VENTURES: Levels Of Death

MONDAY MORNING! -Yvette's Routine

Gary Lockwood, Investigator for the D.A.'s Office and husband of Ms. Yvette was working today..He had already taken his shower and put on a fresh fragrance.

He sat in the kitchen sipping his coffee and watched his wife, Yvette Jones-Lockwood, Attorney at law and our supervisor run through her routine...Which was no different today than any other day..

She got out of bed..Made the bed up...

Took a nice hot shower.. with a sweet and fresh smelling body wash, Lotioned down, put on a heavenly fragrance.. New Panties and Bra...

and proceeded to get dressed..

Put on a cute outfit...

Called her coffee order ahead and paid for it by phone.. She liked a particular brand of coffee.. Not that coffee at her new building's cafeteria was bad, but coffee at this new place down the street from where she worked was really good..

"Another relaxing train ride today." she said to Gary..

"You really like that train ride don't you?" asked Gary, smiling. He usually drove to work.

"I do...It's very relaxing...It's not going to stop me from driving...but I do find it relaxing...for the time being." laughed Yvette.

and then she kissed Gary softly for three minutes. Gary didn't want to let her go.

''Okay Gary, you gotta let me go now." she giggled, slipping out of his embrace..She loved that Gary loved her and desired her so much!

.before applying her lipstick and hurrying out the door..

''See ya Babes.. Love You!" she said.

"Yeahhhh, see ya..Love you too!" said Gary...Who was more than aroused by that soft kiss from Yvette...

Ms. Yvette walked out of her door..

Yvette Jones -Lockwood, Managing Partner at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt , Office 2 in Philadelphia PA.

"Hola Ms. Yvette." said Jessica Sanchez-Burrows, her next door neighbor and an attorney who worked in her building.

"Hey Yvette" said Jessica's husband, Charles "Chip" Burrows, also an attorney who works in her building.. They both work for the Innocence Project, a floor down. They moved into the new building just two days before Yvette and her staff.

"Hey Guys" said Ms. Yvette..

She was greeted by the five of us...Her staff and her neighbors on the other side of her,

Myself, Attorney Keith Jones

My wife, Attorney Beatrice Evans-Jones

Our good friends, Attorney Sofia Garcia - Ahmed..

Her husband, Kahlil Ahmed

and our investigator, Jade Lee-Ho..

We all worked for her at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt

Our neighbor Attorney Josie Boyd, who worked across the street at Olivia Bennett-Alexander and Beverly West's law office..along with Olivia's husband, Investigator, Donnie Ray Alexander and Attorney Nelson East

Kissed her husband, Paris...

"Byeeee see you tonight baby!" she cooed.

''See ya babes." said Paris.

Paris didn't work in our building...but he did ride the train with us in the morning.

Our other neighbors, Kayla, Olivia and Beverly's cousin, also an attorney who worked in our building and her husband

, Ray, also an attorney in our building and

Dabnis Coley, also an attorney in our building

and his wife, Jasmine "Jazzy" Coley, also an attorney in our building joined us as we walked toward the train station, two blocks away.. We all worked in the same building and live on the same street...Some would say that's too much togetherness...but we all like each other and hang out socially at clubs, roller skating rinks, restaurants et al and in and out of each other's homes.

Attorney Bresha Billips, who also worked across the street with Olivia and Beverly

Kissed her husband goodbye.. She lives down the street.

"Byyyye Baby" she whispered seductively...

"Bye sexy" said her husband, Attorney Tony Billips , who also worked in our building and rode with us..

What was different about today though... was newlyweds, Alfreda and Rockland Cambridge, who lived around the corner from us were standing on the corner kissing passionately....They had just bought the house across the driveway and were our newest neighbors.. Alfreda's was Olivia's Office Manager..and had been for years...She used to live across town and take the bus or an Uber to work.. Now that she was married to ADA Rockland Cambridge and they had a house...She could walk to work and he like Yvette and Jade's husbands had the option to drive to work or commute as all of us were now doing.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Rockland.....Ummm..." she moaned. He knew how to kiss a woman, she thought..He always had...Which was how he had charmed his way into her bed several years ago and eventually her heart,

''Alfreda, we're acting like twenty somethings.."said Rockland in between kisses..

"I feel like a twenty something in the bed with you." she said, which worked wonders for his ego.

Alfreda waved...

"Gotta go now." she said

She was walking across the street to Olivia and Beverly's Office/Duplex where she'd join Josie and Bresha.

and her husband, Rockland would be riding to work with us..His new neighbors..

"Good Morning Rockland." said Jazzy.

"Good Morning, Welcome to the neighborhood counselor." said Dabnis.

"Good Morning Rockland." said Kayla..

'Mornin Neighbor."said Ray.

"Good Morning Mr. Rockland." said Tony.

"Good Morning Rockland." said Yvette.

"Heyyyy Guys." he said. He had jousted with a lot of them in fierce court battles in the past...but now considered them all friends...

"Good Morning!" I said.

"Good Morning, welcome to the morning commute."said my wife Bee Bee smiling.

"Gooood Morning papi." said Sofia.

"Good Morning." said Kahlil.

"Good Morning." said Jade.

Our first big case had been against him...He was a good and tenacious adversary, taught us a lot.

''Hola." said Jessica, who had squared off against him many times...and had once despised him...She had buried the hatchet and welcomed him into the fold now..basically because she loved Ms. Alfreda and if Ms. Alfreda loved him enough to marry him, he couldn't be all bad she reasoned.

"Good Morning." said her husband, Chip.

''Morning."said Josie's husband, Paris.

The 15 of us were met at the next stop by

Our office manager... Ms. Virginia...

A Typical Monday Morning...Or so it seemed...

All of us that worked at this location enjoyed our breakfast together...

Eggs to order

Pancakes

Sausage

Hash Browns

Orange Juice

and hot coffee..

Ms. Yvette had stopped and picked up her own..

As usual, Ms. Yvette, myself, Bee Bee, Sofia , Kahlil, Jade and Ms. Virginia sat at one big round table...

''This should be a slow week guys...No major cases looming." said Ms. Yvette. At least not yet.

''Everything I've got can be litigated in our conference room." I said.

"Me too!" said Bee Bee.

"Kahlil and I have one case we are working with Jessie and Chip that will be downstairs in the conference room." said Sofia.

''Yeah, doesn't look like we'll be going into town to court." said Kahlil.

"We can mark ourselves safe from Lt. Tragg."laughed Jade.

"Good..Thank Goodness." said Virginia.. We all laughed.

Across from us, Jasmine and Dabnis Coley, Kayla and Ray St. Jacques, Jessica Sanchez-Burrows and her husband, Charles "Chip" Burrows and ADA Karen Page sat together at another large table..

''What do you have going on hubby? My case load is light...I don't have to go to court at all this week."said Jazzy.

''Me neither...Everything will be litigated in our conference room." said Dabnis.

"Same here." said Jazzy.

"Yeah, same here." said her husband, Ray.

''We have a case with Sofia and Kahlil..that will take case downstairs in the big courtroom.." said Jessica.

"Yeah that should be done in two days." said Chip.

"Same here." said Tony.

''Can you believe I don't have one case on my docket this week? I might take a few days off." said Karen.

Funny how a day or week can start off so normal and morph into something else.

II-

At Philadelphia's Water Treatment Facility a very loud argument was going on..

Between The Facility Manager.. Dr. Joseph Colgate...The facility's Safety Manager...

and Dr. Anthony Spann

The Efficiancy and Safety Expert from the State of Pennsylvania.

"Look I'm sorry , We have taken three...THREE SAMPLES and we have found dangerous levels of Bacteria in this drinking water....That reflects on YOUR MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION.....I HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT IN MY REPORT!" said Dr. Anthony Spann.

"No, it reflects on your desire to get in my wife's panties... I know about you two.. I know all about it and I'm not going to give an inch....Do you hear not an inch." said Dr. Colgate

''This has NOTHING to do with that... We fell in love before I got assigned to investigate Bacteria Levels at this Water Treatment Facility..." said Dr. Spann.

''YOU'RE A DAMN LIE...AND I KNOW IT AND I'M GOING TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU ,YOU LYING SON OF A BITCH." screamed..Dr. Colgate.

"Your general unco-operativeness and your filthy language is also going in my report." said Tony Spann.

"You little shit, you take that report and stick it up YOUR ASS!!!! AND STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE!" he yelled as onlookers looked on.

THREE DAYS LATER-

At our office...

We were having a meeting with Dr. Colgate

"Dr. Colgate, you are saying that you have been harrassed by Dr. Spann for over a period of six months now correct/" asked Ms. Yvette.

''If you can present proof..We can issue a cease and desist order to him...but that just means the State of Pennsylvania will send some one else out to test the Bacteria Levels." I said.

" I have three experts who have tested the levels in the water and they all found it 100 percent safe..

Not only that, they did not detect anywhere near the Bacteria levels Spann talked about.. He is trying to discredit me so that I will lose my job and then he CAN TAKE MY WIFE!!" he screamed..

''So this is about something else ? Something Personal?" said Bee Bee.

"We'll have to have our investigator and three experts of our own test your water facility." said Sofia,

immediately accessing her laptop and her phone..

"And Jade...Find his wife.....See if she and Spann are indeed in a relationship..." said Kahlil.

''On it.. I'll need addresses and phone numbers of all of the particulars.." said Jade.

"You Got it...Thank you for your attention to this matter." said Dr. Colgate.

''Wow we got this case right after we finished up our business with Jessica and Chip." said Sofia.

''Yeah, but this is no big deal..We still don't have to go to court." said Kahlil.

''Well, I've been done for two days...There is nothing across my desk...I can devote full time to this."I said.

''Me too!" said Bee Bee.

''Excellent... Why don't you four go to the water treatment facility tomorrow with the three experts to test the water...and compare it against Spann's findings.. Dr. Colgate left us with the last three reports." said Yvette.

"I just got off the phone with three experts...We'll be there first thing in the morning..We can take my car." said Sofia.

''Shotgun!!! Sorry Kahlil!" said Bee Bee,laughing.

"Heyyyyyy!" said Kahlil.

"Just kidding, just kidding.."laughed Bee Bee. "My baby wants to be able to rub my booty in private in the back seat." laughed Bee Bee.

Sofia cracked up laughing... "You are so bad." she said.

"I know...Bad is sexy.." I laughed.

''Meoooooow!" Bee Bee cooed in my ear.

Sofia cracked up laughing.

Kahlil shook his head at all of it.

"I'm going to check out his wife and Mr. Spann immediately..." said Jade.

III-

THE NEXT DAY-

Bee Bee, Sofia, Myself and Kahlil and three water experts from the Enviromental Protection Agency met at the Water Treatment Facility the next day....It was a nice warm Summer Day..

"Ouuuu it's so nice, it doesn't even feel like work." said my wife, Bee Bee..

"That's how you know you've got a good job when it doesn't feel like work." said Sofia.

''So this is where our drinking water comes from eh?" I said.

"One of Several places...This is like the main facility, but there are others around the city,." said Kahlil.

Our experts from the Enviromental Protection Agency had no agenda...They were searching for the truth.

"These Bacteria Levels aren't high..Not at all.. Dr. Spann's levels are off.. Off by a lot and I'd gather to say slightly exaggerated." they said.

"Will you turn your findings in to the necessary parties?" asked Sofia.

"Oh Most definitely... In fact I'm writing a rebuttal to Dr. Spann's entire thesis." said one of the scientists.

"Excellent"said Bee Bee.

"Now that we've taken care of this..We can get to work on that Cease and Desist Order " said Kahlil.

"Yup....We can have that drafted in the morning." I said.

TWO DAYS LATER-

Once again at our office..

"Yvette, your guys are excellent... They had their guys from E.P.A. ,plus the three independent experts I hired send the results of their examination of the water to my superiors...They more or less kicked Spann's study and evaluation to the curb... My job is safe.Thank you." said Dr. Colgate.

"They've sent Dr. Spann a cease and desist order concerning both you and your wife.." said Yvette.

"Excellent... Yvette , start drawing up divorce papers...We didn't have any kind of prenup and we have no children...I'm not leaving her with a damn cent." said Dr. Colgate.

''Are you sure this is what you want?" asked Yvette.

"I've never been surer." said Dr. Colgate.

The Doorbell rang...

Olivia Colgate opened the door...

"Tony...How are you ,what's the matter?" she asked.. ''Come in."she said.

"Your damn husband is the matter....He got some lawyers and they came in with three people from the Enviromental Protection agency and three other independent observers and they deep sixed my evaluation of him completely and wrote a letter to my bosses...Now I'm on the hot seat..Can you believe that?" said Anthony Spann, who was almost in tears.

''Don't cry...My husband can be a bastard when things don't go his way.." she said.

They kissed passionately....She closed the door..and locked it and dimmed the lights.

"I'm glad you went my way.." said Anthony Spann.

"I am too!" she said.

He unsnapped her bra.....

He slipped her panties down.....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I don't care what happens during a day....It's always nice to be able to see you." he said.

"Ohhhhhh Tony...I feel the same way about you.." she cooed..in between hot smouldering kisses...

''Divorce your husband, Marry me," said Anthony Spann.

"I can't...Not until I find a job, a job that makes good money." said Olivia.

''Ohhhhhhhh I'll take care of you baby.." moaned Anthony Spann...

"Take Care of me now....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu" she moaned as they sat on the side of the bed , with her moving up and down on him...

She had no intention of marrying Anthony Spann...He was good for a roll in the hay every now and then...but he couldn't take care of her the way she was acustomed to being taken care of, Plus he was too whiny and clingy...She was finding him less attractive by the day.

"Take Care of me now....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu" she moaned as they sat on the side of the bed , with her moving up and down on him..and riding him on top of the bed..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...UMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

as they began to make sweet love in the bed....The bed moving back and forth and squeaking loudly.. and the headboard rattling something crazy...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU........UMMMMMMMMMMMMM...BABYYYYY!"she moaned..

A micro listening device was picking up their every moan, their every whisper...

And a Micro-Camera was videotaping the entire thing..

and across the street, a powerful camera was catching stills of the entire thing..

Thanks to the efficiency of our investigator, Jade Lee-Ho..

IV-

A WEEK LATER-

A very ecstatic Dr. Colgate was at our office..

"The Divorce papers were handed to her...She didn't respond...but she's been crying profusely, calling me up, begging me not to divorce her, asking if we can go to counseling , the works. I showed her the video and the photos of her infidelity and she is just distraught...She said she's ended it with him and only wants me.."said Dr. Colgate.

"Well, you should be happy, you got everything you wanted.. Vindication at your job and your wife groveling at your feet...You going to divorce her?" asked Ms. Yvette.

"I don't know yet....I might change my mind and stay with her.." he laughed.

"I'm almost sorry I took part in this, but it's a job!" whispered Bee Bee to Sofia.

''I know right?" whispered Sofia in Spanish.

Even Ms. Jade grimaced at his attitude.

"You guys were great! There will be a little something extra in all of your bank accounts...Thank you so much." he said as he left the office.. He winked at Virginia..

Ms. Virginia giggled, practically every man that came in our office from delivery men to clients always checked her out and winked or flirted in some way..