VENTURES: The Shame Of It All

PRELUDE-

PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY- TODD DELLUMS-

"Yes, I got a disturbing call about an individual, a former FBI Agent, Named Bert Vandenberg...He's now a P.I. We had him under surveillance for awhile... Apparently he likes to wok for certain attorneys and Police officials here on Philadelphia and some of his work comes very very dangerously close to Extortion...which is why we had him under our careful watch until he dropped out of sight...He was seen in New Orleans..Apparently, he's out your way.."said Todd Dellums..

SAN-FRANCISCO- OFFICE OF ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY PHILLIP ST. JOHN..

"I got an anonymous call about this guy the other day....The caller said he was trying to Blackmail one of our city Assistant District Attorneys... I had the FBI pick him up.. He's in custody as we speak... I'm going to talk to him...Thanks for the heads up Todd....I'll be out in Philly in a few weeks, perhaps we can hang out." said AUSA Phillip St. John.

"Thanks Philly...." laughed Todd Dellums...hanging up and spinning around in his chair..This was just too funny to him..

The Federal Interrogation room here in San-Francisco could rival Philly's interrogation room for bad smells...This place smelled like sweaty socks, underarm odor and vomit...which he was close to doing.

He couldn't believe The FBI had arrested him once again.....This had to be Dellums, he thought..The man had hounded him out of Philadelphia to New Orleans and now to San-Francisco..How did he even know he was here? He wondered.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Gary Fitzgerald walked into the room....He looked at Bert...He didn't crack a smile.. He had a tape recorder with him and a folder.

"Mr. Vandenberg....I understand you used to be FBI..." he said.

"I was...For twenty years, then I left the Bureau and got my P.I. license and have been doing that ever since." said Bert...

"I understand you're from Philly....So my question is..what are you doing out here and why did you try to Blackmail an Assistant District Attorney from the San-Francisco District Attorney's Office?" he asked..

"WHAT??? Come on nowww.." said Bert..

"No you come on..."said SAC Fitzgerald..evenly and coldly...

He opened up a folder and spread the photos on the desk..

Bert's mouth dropped....

FBI SAC Glenn Fitzgerald then played his tape recorder.

''How nice !He is also the head of this area's Innocence Project and he is about to bring a case before you, A two year old case.. As head of the WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT... YOU CAN'T HEAR THIS CASE...Do you see where I'm going counselor? This constitutes a conflict of interest.. You have to recuse yourself.. In fact you should derail and shut this case down completely or...The newspapers and the internet MIGHT just get ahold of these photos and a dirty little story might get spun... You know what I'm saying Ms. Porter."

"Just shut it down Ms. Porter....Oh and Congratulations on the upcoming Wedding...Heh heh heh."laughed Bert Vandenberg.

"She had her phone on record in her purse..She recorded the entire conversation Mr. Vandenberg...I'm an Attorney myself Mr. Vandenberg . So with this recording, these photos and Ms. Porter and two eyewitnesses , I have enough to charge you with Obstruction of Justice, as well as extortion."said SAC Fitzgerald.

AUSA Phillip St. John walked into the room...

"Here is what is going to happen...I want the negatives...and I want you to pack your bags, call whoever you're working for and tell them that your assignment is over, you're leaving town,

TODAY!! An Agent is going to escort you to where ever you are staying and make sure you get on the next plane out of here...I don't want to see you in San-Francisco, is that clear? This aint Beverly Hills Cop and you aint Eddie Murphy, if you get cute and manage to slip our agent, A Federal warrant for your arrest will be immediately sworn out and your license will be pulled permanently..Got it?

Now go to your hotel,pack your bags and make that call....Good Day Mr. Vandenberg.." said AUSA St. John.

Bert was as red as a beet... He did as he was told...He turned over all of his negatives to the Feds..He called Sean Cooper and told him his assignment was done and told him where he could wire his money..

And just like that..He was on a flight to New Orleans..

His face was as red as a beet..tears streamed down his face and his hands shook..He knew this was the work of Todd Dellums..he didn't know what if anything he could do about him..

Sean Cooper was confused.. he didn't have any incriminating negatives that he had been promised.. He still had no idea where we were holed up and now it was too late to stop the inevitable.. The re-trial before the WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT of Amin Jenkins.

We hadn't been exactly sitting on our hands..

into Richmond, California..

Where they took Fresh DNA samples from Amin Jenkins and compared them to the two year old DNA in the semen found on the victims sweater and taken out of her during the rape kit..

The results came back that it was not a match.. We expected that it might be inconclusive..but no, it was

100 percent certain that this DNA and Amin Jenkins DNA was not a match....

Bresha, Tony and Paris went out a day later and took the jeep on another outing..

This time to Daley City...

Where their lab, independent of ours came to the same conclusion.... That Amin Jenkins's DNA and the DNA on the clothes and from the Vaginal Swab were NOT the same...There was no doubt...They were 99.9 percent certain...

Olivia and I ,just to be fair took the clothing and results of the rape kit to the San-Francisco police lab..

They came to the same conclusion that The DNA found in the semen on the clothing and in the vaginal swab belonged to someone different ,other than Amin Jenkins..

When Olivia asked why this wasn't discovered during his trial... They responded that no one, not the defense nor the prosecution ever asked for a DNA test...

''So a man spent two years in San Quentin for a crime he may be possibly innocent of." she said.. She was furious.

As someone who had once been a cop, An officer of the law.. I was ashamed at how everybody...The San Francisco P.D. , The District Attorney's Office and The Public Defender had betrayed this young man... He was just a Black man...He was expendable, they seemed to be saying.

II-

We went back to the bar we had visited after the game..

"Donnie Ray, You practically saved his case...Sean Cooper was trying his damndest to shut it down...Resorting to extortion almost..." said Larry North..

"He thought because he wasn't asking for money that it wasn't extortion...Shows he's not a lawyer."I laughed.

"He's ex-FBI..He still should have known better. Teel, that was good thinking, taping his conversation with your phone...It gave us extra-ammunition." said Olivia.

"I knew he was a sleazy type the minute he walked over to me at the Cafeteria with that folder...I was like, uh oh...Here we go...And all he had was photos of me and my fiance ,kissing.. It wouldn't have been that big of a scandal if they had of released the photos, except that I wouldn't have wanted the world seeing me naked." said Teel.

"It wouldn't have been a scandal at all...You guys are engaged. It would have been a "so what" to most people. Having Paris make an anonymous call to Todd Dellums, The Assistant U.S. Attorney in Philly who hates the man was pure genius...because he then brought it to the Attention of your Assistant U.S. Attorney and The FBI, Special Agent in Charge here and they picked him up and laid the case out to him for "Obstruction of Justice and Extortion.." said Beverly..

''Something that would have got his license pulled and possibly have brought him some Jail time, if they had decided to run wild with it!" said Nelson.

''So where is he now?" asked Larry North..

"Ohhhhh he's on a Plane to either Philadelphia, New Orleans or parts unknown." laughed Josie..

''They cut him some slack but at any rate...He's out of your hair." said Paris.

"I doubt that he goes back to Philadelphia...With Todd Dellums breathing down his back, he'd have even less peace." said Bresha,

"He probably thinks Todd Dellums had something to do with this.," said Tony..

"Wellllllllllllll.....He kind of did." said Olivia, laughing!

"Hey Liv Look!" said Nelson..

It was Todd Tillerson....The brother in law of the former ADA ,Sean Cooper and the Former Public Defender who didn't even try to defend his client..

Sitting at the end of the bar , doing Tequilla shots.

"Who wants the honors?" I asked.

"I'll do it!" said Bresha , who walked over to him... "Hello...Mr. Tillerson!" she said, smiling.

He looked up at her and smiled...Her curves had curves and he admired her perky breasts and cute smile.

''And who may I say are you?"he asked, all smiles!

"The one that hands you a Subpoena." said Bresha, putting the subpoena in his hands..

"WELL OF ALL THE!" he said angrily... He tossed a few dollars on the counter, stomped his foot and stormed out..

''Awwww she just ruined that guy' s night..."laughed Teel.

"Don'tcha Love it?" laughed Larry North

"I sure do!" laughed Olivia.

''Shouldn't we try to subpoena his brother in law?" asked Beverly...

''No Need for that Shortcake..He'll be there...He's got to be there." I said.

"He's acting as the opposition..He wants to send Amin Jenkins back to prison. He can't look like he purposely sent an innocent man to prison and run for State's Attorney."said Nelson.

"His opposition is already using this case against him and his poll numbers are nearly underwater."said Josie.

"WOW! Here come our drinks!" said Paris.

"Baby, you were wonderful." said Tony to his wife, Bresha.

They kissed passionately as their drinks arrived.

"Thank you baby! I'm going to be even more wonderful in bed tonight when we get home" said Bresha, seductively...

"Ummmmmmmmmm wordddddd!" said

Our drinks arrived...

"I understand your investigator recently graduated from law school....

and will be taking the bar exam soon." said Olivia.

''Yes...He went to Night school at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.. Took him three and a half years but he got it done..I'm proud of him... That means I'll have to find a new Investigator...Nothing like a good investigator." sighed Teel.

"Don't I know it" said Olivia.

Looking at me and giving me a sweet, soft kiss.

III-

Nightfall came...

We were at home...Our Home away from home anyway..

Olivia looked ravishing in her white slip dress as we sat across our bed in our room that afternoon...She had bought that from Victoria's Secret ,when we had been in San Francisco a few years ago....I loved it..and she knew it.

I stared at her.....

"I remember the first time I laid eyes on you in New Orleans...I had a tremendous boner..." I said..

"Like the one you have right now.." said Olivia, smiling and looking at my trousers..

"Yes." I said..

"I remember..." she said and smiled at me....

We kissed for a few more minutes...

"Ummm Mama just loves you baby.."she cooed as we continued

kissing and rolling across the bed...

''Daddy loves you too."I said.

''Show mama." she said..

Olivia laughed at how aroused I was...

"Oh My...Ouuuu Donnie Ray..... Look at youuuuuu, ouuuuuuu,.." she said..

I was fully erect and hard...

She smelled like a new born baby and had skin as soft as one...She kissed me slowly,softly.....

''Calm down..Calm down...It's all good.."she said..

"Yes..Yes it is.."I said.

My boxers stood out like a tent and she smiled...

"Oh my goodness...Look at youuuuu!...." she said...

"I guess you can uh tell I'm a little excited" I said.

"Most definitely.....Wowzers..wouuuuuu, look at you.Ohhh myyyy..More than just a little" she said holding her hand over her mouth and laughing.....

I had a raging erection that I had successfully hidden up until now...She smiled at me...I pulled her to me and began kissing her passionately... She stroked it gently and smiled at me...

"Ummmmm come here." she said softly.....

She fondled me softly and gently, which was driving me crazy...I licked and sucked her breasts...Which was doing the same to her...But she didn't say a word...She opened her mouth a little, but no sounds came out..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Mister Alexanderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..............ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goodnesss.........ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned....

"Damn girl...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." I moaned myself, slipping her panties down and off!

I straddled Olivia on the bed... , We continued kissing...laughing ,silently....She kissed my neck, my chest, my cheeks and finally my lips...I kissed her breasts and her neck...finally, I was entering her luscious body....

"Oh My God....Oh my goddddddddddddd.."I moaned....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Mister Alexanderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..............ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goodnesss.........ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned....

Moving in and out slowly....Olivia moved up and down slowly....We both wanted to cry out..but we couldn't...

"Oh My God....Oh my goddddddddddddd.."I moaned....

Olivia laughed......

The bed squeaked a little bit , we smiled at each other......She began licking my neck and sucking on it,which made me begin moving deeper and deeper into her warm and wet lusciousness.......

''Baby, All day long, you were all I thought about.. We were just sooo busy." I said..

She continued kissing me..

"I know, I was thinking about you too..."she said..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"I said.

"Well you've got me all to yourself now.." she said, continuing to kiss me..

" This is driving me crazy...." I moaned silently...

''Me too..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned...

She kept moving up and down and then from side to side...The bed was rocking and slamming against the wall...We slowed down a bit...She looked like she was climaxing...I slowed down immensely and moved in a little harder.....She let out a soft whisper...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Yesssss..Mister Alexander....Ohhhhh YESSSSSSS!"she moaned...

''Yes...yessssssssssssssss...ouuu, " I moaned..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my

god...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."she cried out!

The bed squeaked a little bit more ,but nowhere near like our old one...

"Mrs. Alexander...You are one naughty girl...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."I moaned..

"Naughty is sexy!"said Olivia.

"No argument there Mrs. Alexander....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." I said.

We kept on at it for another EIGHT TO NINE HOURS...We couldn't seem to get enough of each other....We managed to climax together...holding each other tightly..and breathing heavy...Kissing each other as if it were going out of style.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Mr. Alexander...ouuuuuuuu that was soooo nice." said Olivia in between wet sloppy kisses...

"Yes lord....Yesss lord Mrs. Alexander...."I said.

She giggled and ran her index finger across my lips...

"Oh My God Donnie Ray, that was awesome..Whoooooo."whispered Olivia..Her legs were shaking...She was climaxing hard....

"Ohhhhh my lord!" she moaned....

I listened...I heard nothing....I smiled... We started kissing again...She fondled me softly some more...I was going bananas.....I not surprisingly felt myself getting hard again...and began to move slowly inside and out of her....once again!!! An HOUR AND A HALF went by...more kissing, more sweet lovemaking..ANOTHER HOUR slid by...

"Ohhhh my......you are something else Mister Alexander!!!.....Oh My goodness...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"laughed Olivia...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...."was all I could manage to say...This bed was getting a work out...

I entered her and begin to thrust inside of her deeply. I tried to catch my breath, Olivia wrapped her legs around me and her arms around my neck as if I was falling off a cliff.

"Ouuuuu Mister Alexander....ohhh my goodness..wooooooooooo.."she moaned..laughing and turning her head from side to side....

"Awwwwww lawddddd!" I moaned myself....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Donnie Ray....my lord..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...." she moaned...

"Girl, what are you doing to me?" I asked...I was losing my mind...

Olivia laughed and kissed me slower,softer....

"Nothin.....Just trying to make you feel goooooooooooooooood as usual...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..like you're making me feel...ummmmmmmmm" she cooed.

"Well...you're doing a good job...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..Damn good job!!"I moaned...

"Glad you like it baby!" she said...

It was my turn to laugh as we continued kissing and making sweet love...

"Mrs. Alexander...I love ittttt.."I said...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Yesssssssssssss...I love it tooo..ohhhhhhhh stop showing off....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."she cried out..

We quickly got into a nice deliberate rhythm.. I just wanted to go hard and fast, but she slowed us down. I could barely stand it.It felt so good...

"Take your time sweetie...Take your timeeeeeeeee....Mama isn't going anywhereeeee.." she cooed...

"Ohhhhhhhhh.." was all I could mutter...... The sound of her voice got me even more excited.....

I slowed it way down with deep, long strokes that made me feel like I was losing my mind...She kissed me softly and blew into my ears...

Olivia began to shake and gyrate and more tears began to stream down her face....

"Ouuuuuuuuu,Oh my goodness Donnie Ray , you really don't get enough...ouuuuuuuuu weeeeeee...do youuu?" she asked as I began stroking her again....I had not...She was having an intense orgasm!!

I said nothing....I just went about my business...Another TWO HOURS and a HALF went by....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh goood lawd!" she moaned...

She felt as though she was climaxing several times....then in a huge wave...she whispered in my ear...

''Oh My god...I'm cumming.....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. You are outdoing yourself..ouuuuuu,ohhhhhh.." she softly cooed... , which made me climax myself..exploding literally and shaking mightily...I put my hand over her mouth...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ...ohhhhhhh my God....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..I love you so much....." she moaned silently...

"I love you too baby."I moaned and came so hard,it scared me...

I again collapsed on top of Olivia...I lie there on top of her for a moment, then finally ,I pulled out and lie on my back...breathing heavily...She lie still...

"Wow! You put it on me sooo good.." she said....

"WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! It's nearly daybreak..." she yelled...Her legs were shaking and sweat was running down her face....

Finally she stopped shaking and had the sweetest and at the same time most devilish look on her face I'd ever seen...

She crawled on top of me and began deep throat kissing me...Wet and sloppily....and eased her self down on my still rock hard and wet penis...

and began moving up and down...up and down....I was going crazy...Olivia was so soft, so warm...so moist...and feeling all of these sensations...Within another TWO HOURS I came so intensely....so hard...that I practically passed out...and the last thing I remember was Olivia, climaxing and laughing....

''What's so funny?" I asked.

"The faces you make when you're about to....you know..." she said...

I leaned up and kissed her passionately...

We continued kissing until we both drifted off to sleep..

A very peaceful sleep.

SATURDAY -Two days before the trial began...

We all had a light breakfast at that riverside cafe, Larry North had taken us to...

''Well, we are as ready as ever to go to trial."said Olivia confidently..

''This was one of the easy ones."I said. We really hadn't done that much work...

"Yeah...I was thinking about that poor guy Amin Jenkins sitting in San Quentin for two years for something he didn't do.." said Beverly..

''What they did to him was criminal...Some how or other, both of them should go to jail..If there was real justice that's just what would happen." said Nelson..

Josie, Paris, Bresha and Tony were sitting across from us at another table..

"He didn't try to defend him, he pleaded him out right away and made a deal with Cooper because he had the hots for his sister.." said Josie, disgusted...

''Oh they make deals like this all the time....I'm sure the same thing or worse has happened before..Probably a lot a guys sittin in Quentin had the same thing happen to them because they couldn't afford a real lawyer." said Paris.

"Public Defenders are real lawyers Paris... Some of them actually do their jobs Like Olivia, Beverly, Nelson, Mr. North and Jazzy....

Others choose to take the easy way out or they get burdened down with cases and get jaded."said Bresha.

'It's a damn shame, but I can see how that would happen and after awhile you cut corners."said Tony..

''That cut corner is someone's life." said Olivia.

IV-

While we sat at the Waterfront Restaurant,

'Shhhhhh...Hear That?" she said smiling.

''Hear what?" I asked.

''Hear what Auntay? I don't hear anything." said Beverly.

"Yeah, Hear what?" said Nelson.

"I don't hear anything either." said Josie.

''That's right, you don't...We've been working this case all week and eating and drinking all over town and no Lt. Tragg, whining and sneering about what a loser case we have and inquiring about why we collected autopsy reports and crime scene reports and theatening to arrest of if we don't turn over evidence and what not...Isn't it great?" said a smiling Olivia.

"I must admit...This has been an improvement." said Paris.

Bresha laughed... "A Big Improvement."

"I'm glad I don't have to deal with him like that. He hardly knows who I am." said Tony.

"Keep it like that for as long as you can." I laughed.

A few tables down from us and unknown to us, we were being watched.... By two Attorneys, the former Public Defender and Former ADA responsible for us being in San-Francisco..

''That's them...They were all in the bar last night, Gave me a subpoena..Do Something Sean." said Todd Tillerson.

''What do you want me to do? Huh? There is nothing we can do...Just show up Monday, tell the same story you've been telling.. We still have the victim...She IDed him...I doubt they have much new to go on...He came all over her blouse and sweater... Plus she's white..That goes a long way.... Teel Porter can't bring the case...She's engaged to the head Honcho at the Innocence Project...A new ADA from the East Coast will be hearing the case and we got our boy in there as Judge...Just relax..We Got this..." said Sean.

AND IN PHILADELPHIA-

Our Office Manager, Alfreda and Yvette's Office Manager, Victoria were having drinks at Curley's Bar..

They had become very tight since Virginia had been working for Yvette. They had a lot in common, They both supported a team of very talented Attorneys and Investigators and both dated men with a 14 year age difference... Alfreda was 14 years older than Rockland.. And Jetty was 14 years older than Virginia.

"This is nice, but I miss my guys...We all talked on the Zoom call the other night, but it's not like having them around, in and out of the office..Having clients come in, et al... The office is quiet. Rockland keeps me company, but only for a little while, then he has to go to work."said Alfreda.

''They'll be back soon...You could lock up early and come hang out with me at my office." laughed Virginia.

Both women turned around to see Lt. Tragg standing by their table.

''Soooooooooooooo haven't seen Olivia and crew lately..where are they?" asked Lt. Tragg.

''Somewhere not being bothered by you...Somewhere I wish I was..They are in California..San-Francisco." said Alfreda.

''Oh, vacationing eh? I understand Olivia's brother lives out there now.. Has a TV show..You and him used to be an item didn't you? He's Beverly's Father." said Lt. Tragg.

He thought about April Taylor, also out in San-Francisco...He longed for her tight little body something terrible.

"You are a great detective aren't you? Knows all my business." said Alfreda

to Virginia, who giggled.

''And where is your crew? I haven't seen them or any of your little hangers on in weeks.." he snarled.

''They're around...I'll tell em you asked about them." said Virginia. "Look if you're going to stand around and interrogate us, the least you can do is pay for our next round of drinks." said Virginia.