Triggers

"Jade find me three handwriting experts....I have a sample of Nicky's handwriting...They are going to compare it to the han dwriting on that receipt from the gunshop....Then go to the gun shop with a photo of Nicky and see if anyone remembers him coming there and buying that gun..." said Yvette.

"I'm on it." said Jade..

"I feel like I should be doing something.." said Brenda Jordan..

"No...Keep a low profile Brenda...Let us handle this...You are a trigger for Lt. Tragg right now."said Ms. Yvette.

"I trigger his penis...You know he actually tried to bribe me...In so many words he said if I have sex with him, he'd make this all go away...Corrupt, Horny bastard.." said Brenda,.

"All the more reason why you shouldn't be anywhere near this case." said Ms. Yvette...

And meanwhile at Police headquarters in the "Fishbowl".

"We got a receipt for your gun from the gunshop... That gun is a ballistics match in two killings...We know you and victim number one had a knock down drag out brawl in Stoleys a year ago over some chick..and we got you in the room with the dead guy with your fingerprints on the murder weapon registered to you..This is a slam dunk  murder conviction..a double murder conviction..." said Lt. Tragg.

Nicky was no lawyer, but he had watched enough TV shows to know that all of the evidence he had was circumstantial and the only thing that would tie it up nice and neat would be a confession and he wasn't getting one out of him today or ever..

"You know what happens when they inject you with that needle Nicky boy?" said Lt. Tragg.

"In this State , they take you to Green Hill State Prison...You sit in a cell about the size if your bathroom for 23 out of 24 hours, very littlehuman contact until that night...The night you take that last walk to the chamber, where they strap you to gurney and they stick three tubes into your arms...the firstdrug administered relaxes your muscles, you lose control of your bowels , your lungs collapse, you can't breathe, the second one puts you to sleep and the third one, the kill shot stops your heart....That's what's awaiting you pal.." said the over dramatic Lt. Tragg,

Nicky laughed..."You are somethin man...You puttin me through all of this because you want to get in my cousin's panties and she won't give you the time of day.." he sneered..

Lt. Tragg was livid.."WHYYYYYYYYYY YOUUUUUU!!" he snarled ,with his fist balled up just as we came through the door.

"HEYYYYYYYYY!! You weren't getting ready to strike him were you?" I asked.

"Because that would be Police Brutallity.." said Bee Bee.

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''And The Philadelphia Police do not condone that kind of Behavior " said Kahlil..

Sofia brought a Thermos and five cups..

The Thermos was filled with Hot Coffee

She also brought Hot Doughnuts from out of Cakeman Raven's oven...

''Awwww man, you guys are alright.."said Nicky, who hadn't eaten or drank a thing since his arrest...

''We've got a Judge for you...You'll be arraigned in Three Hours.." said Bee Bee.

"Yeah so relax...Keep your cool."said Kahlil.

"They're going to fit you for an orange suit punk!" said Lt. Tragg as he left the room and slammed the door.

I smiled...

''We got a punchers chance of getting you out..but it won't be easy, not with two murders hanging over your head." I said.

"Don't worry...We have prepared for everything." said Sofia.

II-

The Gun shop was closed...

Jade looked in the window...The racks were empty..This place looked like it had been closed for awhile..

She looked at the Gun registration ....It read June 23, 2021.... Jade asked several neighborhood people about the gun shop..

"Nobody bought a gun from there this year...That place has been closed for two or three years...Feds closed that shop up." said a couple of old timers..

Jade now knew that this was a grand frame, a frame just a little bit of investigating would've  uncovered...but she knew Lt. Tragg had probably not checked this out at all..

This meant that this gun registration was phony too .

Jade went to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Philadelphia Police Department...

She loved these guys...Lt. Sissy Van Buren, Carlotta, Tyriq, Jimmy,Sirena, Duke and Angie...These were real detectives, good detectives..The exact opposite of Lt. Tragg.

She remembered years ago when she first came to Philadelphia, she worked on the Black Dragon Drug Smuggling and Murder case with Sissy and her detectives and the great Private Investigator , Kevin Morris... She met her significant other, Detective Sgt, Now Lieutenant Danny Ho back then and he became smitten with her and she with him..

All she could think about was America and Philadelphia in particular and returning here one day...And then one day she did..She stepped out on faith and quit her job on the Tokyo Police force and came to America...She got a P.I. License with the help of Gary Lockwood, An Investigator for the D.A.'s office..

He told her his girlfriend, now his wife, Attorney Yvette Jones and her four young attorneys needed an Investigator..

She met them, All five of them very lovely people and they helped her gain her U.S. Citizenship faster than she might have and they gave her a job...A well paying job ,but what's more, they became her family, she would forever be in debt to them..She would forever love them...

Sissy and her detectives  sent her upstairs to the Federal Division...

"AS PHONY AS A THREE DOLLAR BILL" Said Sharon Hopkins, Deputy Special Agent In Charge of the FBI and ATF....after she examined the gun registration..We closed that gun shop down three years ago...They were a front for a White Supremacist Cell...All eight members of the cell are all doing time at Super-Max in Colorado...and the owner of the shop was killed in a shootout with our agents...This registration was copied and this signature of the owner is a phony...He's been dead for three years."said Sharon Hopkins...

"Thank You Sharon." said Jade.

Jade found three handwriting experts...They compared Nicky's handwriting to the signatures on the gun registration...They all said to a man and filled out affadavits saying the signature was a forgery...Just as fake as the registration...

What angered Jade the most was that Lt. Tragg could have checked this all out himself and we wouldn't be having this discussion. He wouldn't even do the least bit of investigating...

Ms. Yvette and Brenda Jordan met us at the courthouse..

"Oh Good Here they come." said Ms. Yvette..

"Hi Nickyyyyyy!" said Brenda..

"Brenda, you shouldn't be here.. Tragg is triggered by you, you know that.." said Nicky..

"I worry about Lt. Tragg like I worry about whether the sun is coming up in the morning."said Brenda..

Bee Bee smiled..

So did Sofia..

"Here comes the Judge...Let's go inside.." I said..

"Heads up guys." said Kahlil..

"You know Vettie, I was worried for a minute when you didn't show up...I knew you weren't going to let the little chickadees run the show...I was waiting for Mother Hen to show up." said Lt. Tragg.

"Is that who I am...Mother Hen?" laughed Yvette as we all went in to the courtroom..

The Judge was my father, Judge Keith Morrison...when Bee Bee and Sofia 

had approached him, he was more than happy to oblige..

"Daughter in Law..How could I say no to you?" he said and hugged Bee Bee..

None of The Existing ADA's wanted any case involving Lt. Tragg, so once again,

District Attorney Garcetti had to call in a Special Prosecutor to take the case...

He brought in Justine Logan, a very good Attorney who had been a Public Defender in Camden of all places and an Assistant District Attorney in Cherry Hill.. Now working for a Private firm, She was all too glad to get back in the courtroom..

Lt. Tragg was glad to see a female prosecutor for a change..and she was what he liked.. Blonde, wearing a mini skirt, with nice legs...

"VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" he said under his breath... He was triggered...He sat next to her..His trousers standing out like a circus tent...

The Arguments began...

Ms. Yvette argued that our client has no police record....No priors and is not a flight risk...

It was a simple argument..

Justine argued that he was charged with not one, but two homicides and that he was indeed a danger to the community...

Bee Bee, Kahlil and Sofia presented 27 charactor witnesses...who argued that Nicky Jordan was the "salt of the Earth " and should be released..

Justine argued quite eloquently and dramatically about him having not one , but two murder charges on his head and about any more murders being on the Judges hands..

That's where she made a mis-step...My father didn't like showboat lawyers...He had gotten on me about that , a few times he had visited a trial I was trying. His rule was just stick to the law..

Ms. Yvette and I argued that we weren't arguing the particulars of the case at this instant...We were just trying to get this man bail...

My father liked Ms. Yvette...He always  asked me.. "How is that fine boss of yours?...She still married?"

He was ogling her cleavage today...He smiled.. He set bail at $5000.00 dollars...

Brenda wrote a check for $500.00 dollars...

And just like that, Nicky Jordan walked out of court, a free man, for now..

Lt. Tragg was livid..Partially because Nicky Jordan, who he had come to hate with a passion was a free man and his cousin, Brenda Jordan had spurned his advances and slapped him in the face, two days ago and had been the one to post bail for him..

"Nicky..you might want to check yourself into a Hotel or Motel, under your own name..and keep a low profile." I said.

"You'll communicate with us through this portal." said Bee Bee..

who passed him the Portal....

''Wow! You guys are on it!" said Nicky...

''Stay off of your phones...They might be compromised.."said Kahlil..

"You communicate with us through this  clean Burner phone...here write this number down, don't lose it."said Sofia.

Who passed him the phone.. we had learned this from Olivia and Beverly, who gave their clients and a clean phone that couldn't be traced for all of their communications.

''Thanks for everything Yvette...Guys..He's staying with me..He'll be safe with me." said Brenda as she and Nicky left..

Ms. Yvette smiled and looked at the four of us..

"Ya done good guys...Let's go get some lunch...Not at Sam Mothers...but upstairs.Jade  said she'd meet us."said Ms. Yvette.

''Cool, I'm starving.." I said.

"Me too!" said Bee Bee..

"It's unanimous.." said Sofia.

"Lead the way Ms. Yvette." said Kahlil.

The five of us headed for the elevator..

Lt. Tragg watched us get on the elevator...He had no idea where we were headed..

III-

We were having lunch in the courtroom's cafeteria...Away from the prying ears and irritation of Lt. Tragg...

"It's just like we thought Boss Lady....This registration is as phony as a three dollar bill..  The Gun Shop it was supposedly made at has been closed for three years...And this signature of the proprieter is a phony...The man has been dead for three years, killed in a shootout with federal agents...The shop was a front for some white supremacist cell...They're all in custody...I got handwriting experts, three of them, who will testify that Nicky's signature on this document is a forgery....And The C.I.D. , FBI and ATF all say this registration is fake.." said Jade.

''Which means, which proves this is NOT Nicky's gun....but somebody wanted us to think so, didn't they?" said Ms. Yvette.

"Lt. Tragg could have investigated this and found all this out himself before making an arrest." said Sofia.

"You forget who you're talking about, possibly the absolute worst detective on the force...My question is how did he make Lieutenant?" I said.

''Nepotism...His Uncle, Jack Tragg 

was a Captain, one of the most brutally racist and corrupt cops that ever lived..he terrorized the Black community especially, beating suspects to within an inch of their lives...Then one night he ran into the wrong man, Alvin Bennett, 

Father of Olivia Bennett-Alexander, Grandfather of Beverly West..

. Unknown to him, Alvin Bennett was the former Armed Forces Middleweight Boxing Champ when he had been in the Marine Corps...and had been a pretty successful Professional Middleweight Boxer after the Marines...This was all before Olivia was born...

Jack and Mr. Bennett  got into it one night and Mr. Bennett beat him to within an inch of his life, Broke his jaw, a couple of ribs, broke his right hand, blackened and swollen his lips and both eyes... He was in the hospital for six months...When he came out...He only served for a few months and then retired...The embarrassment of that beating was something he couldn't live down...He was dead within a year and half...Massive STROKE! Then there is Lt. Tragg's father...

Lieutenant Arthur Tragg Jr. , just a little more level headed...but not much...He was almost as violent, screwed up as many cases as his son now does and fancied himself a ladies man...His womanizing caused his wife, Lt. Tragg's mother to leave him and his affair with another cops wife caused him to nearly be killed in Sam Mother's diner. Anyway...both are now deceased and young Arthur moved up the ranks quickly ,largely because of his father and his uncle." said Ms. Yvette.

''Woww, everything all makes sense now.....History almost repeated itself recently when Deke Richards knocked Lt. Tragg 

out in Sam Mother's diner a month ago...but unfortunately....He's still with us."said Kahlil.

"So we know the gun registration is a fake and the gun does not belong to Nicky, what is our next move?" asked Bee Bee..

"Our next thing is to find out about the second victim, Leonard Britell....Here are photos of him..He was definitely at that wedding rehearsal." said Ms. Yvette.

"He was definitely at that wedding rehearsal but nobody I talked to seemed to know him or remember inviting him...He's a licensed  Private Investigator from New York City...Before that he was a Detective ,Bunco squad for a number of years before he quit the force and went into business for himself.." said Jade, who had already done a more thorough investigation than Lt. Tragg.

"If he was here, he had to be working for somebody....Somebody at that wedding..." I said.

"Both he and Sylvester had some tea that somebody didn't want spilled." said Sofia...

"Little Mamasita, you are correct..."said Ms. Yvette, smiling...She had adopted Sofia's family's nickname for her..she simply adored Sofia.

"I saw the Crime Report on him...Nothing was found in his hotel room except his clothes and his phone..He made several calls to Sylvester Hines and Sylvester Hines made several calls to him..My guess is that's who hired him... He's got an office in New York... I'm taking a trip to New York tomorrow and see what I can dig up." said Jade.,

Bee Bee and I continued to look at photos of the wedding rehearsal party...

I whispered in her ear, "Why don't we go home and pretend it's our wedding night ?" 

She giggled.."With my white garters and all?" 

''Yesssssssssssssssssss" I said..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed and giggled...

"Come on guys...Anybody got to go back to the office?  If not..We are all in time for the suburban train.." said Ms. Yvette..

"I'm down with that." said Kahlil.

"Yes....so I can get out of these heels.." said Sofia..

'I know what you mean...I have to go and get train tickets for New York...I'll see you guys later." said Jade.

We hardly ever drove to work now, except on Fridays...We were all hooked on riding the commuter train, which let us off two blocks from our house...

Our neighbors, Chip and Jessica, Ray and Kayla and Jazzy and Dabnis were often on the train with us..We saved a great deal of money in parking by riding the train.

IV-

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH" groaned groom to be Bobby Jordan, An Attorney....and Hedge Fund Manager worth a cool ten million dollars right now or more.. He was in his office with his soon bride to be Taylor Thornton...He had her bent over his desk...

He had slipped her panties down, hiked her skirt up and was thrusting away, doggie style into her..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPHHHH!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....WOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! OH MY GODDDDD

BOBBY!!!! OUUUUUUUU!" she moaned...

They were rocking so hard, the legs on the desk felt as if they might break...

THREE HOURS PASSED BY SLOWLY!  Bobby Jordan came like a gusher....

"Ouuuuu Bobby, we aren't supposed to be seeing each other with just one week before our wedding.It's supposed to be bad luck" said Taylor Thornton.

"I don't believe in that old wives tale...I just had to have you and you were looking scrumptious today.." said Bobby...

They kissed passionately...

"I hope those lawyers my cousin hired can get my cousin off in time for the wedding..He didn't kill Syl." said Bobby...

"I don't know dear.. The police have a lot of evidence against him, Gun registered in his name...He lied and said it wasn't his, that he never owned a gun before...His fingerprints all over the gun and now his gun is a ballistics match for yet another murder..It looks pretty grim.."said Taylor..

"You seem to know a lot about this case Taylor." said Bobby...

"That Nice Lt. Tragg filled me in on the case when he interviewed me yesterday...Didn't he talk to you?" asked Taylor innocently...

"No he didn't....I don't like the way he looks at you...Like he's imagining you naked." said Bobby...

"You imagine me naked all the time naughty boyyyyyy." she cooed.

and they turned and kissed some more...

At Yvette and Gary's House...

Yvette was walking around the house tidyng things up when her husband Gary came home..

"Heyyyy Gary!" she said..

"Heyyy baby..." he said.. He had been working on a case and had called and said to eat without him..

"Did You eat?" he asked.

"I did...I stopped by Mabel Jenkins Soul food Joint...Grabbed me some take out.. You finish your case?" she asked.

"Yeah, we go to trial tomorrow." said Gary, "How about you?"

"Our case is just starting to get juicy...We don't go to trial until next week...Monday..."said Yvette, who was wearing her Victoria's Secret night shirt that came up to her hips...

She was still straightening some things up...She bent over, Giving Gary a good view..

of her sexy dark blue panties...

Gary smiled wryly...

"What are you smiling about?" said Yvette...Not like she didn't know...Gary was so easy to trigger when it came to her!

 "Gary honey...I'm really  too tired to screw tonight..and I've got to get up  real early in the morning..I promise I'll make it up to you when I come back.."said Yvette..

"It's okay baby... I understand..." he said. He was now undressed and about to get in bed.

He got in the bed with her and she turned toward him..

"Gary, I love you!" she said softly...

"I love you too babes." he said..

She kissed him passionately......

"And I'm lying...I want you to screw my brains out tonight!" she said ,laughing...

"OHHHHHHHHHHH!...UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned.. He was already hard, just like she suspected..

She crawled on top of him and he entered his penis inside her slowly....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.." he moaned...as she rode him

"YES....Ouuuuu YEsSSSS...YYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!   OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! OHHHHHHHHH!!!!" she screamed to the top of her lungs as she rode him harder and faster... Her body trembling..her head turning from side to side..

Gary's body was trembling too....Yvette was so soft, smelled so good...and so wet....He didn't know if he was coming or going right now...

She rode on top of him for an HOUR AND A HALF...

They made sweet sweet love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS....They were both going to be late for work tomorrow!

(TO BE CONTINUED)