VENTURES: Best Served Cold

Everything about "Big Fed" the U.S. Courthouse was big and modern. including their dining facility where we all were seated, awaiting the beginning of our last day of trial in the civil suit brought by Attorney Greg Garland

Against Billionaire CFO , Cynthia Biddle in the wrongful death suit against his fiance, Assistant U.S.Attorney, Tessa Greenleaf, who was murdered by white supremacists, she is accused of financing.

Ms. Yvette smiled and shook her head as Kahlil and I had a breakfast sampler...

Pancakes, Waffles, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon and a Chocolate Strawberry on one plate..

"Damn Homie, Sam Mother needs to offer something like this.." said Kahlil..

"I know right? He'd never do it.." I said as we chowed down..

The girls had something more demure...A fired Egg on top of potatoes..

"Lt. Tragg would love this..He always orders fried potatoes and Hash browns."said Sofia.

''Maybe we'll mention this place to him next time we see him."laughed Bee Bee.

"I'm glad they're loose...We've got a big day in court today.."said Yvette..

who had chosen not to eat...She was only having a cup of coffee as was Greg Garland..

Cynthia Biddle's money stretches long...Even though that dude was in Hospice..I'm certain he was helped out of here..He had weeks to live..She had him murdered...I know it.."said Greg..

'We can't prove that...There is no time...Today we plan to hammer home what he testified to and what the jury heard....Lynne Strong will cry foul, that she never got to question him on cross..She's going to try to supress, but then there is the evidence we have already successfully shown that this woman was funding a lot of far right groups and had a personal relationship with the leader of this group..." said Yvette..

"I hope it's enough."snarled Greg..

"Greg...This story has made national news..She's been exposed..She's no longer behind the scenes in the shadows...Her business has taken a big hit..Several Investors have pulled out, several sponsers have cut ties with her group, not just here in America, but around the world..Her Board of directors are talking about asking her to step down as Chief Financial Officer...Whether we win today or not..This Civil suit has gotten you revenge, if that's what you want....Revenge is a dish best served cold baby."said Yvette, rubbing his shoulders..

"You're right Vettie, you're usually right and you and your people have been doing a fabulous job."he said, looking at the four of us..

Devour our food..

"They're really enjoying their food.." he laughed..

"They're young people...They've got big appetites.."said Yvette,looking at the four of us and smiling.

''Say, where is Jade?" asked Greg,,,

"She's doing some work for us...I hope she completes it by the time we get ready for trial..."said Yvette.

II-

At the headquarters of Morris Communications and Morris Investigations.. Jade was in our good friend, Kevin Morris's office..

She looked around...It was very modern..

"Nice Office you have here Kevin...It's been a few years since we worked that Black Dragon case together." she said..Remembering when she came to America as a Homicide detective on loan from Tokyo..

"Yeah, that was awhile wasn't it?" said Kevin Morris, remembering going to Jade's hotel room

and being stunned by how sexy she was , when she answered the door in her bra and panties and a big shirt and let him in...

He was quite impressed with her then...He never expected to see her again after that case..and now here she was, an American citizen and an Investigator for his lawyer friends..

"My guys hacked into a Homeland security website and pulled up this photo of your girl, Cynthia Biddle with Lapier and his four cronies, having lunch at this tony little bistro a year ago...And here is another photo of Her and Lapier at another meeting place, along with your dead witness, Ben Astrid

just weeks before AUSA Greenleaf was murdered, but a day after it was announced that she was seeking indictments on Lapier and the four members of his terrorist cell.."said Kevin..

"Oh My Godd!" said an astonished Jade..

"You're going to be asked where you got these photos...You can't say from me and you can't say from Homeland Security..."said Kevin...

"I won't...I know someone who traffics in this kind of stuff...A Hacker, now imprisoned, who will be the perfect scapegoat..." said Jade..

"I know who you're talking about...You go on, take this to court...by the time anyone looks..I'll have this information on his website...which is still up despite him serving a long prison term."said Bonnie Shay, Attorney and Insurance Investigator , who had incredible computer skills.

A little while later..

"I got here as fast as I could..We have an hour before trial...Look at these.."said Jade who showed the photos to us...

"WOWWWW! I've got to enter this into discovery right away.."said Yvette..

"Lynne Strong is going to either try to supress it or ask for a continuance and say she didn't have enough time to mount a defense to this evidence.."I said.

"She could do that...but I think the Judge may over rule her...He wants this thing over as much as everybody else involved." said Bee Bee.

"He's going to want to know where you got this." said Sofia

"And who gave this to you/"said Kahlil..

"And I've got you covered"said Jade, who whispered in Yvette's ear...

Yvette got that giddy conspiratorial look that women get when they're sharing a naughty secret...

I imagine that the less people knowing what they were whispering about , the better..it kept us all pure.

III-

"We're done Ms. Yvette...We are headed to the courtroom to get ready.." I said.

"He's got the nervous jitters...we've got a half hour left.." laughed Bee Bee.

"Maybe that's healthy....I keep wondering why I don't."sighed Ms. Yvette..

"We're going up too."said Sofia.

''Yeah, we'll see you up there.."said Kahlil.

"Yeah, I'll see you in court.."said Jade, following the four of us..

"Well Baby girl, this is it...Looks like you have a well wisher...I'll see you in a few.." said Greg..

"Gary? what are you doing here?" asked a very surprised Yvette.

"Can't I come to see my baby at work?"laughed Gary....

"I'm glad to see you...This is a big one...The kind of case Attorneys live for." said Yvette..

"Well...Go for it..This is your moment doll." said Gary, who pulled Yvette to him

and kissed her passionately......

"Ummmmmmmmm that wasn't a congratulatory kiss, that was a bedroom kiss.." cooed Yvette..

Gary just laughed.. "Good Luck baby!" he said..

Back in the courtroom,

Attorney Lynne Strong argued that Cynthia Biddle's politics may be Far Right, They may be poisonous to a large demographic, but that she had her right to her views and her right to spend her money whichever way she wanted to as an American Citizen...

She argued that her donating her money to certain causes did not prove she had any knowledge of any terroristic acts by said participants.

She argued that the jury disregard the testimony of the now late Ben Astrid, because he died before he could be cross examined..

Ms Yvette argued that one should know who and what they are donating money to...She appealed to the jurors, none of whom were billionaires..."If you were donating your money to anyone or a cause, wouldn't you want to be so informed..?

I believe Ms. Biddle was very much informed as to the nature of at least five of these people she gave money to"she said..

Bee Bee

and Kahlil showed the jury enlarged photos of Cynthia Biddle with Ron Lapier and his four cronies..in a very tony bistro, having coffee at a coffee shop and in the Wellington company Cafeteria.

"If you look at just one of these photos..This one is time dated...Look at the date!" I said.

"It's one week before AUSA Greenleaf was murdered and one day after she said was seeking indictments of all five of these guys that Ms. Biddle is seen here socializing with."said Sofia.

Cynthia Biddle fainted!

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" she cried out...

A Bailiff got water and a cool towel and attended to her..

"YOUR HONOR THIS WAS ENTERED INTO DISCOVERY TOO LATE FOR ME TO HAVE A PROPER LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS....THIS IS NOT FAIR AT ALL." SCREAMED Attorney

Lynne Strong..

"Mrs. Lockwood, Ms. Strong, IN MY CHAMBERS!!! I'm recessing the jury for ten minutes..."said Judge Crater..

Greg Garland looked over at Cynthia Biddle who had grown a shade paler and smiled just as snarkily as she had been smiling..Even if the Judge told the jury to disregard the photos...They had seen them..Good Old Yvette..She was so damn smart he thought..

Cynthia Biddle looked over at the five of us..

and she thought.. "Two Blacks, A Puerto Rican, An Arab and as Asian...What a mixed bag of nuts....If I didn't have such a distaste for minorities..I might have hired them myself.." she snorted..

AND IN THE JUDGES CHAMBERS-

"Mrs. Lockwood, where did you get those photos?" asked Judge Crater.

''Ever hear of a Hacker named Juan Aswad? He has a website that traffics in all kind of conspiracy theories and government information...It's still up...He hacked into a unsecure Homeland Security website and found those photos of Ms. Biddle...If you check his website, it's still up and run by persons unknown... He's serving a lengthy federal sentence for an assortment of crimes..but his website still has all sorts of interesting things.."said Yvette.

"How did you come to know about it and him?" asked Judge Crater , who looked incredibly nervous./

"Last year Mr. Aswad tried to blackmail my client..He was caught up in a sting operation that landed him in prison,but his site still remained up...My investigator decided to give it a look see to see if we might find anything interesting about Ms. Biddle..We did and several other officials."said Yvette.

"I don't care where they got it from, you can't allow them to use that...The Jury can't see that..."screamed Lynne Strong.

"The Jury has seen it and they have heard testimony from the now deceased witness...I'm not going to draw this trial out any longer...You Ms. Strong, should have come better prepared...I'll Allow it." he said.

And with that, the trial ended.

IV-

FOUR HOURS LATER-

"I kind of like it when the jury comes back fast..."I said.

"In a case like this...I don't know if that's good or bad." said Bee Bee.

"Well, it's over...at least that much is true."said Sofia.

"Yeahhhh, I could use the rest..." said Kahlil..

"We all put in some hours and a lot of work on this case."said Jade..

Yvette stood with Greg..

''Remember what I told you...Revenge is a dish best served cold Greg....Win or lose...She still is paying a toll.."said Yvette..

"I know....You're right Vettie."said Greg.

Back in court...

Judge Crater received the verdict...He passed it to the Bailiff..who read it..

"WE THE JURY RULE ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF, GREG GARLAND AND WE AWARD HIM 100 MILLION DOLLARS!" HE SAID.

"WE WON!" I cried out!

"WE WON!!"screamed Bee Bee

We kissed passionately...We knew our firm was getting a percentage of that award and we would be rewarded handsomely, all of us..

"WE WONNN, BABY WE WONNNN!"screamed Kahlil...lifting Sofia up and spinning her around.

"PAPI!! WE WONNNNNNNN!"screamed Sofia.. laughing joyously!!!

Like Bee Bee and I , they kissed each other passionately ..

"I won Vettie, but somehow, I don't feel as good as I thought I might..You're right, Revenge is a dish best served cold.."said Greg..

"Ohhhhhhh just hold on a minute..."said Yvette..

Assistant United States Attorney Karla Williams

and a gaggle of FBI agents walked up to Cynthia Biddle

"CYNTHIA ANN BIDDLE?" she said.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? AND WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME?" she asked..

"I'm U.S. Attorney Karla Williams, you're under arrest for Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Wire Fraud, and Sedition against the United States Government. Read her her rights boys." said Karla.

"Well I'll be damned..I DON'T BELIEVE IT, I'M BEING ARRESTED!!!!" she snarled.. She looked at Lynne Strong.. "Youuuuu worthless Jew...I thought Jew lawyers were supposed to be so good..I'm hiring me a White American lawyer."she snarled...

"Good Luck with that, you racist bitch!!!!" snarled Lynne Strong...who seemed relieved to be rid of her..

"NOW THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" howled Greg Garland ,laughing loud..

"I thought that would.."laughed Jade.

''Remember what I said about a dish best served cold.."said Ms. Yvette, "Forget it." she laughed.

EPILOUGE-

Cynthia Biddle was convicted of all charges and sentenced to 30-50 years...She is presently serving her sentence in a Womens Federal Prison in Florida. She writes Attorney Lynne Strong from time to time apologizing for her remarks...She says she has rernounced her racist tropes and become a born again Christian..

Lynne Strong has never answered one of her letters, depositing them in the trash as soon as she realizes who the letters are from!

That 100 Million dollar settlement broke the Wellington Investment Group, after it was paid out, the group filed for Bankruptcy and now no longer exists...

Greg Garland returned to Florida...He sold his home and he began traveling...Saying he might settle somewhere and form his own law firm in the nearby future.

To Celebrate, Ms. Yvette took us all out to dinner..At Bottom Of The C.

"This is a thank you to my brilliant team...Who just won the biggest case of our careers today in Big Fed of all places.. Thank you....The Partners are pleased as punch..."said Yvette...

"I just know they are.." I said..

"I'm proud to say I was a part of such a landmark case."said Bee Bee..

"Me too...You know, a long time ago when I met you two girls as a Freshmen at Temple..I kinda knew we were destined for big things.."joked Kahlil...

"Oh really Kahlil...Is THAT what you knew?" joked Sofia, now his wife...

"I felt the same way Kahlil, when I met them.."I said laughing..

"You both need to stop."laughed Bee Bee.

"Well Keith And Kahlil may be joking...but I always knew you guys were special from day one when I hand picked you for the firm and my team..All of you, including you Jade.."said Yvette.