In the Judges Chambers, hours before he was to go on trial for murder,
Newly minted Attirney, Lancaster Brown was kissing his fiance, Renee Gentel..
"Lancasterrrrr...come on , you said one kiss now.."she cooed..
They were kissing passionately....
"Ummmmmmmmmmmm baby you feel soo good.", he moaned...
Renee was worried that the Judge or somebody would come in and catch them...
"Lancasterrrrrrrr, stoppppppppppppp...we are going to get caught.." she said in between slow smouldering kisses..
"By who? The Judge has already been in here and left....I saw her...It's just me and you...."said Lancaster in between smouldering kisses...
"I shouldn't be back here with you.." she cooed...
"Sure you should...Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...."he moaned...
He slipped his hand up her skirt...She moved it..
"No..Not in here..NO! " she said..
"Renee please....I've been watching you all week, I just can't watch anymore..I need to have you..."said Lancaster...
He slipped his hand up her skirt again, softly caressing her thighs and hips...he tugged on the waistband of her panties...She was getting aroused.....
"Ummmmmmm, you are soooo bad Lancaster, but we are not going to do this in here....Stop it now!." she said firmly and gently removed his hands...
Lancaster smiled..
"Okay, Okay...I'll try and control myself.." he said softly...
"Yes..try hard.." she said..
They continued kissing a little more.
Meanwhile outside the Judges Chambers...Olivia looked at her watch...She was always punctual..She drilled that into Beverly ,Nelson and now Josie..
"He's late...I told him what time I needed him here.."said Olivia..
"He'll be here Auntay.."said Beverly..rubbing her aunts arms..
"You don't think he'd skip do you?" asked Josie..
''Nah...He enjoys being an Attorney too much...He wants to get this over...Believe me.."said Nelson.
"They're probably here in the courthouse somewhere.." I said..
Lt. Tragg stared at Olivia, Beverly and Josie from a distance..
"Look at em...All color co-ordinated... I bet their panties are the same colors too..I'll just bet.." he thought to himself..
The doors to the Judges Chambers opened..
Lancaster stepped out...He smiled sheepishly....
"Hi Guys.." he said..
Renee wiped her lipstick off his face and his lapel.... she smiled sheepishly.. It was quite obvious what they had been doing...
"Good ,you're here..Let's talk and get you prepped."said Olivia..
Beverly figured he was getting his "good luck kiss".. The one he had asked her for the day before at the Bar exam..
''At least he was getting it from the person he should be getting it from this time." she thought.
"I'm glad they showed up." said Josie..
''I never doubted he would."said Nelson.
"Let's get this show on the road.." I said..
II-
The First Day of the Preliminary hearing in the murder trial of Lancaster Brown, accused of killing Alexa Orson, his live in girlfriend at one time..
Honorable Judge Judy Wong was presiding
Assistant District Attorney Abby Sleet was the prosecutor.. She sat a sizable distance from Lt. Tragg, Three chairs over and forbid him to move any closer..She didn't trust him and did not mind him knowing..
He had ran his hands up her skirt and into her panties the last time they were in court, causing her to have a loud and embarrassing orgasm in the courtroom during a hearing..She was not going to go through that again..She had slapped him silly twice for doing that...Once in Sam Mother's diner and once in court...She still had a restraining order in effect against him..
Lt. Tragg's mind was not on the case at all...He kept looking at how well ADA Sleet fit into her tight skirt and thinking about how soft her legs and her butt felt the last time they were in court together...He thought about the one night they had shared together and early morning making sweet,sweet love...He wondered how things had gotten so wrong, so sideways and so fast?
Olivia was preparing her defense...The one she and her niece and her niece's husband and Josie had worked on until the wee hours of the morning..
I graciously had let her sleep when she came up..and had just held her in my arms..she was grateful for that...
Beverly wished that Lancaster would stop staring at her so lustfully..It was making her uncomfortable...She for one wanted to get this thing over as fast as possible.
Lancaster kept looking at Beverly one minute and Josie the next...He peered at Nelson..
"I know she drives him nuts in the bed...what a lucky man...and to work around Beverly and Josie and even Liv all day...I couldn't concentrate on my work.." he thought...
Nelson was preparing his notes about what type of Jury they wanted if this thing got past the preliminaries..He was talking quietly to both Beverly and Josie..
Josie thought strongly that if they broke down Maceo Artell properly , they could end this thing in the prelims..
Both Beverly and Olivia agreed with their young protoge'.
In The Galley was none other than Attorney Dabnis Coley...He was out of court and he had come to see Olivia and Beverly and company work...He loved them as people and as fellow attorneys..
His wife, Attorney Jasmine Coley, had gone to school with Beverly and Kayla and worked her first job after law school with Olivia, Beverly and Nelson at the Public Defenders Office before branching off on her own...
She was not surprised that Olivia had her own practice...Olivia , her mentor always had big ideas that went beyond the Public Defenders office...she was happy that Liv took her niece, Beverly and Nelson with her..
Assistant U.S. Attorney ,who had worked with us before was also in attendance...
She sat next to me in the Gallery..
"Hi Donnie Ray...I'm a big fan of your wife and her niece..." she laughed..
"So am I darlin.." I laughed..
Lt. Tragg noticed them all..
'What is that creep Dabnis doing here? and Jazzy and that U.S. Attorney??" he wondered....
At any rate...It was time for the arguments to begin...
III-
Abigail Sleet was a good ADA...She crafted the narrative of the events of the night to a tee.. It was quite obvious she had done a little investigating on her own, but not enough..
She carefully presented Policemen on the scene...everyone except Lt. Tragg , Crime Scene Investigators and Forensic Specialists who were at the scene that night ..
She showed photos of the deceased young lady...
Olivia, Beverly, Nelson and Josie didn't question a one of them on cross...They simply took notes, especially of the times..
Lt. Tragg was antsy...
"They're fishing for something...They haven't asked a question....That's not like them...Put me on the stand.." he demanded..
"There is no reason to...Anything you could add has already been stated by these experts...They didn't question them because these are undisputable facts...Now relax..."said ADA Sleet...
She was telling the truth...We were waiting...Waiting for this man , Maceo Artell, aka Maceo Williams...The eyewitness...
He was the one person who placed our client at the scene of the murder...We were waiting for him eagerly to testify and he did..
He stated that he was staying in a room directly across from the deceased and he witnessed Lancaster dropping the gun and running out of the room at 11:59, right before midnight..
"Mr. Artell, you were the estranged husband of Ms. Orson were you not?" asked Olivia, who produced a copy of their South African Marriage Certificate...
He hesitated , then he said.. "YES" He smiled...It all seemed like a game to him....He thought Olivia was mad attractive and he welcomed a verbal joust with her...He was astounded she had a copy of his marriage license..
"Her Husband?" I didn't know that!" said an astonished Lt. Tragg.
"Seems to be a whole lot you didn't know."said a disgusted ADA Sleet...She didn't know it either..
"You told Lt. Tragg that you were staying in this apartment, across from Ms. Orson ...I have the two tenents here who actually live in that apartment who will testify that they've never seen you before..So you lied to Lt. Tragg didn't you?" asked Beverly..
He hung his head... and said said Quietly... "YES" He found Beverly equally attractive and continued to smile.
"You said that Mr. Brown and Ms. Orson had been quarreling for a half an hour and that right before midnight , you heard three gunshots and saw Mr. Brown leaving... According to the autopsy report..She was hit with two gunshots and according to testimony we've already heard...Only two shells were found.." said Nelson.. Since you didn't live in that room where you say...You didn't hear a thing did you?" asked Nelson...
He found Nelson irritating and his manner of questioning was clearly angering him...
He answered quietly..."I was in the Hallway!"
"I have a person here, Mr. Eddie Lee and three of his associates who will testify that Mr. Brown was in Chinatown getting 25 large from him to pay the deceased who was blackmailing him...No way he could have been in that apartment when you say he was there..And you were not in any hallway, I have three other tenents who will testify that they have never seen you before." said Olivia.
"These are time stamped photos of his car arriving at the scene at 12:05 , after midnight....from the Street Cam and the ATM Cam..." said Beverly..
He smiled, He knew he was caught in another lie..These women were attractive, but they were really getting on his nerves...He didn't expect this..
"This is from the phone company...Mr. Brown called Ms. Orson at 11:45...saying he was on his way...From Chinatown...further proof that he was not in the apartment complex until 12:05..After the time it has been stated she was killed. The phone company tracked the call for us...It came from Chinatown...That's where he was...Not in those apartments..."said Josie.
"This is registration for that gun..Purchased by my client, two years ago in New York City...This is a copy of a restraining order taken out by Ms. Orson on YOU, in which she states that you took some of her property, including that 40 Caliber pistol.." said Olivia..
He smiled and held his head down..He was surprised at how thorough they had investigated this...He really hadn't expected this...Lancaster had gotten himself some good lawyers..Not the overworked Public Defenders who would have had him plead out that he expected ...
"That gun was in your possession that night...wasn't it?" asked Beverly..
"YOU SHOT MS. ORSON...YOU SHOT HER AND THERE IS A TIME STAMPED PHOTO OF YOU LEAVING THE BUILDING AT 12:01 am..Four minutes before my client arrived...You probably passed each other...You shot her with a gun you knew was registered in his name and then you made a false report to Lt. Tragg am I right?" asked Nelson..
It was no longer funny now...They had evidence and charges that could put him in jail...He was no longer smiling and no longer co-operating...He was shaking and clinching his fists tightly...
"There is no way you saw my client running from the scene...You saw him heading towards the scene..A scene you were fleeing...At 12:05, according to this time stamped photo of you leaving the building..Five minutes after YOU SHOT HER!! and wiped the gun clean of prints and DNA!." said Josie..
"You hung around and then gave a statement to two officers on the scene and Lt. Tragg that we now know was a lie, wasn't it Mr. Artell?" asked Beverly..
"In Fact, everything you told the police that night and every bit of your testimony is a lie ISN'T IT MR. MARTELL? or is it WILLIAMS?" asked Olivia..
"I want a lawyer! I want a damn LAWYER!!! GOTDAMNIT!!! I aint sayin a damn thing else...! LEAVE ME ALONE !!!!!I aint sayin nothin else.." he said..Now thoroughly embarrassed at being caught in several lies and angry at these women and this guy for exposing him...He wanted to throttle Nelson...He stomped his foot and clinched his fists angrilly...
Lt. Tragg hung his head... He had dropped the ball again...He looked at Maceo Artell...He had played him...He wanted to choke the life out of him!!! He was livid!! Gone was that smug look of superiority he had had!
ADA Sleet sighed...
"Your Honor , in light of this new evidence that appears to point more toward this witness than the defendent...The people move to drop all charges against Mr. Lancaster Brown and to re-arrest Mr. Artell on a charge of First Degree Murder and making false statements to the police."she said..
"Duly Noted...Baillifs, take Mr. Artell into custody immediately.."said Judge Wong.
''Awww no...Come on now! Come on damn it! I have no representation.....LAWYER!!! JUDGE!!! PLEASE!" he screamed as he was handcuffed and Bailiffs led him out of the courtroom..
"THIS AINT RIGHT!! THIS AINT RIGHT!!" he screamed....."LAWYYYYERRRR!" he screamed to the top of his lungs as Bailiffs dragged him out of the courtroom....
''So Moved and Duly Noted...Mr. Brown, Congratulations on passing the bar yesterday....I hope to see you try a case in my court...You are free to go..Good Luck to you..All charges dismissed" she said...
She saw Brendan Burnside from a distance...She smiled at him....He smiled at her.
His niece, Renee was overjoyed..
"This long nightmare is over, you are free.." she said happily...
"LIV, BEV, DONNIE RAY , NELSON, JOSIE....You are miracle workers...THANK YOU SO MUCH...SO GLAD THIS IS ALL BEHIND ME NOW!" said a jubilant, Lancaster Brown, who expected a long drawn out trial...He didn't expect to freed, the first day of a three day pre-liminary hearing..
Olivia smiled..She was glad to be done with this case so quickly...She smiled at me..
"You're the real hero husband...You did quite a thorough investigation.." she said , smiling..
"All in a day's work.." I said..
Beverly was relieved it was over...
"Nice...Quick and efficient...That eyewitness made the state's entire case just unravel.."said Beverly..
"Yeahhh, I definitely wouldn't have brought him to the stand..But without his testimony, they didn't have much of anything else...No prints, No DNA...Not even a motive.."said Nelson...
"And but for him , they might not have even known that Lancaster was there at all...Nice when you can win in the prelims." said Josie...
"Man, that was entertaining to say the least...Olivia and Beverly could teach a course just on how they handled this case.."laughed Dabnis, who congratulated us..
''WOWWWW! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!" said Jazzy, smiling..
"That was excellent lawyering."said AUSA Karla Williams...
"Karla...I'm an Attorney now...No longer a para-legal...That means we will be working closer together now..Heh heh heh!" laughed Lancaster..
"Not Neccesarily...I wouldn't get my hopes up." said Karla, who walked away,,His trousers were sticking out like a circus tent...She smiled...She liked that she got some guys hot and bothered, but married and engaged men were off limits...She wasn't going down that road ever again...She planned to duck Lancaster every chance she got..Now that he was an Attorney.
No One could be more disgusted than ADA Abby Sleet who had a perfect record until she was paired with Lt. Tragg....Now she had lost one case and had dismissed another case that she surely would have lost had she pursued it further..His slap dash investigating and rush to make a quick arrest had led to this...
She looked at Olivia and Beverly...
She respected us, our entire team....We were well prepared...She felt as though Olivia and Beverly had a great investigator in me and they disected the case thorougly...It was an honor facing them...
As for Lt. Tragg, he was the most bumbling goof of a Detective she had ever known...She couldn't believe she had once slept with him, finding him attractive..
She hoped she never saw him again...She didn't look his way, she gathered her briefcase and walked past us and out the door..
Lt. Tragg was furious...He wanted to choke the life out of Maceo Artell...He didn't think that he himself had done anything wrong at all as usual. He didn't think he had rushed to judgement or made an arrest too fast...It did not matter that he had no motive, No DNA , No prints and one witness, who it turned out lied about everything...Even giving a phony name and two phony addresses..He didn't think for instance that he didn't investigate all parties involved thoroughly...Which he very well could have done , just as I did..No...he had done nothing wrong...It was all Olivia and Beverly's fault...
He looked for Abby, he wanted to apologize to her, but she was long gone...
IV-
TWO WEEKS LATER-
Renee walked into the diner...She saw us sitting down about to eat breakfast...
"So Glad I ran into you guys in here...I wanted to thank you again for all your help, Unfortunately There isn't going to be a wedding..Lancaster and I broke up.." she said..
''WHAT??? OHHH NOOOOOOO, WHAT HAPPENED?" asked Olivia..
"You two have a fight?" I asked..
Beverly said nothing...She had since told us that Lancaster made a pass at her...She wasn't surprised at all...In fact, she was relieved for Renee..
Nelson wasn't too happy about him right now either...Laughing in his face while they were prepping him for trial and making a pass at his wife..He wanted to knock his teeth out!
Josie had told us that he had made a pass at her too, but none of us had relayed that information to either Renee or Brendan..
"Lancaster Brown is a liar and a cheat...Guess he'll make a fantastic lawyer right? I'm just kidding...You guys are the salt of the earth....All this time he's been making passes at different women.. Three of them recorded him and brought it to my attention, so he couldn't lie.. I called the wedding off and I put him out... Also...Now that he is an Attorney, there was no room for him at the Federal Building, so he's out there too! My Uncle is ecstatic...He didn't like him too much anyway."said Renee.
"Oh My God!!!...I'm so sorry to hear that baby!" said Olivia..
"You're a pretty girl Renee and you're smart and talented and you have a nice career...You'll find somebody, I wouldn't worry..."said Beverly..
"Yeah, I wouldn't worry...You don't need all the drama he brings/"said Josie..
"So where is Lancaster now?" I asked..
"He found a nice apartment....and he's presently working at the Public Defender's Office and fielding offers from area law firms...He's making considerably less money and working harder than he ever worked for the Feds...He calls and complains to me all the time.....He calls me and begs me to take him back, but I figure he's more trouble than he's worth..I've blocked his number and stopped taking his calls.. My Uncle is overjoyed that we broke up.."said Renee..
"Good Riddance!!!...Sit down with us Renee...Have some breakfast." said Nelson..
She did and we were treated to-
Fluffy Pancakes
Omelettes to order
Hash Browns
Sausages
Coffee
and Mimosas.
Lt. Tragg walked in...He saw all of us eating in our booths...This time he didn't say anything to us at all..What could he say??? We had gotten another client free.. another person he had arrested and swore was guilty.....He walked to his usual spot at the counter,sat down and ordered his breakfast.....Gone was that smug look of superiority!
EPILOUGE-
Maceo Artell was convicted of Second Degree Murder and sentenced to 10- 25 years in prison. He never admitted shooting his estranged wife or saying why....but faced with a mountain of evidence against him...He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second degree murder..
He might serve at least 11 years before being released..
Olivia and I did have our night alone...
"Donnie Ray thank you so much for the great job you did investigating this case and allowing me to sleep the past two nights after doing all that research and coming up so late...I figure I owe you something for that.." said Olivia..
Wearing my favorite nightie and a matching lavender thong.....
We kissed passionately in the middle of the floor of our home...
"Oh you are soooo welcome baby." I said, Kissing her passionately, while she fondled me..
"Oh My goodness...you are sooooo blessed....I swear this thing gets bigger....Myyyy word!" she said...
Soon all of our clothes were off and we were in bed...
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu girllll.." I moaned..
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh husband, ummmmmmmmmmm.."she moaned.. ''Ouuuuuuuuuu Donnie Rayyyy I love you sooo much, sooo much, you don't even understand..."moaned Olivia.... "I love you too Olivia...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my godddd…" I cried out.. "Ummmmmmmmmmmm… ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you like it daddy?" she cooed.. "I do.." I said.. "Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I like it too!" she said..
We were making sweet love...Nice and slow and unrushed... Our bed was getting a good workout tonight...Headboard rattling...Squeaking just a little bit..
EIGHT TO NINE HOURS passed by and we weren't even close to stopping...
Olivia positioned herself on top of me and began to move up and down..
"OHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDD DONNIE RAYYYYY! !" she bellowed..
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"I moaned.. I didn't know if I was coming or going..
This bed didn't squeak, but the headboard did rattle....a lot1!!!
ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR HOURS BREEZED BY....
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you are doing the damn thing Donnie Ray.."she cooed..
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" I moaned...
Before you know it...I was cumming like a gusher...and Olivia was having an intense orgasm, legs just shaking, arms flailing away....head turning from side to side and tears and sweat just flowing down the side of her face...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" she moaned...
It was a nice ending to a pleasant and rewarding day..
We had the place all to ourselves...
Beverly , Nelson, Josie and Paris were at Aqua Bar with her cousin Kayla, her husband, Ray and friends... Keith Jones, Bee Bee Evans, Kahlil Ahmed, Sofia Garcia, Dabnis,Jazzy, Jessica and Chip
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