Sleeping At Night

 Philadelphia PA- OUR OLD OFFICE-  ONE WEEK LATER!!!

7:30 AM..

A Livid Lt. Tragg stood out of our long abandoned old office....It was going on two years since we had departed this office for our new building...He was standing outside our old suite.. The door was locked and the lights were off..

"I'm going to stand right here until they show up....." he snarled angrilly...He was furious Ms. Yvette had filed a motion to stay Rahim Muhammad's execution.

9:45 AM-

"I don't believe this.....None of them are at work...NOT EVEN VIRGINIA SHAW????? INCREDIBLE!!!" he bellowed.

And in Sam Mother's Diner...

Former Detective and Recently subpoened Jack Daniels sat at a table by himself eating his breakfast and looking over dossiers he had gathered on us..

He enjoyed his Pancakes, Hash browns, Sausages, Milk and Coffee... He leafed over the files he produced on us...

 

 

KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA. 

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

B.A. Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law- Howard University

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware ,New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans

BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. -Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy ,Pre Law- Temple University

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. -Administration Of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law-Temple University

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

BA.- Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law- Temple University

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia

YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice -Lasalle University

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware , New York, Texas, California.

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

Then he came across a photo that explained everything to him.. It was in the newspaper....

The caption read - DEATH ROW INMATE SET TO BE EXECUTED IS REUNITED IN PHILADELPHIA HOLDING FACILITY WITH HIS ORIGINAL ATTORNEY, STEWART JAMES, NOW A PROFESSOR AT MIDDLETON LAW SCHOOL AND HIS PRESENT ATTORNEYS FROM LEFT OT RIGHT, Lead Attorney, Yvette Jones-Lockwood, Attorney Keith Jones, Attorney Beatrice Evans-Jones, Attorney Sofia Garcia-Ahmed , Attorney Kahlil Ahmed and Investigator, Jade Lee-Ho.

They hope to win a new hearing and have his original conviction tossed out...citing prosecutorial and police misconduct..." The caption read..

He saw all of the players, Stewart James, who he despised greatly and us... Jade was in the photo and he recognized her as the person who put the subpoena in his lap...She was the investigator...he reasoned.

Stewart James, had gone out and gotten bright young attorneys to try and do what he had failed to do a decade before...But how could they be ready in such short time... That case had a mountain worth of material relating to it..."WHAT HAD THEY FOUND?? AND WHAT COULD THEY USE NOW THAT WASN'T USED IN THE FIRST TRIAL???" He asked himself..  

He hadn't been able to sleep in the week since he'd been served with a court summons.  He spent his days in a cold sweat going through his head what if any new evidence these guys could possibly have...

They were smart... They all had IVY League degrees...

He like Ms. Yvette had graduated from North Catholic High, but he was a few years ahead of her...he had probably graduated before she got there...And her associates were just babies when he and Artie and Domenick had been in the police academy... He didn't like this.. not at all. 

A Frustrated Arthur Tragg walked into the diner.....he was also angry that he couldn't catch up with Special prosecutor, Lisa Hayden...She was never in her office when he dropped by either...he hadn't seen her in a week when that fink, Bert Vandenberg had said they were going to meet him at Curleys..

She spent her days in the law library boning up on the case.. and her afternoons at the bar..

with Bert...

and her nights either over his loft or at her place..

Making Love to Bert.....

"JACK!!! JACKIE DANIELS!!!! WHAT DO YA SAY?? WHAT DO YA KNOW BUDDY?" said Lt. Tragg , glad to see an old friend from the old days..

"Heyyyyyy Artie!! Look at you...You made Lieutenant eh?  Way to go guy...Glad one of us made somethin out of themselves..." said Jack Daniels.

"You back in this Area? I heard you had retired, bought a boat and was living in Florida." said Lt. Tragg..

"I was.. I was... I made a couple of bad investmens...Lived a little too high on the hog... A lot of the money is gone Artie... I uh Live in a small place in Bayside now...I got a little Carpentry Business going...I got three guys who work for me...They make cabinets, tables, chairs...reupholster shit... I do alright... Artie man...I'm sick...After all this time... That old rummy, that old bust out lawyer, Stewart James is bringing this Rahim Muhhamad case back up... just weeks before this loser is about to get a needle... I'm sick over it...I got served a subpoena last week by this Asian Chick, the investigator for these young lawyers that Stewart lined up.." said Jack Daniels..

"I've been to their office everyday since this thing came up Jackie...but they're never there...It's almost like they know I'm coming, so they duck out...Even their office manager, that former ADA, and now Ex-convict, Virginia Shaw...No sign of her either." said Lt. Tragg...

Now it all Made sense..

He had seen Virginia Shaw that night...She set him up...She made the scope and that Asian Chick dropped the subpoena... They had him in their sites the whole time....

''He's At Riverside Correctional Facility now... They won't let me in to see him and not at all when his damn lawyers are there with him....I can't even sit in the parking lot." complained Lt. Tragg.

"Some world we live in Artie... I wish your Dad and Your Uncle Jack were still alive, still running things.." said Jack Daniels..

"They subpoenaed you Jackie?  Get yourself a lawyer...Just in case." said Lt. Tragg..

II-

A FEW DAYS LATER!

We were in court ...Judge King was presiding.. Not our Favorite Judge, He was Tough , but Fair..

We stood with our client, who because he was condemned to die was in handcuffs and shackles

Ms Yvette wanted to fight to allow him to wear a suit and tie and not be shackled, but she thought better of it..We would need all of our energy to fight these charges.

Rahim sat next to Ms. Yvette...he looked hopeful....

I understood how he must feel.. I imagined he felt hopeful the second trial only to have his hopes dashed when he was convicted again and again sentenced to die by lethal injection..

Bee Bee and Sofia were both worried bout me... Bee Bee held my hand softly within hers...

Sofia looked at me and smiled weakly...

Kahlil looked at me, He whispered... "It's gonna be alright we got this..."

Only Jade smiled...She had got back the information she needed from the Medical Examiner's Office and the Police Lab...

Special Prosecutor Lisa Hayden, who none of us knew was prosecuting.. Her game plan was to retry the states original case, which she had studied immensely...

Our old fremeny, Private Investigator, Bert Vandenberg was sitting next to her... He had a pleased as punch look on his face...

Lt. Tragg sat next to him... He was furious...That's not where he wanted to sit.. He wanted to sit next to Lisa...He was also angry at us....He glared at us all with a white hot hatred we had never seen before..

Sitting in the visitor's section was our main witness..

The Murder Victim's husband... Jack Daniels..

He had gotten himself a lawyer... we recognized him... Fraternal Order of Police Attorney Louie Brown...  "Brown is my name, defending cops and uh sometimes ex-cops is my game." he said.

Today we were picking a jury....Unlike a regular trial..We did not need a preliminary hearing..we would be going right into the trial..

When it came to jury selection...Lisa Hayden was like a fish out of water...She was lost and she quickly used up all of her challenges... Kahlil and I who were used to this and had been in trial after trial got an even dozen...All 12 of the jurors we wanted... We hadn't expected that...

"I can't believe it..We got every Juror we wanted." said Ms. Yvette...

"Things already look good for us." said Bee Bee.

"We are ready...I almost know The Prosecution's playbook...I doubt she's thrown anything new in it."said Sofia.

"At least she was smart enough to get a real investigator and not rely on Lt. Tragg at all." said Jade.

"We are going to get you out of them shackles Brother...Trust us....We are gonna fight like hell." I said.

"I'm praying man....I'm praying... I believe you man.."said Rahim....

"Just have a little faith baby." said Kahlil.

"We have a Jury folks....Trial begins Monday Morning at 9:00 AM...Be on time and Be ready for trial." said the Judge, dismissing us...

SATURDAY MORNING...

"I didn't know they had a Saturday Morning Brunch...and Brooke and I have been coming here for two years."said Natalie Tennison, a newly minted Staff Attorney for the Wrongful Conviction Unit and one of the newest tenants in our building.

"It's a good thing we saw that ad on line the other night."said her boyfriend and also a Staff Attorney for the Wrongful Conviction Unit, David Charles.

"This is really good to know....We can eat here...We don't have to go to Sam Mothers and deal with Lt. Tragg."said Brooke Marks, Another Staff Attorney with The Wrongful Conviction Unit.

Our new friends, Natalie, David Charles, Brooke and her husband Sean invited us all to Brunch...The Place was a bar called No. ID ,we had been to only once before , that was walking distance from the building we all worked in... We had no idea, this place had a Saturday and Sunday Morning Brunch until they told us....

"This could be our new hang out spot."said Jazzy.

"It's walking distance from where we all work..."said Dabnis..

"On A Friday Night we could stop in after work, grab a couple of cold ones."said Kayla.

"And jump right on the train and go home." said her husband Ray...

''No Lt. Tragg in our faces.."said Jessica.

"He did come in here once, remember?" said Chip..

"That was a fluke...plus he was looking for Brooke... Not the case now!"said Yvette.

"Let's hope not." said Gary..

"This place is nice...I like it." I said..

"This is our Saturday Breakfast spot.." said Bee Bee.

"Yessssssssssssss!" agreed Sofia..

"Yes...I'm with Bee Bee, This is our Saturday Breakfast spot.." said Kahlil..

"I'm here for it."said Jade..

"This is soooooo cool, Nice large area, No Lieutenant Tragg staring and whining and aggravating the hell out of  everybody while they try to  eat and ignore him." said Danny...

''He doesn't get how much of a pain he is.."said Virginia.

"He knows he's a pain...he doesn't care...He gets off on annoying and provoking everyone else."said Jetty.

"This could be our new hang out spot."said Olivia... "I don't mind loading everybody on our buses...and I love the fact that there is parking here for them....." said Olivia.

"And if everybody decides to hang out up here after work... We can come up here in the buses..Park and take everybody home.." said Donnie Ray.

"Good Idea...I like this bar...This is only my second time here." said Beverly..

"I like it too!" said Nelson.

"It's nice looking...Nice crowd....Good food... " said Josie..

"No Lt. Tragg, just us...enjoying a meal with no whining, shouting, staring like he's a damn overseer.." said Paris.

"I'm Loving it." said Bresha..

"Me too!"said Tony...

"This place is beautiful..."said Alfreda.

"And Inexpensive too!" said  Rockland..

"This is my third time here...I love this place."said Zoey...

"I know the owner...I can make sure we have seats set aside for just us."said Lem.

From across the room we noticed The Special Prosecutor we were going to be up against, Lisa Hayden and Private Investigator, Bert Vandenberg..

They shared a sweet kiss...

They saw us...but they sat across the bar from us..

"Soooooo they're doing the Hibbity Bibbity....I hope they don't bring Lt. Tragg up in here." said Yvette.

"My guess is they're here for the same reason we are...To Escape him.."laughed Gary..

III-

COURTROOM A- 9:00 AM

We had a jury and we had a trial or hearing.....

We were correct, Lisa Hayden was attempting to use the previous ADA's exact same argument for suppression.....She called the same 27 witnesses who testified in the first two trials..

And she showed the same gruesome crime scene photos and called the same officers and Medical Examiner officials who were at the scene of the crime.

But Sofia and Bee Bee not only had arguments made since then for why this new information should not be excluded, but they even argued what Stewart James had argued back then on why it had to be included as part of exculpatory evidence..

They interviewed the 27 witnesses on cross, using their exact words from previous trials and caught all of them to a man in several mis-statements and mis quotes and mis representation of information and facts....

Ms. Yvette piggy backed their arguments with a relevant argument of her own...

In the end, Judge King ruled in our favor....We had gotten over hurdle number one..

Kahlil showed the jury photos of the crime scene....

and new enlarged photos of fingerprint evidence.. There was of course the smudged fingerprints of Rahim Muhhamad.. 

"It was his knife...He used it in his catering business...He and his crew had recently catered an event for Mrs. Nora Daniels..." he said.

He also showed the fingerprints of a person missing two fingers.... He showed the same fingerprint pattern on the wall and the door inside Rahim's apartment..

"A Jury in both trials never heard about these other fingerprints with the odd missing fingers...and they never knew that not only were they on the murder weapon, but also in Mr. Muhhammad 's apartments and we have people from the medical examiner's office who will testify that they are not Mr. Muhhamad's prints." said Kahlil.

We subpoened Former Detective Domenick Evans from Stanga State Prison.. I wanted to get him on the stand. We noted that he was a hostile witness...

He was as hostile as could be... He either took the fifth or said he could not recall...Especially when I asked him if he or his then partner, Lt. Arthur Tragg, knew about the extra and bizzarre set of finger prints found at Rahim Muhhammad's house and on the murder weapon in addition to Mr. Muhhammad's.

I asked him if he personally had this evidence buried and if he told his old buddy, Jack Daniels to remove his civil service file so that his prints could never be discovered!!!

This was the first time it was mentioned that these might be the finger prints of Jack Daniels..

He said he did not recall doing that....He should have taken the fifth...

Jack Daniels's attorney, Louis Brown objected...

"My Client is NOT ON TRIAL HERE!!" he shouted..

Lisa Hayden objected also....

I smiled... "No Further questions." I said..   The important thing was that the jury had heard this...They had heard and seen what no previous jury had heard or seen and they weren't convinced by this former detective, the primary on the case, who was now a convicted murderer himself.. Convicted of murdering the very ADA who tried this original case...

Ms. Yvette called Lt. Arthur Tragg... We didn't subpoena him...We didn't need to..We knew he'd be here..

He was shocked that he was being called.. He answered from the same playbook his former partner answered from..He either took the fifth or said he could not recall...Especially when she too asked him if he or his then partner, Sgt. Domenick Evans, knew about the extra and bizzarre set of finger prints found at Rahim Muhhammad's house and on the murder weapon in addition to Mr. Muhhammad's.

Ms. Yvette  asked him if he personally had this evidence buried and if he told his old buddy, Jack Daniels to remove his civil service file so that his prints could never be discovered!!!

Lt. Tragg vehemently denied this... but he wasn't coming off as credible to the jury..

This brought an objection from Lisa Hayden-

"OBJECTION-- ASKED AND ANSWERED!! RELEVANCE!!" she protested...

"Well which one is it Ms. Hayden?" asked the Judge..

This brought laughter from myself, Bee Bee, Sofia, Kahlil and Ms. Jade..

Much to Lieutenant Tragg's chagrin... He was beet red....totally livid.

Attorney Louie Brown vehemently objected....

"They keep bringing up my client's name...May I remind everybody that my client, Mr. Daniels is the victim here..This mannnn is accused, or rather convicted of killing his wife...My Client is NOT ON TRIAL HERE!!" he shouted..

"Duly noted.....Move on from this counselor..."said Judge King..

"No further questions." said Yvette, smiling...

Again, we had scored!  The two arresting detectives, one a convicted murderer himself.. Ironically, convicted of murdering the very ADA who tried this case and the other, a Lieutenant with a reputation for arresting the wrong suspect, for jumping to conclusions and making bombastic statements on Television had now testified....Neither man could now remember what they did or did not do and both men chose to take the fifth to protect themselves from self incrimination at key times during the questioning... They didn't look too convincing to the jury at all...This is what he had hoped to acheive.

Bee Bee presented a panty and bra set....The very panties and bra that were found in Rahim Muhhamad's apartment as "proof" that he and Mrs. Daniels were involved in a tawdry affair.

"Any woman here knows that after you've spent a night with a man....there is sweat , sometimes semen and other bodily fluids left in the panties...Yet these panties are spotless...They've been tested several times...No feminine bodily fluids, no perspiration, no semen...These panties are clean....so is the bra...no fingerprints, DNA, saliva, nothing...So I'm going to say these panties were taken out of a drawer and hadn't been worn. I'm going to go as far as to say....They're brand new...Never been worn." she said..

"OBJECTION-SPECULATION!" said Lisa Hayden..

"I'll allow it!" said Judge King.

Sofia also held up the panty and bra set....

''Found in Rahim Muhhammad's top dresser drawer where Former Detective Sgt.Domenick Evans just happened to find them...

"I'm also going to say this set is brand new....It wasn't noticed during the first trial, but the sales ticket is still attached to the bra."said Sofia..  "Somebody took these panties and this bra out of a drawer in Mrs. Daniels's home and placed them in Rahim Muhhammad's home...I wonder who....May I present Detective Evans police record...He was written up three times, Three times for placing evidence at the scene of crimes...Why he still kept a job on the police force after doing that is beyond me.."said Sofia.

"I have here, the police report...Mr. Muhammad reported that his home had been broken into...Two days before the murder...

I have the former cashier from Victoria's Secret, who remembers Mrs. Daniels purchasing the underwear the week before and will testify to that..." he said.

''We really dropped the ball on this one Bert...They came loaded for bear..."said Lisa Hayden, who couldn't believe what she thought would be a slam dunk case had turned into such a travesty.....

"Oh My God!" said Bert, who couldn't believe we had so much exculpatory evidence...

Lt. Tragg was pouting like a petulant child...Furious about how he had been humiliated on the stand...

Former Detective Jack Daniels was sweating bullets...He hadn't even been called to testify and he could see where this was going.. Four days of trial already and this whole thing was going south.

That night at Riverside Correctional Facility....We all had dinner with our client...We brought food..

Fried Chicken, Greens, Candied Yams and Potato salad...

"Mannnnnn, no matter what happens.. This is the best time I've had in 12 long years.....12 lonnng years,good food, I got to see my kids and meet my grand kids and I got to see you guys make those two lying bums who arrested me and probably set me up sweat like pigs on the stand....even if things go south and I do get executed...I can die happy...Thank you Ms. Yvette, My main man, Keify Keith, Bee Bee, Sofia, little mamasita ,Kahlil and Ms. Jade..."said Rahim... 

"You are not going to be executed. The Jury is on our side...It's a new day..."said Yvette.

"We haven't even hit em with the real show stopper..." I said.

"Yes, the so called grieving husband, Jack Daniels comes to the stand tomorrow.."said Bee Bee.

''And we've already whetted the jury's appetite for him to testify..." said Sofia.

"Look for both the Prosecution and  Louie Brown to try to suppress his testimony..."said Kahlil.

"I anticipated that...and we have counter moves in place... One thing I've learned in this legal game is you have to be one up on your opposition at all times....It's 75 percent preparation...25 percent Anticipation."said Ms. Yvette.

"That's something I'll never forget..."said Bee Bee solemnly....

''Me neither."said Sofia.

"This jury is going to hear and see everything those other two juries didn't see and hear...And know all of the facts."I said.

"They already have buddy....They already have and from what I can see..They are solidly on our side."said Kahlil.

"That nice piece HARD BOTTOM did on our case recently has helped changed public opinion on this..and MSNBC ran a nice piece on it last week..

"RAHIM MUHHAMAD- IS PENNSYLVANIA GETTING READY TO EXECUTE AN INNOCENT MAN?"

said Jade...

IV-

Kahlil was correct... Both Special Prosecutor and Jack Daniel's Attorney, Louie Brown attempted have Jack Daniel's testimony supressed....They met with the Judge without the jury being present all day Friday to Argue this..

Ms. Yvette, Bee Bee and Sofia were armed with Predicates, Like Cases and Laws stating why this testimony should be included and why this was the very definition of exculpatory evidence...

After THREE HOURS of arguments... Judge King relented- "I will allow it...This has gone on too long... This is the third trial for this same thing.. If there is something new to be heard here...I want to hear it and the jury wants to hear it... But this is it...Does counsel on both sides understand me....??

Now it's 12:15.....The Jury has been sequestered and hasn't heard any testimony today...I'm going to let them go... MONDAY MORNING  BE HERE AT 9:00 AM SHARP and ready for trial..." he said.

I could tell by the looks on both Lisa Hayden's face and Louie Brown that we had been successful and that things hadn't gone the way they wanted...

Kahlil had written up another appeal  just in case we failed..

with Ms. Virginia's help.... Ms. Yvette had prepared for every possible outcome..She had left no stones unturned in this case.

Ms. Yvette smiled...

"We got what we wanted.. Monday, the jury will hear testimony for the first time from Detective Jack Daniels...Three Fingered Jack..." she said. "I am so proud of my girls the way they handled themselves...Didn't lose their cool and soberly helped me present the cold hard legal facts.."said Ms. Yvette, hugging both Bee Bee and Sofia.

''We had a good teacher..."said Bee Bee, smiling.

"Sure did!" said Sofia.

"Let's get out of here and go home."said Jade as we exited quickly out of the side door of the courthouse and headed for the trains..

An angry Lt. Tragg scoured the crowd looking for us.... He scoured the parking lots looking for any cars that might belong to us...He was stymied once again..

We were all home.. Though it was Friday, Nobody felt like going out..

We were all at home...

Bee Bee was wearing a sheer see through Baby doll.....She had just taken a hot shower and walked into our bedroom..

My eyes popped out of my head..

She giggled..

"Oh my goddd..look at you...You act like you haven't seen me before......WOW!!! That boner is massive." she said and put her hands over her mouth..

I pulled her towards me...

"I can't help it....Look at you..." I said..

I undressed and took her into my arms and kissed her softly....

"Ummmmmm, ouuuuuuuuuuuu you are so hard...." she exclaimed as she stroked me lightly...

Our kissing got hotter more passionate....

We lie across the bed, kissing and practically slobbering over each other....

I slipped her panties down and off.....

Soon we were making love passionately on top of the bed..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE DRIVING YOUR BEE BEE CRAZZZZZY!" she moaned..

"NOT AS CRAZY AS YOU ARE DRIVING MEEEEEEE!" I moaned...she felt so soft, smelled so good...

For the next EIGHT TO TEN HOURS, all we thought about was each other..

The same was next door at Kahlil and Sofia's house..

Sofia and Kahlil were lying across the bed..

Kissing ,fondling and laughing..

He slipped her panties down and off...

on the side of the bed and 

on the bedroom floor.....

"AWWWWWWWWWWW..OHHHHHHHHHHHH PAPI..AYE MIOS DIOS.." she screamed out!!!

And before long they too were making sweet love in the bed......Their bedsprings squeaking loudly for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS....

"Look at my little winner , come here baby!" said Gary, hugging Ms. Yvette..

"I haven't won yet....but I'm glad you believe in me that much..." whispered Yvette to Gary as he took her in his arms...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME!" said Yvette..

"YOU ARE SO WELCOME BABY!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" said Gary.

who was just salivating as he slipped her thong off...

"OH MY GODDDDDD!" he exclaimed..

Yvette just laughed...

They had been making sweet love since Ms. Yvette got home for the day from the prison...

They had gone straight to the bedroom..

They had made love early into the morning hours....

She had remembered times when she wasn't getting this much action...When she 'd be lying awake ,staring at the ceiling..alone...unable to get to sleep! Knowing guys wanted to share this bed with her, but knowing that that was all they wanted and not wanting to have the rep as a "pass around girl"..So she guarded her virtue with care..Suffering mightily for it..Sleepless nights...sometimes getting up and exercising to take her mind off of sex.The sex she wasn't having.

That was not the case now...Gary wanted it constantly and they were putting a hurting on this bed....

EIGHT TO NINE HOURS had passed by.

 Bee Bee and I were fast asleep ,with her resting peacefully on top of me.....

Sofia and Kahlil were in each others arms .

and still kissing, almost asleep

And Gary and Ms. Yvette were sound asleep..

We were relaxing this weekend and preparing for trial on Monday Morning.

MONDAY MORNING-COURTROOM A- 9:00 AM

This was it..Our final piece of exculpatory evidence in the case...We had just about trashed the Prosecutions argument and presented this, this third jury with enough reasonable doubt already, but the Testimony of this man, the victim, the so called grieving husband who had not testified or even been present in the past two trials was the icing on the cake for us..

Ms. Yvette asked him about his wife's finances and the fact that she had already begun divorce proceedings and was going to cut him out of her will...

She even presented Mrs. Daniel's former attorney, our good friend, Arthur Trout , who testified to such...

Naturally, Special Prosecutor Lisa Hayden

and Jack Daniel's attorney Louis Brown objected vehemently....

Lt. Tragg shook his head in dis belief....They were talking about everything except Rahim's guilt and the "evidence" they had against him...

''Where are you going with this counselor?" asked Judge King..

"This goes to motive....This  goes to someone else having a motive to kill Mrs. Daniels, someone who didn't bother to show up at any of the trials of his wife's murder.. The so called grieving husband.."said Ms. Yvette, who produced seven restraining orders taken out by Mrs. Daniels against him and three Cease and Desist Orders and records of at least three arrests one for domestic violence, tossed out and two for violating C& D....

I asked him...

"Did you know Mr. Muhhamad..Then known as Everett Johnson?"

"I knew him...He was a Caterer, A Caterer my wife hired for several of her events...and he was also making time with my wife."said Jack Daniels..

"There is no proof of that...We have interviewed several witnesses and the Prosecution has also interviewed several witnesses and not one of them said they ever knew or saw anything like that." said Kahlil.

"Of course they wouldn't...It was a secret affair.. Of course they wouldn't... They found my wife's panties and bra in his top drawer in his apartment, what more do you want?" he blurted out!

"How did you know that?   That was in the police report....Detective Evans went to that drawer immediately and found them  there..It was in the police report, but it was NEVER mentioned in the media...NEVER!!! The Jury didn't even hear that in either case...So how did you know that?" asked Bee Bee..

''We are all cops...We talk okay...They told me..." he said.

"That's funny because both Lt. Tragg and Former Detective Evans testified in this courtroom that they "Didn't recall" where they found the panties and bra, or talking to you about the case at all...Just seems kind of suspect to me...  By the way...We have proven that these panties and this bra were brand new and purchased by your wife a week before...What did she do, just take them there to wear later on?" asked Bee Bee.

The Jury and the visitors broke into laughter..

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?? WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED...YOU WERE JUST TRYING ON YOUR FIRST TRAINING BRA.....YOU HADN'T EVEN FINISHED GRADE SCHOOL!!! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING??"" he yelled out..

"MR DANIELS, CONTROL YOURSELF!" said Judge King.

"Mr. Daniels, were you ever in Mr. Muhhamad's Apartment?" asked Sofia.

"NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!" he stammered...

"Perjury is a serious offense Mr. Daniels... "said Kahlil, pointing to a 64 inch screen and a hand print on the wall and one on the door and on the murder weapon later.."

"This handprint was found in Mr. Muhhamad's apartment...Two of them...and if you see There is a thumb a forefinger and and index finger...but no ring finger and no pinky...... I couldn't help but notice

on your left hand, you are missing a pinky and a ring finger.."said Kahlil...

"Co-incidence! SO WHAT?" he said angrilly..."You can't prove that that is my hand print." he said.

"Actually we can...Your Civil service file was missing for years, buried....My investigator found it...

We have your prints and DNA from a recent outing of yours at a Lobster spot...taken off of glasses,plates, knives and forks and even dollar bills you crisped...Our Police Lab and Scientists at the Medical Examiner's Office got a 100.% match...... and they match your prints on file on your Civil service File. That's your prints in Mr. Muhhammad's apartment and your prints on his cooking knife , in addition to his, but it was his knife.. and I'm just speculating here...but you probably stole those panties and that bra from your wife's drawer and placed them in Mr. Muhhammad's apartment to frame him...You forgot to take the sales tag off the bra...This set was brand new...You Killed your wife Mr. Daniels.... You killed your wife and you or someone trying to help you, who realized it was you buried you civil service file and made sure these fingerprints were never mentioned in two trials before hand so as not to shine a light on you sir.Your prints have no business in Mr. Muhhamad's apartment."said Ms. Yvette.

"OBJECTION!!! I OBJECT!!! MY CLIENT IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE!!!" Yelled Louis Brown..

"I OBJECT!!" screamed Special Prosecutor Lisa Hayden...who up until now had tried 120 cases, losing only 4...She was about to lose a fifth....

"No Further Questions Your Honor...The Defense Rests!" said Ms. Yvette.

THIRTY MINUTES LATER-

"Has the Jury come back with a unanimous verdict?" asked the Judge.

'Yes your honor, we have." said the Forewoman....

"Baillif, pass me the verdict." he said.

The Bailiff passed it to the Judge, who read it and then passed it back to the Baillif...

"Read it..." he said.

"IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. EVERETT LOUIS JOHNSON ,NOW KNOWN AS RAHIM MUHHAMMAD ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!" HE READ...

"Take the handcuffs and the shackles off of him." ordered the Judge..

"Oh My God....I can't believe it...I'm free...I'm out!" said Rahim Muhammad...He hugged Ms. Yvette for a long time and rocked her back and forth... "Thank you...Thank you so much..." he said.. He had been acquitted and released just three days before he was scheduled to be executed....Talk about cutting it close..

"Believe it...I bought you a suit....Made by Sam The Tailor....and some slacks and shirts and shoes to begin your new life with..."said Ms. Yvette.

He grabbed me and hugged me...

"Keefy Keith, My main man...Thank you good brother." he said.

"I told you we weren't going to lose this one!  I told you." I said.

''Yes you did...Kahlil...My man....Thank you baby for keeping the faith, for praying with me..."said Rahim..

"Just doin my job man, representing you to the fullest..."said Kahlil..

He Hugged Bee Bee, Sofia and Jade and cried big crocodile tears....."Thank you ladies so much, Thank You."he cried..

''Don't Cry...Don't Cry....Your son is here with his wife and your grandchildren....and there's your daughter, her husband and their children."said Bee Bee.

"Here is your other son...and his kids..."said Sofia..

"This is so touching..."said Sofia..

"Thank You, Thank you all." he said.

"I'm Sorry I couldn't get you off but I never forgot your case and I found the attorneys I knew could get the job done." said Attorney Stewart James..

"Thank you for never forgetting me man..."said Rahim Muhhamad..

''Son of a Bitch" snarled Jack Daniels who quietly left the courthouse...The Innocent man he'd framed was free and he knew it was just a matter of time before a warrant would be issued for his arrest.. There was no way he was going to prison...Him, an ex-cop??....No way, he thought.

Ms. Yvette's husband scooped her up in his arms..

"My Little winner..."he said.

"Yup.....I actually won something this time.."gushed Ms. Yvette..

And they kissed passionately.

EPILOUGE-

Former Officer Jack Daniels was not going to wait for an investigation to find and indict him for killing his wife.. He went home, drank a bottle of Whiskey and "Ate his gun" as they say.... He took his own life.. His body was discovered a few days later in his home in Bayside..

Disgraced former Detective Domenick Evans , who had been the Primary in the investigation ,already serving life for being part of the plot that resulted in the murder of an ADA was charged with Obstruction of Justice in the case and convicted and given an additional 20 years...What did it matter?

He was already serving a life sentence.

No Charges were brought against Lt. Tragg for anything.... He was still as angry as hell about Rahim Muhammad being acquitted and released from jail as well as Jack Daniel's suicide...He didn't believe his former friend had murdered his wife and framed an innocent man when all of the facts pointed that way....but then again, when has a fact ever meant anything to Lt. Tragg.

As promised...Attorney Dabnis Coley represented Rahim Muhhamad and won 4.5 million dollars from the City of Philadelphia for wrongful conviction and incarceration of this man....

Lt. Tragg was completely unhinged upon hearing this...He through a hissy fit, This was the second time Dabnis Coley had involved himself in a matter and successfully sued the city....He vowed to "get even" with Dabnis the next time he saw him forgetting how bad Dabnis had thrashed him the last time they tangled.

Special Prosecutor Lisa Hayden  broke off her relationship with Private Investigator Bert Vanderberg reasoning that all of the times they slipped off to have sex, he could have been better researching the particulars of this case and they wouldn't have been caught by surprise so many times by the defense...

ONE WEEK LATER-

We all celebrated our victory at our new hang out spot...The No I.D. Bar.... They allowed us to have a small section of the bar and to bring in our chosen caterer...Rahim Muhhammad, Now a Free man....and working with his sons and his daughter at the Catering Company he started.

"Ohhhhh this is sooo nice...I'm sooo glad everybody came out.."gushed Ms. Yvette.

"Of Course they were going to come out.." said her husband Gary, hugging her..

''Mannnnn this group really parties doesn't it?" I said to Bee Bee.

"You talk like we aren't part of this group...WE REALLY PARTY!" said my wife Bee Bee, correcting me.

"This is soooooo nice." said Sofia.

"It is and the food looks and smells so good!" said Kahlil..

"Everything just looks so good." said Jade, who like her husband Danny

 was fastly becoming '"Honorary Soul Brothers and Sisters."

"I'm so happy Yvette and the guys saved this guy's life."said Virginia..

"If for no other reason than to serve us this great food."laughed Jetty.

Rahim and his sons catered the event....He was so grateful to be a free man and alive!!! This was one week after he was supposed to have been executed.

''Vettie girl, everything is lovely..."said Olivia.

"It is.....Thank you for putting this together." said Donnie Ray.

"Everything looks and smells delish." said Beverly...

"WOWWWWWWWW, let's grab some plates.."said Nelson..

"I'm with you.."gushed Josie..

"Right behind you.."said Paris.

"Everything looks and smells delish." said Bresha.

"This guy did the damn thing..."said Tony.

"My Caterer is going to have to step his game up."laughed Alfreda.

"Lets grab some plates and get in line." said Rockland..

"Ouuuuuuuuu look at this.." said Jazzy..

 "YESSSSSSSS!" said her husband, Dabnis.

"Everything looks and smells delish." said Kayla....

''Yesss, let's grab some plates and some knives and forks." said her husband, Ray.

"Mmmmmmmmmm everything looks and smells so good." said Jessica Sanchez-Burrows.

"Yes...Get his business card, we might be able to give him some business." said Chip.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu look at all this good food!"said Zoey....

''We are going to feast." said Lem...

"I think our friends like our bar.."said Brooke.

"You and Nat turned me on to this place....You two have been coming here awhile. "Said Sean.

"Yeah we have.. Since it opened.. I'm glad they discovered it and they like it...I like Curleys, but could you really imagine being there tonight?  Lt. Tragg is probably there in a snit because of recent events.."said Natalie..

"He should be glad his ass didn't get indicted for Obstruction of Justice."said David Charles, fixing himself a plate..

There was plenty to drink and we drank and ate ...

Attorney Stewart James arrived with our friends, Karen Page and B.L. Benz.

"Heyyyy Yvette, everything looks and smells great" he said.. "Thank you again for everything." he said.

"Hey Vettie , Great Job...I want you guys on my show next week."said B.L.

"I knew you guys could do it." said Karen.

"Thank You...Guess you'll be sleeping at night now, huh Stewart?" asked Ms. Yvette..

"Yeah I should but That damn Lt. Tragg though, He put two of his GPS Trackers on my car.. I found em and tossed one of them in the trash in the parking lot and left the other one in the mens room at the courthouse...I will be up all night trying to figure out how long it will take him to figure out if I'm not in the courthouse, am I still in the parking lot."said Stewart....

Ms. Yvette and Stewart howled with laughter!

FOR DANYL-