VENTURES: I'm Not Missin This At All

ONE WEEK LATER-

"Kevin, thank you and your agency for pinch hitting for us while Jade and Danny are on their honeymoon.

They're in Okinawa....Though he's American Born...His parents were from Japan also and they became American Citizens when he was a teenager.." said Ms. Yvette.

"That's what they always had in common...Their Japanese heritage... She was Born in Hong Kong of Japanese parents and raised in Tokyo...And he was born in Philadelphia , the son of Japanese immigrants...that's kind of kool." said Private Investigator Kevin Morris , who was pinch hitting for us in Jade's absence..

"That's so sweet, that they found each other...Here in this city..."said Bee Bee..

"Yeah it is...I miss Jade, I can't wait until they come back...We should have them over for dinner."said Sofia.

"I think you should give them some time to eat dinner alone for a few days first." said Kahlil..

"Yeah , they aren't going anywhere..." I said.

"Jade really did a great job before she left...I didn't have to do too much back checking..Her birth name was Emma Strunk.. She claimed to be from New York City...She was new in town..She apparently was carrying on with both the late Sylvester Hines and your client, Nicky Jordan. and they got into a brouhaha over her when it got out..They buried the hatchet, but Sylvester couldn't let go of it..He hired Leonard Britell..one of the times he was in New York City for his job.

Britell couldn't find any birth certificate , no school records , no dental, no medical, no nothing for any Taylor Thornton from New York City or anywhere in this state or Pennsylvania..He needed more.

He got fingerprints and DNA and he struck gold...Her real name is Emma Strunk...she was born in Nutbush , Tennessee...barely graduated from high school..Married a guy named Roy Thornton...Left him and moved to Rochester, New York where she got lucky...She married a man named Paul Rosen, a very wealthy man...They signed a pre nup in which she got half of his six million dollar fortune.. Paul Rosen was 40 years older than her and he died suddenly...She inherited a cool 3 million and a 600K life insurance policy...Only problem was. Mr. Rosen's son from his first marriage hired a P.I., who discovered who she really was and that she was still married to poor Roy Thornton in Nutbush... That made her marriage to his father invalid and she didn't get a dime. That P.I. was Leonard Britell..So she knew him... I think either Britell or Sylvester Hines or both were blackmailing her...They wanted her to get married , so they could siphon a great deal of cash from her with the threat of revealing her secret..."said Kevin.

"That makes a lot of sense....Which is why she murdered both of them!" said Ms. Yvette.

"But unfortunately they've gotten married now and they've left town..." I said.

"I've got two of my operatives following them...They're in Paris...They'll be back in Philly soon." said Kevin..

"I checked...She's still legally married to Roy Thornton and he has been contacted in Nutbush...He and his attorney are on their way to Philadelphia if they're not here already.."said Bee Bee.

"He can ask for a divorce or simply contest her present marriage, either way...Her marriage to Bobby Jordan is invalid.."said Sofia.

"Not to mention she can be charged with Bigamy..."said Kahlil...

Ms. Yvette smiled that killer sexy smile of hers..

''Aren't my little worker bees the best?" she said, looking at the four of us like a proud mother.

"Indeed...I'll keep you abreast of when the newlyweds return to Philly." said Kevin..

''And we can properly subpeona Mrs. Thornton or Ms. Strunk, whatevert her real name is." I said.

In an office across town, Special Prosecutor,

Justine Logan looked at some files on us that lay across her desk... She liked to be prepared , She liked to know about her opposition...Last week in court at the preliminary hearing she was not..

We were far better prepared than she expected...With knowledge of the laws pretaining to this case, like cases and predicates and full knowledge of the witness statements made to Lt. Tragg and our own investigator, Jade.

We didn't show any of our evidence, but we contradicted enough of hers to keep her on her heels...She didn't expect a battle like this...When it came time for our defense...We didn't have much...So our client was held over for trial...

Now we were busy trying to pick jurors... we hadn't mentioned that we had proof the gun was not Nicky;'s and the registration was fake..That was going to come later..

She suspected we hadn't played all of our cards....So she needed to know, just who she was dealing with.

KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

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

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware , New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans

BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware, California, Texas

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. -Administration Of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law-Temple University

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, California, Texas

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

BA.- Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law- Temple University

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New Yorkn Texas and California

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia

YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice -Lasalle University

Minor-Psychology

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas and California

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

She was very impressed with our credentials...All PENN LAW SCHOOL grads. She had some things in common with us ...She too was a Graduate of the Philadelphia High School For Girls.. She graduated two years before Olivia Bennett-Alexander..She too attended Temple University where she got a degree in Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy and Pre-Law...but unlike us, she didn't attend PENN LAW.. she traveled to New York City where she attended COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, graduating two years before Ms. Yvette and Olivia Bennett graduated from PENN..

She had returned to the area and been a Public Defender in the city of Camden and moved on to be an Assistant District Attorney in Cherry Hill, New Jersey...Returning to Philadelphia to work for a private law firm...She had an office with a window where she could look down into the streets of the teaming city...An Investigator on speed dial and a Para-legal, who also fetched her coffee..She was so far from this and out of practice..

"I don't miss this at all...The constant back drop of cases...Defending and Prosecuting the dregs of society." she said to herself.. Now her clients were more upper class.. Upper crust...A lot of times she didn't even enter a courtroom...She litigated in nice sanitized Boardrooms... or at another lawyers office..

Speaking of Olivia Bennett-Alexander..

She remembered a litigation that was held completely at Olivia's boutique law firm in their conference room...

Where she and her para-legal

met with Olivia, her cute little niece, Her niece's husband ,another young attorney .and Olivia's husband.

Her husband was her in house investigator....

And after the litigation,

She and her para-legal

were served coffee and doughnuts

By Olivia's sassy classy Office Manager..Alfreda . She loved it.

She knew that Olivia and her niece and her niece's husband all started out as Public defenders like she did and toiled in the bowels of the city's court system for years before they all left and Olivia started her own boutique law firm...

Now that was going big...She admired the hell out of Olivia.. She had a great office, a great staff and a nice place to live...

She knew Olivia didn't miss it at all...Could get up and come to work at her leisure, could pick her clients and cases...and most important, was making three times the money she was making before...

That was doing it big.. She was doing it big , She didn't miss her past life in the court system at all.

Getting back to this case , she had something to do...Something very important.

First thing she did was get my father to recuse himself..It wasn't a widely known fact that Judge Keith Morrison was my father and during the preliminary hearing he was more than fair, and went out of his way to be unbiased..

She argued that "Two thirds of Mr. Jordan's defense is related to you....Your son is Attorney Keith Jones and Attorney Beatrice Evans-Jones is your daughter in law.."

He had no choice but to recuse himself as Judge.. I feared the day this happened.

He was replaced by Judge Joseph Conrad...A tough but fair Judge...

She had done her homework.....She was good, but so were we.

II-

Night in the Big City....

Curley's Bar....

Taylor Thornton sat alone at a table drinking a Martini...

She was enjoying the music ....

Lt. Tragg walked up to her table..

"Welllllllll Hello Mrs. Jordan I should say....Where is your uh husband?" he asked, all smiles.

"He's sleeping ...I wore him out," she said unashamedly...as she sipped her Martini...

"Wowwwwwww." said Lt. Tragg, laughing sheepishly...

"I bet I couldn't wear YOU out Lieutenant!" she said slyly, winking at Lt. Tragg, who sat down with her and ordered

a Mango martini...

"The trial is going along pretty good.. The Preliminary hearing is over...He's being held over for trial...The defense has nothing...I'm 100 percent certain...He's going to be convicted...The only thing is..I don't know is if he's going to uh get life or the death penalty..."said Lt. Tragg...

His hands slyly slipped up her dress....She didn't bat an eye or seem to mind..She smiled at him..

He rubbed her legs and in between her thighs..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Lieutenant...You're fresh..." she laughed..Squeezing the bulging erection in his trousers..

"GEEEEEEEEZZZZZ!" he moaned...His face as red as a beat...a pleased as punch look on his face....

He hiked her skirt up a little more..rubbing her panties and sliding his fingers down into them...

"OUUUUUUUUUU...Lieutenant...I'm still a married woman! Control yourself...Tee Hee!" she said with a smile and slowly removed his hands...and pulled her skirt back down....

Both were breathing heavy...Both were very aroused....

"VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" he said silently.....His trousers sticking out like a circus tent...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! Maybe we should uh take this somewhere else....YOUR place.!" she cooed silently as she finished her drink...

Bee Bee walked up....She smiled.

"Mrs. Jordan....Welcome back from your Honeymoon...I don't know if you remember me, I'm Attorney

Beatrice Evans-Jones..One of the Attorneys representing your husband's cousin in his murder trial.." she said.

''And I'm Attorney Sofia Garcia-Ahmed, Also representing your husband's cousin in his murder trial and what we have here is a court summons, a Subpeona for you to appear as a defense witness..We'll see you next week in court."said Sofia.. "Oh Hi Lt. Tragg!" she said as they both walked off after dropping

the subpoena on the table..

"WELL OF ALL THE-" said Lt. Tragg, now livid....

"WHAT COULD THEY POSSIBLY NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT?" she asked, Livid and a little nervous.

Khalil and I were at the counter paying for our take out orders...

We signaled for them to join us...

And the four of us got into Ms. Jade's ride, which she had entrusted to me while she was gone...We quickly pulled off..

Lt. Tragg arrived at the door, livid..but he was too late...We were gone!!!

Gone into the night...

When he returned to his table...Taylor Thornton was gone too!!!

The Ice in his drink had melted also...

HE WAS LIVID!!! HE STOMPED HIS FOOT AND KICKED THE TABLE!!!!

"Yvette is going to hear about this tomorrow!~" he said.

THE NEXT DAY-

Ms. Yvette had planned for this...

Olivia and Beverly came to our rescue again.....They had just finished a slew of cases and were basically just filing away old cases with the help of their staff,

Husband, Donnie Ray, their investigator

Beverly's husband, Associate Attorney, Nelson East..

Associate Attorney, Josie Boyd

and their newest Associate Attorney, Bresha Williams..

The four of us, me, Bee Bee, Kahlil and Sofia..were holed up in their law library...

Preparing for trial next week...

Ms. Yvette worked at their conference room table

on notes for her opening arguments and questions to ask potential jurors and witnesses...

All of us ordered food from Mabel Jenkins soul Food Joint.. Alfreda made sure that all of us..Ms. Yvette and her people and her own people...Took time out to chow down..

Mabel's delivered us nice warm food that all 12 of us sat down and enjoyed...

As for Lt. Tragg, furious that we had ended his fun with Mrs. Taylor Jordan...He searched for us the next day...

He didn't see us in Sam Mother's Diner...

And he went into our building up to our suite and found it dark and empty.. Doors locked . He knew we hadn't been there.

He stopped by our homes...There was no evidence we were there...

So naturally he rang and bammed on the door of Olivia and Beverly's house...but this time no one answered the door..

We all had our meals upstairs in Olivia and Donnie Ray's domicile and Alfreda dimmed the lights downstairs...It had the appearence that no one was home.

Alfreda disabled the bell, so all he could do was bam on the door..No one answered...He had no warrant..We knew that..So we didn't have to answer...

After about thirty minutes, he reluctantly left... He had no idea where we were and he knew Olivia and company were through with him....If they were home, they weren't answering and they didn't have to.

III-

Nightfall came...

and at Gary and Ms. Yvette's home..

"I heard from Danny today...He and Jade are coming home tomorrow....They both look blissfully happy...He didn't want to leave... That was his first time in Japan...He said it was the best honeymoon gift ever.." said Gary..

"Awwww I'm soooooo Happy for them both...." said Yvette..

"You guys ready for trial?" he asked..

"Yes...Thank goodness for Olivia...We didn't go to work today...We spent the day across the street at her Office/Duplex...Their law library rivals the one in my building...We took our laptops and worked remotely from her office.. We had all of our meals delivered from Mabel Jenkins place...We worked a full work day from 9:00 to 5:00..We laughed and talked with them for awhile and then we came home."said Ms. Yvette..

"He came over to my office asking if I knew where you guys were today...He said he'd been over to your office and the suite was dark, like no one had been there.. I laughed...I said I guess they are working somewhere else..I really didn't know where you guys were...He said he didn't believe me..I continued to laugh and I left the office, Left him standing there stewing..I understand he was having a drink with Mrs. Jordan when Bee Bee and Sofia served her a subpoena.." said Gary..

"If I know right...He had his hands up her skirt....Pervert!" said Yvette...

Gary cracked up laughing...

"So that's why he was so enraged....Nowwwwww it all makes sense." he said, still chuckling.

He poured her a cup of Orange Herbal tea that she liked.

"Ohhh thank you baby....Just what a girl needs tonight. ."said Yvette.

"That's not ALL a girl needs tonight." said Gary.

Gary rubbed her feet as she sipped her tea...

"Ummmmmm you do plan to show me what a girl needs tonight." she cooed." she said..

"Anytime you're ready." said Gary,laughing raffishly...

She put the cup and saucer in the sink and took Gary by the hand and led him to the bedroom.

Soon , Yvette was sitting on the bed in her red lace baby doll...His favorite...

"Oh My Godddd..."said Gary, his eyes nearly bulging out of his head.....

He pulled Yvette to him and began kissing her passionately..gazing at her bra and panties on the ottoman.

"OHHHHHHH VETTTIE....OHHHHHHHH !!!!" GARY MOANED.

Yvette smiled..

"Ummmmmm.you are my sweet ,sweet husssssband....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she said softly in between sloppy kisses....

The bedsprings no longer squeaked loudly.....The headboard of their bed was rattling softly though..not like the old bed.. and the sounds of lovemaking could be heard...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuu.." moaned Yvette...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." moaned Gary.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Garyyyyy, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.." she moaned...

"Vettie, I love you , I just love you soooo much..YOU'RE MY SWEEEEET GIRRRRRL!!" moaned Gary, beside himself with lust...

He had gone to lifting her up and long stroking her..

"Ouuuuuu Gary, I love you too...I love you so much! You don't even understand how much I love youuuu." she cooed.

to throwing her on the bed and laughing gleefully as he stroked her.....Her arms around his neck...her head turning from side to side....both of her legs just shaking furiously....

To finally mounting her in bed, making sweet, slow love to her....

Yvette had had three to four intense orgasms in the EIGHT TO NINE HOURS of lovemaking...

She was embarrassed at the noise she was making...She hoped her neighbors couldn't hear it...

Their new bed didn't make any noise...It was softer and it moved with the motions of their bodies..

She was embarrassed at the noise she was making....Gary was driving her out of her mind...

She was driving him out of his mind too!

They both were moaning loudly....She was glad the kids lived a few doors away and that there was an empty house between her and Jessica and Chip's house..

Gary didn't seem like he wanted to stop....but soon he couldn't help it...He came and he came hard like a flowing gusher..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned....

They continued kissing....

"Did you like that daddy?" asked Yvette...

"Ouuuuu I loved it baby.." moaned Gary

Gary lay in between her legs with his head resting on her breasts.. Both of them were drenched in sweat....

"DAMNNN, that was good." he whispered.....

Yvette looked over at her clock...

"Ummmmmmm I want some more.."whispered Yvette...

"Really?? Wowwwww!" he whispered...

"I just need a minute " she said as she got up and walked to the kitchen to get a bottle of water...

Gary watched her sexy body like a hawk as she walked into the kitchen and back.

He watched her sip the bottle of cold water....

"I love that about you....You are totally into me."she giggled..

"Yes I am! "laughed Gary.

"You wanna do it some more? asked Yvette..

Gary pulled her to him and kissed her gently and ran his hands into her panties...

"You have to ask?" he whispered and laughed raffishly...

"No you horn dog!!!..I already know."Yvette laughed...

"OUUUUUUUUUU! OH MY GOODNESS, YOU ARE SOOOOO HARD! GARY!!! AND SO DAMN BIG!!!!! You don't make any sense.." laughed Yvette..

"Neither do you! BEING SO DAMN SEXY!!" said Gary, laughing raffishly...

They wound up back on the bed...Making sweet love for Another THREE HOURS or so...

"Ummmmmmmmmm you never.....you never get enough do you?" she asked..

"No, I don't...you've got me spoiled...All this good lovin.." he said..

"I knowwwwwwww!" Yvette giggled....as their new bed took them to new heights of sensual pleasure.

"OHHHHHHHHHHH VVETTTTIE!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU, UMMMMMMMMMMMMM GARRRRRRRRRY!!!!MYYYYY GOOODNESSS...OUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" she cooed.

This was the release she needed..

IV-

The trial began with Judge Joe Conrad Presiding..

Ms. Yvette usually left Voir dire up to Kahlil and I, but she sensed we might be a little out of our depth.

Like Nelson East, She also minored in Psychology and understood trial science, the picking of a jury..

Like a master, She got us 8 of the 12 jurors needed and made sure that the 4 that Justine Logan picked were not too hostile to our cause...

She was like Nelson, a master of her craft.

The Double Murder Trial of Nicky Jordan..

Nicky sat there looking contrite...He was imagining sitting on death row, awaiting a needle that might end his life...

Special Prosecutor, Justine Logan spun a very good tale of a "Lover's Triangle " gone wrong and explained the preposterous tale that Nicky killed both men in a "matter of minutes" she said the jury had no other alternative than to find Nicky Jury of two counts of First Degree Murder.

Because this was two murder one charges..Nicky could very well be facing the Death Penalty...

She presented the gun, which was found in his hands and with his fingerprints and which she said Nicky lied about , but was actually his.

This was her first mistake..

I called four Handwriting experts who compared Nicky's signature with the signature on the Registration to the actual signature...I used a 60 inch monitor so the jury could see that the signature was Phony...As Phony as a three dollar bill.

Kahlil showed the death certificate of the man who's signature was also on the Gun Registration...

He died in 2017....

The handwriting experts testified that this was not his signature and they showed documents with his actual handwriting on it..

"There is no way this man who died in October of 2017 , signed this gun registration in June of 2021."said Kahlil...

Sofia showed the jury a Video of the Gun shop the gun came from...

"It's been closed since 2017.." she said.. She called several ATF agents who testified that they closed this gunshop down in 2017 and arrested 8 white supremacists who were using it as a front and they killed the proprieter in the insuing gunbattle... Sofia showed the newspaper clippings on the screen..

"This gun is not my clients...He told the truth...The signatures are forged..The registration is false...That is a fact....My client was hit in the head with this gun...There are two stitches in hi scalp...It's quite obvious...He's being framed.." said Yvette.

Lt. Tragg had had his hands up her skirt and was softly rubbing her legs and had just began to try and place his hands in her panties...He wasn't paying any attention to the trial testimony...His face was as red as a beet..and he had a pleased as punch look on his face....

She angrily turned toward him....She was astounded at his behavior!!!!

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING? REMOVE YOUR HANDS!!" she said loudly... removing his hand...

"Why weren't you on top of this? How did you not pick this up about the gun?" she asked..

She was totally caught off guard by this...

We sat at the defense table, laughing and high fiving...It was still the prosecution's show..

To Our surprise, Mrs. Jade Lee-Ho , our investigator, back from her honeymoon walked into court and sat with us..We all hugged her and smiled..

Justine Logan tried to do the best at damage control she could...calling Police at the scene, CSI and Medical Examiner personell and showing the jury the lurid death scenes, To keep their minds off of the fact that the murder weapon registration was forged and phony...

She tried to talk about the so called Love Triangle..but we shot that down..

Sofia and Bee Bee argued eloquently that their client was in a relationship with Taylor Thornton and believed it was exclusive....He and Sylvester Hines fought over her ,but had buried the hatchet...

I asked the jurors...Why would he be angry at Sylvester, when the woman of their affection was marrying his cousin?"

The Jurors looked stunned..

Her new husband sat in the visitor's section stunned...'Syl? You were sleeping with Syl?? OH MY GODDD!" he said.

Sitting in the back of the courtroom was Roy Thornton, from Nutbush ,Tennessee, Taylor's legal husband, who she abandoned and never divorced.

Special Prosecutor Justine Logan used Jury Nullification, asking the jury to still find Nicky Jordan guilty of both murders...saying he was the only one who could have done it!

Yvette and Kahlil. scanned the jury...It was 11 to acquit and one undecided..That looked good for us..

We began our defense immediately...

Bee Bee and I showed the jury film footage of the Wedding Party...we showed them everybody's movements...

Leonard Britell, Taylor Thornton and Nicky Jordan....We showed Britell vanishing with Taylor through the kitchen, and Taylor returning alone.. Taylor on her phone and Taylor vanishing again...

Nicky going to Syl's room and never returning and Taylor reappearing right when Brenda and Jetty Dukes went to inquire about Nicky and Syl's wherabouts..

Yvette called Taylor Thornton to the stand..

She stared daggers at Bee Bee and Sofia ,who had subpoenaed her.

She hated them both...

"Now Taylor...Your actual name is Emma Strunk is it not? And remember you are under oath...

It's Emma Strunk Thorntan...We have your HUSBAND, who you are actually married to here in court, who hasn't seen you in years...So I ask you , Isn't your name Mrs. Emma Strunk Thornton?" said Yvette..

She sat strangely still....

"ANSWER THE QUESTION MRS.JORDAN or whatever your name is.."said the Judge.. She refused...

"You knew Mr. Britell didn't you?" asked Kahlil..

"No...I never saw him before in my life." she said.

"That's Not True...Paul Rosen's son...He was the son of the second man you married...He was a wealthy New Yorker from an old family...You married him and he died and you got 3 million dollars, plus 600K in life insurance and Paul Rosen Jr. Hired Mr. Britell, who found out who you really were...That you are Emma Strunk from Nutbush Tennessee, who married Roy Thornton and then skipped town and married Paul Rosen....When that came out...That you were in fact still married, you lost a fortune...You didn't get a dime and you hated Britell... Fast forward a year later and you're in Philly with Nicky Jordan,cousin of very wealthy attorney Bobby Jordan, who you really wanted... You met him through your new boyfreind, Syl Hines a fast talking Hedge Fund Manager from Philly ,who you met in New York....When Nicky found out you were still seeing Syl...they got into a big fight...Wrecked the place..

Now they buried the hatchet...but Syl couldn't let it go...He hired Mr. Britell from New York...Who must have told him who you really were....I think he was Blackmailing you...He didn't tell Nicky...He wanted you to get married so he could siphon money from you...You weren't going for that..."I said. I showed the jury her two marriage certificates on the sixty inch monitor.

" You saw Brittell nosing around and you were incensed...You killed him that afternoon in the kitchen of that hotel..perhaps you had a car waiting in the back of the hotel and you stuffed his body in the car...

Then you went up to Syl's room after he called you and you killed him...But before you could leave...

Nicky surprised you by knocking on the door.. You cracked him over the head, wiped the gun down and placed it in his hands.."said Kahlil..

She laughed nervously...."This is an incredible and I must admit an imaginative story...I don't know Leonard Britell and I certainly wasn't talking to Syl Hines...He was history.. Just like you think I had time to do all of that in under an hour...You're crazy." said Taylor.

Bee Bee laughed..

"I thought so too Taylor, but I tried it...We timed it....It could have been done..."said Bee Bee, who showed on the monitor, Film footage of us at the hotel actually timing her movements.. As well as actual footage that show her and Brittell vanishing through the kitchen and her coming back alone and her vanishing again on the elevator and returning in 25 minutes..

"You have to account for those missing gaps of time Taylor.." said Bee Bee.

Ms. Yvette passed Sofia a phone..

Sofia dialed it..

Taylor's phone began ringing in her purse/....

"Answer your Phone Taylor...This is Syl Hines phone...Your number is coming up.. "Unidentified.." just as it did on his phone...What's the odds of that? He was who you were talking to, just before you killed him...That's how you did it...We rest our case."said Yvette..

Justine Logan stared at Lt. Tragg...

"YOU ARE THE WORST!!! YOU LET ME GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD SO MANY TIMES....I TOLD YOU TO RE CANVASS THE CRIME SCENE...I TOLD YOU TO INTERVIEW MORE PEOPLE...I TOLD YOU...I DIDN'T WANT ANY SURPRISES....YOU DUNDERHEAD!!! OHHHHH!" she snarled.

"You Haven't even heard the verdict yet.." said Lt. Tragg meekly..."She didn't confess to anything.." he said.

ONE HOUR LATER-

"Has the jury come to a verdict?" asked Judge Conrad..

"We have your honor." said the Foreman..

"Baillif pass me the verdict.." he said.

He read the verdict and then said "Bailiff read it."

"THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE MATTER OF NICHOLAS JORDAN ON THE FIRST COUNT, THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF SYLVESTER HINES..WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!"

"THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE MATTER OF NICHOLAS JORDAN ON

THE SECOND COUNT,THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF LEONARD BRITTELL..WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!!"

Judge Conrad smiled..

"I would like to thank the Jury for their time and effort and nowwww you can goooooooooo!" he said and did his two step...

Everyone laughed..

"YOU GUYS ARE AWEEEESOMMMME!" said Nicky high fiving me and Kahlil...

"WE ARE, AREN'T WE?" said Kahlil...

"AWESOME SAUCE" I said..

and hugging and kissing Ms. Yvette, Bee Bee, Sofia and Jade.

"You're quite welcome Nicky.." said Ms. Yvette..

"Go live your best life Nicky.."said Bee Bee..

"Nice to see you Ms.Jade... I mean Mrs. Jade.."laughed Sofia, hugging Jade.

"I had a great time, but I was worried about you guys and missing you terribly." said Jade.

"THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH, ALL OF YOU!! I KNEW YOU GUYS COULD DO IT!!" said Brenda Jordan...

Special Prosecutor Justine Logan shook her head..

"I don't miss this shit at all...So glad Monday, I go back to my nice cushy office...." she said..

as she got her briefcase ,put it on her roller and hastily left the courthouse...

Roy Thornton of Nutbush, Tennessee walked over to his wife, Taylor Jordan, RKN Emma Strunk-Thornton...

"Hi Em, long time no see...I have somebody I want you to meet..My Lawyer, Abner Holston...out of Nashville.

"These are divorce papers Emma...As of midnight...You became a free woman.." said the Attorney..

"But our marriage is invalid right?" asked Bobby Jordan..

"Yes it is..but you're free to get married to her again if you want to." said The Attorney...

"HELLLLLLLLLL NOOO....Taylor, or whatever your name is...Your things will be packed and on the front lawn...You're toast..." said Bobby Jordan as he walked off..

Taylor burst into tears...

Ms. Yvette watched the entire thing...A sly smile came across her face..

EPILOUGE-

Emma Strunk aka Taylor Thornton was arrested and charged with the murders of both Leonard Brittell

and Sylvester Hines..She was also charged with Bigamy and Perjury.

She was convicted on all four counts and given the Death Penalty..

Her attorney is trying to appeal her death sentence.

A FEW DAYS LATER-

Yvette was sitting in Sam Mother's Diner..

having a cup of tea....

"Sam ,I'll take an Orange organic tea like hers and hers is on me.." said Attorney Brenda Jordan.

''Why thank you Brenda." said Yvette..

"You know..We started out as adversaries and over the years we've been on the opposite side of the

litigation table a lot...but now, now I really consider you a friend.."said Brenda.

"I consider you a friend too Brenda." said Ms. Yvette.

"Thank you and your associates soooo much for getting my cousin off....and exposing that lying bimbo...I hear her real husband divorced her and my cousin Bobby had all of her things delivered in boxes to her apartment complex doorstep!" said Brenda..

"Well, that won't do her any good...She's got a new residence now..Dolly Madison Women's Correctional Institution in upstate Pennsylvania." said Yvette.