A WEEK LATER-COURTROOM WAITING AREA."Coffees everyone?" said Natika...She had rounded up coffees from the coffee shop down the street for everybody.
"Thank You Natika."said Karen.
"Thank You Ms. Sommers." said our client, Wallace Crockett.
"Thanks Natika." said Natalie.
"Thank You Natika." said Brooke.
"Thank You Natika." I said.
"Thank you Natika.." said Sean.
"Thank You Natika." said Lee, who was aiding us also.
seven lawyers...All Young and all good.. How fortunate was he? ,he thought to himself.
with Lt. Tragg walking behind them....
"And how is that? throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way or a Judge rules against you?" said Lt. Tragg, still angry about the mini fist fight he'd had with Bruce Greene in court a few weeks before at the conclusion of a trial.
We overheard some of their exchanges-
"Not A humble bone in his body.." said Natika.
"Not a one." said Natalie.
"This is going to be an interesting trial."I mused..
II-
COURTROOM A-
Judge Elise Cummings was the Judge on this case...I had never tried a case in her courtroom, but both Olivia and Yvette had told us that she was a very good judge and the best to work under..A defense attorney's friend.
She certainly was attractive....
"Good Morning ,Good Morning Jurors..I am Judge Elise Cummings...I will be presding over this case.
Case 207-Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Wallace Crockett.." she said.
"We will start with introductions." said Judge Cummings....
"Representing the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, Assistant District Attorney Todd Baker, your honor."said Todd.
"Ohhhhhhhh boy, he's got a boner for the Judge.."sighed Natalie..
Lee heard us and she giggled.
"Natika Sommers, Special Lead Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Natika.
"Natalie Charles, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Natalie.
"David Charles, Attorney for the Defense your honor." I said.
"Sean Marks, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Sean...
ADA Todd Baker appeared to know what he was doing....but when it came to picking a jury...He was an an amateur...He had been second chair or had had an experienced second chair who knew what he or she was doing in the past...
"I remember you....I lectured at Middleton Law School two years ago.....You were one of my students....So you've graduated and passed the bar and are working as an Attorney now huh? Outstanding!"said Judge Cummings... "We will now have jury selection.
He was no match for Natalie and Brooke, who nearly pitched a shut out, getting 10 out of 12 jurors we wanted....An astounding victory for our side...
That night at our house....
"With Bruce Greene connected to this...There is going to be mass confusion in this case...They didn't look like they knew what they were doing today..They aren't like you and Brooke..You two never get in each other's way.".I said.
"Brooke is the ying to my yang....We are sooo on point , we end each other's sentences... Unzip me."said Natalie.
I unzipped her dress and helped her out of it...I enjoyed looking at her figure and how a lot of her dresses just clung to her.. She knew it and smiled.
"Oh My God! You bought this bra and panty set Saturday at Bayside didn't you?" I said and smiled.
"Yes I did... Bevertly and Josie bought the exact same set....We all thought they were pretty." explained Natalie...
"They are very pretty." I said.
"I approve." I said.
Natalie cracked up laughing....I loved to see her laugh.. She knew that walking around in her bra and panties was driving me crazy.
Natalie walked by me again....
"Well look at you now...You just going to stand there.?"she said and smiled.
I began to undress....
And took Natalie in my arms and kissed her passionately.....
We continued kissing....
"I love you Natalie." I said.
"You better!" she said ,giggling.. "I love you too David!" she said.
I unhooked her bra
and slipped her panties down...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LOOK AT YOUUUUUU!" she said..."MY MY MY MYYYYY!" she exclaimed.
I couldn't get enough of Natalie and she couldn't get enough of me...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEET HUSBAND!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed softly...
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" I cried out...
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....DAVID.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"Natalie finally moaned loudly.....She was having an intense orgasm!!
We were really going at each other...Natalie had her arms wrapped around my neck and her legs wide open and wrapped around my back...
She was having an intense orgasm! She wasn't speaking but she was smiling broadly....and her body was trembling....
"Is it good to you? Is it good to you baby?" she whispered..
"YES...YES!" I cried out..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU, UMMMMMMMMMM! I'M GlADDD! OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....DAVID.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"Natalie finally moaned loudly.....She was having another intense orgasm!!!!
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NATALIE....YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!" I cried out..
"YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY HUSBAND!! OUUUUUUUUUU OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY SWEET MANNNNN" she said...."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned. Her body trembled and her head turned from side to side...Tears streamed down the side of her face...
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NATALIE..I AM LOSING MY MIND!" I said. I didn't know if I was coming or going.
"OHHHHH DAVID!!THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY HUSBAND!! OUUUUUUUUUU OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY SWEET MANNNNN" she said...."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned. Her body trembled and her head turned from side to side...Tears streamed down the side of her face...
"AWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" I cried out...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEET HUSBAND!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed softly...
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" I cried out...
We made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!
Ending our night with Natalie lying on top of me, breathing heavily.....
"Look at you...Big smile on your face.." she said..
I continued to smile as she lay her head on my chest....I wrapped my arms around her back...
She snuggled in the crook of my arms...
"I'm glad I make you happy." she whispered and smiled at me....
"I'm glad you do too! Give me a kiss baby" I whispered as we both dozed off.
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I GAVE YOU A KISS....THAT'S WHAT LED TO US DOING ALL OF THIS!" moaned Natalie, kissing me..
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" I moaned.
And Next door at Brooke and Sean's house..
"I heard Todd tell Bruce that he didn't need his help, but Bruce insisted on being part of the team."said Sean...
"It's Natika... He wants to use this trial to get back at her in some sick way." said Brooke.
"And Not paying the drink tab."" said Sean...
"I told you when you get me laughing like this...my panties come off." she said.
He unsnapped her bra..
They kissed each other slowly and sweetly....
"Well alright." laughed Sean..
Their kissing got hotter and more passionate....
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Brooke you drive me mad!"said Sean....
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu good, that means I'm doing my job..." she said.
"AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD! YOU DO IT SO WELL!" he exclaimed.
Brooke giggled.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he moaned.
He spread her legs and entered her slowly....She was wet and warm and smelled good...He was delirious...
OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! LAWDDDDDDDDDDD! BROOKE!" he moaned...
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU! Oh My God Sean, you are so hard....ouuuuuuu and so big! Ummmmmm" moaned Brooke.." she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!
WOUUUUUUUUU! Oh My God Sean, you are so hard....ouuuuuuu and so big! Ummmmmm" moaned Brooke.." she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!
Her body trembled and she had a quick almost embarrassing orgasm....
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.LAWWWWWWWWWWD BROOKE, MY SWEET VANILLA!!!" he moaned.
The bed squeaked loudly and the headboard rattled....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! CHOCOLATE DADDY!!!" she moaned..
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HUSBAND! OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"he moaned loudly...
"Chocolate Daddy ,I'm about to cummm....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"
"OHHHHHHHHHHH BROOKIE...SO AM I....AWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he yelled out.
They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!
End of another day.
III-
COURTROOM A- ONE WEEK LATER!
The trial was a circus, just as we expected!!
Judge Elise Cummings was exasperated with the Prosecution...
ADA Todd Baker was running this trial more like a tribute to his one time mentor...
The Late Carmen "Tough Cookie" Upton than a real prosecution.... He offered no new evidence and the same witnesses from the first case..
Karen, Brooke, Natalie, Myself and Lee eviscerated these witnesses on cross...Their statements and memories were markedly different from their original testimonies...Facts we brought out and hammered them on...
Natika's objections completely un nerved him and had him spinning around in a circle like a top, tossing his suit jacket in the air and jumping up and down like a four year old , throwing a temper tantrum...
The Frustration on his face was quite obvious...
Even Lt. Tragg was looking at him as though he were a fool...
Natika and Karen gave brilliant opening arguments as to our client's innocence and how this entire prosecution was a rush to judgement..which helped with the jury's perception of him....
We described the fact that he and the murder victim, Willow Lathan, had a tempestuous relationship filled with arguments, a lot of drinking and marathon sex after these arguments to make up...
Lee and I called in three Dentists and oral Surgeons...We showed the jury photos of Mr. Crockett's perfect teeth and the bite marks he made in an apple...
We showed how they were not a match for the bite marks on the murder victim's body.....All three dental surgeons said that the person who bit the murder victim had three missing teeth...While our client had perfect teeth...
He had heard that this guy was good, one of the best....Something was wrong here...
Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Burke was sitting in the visitors section observing the entire trial..He was really observing Natika...He couldn't get her out of his mind...
Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Burke was sitting in the visitors section observing the entire trial..He was really observing Natika...He couldn't get her out of his mind...
Sean and I called in Experts from the Goggins DNA Lab, The FBI Lab and our own Medical Examiner who disputed the original contention that the blood found on the floor of Wallace Crocket's garage was human blood or the blood of the victim.. It purely was not.. It was deer blood.. He hunted Deer on the weekend and skinned a deer in his garage...He attempted to clean it up , but didn't clean it up well..
Finally Natalie, Brooke and Lee brought in the three witnesses , two men and a woman who left the first bar with the murder victim and went to the second bar and were gone ,leaving the victim there with an unidentified man...They found the original bartender, who 's shift was over and wasn't around when the police arrived much later.. None of them saw Wallace Crockett in the bar until after the murder victim left with this other unidentified man....
In her closing statement...Natika Sommers told the jury that this case was indeed a rush to judgement.,bolstered by a lot of circumstantial evidence and sloppy investigation and that the wrong man was behind bars.. It was short and sweet and to the point.ONE HOUR LATER-
"Has the jury come to a conclusion?"asked the Judge.
''We have Your honor" said the Jury Foreman.
The Bailiff passed her the verdict....She read it and sighed a little bit. She smiled and then passed it back..
"Read it." she said.
"IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VS WALLACE CROCKETT ON THE CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, WE FIND THE DEFENDENT, NOT GUILTY!" said the Bailiff.
"Do you have any prospects?" asked Natalie.
"How right you are!.... But before I make that announcement...Olivia has set up a meeting for me with a realtor....I believe you know her, Sepia Morris , your realtor... We may be neighbors...I'm trying to find remedies to my immediate problems. Like first finding a place live. My parents are about sick of me by now!"laughed Natika.
"Good Luck to you in all of your plans." said Sean.
ADA Todd Baker was livid.
"YOU!! YOU!! YOU IMBECILE, I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT YOU WORKING ON THIS CASE....I TOLD YOU AND YOU MESSED IT UP! YOU AND YOUR THEATRICS...." he snarled at Bruce Greene..
"AND YOU, THIS WAS THE SLOPPIEST INVESTIGATION I HAVE EVER SEEN.....Missing witnesses...wrong DNA analysis, Wrong Bite mark analysis...Mistaking Deer Blood for human blood..
No recanvassing...What kind of detective are you ? How did Cookie get a conviction the first time? That really shows how good she was. These attorneys would have handed her her ass." he asked and walked away in total disbelief.
Lt. Tragg stood there with a baleful stare. Looking clueless as usual.
In the Judges Chambers..
"I'm so glad you came today.." Natika said to DDA Burke.
He took her in his arms and they began to kiss passionately...
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cooed.
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! OUUUUUUUUU Girrrrrrrrrl!" he moaned.
"OHHHHHHHHHHH LESTER! " she cooed.
And they continued to kiss the rest of the afternoon.
EPILOUGE-
Willow Latham's murder has to this date not been solved.. No one knew the mysterious man she left the bar with and the Bar's TV camera only caught the back of him, not his face...
It is still an open investigation.
Natika Sommers met with Sepia and Bonita.
They got her a nice apartment about a mile from where we all lived, but in our section of the city..
It was beautiful and had stores on the first floor. A Grocery Store, A Beauty Parlor, A Barber Shop and
a Steak and Hoagie store.. It was perfect...
And it was a block from the train station...There was a chance we might see her sometimes.
We all surprised her with a Cake and sandwiches for a house or in this case Apartment warming party.... a few days later.
as well as Tomatoes,Lettuce, onions,pickles and peppers.
Cokes
and cold beers....
"You are welcome.. Well, you've got a place to live...You said you were going to tell us of your new job plans." said Olivia.
"That's right, you resigned from the District Attorney's Office right after the conclusion of the Crockett trial." said Donnie Ray.
"Oh I know Bruce Greene was upset."laughed Beverly..."Has anybody checked on him?"joked Nelson.
"You think he'll do it?" asked Paris.
"No! Only if they strongly recommend it." said Bresha.
"Oh as in order him to!." said Tony.
"So what are your plans Natika?" asked Rockland.
"I have Accepted a Position of Managing Director of the Public Defenders Office." said Natika.
"I start in two weeks, which gives me time to get this apartment set up." said Natika
Some of her things were still in boxes.
"That is wonderful Natika.. Beverly, Nelson ,Olivia and I all got our start there at the Public Defenders Office as Staff Attorneys." said Jazzy."It's good training for all trial attorneys....but you'll be a boss though...Managing Director."said Dabnis.
''Wow the first Black and first Female Managing Director...Love it!" said Kayla."Niceeee!" said Ray.
"My Husband and I were Staff Attorneys at the Public Defenders Office too at one time.."said Jessica.
"Well congratulations are in order....You'll make a fine Managing Director Natika."said Karen...
"Our old stomping grounds...Me, My husband and Brooke all met and worked there for a couple of years..."said Natalie.
"Now we've got a reason to drop in and visit sometimes." I said.
"I'm so happy for you Natika...New Apartment....New Job!"said Brooke."Don't be a stranger..We expect to see you at Josie's, Aqua Bar, Stoleys and of course the No I.D. Bar when you can make it." said Sean...
"Wouldn't miss hanging out with you guys for nothing in the world." said Natika."Congratulations...I am sooo happy for you." said Zoey."Great Job.....Congratulations!" said Lem.
"Congratulations!" said Lee.
Who arrived with a bottle of Champaigne.
He took Natika in his arms and kissed her...
Their kissing got hotter and more passionate...
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu now I know why she had to quit the D.A.'s Office.. He was her supervisor." said Yvette.
"Yeah and that would definitely be a no no...Those two having a relationship and him being her supervisor.. Now it's cool..They can be out in the open."said Gary."He wasn't her supervisor....They were on the same level, so there was no problem there."explained Bee Bee.
"Except only a fool would get seriously involved with Bruce Greene and Natika is no fool."joked Sofia.
"Yeah Really."said Kahlil.
"Well, everything turned out alright."said Jade.
"She's about three train stations away from us, but I'm sure we'll run into her at sometime."said Virginia.
"One day soon I'm going to have my Girls High girls over for a "Girls Day" You, your cousin Kayla, Jazzy, Natalie, Renee,Bee Bee, Sofia ,Bresha and Lee.. just us girls...
"We could stop downstairs and get a steak or a hoagie."said Jazzy.
"Sounds like a plan."said Natalie.
"That's a plan...Maybe one Saturday after Brunch..." said Sofia.
"Yeah."said Bresha.
And that includes you non Girls High Girls too, I'm not leaving you out, Josie, Brooke, Jessica, you're my "GIRLS" too...I'm not leaving you out..."said Natika.
NIGHTFALL !
Everybody had left and gone home, except Lester Burke.
Natika had enjoyed the food and fellowship with everybody....She truly treasured them and their friendship....She was happy with her new job, her nice apartment in this new area of the city and her relationship with Lester Burke...They could be out in the open now.. They didn't have to hide.
"Quite a day for you huh? A Surprise House Warming party.....Food, Drink, Good friends...."he said.
"Oh it was lovely and I truly love all of them....but the thing that makes me happiest is you being here...with me and out in the open...We don't have to hide anymore...You don't have to park your car down the street anymore.." she laughed.
"No, but I do like your indoor parking lot...just in case Bruce Greene followed me here and plans to slash my tires."joked Lester.
"Relax...He just found out you resigned yesterday....and he has no idea where you are going to work....or that you have moved here....I don't think you'll have to worry about him anymore."laughed Lester..
He took her in his arms and they began to kiss passionately...
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cooed.
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! OUUUUUUUUU Girrrrrrrrrl! I've got a boner for you that won't quit." he moaned.
"OHHHHHHHHHHH LESTER! OUUUUUUUUUUUU TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF, LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT!" she cooed.
And they cheerfully made love in the privacy of Natika's new apartment in her new neighborhood...
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