Amanda

 

      

Olivia Marissa Bennett-Alexander

Graduated , Philadelphia High School for Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Passed the Bar, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Louisiana, Texas, California

 Speaks French and Spanish Fluently...

Worked as a Public Defender, -Philadelphia PA.

Worked for Bach and Roach LLC, as Associate Attorney

Founding partner-Alexander & West , Attorneys at law..

Divorced- Elwood Barnes..,Corporate Attorney 

No Children, two miscarriages..

Married-Donnie Ray Alexander

Beverly Cheryl West-East

Graduated , Philadelphia High School for Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Passed the Bar, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Louisiana, Texas, California

 Speaks French and Spanish Fluently...

Worked as a Public Defender,-Philadelphia PA.

 Founding Partner-Alexander & West Attorney's at Law.

Daughter of Olivia's Older Half Brother, James West... Olivia's Niece

Married to Nelson East.

Nelson Sean East

Graduated, West Catholic High School-Philadelphia PA.

B.A. Administration of Justice, Pre-Law- St. Johns University, New York City
Psychology Minor...

J.D. -St. Johns University Law School, New York City..

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

Speaks Spanish , French and Russian Fluently...

Worked as Public Defender, -Philadelphia PA.

 Associate Attorney at Robert Foxworth and Associates.

Associate Attorney at Alexander and West , Attorneys at law.

Married to Beverly West

Donnie Ray Alexander

Born and Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Educated in New Orleans Public Schools..

Associates Degree- New Orleans Community College-Administration of Justice, Pre Law

Homicide Detective, New Orleans Police Department, Retired.

Principal Investigator, Alexander and West Attorneys at law-Philadelphia PA.

Married to Olivia Bennett

Also a semi-professional musician

Josephine Boyd

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Raised in Red Hook Section of New York City 

Bachelors of Science, Architecture from Fisk University

Master in Business Administration- University of Pennsylvania.

Para -Legal -Alexander & West Attorneys at law.

JD- Drexel  University -The Thomas Kline Law School..

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

Associate Attorney-Alexander & West, Attorneys at Law, Philadelphia.

Married to Paris Boyd

Bresha Billips

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. Administration of Justice,/ Trial advocacy /Pre Law- Lasalle University, Philadelphia PA.

J.D.- Middleton Law School, Bayside ,Pennsylvania.

Passed the bar, Pennsylvania, Deleware, New Jersey, New York, California.

Speaks Spanish and French Fluently...

Associate Attorney at Alexander and West , Attorneys at law...

Married to Attorney Tony Billips.

Lee (Lisa Chou Lai) Phillips

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Her Father and Mother second generation American Citizens owned  a successful Dry Cleaning Business...

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

Studied Law at Middleton School of Law for two years, suspended studies because of pregnancy..

suffered a miscarriage.

Had transcripts transferred to Drexel University-Thomas Klein School of Law, where she has been a student for a year..

Has Interned for Olivia Bennett -Alexander/Beverly West East and Associates and Yvette Jones Lockwood-Managing partner of McCluskey/Cozen Connor and Pratt and associates. The Innocence Project and other law firms.

J.D.- from Thomas Klein School of Law, Drexel University

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware.

Staff Attorney- Women's Law Center.

ONE WEEK LATER-

OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR- LOUIS DELINE

He and his assistant, Attorney Amanda Grayson were looking at the dossiers on us.

"Amanda these are the attorneys, James Taylor has got to defend him...As you can see they come highly reccomended... " he said.

"I've heard of Olivia Bennett-Alexander, her niece, Beverly West and her niece's husband, Nelson East.. I worked with them when I was a Public Defender...I'm not familliar with the other three...Josie Boyd, Bresha Billips and Lee Phillips, who are in her employ...but I know Olivia...She's sharp and if they work for her and are anything like Beverly West and her husband, Nelson East...They're sharp too and well disciplined...We'd be best to bring our A-game." said Amanda Grayson.

As they peered at the dossiers on us on the laptop.

They had been brought in to prosecute Jumpshot Jim because not one of the ADA's on the D.A.'s staff wanted to prosecute him...He was a colleague and none of them believed he was guilty...

But he had been charged with Murder and he had to be prosecuted...

So D.A. Gil Garcetti brought in his old law school chum..

Louis Deline...A prominent Defense Attorney and a one time Prosecutor himself..Now in Private Practice.  A Bulldog in his profession to be a special prosecutor... He in turn brought in his top attorney,

Amanda Grayson, to be his second chair....

We hadn't exactly been sitting on our hands the past week..

We immediately got him arraigned in Night Court the next night....A Tuesday at 9:30 pm...

NIGHT COURT- 

In Philadelphia, Night Court only operates two nights a week....Tuesday and Thursday, Tonight was Tuesday...and fortunately...We got an arraignment date of 9:30 pm. 

The Judge in this case would not be the Judge in the actual case....

Lt. Tragg was not there... Night court was too low profile for him...No witnesses...No media..and a bunch of  Judges  and ADA's who were mostly older Judges and ADA's about to retire...It was lightweight. It was in session from 7:00 pm- 10:00 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays...We were quite fortunate to get a date.

The ADA that did show up was not going to be the ADA that tried the case...He had only the basic out line of the case at hand... He basically wanted to go home...So he didn't really put up much of a fight.

We presented 100charactor witnesses , a lot from the courthouse and a lot of attractive women who surprisingly were not angry at him... 

We weren't surprised at all, that Jumpshot Jim, being an officer of the court, who everyone knew and having all of these charactor witnesses was released on his own recognizance...

He uncharactorisrtically hugged Olivia and kissed her on the cheek..

"Olivia, you are an angel..Thank you for getting me out." He said.

"OUUUUUUUUUUU! You're only half way out... There is still a trial....but at least you are not in that city jail, and for the time being, you still have a job to go to." said Olivia.

 

"Normally We'd advise you to go to a hotel and use your real name...but I'm guessing you feel better at your own place right?" I asked him.

"Yeah...I'd feel better at my own place... You guys wanna get out of here and get some coffee?" he asked.

"That's not a bad idea....You treatin?" joked Beverly..

"I know you're joking Bev...But I will in fact treat.....I owe you guys my freedom.." said Jumpshot Jim.

"Phew ! Lawd knows what would have happened to him in that city jail."whispered Nelson to Josie.

"I know right?" said Josie.

"I know a nice coffee shop...Not too far from here." said Bresha.

II-

Bresha walked us around the corner to a tony Coffee Shop...

"This is good coffee....Good Call."said Jumpshot Jim.

 

''It is..Go home tonight and get a nice hot shower and a good night's sleep."said Olivia.

 

"Try to keep a low profile." I said.

"Bresha....Good call. I love the coffee and I love the ambience of this place."said Beverly.

"That's a word that's been thrown around a lot lately...laughed Nelson, but this is good coffee...laughed Nelson.

Josie sipped her coffee and passed Jumpshot Jim a Burner Phone..

"Disable the GPS on your phone and temporarily surrender your phone to us..We'll lock it in our safe..

You will use this phone to contact us......It's clean and can't be traced...It's a Burner phone..Don't call our personal phones or business phone numbers....You contact us on this phone and this phone only...until after the trial." she said.

"Geee, you guys don't play..." said Jumpshot...

"That's why we win cases." said Nelson.

"This is a Portal....You can use this to keep up with how we are doing with your case... It'll keep you from having to run out to our office everyday." said Bresha.

"It'll keep Lt. Tragg off of my back...He'll more than likely be watching your place..."laughed Jumpshot Jim....

Amanda Grayson walked into the coffee shop...She was surprised to see Jumpshot Jim already out of jail, but then again she knew how efficient we were...

"Amanda?"  "Amanda Grayson!" said Nelson..

"Amanda Grayson, Long time no see." said Beverly....

"Hi Nelson, Hi Beverly....It has been a long time hasn't it?  I understand you two are married now....Congratulations are in order...Hiiiiiii Olivia." said Amanda.

"Hiiiiiii Amanda....How are you doing? Long time , No See..."said Olivia..

"I was out in New York for awhile after I left the Public Defenders Office...Now I'm back in Philly working for Louis Deline...." said Amanda Grayson.

"Ouuuuuuuuu Big Time Lady!" said Olivia.

"You're Big Time!  Got your own firm, got Four additional attorneys....Your husband as investigator...and have won many big cases....I've followed you....Whatever happened to Jasmine Jenkins?  She used to hang with you guys...."asked Amanda.

"It's Coley now...Jasmine is married.. She and her husband, also an Attorney live across the street from us... She's made partner at her firm now." said Beverly....

"Oh Wowwww!  Nice to see that everybody is doing good....I'm unfortunately working with the Special Prosecutor who is going to be prosecuting your client, James Taylor.."said Amanda.

"Louis Deline? Wow! Oh well...Such is life...It sure was nice seeing you again Amanda."said Olivia.

''Same Here"said Amanda..

"I swear ,you guys know everybody."I said,laughing..

"The Legal Community In Philadelphia is very close knit." said Olivia..

"I see." I laughed.

Amanda was not lost on our client, Jumpshot Jim, who couldn't take his eyes off of her..

"VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" he said to himself.

as he watched Amanda walk away.....

THIS WEEK-

Josie, Bresha and Lee Phillips studied witness statements, autopsy reports, looked at crime scene photos

and studied laws pertaining to this case and laws of other similar cases we might use...

We had borrowed Lee from the Women's :Law Center....Olivia told her this case would give her good education in being a trial lawyer...She jumped at the chance to work with us again..

The three young ladies were hard at work....

While on another floor..

Olivia, Beverly and I went through the late

Carmen Upton's case files to see any of the prisoners she had sent to prison and whether any of them had held any grudges or made any credible threats against her...

Most of the guys she sent to prison were still in prison....There were however three who were recently released and I looked into them..

One had been killed in a car accident in December...The other had moved to Georgia and wasn't here...so that left one...A Bad charactor named Gerald Beasley....Who so far, couldn't be located......

And in the next room...

Nelson looked over the jury pool, Looking at their race, sex, age, political affiliations, education, the works in deciding who would make a good juror..

Lt. Tragg had a man in an unmarked police car stationed across the street from us... He didn't notice anyone foreign except Lee Phillips...No sign of Jumpshot Jim...Who was who he was actually looking for.

Jumpshot Jim was doing as we said, Keeping a very low profile and entertaining at his loft...

"I didn't think I'd ever get you over her AMANDA!" he laughed.

"It's been a long time since law school James... Looks like you've really gotten yourself in a mess this time..but you have some really good attorneys representing you...I know them...I used to work with them....." said Amanda.

"What about your boss? He's going to try to put me in jail...You are too!" said Jumpshot Jim.

He poured some more glasses of Tequilla for her..

She and he downed three shot glasses a piece.

"Oh the case he has against you is weak....I don't even know how the Detective involved got an indictment...My boss is good...but he's no miracle worker...I doubt he gets a conviction with this crap."said Amanda..

"Enough shop talk....heh heh he." said Jumpshot Jim...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" said Amanda...  

He dimmed the lights and they began to kiss passionately..

"Ohhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyy...Ouuuuuu you are very forward James...You always were.....and very erect.....OUUUUUUUUU!" she said..Her legs shaking.....She found herself aroused beyond compare....She unzippered his trousers and softly caressed his engorged and erect penis...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY...OUUUUUUUUU" she moaned...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT'S ALL FOR YOU!" he moaned..sweating bullets...

"OH MYYYYYYY!" she said. 

Their kissing got even more passionate....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU JIM....YOU'RE ABOUT TO SCORE!" she said.

"SWISH!" he laughed as they continued kissing..

He unzippered her dress, took it off,  and dug his hands deep into her panties...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" he moaned..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM JAMES....I HAVE A FEELING YOU'VE WANTED TO DO THIS EVER SINCE LAW SCHOOL..." she said.

"YES I HAVE.....AWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he said.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU   YOU NASTY BOYYYYY...OUUUUUUUUUUU!!!" she cooed....

He unsnapped her bra...

and slipped her panties down...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Your panties are beautiful..." he moaned...

"Thank you James.." she said politely...Her leg still shaking..

She was the fourth woman to grace his bed in a three week period... This time there were no listening or video recording devices in his loft and no man across the street snapping photos...For once he had complete privacy...

He laid her across her bed, spread her legs and slowly entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHHHHH MY  GOODNESSS!! OUUUUUUU!" she moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...PUT IT IN...PUT IT ALL IN JIM......OUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEET BABYYYYYY! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!" he moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IT FEELS GOOD...IT FEELS GOOOD!   IT FEEEELS GOOOOOD JMAES  AWWWWWWWW!" she cried out...both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing an intense orgasm.....

They began making sweet sweet love......"OHHHHHHHHHHHH  !!!!  OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  JAMES!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ...HMMMMMMMMMMMM"  she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since they'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...

"AMANDA!!! AMANDA  baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...

" OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" she screamed out....

The bed squeaked even louder...

"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 DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  JAMES, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!! She couldn't believe how passionate he was, his stamina.. It was as if he didn't want to get up off of her!!

They were both sweaty and out of breath....He lie in between her legs, while she ran her hands through his hair...

"You want some more?" she whispered....

"WHATTTTTTTTT?" he said incredulous...He was exhausted...

"Sure You Do!" she said, smiling.....  "YOU'RE STILL VERY HARD!" she cooed.

She straddled him and eased herself down on his still surprisingly hard penis..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU JAMES!" she moaned..

"AWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he cried out..

Amanda was very passionate, a far cry from her prissy controlled public demeanor....

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY?" she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD YESSSSSSSSSS!" he cried out..

 riding him like a surfer rides the waves.....He didn't know if he was coming or going!!

She had yet another intense orgasm.....She feared she was slowly losing her mind.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..LAWWWWWWWWWDDDD!" he moaned

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIVE ME THAT MONSTER!!! OH MY GODDDD!! YOU ARE HUGE!!! AND SO DAMN HARRRRD!! OUUUUUUUU! GIVE IT TO ME!!" she cooed.Her whole body trembled something fierce..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYY DAMNNNNN!" he moaned..

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? LET ME RIDE THAT HORSE!!!WOUUUUUUU! " she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!" he yelled out....He couldn't believe what a freak she was behind closed doors..

ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF HOURS PASSED BY

He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying....

She had her final intense orgasm.......

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!  IT'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEEEEEE...OUUUUU JAMES!!!!!  " she moaned..

Early The Next Morning..

Amanda awakened and showered...

Amanda got dressed... James "Jumpshot Jim" Taylor was fast asleep and snoring..

She bent down and placed a kiss on his cheek...

"Byyyyyyeeee James." she whispered as she slipped quietly out of his loft..and into her car and away.

III-

CURLEY'S BAR- COUPLES NIGHT!

Another Thursday Night...The Drinks were flowing.....

"Enjoying working with Olivia and Beverly on this case baby girl?" asked Jazzy..

"I sure am...Liv told me this case would teach me a lot about being a trial lawyer."said Lee.

"I go over there and pick her up at night...She's beat...but she's happy...She's learning so much."said her boyfriend, Attorney Matthew Akes.

 

"Good for her...I remembered when I worked with them a few years back." said Dabnis.

"We saw Amanda...Amanda Grayson, remember her Jazzy?" said Beverly.

"Oh Woww! Yeah...From the Public Defender's Office...How is she doing?" asked Jazzy...

"She now works for Louis Deline, who is the Special Prosecutor trying the case against Jumpshot Jim."said Beverly.

"I've heard of him.....He's a real killer as they say...A Defense Attorney now, but a former prosecutor...So Gil Garcetti got a real heavy hitter." said Kayla.

"He's good, but not that good..I know one thing, If he even thinks this case is weak..He'll drop it in a heartbeat raather than try it and lose.He doesn't like to lose."said Ray.

"Who does?"laughed Jessica.

"I've heard of this Louis Deline....He's good!"said Chip.

"I heard none of the other ADA's wanted to prosecute Jumpshot Jim...None of them believe he's guilty...." said Karen.

"That's why Garcetti called in Louis Deline.....They go back...I think they were in Law School together at Harvard."said B.L.

"WOWWWWWWW!  This looks like a Dilly of a case."laughed Natalie.

"Jumpshot Jim may jump from bed to bed...but he's no killer...He's not even violent." said David.

"A lot of this was orchestrated by Lt. Tragg...Not the murder, but the other stuff..All because he is so thin skinned and can't stomach being criticized."said Brooke.

"It's from his playbook ,but unfortunately, It can't be proved....He was out at sea."said Sean.

"Yeah, he's always out at sea when something like this happens to somebody..."snarled Zoey...

"But question is...Who killed Ms. Upton?  It certainly wasn't Lt. Tragg." asked her husband, Lem.

"Maybe it was someone she sent to prison, that just got out, with an axe to grind.." said Renee.

"Yeah that's what I'm thinking...and then all this stuff happened...Jumpshot Jim and all these women exposed..Ms. Upton upset about it.. rushes home alone, only to be confronted by her killer."said Tyrell

"And Jumpshot walking in on it..What if he had gone home and cleaned himself up and not been there?" asked Nina Rios.

"He wouldn't be in this mess right now."said Carlos. 

"I was thinking the same thing Nina,Carlos....He just had the worst week of his life." said Olivia.

 

"I'll say..." I said.

"We gave him the phone and the portal...and we haven't heard a peep out of him." said Beverly..

"He's keeping the lowest profile...He must have a lot of faith in us." said Nelson.

"He's probably got another woman over his loft, screwing her brains out as we speak." said Josie.

"Wow!  You really don't like him do you?"laughed her husband, Paris.

"It's not that...We just don't like or respect what he does to people.."said Bresha.

"Well one thing is for sure.. He's no killer...Lt. Tragg is just getting some traction out of all of this.."said Tony.

"He's a thin skinned petty little man."said Alfreda.

"You nailed it!" said Rockland. 

 ''Well Olivia ,I wish you all luck in this case...I wouldn't want to trade places with you." said Yvette.

"The case against Jumpshot Jim is weak as hell, I don't know how he got an indictment on this."said Gary.

"This could wind him back on the boat..."laughed Keith Jones..

"Oh Please let it." said Bee Bee.

"There he is...at the door." said Sofia.,

"Where is Kelly Ann?" asked Kahlil.

"She's with Jumpshot Jim." said Jade.

We all burst into loud laughter!

Danny Ho just leaned back, saying nothing.

"Kelly Ann isn't with him...and he's heading this way."said Virginia.

"Ohhh hell...It's been so peaceful...I knew it had to come to an end soon."sighed Jetty....

Lt. Tragg walked over to Olivia..

"Olivia, where is your client?" he asked.

"He's Free on his own recognizance...We don't need to see him until trial time, So your guess is as good as mine."said Olivia.

She knew and he knew she knew that she didn't have to tell him anything.

"You've got him holed up in a hotel somewhere don't you?" he asked.

"Really?  Your guess is as good as mine!"said Olivia.

"Okay....I'm not going to go down this road with you....He'd better be in court when the trial begins."said Lt. Tragg.

"He Will Be!  He said he loves proving you wrong." laughed Olivia. She knew that that stung him!

Lt. Tragg smiled.. "See you in court Liv." he said and walked away....

We got off easy tonight..

To our credit, Kelly Ann did show up and they sat in their corner...

Downing Beers..

and kissing passionately....

in the corner like they usually did.

Couples  Night!

IV-

Gazspachos-The City's trendiest new restaurant.

"Ouuu Auntay, I've always wanted to come here...Nelson says he's going to take me...but my birthday has already passed." said Beverly..

"Imagine coming here tonight for something work related... Oh No.."said Olivia.

Judge Crawford walked over to Olivia...She could tell he'd been drinking..

"LAWWWWWWWWD TODAY OLIVIA....YOU ARE WEARING THAT DAMN DRESS...UMMMMM ...UMMMMPH!   I'LL BET YOU'RE WEARING RED PANTIES AREN'T YOU?" he asked..

"You've been drinking...." said Olivia, ignoring his question concerning her underwear...

"No...you'd be wearing Black...You like to match things up right?" he moaned..

"You need some coffee your honor.." said Olivia as she and Beverly walked away...

"Boyyy Auntay, the men you attract."laughed Beverly,..,..

"Your day is coming Neicey Poo!" said Olivia...

"There is our pigeon..." said Beverly...

A man was sitting alone at a table... Olivia and Beverly invited themselves to his table.

"Olivia Bennett...Long time no see....And this must be your niece, Beverly... What are you two drinking?" he said.

"Citris Martini for me..and it's Bennett-Alexander now..I have since re-married."said Olivia.

"Well good for you...You got everything you wanted... A new husband, a successful law firm...Very well played. You always said you were going to do that....I didn't think you'd succeed, but I guess you proved me wrong...What are you having little lady?" he asked.

"Mango Martini for me." said Beverly.

" VCitris Martin, Mango Martini and a Rum and Coke for me. " he told the bartender.  "

It's been a long time since I was your supervisor at Bach and Roach....And you made good your promise, you got divorced...You started a very successful law practice which includes your niece as your partner.... I should have thanked you for winning that big case for us..when your aunt unfortunately had her second miscarriage." he said snarkily..

Their drinks arrived...

"We are here about your ex-wife's recent murder..." said Olivia, who really didn't like her old boss, John Upton...

"Yeah, I read about that in the paper.. sad thing....I heard you're representing the guy they think did it..That Pretty Boy Assistant District Attorney who is always in the papers with a different woman every other month...The City's so called most eligible bachelor..hahahahahahaha." said John Upton.

"We don't think he did it.."said Beverly.

''Well it would be odd if you did think he did it, considering you're representing him.So what has this got to do with me?" he asked.

"Your divorce didn't end well...There were threats and counter threats...and just three weeks before her death she filed a restraining order against you.  My husband is a very good investigator."said Olivia.

"So I'm a suspect huh? Hahahahahahahahaha! Olivia you're imaginative, I'll give you that." he laughed.

Beverly pulled a subpoena out of her purse...

"You probably are innocent, but we'd like you to tell us that in court." she said.

"Thanks for the drinks...." said Olivia as she and Beverly finished their drinks and departed..

John Upton smiled snarkily, while admiring Olivia and Beverly's figures...

I was not in such a glamorous place...I was in a Dive Bar in South Philly...

People say I have a cop's air about me.....

I had located Gerald Beasley. A Hard luck case and a former enforcer for a gambler out of Atlantic City..

 He had beaten a man to nearly an inch of his life...Carmen "Tough Cookie " Upton had faced him down with the police and tried him and convicted him...He was sentenced to 25 years....Amazingly, he was paroled after 11 years....

"WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU A COP?" he asked.

"Not anymore ,I'm a Private Investigator...I work for an Attorney...We are defending the man accused of killing Assistant District Attorney Carmen Upton..."I said.

"And I'm a suspect right?That's funny...The Cops haven't even questioned me and here you come." he said.

"I'm not handcuffing you....Only asking you to appear in court as a witness for the defense." I said.

and handed him a subpoena.

"WHYYYYYY YOUUUUU!" he snarled and charged at me...He threw a haymaker....He missed...

He threw another one....He missed that one too....

The entire bar cleared... Such was the reputation of this man.. He grabbed me and pushed me out of the bar into the street...

"I'm gonna beat the livin tar outta you!" he screamed..

Now it was my turn...I hit him with about 16 lefts and 16 rights to his face...and then followed up with an uppercut that sent Gerald Beasley flying into a row of stacked trash cans...They all fell on him...

He was bloody and hurt, but he was a tough old bird..He crawled from under all that and charged me, I side stepped him and tore into his mid-section  with more lefts and rights...

He got a few lefts and rights in on me...but I sidestepped him and delivered an upper cut that sent him flying into the side of a parked car and down into the street..He picked up some dirt and threw it into my  face and charged me..pummeling me with lefts and rights..but I delivered about 16 or 17 more lefts and rights to his face ,which sent him spinning like a top..

He couldn't believe he was being beat like a drum by me.....Neither could the crowd who had stepped outside to watch...

He  tried to throw another haymaker and missed and slammed his fist into the light pole...This broke  three fingers on his left hand...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GOOOD LAWWD!" he yelled in excrutiating pain!!

I hit him one last time and Gerald Beasley collapsed like a sack of potatoes..

The crowd clapped and whistled...

Gerald  had finally had his ass handed to him...

I didn't have a scratch on me....

One man offered to buy me a drink, but I declined.... I can't tell you how many people shook my  hand...

Apparently this man bullied a lot of people in this bar...They were glad to see him get his butt kicked.

Gerald Beasley had a broken hand...A broken Nose...A Fractured jaw...Both of his eyes were swollen shut..

He lie there in pain, listening to people clap and cheer that he had gotten beaten up...The embarrassment and pain broke his heart because he cried like a baby....

Assistant to the Special Prosecutor, Amanda Grayson showed up just then...

"Donnie Ray....Olivia's husband...I was going to subpoena him...Looks like you beat me to it and him as well." she said with a smile.

"He's not the easiest person to converse with..." I said.

I called 911....They sent an ambulance to pick Gerald Beasley up... He was still conscious.

I picked the subpoena up off of the ground and placed it on top of him..

"You'll be out of the hospital by the time the trial starts....I expect you to be in court on time.. Don't make me have to track you down again." I said.   "Good Night Ms. Grayson." I said.

Amanda looked at me lustfully...

"Good Night Mr. Alexander..." she said and smiled.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)