As Fate Would Have it!

 

 

KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA. 

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

- Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

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

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

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

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans

BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

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

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

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

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

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

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

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

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia

YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

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

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

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

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

SAM MOTHER'S DINER-

ADA Richard Gray looked at us on his laptop.....He hadn't been up against us in 6 years...He was green then...Just starting out...He was more experienced now...Had won more cases and ready to go at us again on this case.

His Breakfast arrived, Scrambled Eggs and Bacon, Coffee and Orange Juice.

He looked up the defendant-Eric Becker.

ERIC MARK BECKER-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

B.A. -Administration Of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law-Howard University, Washington, D.C.

J.D.- Georgetown University School of Law.

Passed the Bar in Washington D.C./ Virginia/ Deleware/Pennsylvania/New Jersey/ New York

Speaks Spanish and French Fluently.

Associate Attorney Alton and Causeway Attorneys at Law, Washington D.C.

Staff Attorney for the Philadelphia Homeless Commision

Served as Assistant States Attorney

Was once up for Federal Judgeship...

Associate Attorney-The Harris Group

Engaged to Corporate Attorney Valarie Robinson of Cherry Hill ( now deceased)

As he continued to eat his food.. He wanted to make sure... He knew his adversaries as well as the man he'd be prosecuting...  He didn't like prosecuting fellow attorney and one time colleague Eric Becker...They knew each other in passing and the man had a spotless record...not even a parking ticket...Someone like that was hard to prosecute.... He looked up and four of the attorneys he'd be facing and others piled into Sam Mother's Diner and sat down...

We entered the diner this morning with many but not all of our co-workers...All of us had to be in court for something today.....Me, Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil were all in court for things not related to Eric 's trials and our friends were like us, all in different courtrooms for unrelated cases..We ran into each other as we were leaving the courtroom and decided to have lunch at Sam Mother's Diner.

"I haven't been in here in a minute." I said...

"It feels like a homecoming doesn't it?"said Bee Bee.

"I knowwwwwww...guess it's safe to eat here now."laughed Sofia.

"Especially since you know who isn't here." said Kahlil.

"I'm surprised because I saw Kelly Ann this morning....She was trying a case." said Jazzy...
 

"The man can't be around her 24/7 Jazzy, he has to work sometimes.."said Dabnis.

Kayla laughed at that statement...

"He's probably exhausted. All that screwing...."laughed Ray....

"I haven't been in here so long I forgot how homey and warm this place always felt."said Jessica.

"Yeah me too!"said Chip.

"A lot of good memories in here.. Studying case files at my table as my coffee and breakfast arrived."said Natalie.

"Yeah me too!, rushing from here right into court after lunch."said David..

"Same here...This was our spot, eh girlfriend?" said Brooke.

"You know it partner." said Natalie, high fiving her..

"Our cafeteria is empty today ,with most of us down here.."said Sean...

"We''ll all be back come dinner time.."laughed Zoey...

"Yeah how about that?" laughed her husband, Lem..

"Well look who just walked in." said Renee.

"You had to know it was too good to be true." said her husband Tyrell, just as the waitress began bringing everybody's meals...

"He's with Kelly Ann, we got nothin to worry about."laughed Paris..

''We got nothin to worry about whether he was with her or not."said Tony,

Lt. Tragg walked in with Judge Kelly Ann Mercer....

They took a seat by the window..... Of course he saw all of us eating, which wasn't normal during the week, but it was as if we weren't there...He didn't say a word to any of us....Especially me, Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil.

He did get up and walk over to the table of Assistant District Attorney Richard Gray....

"Heyyy Richie...You're gonna be prosecuting the Becker case aren't you?  We'll be working together...It's been awhile." said Lt. Tragg.

"Yes I am and this case is weak as hell...He's got a stone cold alibi....Not to mention there is no record of any bank transfers or any withdrawals of any money or payment to anybody...All you have is a bunch of witnesses who heard some loud arguments between the two...I need more.. Recanvass that crime scene, talk to some more people...get me something Artie...please." said Richard Gray..

"Alright, I'll see what I can do." said Lt. Tragg... He had no intention of putting anymore work into this case..  He returned to his seat with Kelly Ann.

Sam Mother liked that Artie had a girlfriend... Kelly Ann made him calmer, less abrasive...He didn't pick fights with his other customers anymore....There was no fist fights...No police coming in , no broken chairs or tables....Just a calm eating environment... He was glad to see us back too...He missed his old customers who had stopped eating here largely because of him... Now things were back to normal.

II-

"Jade you take me to the nicest places..." joked Yvette as they entered the Bar... The two women were the best dressed women in the bar...if not two of four women in the bar....The minute they walked in, the rowdy crowd of men got quiet and looked them both up and down...A Black woman and an Asian Woman..

"I'm sorry Yvette, but even I didn't want to come down here alone..." said Jade.

''What are you drinkin ladies?" asked the bartender...

"Two Beers!" said Yvette, who plunked down a couple of dollars..

"You gals cops?" asked the Bartender..

"What makes you think that?" asked Ms. Yvette.

"You're both dressed too fancy to be from around here and you're not my regulars."said the Bartender.

"I'm a Lawyer." said Yvette, showing him her work ID and her Bar Association card.

"And I'm a private investigator." said Jade ,showing him her P.I. License and her work ID...

"we need to know anything you can tell us about Ray Studevan, your former bartender." said Jade.

"Well he's dead now I guess I can talk about him....Ray was a good bartender...he was also a degenerate gambler... He was into  a guy in Chinatown named Eddie Lee for 100 large.... Eddie Lee is the bossman in Chinatown...You don't get on the hook with him for that much ..." said the Bartender.

"I talked to Eddie Lee. Eddie Lee says that Ray paid him back to the penny three days before he died.. I believe him...He wouldn't lie to me." said Jade.

"Ray liked the women and the women liked Ray....He never met a babe who he didn't feel he shouldn't liberate her from her bra and panties..heh heh heh! No disrespect." he said.,

''Well One was the well heeled Lawyer from Cherry Hill ,who was killed with him...She gave him the money to pay back Eddie Lee.."said Yvette.

"Yeah she was one....The other was a cop's wife....Lena Barrett...She was the wife of a Detective.... Vice squad....Mike Barrett, a real hot head...He wasn't even a regular... He came in here about two weeks ago and really thrashed Ray, pulled out a gun and put it to his head...Said if he heard of him messin with his wife again, he'd kill him!" said the bartender...

"Ummmmmmmmmm he appears to be someone worth talking to.."said Jade.

"A word to the wise...Take a man with you when you go to see him...The guy has a nasty temper, a real flip job....." said the Bartender..

"Thank you for your concern but I'm not worried about him...My Husband is a Lieutenant on the Police Force...Lieutenant of Robbery-Homicide...and her husband is an Investigator for the D.A.'s Office."said Jade.

"Oh well hell....you girls are covered.."laughed the bartender....

"Thanks for the beers and the conversation....." said Yvette as both women got up and left the bar.

They got in Jade's car and pulled off.....

The Bartender watched them from out the window....

"Nice Girls" he thought to himself.

As Fate would have it , at this very moment, Attorney Nina Rios of the women's law center paid us a visit. She had a woman with her...a woman with two black eyes and a swollen face....

"Is Yvette or Jade Here? I have someone I want them to meet?" said Nina.  This is Nadine Barrett...she is the wife of Detective Michael Barrett...She has finally left him and come to us at the Women's Law Center...We are trying to find a safe haven for her...She has something interesting to tell them." said Nina.

"I know you are defending that lawyer accused of having his fiance and her boyfriend murdered...I don't think he did it..."said the woman....

"Oh My God...Look at you!  Your husband did this to you?" asked Virginia..

"Throughout the course of our marriage...He has hit me for the slightest thing....Basically to hide his sexual inadequateness.....He's a frustrated man and a jealous man....I started hanging out at this dive bar and I met this bartender...Ray Studevan....He was handsome and nice....I knew he was a womanizer.. but for a few hours, he made me feel so womanly, so desirable in bed...He improved my whole mood... As Fate would have it...one of my husband's friends saw us together about a month ago...and he told me husband......Micheal beat me senseless and then went to the bar and beat up Ray, pulled his service revolver on him, put it to his head and said he'd kill him if he ever got wind that he and I were seeing each other..."said Nadine.

"Oh my god, let me get you a cold towel for your face..." said Bee Bee...

"I'll warm up some tea for you...Sit down..." said Sofia.

"Ms Yvette and Jade aren't here right now....In fact, as Fate would have it....They're at Ray's Dive Bar, asking questions about your husband..."I said.

"You're safe here..." said Kahlil...

"While he was at work, I packed all of my things and had them placed in Storage under an alias...I paid in cash... My clothes ,toiletries and belongings are in my car....I'm not going back to him...He's a mad man..."said Nadine Barrett...

"I know somebody that might put you up for a night...I'll call her and ask....That was smart thinking ,getting away from him." said Ms. Virginia.

"Being a Detective, he'll search all of the local hotels and may even search some women shelters...so we have to put her somewhere where she'll be safe." said Nina.

"Where is your car?" asked Kahlil..

"A few blocks away in the parking lot...by the Women's Law Center." said Nadine Barrett..

"Give us the keys.." I said.. "Come on Home slice." I said.

We found her car in the parking lot and just as we suspected from our dealings with Lt. Tragg..

There were four GPS Tracking devices found on it....

"This was how he was tracking her." said Kahlil...

"He's at work now...but when he gets home and finds her gone, he's going to go ballistic...So let's put these trackers where they won't be found.... IN THE RIVER!" I said.

"I like the way you think homeslice."laughed Kahlil..

Ms. Yvette and Ms. Jade were ecstatic about their good fortune when they came back....And they called the one person who was willing to help us...

Our friends, Olivia and Beverly agreed to help us... Nadine Barrett followed in her car ,now free of trackers to their Office/Duplex and parked in the back...

Nadine unpacked her clothes and things in their sub-basement apartment... We instructed her to turn her phones gps off and put them on the chargers....

She joined us for dinner upstairs...

"Olivia ,once again, you've pulled my buns out of the fire..Thank you soooo much."said Yvette..

"Yes, thank you so much for putting me up...Thank you all.. I finally feel safe."said Nadine Barrett. 

"It was no problem Vettie, you're like my sister...How could I say no to you?" asked Olivia...

 

"Keith and Kahlil...you guys were smart to check her car for tracking devices... He's getting home from work right now and his head is exploding....He can't track her, he can't find her things or her car..."said Donnie Ray.

"If he's anything like someone else we used to know with a penchant for tracking devices his head must be exploding right now..." laughed Beverly...

"He'll probably search the main shelters , The Women's Law Center...but he won't find her." said Nelson.

"A man like that is dangerous." said Josie...

"Yeah he sounds dangerous...and he has a gun and a badge."said Paris.

"Which makes him extra dangerous."said Bresha.

"With any luck, he might just take care of his problem himself...save us all some trouble."Joked Tony...

"Ouuuuuu Tony stoppp!  That's not funny." laughed Alfreda.

"I hate cops like him...The Unhinged ones....They're more a danger to the Public than the bad guys..."said Rockland..

"My husband was a Range Instructor before he made detective....He taught firearms safety and use.. Before that, he was in the Marines...He's an expert Marksman. He's very dangerous."said Nadine. 

 "He sounds dangerous." said Yvette.

"I know him...He served under me when I was a Lieutenant of Robbery -Homicide.. he was written up twice for brutality and he was a detective, not a beat cop.. When he was a range instructor, he hit somebody and broke his jaw... When I worked at Internal Affairs , I reccomended that he be booted off the force, but they never did,"said Gary.

"Hmmmmmmmm, him being an expert shot explains a lot." I said.

"We've got to subpoena him. I've got questions for him." said Bee Bee.

"I see where you're going...I have questions for him too." said Sofia.

"We'd better proceed with caution." said Kahlil.

"You four aren't going to proceed at all.. I'll subpoena him..."said Jade. She was a Black Belt..She was capable of handling herself.

"Be careful.. I know this guy too...He's got a real short temper...I'll send some men with you."said her husband, Danny.

"He sounds like a real peach of a guy." said Virginia.

"Yeah, a real peach." said Jetty.

III-

And at the Southstar Lofts-

Judge Charlotte Peterson walked into her loft...

"Heyyyy Eric.... I picked up some groceries on my way home......I'm off the next few days...My trial came to an end today..." said Charlotte.

"I went out and about today too." said Eric... They have a great Sandwich shoppe a few blocks from here.. I saw Olivia and her people in there today.....We had a great lunch.." said Eric.

"I'm glad you got some fresh air and had a good time..."laughed Charlotte..

He was eyeing Charlotte lustfully... "I would hope I'm about to have a really good time right now.." he laughed raffishly, taking her in his arms...

"Ouuuuuuuu hooooo hooooo hoooooo hoooooooo you are soooo nasty.....Is that all you think about all day when I'm away?" she asked, just blushing and giggling like a school girl...

"Yesssss here of lately...." he laughed...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE FRESH ERIC!" Charlotte laughed..

"And YOU ARE SO ROUND, SO CURVACEOUS!  UMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned in between soft kisses.

"YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO KISS ME!" she laughed as they kissed passionately....

"I enjoy kissing you." said Eric.

"I enjoy kissing you too." said Charlotte...

He unzippered her dress and slipped it off and began softly squeezing her breasts..

"Somehow when I kiss you, my clothes always manage to come off."laughed Charlotte.

"Yeah,how about that?" he snickered....

"Yes, how about that?" she whispered as they continued kissing...

She unzippered his trousers and softly began rubbing his now engorged penis..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOODNESS ERIC, YOU DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE, WHOOOOOOOO! BEING SO HARD AND SO DAMN BIG!! OUUUUUUUUUU" she moaned.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he moaned...

"I thought we would go out tonight....but I guess not...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out...

"AWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWD! WHO NEEDS TO GO OUT???" he moaned..

He unhooked her bra and slipped it off..

"We've got all week to go out.." he said.

"You just want some , that's all." she giggled.

"YESSSSS! I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!" he said.

He slipped her panties down......

"You want it every afternoon!" she said..

"And then some.." he added...

They both laughed.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU  GIRRRRRL!" he said as they laid down in the bed and he slowly entered her warm , wet center....Her legs were shaking with anticipation...

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she cried out....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CHARLOTTE!! OUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

A few weeks ago she had told Donnie Ray that she wanted her bed to squeak like Kelly Ann's..and now she had gotten her wish....Nearly every night, since she had invited Eric to stay with her....Her bedsprings were squeaking...She loved it....Having sex on a regular basis again.....

Eric was insatiable...He enjoyed sex.....and he enjoyed sex with Charlotte especially , it seemed...

She was as happy as she'd been in a long while... It was nice having a man around constantly....Pawing at her and taking her clothes off and making love to her every night....She was going to hate it when he had to go....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH JUST PUT IT IN ME...ALL OF IT.....OHHHHHHH MY GOD!!" she moaned.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM GIRRRRRRRL!" he cried out, humping away..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he moaned...

And for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS they were in coital bliss....

While next door in Kelly Ann's loft..

"OUUUUUUUUU Charlotte has had company for the past week and a half...They're really loud ..my word...Their bed sounds like it's going to come through the wall....OUUUUUUUUU!" she said..

"Give you any ideas baby?" laughed Lt. Tragg, who could hear the moaning and cooing and the bedsprings squeaking and was getting excited by it all..

"I know it gives you ideas you horny devil.." said Kelly Ann...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...you'll use any excuse to get me in the bed..." she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ARTHUR!!" she moaned..

"Kelly ANNNNNNN!" he cried out..

"MY HORNY HORNY BOYFRIEND!" she cooed....

He slipped her panties down.........

"AWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD! Kelly Annn!" he cried out..

"YOU ARE SOOOOO HORNY!" she sighed..

"I CAN'T HELP IT!" moaned Lt. Tragg..

"AWWWWWWWWWWW!" exclaimed Kelly Ann...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"moaned Lt. Tragg...

as they began once again to make sweet love......

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY?  IS IT GOOD TO YOU?" she whispered in his ear...

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!" he moaned..

She giggled...

There indeed was a hot afternoon at the lofts...

The next day at the Bridge Building in our office..

"I'm sure glad Chinese Bob's delivers and has a website where we can order on line."said Virginia

as she placed the take out on the conference room table for all of us to dig in...We were having a working lunch.  Trial was set to begin on Monday...

 

 "Oh Thank you Virginia....This food smells delicious....Now pull up a seat...This meeting isn't going to be long.." said Yvette.  "Trial begins Monday...Our ADA is going to be Richard Gray...You guys may remember him from a few years ago....He was young and green like you guys..I imagine by now he's no longer green, so don't take him lightly.... The case against our client is weak...Very weak." said Yvette.

"He's charged with conspiracy to commit murder....I don't know if the police are even searching for the actual killer." I said.

"From the beginiing Ms. Yvette, you have said that you don't think Valarie Robinson was the target of the killer, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." said Bee Bee.

"There is no reason to believe otherwise...She didn't have an enemy in the world..she was just in a bad relationship that wascoming to an end...While Ray Studevan on the other hand, owed a Chinese Underworld figure 100 large, which his well heeled girlfriend gave him to pay off his debts....Two days before he was murdered."said Sofia.

''And we know that the jealous husband of another woman he was seeing..beat him up in front of witnesses and put a gun to his head threatening to kill him...

"We know that He was a sniper and marksman in the Marines, was A firearms range instructor before becoming a detective... A marksman could have taken out the street cam with one well placed shot and then using a .22 with a home made silencer took those two out at the intersection without being caught.. I've been looking at that and I went back to the crime scene and studied the angles."said Jade.

 "His wife has a million dollar life insurance policy on him...but she can't collect a penny until all of this business is cleared up... That lets her off the hook.."said Ms. Yvette.

"I like this cop, Michael Barrett.. because of the shots...and because he had a history of spousal abuse and jealousy." I said.

"She's filed three domestic abuse complaints on him and a restraining order and then withdrew all of them...She's scared to death." said Bee Bee.

"He can't find her where we've got her stashed..At Olivia and Beverly's house." said Sofia.

"We've got to subpoena him.." said Kahlil.

"That's my job!  I'll find him...." said Jade.

"Be careful girl....I'm going with you..." said Virginia.

"We are both going." said Ms. Yvette.

IV-

CURLEY'S BAR-

''She left me...I cam home last night and all of her things were gone, Clothes, TV set, everything...The house was stripped bare....I've been going out of my head Curley, Out of my mind.... I had trackers on her car...She or some man she's running around must have found them because they're gone.....Her phones are off...She hasn't used her credit or debit cards to purchase anything... I've searched every women's shelter I know of in the City, staked out that Women's Law Center and nothing, not a sign of her...I've turned the city upside down.... She must be with another man....When I find her I'm gonna kill em both, I swear Curley..." said an unhinged detective Michael Barnett!

"Don't talk like that Mikey....The wrong person could hear you and it could get you in trouble.."said Curley, the owner of the bar and a former Homicide Detective.

As fate would have it...It was "Couples Night"  

As usual , the drinks were plentiful....

"I'm glad Beverly and Liv are doing "Laundry Day" on Saturday...My hamper was piling up.." said Jazzy.
 

"I'm glad too....I've got some Dry Cleaning I've got to take to the cleaners tomorrow after work ,before we got to the NO I.D. Bar." said Dabnis..

"Oh didn't you hear?  We aren't going to the NO I.D. Bar tomorrow." said Kayla.

"It's going to be closed for some reason.... We are going to Josie's." said Ray...

"That's nice...It'll give Charlotte and Eric a chance to come out and party with us..." said Jessica.

"Yeah it wasn't cool for them to come in here tonight with Lt. Tragg possibly coming in.." said Chip.

"Seriously, I don't think he'd be a problem.." said Karen.

"As long as he was with Kelly Ann." laughed her husband, B.L.

"At any rate, I look forward to Laundry Day this Saturday."said Natalie..

"Yeah me too, my hamper is getting pretty full." said David.

"So is mine...I wish the laundromat around our way would modernize....upgrade..." said Brooke.

"I do too...." said Sean.

"It needs a serious upgrade....but I'm just glad we get to ride to the one Olivia and Beverly found for us.."said Zoey....

"Catered Breakfast and Lunch....Can't beat that....."said Lem.

"Liv, Beverly,Ms. Alfreda and Josie and I took care of the food...."said Renee...

Her husband Tyrell hugged her... "My little catering baby." he said...

 

Renee giggled.....

"I felt bad leaving Nadine alone tonight...but under the circumstances...It's better if she's completely out of sight...This being a cop bar and all..Her husband could be in here now." said Olivia.

 

"Yeah ,that would be ugly..." said Donnie Ray.

"Charlotte and Eric wanted to come out....but here is probably not a good place either." said Beverly...

"We need to find another bar....as much as I like this place.....Too many unhinged cops." said Nelson.

"I know what you mean, but no one has hassled us  here in a long time.."said Josie...

"True..and with Charlotte and Eric not here and Nadine....well, we are pretty much covered tonight." said Paris.

"Nina and Carlos aren't out tonight either." said Bresha..

"They probably stayed in..." said Tony...

"It's midnight and you know who hasn't showed up either..." said Alfreda.

"Lt. Tragg and Kelly Ann...Yeah how about that! They would normally be here by now!"said Rockland.

 "Well as fate would have it...Look who's here...Micheal Barrett...We didn't have to go looking for him." said Yvette.

"Yeah and look at him, bending Curley's ear...just as unhinged as ever." said Gary...

"Tonight is a perfect time to present him with the subpoena." I said.

"Just sit tight...Ms. Jade has already  taken care of that..."said my wife Bee Bee.

"We knew he'd be here...We got it on good word from a reliable source..."said Sofia.

"You girls wanna tell us what's up?" said Kahlil..

"Just sit tight...we are covered." said Jade.

Danny sat back and smiled..

"Jetty stop staring at my breasts.." said Virginia.

"I can't help it baby..." laughed Jetty..

"I can't believe she'd leave me...I can't believe it...I know it's another man...I know it.." said Detective Mike Barrett.

Curley looked on..."Under the circumstances...I can't blame his wife...this guy is crazy..." he thought.

As another beer came up....His fifth!

Cierra Rodriguez, an Investigator we once defended , who worked for the Women's Law Center walked up to the bar.

"Are you Michael Barrett?" she asked.

"Who wants to know?" he asked..

She didn't answer...she placed the subpoena in his hand..

"That's for you....See ya in court!" she said and she walked out of the bar without looking our way....

"It's a court summons....I'VE BEEN SUPEONAED to be a witness in the ERIC BECKER MURDER CASE!!WHAT THE HELL  HAVE I GOT TO DO WITH THAT???" he screamed......

"Game!" I said.

"Set!" said Bee Bee, smiling..

"Match!" said Sofia...

"Got him!" said Kahlil...

"As Fate would have it...Lt. Tragg isn't here tonight..."laughed Yvette...

"One unhinged cop in here is enough for one night."laughed Ms. Jade.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)