VENTURES: If Looks Could Kill

COURTROOM A- MONDAY MORNING ,9:00 AM

"Good Morning.. I am Judge Jane Pringle as some of you may very well know...We are going to change things a bit...Due to courtroom crowding of cases , we are going to bypass a preliminary hearing...We know that a crime, a henious crime has been committed so we are going to go straight to trial.. We will have Jury selection today...I'll be out tomorrow..So Wednesday we will begin with trial." said Judge Pringle... We will start today with introductions.." she said.

"Casey Rourke, Assistant District Attorney, representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania your honor." she said.

''Olivia Bennett-Alexander,Lead Attorney for the defense your honor." said Olivia.

"Beverly West East- Second Chair, Attorney for the Defense." said Beverly..

The Defendant, Attorney Gary Smith was standing between Beverly and Nelson...He marveled at how fortunate Nelson was to have a hot wife , who in turn had an equally hot aunt and to work along side two equallly attractive attorneys in Josie and Bresha , day in and day out... ''Why I'd constantly be erect." he thought to himself.

"Attorney Nelson East, for the defense your honor.

"Attorney Josie Boyd, for the defense."said Josie.

"Attorney Bresha Billips, for the defense." said Bresha.

"Donnie Ray Alexander, Investigator for the defense your honor." I said.

"Good ,now that we are through with introductions...We can begin with Voire Dire." said the Judge..

ADA Casey Rourke was good as Attorneys go... but she knew nothing about trial science..

She had no idea that Nelson already knew all there was to know about the jurors and which ones he'd find acceptable and which ones he wouldn't...He had carefully worded questions ready for each person he talked to...

And after a short while..He had an even dozen...All 12 of the jurors he wanted... A first....and a surprise..considering we were up against a formidable attorney , who had up to now had never come close to losing a case..

Olivia and Beverly both nodded their approval...

Lt. Tragg sat next to ADA Rourke with his arms folded, Angry as hell at her for rejecting his dinner date offer and for slapping him the other day...

Casey was oblivious to the whole thing...She was laser focused on this trial..

Ruby Peterson was ironically the court stenographer...No one knew she was personally involved with the defendant outside of us...

She was daydreaming about this morning..

EARLY MORNING!

Ruby and Gary were kissing passionately in his hotel room...

"Gary, babyyyyy we've got to get up and get dressed for court.." she whispered...

"In a few hours ...In a few hours.....We've still got time for this.." he whispered...

"You always want time for this...." she giggled, still kissing him...

"I missed you last night" he said.

It was the only night she had stayed with him that they did not have sex...Ruby insisted she needed her sleep.

"I had to get some sleep...I had to be ready for court today."said Ruby.

"I'm ready."said Gary..

She gasped at the size of his erection and rubbed it softly...

"Seems like you're always ready for this..." she laughed... "OHHH MYYYY! YOU'RE A HORSE!! OHHHH!" she said.

"YESSSSS OHHHHHHH MYYYY" he moaned

as he slipped her panties down.....

"I CAN'T KEEP MY HANDS OFF YOU AND I CAN'T CONTROL MY ERECTIONS WHEN YOU'RE AROUND.." he moaned..

She laughed... "Well try hard, try in court..." she giggled.. "Don't want you standing up before the judge with your trousers sticking out like a circus tent..." she laughed..

He turned her around, spread her legs and entered her slowly and as gently as he could...She gasped as he entered her .

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD!" she howled.."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned as Gary went to town..thrusting away....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH GARY OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GARRRRRRRRRY!!

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned..... The sink creaked almost sounding as if it might seperate from the wall...

"Ruby, Ruby baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...

Her head turned from side to side...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm , that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU! I'm... I'm LOSING MY DAMN MIND!!" he moaned..

"I'M LOSING MY MIND TOO!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out.

THREE HOURS Slowly slipped by.....

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! HURRY UP BABY...HURRY UP AND CUMM" she begged him...

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he cried out as he came so hard, his entire body was shaking.

They both took a nice hot shower together.....

Ruby got dressed...She watched as Gary got dressed...

."Alright...We have a jury and we've completed our Introductions... It is Monday People.. Day after tomorrow trial will begin here at 10:00 AM Sharp..Be on time and be ready for trial..Court is dismissed." said Judge Pringle.

II-

30th Street Train Station- Philadelphia PA.

Johnny Lassiter had no intention of appearing in any courtroom...

He didn't but the authorities did!

"Hello, you must be Johnny Lassiter......Johnny you've been a bad bad boy....You didn't show up in court today....I'm going to assume that that was a mis-step on your part... You've got a suitcase....Going somewhere? I think not! I'm Gary Lockwood, Investigator for the District Attorney's Office and you're going with me.. Hook him up guys, read him his rights." said Gary...

Several police officers handcuffed Johnny Lassiter and read him his rights...

If Looks could Kill... He looked like he wanted to strangle Gary. He angrily allowed himself to be led back to the courthouse jail known as "The Cooler"

where he'd stay until trial.....

SAM MOTHER'S DINER-

Lt. Tragg sat at the counter, drinking an Ice Tea..

He looked up and Casey Rourke sat down next to him...

"Guess What? You don't have to worry about Johnny Lassiter....My Investigator for the D.A.'s office found him and with some police officers assigned to my office, he was arrested and is now in custody.

''Arrested for what? WHO IS HE ANYWAY?"asked Lt. Tragg.

"You didn't read the reports did you? And you didn't even try to look for him....."she sighed...

His fingerprint and his sweat was also found on the murder weapon along with Gary Smith's...and he has a record for stalking women... He is indeed a person of interest... Problem is..Olivia's team thought he was important enough...DONNIE RAY FOUND HIM DAYS AGO AND SLAPPED A SUBPOENA ON HIM....That's why he was arrested ...For missing a court date...He's their Hostile defense witness...Had you of gotten to him and at least questioned him first...We could have avoided this..annnnnd I might have been a little more susceptable to your dinner invitation."she said and got up and walked out of the diner...

Lt. Tragg looked like he'd swallowed a canary!

We had no intention of eating lunch or trying to eat linch at Sam Mother's Diner...Not with the unhinged.. Lt. Tragg around..

We were all at The Bridge Building with our friends.

"We picked him up at the train station this morning..He had a suitcase and everything...He was getting ready to skip town... He's safely in custody..In the cooler..awaiting your beck and call." said Gary, who had joined us..

"Thank you Gary, I feel a lot better about this case now." said Olivia.

"So do I...especially after all of our hard work trying to locate him in the first place and serve him with a subpoena."I said.

"Now we are ready to go fully into battle."said Beverly, smiling..

"I must admit...When he was a no show this morning..I was kinda worried."said Nelson.

"So was I...I'm so glad he's locked up...Now we know where he is..."said Josie.

"I have class this afternoon after work...I'll be taking the car."said Paris.

"Josie won't need it anyway...We'll be home and if she needs to go anywhere..She can use my car."said Bresha.

"Yeah man, you get down.."said Tony...

"Thanks Guys...but I don't need to be anywhere...I'll be home..

"You can hang with us until he gets home... My cousin is doing my hair tonight....We'll all be over my spot."said Beverly...

"Yeah Josie....We'll be over." said Jazzy...

''She's gettin her hair done too!"luaghed Dabnis.

''She is not..She's just keeping me company while I di Bev's hair.." said Kayla..

"I thought that was my job." joked her husband, Ray. "To keep you company." said Ray.

''Sofia is doing my hair tonight...I'll be over her house." said Jessica.

''What is this, Hair Care night?" asked Chip.

''Sometimes it just works out like that."laughed Karen..

"Well I had my hair done last week by Bernadette.." said Natalie. "I haven't visited my girl Bev in a minute...We might stop by."she said.

"Bev's got the hot house tonight."laughed David.

"It's just a girl's night...We'll be doing hair, laughing and talking...Why don't you guys go down to Food Corner, get us some Pizza?" said Brooke..

"That's right..Put us to work." said Sean....

''That's what you signed up for on your wedding day."laughed Olivia.. "Hey Vettie, guys." she said as

Yvette Jones Lockwood and her crew sat down with their trays...

"Heyyyyyyy Liv, you decided to eat with us today eh?" said Yvette..

''Best spot in town." said Olivia.

"Heyyy sexy!" said Gary to his wife, Yvette..

''Heyyyy Baby!" said Yvette to Gary...

Giving him a slow, soft kiss...

"I have a list of the stuff you want me to get from the grocery store tonight for Sofia's...But I thought She was just doing Jessica's Hair." said Keith Jones..

"She is...She's doing mine too! You and Kahlil and Chip have to have something to eat and drink, So do the rest of us.."said his wife, Bee Bee.

"Yeah we are making it a party."said Sofia.

''Look ,Danny is working late..Come on over Jade...You too Ms. Virginia."said Kahlil.

"Thank Youuuu."said Jade..

"Thanks baby, but I'll be at home tonight...I know Daddy is going to want some sugar tonight isn't he?" asked Virginia to her husband..

"You know it baby.."said Jetty , rubbing her butt softly... "UMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU! CUT IT OUT! YOU ARE SO NASTY!" cooed Virginia.

It was quite obvious tonight was a night we were all staying in...No club hopping tonight!

...

While at our Office Duplex- Rockland was on his lunch break and was at our office with his wife, Alfreda, our office manager..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ALFREDA!!!" he moaned..

"STOP ALL THAT MOANING...YOU SOUND LIKE A MULE!!!!!" she said.

They were taking advantage of the fact that we weren't there and kissing passionately in the kitchen...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, you are such a horny toad!" she said, continuing to kiss him..

"Rocklannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd!!!! We have a whole house across the street...Why don't you wait until we get home?" she said as he slipped her dress up....

"Let's go down into the sub-basement" he said.

"No...absolutely not...Now come onnnnnnnnnnn." she begged as he slipped her panties down..

He opened her blouse and gazed at her bra...

"Oh my Goddddd Alfreda.....OHHHHHHH!" he moaned..

"I bought this bra the last time we went to the beach...." she said and smiled.

He slipped her panties down and nearly fainted....

"I remember how you reacted the last time I wore these...I was going to surprise you tonight..You've ruined the surprise." she said..

"Welll I'm glad you did." he said.

"I can see that!" she laughed.. "WOUUUUUUUUUUU LOOK AT YOUUUUU!" she said.

His trousers dropped and he lifted Alfreda off the floor....and entered her slowly...He was slowly losing his mind...So was she...She gasped...her body began to shake and tremble and tears began to flow from her eyes....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! UMMMMMMMMM... UMMMMPH!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWWWWD!" he cried out..

"Rockland...Rockland! OUUUUUUUUUUU ROCKLANNNNNNNNNNND!" she cried out..She was having an intense orgasm...the likes of which she hadn't had in awhile..Once again, She gasped...Her body began to shake and tremble and tears began to flow from her eyes....

He placed her on the sink, spread her legs and began to kiss her softly.. Once Again,She gasped...her body began to shake and tremble and tears began to flow from her eyes as he slowly and gently entered her again....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! UMMMMMMMMM... UMMMMPH! ALL UP IN ME WITH YOUR BIG AND HARD SELF...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU'RE HUNG LIKE A MULE!! OUUUUUUUU" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWWWWD!" he cried out..She was so warm and wet....

Outside, Lt. Tragg had driven up...He was livid..The Nerve of Donnie Ray, interfering with his investigation...He needed to talk to him and see if he had grounds to pull his license..

"OLIVIA!!! DONNIE RAY!!! FRONT AND CENTER!! OPEN UP!!! I WANNA TALK TO YOUUUU!" he bellowed as he banged on the door..

Inside, Rockland and Alfreda were really going at it...

"OH FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!! WHAT DOES THAT PAIN IN THE ASS WANT NOW?" yelled Rockland..

"I don't care what he wants, don't you stop,....not nowwww...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

YOU HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS!!! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!! HANDLE YOUR DAMN BUSINESS! RIGHT NOW....I AM YOUR BUSINESS!" Alfreda screamed out..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" said Rockland...

She had a very intense orgasm! Her body trembled and she held on to Rockland for life....He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying...His legs were shaking.....

They continued kissing passionately, Tears flowing from both of their eyes and Rockland, cumming again....as they held each other tightly...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"moaned Rockland..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!!!" she said softly, continuing to kiss him and oblivious to Lt. Tragg outside, banging on the door and ringing the bell.

Lt. Tragg was content that no one was at our house...

He got back in his car and pulled off..

"OUUUUU..I'd Uh better get back to work." said Rockland, smiling sheepishly....

Alfreda fixed her clothes and took a wet wipe and wiped her lipstick off of his lapel and his face..

Her legs were still shaking a bit....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out...

"Yeah...I'l...I'll see you at uh dinner..." she said, as he left and headed for the train..

She turned on the hot water, grabbed a rag and some Pine Sol and began to clean and wipe the office kitchen down...She smiled...No one ever used this kitchen...She wondered if other people had made love in here? She took some Lysol out from under the kitchen sink and sprayed the kitchen...

III-

WEDNESDAY MORNING-COURTROOM A-9:40 AM.

We sat in the waiting area of the courtroom...Today, the Murder Trial of Gary Smith Began..

"Here guys...I thought you could use these." said Gary...

He had brought us all hot steaming tumblers of coffee..

"Ohhhhhhhh thank youuuuu...I'm not used to my clients buying us coffee."said Olivia.

"This was just what the doctor ordered." I said. I rermember back in New Orleans ,sitting with the ADA's and drinking coffee...Now I was sitting with the defense attorneys and drinking coffee.

"Ouuuuu thank you."said Beverly...

''Last night was nice..We actually got a full night's sleep."said Nelson, sipping his coffee..

"We did too!...Ready for trial."said Josie, smiling.

"I'm ready for trial too..heads up guys, here comes trouble."said Bresha. Lt. Tragg walked over to them.

"Olivia, Donnie Ray,.After this trial concludes...We are going to sit down and have a serious conversation about your husband's career as a Private Investigator...I'm going to pull his license for "Interfering in an Official Police Investigation and Obstruction of Justice among other things." he said.

"I'll take you to court and you'll lose....You know that...You won't be able to find an attorney who will be willing to argue that case in your favor against me...So Stop with the idle threats...My husband was acting in his official capacity as my investigator...He broke no laws , He didn't even go to your crime scene this time..Which he has every right to do as an investigator for the defense...Bone up on the law before you come at me with false charges...Charges you can't win." said Olivia.

"And once I'm acquitted, I'm going to have a lonnng talk with your Deputy of Operations... I hear the catfish are biting out on the River...You'd better buy some fishing rods because you're going to be on that boat for a lonnnnng while Lieutenant!" said Gary Smith...

"It'll be hard to do that from Death Row in GREENE CORRECTIONAL PAL!" said Lt. Tragg as he walked off in a huff.

The trial began...

Casey Rourke argued that Gary Smith was a known womanizer who had been in an on again off again relationship with Amy Rosenberg that was pretty volatile at times..

She presented 7 witnesses who testified that they had seen and heard some of their rows.... She then showed the Jury several enlarged glossies of Gary Smith having sex with ADA Jill Jones, The court Stenographer, Ruby Peterson and Amy Rosenberg...

The Jury was stunned by the photographs and titilated,....

The Judge was shocked and peered at Court Stenographer Ruby Peterson, who she thought of as a daughter...

Ruby was both embarrassed and enraged at ADA Casey Rourke...

OLivia, Beverly and Nelson objected, argued relevance and further argued that these photos proved nothing and were an invasion of the privacy of several individuals not involved in this case and asked that they be struck from the records...They argued a case from 1945, 1969 and 2008 in which the same subject was brought up.... They argued that since the jury had been prejudiced by these lurid photos that a mis trial should be called.

Judge Pringle was impressed with how well Olivia, Beverly and Nelson were prepared...Very Impressed, but she was not calling a mistrial...She instead gave ADA Casey Rourke a tongue lashing about employing such a stunt to make a point.. She called a recess in which the jury was polled and asked if they could be fair and impartial after seeing the photos...Only one juror said that "she could not unsee the photos." She was replaced with an alternate juror.

Casey had never been admonished by a Judge like that before...She was amazed that Olivia ,her niece and her niece's husband had been prepared for that...

She produced photos of the murder weapon, found in the defendent's hands after the body was discovered..

Josie showed photos taken from the restaurant we all were at ,the night of the murder, that clearly showed our client there...

She showed a poster that had a triangulation of the last call Amy Rosenberg made...To our client...Just 45 minutes before she died..

She then estimated the time it took him to drive to her loft, with traffic lights and light traffic..

"My Husband and I drove this route ourselves and we got there a little after he did." she said.

Casey Argued that this proved "Nothing...Nothing at all.."

"Ms. Rosenberg was dead when our client arrived and someone assaulted him." she said and showed photos of his head injury and interviewed the Med Techs who attended to him...

Diane was surprised they hadn't brought up the other fingerprint on the gun....She was convinced they were waiting to spring that later, when they were on defense...She had a really bad feeling in her gut...That she was losing the jury and thus the case.....

They had done enough damage during her prosecution, damage like no other defense attorneys had ever done to her before.. She was almost tempted to use Jury Nullification...

At any rate she closed by telling the jury they had all they needed..a volatile relationship by the victim with a man who had betrayed her not once, but twice...an argument that got out of hand...and the murder weapon in his hands with no proof anyone else had been in that loft..

She asked them to find him guilty of Capital Murder....and send him a message that just because he was a fancy lawyer, didn't give him a license to kill.

Tomorrow was our turn...-

Nightfall...When Olivia or Beverly were extremely angry about a situation or excited about aomething, you could expect a night of incredible sex....They were both very excited about our turn on defense and how this trial was going.

.Olivia and I retreated to our bedroom... Outside it was raining hard...

We were kissing like there was no tomorrow, right outside our bedroom...

"Ummmmmmmm Donnie Rayyyyyy, Let's go in the bedroom and get undressed.." she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHH I CAN'T LET YOU GO!" I moaned...as Olivia, unloosened my tie and unbuttoned my shirt...

"Let's go in the bedroom and get undressed.." she cooed again...slipping out of my embrace for a minute...

We continued to kiss omce in the bedroom.....I had her dress and her heels off....

She was down to her bra and panties...and we were still kissing...

I slipped her panties down....

and humped her across the bed...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...UMMMMMMMMMMMPH!!!" I moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DONNIE RAYYYYY...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU FEEL SO DAMN GOOODD!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHH SO DO YOU BABY!" I said.. It was true.. Olivia was warm and wet and smelled like a new born baby...and was so soft...I was on the verge of cumming right away..

she wrapped her arms around me and deep throat kissed me as I plunged into her..

There was something about making love in the rain...or when it was raining outside..

Olivia was very passionate tonight...very passionate...

EIGHT TO NINE HOURS SLID BY SLOWLY!!

Olivia lie peacefully on top of me, sleeping like a baby...I had a wide grin on my face as I held her and rubbed her butt.

Beverly was startled seeing Nelson , butt naked and as erect as a board in the bathroom ,behind her as she brushed her teeth for the night...She was washing her mouth out when she noticed him..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, Look at you..." she laughed..softly fondling his erection....

"MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GOODNESS!" she said and laughed..

"Ummmmmmm" Nelson Moaned silently...and took Beverly in his arms..

"You know I love you don't you?" he whispered in her ear...

"You'd better..all the nasty things I let you do to me.." she giggled..

He slipped her panties down....

Placed her petite body on the sink, spread her legs and entered her softly and slowly..

and thrusted inside of her soft , wet baby soft body...deep throat kissing her, both of them delirious...

"If I had had any idea of the nasty things you wanted to do to me when we were in the Public defenders office..." she said.

"You'd of run away." he laughed.

"Noooooooo, I'd of gave you some a whole lot sooner.." she said in all seriousnes..

"I never knew you were so ,so huge and so hard and so damn good in bed..."said Beverly....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH, well you know it now.."said Nelson.

"I sure do....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, WOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..

Like her auntie, she was very passionate tonight...

He lifted her up and carried her to the bedroom.. Thrusting away slowly..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMM, OH MY GODDDDD!" she screamed out....

Her scream went through the vent and woke Olivia up..

"My neice is so loud...Nelson must really be puttin it to her." she giggled..

I pulled her down to me..

"So why don't you put it on me?" I asked..

"I thought I did.." she laughed...

I reached under her night shirt...and slipped her panties off again..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed...

She straddled me and began moving up and down on me again..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEE! OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU MEOWWWWWWWWW!" she cooed..

Our bed was getting a good work out tonight......

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned as we began making love again....

While downstairs... Nelson and Beverly were in the throes of passion in their bed..

"UMMMMMMMMMMPH, I LOVE YOU BEV" moaned Nelson.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, I LOVE YOU TOOO! NELSON.....OUUUUUUUUU"Beverly screamed..

They were making mad, passionate love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

IV-

THURSDAY MORNING-COURTROOM A-9:40 AM

We sat in the waiting area of the courtroom...Today, our defense of lof Gary Smith Began..

"Here guys...I thought you could use these." said Gary... Once again he brought us coffee.

The coffees were right on time.

"Ohhhhhhhh thank youuuuu...I could get used to this."said Olivia.

"This was just what the doctor ordered." I said. "Thanks Bruh!" I said.

"Ouuuuu thank you."said Beverly...

''Ready to bring this to a close?."said Nelson, sipping his coffee..

"Ready as ever."said Josie, smiling.

"I'm ready for trial too..heads up guys, Here comes trouble."said Bresha. Lt. Tragg walked over to them.

"This trial is almost over and like I said...I intend to have a conversation with you about Donnie Ray's interference in an official criminal investigation...and obstruction of justice.. I'm serious about this..." he said.

''And you'd be wasting your time... You have no legal grounds to do anything to Donnie Ray....But you do that a lot don't you? waste your time on flights of fancy instead of doing your actual job as a detective or stepping back and letting someone else do it....I could have put Gary Lockwood on this..but I gave you the benefit of the doubt...You have screwed up my case enormously and if I lose this case...Your Captain and your Deputy of Operations will hear from me." said Casey,

"Interesting....and you thought it was just me huh? Who thinks you're an incompetant boob!" laughed our client, Gary Smith...

Lt. Tragg was as red as a beet...He did not like being embarrassed like that by Casey Rourke in front of us of all people...and he seriously wanted to deck Gary Smith for his remarks..He stomped his foot and angrilly stormed off into the courtroom, where he sat with his arms folded like a petulant child.

Olivia produced the murder weapon at trial.

"My Client answered a call for help from his ex-girlfriend..as shown by this Cell phone list of calls, only to find her already dead in the 45 minutes it took for him to get there and get knocked cold by the killer , who was still for some god forsaken reason still around...and have this gun placed in his hand..."said Olivia.

Bresha showed the jury photos of the unconscious Gary Smith and Photos of his head wound and asked the jury...

"I'm going to kill somebody and then knock myself out and hang around for the police to show up? Does that make any sense? Make that make sense." she asked..

Beverly showed the jury an enlarged photo of the murder weapon and revealed the fingerprint belonging tp Johnny Lassiter..

She called an ATF Agent and Fingerprint specialist from the FBI lab who both testified that it was indeed Johnny Lassiter's prints on the gun.

Casey argued fruitlessly that this was a street gun and it probably passed through lots of hands...

"The Serial number had long ago been filed off for God's sake." she said.

"Johnny Lassiter's fingerprint on that gun had no business being there..Since the rest of it had been wiped down...Amy Rosenberg had a restraining order out against him and had complained in the weeks before her death that he had been stalking her." said Nelson.

Other than that latent fingerprint on the murder weapon, is there any other proof that he was even there?" asked Casey, brilliantly and desperately trying to save her case. I could see why she had never lost a case before...She was good...She thought on her feet.

Josie called Johnny Lassiter to the stand.. ''Actually, WE DO HAVE PROOF!" she said.

He was very nervous and fidgety.....

"Johnny why were you at Amy Rosenberg's apartment that night? " asked Josie.

''Who says I was? Like the ADA says, there is no other proof I was even there." he said arrogantly..

''Your fingerprints...Our investigator is very thorough...He went over Ms. Rosenberg's apartment with a fine tooth comb and we found your fingerprintssomewhere else....You know where? On her chest of drawers in her bedroom...You were rumaging around for something.." said Beverly with a sly smile on her face.

"Panties....You took some of her panties out of the drawer for a souvenier..."said Olivia.

The Jury howled with laughter....

"An Investigator for the D.A.'s office with a warrant got police to go through your apartment while you were locked up and guess what we found?" said Nelson..

"PANTIES!" said Bresha, taking them out of the box....''We had them tested...They have Amy's DNA on them still....You nasty boy." she said.

The Jury and the spectators howled with laughter..

"YOU KILLED AMY ROSENBERG DIDN'T YOU? MY CLIENT SURPRISED YOU BY COMING IN AND YOU KNOCKED HIM OUT WITH A SAP! The police found that too ,in your apartment..It has my client's blood and DNA on it...and you placed the gun in his hand..."said Olivia.

Beverly dialed a number with her smartphone... A phone in Johnny Lassiter's back pocket rang...

"I figured you were too stupid to lose the phone....That's the burner phone, The same phone you used to call in numerous threats and lewd late night calls to Amy Rosenberg and the same phone you used to call 911 to tell them there was a murder!" said Beverly.

"I aint answering no more questions without a lawyer present." said Johnny Lassiter.

"Smart decision. The Defense rests your honor."said Olivia.

FRIDAY MORNING-COURTROOM A-10:00 AM.

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

"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. GARY SMITH ON COUNT ONE, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER...WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!

ON COUNT TWO, COMMISSION OF A CRIME WITH AN INSTRUMENT OF CRIME,NAMELY A GUN WITH A SILENCER, 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 she could ask, the jury was polled and to a man, the verdict was the same..

Casey had lost her very first case...She was not happy about it at all.. She glared at Lt. Tragg with an icy hatred and anger..but said nothing..

She quietly exited the courtroom...

Olivia and Beverly leaped into the air and high fived each other...

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" they joyously said.

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! THANK YOU ALL, I AM FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT!" said Gary Smith....

He shook Nelson's hand gingerly...

"THANK YOU SO MUCH!" he said.

''You're welcome man.."said Nelson, smiling gingerly.

"Donnie Ray, if Lt. Tragg gives you any trouble, you call me...I'll represent you free of charge...I mean that." said Gary Smith...

"I'm not worried about him...He has no legal grounds and I think he knows that." I said.

He hugged Josie and Bresha..

"Ladies, Thank you very much...I am forever in your debt." he said.

"Oh you're welcome." said Josie.

''And here comes your girl." said Bresha.,

Ruby Peterson walked over to Gary.

They smiled at each other and enjoyed a sweet kiss.

Lt. Tragg stood there watching the entire thing as angry as hell....

EPILOUGE-

Johnny Lassiter was arrested and convicted of the murder of Johnny Lassiter...He was sentenced to Life.

Lt. Tragg didn't get a chance to go after my license..

Casey Rourke wrote a scathing after trial report citing numerous times she asked him to recanvass and to interview additional people and how time and time again he refused to co-operate...She stated that she refused to work another case he was involved in..

Former Defendent, Now once again, Attorney Gary Smith wrote a scathing letter to both Captain Eddie Cantrell and The Deputy of Operations saying that Lt. Tragg's personal dislike of him became something of a Vendetta...and he refused to investigate the crime properly....He said if not for Myself and D.A. Investigator, Gary Lockwood, he would have been convicted and the real guilty party would still be walking the street.... He said he was pondering if he should sue the city for the way Lt.Tragg bungled the investigation and turned it into a personal vendetta.against him.

The Bosses needed to hear no more....They didn't want a law suit....Lt. Tragg was immediately removed from Homicide and reassigned to the Marine Boat...

And so after being on the streets for little over a month...Lt. Tragg was back on the Marine Boat..

For 45 days...

SAM MOTHER'S DINER-

With Lt. Tragg out at sea, we all felt safe to enjoy several breakfasts and lunches at Sam Mother's Diner and even some dinners as a group...sam Mother was happy to see us, Happy to take our money and happy for a calm enviroment...No arguing, yelling , fist fighting that came with Lt. Tragg being around.

CURLEY'S BAR

We even ventured out to Curley's Bar more than on "Couples Night.." It was so relaxing without Lt. Tragg around to hassle us...No arguing, yelling , fist fighting that came with Lt. Tragg being around.

Just mellow nights of quiet conversation, a little laughter, good eating ,drinking and fellowshiping amongst friends.

And one Friday Night...We all boarded the Spirit of Philadelphia for a Dinner Cruise....Our tickets paid for by our good friend and client, Rollie Rollerson. We were served a five star meal and plenty of drinks...

Just as he was boarding his Marine Unit Boat...You should have seen the look on his face.

''Did you see the look on Lt. Tragg's face when he saw us boarding this cruise ship?"laughed Olivia.

"If looks could kill...He looked like he wanted to strangle each and every one of us." I said.

"He's going to have to get over his irrational hate...It's going to kill him."said Beverly.

"I believe that sent his Father and his Uncle to early graves."said Nelson.

''And the world is better for it."said Josie.

''Come on now...That's not nice."said Paris.

"It's true, them and their friends caused my Auntie's death...The Tragg Brothers are dead and Phil Marlowe is rotting away in prison...The world is better off with them gone...Unfortunately, we are stuck with Junior."said Bresha...

"Yeah but for how long? He keeps getting put on that Marine Boat...Pretty soon he's going to be put off the force." said Tony..

"Hope springs eternal."said Alfreda.

"It's been wonderful with him on that boat...What's it been, 15 days now?" laughed Rockland.

"Thirty more to go....I'm loving it!"said Yvette.

"It has been nice...No whining, bitching and moaning about how the world is unfair to him or him constantly asking me where You and your "snot nosed youngins are." said Gary.

"I imagine you do get tired of that....I'm just glad that most of the week , we don't have to see him or put up with him anyway...."said Keith Jones.

"He doesn't know where we work...but poor Liv...He knows where they live and he shows up at their door from time to time."said Bee Bee.

''We need to call the Sherrif More...Get his ass locked up." said Sofia.

"That does no good...How many times has that happened? He's thick headed."said Kahlil.

"Thick headed ness cost him that case...Simple police work, the simplest could have eliminated Gary Smith as a suspect the first night. He wouldn't hear of it."said Jade.

"That's because he doesn't like the man and he wanted to make a case out of it..."said Danny Ho.

''Well he really doesn't like the man now...He's back on the boat and both times Gary Smith was behind it.."said Virginia, laughing.

"That Assistant District Attorney ,Casey Rourke is partially responsible too!...I heard she wrote a scathing After trial report blaming him for being unco-operative and for generally lousing up the whole case."said Jetty.

The weather was still nice enough for us all to stand on the outer deck with our drinks..

"This is a nice breeze.." said Jazzy...

"Look at us high faluting attorneys , on this cruise ship doing all this damn drinking."said Dabnis...mocking Lt. Tragg..

Kayla busted out laughing...."Yeah, how bout that?" she said.

Her husband Ray laughed...."You don't know how many times I wanted to just deck him for saying that!" he said.

"I don't know what we can do to top this." said Jessica.

"Me Neither." said Chip...

"Ohhhhhh this is a beautiful night."said Karen Page..