VENTURES

Olivia, Yvette and Paula Johnson were sitting in a coffee shoppe at Penns Landing, talking and drinking coffee.

''Yvette, you've got it made, working down here, away from the hustle and bustle of Center City.." said Attorney Paula Johnson.

"It is so quiet and comfortable down here...We all love it!"said Yvette.

"And I love visiting her and everybody down here...It is very relaxing...."said Olivia.

as their coffees arrived.

''So Paula...Are you still seeing Bruce Greene?" asked Olivia.

"Yes...Yesss.. I know he's...he's a little difficult...I've heard the many stories...but he's real sweet to me.."said Paula.

''Well that's all that matters."said Yvette.

"Really that's all that matters...How he treats you." said Olivia.

Lt. Tragg walked in...He had on a denim shirt, denim slacks and a slicker..

"Not working today Vettie.?" He asked.. "You neither Liv?" he asked.. He didn't know Paula.

"Yup, I'm off today"Yvette lied...She didn't want him to know that she worked just a few blocks from here in the Bridge Building.

"Me too! I'm here at the best coffee shoppe in the city."said Olivia.

"You guys come all the way up here to drink coffee? Must be nice." said Lt. Tragg.

"You're off too?" said Olivia.

"No I'm on the Marine Boat for awhile...A few weeks.. I came here to get coffee for the guys on my ship." said Lt. Tragg.

Just then Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hoffman walked in with Attorney Gretchen Bondi.

They were as red as beets seeing Olivia , who they had just faced in court and Lt. Tragg, who was the marine boat, largely because of Josh Hoffman's complaints...

"Uh..Ahhhh Hello Olivia." said Josh Hoffman...He didn't know Yvette or Paula. He ignored Lt. Tragg.

''Hello Olivia." said Gretchen...It was the first and only time she had ever spoken to Olivia.

"Hello." said Olivia.

Neither spoke to Lt. Tragg, who was so angry he could have exploded..

"I guess you know about the City's Best Kept Secret huh? Great Coffee here."said Josh Hoffman nervously.

"Yes..Yes..My girlfriend here raves about this place, so I thought I'd come down and check it out on my day off."said Olivia.

"Uh So did we..."laughed Josh Hoffman nervously...

He tried to hide his wedding band.

Lt. Tragg's coffees came up...

He paid for them and scooped them up...

"See ya around Vettie, Liv!" he said. He said nothing to Josh Hoffman.He quietly left.

Josh got their coffees to go...

"Nice seeing you again Olivia." said Josh Hoffman nervously..

"Nice seeing you again Olivia." said Gretchen. It was the only time she had ever spoken to Olivia.

"I faced him in court for a week..He prosecuted Bridget...She was defending the Russian Mobster , who was my hostile witness." said Olivia.

"And he has a wedding band on and she doesn't and if I know body language...They were both very nervous being seen here by people they know....This is the most out of the way place in the city, imagine that."said Yvette.

"He's responsible for Lt. Tragg being on that Marine Boat.. He was so angry about losing that case that he complained bitterly to Captain Cantrell and the Deputy of Operations...It didn't help that Bridget sued the city for false arrest. They had to do something, so they put him on that boat again...He's off the streets... If I know him right...He hates Hoffman right now." said Olivia.

"Yeah I could sense the tension...It was thick enough to cut with a butter knife...WOW! "said Paula.

"Yeah" said Olivia.

II-

That night at the Marina...Lt. Tragg met with Private Investigator, Bert Vandenberg..

"Back on the boat again Artie...Wow! You can't stay outta trouble can you?"laughed Bert Vandenberg.

"No thanks to this guy." said Lt. Tragg passing him a photo of Josh Hoffman.

"I want you to follow him....I think he's stepping out on his wife..." said Lt. Tragg, passing Bert an envelope with money in it.

"You waste more money on these silly vendettas Artie..Why don't you take Kelly Anne out someplace nice?" asked Bert.

"I can't...I'm working nights for the next two weeks....When I get off, she's at work...When she's home...I'm out on the river. I really hate this guy...He went complaining to the Deputy of Operations about me lousing up a case and this happened."said Lt. Tragg.

"Okay, I'll bird dog him...See ya in a few days Artie."said Bert,laughing as he counted the money.

We all sat in the kitchen eating a light breakfast...

Bagels with Cream Cheese

and hot doughnuts and coffee..

"Ummm these are delish." said Olivia.

"Not Cakeman Ravens, but they'll do... I got these from the coffee shoppe at the corner of the new block." I said.

"These are good...It's no Cakeman Raven like you say...but it'll do in a pinch." said Beverly.

"These Bagels are good."said Nelson.

"Guess who I saw yesterday...ADA Josh Hoffman...and he was with someone other than his wife...and guess who, The Attorney who was representing Mikal Mogolovich-who killed Tate Dennison."said Olivia.

"The Blonde? The One who kept smiling at us." said Beverly.

"Yeah, Her! They came into the Mocha Latte Coffee Shoppe where Vettie, Paula Johnson and I were having coffee and they were as nervous as two alley cats....Their Body language gave it away."laughed Olivia.

"Oh wow! The only thing worse would have been in Lt. Tragg was there...He's on that Marine Boat again and largely because Hoffman complained to the bosses and went to the newspapers and complained about him."said Josie.

"Oh he was there...Getting coffee for his ship-mates... They didn't say anything to each other...but the tension was thick enough to cut with a butter knife."said Olivia.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU HONEY! WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!"laughed Brenda.

"I would have loved to have been there...I like seeing people squirm."laughed Alfreda.

"It could have been innocent...Just two people going out for coffee." I said.

"I would have taken it as just that...but their body language gave off very guilty, very nervous vibes like..We shouldn't be seen here vibes." said Olivia.

"WOWWWWWW! He'd better watch himself." said Nelson.

III-

THE HILTON- PENNS LANDING-

''We made it babes...And trust me... Nobody saw us....Olivia and those two women she was with...I don't know them....My first and only other time seeing Olivia was when I faced her in court..and we are safe...They don't really know you at all... They just know you as the Attorney who defended that Russian Gangster. He's safely behind bars...So relax,,

"Do they know you're married?" asked Gretchen Bondi..

"They don't know anything about me, except that I'm married and they know even less about you, now relax." said Josh Hoffman.

"Okayyyyyy! I just want us to be as discreet as possible.under the circumstances." she said.

She giggled , she could tell by the bulge in his trousers and the dazed look in his eyes that she was more than just turning him on..

"Well don't just stand there...Come over here..." she commanded..

"I'm all yours baby." he said.

They kissed passionately..

.Really passionately....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU" she cooed..

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

"WOW! This is the quickest I've ever lost my panties. You've done this before...Many times before." she giggled.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I AM MARRIED!" he moaned..hurriedly taking his clothes off!

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM COUNSELOR...I HAVE A FEELING YOU'VE WANTED TO DO THIS SINCE YOU FIRST LAID EYES ON ME IN THAT COURTROOM..." she said.

"YES I HAVE.....AWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he said.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU NASTY BOYYYYY...OUUUUUUUUUUU!!! I KNEW IT!!, YOU COULD BARELY CONCENTRATE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO ME IN THE HALLWAY AFTER TRIAL.....I FOUND YOU ATTRACTIVE TOO! LUCKY FOR YOU...OR I WOULD'VE NEVER WENT OUT WITH YOU FOR DRINKS AND NOW SOME WEEKS LATER, THIS HOTEL! she cooed....

"I'M GLAD YOU DID!" he said.

They fell on the bed... Never had he felt a woman so soft...She smelled good...and her lips were as soft as butter...

He, spread her legs and slowly entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHHHHH MY WORRRRRRD!" she moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...PUT IT IN...PUT IT ALL IN...OUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEET BABYYYYYY! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!" he moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IT FEELS GOOD...IT FEELS GOOOD! IT FEEEELS GOOOOOD TO MEEEEEE OUUUUUUU JOSH!!" she cried out...This was the first sex she'd had in three months,....both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing an intense orgasm.....She couldn't believe it..

She wrapped her legs around his waste and she pulled him closer to him as he humped away...

"OH MY WORRRRRRD! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!YOU ARE SO DAMN BIG AND HARD!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY...OUUUUUUUUU" she moaned...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT'S ALL FOR YOU!" he moaned..sweating bullets...

"OH MYYYYYYY!" she said.

Again...both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing another intense orgasm.....She couldn't believe it..two and so quick....

They began making sweet sweet love......"OHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU COUNSELOR!!

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since they'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...

"GRETCHEN, GRETCHEN baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...

"I'm GRETCHEN baby now huh? OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" she screamed out....

The bed squeaked even louder...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm ,her third!!! that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! OH DAMN JOSH!! JOSH!! LAWWWWWD JOSHUA HOFFMAN!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

They made love for the next TEN TO ELEVEN HOURS!! She couldn't believe how passionate he was, his stamina.. It was as if he didn't want to get up off of her!! As if he couldn't...

She crawled on top of him, spread her legs and eased herself down on him.. He was astonished.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed loudly..Her body trembled.....tears streamed down the side of her face.....

"OH MY GODDDDDDDD!" she cried out...

"OH MY GODDDDDDDD!" he cried out...

"JOSH!!! JOSHHHHH, OUUUUUUUU THIS IS BETTER THAN I IMAGINED!" she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD YESSSSSSSSSS!" he cried out..

riding him like a surfer rides the waves.....He didn't know if he was coming or going!!

She had yet another intense orgasm.....She feared she was slowly losing her mind.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..LAWWWWWWWWWDDDD!" he moaned

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIVE ME THAT MONSTER!!! OH MY GODDDD!! YOU ARE HUGE!!! AND SO DAMN HARRRRD!! OUUUUUUUU! GIVE IT TO ME!!" she cooed.Her whole body trembled something fierce..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYY DAMNNNNN!" he moaned..

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? LET ME RIDE THAT HORSE!!!WOUUUUUUU! " she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!" he yelled out...

They sat on the side of the bed kissing passionately, while she moved up and down....

ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF HOURS PASSED BY

He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying....

She had her final intense orgasm.......

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! IT'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEEEEEE...OUUUUU JOSHUA MYYY DAMNNNNN!! OUUUUUUUUUU!!!!! " she moaned.. She had yet another intense orgasm , that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

He fell Asleep between her legs...She rubbed his head as he drifted off to sleep.

The next morning. they left together..

"Oh my godddddd, you were incredible....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" moaned Gretchen...her left leg was still shaking something fierce....

''So were you...Listen I want us to do this again....In a week...I know you've defended a lot of those Russian Prostitutes...Girls that were brought over here on the ships and then farmed off...Find me one that is willing so we can have a threesome,okay?" asked Josh.

Her eyes widened.... He was her type of guy she thought!

"Ouuuuuuu you're just a freak....The thought of that turns me on... I'll give you a call..." said Gretchen Bondi.

"Oh Boyyyyyyy!" he moaned..

Not realizing their entire night had been recorded and photographed by Private Investigator, Bert Vandenberg....His operatives had found the room they rented for the night while they were out and placed

Micro video cameras in the room

and micro listening devices.....

and from a distance had snapped photos of them both.

He had enough evidence on them to sink Hoffman's marriage. Undisputable evidence.

And later on that day at our Duplex /Office.

in our conference room-

"What are you looking up Auntay?" asked Beverly..

"Just a little information on our Assistant District Attorney and his lady friend...Nothing important...I'm just curious about the two of them."said Olivia.

JOSHUA HOFFMAN-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated From Central High School-

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

J.D.- Georgetown University Law School

Worked in The United States Attorney's Office for Southwestern Pennsylvania Violent Crimnes Division.

Became a Managing Partner at Taft and Huntimngton Attorneys at Law

Went into Private Practice on his own for a few years.

Presently An Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

Married to Evelyn Tate-Hoffman , an Attorney and Daughter of Judge Julius Tate.

Gretchen Cynthia Bondi

Born in Moscow.

Came to the United States (Philadelphia PA.)with her parents when she was 8.

Became a Naturalized U.S. Citizen at 14.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls, Philadelphia PA.

B.A. Administration of Justice, Pre-Law, Trial Advocacy -St. John's University,New York

J.D.-Columbia Law School, New York

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

Speaks French and Spanish Fluently...

Was an Intern in the Governor of Pennsylvania's General Cousel Office..

Associate Attorney at Wadsworth and Greene, Attorneys at Law.

Associate Attorney at Hack and Primewood Attorneys at law.

Now in Private Practice..Has a small office...Has made a fortune defending Russian and Asian underworld figures..

"She has New York roots too !" said Nelson.

"Like Me and You Nelson."said Josie.

"They both seem very astute." said Bresha.

"Oh they are...Very astute and accomplished and Horny!" said Olivia.

"Astute and Accomplished people get horny too!" I said.

We all broke into loud raucous laughter.

IV-

THE MARINA AT PENNS LANDING-SATURDAY MORNING!

In a small Cantina, Lt. Tragg displayed Crabs and Crab Legs on the table...Crabs he had caught from the river during his night duty on the Marine Boat. Crab Fishing had become his hobby.

"Ummmmmm these are some good crabs Artie...You get em out of the river?" asked Bert Vandenberg.

"Yup ,fresh outta the river....Have some beer." said Lt. Tragg.

He passed Bert a full mug of Beer...

"Ummmmmmm thanks! You Off today?" asked Bert.

"Nope...but I don't start my shift until midnight...Next week is my last week of night shift...After that I'll start working days again."said Lt. Tragg.

"I mailed those photos to Hoffman's wife.. She won't see em until next week...She's out of town. She's a Corporate Attorney and she's in Wilmington handling a case...Sher'll be back next week..But I mailed an additional copy to her father, The Judge...By now he's seen them and he's probably hopping mad.."said Bert.

"Goooood, that'll fix ole Hoffman and good."laughed Lt. Tragg.

"You gonna eat that?" asked Bert as Lt. Tragg passed him the middle of the Crab, called the "Dead Man"As he ate, he wondered how one guy could get so much glee out of ruining somebody's life...

Just about a mile away down the pier, in the NO I.D. BAR-

Some of Lt. Tragg's favorite people were having Brunch..

"Ouuuuu I'm so hungry this morning.." said Olivia.

"So am I." I said as we made plates and took our seats...

"This is a nice Saturday...The first one in a long while that isn't overcast." said Beverly.

"Yeah...even the Saturday we were all on the cruise ship was overcast."said Nelson.

"I may do some laundry when I get home."said Josie.

"I think I'm gonna take a nap." said Paris.

"I'm going to join Josie at the laundromat, what you planning to do honey bunny?" said Bresha.

"Take a Nap." said Tony...

"Pass me a pancake."said Alfreda.

"Here you go....Hey Yvette...Don't you get nervous with Lt. Tragg on that ship...A Chance of him seeing you going in the Bridge Building?" asked Rockland.

"No..He can't see as far as the Bridge Building from the river.....but he has caught me in Mocha Latte Coffee Shoppe a few times...I've always explained that it's my favorite coffee shoppe and I'm willing to come the distance to get good coffee...That and that I'm off for the day." said Yvette.

"The fact that you're dressed up doesn't give him a clue that you're at work huh?" laughed her husband, Gary.

"Apparently not....I've been with Olivia , who he knows doesn't work down here." laughed Yvette.

"He's not that good in picking up clues."said Keith Jones.

"And yet he made Detective.." laughed Bee Bee.

"Lieutenant at that!." said Sofia.

"He's a Nepo Baby....His Father was a Lieutenant and His Uncle was a Captain..."said Kahlil.

''And Neither one of them were great genius's." added Olivia.

"Yvette told me that one night your father got in a fight with his Uncle...Put him in the hospital..."said Jade.

"Boy did he, broke his jaw, broke his hand, bruised his ribs...and blacked both of his eyes... He was in the hospital for six months and when he came back...It wasn't long before he retired."laughed Danny Ho.

"His Uncle Jack was the worst...He was a bully who beat a lot of suspects up, He ran across my father on a bad night, for him...and he got the worst of it.. My Father was a boxer...Welterweight Champ of the Marines and a former professional boxer with a record of 29-1....He could handle himself.."said Olivia proudly..

"I'll say....Jack Tragg found out the hard way."laughed Virginia.

"Sometimes you run into the right one baby....and that night when he crossed your father....He ran into the right one."laughed Jetty.

''Working Down is peaceful....It keeps us out of his range...Lt. Tragg, I mean."said Jazzy.

"And Judge Kelly Anne keeps him at bay otherwise."said Dabnis.

"He's calmed down immensely since he started seeing her." said Kayla.

"I imagine this week he's pissed.. I hear he works the midnight shift...So he can't see her..."said Ray...

"Damn....Still glad we don't have to be bothered with him."said Jessica.

"I imagine he's pissed with Joshua Hoffman. That's the ADA who's complaint got him assigned to that boat."said

"Bridget too! Her lawsuit didn't help his chances...The Bosses had to do something...So they took him off the streets, put him on the boat."said Karen.

"I heard it's indefinite."said her husband, B.L.