VENTURES: Kissing To Be Clever

THE BRIDGE BUILDING-

THE OFFICE OF SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY KEITH JONES-

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YOUR LIPS ARE SO SOFT BEE BEE." I said as we shared a kiss.

"So are yours hot stuff." she cooed...

"We've gotta go...We are supposed to be in the conference room in a few minutes..." Bee Bee cooed.

"Yeah, I know..." I said as we shared one last kiss..

"Besides...you can kiss me all you want ,when we are on the train home or at home." she said, smiling

and taking a disenfectant wipe and wiping her lipstick smudges off of my face and lapel.

"Yeah I know...let's go." I said as we headed towards the conference room..

Our client, Cynda Townsend enjoyed a comfortable, restful sleep at Olivia and Beverly's house last night , after a night of drinking and fellowshipping with us at Curleys..

This morning after a nice hot shower and a change of clothes...She joined us on the train to work..

and then joined us for breakfast in our cafeteria.

"Ouuuuuu you have such a nice large cafeteria and such a great choice of food...and it's hot and tasty...and ouuuuuu, it's so cool that you all work in this building and live in the same neighborhood."said Cynda, just gushing.

"Spoken like somebody who hasn't gotten tired of us yet." laughed Jazzy..

Her husband, Dabnis laughed..."Funny thing is... all of us either knew one another and or worked together at times before we all wound up in this building and in the same neighborhood..None of us are really strangers." explained Dabnis as he chowed down on his food.

"Dabnis is right..We all have connections... Jazzy, Natalie, Renee and I have known each other since high school..We went to college together and Jazzy and I and my cousin Beverly went to law school together.."said Kayla.

"And Kayla and I met in Atlanta ,started dating and we both moved back to Philly..."said Ray.

My ties aren't as deep as them, but I did work a case or two with your attorneys, Yvette,Keith, Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil and they introduced me to Olivia and Beverly and their crew and we all became tight."said Jessica.

"And I left Jazzy's firm to be a defense attorney and wound up at the Public Defenders Office, where I met Jessica, Natalie, Brooke and David." said Chip..

"Yvette and Olivia and I lived across the hall from each other in law school in the dorms and we later shared an apartment off campus.." said Karen.. "Jazzy, Kayla and their husbands and I became friends when we all moved into this building." she continued.

"The Rest is as they say, history." laughed Natalie, who was seated close to her husband , David and was helping him cut up his Pancakes.

"We all used to eat downtown at Sam Mother's Diner...but since we all work here...This is our safe place.."said David.

"Safe from over zealous cops like Lt. Tragg and other city hall people." said Brooke.

"I work down the street at the Federal Building, but I find, I like eating my meals here." said Brooke's husband, Sean.

''Awwwwwwwwww him just want to eat with his boo Brookie." said Zoey.

Her husband, Lem laughed..

"Me and my husband are the newest residents of this building...We love it here."said Renee.

"Yeah it is great." said Tyrell.

"Nice and comfortable and cozy too!" said Paris.

"It has Central Air.." joked Tony....

"You two are Josie and Bresha's husbands...Nice...Great place Vettie." said Cynda.

"We like it..Our old building was modern and all, but didn't have a cafeteria.."said Ms. Yvette..

"Didn't have a gym or a spa either like this building does." I said.

"I take it you like it too huh Cynda.?" asked Bee Bee.

"Thinking of renting some office space in here?" asked Sofia.

"Girllllllll I wish I could."laughed Cynda.

"We can give you a building pass and you can dine here whenever you get the notion." said Kahlil.

"Yeah, Olivia, her husband, Donnie Ray, Beverly, her husband, Nelson.Josie, Bresha, My husband, Yvette's husband...they all eat here with us from time to time." said Jade.

"It is a great experience...best building I've ever worked in." said Virginia.

"Same here and I was here before all of the rest....Nice to have them here."said her husband, Jetty.

With breakfast finished...We all went to our floors and offices..

We retreated to our office upstairs.

II-

We were back in our conference room-

Cynda sat attentively...

"Today we are going to lay out your entire case for you....We went through your mother's things while you were locked up and this is what we found..."said Yvette.

"Here's what I found out... Ms. Cora Townsend never married , she filled out two birth certificates for Cynda...On one she doesn't name a father....but on the second one she does name the father as Jeremiah Jefferson..... Both of his parents are now deceased... But it is true... Mrs. Jefferson, his mother paid for Cora's first apartment building and I found cancelled checks written on her bank account for the rent and for pre-natal and post natal care and for the baby's upkeep running for close to 18 years...

There are partial tuition checks for Howard University and Howard University Law School...The rest of her education was paid for by loans and grants...It wasn't much....After Cynda passed the bar, there was one more check from the mother and that was it." said Jade.

"Just like I said... You guys have the proof to go after his estate on my behalf, whether he is living or not.. It was an anonymous phone call from a female voice I didn't recognize that put me on to this in the first place." said Cynda.

''Well right now you have a more serious problem...Proving you didn't kill Mr. Jefferson."said Yvette.

"You said you went to talk with him and you were there for a half hour...Then you left and he was alive right?" I said.

"He walked you to the door.. Three of his neighbors saw you leaving, meaning they must have seen him at the door, alive."said Bee Bee.

''According to both the police report and this autopsy report...He was shot to death just moments after you left..yet no one reported hearing any shots." said Sofia.

''Was anyone else in the house with you two?" asked Kahlil.

"His servants...His Son?" asked Jade.

"He didn't have any servants and no his son wasn't there....I specifically asked him when we spoke on the phone that his son not be there...So we could talk one on one.. He was a different guy when his son wasn't around."said Cynda.

"Really?" asked Virginia.

''Well, he did ask me my bust size." admitted Cynda.

"Ewwwwwwwww!" said Bee Bee.

We all laughed......

Bee Bee passed her a phone..

"This is what is commonly known on the street as a burner phone...Meaning it has a blocked number and can't be traced...We change the sim every three days....We'll stop by Olivia's at night and take care of that...

Don't call our personal phones or our business phones.. You call us on this phone.....Write this number down and remember it." said Bee Bee.

Sofia passed her a Portal...

With this, you can keep up with how your case is going daily if you like.. We'll put pre-recorded updates on this and you can video chat with us if we are in the office..." said Sofia.

"This keeps you off the street and out of Lt. Tragg or anyone else's gunsights..."said Yvette.

"You guys think of everything."laughed Cynda.

"It's why we win cases." said Kahlil.

"What he said." I said.

We all laughed.....

"Coffee anyone?" said Virginia.

Virginia brought us hot steaming tumblers of coffee..

III-

Lt. Tragg was as unhinged as he'd ever been lately....He again went to our old building wanting to talk to us about this case...

and our old office that we'd abandoned more than three years ago... Surprisingly no one had moved in since we'd left...

He had turned the city upside down trying to find Cynda Townsend... Out on bail, out on her own recognizance...She was free to roam about...Even leave the city if she wanted until the time of trial.

His phone vibrated.... It was Kelly Ann...She sent a photo of her in black garters, lacy panties and sheer pantyhose..

with a caption- "I'm Lonely and very horny! and am at home."

He immediately asked for the rest of the day off....

Immediately drove to her loft...

"My goodness, you got over here faster than I would have thought. WOW! Just the thought of sex makes you move with lightening speed....You Horny dog you..."laughed Kelly Ann..

"VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! " was all Lt. Tragg could get out of his mouth...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU KISS ME ARTHUR!" she cooed..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD, I CAN'T WAIT!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUU HOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOU!" she laughed.

"I NEEDED TO SEE YOU TODAY....I WAS REALLY IN ONE OF MY MOODS!" he said.

"WELL, I'M JUST GLAD I COULD PUT YOU IN A BETTER MOOD!" she said..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned.

"You are as horny as I am...but then you're always horny!" she said.

"So are you." he said.

"True! Now of days more than most." she said.

He began undressing her....

rubbing her legs and unsnapping her garters....

"OHHHHHHHHHH..!!! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" he moaned.

"ARTHUR! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ARTHURR!" she cooed.

They made sweet love the rest of the afternoon....Vastly improving his mood.

Back at our building.. Bee Bee and Sofia were busy studying laws pertaining to this case, like cases, predicates and what not..

They were also looking at the witness statements...the crime scene report and the autopsy report...

Kahlil and I were in the next room looking at the jury pool and at video from the night of the crime...looking at street cam footage of Cynda actually leaving the residence and blurry video of another figure leaving the home shortly after that.

"I know a photo development shop a few blocks from here that might be able to touch this up."I said.

"The Cops missed this obviously, considering who the lead detective is....but if this is developed more clearly....This could reveal who the actual murderer is and save Cynda." said Kahlil.

"Give it to me...I'll drop it off." said Ms. Virginia.

Meanwhile at the Murder Scene, the house belonging to Jeremiah Jefferson... Jade was there inspecting the scene, the ballistics and the trajectory of the two bullets... Ms. Yvette was there with a court order from a Judge, allowing Ms. Jade, a licensed investigator to be there..

It was good to have an Attorney with you. Lt. Tragg would often show up and it was good to have an attorney present with a written court order.

"Study the trajectory of the bullets...The killer approached from behind...Mr. Jefferson turned , but it had to be somebody he recognized...He put his hand up to block the shot and the first shot went through his hand and the second shot, the kill shot, hit him in his chest... Then look at these footprints here..They are too big to be Cynda's and they obviously are a male, size about 11 or 12...There was somebody else here!" said Jade, who was snapping photos with her phone.

"And the Anonymous call to Lt. Tragg's phone had to come from the killer, who waited a day later to drop the phone in the dumpster behind Cynda's apartment complex. You know it's funny Lt. Tragg hasn't shown up...After last night I'd expect him to...He was really angry... He was his old self again." said Yvette, smiling.

"I'm betting he's in Kelly Anne's loft making love to her."said Jade.

"I hope so...It'll lighten his mood..."laughed Yvette....

IV-

FRIDAY NIGHT- THE NO ID BAR!

"You guys have the coolest hang out spots."said Cynda.

''We like this spot...It's right across the street from where all of our friends work...We just meet them on Friday afternoons, after they get off." said Olivia.

"We'll be here tomorrow morning...They have an excellent brunch." said Donnie Ray.

"Oh yes...you'll love it!" gushed Beverly...

'Wait til we introduce you to Super Brunch at Josie's around our way on Sunday." said Nelson.

"Oh yeah, that has live music and a D.J. plus a soul food buffet." said Josie.

"Stick with us...we'll make the days leading up to your trial fun..If that's possible."said Paris.

"Of course it is.. What is better than being free and hanging out with good company.?" said Bresha.

"She's got a point." said her husband, Tony...

Alfreda laughed..."Here comes another round of drinks."

"They're used to us here." said Rockland...

"It's good that Olivia has buses that take you guys back and forth...Driving would be hazardous to your health with all these drinks."laughed. Cynda.

"I'm happy that you're safe with my friends and that not having an ankle bracelet on, you can hang out with us." said Yvette, who really liked Cynda as we all did.

"You're free of any police harrassment and any other kind of harrassment."said Yvette's husband Gary, who Cynda guiltily thought was cute...

"We usually stay until closing but tonight we are gonna leave at midnight...We are all tired." I said.

"That's okay...tomorrow after breakfast...We are going to Bayside to shop, you'll enjoy that." said Bee Bee.

"MAybe we'll get a little longer sleep tonight." said Sofia , pinching her husband playfully.

"That's totally up to you doll." laughed Kahlil...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"laughed Jade.

Her husband Danny softly rubbed her butt...

Virginia smiled..and removed her husband Jetty's hands from beneath her dress...

Jetty laughed slyly....

"Girl that guy at the bar keeps looking at you." said Jazzy.

A Distinguished looking man, not a regular was at the Bar drinking..He kept looking at Cynda and smiling.

"I know him...His name is James Barr, he works at my law firm...We've kinda sorta were dating for a short while...I didn't know he hung out here."said Cynda.

"He doesn't...This is the first time I've seen him in here... Kinda Sorta dating huh? He's looking at you like a hungry wolf.."said Jazzy.

"He's got his eyes on you Cynda."said Dabnis.

"Yeah girl...Maybe you should go over and talk to him." said Kayla.

"Stop playing matchmaker."joked Kayla's husband, Ray.

"He is handsome....I think you should go talk to him...He has been looking over here at you for awhile." said Jessica.

"Oh my god, you girls are such romantics."laughed Chip.

"It's a nice night...A night for romance.. He is staring at you as though he has x Ray vision." said Karen.