Shells And Butts

 U.S. COURTHOUSE BUILDING- DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA-

OFFICE OF ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY GIRARD DALTON-

Girard Dalton picked up his intercom-

"Yes.." he said.

"You have a visitor, Olivia Bennett-Alexander" came his assistant's voice.

His eyes perked up..

"Really? SEND HER IN!" he said, smiling wryly......

"What could she possibly want?" He wondered to himself.

He had followed Olivia and her team like every other Black Attorney in Philadelphia, he had always wanted to meet her...Beverly too....He thought they were both babes.. He liked the other two young female attorneys in her group too!  He understood one of the attorneys ,Nelson East was married to Beverly and that the three of them ,Olivia, her niece Beverly, who looked more like her sister and Nelson East had been together the longest, since their days as Public Defenders...Olivia's husband, Donnie Ray was an ex Homicide Detective from New Orleans, who relocated here in Philadelphia ,married her and became her in house Investigator...He knew very little about the other two attorneys ,Josie Boyd and Bresha Billips, except that like Olivia and Beverly, they looked good.

"Good Morning Mr. Dalton."said Olivia, walking in and sitting down... She looked even better in person and was wearing a fragrance that was giving him bad thoughts..She was simply gorgeous...she must drive her husband crazy in the bed..He imagined...

"Sit down, sit down...Coffee??" asked Girard, who was star struck...

"Don't Mind if I do...Cream...Three Sugars..." said Olivia.

"Oh Myyyyy..Uh, er uh....Of course.." he said.

As two cups of coffee were poured...

"Thank You!" said Olivia.

"I get my Kureig Cups from a place called "Mocha Joes" down near Penns Landing.. I was surprised that they even had Kureig Cups...They make the best coffee.."said Girard Dalton.

"My girlfriend Yvette swears by it.. She works in the Bridge Building down there and she stops in Mocha Joes every morning before going into work.  I've been there a few times..They do make good coffee."said Olivia.

"That girlfriend of yours would be Yvette Jones-Lockwood wouldn't it? I know of her...I believe we've met once." said Girard..

Yvette Jones-Lockwood was another attractive attorney with an equally attractive amount of females on her staff he had met once...

"Oh it's a small world isn't it?" said Olivia.

"It is indeed!!!...Soooooo....it's not often that defense attorneys come  up here to visit me on such short notice....What is it that I can do for you Mrs. Alexander?" asked Girard Dalton...

''As you know...My colleagues and I are defending your Associate, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums on some serious charges...First Degree Murder charges..and we believe your testimony could be of assistance to him...Which is why I brought this subpoena for you to appear and testify at his trial next week." said Olivia,

She dropped the subpoena on his desk..

"You've been a most gracious host... Thank you for the coffee." she said softly and got up, letting herself out..

He was stunned...What if anything did they think he could say to help Dellums?  

SAM MOTHER'S DINER-

Beverly, Josie and Bresha  sat in Sam Mother's Diner having Breakfast...They each had a portion of Louisiana Style Grits with seasoned shrimp, but not as well seasoned as mine.

"Donnie Ray is wearing off on us... Look how we are eating." laughed Beverly...

"I knowwwwwwwwww, but it's good eating."laughed Josie.

"Yes it is.... By now Liv has delivered that subpoena." said Bresha.

"Yeah and there was no running...She probably didn't tear her pantyhouse either." said Josie, remembering times she and Beverly tried to deliver a subpoena and the subject had forced them to chase him.

"She wasn't wearing any pantyhose today."laughed Beverly...

All three girls laughed as their coffees arrived.

Lt. Tragg walked in...Naturally he walked over to where they were sitting..

"Wellll look at this..The Junior Partners all having breakfast....Where are the men folk? and better yet, where is fearless leader??" he asked..

"You know, you've brought in some embarrassingly flimsy cases here of late, even for you...If I were you I'd do two things...One, actually listen to the Medical Examiner and Coroner when they tell you things ,before making a quick and hasty arrest...and two, actually go back over the crime scene, make sure you didn't miss anything ..." said Beverly...

"OH YEAH??? OHHHH YEAH?  I DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL ME HOW TO DO PO-LICE WORK!!!!!Dellums is going down...The High and Mighty Assistant U.S. Attorney is going to jail.. He'll be disbarred and he'll trade his expensive tailored suits for an orange jumpsuit and some white skippers...That's what he's looking at.."snarled Lt. Tragg.

"Don't you hate being wrong so much?? Having reporters jeer at you?? Wouldn't you like to be right once??  We're going to make you look like a fool next week.."said Josie.

"OHHHHHHHHHHH IS THAT RIGHT?" he said... He looked at Bresha... "I suppose you'd like to weigh in too huh?" he said.

"Nope! " said Bresha...pointing to the window...

Four Sherrif's deputies grabbed Lt. Tragg, handcuffed him and whisked him out..

"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!!! COME ON GUYS!!!" he snarled.

"Artie, what is it with you?  Do you not understand a Cease and Desist order?" said one of the Deputies..

"When Dellums goes down, this shit will come to an end...I can't wait." he snarled..

It was Thursday Morning...They'd be free of Lt. Tragg for the rest of the weekend...At least until trial.

Nelson was walking in just as Lt. Tragg was being dragged out ..He smiled and shook his head.

II-

I was the only one at home when Olivia got back..

"I cut Alfreda loose for the day....I trust you served the subpoena..." I said.

"Oh Most definitely...No problem at all.."laughed Olivia.

"In that dress, with that fragrance on... You could have served that subpoena to any man...."I whispered.

"Oh this dress isn't sexy...." said Olivia.. "Except to you...Everything I wear is sexy.." she said.

"Damn right." I said.

I took her in my arms and kissed her...

"Ummmmmm, I think we should take this upstairs.." said Olivia..

"Good Idea.." I said..

We walked up to our domicile..where the kissing and undressing continued..

"OH MY GODDDDDDDD!" I moaned, slipping her panties down...

"We are not going to be seen the rest of the day.." I said..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that's okay with me.."said Olivia.

I lifted her petite body up and long stroked her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!" I moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WOUUUUUUUUUUU!" moaned Olivia....

I placed her on the dresser drawer ,parted her legs and entered her again, slowly....

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!!" she cooed....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OLIVIA, OUUUUUUU!" I moaned..

We sat on the side of the bed, with Olivia drowning me in kisses....

and riding me....

and me eventually humping her across the bed..

and on the bed for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS! 

A floor below in Beverly and Nelson's place..

"Mannnnn, Donnie Ray sure loves your aunt..." mused Nelson, who could hear us through the vent a little.

"No More than you love me... You're already naked... Look at you, all hard and big... "laughed Beverly...

''Yeah well uh let's do something about that..." said Nelson.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm Yes..." said Beverly...Who slipped out of her skirt 

and allowed Nelson to take her top and her bra off..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Nelsonnnnnn!" she cooed..

He slipped her panties down...

"You love me as much as Donnie Ray loves Auntay?" she asked.

"More.....I've known you longer."he moaned.

"Goofball!" she giggled...

She sat on the side of the bed , riding him....

"OHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDD, OUUUUUUUUU NELSON!!! OUUUUU!" she moaned.

"YOU ARE HITTING MY SPOTS!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM GIRRRRRRRRL!" Nelson cried out....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Nelson moaned... lifting her up and long stroking her.....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" cooed Beverly....

They made love just like us for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS..

While Lt. Tragg languished in the "Cooler", the holding facility in the courthouse...

"Dellums is going down...I can't wait...This shit will come to an end...Real quick!" he mumbled...

III-

COURTROOM D- FOUR DAYS LATER- 9:00 AM

Todd was flanked by Olivia, Beverly, Nelson, Josie, Bresha and myself...

"Relax Todd, we have thoroughly prepared for every eventuality..." said Olivia.

"And Then some." said Beverly...

"I have complete confidence in your abilities....I'm just wondering what this prosecutor could possibly have?" said Todd.

"From what I peeped in discovery, not a whole hell of a lot..."said Nelson.

"Our whole aim in this preliminary is to see what she has....Judging by how flimsy this case is...Not much...Only this flimsy story about blackmail. " said Josie.

''Which we are prepared to disprove."said Bresha.

"You know if Lt. Tragg had gone back over the crime scene, if he'd listened to the Medical Examiner and even his own CSI guys...We wouldn't even be here." I said.

ADA Thelma Bell sat with Lt. Tragg...

She removed his hands from under her skirt once after the second time she looked at him sternly and said.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN...BUT YOU HAD BETTER KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF, GOT IT?" she said without cracking a smile.

Naturally, this was like talking to a brick wall...He soon had his hands up her skirt ,rubbing her legs again and she SLAPPED THE HELL OUT OF HIM!...It was a loud slap that knocked him out of his seat....We all heard it..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUF!" he uttered as he crashed to the floor..

"KNOCK IT OFF!" said Thelma Bell, fixing her skirt...

"WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE?" asked Judge Tad Thorton, Himself no fan of Lt. Tragg.

"Nothing your honor, just a slight misunderstanding..It's been cleared up."said Thelma Bell.

Beverly, Josie and Bresha were cracking up laughing...Not trying to hide it..

Olivia shook her head...

Nelson was laughing so hard, tears were streaming from his eyes..

Like Olivia...I just shook my head..

Lt. Tragg was livid at being embarrassed like this... Thelma Bell was on his shit list from that moment forward...but he didn't place his hands on her legs or up her skirt again...He sat with his arms folded, furious. "what a cold and icy bitch" he thought to hmself.

Todd Dellums cracked up laughing...

Thelma Bell was good, better than we had thought...She had done her research well and was like a mirror image of us.. Anticipating our every move, having a counter move for our every move ,being as up on laws, predicates and like cases as we were...

The first two days she presented crime scene photos and interviewed CSI and Medical Examiner personell.

She didn't surprise us , except that she was so good and even with this flimsy case..We battled on for four days.. Olivia, Beverly and Nelson gave her all she could ask for, but she in turn gave us surprisingly all we could ask for too without revealing too much of her strategy.

Josie took capricious notes on her laptop...

and conferred with Olivia.

Olivia smiled at her...She was so proud of how far Josie had come as an attorney.

Bresha was soaking in all of this.. This was a learning experience for her.

Our client , a brilliant attorney himself...observed and weighed in a bit.. He was still impressed with his team and confident he'd be acquitted.

"Your Honor, the people close their case...We see enough reason for this case to be held over for trial.."  said Thelma Bell. She was exhausted... We were good, damn good..Best attorneys she'd ever gone up against. She wanted to win this case badly, even though it was the flimsiest weakest case she'd ever tried.

"Mrs. Bennett-Alexander, Do you wish to put on a defense or would you rather wait until this is held over for trial?" asked Judge Tad Thornton.

"Oh we definitely wish to put on a defense...I think we can wrap this up quickly without a jury trial if we are allowed to..."said Olivia.

We'd seen everything the prosecution had and it wasn't much...Not compared with what we had.

"Due to the lateness of the hour.. I'm adjourning court today... Be here at 9:00 AM tomorrow morning .

Attorneys be on time and be prepared for trial. Court is adjourned." He said.

That afternoon we all had  dinner in Sam Mother's Diner.. We were all spread out at tables near the center of the diner..

"Bev what time is your hearing tomorrow??We are coming down to see it." asked Bee Bee.

"It's at Nine O'Clock...I hate these early courtroom dates."laughed Beverly...

"Girrrrrrl, we do too!" laughed Sofia.

"You cool with this Keith?" asked Nelson who knew Keith's wife, Bee Bee was once engaged to Todd Dellums.

"Man sure...I aint even worried." said Keith Jones..

"We got so much history with your client, We feel as though we should at least make an appearence."said Kahlil.

"Come down, it should be something to see."said Josie.

"I walked past there one day this week..That Prosecutor is pretty good."said Paris.

"She is..but she has a weak case and she knows it."said Bresha

who then turned and kissed her husband, Tony.

"I am so glad none of my cases involve Lt. Tragg...I would hate to have him in my face.."said Jazzy.

"If he ever gets in your face...He won't have a recognizable face by the time I'm through with him..."said Dabnis.

"Ohhhhhh Come on now...I don't think it'll come to that...He can't come around us...He's on C&D."said Kayla.

"Yeah and you see he violates it at will...He just got arrested last week for hassling Beverly,Josie and Bree in here." said Ray..

"Yeah that's right.."said Jessica.

"Here he comes, speak of the devil." said Chip.

Lt. Tragg walked in...He saw the youngins eating,laughing and talking.. But what he keyed in on was the people sitting at the big table in the very center..

Yvette, Gary, Me, Olivia, Jade and Danny, Virginia and Jetty, Alfreda and Rockland were joined by Todd and Vanessa and Zoey and Lem... It had been a longgg time since all of us were in here,eating together.. Our meals were just beginning to arrive..What a time for Tragg to come in...

"Liv ,Me and the kids are coming down tomorrow to see you guys in court."said Yvette.

"I wish I could come, but I'm working on a case."said Gary.

"If I can,I'm going to wrap this thing up tomorrow."said Olivia.

"And then I'm gonna wrap you up all night.."I whispered in her ear..

"Ouuuuuu you always wrap me up!"said Olivia,laughing and blushing a bit..

"If he would do just a little police work...He might have some success!" said Jade.

''He does do a little police work..." said Danny Ho.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu...Shhhhhhhh, here he comes ." laughed Virginia.

''Awwwwwwww who cares?" said Jetty.

Alfreda and Rockland were laughing.....

"I hope you can wrap this up Lv...I need to get back to work..."said Todd.

"And I need you free." said Vanessa.

Giving him a soft kiss....

"If anyone can get him off...Olivia can." said Zoey...

"You uh could have phrased that  better dear.,"joked Lem..

"Ohhhh take your mind out of the gutter."laughed Zoey.

The entire table exploded in laughter....

"GO AHEAD, LAUGH!! YUCK IT UP!!  I imagine this time next year you'll just be finishing a year in prison pretty boy...I can only imagine what may happen to someone like you....Heh heh heh." he laughed..

Always trying to goad someone into an emotional explosion....Most of us simply ignored him and continued eating .

But after that remark, The Table got silent...

"You know Tragg, It's bad enough that you are the worst detective alive....But you're miserable and you only get joy from making other people miserable....That's a sad way to be man....Just sad."said Todd, who sat down and began finishing his meal.

Lt. Tragg stomped his foot and stormed angrily out of the diner... It was met by claps and cheers.

IV-

COURTROOM D- 9:00 AM- The Next Morning.

The Courtroom was crowded... Yvette and her staff, Keith Jones, his wife, Bee Bee Evans Jones, Sofia Garcia Ahmed and her husband, Kahlil Ahmed and Jade Lee Ho all sat in the spectators section, along with ADA Vanessa Stevens, Todd's current girlfriend..It was almost like they were viewing a new movie...All that was missing was popcorn. Yvette said as much.

"This is like going to a movie premiere" said Yvette.

"All we are missing is buttered popcorn." said Keith Jones.

"I knowwww right?" said Bee Bee.

"I think Olivia and the guys are going to wrap this up today..They look confident." said Sofia.

"So does Lt. Tragg."said Kahlil.

"He always looks confident..Then he loses."said Jade.

"Don't I know it...I remember when I faced off against you guys with that lousy case he brought me."said ADA Vanessa Stevens.

Judge Tad Thornton brought the courtroom to order..

Todd was wearing a new tailored suit...Expensive shoes, a great fragrance...and sported a fresh haircut..

He too looked like he was put there by central casting.

Olivia and Beverly sat by his side, looking more like sisters, which a lot of people suspected they were ,because of the closeness in age..than Aunt and Niece...

Nelson was particularly dapper himself today...He also was wearing a new tailored suit...Expensive shoes, a great fragrance...and sported a fresh haircut.. 

His wife Beverly couldn't take her eyes off of him...

"Mmmmmmmmmmm meowwwww!" she cooed in his ear.

Nelson felt her legs softly and rubbed them.

Josie and Bresha were gorgeous and sexy as usual..

"You ready girl?" Josie asked Bresha, who was like a younger sister to her.

"Yuppper.. Ready as I'll ever be."said Bresha.

I was as cool as a cucumber... I actually caught ADA Thelma Bell looking lustfully at me..

"Now he could stick his hands up my skirt all day long and I wouldn't complain."she thought to herself.

Lt. Tragg sat there with a self serving smirk on his face...He thought to himself... "This is the beginning of the end for that self serving jerk, Todd Dellums and Auntie and Niecey and company can't save him...I've got him." he thought.

Olivia began her opening statement..

"Ladies and Gentlemen this case is made up of falsehoods and lies ,I'm going to make this plain for you..After today there will be no way you can continue with this..This is a case once again made by an over zealous Homicide detective, so hell bent on one upsmanship where my client was concerned that he made a hasty arrest and did next to no follow up investigating." She said.

ADA Thelma Bell looked at Lt. Tragg.

"Hmmm Funny she would make that observation huh?" she said sarcastically. she was thoroughly unimpressed by Lt. Tragg's investigation and him as a person.

"She'll say anything to make me look like a fool." said Lt. Tragg, angry that Olivia had said that.

"Oh is that right? Doesn't seem like she has to say that much." said Thelma Bell, again with sarcasm that went completely over Lt. Tragg's head.

"Let's begin with the motive..Blackmail... It is non-existant.. These photos were found in The deceased man, Randy Wiggins apartment." she said.

Josie brought out enlarged photos of Todd and Millicent Caldwell to show the Judge and the audience.

"Defense Exhibits, A, B,C, D, E, F and G." she said , showing racy photos of a tryst between Attorney Millicent Caldwell and AUSA Todd Dellums last March.

"No crime is being committed here. Legal or Moral. Both people were consenting adults and unmarried." explained Josie.

"I call to the stand, Bert Vandenberg." said Olivia.

Lt. Tragg was shocked.. "Bert?? what has he got to do with all this?" he asked.

Bert walked to the stand and was sworn in.. he looked sick.

"You took these photos of AUSA Dellums and Millicent Caldwell in April did you not?" asked Olivia.

"I did. Actually in March." he said..

"At whose direction and why?" asked Beverly..

"My client at the time ,Lt. Arthur Tragg hired me to get some uh dirt on AUSA Todd Dellums, not to extort any money ,but to anonymously slip these photos to his then girlfriend, A Miss Natasha Smith.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THOSE WERE YOUR PHOTOS?" asked ADA Thelma Bell, furious at this revelation.

Lt. Tragg looked as if he 'd swallowed a canary...He was furious with our entire team for unearting this evidence.

Nelson called Natasha Smith to Testify..

Natasha Smith testified that she received the photos in April..

"They were in an envelope and slipped under my door.. and yes, they did end our relationship..It was the second time Todd Dellums had cheated on me." said Natasha Smith.

Bresha called ADA Vanessa Stevens to the stand...

"Ms. Stevens. When did your relationship with Mr. Dellums begin?" she asked.

"It began in Late May of this year.." she said.

''Were you aware of these photos prior to this trial?"asked Bresha.

"Yes I was.. Todd had shared them with me... He told me he suspected , but couldn't prove that Lt. Arthur Tragg initiated a smear campaign against him... Todd had tracked down the P.I.,Bert Vandenburg, who just testified, A former FBI agent he knew well and had gotten the negatives, which he destroyed... but he still had these glossies in his desk drawer..He had told me a few weeks ago that he planned to destroy them...And then they vanished." said Vanessa.

''So if these photos, which you had already seen had been passed to you, it wouldn't have affected your relationship one bit." said Olivia.

"No, Not at all...I had seen them and it was before we got together anyway." said Vanessa.

"Our killer probably didn't know that...And Mr. Wiggins, an employee of Drinkwater Inc., A whistleblower did not know this or care... He was an informant , who had given my client information on a sensitive government investigation...He was not Blackmailing Mr. Dellums..I call to the stand, AUSA Girard Dalton." said Olivia..

This was the moment of truth...

Girard Dalton walked to the stand and was sworn in... He had no idea what this was about or why he was being called.

Josie put a spent shell and serval cigarette butts on the table..

"Defense exhibits H and I" she said. "Found at the scene of the murder over in a dark corner.. A spent 22 caliber shell, a shell that matches the bullet that killed Randy Wiggins and cigarette butts...In a corner, smoked by the killer." said Josie.

"Do you know what these are?" asked Beverly...

"No, should I?" answered Girard.

"Welll you should..They were found at the crime scene.. The police missed it that night...It was dark..

But our investigator found it and Let me say...He made this known to Police at the scene.. and had it tested by The detectives at the Criminal Investigation Division, The FBI/ATF , our Medical examiners Office and an independent lab... This is your DNA on everything...And Your DNA has no business being on anything in that warehouse that night." said Beverly..

"Just to be fair...We called in everyone who examined this evidence..  We got your DNA, from Coffee Cups you drank from ,Knives and Forks you ate with and another cigarette butt you dropped outside this restaurant." said Nelson , showing an enlarged photo of Him and Vanessa Stevens at a restaurant.

Olivia called  Dr. Hazel Baylor, Deputy Coroner of the Medical Examiner's Office, Dr. Goggins 

of the independent GOGGINS DNA LABS, and Deputy Special Agent Sharon Hopkins  in Charge of the FBI/ATF Philadelphia Region.

They all testified that it was a positive 99.9 percent DNA match on the spent shell which matched the caliber of bullet that killed Randy Wiggins and the cigarette butts found in a dark corner in the warehouse.

"As my niece said... Your DNA had no business being in that warehouse that night..I don't know how you found out My client and Mr. Wiggins were meeting there or where you got that gun from.....but you were there, you shot and killed Mr. Wiggins and then struck my client in the head and put that gun there...YOU!" said Olivia.

"You...You...don't have....have much proof.." Girard mumbled..

"Are you kidding? Your DNA is all over the crime scene.."said Bresha.

"Oh and your biggest mistake.... You left a latent fingerprint on one of these photos found in Mr. Wiggins apartment...." said Josie, showing him the photo.

"Oh and one last thing...Police found your palm print in Wiggins's apartment.... Your DNA and Prints are everywhere they shouldn't be homie!" said Nelson.

"I uh am not saying anything else without the advice of counsel." said Girard.

"That's a very good idea counselor. The Defense rests." said Olivia.

"Your Honor, The People move to drop all charges against Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums. due to a preponderance of evidence that clearly suggests he is not guilty of this crime."said ADA Thelma Bell, She realized she was beaten..

''So Moved....Mr. Dellums, you are free to go."said Judge Thornton.

Todd pumped his fists in the air.

"THANK YOU!I KNEW YOU GUYS COULD DO IT! I HAD NO DOUBT AT ALL!!" he said ,hugging and kissing both Olivia and Beverly.

"Oh you're so welcome Todd!"said Olivia.

"You're welcome Todd."said a smiling Beverly.

"You girls are becoming fine young attorneys...You have three good teachers...Thank you both." he said to Josie and Bresha, hugging and kissing them also,

"You're welcome Todd."said Josie.

"You're welcome Todd."said Bresha, smiling.

He shook Nelson and my hands vigourously.. "THANK YOU GUYS TOO! GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON MY DEFENSE TEAM!" said Todd.

"You're welcome man." said Nelson.

"Anytime, but I hope no time soon." I said and we both shared a laugh.

Lt. Tragg was once again, livid...Angry at us for getting yet another suspect off and exposing his faulty police work.

ADA Thelma Bell glared angrily at Lt. Tragg.

"You are a disgrace to the badge...I told you.. I begged you to recanvass...You could have saved us all this embarrassment..You were more interested in getting in my panties!!! It's a shame I can't bring you up on charges because I would..OUUUUUUU." she said angrily.

Lt. Tragg looked like he'd swallowed a canary..

Todd Dellums and Vanessa Stevens kissed passionately by the courthouse door.

"MY GIRL!!!! LIVY YOU WERE LIKE A SURGEON!!!" said Yvette, hugging her old law school room-mate and best friend...

"I GOT IT FROM YOU, WIN IN THE PRELIMS..AVOID A TRIAL!" said Olivia.

"I feel so relieved. I just want to go home and get out of these heels."said Beverly.

"Ouuuuu girrrrrrrrl! I knoww!"said Bee Bee.

"That was kind of fun watching." said Sofia.

"You guys won a case recently without having to go to trial too!" said Nelson.

''Same Arresting officer." said Keith Jones."

"Yeah how about that?" said Kahlil.

"I just want to go home and get out of these heels."said Josie.

"Me too!" said Bresha.

''Well I guess Lt. Tragg will come around and try to snatch my license for Obstruction of Justice or interfering with a crime scene." I said.

He tries to pull that stunt with me.. You turned everything over to the cops and the feds....It was in Discovery,,,He hasn't got a leg to stand on."said Jade.

Lt. Tragg was busy fending off reporters..

"Hey Artie, who was President the last time you actually arrested a guilty person?"Asked one reporter.

"Nixon??" answered one.

"No Truman!" said another reporter..

The hall was filled with laughs..

"ALRIGHT LOU, THAT'S IT!! THAT IS IT!" Lt. Tragg yelled...

Once again, chairs flew and and fists began flying...as Lt. Tragg and several reporters began fighting right there in the halway.

A General melee....

A Normal day after court.

EPILOUGE-

Girard Dalton was indicted on First Degree Murder Charges..

But was nowhere to be found when the police, led by Lt. Tragg came to arrest him!

His body was found floating in the river a few weeks later! A Suicide. 

"The shame of being disbarred and tried for murder, a senseless murder committed to get one up on a romantic rival was more than he could handle. Plus the pressure of the city wide dragnet I put out." said Lt. Tragg in a statement to the press.

Deputy Coroner, Dr. Hazel Baylor sighed.. "Ohhhhhhh Brother!" she said.

We spent a nice cool Saturday watching the Regatta at Boathouse Row.. A Grateful client allowed us to use his big rented house..  and we came down with the whole gang..

Naturally it was Olivia and I, Beverly and Nelson, Josie and Paris, Bresha and Tony and Alfreda and Rockland.

"This is soooo relaxing all of us watching the Regatta here in this big house. There is no other place I'd rather be and no other group of people ." said Olivia.

I hugged her and squeezed her tight.

"I feel the same way." I said. These good people took me in.. Made me part of the family, starting with Olivia ,Beverly and Josie,

Beverly sat in her husband's lap...

Nelson smiled and held her tight.

Josie  and Paris were doing the same thing.

waiting for the food to finish...

"I really love these guys." said Bresha.

"I love em too!" agreed her husband, Tony, who held her in his lap and squeezed her tight.

Alfreda and Rockland sat quietly waiting for the food to be ready and watching the boats.

Yvette and her husband, Gary, Bee Bee and Keith, Sofia and Kahlil, Jade and Danny and Virginia and Jetty were also huddled up with us.

"This is soo cool, this is my third time watching the regatta." said Yvette.

Gary quaffed a beer..

"My third time too and all three times ,I was with you." he said.

"The boats are beautiful." said Bee Bee, snapping pictures with her phone.

"Yeah they are."said Keith.

Sofia was also snapping photos.

while sitting on her husband, Kahlil's lap.

Jade was lying in her husband, Danny's arms ....

Danny was enjoying the view.

So was Virginia, comfortably resting in Jetty's arms..

Last but certainly never least, Jessica and Chip, Jazzy and Dabnis, Kayla and Ray and Zoey and Lem

rounded out the group.

"That Seafood is calling my name!" said Jessica.

"I would have thought the Keilbasa on the other grill would be."said Chip.

"It all smells delish."said Jazzy.

"I thought Todd Dellums and Vanessa were coming down today."said Dabnis,

"They changed their plans."said Kayla.

"Probably celebrating his acquittal in court."said Ray.

"Yeah." said Zoey.

She was lying in her husband Lem's arms.

We brought some Grills we had Burgers and dogs cooking on two grills, seafood cooking on another grill and sausages and steaks cooking on a fourth grill.

There  was plenty of Beer and Sodas...

28 friends and neighbors assembled along the row..

FOR DANYL