Frightened Jury

 PRELUDE- WEDNESDAY- A Week Before Thanksgiving!

At Ms. Virginia's apartment.

"Ummmmm Jetty, let me go....I gotta take my shower..I gotta go to work, Don't you have to go to work?" Asked Ms. Virginia.

"Nah, I'm semi -retired...The Legal Ethics Board meets three times a week and today aint one of em.."he said. He squeezed her behind and hugged her.....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Lawdddd woman, you feel good, you've got me feelin good." he moaned.

''Ouuu stoppp, let me get up.. Don't get too excited....I have to get dressed for work...." she said, laughing...

"I'm already up!": he laughed slyly..

"You are sooo nasty. Let me up...." she  laughed....

He joined her in the shower...

"Ummmmmmmmm. I'll drive you to work this morning." he said as the hot soapy water ran down both of their bodies..

''Ouuuuu aren't you sweet." she cooed, giving him a soft kiss.

"Ummmmmmmmmm I'm hard too." he said.

"I can see that....You stay hard......Ouuuuuuuuuuu what am I going to do with you?" she laughed..

"Anything you want baby, heh heh heh." he laughed.

"Dirty, horny old mannnnnn." she laughed.

WEDNESDAY MORNING- THE ROUTINE!

Gary Lockwood, Investigator for the D.A.'s Office and husband of Ms. Yvette was off today...

He sat in the kitchen sipping his coffee and watched his wife, Yvette Jones-Lockwood, Attorney at law, Managing Partner  and our supervisor run through her routine...

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..

and proceeded to get dressed..

Put on a cute outfit...

Called ahead and ordered a tray of  bagels and coffee for the office meeting later today and paid for it by phone.. We were going to be doing research, probably into our lunchtimes.

 She kissed Gary..

 softly for three minutes..before applying her lipstick and hurrying out the door..

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

"Yeahhhh, see ya...Love you tooo!  Damn, she's sexy" said Gary...Who was more than aroused by that soft kiss from Yvette...

She saw us also walking towards the train station.

''Good Morning Ms. Yvette." said Bee Bee.

"Good Morning Ms. Yvette." I said.

"Good Morning Ms. Yvette." said Sofia.

"Good Morning Ms. Yvette." said Kahlil..

We lived a few doors from her and Gary and we like her took the train to work..

"Hello Boss Lady."said Ms. Jade , who also joined us.. "Hey guys...great job in court yesterday."said Jade.

"You guys did a great job in court yesterday...I'm proud of you." said Yvette..

As we walked towards the corner.. We saw Paris, who was married to Josie Boyd, one of  Olivia's attorneys

He was kissing her passionately...one last time As she walked across the street to 

Olivia and Beverly's Office /Duplex, where they both lived and worked with their husbands.Nelson and Donnie Ray.

and he joined us... At the corner of our block... ADA Rockland Cambridge was kissing his  new wife, Alfreda, Beverly's mother and Olivia's office manager.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm." he moaned.

''Stop moaning like a moose." joked Alfreda....

He was riding the train with us today too!

Down the street from us, Another one of Olivia's Attorneys, Bresha Billips is kissing her husband, Attorney Tony Billips, who also worked with us in our building.

He soon joins us on our almost daily walk to the train station, two blocks behind our blocks.

.The train took us all straight to our building where we worked...Only Paris got off before we did.  We all worked in the same building now..

"Hola Ms. Yvette" said Attorney Jessica Sanchez-Burrows..

"Hey Ms. Yvette and crew." said her husband, Attorney Charles "Chip" Burrows. The Innocence Project, who they worked for , moved into the Bridge Building at Penns Landing just days before Ms. Yvette and us moved into the same building..

"Hey everybody..." laughed Ms. Yvette.

"We thought you guys were going to drive in today." said Attorney Jasmine" Jazzy" Coley

who like her husband, Attorney Dabnis Coley, usually drove to work...

"Man this train is comfortable and quiet...I love this...I don't even drive in when I have a court case.. I ride the train into Center City." said Dabnis, rearing back..

"Yeah me too!" laughed Attorney Kayla Bennett_St. Jacques..

"This is cool, except for a night we might have to work late.."said her husband, Ray St. Jacques.. His law firm and Dabnis's law firm had  both moved into the same building where their wives' law firm was..Near Penns Landing a year ago. The Train ran all night...but after the rush hour, it ran two hours apart.So when they knew they were working late, which was very rare...They drove in...Our building had a private parking lot for employees and their guests only...It was indoor, off the street and very secure.

So we all got off at the same stop and entered our building.

We all ate breakfast in our building's cafeteria...

Ms. Virginia was already there when we all arrived and finishing her meal...

"Uh Jetty drove me to work this morning." she said , smiling sheepishly...

''Ummmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmm. Your future hussssband , already getting in practice." said Ms. Yvette jokingly..

As we all laughed...

We all found a nice long table for us to sit at...

"Bee Bee ,Keith, I heard about you guys in federal court yesterday....That was outstanding...I have yet to argue a case in federal court."said Jazzy.

"You guys are getting a lot of experience... That's a good thing. I 've only argued a case in Federal Court once.." said her husband, Dabnis.

"We've done it a couple of times..It's not for the squeamish." I said.

"Oh don't mind him..it's not too much different than city court..One thing I like is that you don't have to go through preliminary hearings...You just get to it." said Bee Bee.

"Prelims are good because they give you a look at what the prosecution maybe holding and what they plan to use..."said Kayla.

''Works both ways. The prosecution gets to see what the defense has too!"said Ray.

"You're right, but in the end it's gamesmenship and sometimes both sides wind up not revealing much of anything."said Sofia.

"Yeah....I don't mind it...but it does make the trial longer."said Kahlil.

"I'm kinda neutral....but my husband is like Bee Bee...He likes to get on with it.."said Jessica.

"Yeah I do."said Chip....

Tony the youngest and least experienced Attorney amongst us, listened ,taking everything in.

The conversation at the next table was somewhat more interesting..

"My husband told me that last night they found the body of Two Ton Tony Watkins...By day he's a Party Planner and Caterer..He has a sucessful catering business.. by night , he's the bag man and number two of Leon "Lonnie" Johnson.  Lt. Tragg was told by Carol Redding on the DEA that the Feds had jurisdiction over the case, since he was a federal target.....Well you know our favorite Lieutenant...He wasn't going for that...He ordered her off of his crime scene.. Todd Dellums stepped in with a warrant telling Lt. Tragg to back off and Lt. Tragg belted him...This time Todd beat the snot out of him...knocked him out.... A Phone call came from the Deputy of Operations, who ordered him off the scene and told him to give DEA Special Agent in Charge, Carol Redding-Cantrell his full co-operation...he had a hissy fit and stormed off the scene...His nose was bleeding, his lip was swollen, both of his eyes blackened..."said Jade,laughing herself silly...

"You are enjoying this too much...If I'm not mistaken...isn't Carol Redding married to his boss, Captain Eddie Cantrell?? And he's giving her a hard time?? He's crazy." said Yvette..

"Well ,you didn't know that?" laughed Virginia..

We all got up, got in line and got our breakfasts....

II-

We retreated to our conference room... Bee Bee, Sofia and Ms. Yvette were doing their research... Laws, Like Cases, Federal Cases, predicates..

"Ms. Yvette, not that it's any of my business or judgement to make, but our client, Alma is only like Three years older than us..."said Bee Bee.

''And your friend, uh Judge White is like your age.."said Sofia.

''So you trying to say I'm old right?" joked Ms. Yvette.. who was in fact 10 - 11 years older than the four of us..

"Oh No...Noooooooo, you're like our cool Big sister."said Bee Bee.

"Yeah....You and Ms. Olivia." said Sofia.

"Me and Ms. Olivia are really like your cool auntie."said Ms. Yvette.

I looked at Ms. Yvette...I didn't have any aunt with a sexy body like hers...I just shook my head and laughed, knowing what I knew...

Kahlil and I were looking at witness statements and the arrest report the DNA had sent over...

"Stephon and I and Ms. Olivia are the same age...We graduated from law school together....Started out together as young lawyers....He was married to Ms. Virginia....and she's two years older than him...So he's dating a much younger woman now...I guess he likes variety....and look at Ms. Virginia.. she's about to marry Jetty...He was already a Judge, when I graduated from law school...I guess when it comes to love, age aint nothin but a number."said Ms. Yvette.

"Here Here...Look at Bee and me.. I'm six days older than her...."I joked.. Bee Bee and I were born in the same hospital, six days apart, I found out...

"Oh hush up silly." said Bee Bee,laughing and playfully swatting me on the shoulder.

''What's the age difference between you and Kahlil Mamasita?" asked Ms. Yvette.

"Six Months...I was born in May and Kahlil was born in November., same year... Bee and Keith were born the month before me in April."said Sofia.

"Yeah, I'm the baby of the bunch..."laughed Kahlil, hugging Sofia...and kissing her on the cheek.

"You all are so cute and so unique..."laughed Yvette....

"Here is your bagels and your coffees from Mocha Joes with love." said Virginia as she placed everything on the table.

The Bagels and the coffees Ms. Yvette ordered from home arrived and Ms. Virginia placed them on our conference room table.

"Virginia...put the phones on hold and come in here and join us." said Yvette...

Virginia loved that Ms. Yvette always made her feel like part of the team, which she was and not just a receptionist..She used her vast legal knowledge to consult us on courses of action in our cases. We always asked her for her advice...and she always joined in with us, when there was food..

Jade joined us..

"I've got news...I did a little digging... I have a friend over at the Federal Building... That call, that anonymous call that the DEA got ,telling them about the drugs came from a cell phone that belonged to SOMEONE AT THE PARTY...SOMEONE THERE IN THE HOUSE WHO WITNESSED IT!!  NOW WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHO!" she said.

A sobering thought as we put cream cheese and jelly on our bagels and drank our tumblers of coffee.

MEANWHILE ON THE YACHT, MILES AWAY AT THE MARINA!!!!

"Jury selection is tomorrow....I don't even know who is prosecuting this case." said Alma...

"Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums..

He's in a really bad mood... One because 

Keith, Bee Bee, Sofia and  Kahlil thwarted him in court,making the Feds take the lean off your house and return your impounded car...and secondly because

 He and Lt. Tragg got into a fight last night.. at Tony Watkins murder scene...it involved whether the Philadelphia P.D. had jurisdction over the crime scene or the DEA...In the end, The DEA won out."said Stephon.

"Tony Watkins is a Friend of the family... He has arranged and catered several play dates.....I just can't believe he's dead or that he had anything to do with this..."said Alma..

"Baby, Caterer or Event Planner...He was your brother's bag man...His number two....Everybody knows that....You shouldn't have had him around you..."said Stephon...

"I know....I know....you just don't understand..." said Alma..

She kissed him passionately, Her lips were so soft...She smelled so good...He found himself lost in mid sentence and kissing her passionately....with his hands up her skirt....

Within minutes, her skirt was off and her blouse as well.....

He slipped her panties down and off...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned as he lifted her up and entered her...

"OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU ARE SOOOOO DAMN BIG, SOOOO HARD...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

YOU'VE GOT AN ANACONDA IN YOUR PANTS....MYYYYYY GOOODNESSS!" she cooed.

He pumped and thrusted mightily.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed loudly and her head turned from side to side......Her body trembled as she had an intense orgasm...

"WOUUUUU OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed loudly...

He sat her on the kitchen sink, spread her legs and began to thrust away...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I CAN'T CONTROL MY ERECTIONS WHEN I'M WITH YOUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

She had another intense orgasm!

"I THINK I'M HOOKED ON YOUR PENIS..." she cried out...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LAWWWWD!" he screamed...His body now trembling..

Her body trembled too! Tears flowed from her eyes ,down her cheek... as they sat on the side of the bed and she moved up and down, kissing him passionately and shaking..

She rode him slowly and softly......He didn't know if he was coming or going, he felt so goood... Her body trembled as she had her third and fourth intense orgasms....

He humped her over the bed and entered her slowly and softly....

"OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU ARE SOOOOO DAMN BIG, SOOOO HARD...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

YOU'VE GOT AN ANA CONDA IN YOUR PANTS....MYYYYYY GOOODNESSS!" she cooed.

The bed squeaked loudly and the headboard sounded like it might go through the wall...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LAWWWWD!" he screamed...His body now trembling..

They made love, sweet sweet love for NINE TO TEN HOURS.....both of them collapsing in a sweaty mass....

"OUUUUUUUUUUU STEPHON...." Alma moaned...her body still trembling...."OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She was having a record fifth orgasm!!!

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ALMA!!! OHHH MY GODDDD!" he moaned as he came with wild abandon......

They took a hot shower together... 

"Tomorrow the trial begins.. I can't wait." said Alma..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned...

"Ummmmmmmmmmm, you're still hard....and big." Alma mused as hot soapy water poured over their bodies...She stroked his penis softly.... He trembled....

They lie across the bed, soaking wet and made love some more , kissing and embracing for another

TWO TO THREE HOURS!!!

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU WANT SOME MOREEEEEEEEE?she cooed..

"YES...YES LAWWWWWWWWWDDD!" he cried out!

She dried herself off and put on her night shirt... She lie on top of him, his arms around her waist...rubbing her butt softly....

III-

FEDERAL COURTROOM B- 9:00 AM

We sat in court with Alma.....Today was Jury selection.....The seven of us sat at a large table with our laptops and briefs...

"Look at Todd...He looks like hell." said Ms. Yvette.

"He was fighting with Lt. Tragg last night. Stephon told me Lt. Tragg got the worst of it this time."said our client, Alma.

"Wow...I wonder what he must look like?" said Bee Bee.

"As much as I'd like to see...That's as much as I'm glad I don't have to see.."said Sofia.

"You know he'd be whining and complaining all over top of our food." I said.

"Yeah , who needs that?, Let him stew." said Kahlil.

Jade smiled and continued looking at her lap top..

On the other side of us..

Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums sat across from us.. Uncomfortable with facing us in court.. and looking like hell....Both of his eyes were blackened and nearly swollen shut...His lips was purple and swollen and his rosy cheek was swollen and discolored.. This was like three or four fights he had had with Lt. Tragg.

Judge John Bedford...looked out at the jury pool...

Ms. Yvette whispered to us...

"WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!" she said.

"Huh?" I asked.

''A Problem Ms. Yvette?" asked Bee Bee.

''What kind of Problem?" asked Sofia.

"What Kind of Problem?" asked Kahlil.

"The Jury is scared...They know whose sister our client is...They're terrified." said Yvette..

"By a show of hands are there any of you who can not serve on this jury?" asked the Judge...

Every single juror raised their hand.

"I have a son at home... I'm a single mother."said one woman.

"How old is your son mam?" asked Judge Bedford

"27" she replied,....

Another man raised his hand

"Ugh your honor.. I use drugs and uh I don't think I can be involved in a drug case and vote fairly." he said.

The Judge was exasperated...

"This is un believable....Everybody Out....Counsel...Side Bar..." he said.

Todd and Yvette walked up to the bench....

"There is only one thing to do... We are going to have a closed jury.... After you guys pick the jury in a closed courtroom to the public they will watch the trial in a seperate room by closed circuit television...No one will know their identity outside of you two...Got it?" said the Judge...

"I don't have a problem..."said Todd.

"I don't have a problem either." said Ms. Yvette..

ONE HOUR LATER-

Kahlil and I usually picked the jurors...but this time ,because of the closed jury circumstances.. Ms. Yvette went up against Todd.

Ms. Yvette was on her game.. Todd was still seething about the fight he'd been in with Lt. Tragg,he was off his game.. Ms. Yvette got 11 out of the 12 jurors we wanted in a courtroom closed to the public...

Only the jurors picked knew who they were and tomorrow or whenever the trial began....They would all be sitting in a room with closed circuit Television, anonymous.

" I'm sorry guys...but I had to take over....It's not that I didn't have faith in you."said Ms. Yvette..

"That's okay...We got the jury we wanted...That's all that mattered." I said.

"Yes..We got the jury we wanted."said Bee Bee.

"And Nobody outside of us, The Judge and Todd Dellums knows their identities." said Sofia.

"Wow this is rough...I've never been in a trial like this." said Kahlil.

"Reminds me of the Yakuza trials in Japan." said Jade as we left.

"Wowwwww My Brother caused all this trouble and he hasn't even been here...Wowwwwwww!"said 

Alma.

"His reputation precedes him dear..."said Ms. Yvette. "Come on..Let's get out of here and go home." she said as we filed out of court.

 

 IV-

We were all home..It had been quite a day in court...

"How was court today?" asked Gary 

as he passed the cup of Organic Orange tea to Yvette..

"We have an anonymous closed jury...." said Yvette  dryly....

"Oh I testified in one of those...When I was a Homicide Detective....The defendant was a Russian Mobster....The Jury was mostly people from "Little Norway" He scared the crap out of them...Some of his goons used to come to trial and scare the hell out of everybody....The Judge tossed them all iut...Got a brand new jury...They sat in a room and watched the entire trial on closed circuit TV and we went on, got a conviction too!." said Gary.

"This is my first anonymous jury....This is going to be an experience.."said Yvette.

"You'll be alright...Hey did you hear about Lt. Tragg? last night they found the body of Two Ton Tony Watkins...By day he's a Party Planner and Caterer..He has a sucessful catering business.. by night , he's the bag man and number two of Leon "Lonnie" Johnson, your client's older brother.  Lt. Tragg was told by Carol Redding on the DEA that the Feds had jurisdiction over the case, since he was a federal target.....Well you know our favorite Lieutenant...He wasn't going for that...He ordered her off of his crime scene.. Todd Dellums stepped in with a warrant telling Lt. Tragg to back off and Lt. Tragg belted him...This time Todd beat the snot out of him...knocked him out.... A Phone call came from the Deputy of Operations, who ordered him off the scene and told him to give DEA Special Agent in Charge, Carol Redding-Cantrell his full co-operation...he had a hissy fit and stormed off the scene...His nose was bleeding, his lip was swollen, both of his eyes blackened..."said Gary,laughing himself silly..

"I heard......I saw Todd in court...He didn't look like he won the fight... He looked like Lt. Tragg gave as good as he got.. Both of his eyes were blackened and nearly swollen shut..His lips was swollen and his rosy cheeks were discolored...You could tell he'd been in a fight..." said Ms. Yvette ,laughing...

She finished her  nightly cup of Orange Organic Tea. She liked drinking this after a nice hot shower and just inhaling the aroma..It relaxed her.

"Ummmmm, you've earned yourself a kiss tonight.." said Yvette..

''After all..This is why I do this."laughed Gary.

She and Gary  kissed passionately..

"You're so silly....and horny and HARD....ouuuuuuuuu" Yvette laughed.

"YESSSSSSSSSs TO ALL OF THAT!"said  Gary, kissing her passionately in the middle of the floor..

"Let's do something about that?" said Yvette devilishly...

"

"OHHHHHHH VETTTIE....OHHHHHHHH YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT?!" GARY MOANED.

Yvette smiled..

"WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED EVER SINCE THE DAY WE FIRST MET!" she laughed as they continued to kiss.

The bedsprings were soon squeaking very loudly. The headboard of their bed was rattling and the sounds of lovemaking could be heard...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuu.." moaned Yvette...


"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." moaned Gary.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Garyyyyy, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.." she moaned...

"Vettie, I love you , I just love you soooo much.." moaned Gary, beside himself with lust...

He had gone from lifting her up and long stroking her..

"Ouuuuuu Gary, I love you too...I love you so much! You don't even understand how much I love youuuu." she cooed.

to throwing her on the bed and laughing gleefully as he stroked her.....Her arms around his neck...her head turning from side to side....both of her legs just shaking furiously....

To finally mounting her in bed, making sweet, slow love to her....

Yvette had had three to four intense orgasms in the EIGHT TO NINE HOURS of lovemaking...

She was embarrassed at the noise she  was making...She hoped her neighbors couldn't hear her ...

Her headboard sounded like it might split in half.....

She was equally embarrassed at the noise she was making....Gary was driving her out of her mind...

She was driving him out of his mind too!

Gary didn't seem like he wanted to stop....but soon he couldn't help it...He came and he came hard like a flowing gusher..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned....

They continued kissing....

"Did you like that daddy?" asked Yvette...

"Ouuuuu I loved it baby.." moaned Gary

Gary lay in between her legs with his head resting on her breasts.. Both of them were drenched in sweat....

"Something on your mind tonight?" he said ,laughing.

Yvette looked over at her clock...

"A little bit.. This girl, they find 20 kilos of Heroin on her property, she's arrested and the government takes her house and seizes her car...If not for us.. They'd still have it..She's facing 30 years in the federal pen and yet she's still loyal to her brother..Who probably put the drugs there." said Yvette.

"Maybe he didn't,Maybe somebody , a rival.got to somebody close to him and set him up.." said Gary.

"You mean set his sister up! " said Yvette...

"You don't think she did it..right?" said Gary, with a smile.

"Nah, she's a good girl...She doesn't seem capable of that,." she said as she got up and walked to the kitchen to get a bottle of water...

"Anybody is capable of anything." he said. "I'm a cop..I have to think that way.."said Gary.

"I know...but for real..I don't think she 's part of his world.. She just has this warped, almost hero worship of him.."said Yvette.

"Hmmmmm. You know, You're a good girl too" said Gary, smiling raffishly.

"You have earned yourself another ride tonight!"  said   Yvette..

Gary pulled her to him and kissed her gently and ran his hands into her panties...

"I like to ride." he whispered and laughed raffishly...

" Horn dog!!!.." Yvette laughed...

He slipped her panties down....

..

They wound up back on the bed...Making sweet love for Another THREE HOURS or so..

"OUUUUUUUUUU! OH MY GOODNESS, YOU ARE SOOOOO HARD! GARY!!! You don't make any sense..WOUUUUUUUU!" laughed Yvette..

"Neither do you!" said Gary, laughing raffishly.

"Ummmmmmmmmm you never.....you never get enough do you?" she asked..

"No, I don't...you've got me spoiled...All this good lovin.." he said..

"I knowwwwwwww!" Yvette giggled....as her bed continued to squeak out of control.

The day ended as it began, with her lying on top of Gary.. worrying about her client..and her chances of winning this case fast!

(TO BE CONTINUED)