Referendum

ONE WEEK LATER- Trial Day for Joseph Bishop Jr.

We were all sitting in the waiting area of the courthouse... It had been almost two months since Joseph Bishop had been arrested and charged with assaulting Lt. Tragg...

Lt. Tragg had also been involved in a lawsuit by the Mayor's Niece to the tune of 2.5 million... He had been out of Homicide and on the Marine Boat and it had been so peaceful, so nice..  The Lawsuit had been miraculously dropped...but he was still on the Marine Boat until the dissolution of this trial.

Bresha and Beverly had gone on a coffee run for the group..
 

"Coffee everybody." said Bresha..

"What are you looking at  Auntay?" asked Beverly as she and Bresha passed us our coffees..

"I'm studying this Prosecutor, Matthew Muldoon.. He's a slick one...He filed a motion last week to have some of our witnesses testimony stricken and only using the ones who were actually there the night of the incident...He argued that Lt. Tragg was the victim and this trial was not going to be a referendum on Lt. Tragg...A slick move that I didn't see coming... I filed a counter motion arguing that these testimonies go to motive.  The Judge didn't buy it...So All we can use is our 27 witnesses who were there the night of the fight. We can't even bring up our many incidents with him...Slick move...I didn't see that coming." said Olivia.

  

MATTHEW J.  MULDOON JR.-

Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

Father-Retired Assistant District Attorney-Matthew J. Muldoon Sr.

Graduated from Northeast High School, Philadelphia.

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

JD-University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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

Worked for Bach and Roach LLC, as Associate Attorney

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia PA.

''Wow...He's a Penn Grad...Did you know him Liv?" asked Nelson..

"No.He's Four years younger than me..Vettie, Karen and I were gone before he got there." said Olivia.."But he's good so be on your guard."said Olivia.

"Okay...Good Heads Up!" said Josie, sipping her coffee..

"Speaking of Heads up..." I said.

Lt. Tragg walked into the courtroom...We hadn't seen him at all for nearly two months...Every Hair was in place.. he was as usual ,heavily made up, like a movie star...He was immaculate as usual...A Nice tailored suit...nice shiny shoes...He probably hadn't dressed this nice in weeks... When he was on the boat he wore slickers and a denim shirts....Not his style.

Naturally he walked over to us....Not saying anything, just smirking.. 

"It's been awhile...You Look nice." said Olivia.

 

Neither I, nor Beverly, Nelson, Josie or Bresha said a word.We just sipped our coffee and stared ahead.

"Save it Liv.....You people caused me a lot of trouble..Because of your stunts I am on the Marine Boat...I'll bet you and your caravan have been livin it up,laughing and giggling about my predicament the whole time...Well guess what?  I'll be back soon enough...So Watch it!  Speaking of which...Where is your client?" he snarled.

"He's around...I saw him this morning."said Olivia.

''Wherever he is...He's not listening to you whine."said Beverly.

The Answer to that was in the Judges Chambers...

"Joey, we definitely shouldn't be seen in here together on a day like today....You've got to go." pleaded Tanya Mosley..She was having a feeling of DEJA VU...The last time she had been in the Judges Chambers applying make up, Greg Garland had ambushed her...Now here was Joey.

"I had to see you today....I missed you.." he said.

"I'missed you too..but we are going to see each other, later on today....Ouuuuuuuuu what are you doing?" she asked.

"What I've wanted to do, what I've needed to do for two days now." said Joseph....

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOO LAWD!! NOT IN HERE!! OUUUUUUUU!" screamed Tanya...

Joseph was kissing her passionately...had her skirt hiked up 

and was slipping her panties down..

"OUUUUUUUU ...DON'T PULL MY PANTIES DOWNNNN!!!!OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!! YOU ARE SOOOO BAD!" she cooed..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ARE THESE  NEW?" he asked.

"YES THEY ARE NEW, I WAS GOING TO UH SURPRISE YOU WITH THEM!" she said.

"SURPRISE! I'M SURPRISED...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRRRRRL!" he moaned.

"OH YOU ARE JUST INCORRIGIBLE!" she said laughing...........

He lifted her up and entered her slowly....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OH MY GODDDD! OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out helplessly....

She couldn't help herself.. Tears were flowing down the side of her face...Her head was turning from side to side...Her whole body was  trembling...She was feeling good, better than she had a right to feel.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! YOU FEEL SOO DAMN GOOD!" he moaned..

"SO DO YOUUUU!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUU! SO DO YOUUUUUUUUUUU...OUUUUUU GIVE IT TO ME  DADDDY!" she cooed...

"I'VE BEEN WANTIN TO....OHHHHHHHHHH....AWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD !" he moaned..

He sat her on the dresser drawer ,spread her legs and thrusted away inside of her...She held him for dear life....crying like a little girl as he continued to move deep inside of her...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD! I CAN'T CONTROL MY ERECTIONS WHEN I'M AROUND YOUUUUUUUU...OUUUUUUUU" he howled..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMM WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH YOU?" she cooed..

"ANYTHING...ANYTHING YOU WANT BABY!" he moaned..

She laughed.....

She had another quick but intense orgasm , which brought her to tears and had her body trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and her arms flailed....

"WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWWWWWD!" she cried out!

He bent her over the table, spread her legs and entered her doggie style.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOO LAWD!! " she yelled out..

She howled so loud, she had to put her hand over her mouth...she didn't want anyone outside this office hearing them...

AFTER AN HOUR, he finally came and came hard...his whole body shaking....She came also...her body trembling, her head turning from side to side and her hands flailing..tears just flowing down the side of her face...

"OH MY GODDDDD!! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned...her body still shaking...

She gave him a wet sloppy kiss....

"UMMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ...OH MY GODDddd!" she cooed softly...

"AWWWWWWWWW......UMMMMMMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUU GIRRRRRRL!" he moaned.

He caught his breath and fixed his clothes...

She used a disinfectant wipe and wiped all traces of her lipstick off of his face and clothes..

She cleaned up, fixed her clothes and reapplied her make up.. She fixed her hair as best she could in the mirror.

He stood there fixing his tie...staring at her..Smiling and shaking his head....

"Joey, you've got to go....Now go on, get out of here..Olivia and her crew are waiting..." she laughed.

She breathed deeply....Her left leg was still shaking a bit....She couldn't believe what had just happened in here.

"Okayyyyyy, Okayyyyyyyyyy, I'll see ya later." he said, smiling confidently as he exited the Judges Chambers.

 

''Oh Joey, there you are...I was getting ready to come and look for you." said Olivia.

 

"It's show time fella." I said.

"I know it's been a long time coming...but it's here..let's get it over with."said Beverly.

''Yeah..we've got a nice defense laid out...We had to tweak it a bit...but we can still get you off."said Nelson.

"I've had two major litigations since my arrest and one trial and I heard you guys have been busy too!"said Joseph.

"Olivia lectured at Middleton Law School for two weeks and we were involved in about 5 other trials in the meanwhile.."said Josie.

"We did get a two week rest though...So We are ready to go." said Bresha.

"Good for you guys...I just finished up my last piece of business yesterday....Just in time huh?" laughed Joseph, who was good and loose for the trial.

II-

COURTROOM D-

The Judge, Hillary Lopez was someone we didn't know....Never a good sign..She had already ruled against us once.

"VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" said Lt. Tragg, "The Judge is hot! Who is she?" he asked upon entering the courtroom..He admired her shapely, sexy legs, her round plump butt and her nice sized breasts... The fact that she was Latina, made her appear even more exotic to him....

"VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM" he said softly again.

"Cool it Artie...That's Judge Hillary Lopez...She has already ruled in our favor...I filed a motion to exclude about 30 people Olivia and Beverly had planned to call...All of them have had some kind of beef with you in Sam Mothers Diner and Curley..Among them was AUSA Todd Dellums...Olivia and Beverly would have buried you, they would have made this trial a referendum on your history and fistfights...The Judge said that those witnesses would unfairly prejudice a jury...So Only the 27 witnesses who were actually there...Who actually saw the fight could testify..." said Matt Muldoon.

"Good Move...We have a Judge who won't let Olivia and Beverly run roughshod....Good Move...Joey boy is going down. And the Judge is Hot...WOWWWWWWW!"laughed Lt. Tragg.

"Good Morning Attorneys, Jurors... I am Judge Maria Lopez, Common Pleas Court Judge...This is beginning to sound like a broken record but Welcome to my courtroom....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..Two Months ago, An Officer of the Law, Lt. Arthur Tragg the third, A Detective in our city's Homicide division was brutally assaulted in a drinking and eating emporium known as Curley's allegedly by an attorney, who is a former Golden Gloves Boxing Champion...We will review what happened here and try to come to a conclusion. So we are going to go straight to trial.. We will have Jury selection today...We will begin with trial tomorrow morning at 9:00 pm." said Judge Lopez.. "We will start today with introductions.." she said.

"Assistant District Attorney Matthew Muldoon, representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania your honor.." said Matt Muldoon. 

"Attorney Olivia Bennett-Alexander, representing the defense your honor." said Olivia.

"Attorney Beverly West-East,representing the defense your honor."said Beverly.

"Attorney Nelson East, representing the defense your honor.." said Nelson.

"Attorney Josephine Boyd, representing the defense your honor." said Josie.

"Attorney Bresha Billips, representing the defense your honor." said Bresha.

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

Joseph looked at Olivia, her niece Beverly, Josie and Bresha....

"LAWD HAVE MERCY, I'VE GOT FOUR BABES ON MY DEFENSE TEAM.....I'M GONNA ENJOY JUST SITTING HERE WATCHING THEM" he thought to himself. Olivia was the closest to him in age... She was a year older...but Beverly, Josie and Bresha equally intrigued him...

''Alright...now that we are through with the introductions...We'll begin with Voir Dire." she said.

Matthew Muldoon as slick as canned grease,but he knew absolutely nothing about Trial science and jury selection.. All he knew was the basics..

 

Nelson had minored in Trial Science during law school and had used it his entire career..He was a master of Voir Dire.Chris 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...Nelson had carefully worded questions ready for each person he talked to...

Josie and Bresha, his little understudies , Protoge's if you will both were helping him today...They sat behind their laptops and whispered certain things they had talked about into his ear.. He smiled.

Nelson wound up with an even dozen...All 12 of the jurors we said we wanted for this trial.

7 African Americans, 5 Whites, 6 females, 6 males, all fairly young and urban...

Olivia smiled, Grinning from ear to ear. They got exactly what they wanted...She could work with this jury...

This didn't make Lt. Tragg too happy....These were the very type of people he didn't want to see on the jury.

Joseph Bishop Jr. , An Attorney himself smiled snarkily at Lt. Tragg...

Who bristled with anger...He wanted more than anything to see this guy punished...Convicted, Disbarred and doing 1-3 years in prison which is about all he'd get ,if that. He might get probabtion...but he wouldn't be practicing law any longer, which would make him less attractive to Tanya Mosley, he thought.

"Alright...We have a jury..It's Tuesday ..Trial will begin promptly Wednesday Morning at 9:00 AM, Jurors, Attorneys  Be on time and Be ready for trial." said Judge Lopez...."You are dismissed." she said, striking her gavel.

"Looks like you guys had a great day in court from what I could see." said States Attorney Tanya Mosley..

''Excellent Day...Let's go grab a bite to eat and then I'm gonna grab those panties and rip them off." said Joseph in her ear...

Tanya giggled..."Ouuuuuu look how nasty you talk to meeeeeeeeee. You Horn dog you...You always want it." she laughed as they kissed like  two horny teenagers. 

"I'm glad the press isn't here today." said Olivia.

 

"The time has lapsed and it's no longer a big story any more." I said.

"It will be ,once the verdict comes out." said Beverly.

"I know that's right...but we are on the right track ." said Nelson...

"It's very rare that we get an even dozen, but this was one time..." said Josie.

"But we did this time and that's a good sign...."said Bresha.

"Come on let's get out of here."said Olivia.

I checked our car....For the first time in a long time ......There were no GPS Trackers on it at all.. We pulled off..

III-

A FEW NIGHTS LATER-

It was Couples Night...We knew that Lt. Tragg was close to returning , but we didn't care...We came in and had drinks anyway...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuu these drinks are making me hazy.....OUUUUUUUUUUU!" said Jazzy.
 

She was sitting on her husband, Dabnis's lap...He was holding her with one arm and sipping his beer with another arm..

"I just love you so much Jasmine." he said..

"Awwwwwwwwwwww and I'm so glad." said Jazzy..

She gave him a wet sloppy kiss...

"Kiss me baby." whispered Kayla to Ray,....

She was sitting on her husband, Ray's lap...He was holding her with one arm and sipping his beer with another arm..

"You never have to ask me... I'm always minutes from doing that and more." said Ray...

They kissed passionately....

'Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm" cooed Kayla.

"AWWWWWWWWWWW SWEET BABY!" moaned Ray.

"Ummmmmmmmmm Papi, you are soooo hard..Everytime I sit on your lap...you get hard..." laughed Jessica.

"I can't help that mamasita...."said Chip, holding her tighter...

She was sitting on her husband, Chip's lap...He was holding her with one arm and sipping his beer with another arm.. He put his beer down, stared into her beautiful Hazel eyes...

They were kissing passionately..

"We are all still hanging loose in here like we don't know with his legal issues nearing an end he could be coming back." said a worried Karen.

"You know, we shouldn't be worried about whether he is coming back or not...One man shouldn't have this much sway." said B.L.

"I'm with you B.L." said Natalie.

She was sitting on her husband's lap....

Kissing him every other second...

"The only thing we can't do is disapear into one of the restrooms and make love like we did a few weeks ago." whispered Brooke to her husband Sean..

"I know and tonight I feel like doing it the most." said Sean...

as they kissed....

Zoey and Lem weren't talking, they were just kissing passionately....

"It does get pretty romantic in here and we all feel so comfortable around each other... I've never been in any group quite like this."said Renee...

Who leaned over and kissed her husband.....

"I know..me neither..."said Tyrell, enjoying the soft kiss.

Also sitting with and drinking with us was Attorney Cheryl Williams and her boyfriend Attorney Austin Scott.. and Attorney Alvin Davis  and his boyfriend, Attorney Charles St.Patrick ...

States Attorney Tanya Mosley and her boyfriend, our client,Joseph Bishop wisely decided not to come here tonight.

"This is sooo cool...I forgot how much I love Curley's." said Cheryl..

"Yeah me too!" said her boyfriend, Austin...."It's where I met you, even though we work across the hall from each other." he added..

''Awwwwwwwwwwww" she said.

as she kissed him softly...

Alvin and Charles were huddled in a corner talking quietly....

 

Olivia and I were kissing passionately, not a care in the world..

as were Beverly and Nelson

Josie and Paris...

And Bresha and Tony....

Rockland and Alfreda were in the ladies restroom really kissing passionately...

"Come on...Chill out...We are not doing this in here...Let 's go back out and join the others." said Alfreda.

''Alright, Alright...Oh My God..."moaned Rockland..

They kissed a little bit longer then went out just in time for more drinks to arrive.

 

 "Gary I love you so much!" said Yvette

"Vettie I love you too." he said as they kissed..

"Tonight could very well turn into a mass orgy."said Keith Jones..

"That would be something wouldn't it?" said Bee Bee....

who was kissing her husband slowly and softly....

"It's these drinks...They're making everybody extra relaxed and loose tonight."said Sofia.

"No it's not the drinks...It's the comfortability everybody feels with a certain someone not around."said Kahlil, addressing the elephant, not in the room..

Sofia crawled into Kahlil's lap and they began kissing passionately also..

"I agree..the past month and a half has been sooooo nice, so mellow, so relaxing..."said Jade.

"Yeah but that's about to come to an end... The Lawsuit against him was dropped completely and that trial against Bishop has begun....don't be surprised if he shows up sooner than later." said Danny Ho.

"Then it's back to Josie's for me....You guys can have this.." said Virginia.

"Yeah I feel the same way...Who needs the aggravation?" said her husband, Jetty.

Tanya's Assistant, Attorney Linda Gorman and her boyfriend, Attorney Gabe Matt  sat together at a small table. They were talking quietly and drinking.

They both waved at Judge Hillary Lopez, who waved and sat at a small table by herself.

As their drinks arrived..

Judge Hillary Lopez acknowledged all of the attorneys seated in here tonight, including us...The Defense Attorneys in her case...She didn't see the defendant or the Prosecutor. She made it a point to sit as far away from as possible...Especially since she wasn't in a couple situation.. She was alone.

She ordered a Mango Martini.

To everyone's shock, Lt. Tragg showed up...We hadn't seen him at all here in Curley's like everywhere else for nearly two months...Every Hair was in place.. he was as usual ,heavily made up, like a movie star...He was immaculate as usual...A Nice tailored suit...nice shiny shoes...He probably hadn't dressed this nice in weeks... When he was on the boat he wore slickers and a denim shirts....Not his style.

Naturally he walked over to us...

"BREAK IT UP!! BREAK IT UPPPPPP!! IF YOU NEED TO DO THAT , GO GET A ROOM!! OR GO HOME!! DID YOU HEAR ME?? I SAID BREAK IT UP!" he bellowed.

No one paid him any attention...It was as if he wasn't there....He got no response at all.. He stomped his foot!

"YOU KNOW YOU DAMN LAWYERS AND YOUR STUNTS IS THE REASON I AM ON THE MARINE BOAT....I KNOW AND CAN SEE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN YUCKING IT UP AND JUST HAVING A BALL IN MY ABSENCE..BUT I AM ON THE WAY BACK...PLAYTIME IS OVER...I AM JUST LETTIN YOU GUYS KNOW.......NO DRINKING AND DRIVING, NO MORE PLAYTIME.....I'LL BE WATCHING!" he bellowed.

Again, no one responded.....He stood there and stared balefully at all of us and then finally walked away after getting no response at all from anyone.

He noticed the judge in the case, Hillary Lopez sitting alone.. He walked over to her table and invited himself to sit down..

"Wellllll helllllllllo Ms. Lopez... You are uh the Judge in the Bishop case...Heh heh heh.." he laughed.

"And you are a plaintiff in the case... YOU SHOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE WITH ME OR TALKING TO ME AND GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY LEGS AND FROM UNDER MY SKIRT....WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?" she bellowed out loudly, removing his hands...

"Come Onnnnnn, lighten up...I'm not the defendant ,nor am I the prosecutor and we are far from court....How would you like to go someplace far from here??...I know a great Steakhouse, they serve nice thick juicy New York Strip Steaks and the Beer is cold...You Hungry? We can have quiet conversation and drinks and-see where things go from there.....I'm just a cop with a big penis, who would love to put it in you sometime later tonight baby!" whispered Lt. Tragg, who was still feeling her shapely legs and slyly running his hands up her short skirt..

"AND WE ARE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION....I AM NOT CONSIDERING GOING OUT WITH YOU AND GET YOUR HANDS FROM UNDER MY DAMN SKIRT!! I DON'T LIKE BEING SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT!" she bellowed and slapped the hell out of him...

"OUUUUUUUUUUF!" he maoned as he was slapped so hard , he left his seat and knocked over another couple's table, spilling their drinks all over him...

A roar of laughter went up around the entire bar...Curly however didn't think it was funny at all.

A mortified Curley ran over to the couple to see if they were alright and offered them a healthy apology and free drinks for the rest of the night.. He angrilly looked at Lt. Tragg, who was getting up off the floor.. Drinks in his hair, which was ruined..

"ARTIE!!! GET OUT!! GET THE HELL OUT!!!" he bellowed angrilly...

Another roar of laughter went up in the bar as he walked out...Livid..He couldn't believe how uptight that Judge turned out to be.. His suit was ruined...His hair a mess and everybody in the bar, especially us..."His Favorite People" were laughing their heads off..and loudly...

AN HOUR LATER- Judge Lopez's car was stopped by a police car about six blocks from the bar.  She was on her way home.

 She was told to get out of her vehicle..She was given a breathalyzer test and made to walk a straight line..

She wasn't given a ticket, but told to be careful..

She looked across the street..

Lt. Tragg sat in an unmarked police cruiser, smiling snarkily...She knew she had been targeted...because she had rebuffed his advances. She was fuming!

Not a good move to make with the Judge on a trial you are heavily invested in...

Meanwhile at Tanya Mosley's house...

She and Joseph Bishop Jr. were spending the entire afternoon, making sweet love....Not worried about this trial at all...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEET BABY!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!|" she cooed//

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH TANYA I'M LOSING MY MIND!!!" he cried out..

"I'm losing mine toooooo!" she cried out..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWWWWWD!" Tanya cried out.

For the next NINE TO TEN HOURS they were making passionate ,hot sweaty love.....

IV-

The Trial continued , it was now Monday...

For ADA Matthew Muldoon , everything went wrong that could have gone wrong... One of his witnesses didn't even bother to show up...

He asked for a continuance..

Judge Lopez denied it!

She ruled favorably, surprisingly to every motion we made...

For the next few days , Olivia, Beverly, Nelson, Josie and Bresha feasted on the five witnesses that did testify in Lt. Tragg's behalf, getting them to admit that they were inebriated and too far from the scene to know all of the particulars..

When ADA Muldoon objected and accused us of badgering his witnesses...

Judge Lopez admonished him and gave him a stern warning about his constant protesting...

He was stunned...

"I- I Can't believe this, it's as if she'd done a complete 360, as if she's got something against me.." he said bewildered.. he didn't know about the incident between the Judge and Lt. Tragg , a few nights before..

He showed the jury photos of Lt. Tragg after the beating...His swollen face, his nearly closed eyes, his swollen lip...his torn suit jacket, with both sleeves gone, his mussed hair...

"To add insult to injury, this public servent, This Lieutenant in Homicide, who tracks down the most heinious criminals was brutalized by this attorney who thinks he's priveldged...Look at him sitting with his attorneys practically sneering at us...Send him a message..That he is not entitled and that we intend to hold him accountable for his battering of this public servant." said Matthew Muldoon in closing.

Beverly, Josie and our client, Joseph Bishop Jr. snickered loudly at our table...

Lt. Tragg glared at them angrily...He angrilly slammed his palms on the table.

The Defense began....

Olivia began her defense by describing her and her group's personal relationship with Lt. Tragg...

"He has constantly harrassed us and our colleague every chance he has gotten..Whether it is in Sam Mother's diner or Curley's Bar... He threatens to charge us with drinking and driving under the influence, which is why I have chartered buses bring our entire group to the bar and pick us up, so that we can't be written up for DUI....Others are not so lucky. He is why none of my friends hardly ever eats at Sam Mothers Diner anymore....He has to come by our tables and whined and complained about some case and said  things to trigger us..and when we've asked him to leave our table, he has refused and stood over us...staring while we are trying to eat...We can't have a private conversation with him around...Even his own detectives shun places he is known to eat and drink because there is no peace with him around..He is miserable and he makes everyone around him miserable." she said.  "We believe he harrassed and harrangued this man and made him so angry , he struck out....He's not the first to have done this." said Olivia.

Lt. Tragg sat there and smiled as Olivia gave her sumnation... He thought to himself.. "Boyyy I'll bet she's hell in the bed...What I'd do to her if I ever got her in the sack." he thought to himself.

ADA Muldoon objected...

"OBJECTION, RELEVANCE!" he said loudly...

"I'LL ALLOW IT!"said the Judge.

"What's with the Judge? Olivia is doing a masterful hit job on me...I'm not on trial here...I'm the victim..and yet she is letting Olivia and her crew speak with impunity?"protested Lt. Tragg.

"I-I don't know...I've sensed a certain hostility toward the prosecution , since Monday." said a bewildered Matthew Muldoon...

Beverly and Josie called States Attorney Tanya Mosley..

States Attorney Tanya Mosley wore a conservative Business Suit...

 She gave a very calm and intelligent commentary on what exactly happened that night..

THURSDAY NIGHT-CURLEY'S BAR- "COUPLES NIGHT"

Lt. Tragg walked into the bar surprised that Olivia, Beverly, Yvette and all of their associates , who he nicknamed the "Olivia Caravan" was missing tonight... Even Curley wasn't present...His associate was in for him...

He saw me sitting with my Gentleman friend, Mr. Bishop talking and drinking quietly...

''Why don't you come over my house tonight...I haven't seen you in four days." I cooed.

''Alright...I keep a spare toothbrush in my glove compartment." said Joseph Bishop who was feeling my  legs and slowly running his hand up my mini dress..

"Ummmm we keep this up and we aren't going to make it to my house." I said softly...

"Ummmmm, I knowwwwww.." he said.

We kissed a little while longer..

Our drinks arrived and we began sipping them and smiling at each other sheepishly...

He sauntered over to our table, uninvited.

"WELL LOOK WHO IT IS...STATES ATTORNEY TANYA MOSLEY...I SUPPOSE YOU'RE SHORT ON CASH THIS WEEK EH? YOUR HIGH FALLUTIN LAWYER FRIENDS AREN'T HERE TONIGHT HUH?" he snarled.

"If I was you I'd get away from this table.. IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU!" I said .. I had seen him do this to Olivia, Yvette Jones, the attorneys who work for them and others...I wasn't in the mood for it tonight.  He was upset because none of them was in the bar that night.

"IS THAT A THREAT? WHAT? DID I STRIKE A NERVE?" he snarled. "I see you're drinkng....Better not be driving under the influence..I'll be watching.." he said.. He said this to all of them constantly and would go outside when they left to make sure they were getting on a chartered bus and not in a car..

"Who cares if you're watching? You're off duty...An off duty detective...You have no authority to write a ticket up on anybody...now  the lady asked you to leave our table..I'M NOT ASKING YOU...I'M TELLING YOU TO GET AWAY FROM OUR TABLE! I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN!! GET AWAY FROM OUR TABLE!!!" said my gentleman friend,  Joseph Bishop.

This was the second time he was asked to leave our table..We hadn't committed a crime , nor were we suspects in any crime...He was just being an obnoxious bully as he always was." she said.

"MUZZLE YOUR FRIEND MS. MOSLEY..MUZZLE HIM OR I'LL MUZZLE HIM!" said Lt. Tragg..

He was talking to Mr. Bishop as if he was a dog....This is what I mean...He often said things to trigger people.

My gentleman friend had had enough. They kept arguing..I don't know who threw the first punch but Lt. Tragg was punched in the jaw so hard he spun around like a top... He swung two , then three haymakers that missed..

Joey hit him with 17 lefts and 17 rights to his face.. He spun around like a top and hit the floor... He came up swinging...missing every punch he threw...but Joey was faster and more precise..He landed 20 lefts and 20 rights to Lt. Tragg's face, which was unrecognizable now and landed a left -right combonation which sent him flying into an un occupied table which he knocked over, chairs and all..

His night was over.. There were claps and cheers from other spectators that night as staff members of Curley's picked him up off the floor and sat him down....His face was unrecognizable.. Someone got him some coffee.....His nose was bleeding profusely....Someone got him a cold towel....

"AWWWWWWWWWW....AWWWWWWWWWWW....OHHHHHHHHI'm going to file charges against him for ....for assault of an officer...awww lawd!" said Lt. Tragg..

"I think you'd better leave that guy alone man...."said a customer.....

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!   AWWWWWWWWWW....AWWWWWWWWWWW....OHHHHHHHH I'm going to file charges against him for ....for assault of an officer...awww lawd!" said Lt. Tragg again.

"Suit yourself pal...but you started that fight...He asked you to leave..So did the lady." said the man..

"SHUT UP AND GET OUTTA MY FACE...WHO ASKED YOU?" screamed Lt. Tragg.

Four Sherrif's deputies walked in...During the melee, Tanya had called them.....Lt. Tragg's  face was unrecognizable ,it was so swollen...Both of his eyes were nearly swollen shut...His lip was swollen, both arms were torn off of his suit jacket..plus his jacket was split in the back.....His shirt was out of his pants and his hair was a mess..

"Poor guy...I almost hate to take him in..."said one of the deputies as he was taken into one of the police cruisers...

"Guys...Guys...I'm the victim here!" said Lt. Tragg...

"You sure are....He beat the crap outta you." said one deputy...

"You need to learn to leave people alone...It's a wonder this doesn't happen to you more often.."said another deputy...

"AWWWWWWWWWW....AWWWWWWWWWWW....OHHHHHHHHI'm going to file charges against him for ....for assault of an officer...awww lawd!" said Lt. Tragg..

On Cross, ADA Muldoon asked Tanya.

"Did you know your gentleman friend, while being a noted Attorney at law, was also a former Golden Gloves Boxing champ..and therefor had an obvious advantage over Lt. Tragg?" he asked.

"Yes! He's mentioned to me that he used to box as a kid, 13, 14 years old...That his father is a well known former local Light Heavyweight Boxer, who put him through law school with his ring earnings because he didn't want him to box...Yes." she said.

"No further questions..." he said curtly...

Nelson and Bresha interviewed 13 people a piece...Some were staff members of Curleys ,others were customers...All testified that they routinely saw Lt. Tragg hassle other people in the same way....That he was a nuiscance a lot of nights and that when he wasn't hassling a certain group of attorneys, He had his hands up women's skirts and had been slapped on more than one occassion... They said on this particular night he did come uninvited to the table States Attorney Mosley and her gentleman friend was at and began verbally harrassing them... A loud argument ensued...No one saw who threw the first punch, but Lt. Tragg got the worst of hit....

Matthew Muldoon tried his best to break our witnesses down on cross, but we had prepared them too well...He wasn't able to do it..He was very frustrated at the end of everyday....

Olivia called our final witness...A woman who had been there and was sitting at the table directly next to States Attorney Tanya Mosley...

She stated that Lt. Tragg  did indeed come to the table uninvited and began a rather loud conversation with them...She said Lt. Tragg threw the first punch, but it did not land...and that Joseph Bishop was defending himself when he trounced him that night....She also added that she saw Lt. Tragg last Thursday with his hands up under the the Judges dress.....'Even you had to slap him" she said.

The Jury howled with laughter....

"OBJECTION........Relevance! Lt. Tragg is NOT ON TRIAL HERE....HE IS THE VICTIM!" screamed ADA Muldoon..

"The Jury will disregard the last comment." said the Judge, angrilly glaring ar Lt. Tragg.

"YOU DID WHAT?   YOU FONDLED THE JUDGE?? ARE YOU INSANE???....YOU JUST LOST THIS CASE FOR US! YOU IDIOT !!!!" screamed Matthew Muldoon.

Lt. Tragg slumped down in his chair....

THIRTY MINUTES LATER-

This was the fastest I could remember a jury coming back...

"Has the jury come back with a verdict?" asked Judge Lopez.

"Yes we have your honor."said the Jury forewoman...

"Baillif , hand me the verdict. " she said.

The Baillif handed it to her, she read it and almost laughed and handed it back.....

"Read it." she said with glee.

"IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. JOSEPH BISHOP JR. On THE CHARGE OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT.....WE FIND THE DEFENDENT NOT GUILTY!!" he said.

"WHATTT?  Have them poll the Jury!"demanded Lt. Tragg.

"For What?" said a disgusted ADA Matthew Muldoon. He got up and quickly exited the courtroom....

 Joseph smiled, pumped his fists and hugged Olivia and kissed her on the cheek..

"You are the best...The Absolute Best..." he said.

"Thank you...but this was an easy case to defend.perhaps one of the easiest of all of the cases we've tried this year." she said.

 

"We've done it again sugar lump." I said to Olivia.

We kissed passionately..I spun her around...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuu!"  Olivia squealed with glee.

Tanya Mosley was ecstatic

"Thank you guys so much...Now Joey can move on....Although, he's been moving on like his acquittal was a matter of time anyway." she laughed.

"Tanya of the six cases we have been involved with this year, this was the absolute easiest." said Beverly.

"Yes it was..Everything broke our way all at once...That almost never happens." said Nelson..

"I couldn't believe he tried to put the moves on the Judge in Curley's...That was just plain stupid."said Josie.

''He can't help himself.. He could have at least waited until the trial was over." said Bresha.

"He might have stood a better chance." said Nelson.

''Nahhhh, he's not her type....No woman with a brain would sleep with him." laughed Beverly.

Captain Cantrell saw Lt. Tragg and stopped him...He was about to walk over to us...

"Artie, a word please?" he said.

"My legal issues are over...I'm ready to come back....but I'd like tomorrow off if you don't mind."said Lt. Tragg.

"You're not coming back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.. Artie you fondled the judge? The Judge in your case and then had her stopped  for a DUI??? You've got some nuts on you man...She called the Deputy of Operations fuming .. the Deputy of Operations wants you back on the Marine Boat for another 30 days....After you come off the boat you are to undergo 100 hours of ''Sensitivity Training" before you can come back on duty...He asked me to tell you because he said if he had to tell you, he might  hurt you physically..." said Captain Cantrell....

Lt. Tragg looked sick... 

"WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT? I CAN'T GO BACK ON THAT SMELLY BOAT.....I JUST CAN'T!!  ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he cried out....

Olivia overheard the entire exchange....

"Ouuuu Lt. Tragg is back on the boat for another month for fondling the judge.." she said.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" said Beverly as she and her aunt leaped in the air and high fived...

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" said an exuberant Nelson...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK THE LORD!" said Josie.

"YES LAWD! " screamed Bresha.

I just shook my head...I smiled....

Lt. Tragg looked at us celebrating... He  slithered out of court...He needed to go somewhere and get good and drunk...

.It wouldn't be Curley's he thought.

States Attorney Tanya Mosley and Attorney Joseph Bishop sat in a corner of the waiting area, long after everybody had filed out of the courtroom....

"I can't believe he fondled the Judge....The Judge in his case...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" cooed Tanya.

"I can't believe I'm fondling the States Attorney." said Joseph raffishly..."Think I'll get in trouble?" he laughed. His hand was far up her skirt....

"You Horn Dog!!!!...Yes, you can get in trouble....If you want to!" laughed Tanya Gates..

"I so want to. a good kind of trouble with you...in your bedroom.." he laughed as he kissed her and ran his hands up her skirt while she giggled.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.. YOU NASTY DOG YOU!" she said while they continued to kiss.

EPILOUGE-

WE WERE ALL OVERJOYED!

Lt. Tragg's legal issues were all settled....but he was ordered to serve another full month on the Marine Boat for innappropriate behavior with Judge Lopez and him having the audacity to have her stopped for possibly driving under the influence... The Judge had the last laugh...

Lt, Tragg was back on the Marine Boat for an additional month...He was livid..The Lawsuit had been dropped....The man who beat him up , who he had brought up on assault charges against had been acquitted and now he was back on the marine boat for another month and had to take 100 hours of "Sensitivity training"after he got off....He was essentially buried.....

And to celebrate....The day after the trial...We All had breakfast at Sam Mother's Diner..

 

"This is so nice, all of us having breakfast here, together, like old times."said Olivia.

 

"Like it was when I first moved to Philly for good ." I said.

''We all used to fill this place up..just like now." said Beverly..

"Only difference was we all didn't live together. like we do now." said Nelson..

"Ummm I love the smell of this place, The Homliness." said Josie.

"Yeah me too!" said Paris.

"This is soooo nice...I wish I had been part of you guys history here."said Bresha.

"You're part of it now babes...A New History." said Tony.

"You and I used to eat here when we first started dating." said Alfreda to her husband, Rockland..

'We used to sit in that corner over there by the wall and hold hands and eat.." said Rockland..

 

 As more plates of food were served.

 "Lt. Tragg is his own worst enemy....Fondling the Judge in the bar....The JUDGE in his case." said Yvette.

"She slapped the hell out of him...." said Gary..

"Boyyyyyyy did she?" said Keith Jones..

"I almost choked on my drink, I was laughing so hard." said Bee Bee.

''Yeah me too!"laughed Sofia.

"She was a hot Latina, he couldn't help himself.."joked Kahlil...."Just like I can't help myself with you." Kahlil said to Sofia.

"You have become such a horn dog..."laughed Sofia.

"But thank you for the complement...You think I'm a hot Latina?" asked Sofia as she kissed her husband..

"Absolutely" said Kahlil, enjoying the kiss..

''Lt. Tragg is his own worst enemy."said Jade.

''Mannn they don't even wanna talk about him...I'm running Homicide and Robbery/Homicide right now."said Danny.

"You can do it Danny, Better than him..." said Virginia...

''Lawd This is some good eatin." said her husband Jetty as their plates arrived.

"We get another month of peace, hallelujah." said Jazzy...
 

"Yes mam!" said Dabnis.

''He's so vindictive..I wonder if he'll go after that Judge?" asked Kayla.

"I think he'll stay away from her."laughed Ray...

"I think so too...She just showed that she doesn't play." said Jessica.

"I know right?" said Chip...

"I'm glad you could join us this morning." said Karen.

"Oh Yeah....I wouldn't miss this good food." said B.L.

"Me Neither....I'm so glad he's back on that boat." said Natalie.

"This is the longest he's ever been on the boat."said David.

"I'm all for it."said Brooke.

"Me too..He's a menace..."said Sean.

"Yeah, well that Judge taught him that she don't play....She gave him two warnings about running his hands up her skirt and then she slapped the hell out of him."said Zoey...

"That's the reason he's back on the boat...I heard she made a few calls...To The Deputy of Operations, to Captain Cantrell.....They had to do something...They didn't want this making the papers...They didn't want another scandal. So he's off the streets ,Out of Homicide. for the time being."said Lem.

''And we are all the better for it." said  Renee.

"Yes lord..." said Tyrell

Hot Steaming cups of coffee was poured....and everyone raised a toast to Judge Hillary Lopez, our new hero.

FOR DANYL-