Outside The Box

 At her loft in Queen Village,

Attorney and now murder suspect Millicent Caldwell's phone was blowing up.

It was fellow attorney, Damon Brantley, her lover and husband of the woman she is accused of killing.

Andrea Brantly .

She didn't wish to talk to him.. Her phone just went to voicemail. He had called a record 90 times.

Lt. Tragg had been bamming on her door demanding she allow him in to talk.. She had nothing more to say to him..She killed the lights and pretended to not be home. He left in an angry huff. The man was unhinged she thought. Being a murder suspect, she couldn't actually complain or charge him with harrassment!

Ms. Yvette told her to check into a hotel...Use her real name...So she couldn't be accused of jumping bail...Very unlikely with an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet on.

but anyway just get out of plain sight for a few days.

Finally she took an Uber and checked herself into a Hotel.

She turned both her business phone and her personal phones off..Keeping them on chargers...

The only phone she kept open was the one we gave her..

She lie across her bed looking at her Laptop..

Naturally , she was  looking us up...We were the attorneys who would be representing her.

 

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, Texas, California

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, Texas, California

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 York, Texas, 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

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

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

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor  & Pratt

She smiled, Yvette must have hand picked her staff from her alma mater.

Next , she looked  up the ADA who would be prosecuting her.

Vanessa Denise Stevens-

Born and Raised in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls.

BA-  Trial Advocacy/ Pre Law /Administration of Justice- Temple University

JD- Harvard University School of Law

Passed the bar in MA. CT. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Deleware

Speaks, Spanish, French and Russian fluently.

Federal Public Defender - Boston

Federal Public Defender- Philadelphia.

Senior Associate Attorney, Buckley and Settler, LLC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia PA.

She and the prosecutor had that Harvard connection...She was Three years before her...Their paths never crossed.

The Attorneys defending her and prosecuting her were all heavyweights. she thought , thoroughly impressed...

She leaped up and ran into the bathroom.. vomiting profusely again.. This morning sickness was killing her ,she thought.

At our building...

"Look, I'm telling you... I KNOW MILLICENT...I went to Law school with her for three years.. We graduated together, took the bar together... She is no more a murderer than I am." said Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums.

"Todd, I believe you, we are working on this case , but I gotta tell you we don't have a lot to work with..

Her fingerprints and DNA  are everywhere, including the woodblock that holds the knives and there is one knife missing. Neighbors heard the two women yelling at each other...It doesn't look good." explained Yvette.

"She is staying in a hotel right now...but she gave me the keys to her Loft.. I searched it from top to bottom and I searched all of the dumpsters around her.. I didn't find the murder weapon..I didn't expect to...I hoped I wouldn't...but I had to look.. didn't find it..so I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt."said Jade.

"Then we have to find another suspect...What about Damon Brantley???....When the cops fell upon him, he was covered in her blood.. I'm surprised that stupid Keystone copper didn't charge him with murder."snarled Todd Dellums.

"To tell you the truth, I'm surprised at that myself."I said.

"It wasn't the husband... He arrived 15 minutes after the official time of death...The street and traffic cameras all show that and he called 911 and waited there until they came..Yes he did have blood all over him, but he found the body...He was shocked and disregarded the logic of not touching her.. It was his wife afterall." said Bee Bee softly..

He looked at Bee Bee and smiled warmly...He still had a soft spot in his heart for her..

Sofia said- "Someone else had to have done this...but they did not come in from the back...None of the neighbors saw anyone else.. and No one else is on the Street and Traffic Cams...Thing is....Millicent left

15 minutes before the official time of death...That's on the cameras too.. She swears that this woman was still alive.." she said.

"Then maybe...Mayyyyyybeee someone else was already there ,hiding and killed her."said Todd.

"Who? When did they leave?  All those police there and they didn't uncover any fingerprints or DNA of a third person?? The only prints and DNA they have is Damon Brantly, Millicent Caldwell and Andrea Brantley, the deceased.  Millicent spent weekends there..She cooked...She bathed..Her Fingerprints and DNA are supposed to be there...if there was another person there..Where is the evidence.?" asked Kahlil.

''What if she killed herself?" said Todd.

Me, Bee Bee, Sofia, Kahlil and Jade looked at Todd as if he had gone mad...

but Ms. Yvette said.

"As crazy as this sounds...That may be the only thing that makes sense.. What do we know about Andrea Brantley, her mental state?  Jade, get on that." said Ms. Yvette.

"Okay but there is still the problem of the murder weapon...You believe she killed herself and got rid of the murder weapon after she died or in the moments when she was dying?" asked Jade.

''Wow, this is wayyy outside the box...Let's go back to that loft and see if we can find that knife." said Kahlil.

II-

CURLEY'S BAR-

Lt. Tragg sat drinking several beers..

 He thought about women... All the women no longer in his life or bed..

April Taylor, the former Philly ADA , who had taken a job in San Francisco's District Attorney's Office.

She had left Philly without saying a word to him after a scandal that was not of her making...

Reesie, She was a good time, Great in bed....but a drunk.... Brilliant Attorney, but a drunk.......Still he was lonely and horny.. He had called her six times and she had not answered her phone.

Brenda Jordan, softest skin, smelled like a newborn baby... Made him cum so hard he felt like he was dying, losing his mind...She had cast a spell on him... but she too wasn't taking his calls and he didn't know where she was working.  he had stopped by her condo, but she wasn't home at any of the times.

Same with Reesie.

He looked across the bar.. He saw the man he hated the most, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums

He was sitting alone...sulking and drinking Tequila.

He didn't like the turn of events.. His good friend, Millicent Caldwell,

 charged with Murder, stashed away in some hotel, hiding away from the world until trial

 and his girlfriend, 

New Assistant District Attorney, Vanessa Stevens was the one prosecuting her , the one trying to send her to prison...

He felt as though he had hired the best lawyers available..Lawyers who were the equal of his girlfriend...but he couldn't help but feel as if he was betraying her.. Harpooning her biggest case..

He hadn't even told her his connection to the defendent yet...he didn't know if he should.

She sat down next to him..

"Heyyyyyyyyyyy stranger, haven't seen you in a few days, you alright?" asked Vanessa.

"Yeah, just bogged down with work...and i know you're preparing your case." he said.

"Yeah I have been busy... You up to come over, keep me company tonight?" she asked, smiling.

He smiled.  He needed to be laid.. Despite what was happening..He definitely was not going to sleep with Millicent or anybody else for that matter.. He had learned his lesson..

He stared at Lt. Tragg sitting across the bar.. He was still having his agents shadow him and report on his every action.. He had run his partner Bert Vandenberg out of the city for the time being.

He wasn't going to give him a stick to crack him over the head with..

"Come on babe, let's get out of here." said Todd.

At Vanessa's condo, formerly owned by April Taylor..

"Ummmmmmmm I missed this so much.." cooed Vanessa.

"I missed it too." said Todd..

"Ouuuuuuu I can tell, ummmmmmmmm that boner of yours is HARRRRRD!! WOUUUUUUUUUUU
OUUUUUUUU!" she said feeling the bulge in his trousers...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABBBYYYYYY!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUU TODDD, take your clothes off." she cooed..  He did and they stood in the middle of her living room kissing passionately, devouring each others lips.

He dug his hands deep into her lacy bikini panties and moaned even more..

she slipped them down and off...

He lifted her up and long stroked her..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WOUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed with delight...

"OHHHHHHHHH I'M LOSING MY MIND!" he howled..

He bent her over the bathroom sink and plowed into her doggie style..

"OHHHHHHHHHH TODD, YOU'RE WHAT I'VE BEEN MISSING !" she screamed out..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMPH. YOU'RE WHAT I'VE BEEN MISSING....LAWD! " he screamed.

They fell upon the bed and gave it a good working out... for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS!

She came so hard, tears flowed down her cheeks, She cried like a baby....Her body trembling..

He came so hard, he nearly lost consciousness...

He looked at her as she slept peacefully on his chest... He wasn't going to tell her about Millicent.. he was going to trust Yvette and her crew and let this string play out..

Lt. Tragg sat outside April's old condo...

It infuriated him that Todd Dellums was inside with Vanessa Stevens.. working out in that bed.. That bed that he and April used to work out in...This was the ultimate slap in the face.. He had nothing against Vanessa..She seemed like a nice kid..but why did she have such bad tastes in men? He wondered.

We weren't sitting on our hands..

In our office.

Bee Bee, Sofia and Ms. Yvette were looking up all the laws pretaining to this type of case, like cases and depositions and predicates.. This was indeed a unique case...One for the books.. They knew they'd have to think outside the box on this one.

Though no longer a practicing Attorney, Ms. Virginia gave Ms. Yvette,  Myself and Kahlil some advice

She said to look for jurors who are somewhat odd socks...People who are independent thinkers who think outside the box..

"This kind of case calls for that type of thinking." she said.

Ms. Yvette smiled. ''That's why I wanted you to work with us... I've always respected your legal mind Virginia." said Ms. Yvette, no slouch herself when it came to great legal minds.. Working with Ms. Yvette. Olivia Bennett-Alexander

 sometimes and 

Ms. Virginia was a wealth of knowledge for us and we knew it.

''Well here is a list of jurors..take your pick." saidKahlil.

I smiled at Ms. Jade.

She had a contact at the courthouse who gave her the list of available jurors..She did background checks on all of them..

Donnie Ray 

used the same contact... It helped both of our groups have a sizable advantage when it came to picking potential jurors...

We were working hard on Millicent's Defense. Of That you could be sure.

III-

At the Condo where the murder occurred... Bee Bee and I, Sofia and Kahlil arrived with Jade to help her search for the murder weapon... A missing cutting board knife that administered the lethal cut to the 

liver that ended Andrea Brantley's life..

''Nothing...I've search through all of the drawers.. Nothing but panties and bras.....No knife... Some of these panties look brand new as in never worn before..The sales tag is still on them." said Bee Bee.

''Surprised? Our Husbands buy more Panties and Bras for us then we do for ourselves... You know that Bee..he more than likely bought them for her.. or other women if he had them here.. This was his chill out spot and they certainly don't belong to his wife." said Sofia..

"Nada! I took a ladder and looked all up in the ceiling, under the tiles... I found nothing..Not a trace."said Kahlil..

''Me neither Ms. Jade....This place isn't but so big..... and if she was mortally wounded... How far would she have gotten without leaving a trail of blood?" I asked.

''You're right. This is my second time here and I brought you guys along for fresh eyes..I thought maybe I missed something, but I've turned this place upside down.. Two times... There is no trail of blood like you say except out on the patio and I thoroughly searched there and there is nothing.. Either somebody else was here and did this and managed to slip out...Or somebody was here, discovered the body and took the knife to protect the killer or who he thought killed her." said Jade.

"You mean maybe Damon Brantley removed the weapon to protect Millicent or whoever?" asked Bee Bee.

''It's the only thing that makes sense." said Jade.

"WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IS WHY YOU'RE INTERRUPTING MY CRIME SCENE! Jade, you're under arrest, Obstruction of Justice!" snarled Lt. Tragg, who arrived with three uniformed policemen.

I passed him a piece of paper.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" snarled Lt. Tragg.

"That's a court order, signed by Judge Thornton and District Attorney Garcetti granting Ms. Jade permission to investigate the premises as an investigator for the defense with the agreement that anything she finds will be turned over for discovery." said Sofia.

"We came along..As Attorneys, Officers of the court, We came along to assure that everything done here was legal and by the book." said Bee Bee.

"Oh You did, did you?" asked Lt. Tragg sarcastically..

"Yes, We did!" said Sofia.

"And since we didn't find anything...We'll be leaving." said Kahlil..

"NOT SO FAST!  SEARCH EM BOYS!" said Lt. Tragg.

"Oh No you don't... Not one of your officers is a female.. You're not going to lay a finger on me or my two female associates." said Jade.

''Plus you don't have just cause..." said Bee Bee

"Nor a warrant of any kind." said Sofia.

"I'm afraid that's the law.." said Kahlil.

"You know, It wouldn't hurt you to take a few law courses Lieutenant... Middleton Law School in Bayside has some excellent Afternoon courses for laymen like yourself." I said.  "Have a nice day." I added.

''Your husband keeps you laughing doesn't he?" asked Jade.

"Yeah that's why I love him...He's nothing if not entertaining." laughed Bee Bee as we left.

"Let's get out of here... He's probably going to be bamming on our doors tonight."laughed Sofia.

"Not if he knows what's good for him." said Kahlil.

Lt. Tragg was steaming...He was livid. He had been outwitted by some snot nosed kids with law degrees, he mused.. Embarrassed in front of his men.

Back at our building..

In our conference room.. AUSA Todd Dellums, Ms. Yvette and Ms. Virginia cracked up laughing when we told them about our encounter with Lt. Tragg at the crime scene..

''Oh My God, Oh My God, Keith, you told him Middleton Law School in Bayside has excellent afternoon classes...OHHH MY GOD THAT IS HILLARIOUS!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.I know his head must have exploded!" said Todd Dellums ,who stopped by to get an update on how the case was going from time to time.

''Oh My Goodness...I would have loved to have seen his face when you said that."said Yvette.

''Me too! Bad enough you kept him and his perverts from getting their jollies off.. They really wanted to

feel up Jade and the girls." laughed Ms. Virginia.

"He was not pleased..His face was as red as a beet." said Kahlil.

"My husband is now probably on his enemies list." said Bee Bee.

"I'm in good company, Beverly West, You Ms. Virginia, You Todd, Ms. Jade." I laughed.

"That was too funny." laughed Sofia.

"There is still the problem of no murder weapon..We throughly searched Millicent's Condo just for good measure and that love nest for the second time..It's not there...It has to be somewhere...Now either another person, not Mr. Brantley or Millicent was hiding there, did the deed and slipped out with the knife or someone...possibly Damon discovered the body and removed that knife to protect whoever he thought might have killed his wife." said Jade.

"The Police searched him..... He didn't have it on him and they have his bloody clothing...It's part of discovery.... It's not him... There was a babysitter at his house.. He and his wife have a 10 year old son and  a 7 year old daughter.. He didn't return there.  It's not him." said Todd.

"He's right Ms. Yvette.. That's all in the police report." said Bee Bee..

Ms. Yvette sighed.

"Then We got a problem." she said.

SAM MOTHER'S DINER- The next day.

Assistant District Attorney Vanessa Stevens was having Steak and Fried Eggs, Hash Browns ,Rib eye Steak , Coffee and Toast for her breakfast...

Lt. Tragg walked in and naturally invited himself to her table...

"Now there's a breakfast after my own heart.," he said.

She looked up... 

"Oh Good Morning Lieutenant," she said. 

She hadn't been back in Philadelphia long enough to develop a hatred and disdain for him across the board the way Defense Attorneys, Her Fellow ADA's, Detectives and Federal Agents had...She actually welcomed the company!

"How's the Caldwell case coming?" he asked. He ordered breakfast and awaited for it's arrival...

He ordered his usual, Fried Eggs, Hash browns, sausage and hot coffee..

"We've got a pretty strong case... I just wish we had a murder weapon, that would seal the deal..But I think I can win without it." said Vanessa.

"I think so too.. The Defense was uh all up in my crime scene looking for it...They didn't find it.." laughed Lt. Tragg.

"They are very dilligent... Damn good attorneys I hear... I've met them a few times.. Nice people." said Vanessa Stevens.

''Did you know your boyfriend hired them to defend Millicent Caldwell?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"What? He hired them?" said Vanessa Stevens, shocked.

"Oh yeah...Ask Yvette Jones-Lockwood.. She'll tell you. He didn't tell you that uh he and Ms. Caldwell were in Harvard Law School together... Graduated the same day, Took and Passed the bar the same day..Worked in both Boston and New York around the same time and then took up with each other again in Philadelphia??? He didn't tell you about him and her??? I'm surprised!!!...They were quite cozy.... Sexually for awhile..So when she got arrested for a murder charge, Who do you think came down to Central Booking?  Why Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums.  Of course he can't defend her, so he brought Yvette Jones  and her four young associates with him... 

got her arraigned and they're working on her defense.  He didn't tell you that?" asked Lt. Tragg slyly....

(This wasn't entirely true. Todd only brought Ms. Yvette with him. The rest of us were not there.)

"No, uh he didn't mention that!" she said.. She looked  confused...Shocked.. Hurt a little.

"Oh...I'm sorry ,I thought he did." said Lt. Tragg smiling snarkily... He was enjoying the hurt look on her face..He was enjoying it immensely. He knew she was going to give it to him good the next time she saw him. He giggled with delight.

IV-

Night Time

We were all at home...

Bee Bee was wearing a sheer see through Baby doll.....She had just taken a hot shower and walked into our bedroom..

My eyes popped out of my head..

She giggled..

"Oh my goddd..look at you...You act like you haven't seen me before......WOW!!! That boner is massive." she said and put her hands over her mouth..

I pulled her towards me...

"Let's forget about today....It was a bad day." I said , hugging her..

I undressed and took her into my arms and kissed her softly....

"Ummmmmm, ouuuuuuuuuuuu you are so hard....I've already forgotten...It's about to be a good night for you!" she exclaimed as she stroked me lightly...

Our kissing got hotter more passionate....

"Ummmmmmmmm, you too!" I said.

"Yes" she agreed! "OUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF!" she cooed

"OUUU YESSSSS! YOU ARE SO HARD AND SOOO DAMN BIG! MEOWWWWWWWWW!" cooed Bee Bee softly... as I lifted her up ...and entered her slowly.... She was so warm, so wet, so welcoming..I was losing my mind...

"AHHHHHHHH...OH MY GOD!" I moaned as I lifted her petite body and entered her slowly..

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, MY GOOODNESS...UMMMMMMMM!" she moaned..

We lie across the bed, kissing and practically slobbering over each other....

I slipped her panties  down and off...

Soon we were making love passionately on top of the bed..Not thinking about the case....or the events of the day.

She rode me like a surfer rides the waves...I didn't know if I was coming or going!

For the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS, all we thought about was each other..

The same was next door at Kahlil and Sofia's house..

"Come here mamasita....I want to comfort you after the day we had looking for that knife." said Kahlil..

Sofia and Kahlil were kissing passionately in the doorway of their bedroom....

"Papi you look for any excuse to take my clothes off."laughed Sofia.

as they stood in the middle of their bedroom..

"But I don't mind...I want to take my clothes off for you papi." she said.. he slipped her top off....

as he slipped her thong off!

She eased down on him...driving him mad with desire...

They were riding each other hard....

on the side of the bed kissing and 

on the bedroom floor.....going at it..

He bent Sofia over the side of the bed and entered her doggie style..

"AYE!! AYE MIOS DIOS! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI! AYEEEE YI YIIIIII!" she moaned..

"AWWWWWWWWWW!  AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! OH MY GODDDD SOFIAAAA!" he moaned loudly...

And before long they too were making sweet love in the bed......Their bedsprings squeaking loudly for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS....

Gary and Ms. Yvette were way ahead of us..

They had been making sweet love 

the moment they closed the door of their home.

They had made love early into the morning hours....

She had remembered times when she wasn't getting this much action...When she 'd be lying awake ,staring at the ceiling..alone...unable to get to sleep! Knowing guys wanted to share this bed with her, but knowing that that was all they wanted and not wanting to have the rep as a "pass around girl"..So she guarded her virtue with care..Suffering mightily for it..Sleepless nights...sometimes getting up and exercising to take her mind off of sex.The sex she wasn't having.

That was not the case now...Gary wanted it constantly and they were putting a hurting on this bed....She found herself wanting him constantly....Hornier than she'd ever been before.. and both of them steaming up their windows several nights a week..

EIGHT TO NINE HOURS had passed by.

 Bee Bee and I were fast asleep in each others arms..

Sofia and Kahlil were in each others arms and still kissing, almost asleep.

And Gary and Ms. Yvette were sound asleep..

Down the street from us ,Ms. Jade and her husband, Danny were heating things up and steaming up their windows.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JADEEEEEE!" he moaned.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HUSBAND!!! OUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

It was her dream come  true.. She was an American Citizen, Had an amazing job and amazing friends who were like family and she was married and a homeowner... 

"UMMMMPH!" he moaned loudly..

Another EIGHT TO NINE HOURS of sweet lovemaking.....It was as though we all had the same thoughts when we got home..

And six blocks away, Ms. Virginia was getting her nightly dose of Judge Jetty Dukes..

"OUUUUUUUUUU JETTY!" she cooed..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD GIRL...UMMMMMMMMM!" the Judge moaned...

"I never get enough girl..." he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUU I KNOW...I KNOWWWWWW!" she moaned..

He was laying serious pipe and like us ,she was getting a good work out. NINE TO TEN HOURS OF IT! Her legs were trembling, her head was moving from side to side.. Her orgasms were so intense, she found herself  crying like a little girl.. She slapped Jetty across the face several times, she felt so good..

We worked hard and we played hard too!

While we were making love in the quiet and privacy of our homes... Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums was having a conversation with Assistant District Attorney Vanessa Stevens.

Drinking bottomless Martini's..

"I didn't know if i should tell you or not.. Yes. Millicent Caldwell and I attended  Harvard together, we were in the same class, We graduated together, took the bar together...We were friends.. but there was nothing romantic. Not then. I was married at the time.  After my divorce, I migrated to New York City where she was working already.. We hung out, we had sex occassionally...but it was uh no strings attached..Then I left, I worked in Houston awhile and then I eventually returned to Philadelphia. About a month ago she was in Philadelphia representing a very wealthy client, who was suing the Harris Group...We ran into each other...We hadn't seen each other in two or three years. We had Lunch and then we had sex in her hotel room. The room was bugged unknown to me by a Private Investigator, who used to be FBI...He got some very incriminating photos of the two of us and sent them to my then girlfriend..It caused us to break up. I arrested the P.I. but couldn't hold him, Lack of evidence. He was working for Lt. Tragg.. Tragg hates me because I busted him for interfering with a federal investigation..Two times!  He enjoyed telling you that Millicent and I were once involved." said Todd as he downed his fifth and final drink.

"Well you didn't know I was taking the case.... I didn't know I was taking the case.. I had just come off of ten straight wins...I should've had a break, but they picked me for this case at the last minute... No one else would take it! But  Todd, you should have told me...I would have understood.. I might have even recused myself. Got anymore secrets?" she asked , smiling.

"No that's it...Are we good?" asked Todd.

"Yeah we are good.  It's Thursday Night. Call out tomorrow...I'm calling out... Let's go to my place. I'm horny as hell and that's no secret." she said.

"CHECK PLEASE!" said Todd.

That snake Lt. Tragg, he couldn't wait to spill the beans about Millicent and him.. He was going to make sure he paid for this, Somehow, someway he vowed!

(TO BE CONTINUED)