Not the kind of social event that is tops on my list....or my friends...but we are here for a reason..
We are in the huge conference room that we've been in so many times with the Wrongful Conviction Unit... Tonight however...ADA Karen Page is not here...Tonight we are the guests of Attorney Jasmine Coley...A partner in this law firm...
Her law firm has graciously booked this conference room for us and rented office space to Karen..
We are here tonight as Jasmine's guests...
Me, Attorney Keith Jones and my fellow Associate Attorneys ,Beatrice "Bee Bee " Evans, my significant other, Kahlil Ahmed and his significant other, Sofia Garcia..
Next to Ms. Yvette
Next to Ms. Yvette, Gary, Ms. Jade and Dabnis….We were the only people of color in the room...
We looked at the sea of White Faces
All from completely different worlds from the worlds we all came from, yet all of us Attorneys
was still a major contrast...
It made me understand how lonely Ms.Yvette
was before we came...
and how lonely Jasmine and in a sense, her husband,
Dabnis was working for predominately white firms and being the token African-American... It explained why both of them moved out of their condos and into the neighborhood with us and why they both loved hanging out with us....
Jasmine was particularly angry...
''All my hard work...All of the cases I won for this firm..All the money I recouped for this firm, including a recent case where I saved the company millions....AND THIS SEXIST JERK GETS MADE PARTNER AND WORSE..I'M HERE IN HIS HONOR." snarled Jasmine..
"I feel you babes...I do..Same thing at my firm, same exact thing.!"said Dabnis.
Yvette walked over to the table to get a drink....
"My My Myyyyyyy why have I not met you?" said the honoree of the night, Attorney Ted Tyler.
"Because I don't work here."said Yvette politely...."I'm a Senior Associate Attorney at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt & Associates." she said proudly...
"Oh really? Very Nice, I've heard of them...Maybe you could be a Senior Associate Attorney on a faster track to partner at this firm...I'm a Partner now and I could make that happen for you ,uh provided you uh take care of me if you know what I mean and I know you do..HEH HEH HEH...You look hip, you know how this works." he said...
''Ouuuuuuuuu you have nice legs....Nice butt too!" he moaned..His trousers were sticking out like a circus tent.. He slyly snaked his hands up Yvette's already short mini skirt and rubbed her legs and softly rubbed her butt...
She removed his hands firmly...
"Only my boyfriend can touch me like that..." she said firmly... "I don't know you, Don't you EVER put your hands on me again!" she said angrily!
"Boyfriend huh? " he laughed...
"Yes...my boyfriend...He works for the DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE!! He's over there in the corner." she said pointing to Gary.
"Ohhhh...Ohhhhhh.. excuse meeee…" he laughed and eased away....
Jasmine spied the whole thing and she walked over to Yvette...
"I'm so sorry girl...See what I mean? He's a Pig! And I think he's been drinking..." she said.
"That's not your fault Baby Girl....I know how to handle his type..He was about to get a knee to the groin."laughed Yvette...
Jasmine remembered a similar event with him just a few months ago...
She was preparing for a meeting with ADA Karen Page and the Wrongful Conviction Unit...she was in the Conference Room by herself..
When he walked in....Put his arms around her waist...
"Ummmph ,and what are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm on loan to the WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT for a couple of weeks...I'm preparing for a meeting." said Jasmine, who firmly removed his hands...
He walked up behind her...Too close...She could feel his hot breath on her neck...
"I heard about your old cases getting overturned and you going before the Ethics Board...Bad break huh? You were on the fast track to making partner..." he said..
Now he was closer and she could feel his erection....She moved away from him...
"Old news...I was cleared of any wrong doing by the Ethics Board and I've been in therapy....I'm rebuilding my life..."said Jasmine..
"I heard...Sold your condo...bought a small house...Good for starters...but uh I could get you back on that fast track again baby....If you uh If you take care of me.." he said..Now even closer..
"What do you mean? Take Of You? Take Care of You HOW?" asked Jasmine..
"You know exactly what I mean....I've been wanting to get in your panties for awhile now...And no time is better than the present..." he whispered..
"You're out of your mind!!!...Plus...I'm engaged and I live with somebody...Forget about it..."said Jasmine..
" You'll never be on that Fast track again without my help....Suit yourself.. whoever you're engaged to can't help you here and he never has to know...I can be very discreet baby.." he said.
"No thanks...I don't need to get ahead that bad...." she said.
Since that exchange...While she had been winning big cases for the firm and establishing herself as a heavy hitter..Her road to Partnership had been closed and tonight...This guy...This sexist pig had been
made partner.....
"Trust me...I know how you feel..."said Yvette, who was supposedly on the fast track herself to being made partner...but as of yet hadn't been...Her one joy though was mentoring us..Working with us...
II-
Champaigne Bottles were popped....
The founding partner Lloyd Cahill spoke..
"Everybody....Let's raise our glasses and give a toast to Theodore Tyler, Attorney at law and new partner at this firm..." he said..
Everybody lifted their glasses and cheered and a number of people had gifts for him...
The D.J. started spinning and everybody started line dancing...
Something we could join in and do..
''Come on Hot Stuff..let's dance.."said Bee Bee , who took me by the hand..
"Okay." I said..
"Come on Little Mamasita.."said Kahlil, who hardly ever called her Sofia anymore..
She didn't mind,...She liked it..
Yvette and Gary joined us..
"Vettie...Something I gotta tell you when we finish dancing.." said Gary...
"Oh Okay.." she said.
Jasmine and Dabnis joined us on the dance floor...
Meanwhile in the ladies room...
One of the Attorneys, Kate Florick was straightening her hair...she had a feeling she wasn't alone..She was startled to see Ted Tyler behind her..
"Hello Kate.." he said..
"Ted, wh-what are you doing in here? This is the ladies room..." she said nervously...
"We had an arrangement remember??....You've been a bad girlllll, It would be a shame if upper management other than me knew that you had a headhunter, steering clients your way...."he laughed..
"What do you want?" she asked..
"You know what I want?" he said..
He reached up under her skirt and slipped her panties down
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ted please....not here.." she begged...
"It's a party....and I'm the Man of the hour...The man of the hour deserves his tribute.." he moaned...
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPHHH!" he moaned..
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"she she squealed...
He bent her over the sink and entered her doggy style..
They were rocking so hard...She felt as if the sink was going to come off the wall...This was the third time he had ambushed her...Ever since he had discovered her secret....That she was sleeping with a former well heeled client...A client that was so taken with her that he began steering his well heeled friends in need of an Attorney her way... She didn't ask him to...He wanted to do it!...but an allegation here or there would be hard to prove...He was blackmailing her..not for money, but for sex....She was tired of this...She had a good mind to just quit..
He had told her if she quit...He could blackball her and she might not get another job at a leading
firm..
III-
Meanwhile Song after song played and the crowd continued to dance...
"Whooo , I'm tired , Hot Stuff, would you please get your Bee Bee something to drink?" said Bee Bee.
"Sure..you guys thirsty too?" I asked.
"Si, more Champaigne.."said Sofia..
"Yeah Homie...More Champaigne.."said Kahlil..
"Four bubblies coming up.."I said..
Ms. Yvette sat down, she took her shoes off..
''So what did you have to tell me?" she asked.
"That clown that made partner...Who we are honoring tonight..Is under investigation by the D.A.'s Office.." said Gary...
"Really?" said Yvette..
"This is between me and you...but he's a suspected serial rapist....We've been watching him for awhile...I have an informant....I can't tell you who she is...but she is an attorney here..She was allegedly raped by him...she was the person who first came to us...He won't be partner long..We get enough information and he's going to jail...I just thought I'd tell you that." said Gary..
"Can I tell Jazzy?" asked Yvette..
"I'd rather you not right now...but it's coming.."said Gary...
"Well he is a jerk...He propositioned me tonight..Offered me a job here and a fast track to a partnership if I'd give him some.."said Yvette.. :He almost got a knee in the groin..." she said.
"He'd of gotten worse if I'd of seen or heard him.."said Gary..
"I know...That's why I'm glad you didn't.." said Yvette...
Jasmine walked over..
"Girl, We out...I made my appearence...You made yours...Let's get out of here and go get some coffee."said Jasmine..
"I know an all night coffee shoppe..not far from here.."said Dabnis..
"Let me go gather up my chillen.."joked Yvette..
I won't say the night was a total bust, but Bee Bee, Sofia, Kahlil ,Jade and me were more than ready to go.
As the eight of us left....We saw the man of the hour.. Ted Tyler emerging from the ladies room, fixing his trousers and his hair...
...He smiled at all of us and headed back to the conference room...He was as red as a beet..
Kate Florick wandered out...She looked dazed and confused..Her hair was mussed...
"Kate? Are you alright?" asked Jasmine.. They weren't friends, but they were cordial to each other..
"Yeah...Yeah...I think I've had a little too much to drink...Uh I'll be fine..Thanks ..Thanks for asking.." she said.
"She didn't look alright to me.."said Gary...
"Me neither." said Jade.
At the party...more dancing was going on....
In the coatroom..
Ted had cornered another Attorney....
Crystal Pffeifer...
He had his hand up her skirt...was running his hands down into her panties and kissing her passionately..
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you are scrumptious..." he said.
"Ted...I think My husband is here..He's going to catch us.."she pleaded..
"No he won't....now come on..."he said.
"TEDDDDDDDDDDDD!" she pleaded..
He had her dress up, her panties down and was going to town on the huge cot...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she moaned...
"OHHHHH MY GODDDDD!" he cried out..
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you are sooooo baddddd...Tee Hee…."she giggled.
The couch was squeaking loudly....The legs felt as if they were about to come off!
She had been sleeping with Ted for as long as he'd worked here...She'd given him inside information on other Attorneys, including the other partners, different clients...He had promised her a fast track to making partner...Now that he'd made partner...She expected him to make good on that promise...Especially since he had been sleeping with her almost at will for years...
Their moans were drowned out by the loud music and people line dancing...
The party began to break up...
Crystal Pffiefer fixed her hair and her dress...Her lipstick was smeared...,so was her make up...
Ted Tyler was now partner at his law firm and he had had a big party in his honor and he had scored with two Associate Attorneys..in one night...What a night it was...
IV-
We found the coffee shop Dabnis was reffering to a few blocks from the party...
after a night of drinking Champaigne and dancing, hot coffee was just what we needed before we hit the sack...
''Hey Dabnis, this is nice."I said.
"Yeah, very retro...very cool."said Kahlil..
"My kind of joint...real Boho…"said Dabnis..
"Dabnis took me here years ago when we first met...We were just friends...we weren't you know dating...I thought..This guy is sooo bourgie.."laughed Jasmine..
"Awwww , you know Keith and I were just friends like that, all through law school...We didn't start dating and getting serious until after we graduated passed the bar and went to work for Ms. Yvette..First time we even kissed was the night I moved into the apartment complex."said Bee Bee..
"Kahlil and I were uh kind of "Friends with Benefits, going all the way back to undergrad...We kept that secret from everybody....but the night we graduated from law school...we made it official."said Sofia.
"She kept that from me and I've known her since Kintergarden.."said Bee Bee...
"They kept that from both of us." I said..
"Awwww it's great that you guys found each other and are so close."said Jasmine as our coffee's arrived..
and just in time..
Ms. Yvette, Gary and Jade sat in the booth across from us..
"This place is nice...A nice cool out joint.."said Yvette..
"Yeah...a calm spot.."said Gary...
''Are we off tomorrow Ms. Yvette, because I can use the extra sleep?" asked Ms. Jade.
"Yes...Everybody is off tomorrow."said Ms. Yvette...
"YESSS..I'm going to the Barber Shop." I said.
"I'm sleeping late."said Kahlil..
"We can get our hair done."said Bee Bee..
"Let's Go to your mom's house..she'll do it cheap."said Sofia..
"You took the words out of my mouth girl.."laughed Bee Bee..
"Yall are so cute.."laughed Jasmine...
"Unfortunately...I have to work tomorrow, but I'm goin in late...10:00 am."said Dabnis..
"I'm off tomorrow."said Jasmine..
We ordered another round of coffees...
This indeed was a great place...
and good that we were all here too!
For just blocks away...
Outside Jasmine's building...a bizzare scene was taking place..
A small crowd gathered outside the building...
CSI and Forensic Specialist were snapping photos of the body of a healthy young white male..
Hazel Baylor was examining the body....She sighed when she saw the two police cars arrive from opposite directions..
and Lt. Tragg in dramatic fashion walk up with four uniformed policemen..
"What have we got here?" he says..
Hazel sighed..''Why does he always do that? Like he's on Television or something..?"
"Murder....Blunt force trauma to the head...We think he was struck with a metal blunt object....but we can't locate it."said Hazel..
"He got a name?" asked Lt. Tragg..
"Yes..Theodore "Ted" Tyler...He's an attorney...He apparently was at a party up there in his honor..He had just made Partner at his firm.."said Hazel..
"Ohhhhh Geeez...Not his night...He was the Man of the Hour...Now he's dead.....Geeez!"said Lt. Tragg..
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