VENTURES: Tug Of War

BROOKE KENNEDY-MARKS

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Hallahan Catholic High School for Girls.Philadelphia PA.

B,A,- Administration Of Justice/Trial Advocacy/Pre Law- Lasalle University

J.D.- Middleton School of Law, Bayside,PA.

Speaks Spanish/French and Russian fluently.

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New Jersey/New York/ Deleware

Law Clerk for Pennsylvania's Chief Judge of Appeals, Carter Baum

Trial Attorney for U.S. Department of Justice's Anti- Trust Division, Washington D.C.

Married to Attorney Sean Marks, A Trial Attorney for The U.S. Department of Justice, Anti Trust Division.

DIVORCED after two years. No Children.

Public Defender's Office-Philadelphia

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia Districts Attorney's office.

Married to U.S. Attorney Sean Marks

Staff Attorney-WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT\

NATALIE JEAN TENNISON CHARLES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Girls,Philadelphia PA.

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

JD-Georgetown University Law Center

Passed the Bar in Virginia/Maryland/Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Deleware / New York

Associate Litigation Attorney at Akin/Gerard/ Jordan/Hester & Field

Public Defender's Office- Philadelphia

Assistant District Attorney-Philadelphia

Staff Attorney - WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT

Married to David Charles

DAVID KEITH CHARLES

Born in Philadelphia Pa.

Graduated from Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia PA.

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

JD- Temple University School of Law

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New York/Deleware/New Jersey

Speaks Spanish And French Fluently..

Public Defender- Philadelphia PA.

Assistant District Attorney-Philadelphia District Attorneys Office.

Staff Attorney -WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT

Married to Natalie Jean Tennison-Charles

KAREN DIANE PAGE-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Lower Merion High School

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

JD- University Of Pennsylvania School of Law

Speaks Spanish and French fluently...

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New Jersey/ Deleware / New York/California

Associate Attorney McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt

Married to Attorney Lloyd Cantrell,( deceased)

Public Defender-San Francisco, CA.

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia PA.

Currently Head of Wrongfully Convicted/Conviction Integrity Unit ,division of The Philadelphia

District Attorney's Office.

THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY- BRUCE GREEN-

ADA Bruce Green looked at his laptop...He had googled us, the Attorneys he would be facing in this case..

We all had the same boss, DA Garcetti...He felt funny going up against theoretically , fellow ADA's...but he realized he had a job to do and by damn, he was going to do it!

II-

In our conference room, we too were studying things...

"This Tug Service. War Corporation is a shadowy quasi -legal Multi-National Arms company that has been investigated by Interpol, The FBI, The ATF ,Homeland Security and The Secret Service. They have allegedly sold arms to Islamic Terrorists, White Supremacists, Black Radicals, Neo-Nazis, Israeli's...They have no ideology except the almighty dollar..." said Paris, who researched them on his laptop.

"And in five seperate cases when this company has been brought to trial, William Johnson has represented them in court...including that last trial a few months ago in Judge Cappadolio's courtroom in which he was thrown into the Cooler. They have made William Johnson a very wealthy man...."said Gary.

"I read something here that said Attorney William Johnson is presently under investigation by the U.S. Attorney in the Pennsylvania Southern district for Obstruction of Justice charges in another case and embezzlement." said Natalie.

"He's playing the mourning husband real good...Did you see him on the news this morning?" said Brooke.

"The Mournful husband who put three bullets into his dead wife's body...I heard they had a closed casket funeral." I said.

"I think Attorney Johnson should be subpoenaed as a hostile defense witness don't you?" said Karen.

CURLEY's BAR-

This place started out as a cop bar, but gradually became a sometime hangout for Attorneys.. Practically none of the attorneys in our group stopped in their alone any more..We came en masse on Couples night.

The reason was the same reason we didn't eat in Sam Mother's Diner except when we had a court appointment and just did not feel like riding back to our building to eat... Lt. Arthur Tragg...He was a pest, an annoying menace who seemingly delighted in saying things to trigger one or a number of us into shouting screaming arguments.... The difference being, Ms. Jade, Beverly or my Natalie...They seemingly knew how to turn the tables on him and get his goat.

He sat in here tonight drinking his beer..

He looked up and to his surprise...He saw Karen come in with Brooke, Natalie and myself..

''See him in here?" asked Karen

"No, but I got it on good word that he comes in here every Wednesday Night." said Brooke.

"I sure wish Olivia, Yvette and the rest of the gang were here." said Natalie.

"Why?, We aren't going to be here that long anyway." I said.

Lt. Tragg naturally made a bee line to our table....

"Ahhhhhh look at this, GIRLS NIGHT OUT!" he sneered.. That was meant as a dig at me, since I was the only male at the table..

He attempted to sit down , but Karen moved the chair..

"Ahhh I'm sorry but you can't sit here, We are expecting one more guest." said Karen..

"Oh and who might that be? Another one of the girls?" he sneered...He really went out of his way to be annoying.

"No, that would be me.AND I ONLY SEE THREE WOMEN HERE!" said Sean Marks, Federal Public Defender and husband of Brooke..

"Hey Vanilla." he said and kissed Brooke in the lips..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, HEYYYYY GIRL!" he said.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hiii baby!" said Brooke.

Seeing those two kiss really burned him up...but there was nothing he could do about it..

Our drinks arrived, Karen and Brooke had Citris Martinis, Natalie had a Mango Martini and I had a beer..Sean didn't drink anything...

All five of us had the Creamy Pasta salad....It was very good!

"Ummmm I love this Pasta Salad." said Karen..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm this is soooo good!" said Natalie.

"It is." I agreed.

"You don't want a beer babe? I'll buy it for you."said Brooke.

"Nah! I'm driving tonight."laughed Sean....

Lt. Tragg was still standing there ,staring at us balefully as we ate the pasta and enjoyed our drinks..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH So you guys aren't in the "Olivia" caravan tonight...Drinking and driving huh? " he said.

"Still trying out for your new position as traffic cop huh? Tell me...Everybody in here is drinking...and everybody in here is going to get in their cars in that parking lot across the street and drive home...Are you going to follow them and try to give them a ticket for drunk driving? Or do you just like to hassle us? " asked Natalie..

"You know something...You Talk too much...One day somebody is gonna close that mouth of yours..."said Lt. Tragg..

"Why don't you get away from our table and then you don't have to hear her mouth?" I asked.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH HE TALKS! WITHOUT HIS VENTRILOQUIST!" he snarled.

"Why don't you leave us alone? We weren't bothering you.....Go away, leave our table."said Brooke.

We were serving our purpose , we were distracting Lt. Tragg....

Karen excused herself and walked across the bar...

Attorney William Johnson was sitting across the bar at a table by himself..

Sipping a nice cold brew....

''Attorney Johnson, William Johnson? I am Attorney Karen Page.." she said.

"I know who you are... You're Assistant District Attorney Karen Page, head of the Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity Unit...You're presently representing that pig, John Cappadollio..

What has his case got to do with being Wrongfully Convicted? he hasn't been convicted yet and didn't he toss you into the Cooler a few weeks ago? Why are you representing that pig?" he asked.

''Why are you representing Tug of War, a quasi legal, multi national corporation that arms terrorists who threaten our nation's freedom, as well as other enemies of the state? You're like me, an Attorney representing a paying client." said Karen, who passed him a subpoena.

"We are subpoenaing you as a hostile witness for the defense in Judge John Cappadolia." said Karen.

"Me? A Witness for the defense of that jamolk! HA! This ought to be worth a laugh" said William Johnson...

"I said, a hostile witness...See ya in court counselor...." said Karen as she returned to our table.

Lt. Tragg was still standing by our table ,glaring and arguing...

"You know Charles....You oughta muzzle your wife, teach her some respect for my authority....She has far too much lip. But she probably controls you..." he snarled.

"You want me to teach her respect for your authority...I DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR YOUR SO CALLED AUTHORITY...NOW GET AWAY FROM THIS TABLE!" I said.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" laughed Natalie loudly.....

Brooke laughed too and then gave her husband, a long ,slow, wet sloppy kiss..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BABY!" she cooed..

"Awwwwwwwwwww girrrrrrrl!" said Sean.....

We had finished our food and our drinks....

Karen came back....

"Mission accomplished." she said.

"We've finished here..We can go...unless you want to order something!" said Natalie.

"Nah we can go...Would you mind dropping me off at my place/" asked Karen..

"Of course not...Come On!" said Sean...

We all paid our bills and quietly left... It wasn't even 8:00 pm... Natalie and I and Brooke got in the backseat...

Karen got up front with Sean, who was driving..

"God Lt. Tragg is really getting to be a nuisance....You can't enjoy a meal or a drink anywhere he's at... I'm seriously thinking about talking to Rockland about getting a restraining order on him like the others have." said Natalie, who was not joking.

"Look at how many times he has violated theirs and been carted off to jail...He never learns." I said.

"It's like he has a need to be annoying and crass." said Brooke.

''You know a restraining order from us is not a bad idea....and it's something that will make his bosses look at him and maybe do something about him." said Karen...

"You mean like transfer him?" laughed Sean as we drove...

We were six blocks away from Curleys when we heard the siren and saw the familliar unmarked police car with the flashing red and blue lights...

It was Lieutenant Tragg...He wasn't through harrassing us..

"I've observed all of you drinking tonight....and now you're operating a vehicle...License and Registration please." he said with a superior grin..

Sean breathed deeply and passed him his license...and then the car's registration.

"It says this car belongs to Brooke Kennedy-Marks." he said snidely....

Sean breathed deeply again...

"You do know that she's my wife and she's sitting in the backseat???....I'm the designated driver because I did not order a drink...All I had was the Pasta....I didn't even have a glass of water....but you know that because you were at my table....ALL NIGHT, Breathing on us." he said.. He snatched his license and the car's registration back from Lt. Tragg...

"Hey Lose the attitude buddy." said Lt. Tragg...

Sean showed him two GPS trackers..

'"DID you put these on my wife's car? I'm going to show these to your Deputy of Operations tomorrow and then you're going to explain to him why you were unlawfully and without a warrant tracking a U.S. Attorney and four of the city's Assistant District Attorneys....I didn't have a drink and I'm going home...GOOD NIGHT LIEUTENANT!!! I'D BETTER NOT SEE OR HEAR FROM YOU ANYMORE TONIGHT!! YOU GOT THAT? " said Sean...

Natalie and I and Brooke didn't even try to hide the fact that we were laughing...Sean had him up a barrell and he knew it..

He looked like he had swallowed a canary....He said no more and we pulled off...

Sean had no intention of going to see the Deputy of Operations...He chucked the trackers in the trash a few blocks away and we drove off...

Lt. Tragg got in his car and pulled off in the opposite direction....He had not gotten the "win" he needed for the night..

We wouldn't find out until the next morning...but later on that night ,Lt. Tragg's car collided with a lamp post...

The Officer on the scene gave him a breathalyzer and it was determined his blood alcohol level was way over the legal limit..

Off to the Cooler he went.....

No News Spreads like Bad news and the next morning at Breakfast...

Everybody was laughing and talking about it.. and laughing..,It had made the news...

"AREA HOMICIDE DETECTIVE INVOLVED IN AUTO ACCIDENT! HE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE!!!" read the newspaper headlines..

"Oh My God! This is the second time this has happened to him"said Yvette, laughing uncontrollably...

"Yeah and he's always gettin on us about drinking.."said Keith Jones.

'He'd better not open his mouth to us, the next time we are in Curley's."said Bee Bee.

"I'm seriously thinking about not going there anymore..I get tired of the hassle with him."said Sofia.

"No we've got to go and go soon just to laugh at his ass."said her husband, Kahlil.

"Oh I wouldn't miss this for the world." said Jade.

"Me Neither "said Virginia.

"I heard his car was totaled." said Jetty,laughing uncontrollably...

'"This is like two times he's totaled a car in a situation like this and both times, he was drinking."said Jazzy..

''What A Hypocrite...He'd better not open his mouth to us."said Dabnis.

"I heard that the cop on the scene didn't know who he was."said Kayla.

"At that point, it didn't matter." said Ray, laughing uncontrollably...

''What a Hypocrite with his -"I hope all you high fallutin lawyer types aint drinking and planning to drive home." spiel everytime we are in Curleys." spat Jessica in disdain.

"Oh I can't wait to throw this in his face."laughed Chip..

"The Important thing is we got that subpoena served last night." said Karen.

"Yeah, we'll see Mr. Johnson in court." said Natalie..

I was happy we served Johnson a subpoena, but I was happier that ole Lt. Tragg had himself been in a car accident and was sitting in jail as we spoke.

"Oh My God...This is so funny, Him in an auto accident and legally drunk...HAHAHAHA" laughed Brooke.

"I call it Poetic Justice." laughed Sean.

"I heard you had him shook." said Tony...

''Serves him right."laughed Paris.

III-

CURLEY'S BAR-

"They served me with a subpoena last night....His defense, what could they possibly want?" asked Attorney William Johnson.

His attorney had his laptop out..

"We can look at Discovery, see what they have that can hurt you is all." he said.

His Attorney was busy looking us up...

BROOKE KENNEDY-MARKS

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Hallahan Catholic High School for Girls.Philadelphia PA.

B,A,- Administration Of Justice/Trial Advocacy/Pre Law- Lasalle University

J.D.- Middleton School of Law, Bayside,PA.

Speaks Spanish/French and Russian fluently.

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New Jersey/New York/ Deleware

Law Clerk for Pennsylvania's Chief Judge of Appeals, Carter Baum

Trial Attorney for U.S. Department of Justice's Anti- Trust Division, Washington D.C.

Married to Attorney Sean Marks, A Trial Attorney for The U.S. Department of Justice, Anti Trust Division.

DIVORCED after two years. No Children.

Public Defender's Office-Philadelphia

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia Districts Attorney's office.

Married to U.S. Attorney Sean Marks

Staff Attorney-WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT\

NATALIE JEAN TENNISON CHARLES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Girls,Philadelphia PA.

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

JD-Georgetown University Law Center

Passed the Bar in Virginia/Maryland/Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Deleware / New York

Associate Litigation Attorney at Akin/Gerard/ Jordan/Hester & Field

Public Defender's Office- Philadelphia

Assistant District Attorney-Philadelphia

Staff Attorney - WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT

Married to David Charles

DAVID KEITH CHARLES

Born in Philadelphia Pa.

Graduated from Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia PA.

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

JD- Temple University School of Law

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New York/Deleware/New Jersey

Speaks Spanish And French Fluently..

Public Defender- Philadelphia PA.

Assistant District Attorney-Philadelphia District Attorneys Office.

Staff Attorney -WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT

Married to Natalie Jean Tennison-Charles

KAREN DIANE PAGE-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Lower Merion High School

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

JD- University Of Pennsylvania School of Law

Speaks Spanish and French fluently...

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New Jersey/ Deleware / New York/California

Associate Attorney McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt

Married to Attorney Lloyd Cantrell,( deceased)

Public Defender-San Francisco, CA.

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia PA.

Currently Head of Wrongfully Convicted/Conviction Integrity Unit ,division of The Philadelphia

District Attorney's Office.

"Hmmmmm these are very astute attorneys here..we've got to be careful and tread very lightly....Why were they mentioning Tug of War? What has it got to do with your wife's murder?" asked his Attorney.

"I have no idea." said Attorney William Johnson.

ONE WEEK LATER- COURTROOM D-

Trial began in Judge Jane Lynne's courtroom..

Natalie and Bruce Green went up against each other on Voire Dire.....He was on his game, but still no match for Natalie.. She got 8 out of 12 of the jurors she wanted...

Brooke and I and Paris were all smiles.

Our client, Judge John Cappadolio was very pleased...

"Karen you've got a great bunch of lawyers working with you...She nearly got a slam dunk." he said.

"Yes she did...Now let's see how the rest of this trial goes." said Karen...

"We now have a Jury....Trial will begin tomorrow morning....Attorneys be on time and be ready for trial." said Judge Lynne...

We walked out of the courtroom...

Lt. Tragg stood near the doorway...

"Hey How's your car?" I asked.

Paris snickered..

Natalie snickered too!

So did Brooke.

Even our client laughed a little bit at my remark...

Naturally, Lt. Tragg was not amused...

THAT NIGHT!

"Wow, it's Nine O'clock....No Baseball Game tonight, No Block Party....Just a regular night, Me and you home alone...huh?" I said..

"Yup just me and you alone."said Natalie... "Help me out of my clothes, I want to get comfortable." she said..

I unzippered her dress and helped her out of it...

"I want to get comfortable too!" I said..

"I know you do....Nasty, Horny Dog!" she laughed.. We were kissing and she was softly rubbing my penis which was engorged at this point...

"Ummmmmmmmmmm that thing is huge.." she said, smiling... "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WEEEE!" she continued.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH NATALIE!" I said.

"Got your hands all down in my panties....why don't you slip them off?" she asked.

"Yes why don't I?" I said..

I slipped her panties down slowly and she stepped out of them...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned..

''Stop all that moaning...You sound like a mule......Ummmmmmmmph....you're hung like one.." she said...

I laughed and squeezed her butt, while still kissing her...

I lifted her up and entered her....

"OHHHH DAVID, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE ALL IN THIS...OH MY GODDD!" she screamed.

Soon I placed her on the dresser drawer ,parted her legs and entered her again....Her body trembled and she experienced a deep and intense orgasm that had her head turning from side to side and tears flowing down the side of her face...

I spread her legs and entered her doggie style..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DAVIDDDDDDD!! UMMMMMMMMMMM" she cried out!

"NATALIE JEAN TENNISON-CHARLES ,OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I moaned.....

"YOU LOVE MY GOVERNMENT NAME DON'T YOU?" Natalie laughed..

"I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!" I screamed out...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Natalie cooed.

.I folded her up on the bed.....

"OH DAVID, I'm about to cum again!!!" she wailed...

I wanted to savor her like a fine steak!

We made sweet love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS.

Natalie rested her head on my chest....

"Natalie Jean, you naughty girl...You really put it on me tonight." I said, trying to catch my breath...

"You gonna call my name in your sleep?" she giggled.

"Probably!" I said , slowly drifting off..

"Nasty!" she laughed as she hugged me and drifted off too!

And next door at Brooke and Sean's apartment...

The Kissing was hot and heavy......

"OHHHHHHHHHHH BROOOKIE! OH MY GOODNESS!" Sean said slipping her panties down

she giggled...

Brooke eased down on Sean on the side of the bed and began to move up and down, engulfing him in kisses that had him nearly losing his mind, not knowing if he was coming or going...

"OH MY GOD IT'S SO BIG!!!" she yelled out.. "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed..

"IT'S ALL FOR YOU BABY!" he said smoothly....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned loudly..

While she rode him cowgirl style on the bed.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned loudly..

and doggie style as well...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! UMMMMMMMMMMMMM SEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO SPLIT YOUR VANILLA IN HALF....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

Brooke's body trembled and she experienced a deep and intense orgasm that had her head turning from side to side and tears flowing down the side of her face...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! MEOOOOOWWWW!" she moaned loudly..

Like Natalie and Me...Brooke and Sean made sweet love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS.

Brooke lie, exhausted and sweaty on top of Sean, who had already dozed off...She looked at him and smiled.. Even after they had initially divorced they had remained friends with benefits...She was glad they were once again married and having great sex.

IV-

COURTROOM C-

ADA Bruce Green was as cut-throat as could be... He brought up the fact that Judge John Cappadolio

had been arrested two times in two weeks...Once for Sexual Assault.

Karen, Brooke and Natalie cried foul....They had fought and won a motion forbidding mention of the Sexual Assault arrest and case, since it had been resolved and the charges dropped..

Judge Lynee strongly admonished him...and demanded that his statement regarding the Judge's first arrest be stricken from the court record....

ADA Bruce Green apologized but smiled snidely....He knew the Jury had already heard it and he knew if they'd been reading the papers they had already known about it...He wanted to keep that on their minds.

Brooke and Natalie were like a well oiled machine...They had worked together so long they had a rhythm. They were much like Olivia and Beverly...They finished each other's sentences , they never got in each other's way...and they made Bruce Green pay and pay dearly...

They spent the next few days discrediting his witnesses and tying him up with predicates, laws pertaining to like cases, ;laws pertaining to this case that he was overlooking and constantly over-ruling his actions...

He was furious with them....You could see it in his face...They had broke down his cool demeanor.

For People's exhibit A...I called in someone from the Medical Examiner's Office and an independent DNA Specialist, who said the dried semen stains and other biological evidence on these panties was at least three days old when found on the freshly made bed of Judge John Cappadolio...and they had her
husband, Bill Johnson's DNA , from his sweat on them also...

My argument was that they were freshly taken out of a hamper and placed in his bedroom...because, she hadn't been there for three days.... I had Street Camera footage to prove that... It also showed her leaving his house with the juicer and a couple of glasses and getting in her car...THREE DAYS BEFORE!!

Bruce Green vehemently objected saying I had no proof...No proof of this...

Judge Lynne said "Mister Green, The Camera footage doesn't lie and the scientific evidence shown here does indeed prove that these weren't panties worn the night before....I'm going to allow this." she said.

I had made my point and some on the jury, the females were starting to doubt the prosecution.....

Karen began the defense by calling one witness and one witness only...The only witness we intended to call. Mr. William Johnson.

He walked up to the stand , perplexed...

His Attorney stated...

"I'd like the jury to know that my client, although an understandably hostile witness for the defense is not on trial here....He is a victim." he said. "His wife was murdered by this man on trial."

''Duly noted counselor, but I'll allow him to be questioned." said Judge Lynne.

"Mr. Johnson, when did you find out your wife was having an affair with my client?" asked Karen...

"I had a feeling she was having an affair for awhile, so I hired a Private Investigator, who showed me some pretty racy photos of her and your client in various sleazy motels and his condo engaging in adultery." he said.

"You actually knew about five months before..... I have a copy of your Credit Card report...You let your wife hold one of your cards and she accidentally used it when she charged a motel room and ordered breakfast the day after....You had to see this bill...$150.00 for a room for one night and $44.50 for Breakfast ordered the next morning....You had to know that you had never been to that motel and that food bill was too big for one person...it was for two...You saw it and you knew... or the second time she slipped up and charged her card....which you saw...This time a $250.00 room and another takeout bill of $46.57.....This was a month later...You saw this and you knew didn't you? Remember, you are under oath!" asked Karen....

"Yes" he said.

"You hired Private Investigator Bert Vandenberg, who supplied those photos to you sometime afterwords...but you already knew she was cheating and you already knew who she was cheating with...My client....Judge John Cappadolio...who you despised....Not just because he tossed you in the cooler, but because after the trial in his courtroom , he suggested to the D.A.'s office to do a further investigation into your dealings with TUG OF WAR ARMAMENTS, specifically in Philadelphia with a White Supremacist organization.... Now you're no White Supremacist...but you like money and you were the go between between these two organizations....Your wife accidentally discovered your business dealings with these two and she threatened to divorce you and turn in State's Evidence...That's why you decided she had to go, didn't you?" asked Karen...

He smiled, "I don't know what you're talking about.." he laughed..

"I gotta hand it to you...It was brilliant....You poisoned her eight hours before you saw those photos...We saw your appointment book...We knew you had a meeting with Bert Vandenberg.... You saw those photos and you played the enraged hurt, betrayed husband and you went home ,made sure everybody saw how enraged you were and you put three bullets into your wife's body, knowing all along that she was already dead..Her body was cold and the Medical Examiner's Office would pick that up and let you off the hook for her murder...."I said..

He laughed Nervously..."This is nonsense....None of it's true and further more you can't prove it!" he told me.

''Actually , we can.. We have street camera footage of your car...We know that's your car because we got the license plate driving up to our client's condo, after he left for court that morning...That's a grainy photo of someone dressed in all black carrying a bag....That's the Bag with the panties and the bottle of Cyanide... You made a call to Lt. Tragg from a burner phone that afternoon...."said Brooke.

"And you made two serious mistakes... One , that particular bottle of Cyanide..YOU ORDERED WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD OFF OF THE TUG OF WAR WEBSITE....THE SERIAL NUMBERS MATCH..and it's your sweaty DNA, and fingerprint on the can...Not my client's...just like it's your sweaty DNA on your wife's soiled panties, which you took out of the hamper...not my clients." said Natalie.

"I'm...I'm..I'm not saying anything else or answering anything without the advice of counsel."said William Johnson...

''Wise Choice....The defense rests" said Karen..

ONE HOUR LATER-

"Has the jury come to a verdict?" asked the Judge..

"We have your honor."said the Jury foreman...

The jury foreman passed the verdict to the Bailiff , who passed it to the Judge..

She read it and she smiled like a proud mother.. That was a dead give away...The excitement in the visitors section rose..

"IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. JOHN CAPPADOLIO ON COUNT ONE, CONSPIRACY TO COMMITT MURDER...WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!

ON COUNT TWO, COMMISSION OF A CRIME WITH AN INSTRUMENT OF CRIME,NAMELY CYANIDE POISON,WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY....

ON COUNT THREE, MANSLAUGHTER, WE FIND THE DEFENDENT , NOT GUILTY!

ON COUNT FOUR, SECOND DEGREE MURDER, WE FIND THE DEFENDENT , NOT GUILTY!

AND ON THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGE, MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, WE FIND THE
DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!

Before he could ask, the jury was polled and to a man, the verdict was the same..

Judge John Cappacolio sighed relief..

He gave Karen , a long sensuous kiss...a kiss that lasted a little longer than it should have...

"Ummmmmmmmmm I've always wanted to do that!! Thank you Karen, Thank you and your team so much..UMMMMMMMMMMM!" he said.

Karen blushed! "You're...You're...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU You're Welcome! " she said..

"WOWWWWW!" she whispered to herself...

"Well, another win in the books." I said.

''Yes Sirrrrrrrrrrrrrr"said Natalie.. She and Brooke leaped up...and high fived each other the way Olivia and Beverly did..

"It's Thursday Night, Couples Night and I can't think of a better place to celebrate.." laughed Brooke..

Bruce Green was as usual beside himself....A fourth loss in his storied career..

"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS...I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, AHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he screamed to the top of his lungs...

He tossed his suit jacket in the air and kicked the table and then rolled on the floor and kicked his heels in the air..like a child having a tantrum....

"OH MY GOD!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM?" asked Natalie...

"Whatever it is...He'll get over it...Let's Get outta Here." said Brooke as we all left..

EPILOUGE-

William Johnson was arrested and convicted of murdering his wife...and sentenced to Life, No parole..

He was later tried and convicted of Malfeasance in the Tug Of War Armaments case..and given an additional 25 years. He is essentially, buried.

John Cappadolio returned to the bench... Hopefully, he is behaving himself......

It was once again "COUPLES NIGHT at Curley's Bar..So everybody piled into Olivia and Beverly's buses and headed to Curley's Bar...It was the one place we all hung out that was not in their part of the city or near where most of us worked.....It was half way across town.

On couples night, Every couple got two drinks free for every two drinks they ordered... Jazzy and Dabnis, Jessica and Chip, Tyrell and Renee and Kayla and Ray sat at seperate tables...talking quietly and drinking.. They knew the risk they faced of running into Lt. Tragg in here, but tonight, they didn't care. In fact, they all hoped he did come in...

" I love Couples Night..." said Jazzy.

" I love after Couples Night." said Dabnis, anticipating making love to Jazzy all night tonight when they got home.. It was a Thursday night. ,They both were off Friday. So were we!

"I know you love it, Horn Dog!"laughed Jazzy.

"I love Couples Night...and I love the fact that we are off tomorrow." said Jessica.

"Oh yesss... Ouuuuu I hope you are wearing those Black panties you bought last week ." whispered Chip to Jessica.

"Yesssss....I am wearing them.... Oh My God....You are such a horn dog." Whispered Jessica to Chip.

''Sweeet...Love Couples Night."said Jazzy.

"So do I." said Ray, smiling salaciously at his sexy wife..

''Shame we gotta work tomorrow and all of our friends are off." said Renee.

"We are only working a half day tomorrow, it won't be so bad." said Tyrell.

Olivia, Donnie Ray, Beverly and Nelson, Josie and Paris, Bresha and Tony and Rockland and Alfreda managed to find seperate tables near each other..

''Ummmmmm these drinks are delicious." said Olivia. "So glad I gave everybody off tomorrow" she added.

"I've never quite heard them described that way. I'm glad you gave everybody off too! We deserve it! " laughed Donnie Ray...

Beverly was sitting on her husband's lap, enjoying her drink...

Nelson had a big smile on his face as he enjoyed his drink and held Beverly with his other hand..

" I love Couples Night..." said Josie.

"I think we all do." said her husband, Paris.

Bresha was sitting on her husband's lap and sipping her third drink...

Her husband Tony said"I am soo glad we came on buses and don't have to drive home."

Alfreda laughed "I think we all are...That's the whole idea so everybody can enjoy themselves and get home safely." she said.

Her husband, Rockland, just smiled.

In another corner, Yvette Jones-Lockwood and her husband, Gary, Keith and Beatrice Jones, Sofia and Kahlil Ahmed , Jade and Danny Ho and Virginia and Jetty had found seperate tables...

''Another couples night." said Yvette.

''Yessssssss and after couple's night...It's gonna be epic...I'm off tomorrow."said Gary.

"Bee Bee... you look incredible tonight."said Keith Jones..

"That's the Liquor and your Libido talking, but I'll take it."laughed Bee Bee, who was sitting on her husband's lap. He was hugging her gently..

Sofia, already drunk was sitting in her husband, Kahlil's lap, with her head on his shoulders.

Kahlil smiled serenely...

So Did Jade , who was laying her head on her husband, Danny Ho's shoulders.

Danny was finishing up his drinks.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm this is sooooo good." said Virginia ,sipping her drink....

"Just like you baby....Just like you.." said Jetty.

"Oh Hush freshie.."laughed Virginia..

Because they were all scattered around the bar, if he did come in ,Lt. Tragg would not be able to zero in on them as a group the way he often did...

Sitting at a table for four was Zoey and Lem and Brooke and Sean...

"Ummmm these steaks are so good... I remember when we were courting , you used to ask me to come here, have a thick steak , a martini and some quiet conversation." said Zoey to Lem.

''And it was a good idea too!" said Lem.

"You used to say the same thing to me before we got married the first time.."said Brooke to her husband, Sean..

Sean said nothing...He smiled and cut his steak.

Then he said..."Yes and as I recall, we did..and it was a nice night." he replied.

Nice thick juicy New York Strip Steaks and Martini's..arrived for all of the couples in our group.. we were eating and enjoying our food as well as multiple drinks.

Natalie and I were the only couple sitting at the bar... We were waiting for them to clear a table for us...

They did and we joined the others at a table in the middle of the bar.

"You know...I actually like this bar... The Food is very good and the drinks are reasonable....and minus Lt. Tragg this is not a bad spot...Brooke and I used to drink in here before and it was very nice..It still is."said Natalie.

"Me, Jessica and Chip used to come in here and drink occassionally too! They introduced me to Olivia and Beverly and their crew and Yvette and her crew ,shortly after they left the Public Defender's office and started working for the Innocence Project....I knew they often worked cases with both groups. When did Lt. Tragg get so unhinged and ruin everybody's bar experience?' I asked.

"That's a good question husband..I don't really know...Can't really put my finger on it."said Natalie,.

I had been rubbing her nice shapely legs and eventually had my hands up her skirt the entire time we were sitting at that table that night, talking. ..She was very gentle, very sweet .. I just loved her to death.

Natalie passed me some hand sanitizer.... "Our food is coming Handsy Hank..." she said and smiled.

''Here comes our food." said David Charles..

Like Everybody else...We had two nice thick New York Strip Steaks, A baked Potato with Butter and or Sour Cream...A Citris Martini for Natalie and an International Brew for me..

Naturally, Lt. Tragg walked in...It had been two weeks since his DUI induced accident...but the first time he'd seen any of us...

He saw all of us eating full dinners as well as drinking and laughing and talking amongst ourselves and felt as though he just had to interrupt that... He stood in the middle of where we all were sitting and stared at us balefully...

"I see all of you high fallutin, high priced attorneys are eating well...Some of you off the public's dime..and drinking....It's a good thing most of you are riding home on those buses tonight...I'd hate to bust someone for DUI..." he declared..

Everyone stopped eating and drinking...The Roar of Laughter was deafening.....

''Boy Artie walked into that one!" said Curley, the bar's owner and a former Homicide Detective himself.

"I KNOW YOU AREN'T TALKING ABOUT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE!! NOT YOU!!

WHAT'S THIS YOUR SECOND CAR ACCIDENT?" said Karen, who was a little innebriated herself

The laughter grew even louder!. No one was engaging him in any banter tonight, We were just laughing... and continuing to eat and drink and talk amongst ourselves..

She was with B.L. They had been somewhere else before coming here....They had taken an UBER, Knowing we all would be here and hopping a ride back with Olivia.. They'd be spending the night in the bedroom in Olivia's sub-basement.

He walked away...He couldn't take the loud laughter, especially since it was aimed at him...

When our buses pulled up at 2:35am , a half hour after closing time...He was sure to look to make sure every last one of us got on those buses, which took us all to our doors...Even Karen and B.L., so drunk they could hardly walk, got on our bus...They pulled off, taking every last one of us to our front doors...

It had been a disapointing night for Lt. Tragg.... He didn't get to annoy or get any of us riled up, he instead was the laughing stock of the bar...he had lost another court case and all of us went home on the buses, denying him a chance to further hassle and annoy us...He felt empty....