She Loved our office and conference room.
Here you had a Black Attorney who was managing partner...The Boss... Ms. Virginia, a disgraced, disbarred attorney who was given a second chance as the Office Manager and a Consultant and four young people..Two Blacks, a Puerto Rican, An Arab who were attorneys and were only two years younger than her at best...and an Asian Investigator.. She saw the possibilities...
and a condiment tray with Lettuce, tomatoes, pickles onions, relish and peppers came with it.
And a hot tumbler of coffee for everyone..
"WOWW! You guys eat like this everyday?" asked Flossie.
"Nooooooooooooo....We have a pretty nice cafeteria in this building...but today, we are having what we call a working lunch...We just wrapped up two big cases....We eat lunch and give after case reports and remarks and then we file everything away... Actually you missed it.. We did all of that before you got here with the coffee...So we won't bore you with legalese...We'll just feed you." said Ms. Yvette smiling.
Flossie looked at Bee Bee and Sofia. "I know you two...You two went to Girls High...didn't you?" said Flossie.
"I sold weed...I worked for Old Face Harold...That's how I knew Bee Bee and Sofia...They used to buy from me... Until I got popped..... I did a year in Juvie...Got out and surprisingly, they let me back in Central...I got my shit together...Got my grades up and graduated...The three of us, Me, Bee Bee and Sofia all graduated and went to Temple...After we graduated from Temple, we went to PENN LAW SCHOOL..and the rest is History as they say...we met Keith in Law school and we've all been together ever since." said Kahlil.
"Old Face Harold was my man...my ruination...I did a stint in Juvie too for possession, I unlike you didn't graduate...I got pregnant ,twice...both by Old Face Harold. Had a miscarriage once and an abortion the second time..and then got popped for armed robbery...I was 21...I did 6 years at Dolly Madison Correctional Institute..That's where I met Ms. Virginia...She helped me get my G.E.D. She was teaching English and Basic Math...She also was somewhat of a jailhouse lawyer..She helped me filed writs and briefs and she talked to Public defenders she knew and secured my release..I felt bad getting out and she still being in..She was a nice lady...who like me, made a big mistake...I jumped for joy when I heard through the grapevine that she was finally released on parole... She certainly made it easier for you to do your time."said Flossie.
"How Long you been out Flossie?" I asked.
"Hey whatever happened to Old Face Harold?? The last time I saw him was right after I graduated Law school..I had just passed the Bar. He was happy for me.. He joked.." Who would have thought it... You're a lawyer....YOU!!! who used to sling for me... Now I know who to call if I get popped.."laughed Kahlil. 
"Two years.. I worked at Macy's for a year and then I got this job, Assistant Manager at Mocha Joes..I got to Community College at night. I'm studying accounting and Business Management." she said.
"Old Face Harold is dead... Shot by a stick up kid...He's been dead awhile now...He died while I was still locked up."said Flossie.
Flossie liked us.. We were like her, all from the hood, yet we had made something out of ourselves...Lawyers...working at this firm...We gave her hope!
"Good Girl....With this and with Virginia's testimony, We can get him fired..He won't be able to do this to anybody else." said Yvette.
"I did some checking up on this guy...He's an ex-cop...Had over a dozen write ups for inappropriate behavior with female fellow officers and civillian females... He was quietly asked to resign....That way he kept his pension..He's been a parole officer for about three years...Based on his history and with these two accusations... I assure you....He's as good as gone." said Jade.
"I understand that you and Ms. Virginia both have the same Parole Officer... A Stanley Walker....He was extorting you for sex and money...." asked Ms. Yvette.
"He's dumb... I told him I didn't have a bank account ,so I paid him with Money Orders,,,,I have a record of all six times I paid him and a copy of the hotel receipts,,,He doesn't know anything about that...I was planning to go to the cops or a lawyer about him..."said Flossie.
"There's other girls he's done this to...I know of at least three others..."said Flossie.
"Think they'll talk to us?" I asked.
"They Might.." said Flossie.
''We can subpoena all of his urine tests...."said Bee Bee.
''If we determine they were used inappropriately, as in extortion for money and or sex...They can be deemed inadmissable." said Sofia.
"Meaning they can't be used against any of you."said Kahlil.
"Just doing our job!" said Ms. Yvette.
''I feel better already!"said Flossie.
Ms. Virginia smiled warmly.
II-
Unknown to us, blocks away at the harbor...The Yacht that Parole Officer and Former Policemen, Stanley Watson called home was burning.. It had exploded...
"He took Three to the chest....Rigor has set in...." said a Medical examiner man to a CSI official..
"I'd say he died at least last night or yesterday afternoon.."said Dr. Hazel Baylor, Deputy Coroner and Forensic Investigator.
"Doesn't he have at least another 5 days? Damn! These past 90 days have been so relaxing, working with good detectives , good detectives who actually take our advice and do good investigative work.."said Hazel, frowning and sighing..
"I discovered the body floating, this morning...What have we got here?" he asked.
Stanley Walker...We were in the academy together...He was a Parole Officer."said Lt. Tragg.
"Lieutenant, with all due respect...This is my case....Haven't you got 5 more days on the boat before you return to Homicide? said Sgt. Brice.
"You're a bully that's what you are and an incompetant boob....That's what you are...You should let Sgt. Brice handle this...He might just solve it."said Hazel quietly and without fear of him at all.
"WHEN I NEED YOUR OPINION ON WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE DONE REGARDING AN IVESTIGATION...I'LL GIVE YOU ONE!" Lt. Tragg snarled at Hazel.
He looked at Stanley's Yacht, which was engulfed in flames.....
The body was put in a white body bag, strapped to the gurney and wheeled away.
Sgt. Brice ignored Lt. Tragg's orders to stand down... He delved into Stanley Walker's records and found Stanley Walker was indeed an ex-cop...Had over a dozen write ups for inappropriate behavior with female fellow officers and civillian females... He was quietly asked to resign....That way he kept his pension..He's been a parole officer for about three years. He found out that there was a nasty rumor on the streets that he was extorting a few of his female parolees for money and sex.... All of his records had burned up on his boat...but the Parole Office gave him a record of his parolees...
Unlike Lt. Tragg, he knew where we worked...He got the information from our former office...He figured We felt safe from Lt. Tragg's harrassment and would feel better if he didn't know where we worked...So he never told him...but he paid us a visit..
Ms. Yvette advised her to tell the truth.
He wanted to talk to Ms. Virginia in particular...One of his newest parolees...
"He stopped by here the day before last, unannounced....He told me that my last urinalysis came back hot...with a trace of marijuana in it.." she said.
"I looked at the one you took in May...It was clean."said Sgt. Brice.
"He became my P.O. and had me take another test...recently... I hadn't even met him yet... It supposedly came back hot.."said Virginia.
"Well if he did....there is no record of it or any of the other girls I heard he was doing the same thing to.. All of his records burned up on his houseboat...So..Heh heh...it looks like you're off the hook."said Sgt. Brice.
"He sexually assaulted me!!He pulled my dress up and he tried to slip my panties down...We were here alone.. He said he wanted $1500.00 a month and sex on demand or he'd violate me, send me back to prison...I slapped his face and refused money and sex...He left and I never saw him again... I locked up and I joined my colleagues at Nate's Rooftop Bar and Grille.. I have Credit Card receipts that will prove that..." she said.
Me, Bee Bee, Sofia, Kahlil and Jade all vouched for her whereabouts...
And later on...at her apartment...
Judge Jetty Dukes vouched for her, that they were together from the time she came home from the bar until this morning....
and Virginia's former cell mate, Flossie
Had an iron clad alibi... She as assistant manager was called in to close the coffee shop after her shift ended..She was there all afternoon and in the morning , she met with Virginia and spent the good part of the morning with us..
Ms. Yvette and I, Bee Bee, Sofia, Kahlil ,Jade and Ms. Virginia vouched for her, letting her off the hook.
I imagine a lot of young ladies were jumping for joy at the news of Stanley Walker's death...They no longer had to sleep with him or pay him any blackmail money.. but somebody had killed him...Who was not our problem...At least not yet.
III-
Yvette peered out the window at the moon....
It was night time, Gary and Yvette were home alone, enjoying her retelling of today's actions...
They sat across their sturdy bed....
Yvette was in her red baby doll, one of Gary's favorites. She bounced on the bed like a child at play..
Gary had just recently gotten out of the shower... His attention was now fully on his wife.
"You know you're turning me on don't you?" he asked.
"You are too smooth....You know what to say to make my panties slip off don't you?" she asked.
"I hope so." he laughed.
He took Yvette in his arms and kissed her passionately....
She had already slipped her panties off...
Yvette eased herself down on him as slow as she could....
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my godddddddddddd, Vettie....Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!" moaned Gary.
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GARY, YOU ARE SO HARD!!!! UMMMMMMMMMM, SO DAMN BIG!!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GARYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!" she cooed...
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH VETTTTTTTTTTTIE!!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!! You are driving me crazyyyyy!" he said softly...
"You're driving me crazy." she said softly...
They kissed passionately......
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Gary moaned.
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MY SWEET SWEET HUSBAND." Yvette said softly.. as Gary humped her over the bed.....
They began making slow, sweet , smoldering love on the new bed... The bed was soft and smooth and it moved with their every movement, which made the experience even more tantalizing for both...
The legs didn't squeak and the headboard didn't rattle..
The next NINE TO TEN HOURS.... They both were near delirium......Yvette's body trembled...the result of several orgasms...and tears flowed freely down her face...Her soft cooing and Gary's deep moans was all that could be heard...
Gary's eyes rolled up into his head...until he came and came hard....
They lie there for a few minutes...Soaked in perspiration.....Gary lying between her legs....both of their bodies trembling.
Yvette continued kissing him and rubbing his penis until he was hard again...
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" he moaned..
"Oh Gary, this feels so goood...Ouuuuuuuuu!" she cooed..
"OHHHHHH MYY GODDDDDD! IT'S ALL I THINK ABOUT DURING THE DAY!!!!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!!" he moaned...
Yvette giggled.....
"You've got to stop that!" she whispered.
Another THREE TO FOUR HOURS continued.....They were both enjoying themselves immensely..The soft bed was moving with every movement of their bodies...It made the experience that much more enjoyable..
They both came together, furiously.....
Yvette cuddled up in Gary's arms...and eventually fell asleep on his chest...
We sat with our friends in the cafeteria... You wouldn't believe the conversation ,all of us big time lawyers were having..
We were all having Breakfast.....Pancakes, Sausage, Hash Browns, Coffee and Orange Juice.
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"Now about being lucky....How's about me getting lucky up in here?" said Jetty raffishly,
taking Virginia in his arms and kissing her passionately...
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm! UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..
"Okayyyyyyyyyyy, that's enough....You can get lucky when we get home.....Anyway, you got lucky enough last night." said Virginia, prying herself loose from his embrace...
Ms. Yvette was just arriving at work...Her Husband, Gary had drove her in...They were at the door kissing passionately.
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" cooed Ms. Yvette.
"Okayyyyyyyyyyy, that's enough....You'd better get to work." whispered Yvette.
''Okay...just one more."said Gary.
She kissed him a little while longer and he turned and left..
"Good Morning Vettie.."said Jetty Dukes. "I uh talked to Virginia about what happened.. I think we are both going to lay off the smoke." he said.
"Well come on with me, Keep me company, while I grab a bite." said Ms. Yvette.
IV-
FIVE DAYS LATER- SAM MOTHER'S DINER
Sgt. Brice sat at the counter drinking coffee..
It was the day everybody dreaded...Lt. Tragg was off the boat and back on the streets.
He had on an expensive, tailored suit, every Hair in place, a manicured hand and make up.. Right out of central casting... He was the Detective!
"Lenny, I see you were still working on this case, despite the fact that I told you it was my case."said Lt. Tragg.
Sgt. Brice perfectly understood how all of us attorneys felt as well as Sissy and her detectives and why they didn't eat in here when Lt. Tragg was on the loose. He was sorry he was here and just starting to drink his coffee.
"In all due respect Lieutenant, this is my case."said Sgt. Brice.
"I'm not going to argue with you about this Brice...As the Superior Officer, I can and I am taking over the investigation....You're welcome to stay on...but it is MY INVESTIGATION....I see from the notes, you actually cleared Virginia Shaw and Flossie White...but you have six more girls to interview..." said Lt. Tragg.
"He actually Read the reports on the case...I don't believe it."thought Sgt. Brice.
"I interviewed them already...Me and my guys are checking their alibis....I don't think this is about some parolee's , this is something different...Something deeper...I just haven't put my finger on it yet."said Sgt. Brice.
''Well turn the rest of your notes over to me...I'll put my finger on it!"said Lt. Tragg.
Sgt. Brice sighed and passed Lt. Tragg his file folders..
"It's all yours...I'm done with it.." he said.. He paid for his coffee and got up and walked out...
"He'll goof it up like he always does, arrest the wrong person, overlook key evidence." muttered Sgt. Brice under his breath as he walked out...
"My Usual Sammy!" said Lt. Tragg.
His usual of Fried Eggs, Hash browns and Sausage were served along with Hot Coffee...
For the past five days, we had worked a big case with our good friends, and across the street neighbors, Olivia Bennett-Alexander, her niece, Beverly, Beverly's Husband, Nelson, and associate attorneys, Josie Boyd and Bresha Billips and Olivia's husband, Donnie Ray, their investigator.. Our two teams always worked well together... It was a wrongfully convicted case...Assistant District Attorney Karen Page was acting as a consultant.. She was with us.. We forgot that Lt. Tragg had been off the boat and back on the streets for at least a day and after winning our big courtroom victory , we all spilled into Sam Mother's Diner for breakfast...
Like a heat seeking missile ,Lt. Tragg walked over to our table.
"WELLLLLLLL LOOK WHO IT IS...MY FAVORITE MOUTH PIECES....DID YOU MISS ME?" he snarled.
Josie and Bresha howled.....
Bee Bee, Sofia and Jade cracked up laughing as well...
"Olivia, Yvette, I've told you about muzzling your junior partners." he said.
''And we've ignored you...Now go away...Please. If anyone needs to be muzzled...It's You."said Olivia.
The hair on the back of Lt. Tragg's neck raised....He was beyond livid...
"Yes, go away! Sam, make our meals to go." said Yvette...
''Coming up Vettie.." said Sam Mother.
Nelson and I and Kahlil couldn't help but laugh at that...
As if on cue... We all got up, walked to the counter and paid our bills..we picked up our meals in styrofoam carriers and all walked out and headed for the trains..
We were dismayed that we couldn't eat brunch together..
Olivia and Beverly and her crew were headed home,
and we were headed back to our office..
Lt. Tragg sat down next to ADA Karen Page.. He put his arms around her waist....He squeezed her and rubbed her legs....
"I haven't seen you in awhile baby." he said.
She finished her coffee and removed his arm.... She tossed a couple of dollars on the counter...
"And I'd like to keep it that way." she said and got up and left the diner..
"Artie ,you really need to consider finding someplace else to eat." said Sam Mother ,knowing it had gone in one ear and out the other.
Lt. Tragg quietly finished his meal...
"Another cup of coffee Sam, this one is cold." he said.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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