Ringer

TWO WEEKS LATER-

Karen Page called a meeting of all the attorneys involved in the case..

"The Trail is set to begin in two days as you all know... And the good news is the DNA evidence came back from all three sources...The Independent DNA Lab, The FBI Lab in Quantico and the Medical Examiners Office here in Philadelphia.. None of the DNA of these 9 young men is a match for the DNA found inside the woman's body ,on her bra or her panties... Meaning they are innocent..."said Karen..

"But there is a bit of bad news." said David Charles..

"Fuentes has put together a team of Attorneys to do battle with us..They're all people we've dealt with before,Susan Waters, ADA Harriet Yeller, ADA Brenda Young and Rick Madewell....He made sure he got attorneys we all had history with..."said Natalie..

"I got an anonymous tip that he Fuentes plans to challenge all of our DNA evidence...say it must be inconclusive because of the amount of time of the comparable DNA from the victim...saying it's grown retarded.. He's bringing in an expert to argue that fact." said Brooke.

"He's desperate now.. Well we can call People from the Medical Examiner's Office, The FBI and the independent lab we used to argue the facts and dispute his ringer..." said Olivia.

"Nelson ,Josie ,Bresha and I will start lining them up right now."said Beverly...

"Donnie Ray told me...Fuentes was going to make moves..I guess this is his moves.."said Nelson.

''Well we are ready for him...We've been ready." said Josie.

"I know I'm ready...Looking forward to this."said Paris.

"How exciting for you...A Big Case like this, your first time in court...I know Dabnis is ecstatic."said Bresha.

"This is the biggest case I've worked on too!"said Tony..

"I don't think I've worked with this many lawyers on one case before." said Yvette.

"Me neither... I just hope we don't get in each others way." said Keith Jones..

"We won't...Each team is representing three different clients..." said Bee Bee.

"The way the trial strategy is mapped out..there won't be any conflicts." said Sofia.

"I hope not."said Kahlil..

"I just got back from court...Because there are so many attorneys involved...The Trial has moved to Federal Court, right down the street from us..." said Jessica.

"And Judge Marcella Pringle will be presiding." said Chip...

"We are all set...We've got our witnesses all subpoened...and we'll have expert DNA witnesess to refute whatever he brings to the table."said Donnie Ray.

"I don't think Fuentes can surprise us with much more if anything." said Jade.

This case was making news and opening old wounds again.

At a bar near the Marina..

"I was on that case...I was part of the task force that bought those little creeps in...I'm the only one still on the force..My Partner and another detective involved are both in prison now, doing life on unrelated murder raps and the other guy on the force ate his gun...killed himself last year... I should be called in on this.but I'm on that Marine Boat..."said Lt. Tragg.

As he swigged hs beer.

"They don't want you anywhere near that trial." said Bert Vandenberg....

Taking a gulp of his beer.

"I heard from a little birdie that Fuentes ,in addition to those four attorneys he has ,has called in a ringer, a real hot shot to handle all of those hot shots on the other side. Got any idea who that might be?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"Nope ! He's keeping that under wraps..."said Bert.

THE NEXT DAY- OUTSIDE THE BRIDGE BUILDING-

Kayla, Natalie and Jazzy were buying Hot Dogs off the nearby food truck....

"Come on Natalie...We gotta buy you these shoes we saw in the Fashion District for court tomorrow, they are fire girl." said Kayla.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuu lead the way.." said Natalie..

"You know your girls gotta hook you up." said Jazzy..

They munched on their hot dogs and walked 

To the Fashion District, a few Blocks away...

They didn't notice Attorney Rick Madewell in the crowd, but he noticed them, all three of them...

"MY GODDDDDD...Even Natalie's friends are fine....And Look at Natalie....Married now...I can't believe it.." he said.. He almost didn't want to see her again...

II-

THE OFFICE OF NICKY FUENTES, ATTORNEY AT LAW

"I am so glad you're here...

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity...I won't let you down ." said Attorney Merlin Mims...A Former judge and one time Immigration Attorney, Now in Private Practice...

"You Essentially will run the case....There are four other attorneys under you...Each is very highly regarded and respected and like you, they have history with some of these these attorneys...You will be my public face, but otherwise , I don't want to be associated with the case." said Nick Fuentes..

"I won't let you down sir." said Merlin Mims..

And outside the Bridge Building....

"It was nice, you having Lunch in my buildingfor a change baby." said Sean.

"It was  nice..Thanks for the info...Every little bit helps..."said Brooke.

Sean pulled Brooke to him and kissed her passionately.....

"I love you Vanilla!" he said Softly...

"I love you too Sean." she said softly...

Back in the Conference Room, Brooke addressed the other attorneys...

"Sean told me, he got it on good word that Nick Fuentes has hired a ringer...A top attorney to actually run this case...The coward isn't going to be there...That way none of this will stick to him directly...The Attorney's name is Mims.. Merlin Mims.."said Brooke.

"We know him!!...Me and my guys tangled with him several years ago...He used to be a Judge...He got removed from the bench and is an Attorney in private practice..He's racist/sexist, everything this case doesn't need."said Yvette.

"Oh woww!"said Brooke.

''We fought him in Immigration Court." said Sofia.

"We beat the pants off of him.."said Keith Jones.

"I'm sure he'd love to get back at us." said Kahlil..

"Oh for sure."said Jade.

''See the pattern here?" asked Olivia.. "He has stacked the deck up with Attorneys who have faced us all in court..Attorneys who have lost to us all and want a chance at redemption...Look at his team...

SUSAN WATERS...who my team handily beat ,in the preliminaries at that trial a few weeks ago...It was her first loss in years and her first loss in a preliminary...She was butt hurt about that! Although she took her anger out on Lt. Tragg.

HARRIET YELLER, who lost to both Yvette's team and ours...

BRENDA YOUNG- who lost to both Yvette's team and ours..... All three has experience with us and may have an axe to grind...They also know how we think and operate.."said Olivia.

"And RICK MADEWELL, my ex and an attorney who came close to losing to Brookie , David and Me..but withdrew charges before the case went to the jury!" said Natalie.

"What a team." she said.

"I gotta hand it to Nick Fuentes...He hires a Ringer to run the case...Hires Attorneys familiar with us...Who have an axe to grind, for extra incentive and he sits behind the sidelines...The Ultimate Puppeteer..pulling the strings...He's a Genius."said David.

"Yeah ,I gotta give Nick style points.."laughed Nelson..

"I'm with Brookie....He's a Chicken shit Coward.."said Beverly.

"He's Running for Office in the fall..All Eyes will be on these attorneys...Not on him...Win or Lose, it somehow doesn't stick to him."said Josie.

"Oh wowwwwww!" said Her husband, Paris.

" Neat Trick...but you know what? If we have Press Conferences ,Let's Put his name out there as often as possible...Let's make Nick Fuentes the face of this retrial." said Bresha.

"Yeah, that's a good idea." said Tony...

"I agree...He's not slick...and he's not fooling anybody."said Jessica.

"I wish we could have gotten Judge Elise Clemmons...This case is right up her alley, but I know seeing her would make Fuentes's head explode." said Chip..

Donnie Ray laughed... ''Yeah, it probably would...But Marcella Pringle is very good, Tough, Fair, No Nonsense and doesn't tolerate fools...We'll be alright." said Donnie Ray.

NIGHTFALL CAME !

It had been a good day...A Good Meeting. All of the Attorneys were ready for trial tomorrow morning.

At home, a jubilant, David celebrated...

''We are ready....This is the kind of excitement I used to feel before a big game.." said David.

" I'm Horny."said Natalie ,matter of factly...

"Really?" said David in surprise... He was usually the one who made the first move..

Natalie smiled.. She thought it  was so cute, the look on his face seeing that it was her making the first move this time...

"Yes really and I think some good lovemaking ,would loosen me up for trial tomorrow...You too!" she said.

"Well uh alrighttttt....I'll see what uh er ruh, I can do about that."laughed David raffishly..

Natalie had bought a couple of really short Micro-Mini Skirts that had men's heads turning on the street, on the elevator in the building and in the Cafeteria....He couldn't keep his eyes off her all day long...Natalie knew it and caught him staring at her ever so often during the day.

She kissed him passionately , slowly  and softly, driving him near delirium

"You know, That mini skirt is pretty short... I was staring at you all day...I couldn't take my eyes off of you.." he confessed.

"I saw you looking at me..." Natalie giggled.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you are such a tease." he laughed..continuing to devour her lips..

She unbuttoned his shirt and unloosened his tie and took his suit jacket off... He took his trousers, socks and shoes off... He unzippered her skirt and unhooked her bra...

"Slip my panties to the side..." she whispered..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm" he moaned... slipping her panties down...and off..

She straddled him and began to move slowly , up and down on him...She gasped as he entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! OH MY GODDDDDDD!" she moaned.....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! GIRRRRRRRRRRRRRL " he said..

"OUUUUUUUUUU DAVID...I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE!" she said.

As she moved up and down and continued to kiss him..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!  WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! AWWWWWWWWWW LAWDDDDDDDDDDD!" he moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!

Her body trembled and she had a quick almost embarrassing orgasm....

She admired his stamina. He admired hers...She was driving him to near delirium...

She was so wet, smelled like a new born baby....and had butter soft kisses.....He didn't know if he was coming or going!

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GIRRRRRRRRL!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU MISTER CHARLES...MISTER CHARLES.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"she cooed..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! OHHHHHHHH LAWD!!! OHHHHHHHH LAWWWWWD!"he cried out!..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID!" she cooed..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!! OUUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRRRRRRL!" he moaned.

They made sweet love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS.

She fell asleep on top of him....her body still trembling....

"No sex in the morning...We are going to get up and get dressed." she whispered...

''Whatever you say.." he said as they both drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

III-

THE FEDERAL BUILDING!

Reporters snapped photos of the 9 defendents as they were brought into the courthouse in handcuffs by Marshalls and all of the attorneys involved..The Case made National Headlines and was being covered by ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN  and MSNBC..

B.L. Benz was outside , covering the retrial of these 9 young men, Nicknamed the "Fairmount 9" , who were being retried...

Because so many attorneys were involved. a larger courtroom was needed...They used the federal Courtroom...

Judge Marcella Pringle was the Judge....

Olivia,Beverly, Nelson, Josie, her husband, Paris, Bresha, her husband, Tony, Kate Stassy and Olivia's husband, Donnie Ray their investigator sat at table one... Their three clients sat at the table next to them..

 A Table Away....Yvette Jones-Lockwood sat with her team, Keith Jones, Beatrice Evans -Jones, Sofia Garcia- Ahmed , Kahlil Ahmed and their investigator, Jade Lee -Ho... Their Three clients sat at a table next to them..

At The Last table... Jessica Sanchez-Burrows , her husband,  Charles "Chip" Burrows, Brooke Marks,

Natalie Charles and her husband, David Charles and a surprise...The only Attorney , involved in the original cases, Former Public defender, Kate Stassen, now a staff attorney with the Women's Law Center, asked to be part of the defense...She was our ringer...Their Three clients sat at a table next to them..

They took up an entire side of the courtroom....

The opposing counsel took up only one table..

Lead Attorney Merlin Mims...

Co-Lead Attorney, Susan Waters...Sat next to him... The two had clashed over trial strategy and his condescending attitude towards her on all of the days leading up to the trial.....By Trial date, they were barely speaking. She called him an "Arrogant Egotistical Jackass" in private. It was apparent that he did not like the fact that she was a Lesbian.

He also clashed with Rick Madewell...Rick sensed early on that Merlin Mims was a closet racist and did not like the way he talked down to him as though he couldn't understand a point made...He told his friends in private that Mims was a Bigot and that it was all he could do not to slug him in his big fat belly.

Mims made unwanted sexual overtures towards Harriet Yeller, who was not having it

and Brenda Young, who found him appalling....He talked down to her and was so condescending that she often left court in tears....

The tension and disunity amongst them was quite apparent....

Karen Page , who had run the meetings and put the teams together would not be participating in the oral arguments...She chose to sit in the visitor area and observe the entire thing...

"You've got 17 Attorneys, 1 Para-legal, 2 investigators...They've got awesome defense...They don't need me...Too many lawyers spoil the broth..."said Karen...who sat with Brooke's Husband, Sean and Olivia's Office Manager , Alfreda and Yvette's Office manager , Virginia...They were all at the "Trial of the Century" as this was called.

This was the first time Susan had seen Katey since their altercation in Curleys and her subsequent suicide attempt.. She hated that they were now on opposite sides of this case..She no longer cared about this case...She wanted to ditch it altogether.. 

Katey refused to give her any eye contact...She tried to stay focused on the case at hand...

Nick Fuentes was no where near the courthouse... He was far away in his office....He wanted his name kept out of it..

Nelson, Keith, Kahlil and Natalie  took turns on Jury selection...

Merlin Mims  insisted on doing Voire Dire himself...He felt as though he was more experienced and the intellectual equal of these four young attorneys...He had been practicing longer, but that's all he had on them...It was a bad decision for him to do Voir Dire,  because he was no match for these four...Veterans of several trials.. They got an even dozen... All 12 of the Jurors they wanted.. 

Olivia , Yvette and Jessica high fived each other....They were exuberant..

"He never listens to any of us...I could have done a better job on Voir dire than that."said Rick Madewell..

''Anybody could have... He's such a bonehead." said Susan Waters.

"Alright, we have a jury...Trial begins tomorrow at 9:00 AM Sharp... Attorneys Be on time and be ready for trial." said Judge Pringle.

THREE WEEKS LATER-

Olivia and Beverly and their expanded team of Nelson, Josie, Paris, Bresha, Tony and Katey Stassin, with Donnie Ray was just short of brilliant the way they turned the prosecution around on several points concerning their clients...The youngest of the the nine defendents...

The DNA Evidence and their expert witnesses from the Government, an Independent Lab and the city's own Medical Examiner's Office trumped their two witnesses..and witness statements ,placing them at different places in the park at the time of the Rape and Murder was enough for Judge Pringle to throw out all charges against their clients without needing the jury....

They spoke long and hard to the Press Conference , Telling them that even though he wasn't in court, They knew that Nick Fuentes, who originally prosecuted this case had hand picked this Prosecution team, was bank rolling it and pulling strings...They called him a coward and said what he did to their clients was criminal.

This infuriated Nick Fuentes who called them filthy liars...Although MSNBC and CNN proved that he indeed did put the team together and was bank rolling them...After these revelations...He refused further comment..

Yvette Jones and her team  of Keith Jones, Bee Bee Jones, Sofia Garcia -Ahmed, Kahlil Ahmed and Jade Lee-Ho with help from Kate Stassen defended One African American and Two Latino Boys rounded up during the search for the woman's killer and rapist....These three didn't even know each other prior to the rape and assault of the jogger.. Like Olivia and Beverly, They were just short of brilliant the way they turned the prosecution around on several points concerning their clients...

Like Olivia and Beverly, The DNA Evidence and their expert witnesses from the Government, an Independent Lab and the city's own Medical Examiner's Office trumped their two witnesses.. and witness statements ,placing these three at different places in the park at the time of the Rape and Murder was enough for Judge Pringle to also throw out all charges against their clients without needing the jury....

Judge Pringle was appalled..  She asked how could the arresting officers, all but one , who still remained on the police force  be so callous...Using questionable techniques to force confessions out of these six young men, not doing a thorough investigation..and refusing a DNA test which would have exonerated them in the first place....She blamed Nick Fuentes for his rush to judgement and callous prosecution....

Yvette and her team and Katy Stassen also spoke  long and hard to the Press Conference , Telling them that even though he wasn't in court, They knew that Nick Fuentes, who originally prosecuted this case had hand picked this Prosecution team, was bank rolling it and pulling strings...They called him a coward and said what he did to their clients was criminal.

The one thing he hadn't wanted...To be connected to this case had happened...And having six cases tossed out and the defendents freed made him look equally bad..

To make matters worse...There was dissention amongst the ranks..

Susan Waters and Rick Madewell quit after the second set of defendents had their charges thrown out...They couldn't get along with Merlin Mims at all...He didn't listen or take any of their suggestions and was called "overbearing and insulting."

They told this to the Press Conference after they quit....They didn't mention Nick Fuentes at all, but they didn't have to....

His name was all over the case and it was so far, a big mess... He decided to do damage control, apologizing to the families of the 6 men, who he said may have been wrongfully accused and throwing the detectives who made the case, Lt. Arthur Tragg,  Sgt. Dominic Evans and Phillip Marlowe and the deceased detective under the bus saying they did a sloppy job ,probably did employ some ruthless underhanded tactics in their quest to "Obtain Justice for the deceased victim..".

He doubled down on the last three remaining suspects, one of which contacted the Innocence Project and brought all of these attorneys into the case.....Saying that they more than likely were guilty.

"Will you look at that? Fuentes threw us under the bus...He's embarrassed because his case is falling apart...what a slimy bastard, apologizing to the families of those little thugs...Even if they are innocent of this..They probably are guilty of other crimes we don't even know about...And probably will do more."said Lt. Tragg , back from his 45 day suspension on the Marine Boat.

"I tell ya Artie...He threw me under the bus too! He's a slick slimy, fish faced bastard.." snarled William "Bull" Bailey as the two men cried in their beers..

IV-

The courtroom was less crowded now with six cases tossed out and the defendents  and their attorneys now gone...

ADA Karen Page was ecstatic... She had done a great job facilitating legal talent for these cases...

Her Law School friends Olivia and Yvette and the brilliant young attorneys they mentored and worked with were fantastic...

Jessica was happy for her friends and neighbors...They had once again come through for her..

But now...there remained the trial of the remaining three clients...including the one who had become a jail house lawyer somewhat and whose briefs had caught her attention in the first place... He and his two co-defendents and their families were filled with hope after the six victories of the past few weeks..

Brooke, Natalie, David and her husband, Chip were energized and prepared for a robust defense... Katey Stassen, who had given them incredible help throughout this case was still with the team...She was the only Attorney from the original trials who was involved in this case.. She had always felt that at least some of these boys had been railroaded, if not all of them....This was her way to make this right..

Meanwhile confusion and dissention amongst the ranks of the Prosecution continued..

Merlin Mims was proving to be a polarizing figure...before the final three trials was halfway through..

ADA Brenda Young also resigned from the team... 

She told the Press that he was overbearing and she couldn't deal with his unwanted sexual advances...When he wasn't brow beating her and making condescending remarks about her abilities...He had his hands up her skirt, palming her butt and feeling her legs.....She was in tears and shaking with anger as she spoke to the press about him.

Mims denied this vehemently.....

He got a tongue lashing from Nick Fuentes...via telephone..

"YOU'RE SCREWING THE POOCH ON THIS MIMS...GET IT TOGETHER!" snarled a livid Nick Fuentes...

His "Killers" had fallen apart... He felt as if  Merlin Mims and Harriet Yeller had a better chance against what he thought were "inferior attorneys.." They weren't facing Olivia and Beverly and that team or Yvette and her kids after all.

He was wrong..These attorneys were just as good...After all, they trained for this trial together.

Jessica, Chip, Brooke, Natalie and David, with Katey Stassen helping out once again were more than up to the task...

They too were brilliant , running rings around the Prosecution, catching three of their original witnesses in a bold faced lie and getting a third witness to admit that he couldn't remember a thing...

The DNA Evidence, which wasn't a match for any of the three helped immensely  .and their expert witnesses from the Government, an Independent Lab and  their own Medical Examiner's Office trumped their two witnesses.. and the police strong armed tactics really turned the jury off...

The Jury deliberated for a half hour... Coming back with an acquittal on all charges for all three young men....

Karen Page was ecstatic.....After 5 years...these boys had been cleared..All 9 of them......

"Our system isn't perfect...but most of the time...It works.." she said..

"Look, with Lt. Tragg back from his 45 day boat trip, Neither Olivia, Nor Yvette wanted to go to Sam Mother's to celebrate...but Friday Night...we are going to have a big celebration at No ID bar on the city's dime.."said Karen..."Everybody is invited.." she said.

"Baby, now that this trial is over...Maybe we can have a few days off  huh?" whispered David to Natalie..

"Yes Easy going man with the big penis....So you can put it in me right?" giggled Natalie.

"You read my mind."said David ,kissing her...

"That's not hard...unlike some other pars of your anatomy....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU listen to us talking dirty." she laughed as they kissed passionately..

"Vanilla, You were great in the courtroom.."said her husband, Sean, A Federal Public Defender, who was tickled pink to have her working in his building..

"I'm even better at something else.." she said rubbing her index finger across his lips...

''And what is that?" he laughed.

"Take a guess." she said as they kissed passionately...

"All this kissing is something isn't it?" said Chip..

''Why? Is it making you horny papi?" asked Jessica.

"It certainly is..."said Chip..

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, me too!" she said, taking her husband in her arms and giving him the kiss of life.

"Katey thank you sooooo much...You were essential to all of  our victories."said Karen Page.

"Oh you're welcome...I felt as though I needed to help.... This is my girlfriend and my room mate, Savoy...We moved in together last week...We live walking distance from work and you guys..." said Katey.

"Nice to meet all of you..."said Savoy.

"You're all invited to the party I'm throwing at NO ID Bar.. Friday afternoon at 6:00." said Karen..

The Big Case was over...

THE OFFICE OF NICK FUENTES-

"Hiring Mims was a big mistake...He was no ringer....He was an idiot , a polarizing idiot who alienated the entire team...and made several mistakes and miscalculations...Those other attorneys on the defense were better than I gave them credit for.. I would have liked to have worked with Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her team and Yvette Jones-Lockwood and her team in the future, but I guess I can forget that...They all hate me now..."sighed Nick Fuentes...

"What will you do  now?" asked Bert Vandenberg...

"Just be satisfied with my practice...It is successful...." said Nick Fuentes, staring out the window..

The Sun was going down in the city... Another Day had ended...

EPILOUGE-

DNA Evidence led authorities to a suspect , Already in Prison and serving Life No Parole for another brutal murder...When questioned.. He admitted to raping and murdering the jogger in Fairmount Park.

He was sentenced to another 50 years for this.. But he was already serving Life with no parole,,,It No Longer mattered,

FRIDAY NIGHT!

ADA Karen Page spared no expense for her party at No ID Bar...She had a section of the bar sectioned off and had  Beer and Liquor and all kinds of food available...She wanted to say thank you to all of the attorneys who had helped make her unit-Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity successful.....

First of all, Her new staff attorneys...Brooke Marks , there with her husband, Sean Marks, A Federal Public Defender. and Natalie and David Charles....

"WOWWWWWWWW THIS IS SOOOOOOO NICE! LOOK AT ALL THIS FOOD!" exclaimed Brooke..

"Your Boss lady sure knows how to throw a party." said her husband, Sean.

"Yes she does...I'm going to feast..."said Natalie...

"Wow! A Nice ending to a big case."said David Charles....grateful that he even got near a landmark case like this..

Also honored was building mates and frequent collaborators, INNOCENCE PROJECT ATTORNEYS,

Jessica Sanchez-Burrows and her husband, Charles "Chip" Burrows

"They have something for everybody here Papi."said Jessica.

"Well we are a multi-racial group of friends and associates.." said Chip, smiling...

Her lifelong friend from Law School , and building mates, Yvette Jones-Lockwood, her husband, Gary and her staff. and their spouses..

"Karen really put a nice little event together." said Yvette.

"Yes she did!"agreed her husband, Gary.....

"You know who is back on the street again...I'm glad we had this here...We can have some peace."said Keith Jones..

"These past few weeks have been nice...No whining, no complaining, no threats, no arguments or fights..."said Bee Bee.

''And the thing is..The trial was held up here..We didn't even go to Sam Mother's to eat."said Sofia.

"We did go to Curley's for "Couples Night" and that was pretty nice... The fight that broke out had nothing to do with us." said Kahlil..

Jade just laughed....."We didn't go this week though."

"I saw him this morning...He's  more pissed that Nick Fuentes is on TV trashing him and his task force's investigation, Especially since they matched the DNA with the real felon, who is actually in prison for something else.."said Danny Ho.

"He's a menace...How he's kept his badge all these years is a mystery to me."said Virginia.

"Yeah me too!" said Jetty.

Her other lifelong friend from law school, Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her staff and their spouses were also here tonight.

"This is nice... Karen always buys everybody Breakfast after a big win at Sam Mother's..but nobody wanted to go there...Not with you know who back on the street. So she felt like she had to do something, bless her heart...So she did this, which is better..."said Olivia.

"Yeah....Much better...Lt. Tragg is crying in his beer because Fuentes is on Television throwing him and his task force under the bus for a lousy investigation, especially since they've now identified the real suspect, who was already serving a life sentence for another murder."said Donnie Ray.

"Fuentes is trying to wipe the stink of this case off of him, just he disassociated himself from old Bull Bailey after it was discovered he planted evidence at the crime scene."said Beverly, chuckling..

"He is not loyal...he will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat."said Nelson.

"He called Attorney Mims and Idiot...said he ruined the case."laughed Josie.

''Well he was...Even I could see that...He turned his whole team against him with all that show boating and the way he was talking to them...I'd have quit too."said Paris.

"I was in the Ladies Room during one of the recesses..and I heard one of the female attorneys weeping ...She was upset with the way he spoke to her....and his constant sexual advances..." said Bresha.

"By the time the trial was over...All but one of his team had quit...The Brother that was on the team who quit first said Mims was a Racist and that he was seconds from cracking himj, so he quit...He actually wished me luck...We were talking as I went to get coffee."said Tony..

''WOWWWWWW...That was something." said Alfreda.

"I know Mims...He is an asshole...I'm surprised that team stayed together as long as it did." said Rockland.

"Did you pack an overnite bag?  We are staying with Olivia and Bev this weekend.. We are going to Bayside again tomorrow."said Karen...

"I did.. We've made some great friends Karen....I love these people." said B.L.

Karen was grateful for their friendship and how they had always been there for each other since meeting in Law school..

Also invited were her other building mates , who had been her friends and partners for years.. Olivia's sweet cousin Kayla, Jazzy , who had allowed her to use their suite for two years when she didn't have an office or a staff. and their husbands, Ray and Dabnis.

"This is sweet....A Nice ending to a big case..."said Kayla.

"I guess things will be quiet with everyone working in the building all day again.."said Ray..

"Yeah....I'm glad everybody will be back."said Jazzy.

"Me too!"said her husband, Dabnis.

along with friends, Zoey and Lem,

"So Much Food." said Zoey...

"So Much Liquor."said Lem.

Kate Stassy, who had helped immensely and her new girlfriend, Savoy Brown showed up too...

"This is so nice...Most of them work across the street from us in the Bridge Building.." said Kate.

"I've seen them all in Josie's and Aqua Bar and Stoleys and even at the mall in Bayside.They're a tight group of friends..It's nice to have that.." agreed Savoy.

It was a beautiful night......

It was a quiet night at Curley's Bar, halfway across town..

"Those lawyer friends of yours made Mims and the others look like fools...All 9 of those little monkeys are free...That burns me up...I mean even if they are innocent of this...I'm sure they did something else or will do something else...you know.?" said Bull Bailey...

"I'm surprised they didn't come in here Thursday Night," Couples Night "after their big win...They're probably at some expensive joint lordin it up...but it's Fuentes I'm mad at...the way he threw me and my guys under the bus...It's not my fault he picked a team of losers to retry his case, his closed case and he lost..He was too chicken shit to retry the case himself..."snarled Lt. Tragg..

"I tell you Artie... He's a son of a bitch, a real rotten son of a bitch that Fuentes..."complained Bull Bailey....

Lt. Tragg peered out the window... He saw his  "Friend with Benefits", ADA Jill Jones...standing outside the bar with Attorney Hal Jenkins....

"Ummmmmmmmmmm Hal....I don't feel like drinking...Let's go back to my place." said Jill Jones..

who knew Arthur Tragg was in this bar and didn't want a scene with him...

"AWWWWWWWW Good because I don't feel like drinking either...." he said..

''What do you feel like doing?" she asked as they kissed passionately.....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm I feel like stretching your panties to the side and plunging into you like I did last night...OUUUUUUUUUU! THAT WAS SO GOOD!!" he moaned..

"UMMMMMM it was.....My car is across the street, follow me." she whispered between kisses..

"I'll follow you anywhere baby, VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! " he whispered as the two of them laughed....Got in their cars and pulled off..

Even though he hadn't called or visited her home in months and had himself slept with other women, he considered what she did tonight gross betrayal....He was crushed....

"CRIMMMY!" he said...

Karma had come full circle on him!

For DANYL!