized breasts.

Later that Afternoon...


"Well, Thank you for a lovely day, introducing me to all of your lovely friends and all Ms. Yvette."said Alexa.

"Oh you're quite welcome...There is a Bar across the street...The NO I.D. BAR...we all hang out in there every Friday Night...You should come through...They have a nice Brunch on Saturday Mornings too... So look...Here is my numbers...My personal number and my business number.  If you have any problems...Any at all or you just need to talk..Feel free to call me, you hear?"said Ms. Yvette.


"Oh thank you Ms. Yvette. oh and...My office mate told me to tell you hi... Her name is Cassidy Skyler...



She said you repped her a few years ago before she graduated from law school.. We graduated in the same class. She's in the Office right next to me...The Guys love her." said Alexa.

"Yes I remember Cassidy...Glad to hear she graduated from law school and passed the bar....She's working at McCluskey/Cozen /Connor & Pratt now...How nice...I may drop down and visit her."said Yvette.


III-

Halfway Across town the Office Building that houses our old office and the floors that house our law firm, McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt


Unlock Alexa in the office next to hers... Cassidy Skyler, Attorney at law hadn't finished setting her office up...She hadn't even opened up all of her boxes...

She probably could get a lot more work done if she wasn't busy fighting off the advances of her male admirers..

"Look what's wrong with a nice dinner at a nice restaurant...I know a place that serves steaks this thick,he said using his thumb and forefinger to describe the thickness...Almost as thick as ...heh heh heh." laughed Ryan Cooper..a young associate attorney at the firm. He had been asking her out on dates since before she began working at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt and she had been turning him down...She feared all he wanted was to get her in bed and she was beginning to be more selective in her choice of lovers..


"Seeeeee...you always have to get nasty....That's why I can't take you serious."laughed Cassidy..

"Awwww come on Cassidy...Go out with me...I'll make it worth your while.."begged Ryan Cooper.


"I'll think about it...I'll let you know." said Cassidy.


''Son ,Don't you have some work to do? This young lady is trying to get her office set up." came the Voice of his estranged Father, Franklin Cooper, A Senior Associate with the firm...And unknown to him had been trying even harder to go out on a date with Cassidy and get her in bed.  The firm doesn't pay you to chat up females...You do that on your own time...Get to work." he said,.

"I'll see you Cassidy.."said  Ryan as he angrilly left her office.. His Father was always trying to one up him in everything.  He was seriously considering leaving the law firm just to get away from him.

Once he was gone , Frank turned his attention to Cassidy. The door was closed and there was no one else on the floor.



""Now he's gone ...Cassidy we can talk about me and you..." said Frank.



"Frannnnnk, I told you...There is no me and you....You're old enough to be my father....come on now.."said Cassidy.


"But I'm not your daddy..."he said.




She remembered going to a rooftop bar with him for drinks about a year ago...He had come on very strong...He kept running his hands up under her skirt, rubbing her legs and pulling at the waistband of her panties...and smiling with that pleased as punch look on his face. She kept removing his hands and quietly telling him to stop... She didn't want to have to slap him ,he was after all a Senior Associate...The Difference was..Now she was a Senior Associate too, having just been promoted recently.

Just like his son...He couldn't or wouldn't take the hint that nothing sexual was going to ever go down between them...She had told him numerous times that she wasn't interested in him .but he persisted.. He kept begging her everyday ...He was becoming a real nuisance.


"Cassidy, ..I'm a man...A man with a huge penis...A man who wants to put that huge penis inside you.. Very badly....." he said.
"You're not one for subtlety, are you?" she said. "Don't put your hands up my skirt....Now look I don't want to have to go to HR on you..Please don't make me do that." she said, removing his hands and moving away from him..

Just then, Alexa stuck her head in Cassidy's Office,,

"Hello!" she said with a smile.


"OHHHHHH DAMN IT!" he thought...He hadn't bargained on Alexa returning today.  He knew she had been at the Bridge Building.


"HEYYYYYY! JUST GETTING BACK...MS. YVETTE SAYS HI."said Alexa...





"I'm so glad to see you..."said Cassidy... "Let's go get a drink." she said.


"You haven't started unpacking your things...Tomorrow I'm gonna help you."said Alexa.


Frank Cooper angrilly stormed out of the office.



"Did I uh, break up something?" asked Alexa.

"Not for me." sighed Cassidy as both women cracked up laughing.


An extremely rainy night in the city....


We were all happy to be in our warm homes after a days work.


And at Ms. Yvette's house...
"It''s nice to be home, all warm and cozy in our homes." Ms. Yvette whispered , looking at her husband..
''Vettie, you smelled so good tonight and your body was so warm and cuddly as you sat on my lap that...that I just found myself falling in love all over again.."said Gary....
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW listen at youuuuuuu and you had a huge boner and you want to screw my brains out right?" said Ms. Yvette, smiling wickedly....
"Yeah! Something like that!"said Gary as they began kissing passionately..



"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned.

''Ummmmmmmmmmmm, well I can't wait!" said Yvette jokingly.....

Gary unbuckled her bra...and gently slippped it off..

"MY MY MYYYYY VETTIE!" he said...

"OH HUSH UP!" she laughed....tickled pink that he was so turned on by her...


Gary slowly slipped her panties down and off...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, OH MY GODDDDDD! VETTIE!!!!"moaned Gary...
and sat her on top of the dresser drawer in their bedroom, spread her legs apart and entered her slowly and softly...Ms. Yvette gasped...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!
OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!" she cooed loudly....Her head turning from side to side..


"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM VETTTIE....VETTTIE GIRRRRRRLLL ...MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MYYYY LAWWWD!" moaned Gary as they both wound up in bed in the throes of passionate lovemaking...

"Ummmmmmmmmm Hot Stuff....NOWWWW...NOWWW IS THE TIME TO RAVAGE ME!" whispered Bee Bee to me...
"You know I'm always down for that.." I laughed..

"YES I KNOW!" laughed Bee Bee.
We kissed passionately....
I helped Bee Bee out of her clothes
Unsnapped her bra
and slipped her panties down...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU BEATRICE....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned...lifting her up and slowly entering her....


"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!
OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!YOU CALLING ME BY MY GOVERNMENT NAME MEANS YOU'RE REALLY INTO THIS!!!OUUUUUUUU!" she cooed loudly....Her head turning from side to side.. 'As much as I hate my name...I love it when you moan it.." she said to me..

"OH MY GODDDDD, BEE BEE..." I cried out..as we crashed on to the bed..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF!!!!" Bee Bee cooed ,staring at me in amazement..
as we began making love....


While next door...

"OUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI" moaned Sofia...
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW MAMASITA!" moaned Kahlil..
"I love the way you moan my name..." said Sofia....


"I love moaning it."said Kahlil..as they continued kissing.

"You so silly" laughed Sofia..
She was trying to devour his lips..
As he helped her unzip her dress and took her blouse off...and unsapped her bra....




She slipped her panties down..





and eased  herself down on hs waiting and hard penis...moving up and down...



"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!
OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!PAPI!" moaned Sofia, who was trembling, and crying like a little girl..

"OUUUUUUUUUUU MAMASITA!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" he cried out.....


Sofia's body trembled something fierce and both legs began to shake...Her head moved from side to side and tears streamed down her face....She was having another intense orgasm...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMM AYE MIOS DIOS!!! PAPI!!! AYE PAPI!! OUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SOFIA!!" he cried out..


and eventually winding up in bed, making love...

"UMMMMMM PAPIIII!" she cooed..

"AWWWWWWWW MAMASITA!" he moaned loudly...



"Unzip me ."whispered Jade to her husband...as she kicked off her heels.
"Yeah, with pleasure ...We've both been working pretty hard.."said Danny ..."And speaking of being hard..." he said.
"I know...I know....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU." cooed Jade..





As Danny removed her matching bra and panties...
She moved up and down on Danny as he was nearly delirious with pleasure....
and they began making sweet love...
''Jetty my goodness...Are you hard all day long?" asked Virginia in amazement as she softly stroked his huge penis...

''ALL HARD AND BIG LIKE THIS! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" she said softly..
"ALL DAY LONG....JUST BEING A FEW FLOORS DOWN FROM YOU, KNOWING YOU AND ALL THAT SEXINESS IS IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH ME! UMMMMMMMMMM" he said.

"OH MY GOD!!! YOU SOUND LIKE A MULE , MOANING LIKE THAT!" she said..

He helped her out of her clothes, kissing her passionately...



He nearly fainted as he slipped her panties off of her...


Within minutes, he had them off and had Ms. Virginia in bed, making sweet love to her...
"OHHHHH VIRGINIA, I CAN'T CONTROL MY ERECTIONS WHEN I'M AROUND YOU!" he moaned...

"I BELIEVE YOU....EVERYTIME I SEE YOU, YOU'RE HARD!" she laughed...as he entered her slowly and softly....His legs shaking and her body trembling in anticipation....

He humped her over the bed.......kissing her neck and in between her breasts.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed...

Virginia's body trembled something fierce and both legs began to shake...Her head moved from side to side and tears streamed down her face....She was having another intense orgasm...


"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JETTTY!!! " she cooed softly as they began making sweet love.




IV- 

It was a rainy night when the two women returned to the building..


"Thanks for bringing me back to my car girlfriend." said Cassidy...


"I'm going to catch my death of Pneumonia in all this rain."said Alexa as they drove up..

"What is all of these police cars doing around?" asked Alexa.





A Body was being removed from the building in a body bag....


"Oh My God What happened?" asked Alexa.

"A Young woman was working late... She was attacked in the woman's restroom, Raped ,Strangled." said Dr. Marcy Martin.

Dr. Hazel Baylor recognized Alexa.

"You work for McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt, She was killed in your suite...Take a look at her...She's wearing a dress exactly like yours." she said pointing to Cassidy.


They opened the body bag...


"OH MY GODD IT's LORNA!!!" exclaimed Alexa.


"OH MY GOD!!! LORNA!!   TWINSIE!   She's got on the exact same dress I'm wearing and she's blonde like me, the same build...I was teasing her this morning about us wearing the same dress today!!!. Oh My GOD!!" exclaimed Cassidy..


"Is she a lawyer at your firm?" asked Hazel.


"A PARA-LEGAL!  She had just started....OH MY GOD!" said Alexa, who was now crying...

But Cassidy felt a deeper dread in her stomach....This girl ,though younger than her, was her height and build and blonde like her and unfortunately was wearing the same dress she had been wearing this very day...She wondered deep down inside if she was the real target.

"You two ladies know this girl?  Come with me....I'm Lt. Arthur Clark, Homicide..I won't keep you long.." said Lt. Tragg, who directed them to get in their cars and follow him..


A Gruesome Murder!  A Rainy Night!!  Philadelphia.



THE NEXT MORNING- AT OUR CONFERENCE ROOM


 

 "Oh My God!! A Murder!! In the Suite!!" said Ms. Yvette.

"She hadn't been working there a month...She was a Para-legal.....She was so young."said Alexa, still in tears.

"Ms. Yvette, She had on the exact same dress I was wearing yesterday..We are the same height and same build and we are both blondes...Oh My God!" said Cassidy...


"Cassidy ,do you think you were the target." I asked.


"Oh I don't know...A lot of us work late sometimes... The Partners and most of the Senior Associates have left for the day... I worked until 3:00 in the morning one night last week."said Cassidy.


"I've never done that...Whatever I didn't finish at 5:00 pm waited until the next day."said Bee Bee.
"Same here...but then we were never alone..The four of us always hung together."said Sofia.
"Yeah...We came in together and left together."said Kahlil.
"Yes..We lived in apartments then...We all traveled in each other's cars back then."said Jade.






"I've worked until Midnight at my other offices...but I always had a man willing to drive me home."said Virginia.

"A lot of the young guys there willing to take you home or to your car want to come over your apartment and spend the night."said Cassidy.


"Unfortunately...That's true."said Alexa.


"Not much has changed." said Yvette.


(TO BE CONTINUED)