The Man Who Shot Lincoln Vallance

A Rainy,Windswept Morning...Olivia sat in the coffee shop sipping on her morning coffee...waiting on her visitor, a man she had been in law school with who had sent her a letter a week ago, asking her to meet him here at this particular coffee shop..He said it was urgent..

She was attracting a little too much male attention in the tight red dress she was wearing this morning...

She and her staff were free and clear of any major cases...So today..She felt like wearing some of her new dresses.

She was sipping her coffee when he walked in..

Still as handsome as he had been years ago when they were in law school.... Donnie Martell....He saw her and he smiled...

"Ummmmph Ummmph Ummmmph as I live and breathe, Olivia Bennett- It's Olivia Bennett-Alexander now...you got married again...You gave it a second try huh?   I was married for a few years...Don't know if I want to do it again..."said Attorney Don Martell...

"Hi Donnie......How long has it been? Yes...I've been happily married for 12 years now." said Olivia.

"You got a successful law practice with your cute niece and her husband

...and two other young ladies and I understand your husband, is your investigator and you have an office manager...Not bad..Not bad.."said Don Martell.

"I see you have been keeping up with me...." laughed Olivia.

"I've kept up with you all...
Vettie made partner at McCluskey/Cozen./Connor and Pratt....That is outstanding...I hear she has her own suite at the Bridge Building....got four young attorneys that she handpicked from our alma mater, PENN.,.an Investigator and an Office Manager....

You both are doing quite well...You know....I was in Aqua Bar last night...I saw Karen and I met her husband....and a lot of other people who know you and Bev....They say they live on your street and hang out with you....I met Karen's husband, B.L.  the host of HARD BOTTOM."  I see she's doing good." he said.

She works in that Bridge Building too...She's the Head of the Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity Unit..

She and her husband live across the street from me...So Does Vettie and her husband and the four attorneys ,investigator and office manager who works with her...

Karen has three staff attorneys who live a few blocks from us..

We all hang out......"said Olivia.

"That's what she told me....Wowwww that's nice...and that's a nice area you all live in....Shopping Centers, Clubs, Nice Eateries....That's nice...

I heard Sharon Ferrell joined the FBI and she's a big Mahoff now..

and she married Hop....He's a detective now and he finally went back and finished his law studies and passed the bar." said Donnie.

"That's right...They live a few blocks from me, about six or seven blocks...I see them often, in the Market, In Josies...."said Olivia.

"Well I'm glad everybody wound up good from our class... I had a background in accounting you know...And That and my law degree was parlayed into a job at the Stock Market...I worked with your ex-husband, Elwood...I made a pile of money....I thought of opening my own practice...but I went to work for Lincoln Valance....Ever heard of him?" asked Don Martell..

"Yes, who hasn't?  He's a great attorney, but a rotten person...I'm sorry....All the things that make him a great attorney also make him a horrible human being...I went to him for a job once...I found him arrogant and argumentive and a bit sexist....I passed..went to work for Bang and Roach...I hated it there...I decided I'd only be happy if I were a boss..I got a divorce, won a big money settlement from Elwood...bought the property I'm presently in and started my practice... My Neice came in as a partner and we hired her future husband, my future husband, the two young ladies who work for us and Beverly's mother as Office Manager... We are pretty happy."said Olivia.

"Good for you Liv...Good for you. I know how nasty and arrogant Lincoln Vallance is...I've worked for him as his partner in his law practice for 15 years...and I hate it...He drove our other partner, Mr. Boyer to an early death. I'm trying to get out and work somewhere else..I don't know how his wife puts up with him...His jealous rages, His snarky attitude towards members of her family....They all hate him...I would have left a long time ago...but the money was too good to walk away...I was looking for somewhere else to land. Plus I'd have to buy him out and I just can't do that."said Don Martell.

"Is that why you asked me to meet you here Donny?   I'm full...I've got four attorneys already...I don't have room for any more...I could troubleshoot for you...Throw you some work."said Olivia.

"Wait! I didn't call you here...I got a letter from you asking me to meet you here....I got it yesterday, by registered mail!!!" said Don Martell. He showed Olivia the letter.

"I didn't write this.....I didn't send this..." she said.

She showed him her phone...

"I got this text from you yesterday....It's from a blocked number...asking me to meet you here today."said Olivia.

"That's not my number and I didn't send that text...What's goin on?" asked Don Martell.

II-

"Somebody wanted us both here for some reason." said Olivia.

"Smells like a trap of some sorts."said Don Martell..

And as if on cue...Lt. Tragg, Sgt. Pike and a Tactical squad of policemen marched into the coffee shop, disturbing the natural peace and tranquility of the establishment and causing the other patrons to turn their heads...

''Alright Martell...End of the line.. You're under arrest...Sgt. Pike, read him his rights.."said Lt. Tragg.

"Donald Martell, you are under arrest for the murder of Lincoln Vallance...You have the right to remain silent...Anything and everything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law... You have the right to an attorney....If you can't afford one..one will be provided for you...As an attorney, I know you understand these rights as I am reciting them to you." said Sgt. Pike.

The policemen handcuffed him..

"This is crazy...Liv...I-I don't know what they are talking about....Lincoln is dead?? Since when?/" asked a confused Don Martell..

"Don't play dumb!....He was shot to death last night....and with your gun, which you left behind...Nice try...hiding it under the sofa...heh heh heh....Olivia, what are you doing here?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"I was having a cup of coffee with an old law school chum....Donnie...don't say a word...We'll be down..."said Olivia.

"Well your old law school chum ,shot and killed his partner....with his own gun...Try and get him out of this one Liv, Heh Heh Heh!"laughed Lt. Tragg.

They drove off with Donnie Martell...

Leaving Olivia standing there gasping in awe....

Sometime later....Olivia was home and explaining the entire thing to the six of us...

Olivia came back and explained to us what had happened..

I listened intently, but I couldn't take my eyes off of how good she looked in that red dress...

"I remember him....I met him one of the weekends I came up to hang out with you and Ms. Yvette..He took me around ,introduced me to his friends...Who didn't realize I was still a minor....Tee Hee.."laughed Beverly...

"Freshie...I spent that whole weekend trying to keep you out of trouble..."laughed Olivia.

"I suppose we should try to round up some charactor witnesses and get a judge for tomorrow night if we can." said Nelson..

"Yes...we should..." said Olivia.

"I have a contact down the courthouse....I'll try to find out just what happened."said Josie.

"Before he graduated from law school and passed the bar...Tyrell Jones was my contact in the courtroom....He knew everything and everybody.." laughed Bresha.

"He had a little thing for you Bree....before he met Renee."laughed Beverly....

"Well at any rate....Let's get ourselves together....so we can get down there..."said Olivia, heading up to our domicile.

I followed Olivia upstairs....

"What are you doing up here Donnie Ray?...I have to change my clothes......" said Olivia.

"I uh have to change mine too." I said.

"That's not why you came up here.." she said alluringly...

"No this is why I came up here....You know me so well."I laughed as I took her in my arms and kissed her..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm I know you, you've been staring at me all day..." she giggled..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you do feel so good and I have missed you all day.." she whispered.

"I've missed you too." I said softly...

I reached under her dress and attempted to ease her panties down....She stopped me and slolwly removed my hands..

"As much as I want to right now...We can't." she said..

"Yeah I know." I said softly, releasing her from my embrace.

III-

THE "FISHBOWL"-The Nickname the detectives had for their smelly interrogation room...  Today was no different..The room was hot and smelled like hot garbage.

Lt. Tragg grilled Donny Martell for  hours , but was getting nowhere...

Don Martell answered with just four words.. "I Didn't Do It!" saying nothing else...

Lt. Tragg produced a gun, a .38 smokeless revolver...

"This gun is registered to you....Ballistics has proven this is the murder weapon.....We found it hidden under the couch in the living room...Two shots...One to the back of the head and one to the back killed

Lincoln Vallance...Tell us again how you didn't do it?" snarled Lt. Tragg.

Don Martell stared at Lt. Tragg, then he smiled.... 

"If he's said that much, he's said too much."said Olivia.

 

I was silent.

"Hello Mr. Martell." said Beverly...remembering the kind man who took her on a tour around the campus, when she came to visit her Auntie....

"Beverly....Oh My God, I can't believe how beautiful you are....Even more beautiful than when you visited college all those years ago...and this must be the very lucky man who is your husband...Hello

friend."said Don Martell, saying more just then than he'd said the entire time he had been here.

"Hello Mr. Martell."said Nelson, shaking his hand...

"Olivia , who are these two beauties?" he asked.

"These are my two other associate Attorneys, Mrs. Josephine Boyd.."said Olivia.

"You can call me Josie...All of my friends do."said Josie, who found him very attractive...

"And Mrs. Bresha Billips." said Olivia.

"Hello, pleased to make your acquaintence."said Bresha.

"Lieutenant, my legal team is here...Can we have the room?" asked Don Martell in a soft voice that caught Lt. Tragg off guard.

Lt. Tragg stared at us all balefully, then he quietly left....He wasn't surprised we were here....He had expected us the minute he saw Olivia in the coffee shop with Martell when he was arrested earlier today... 

"We won't be long except to tell you to be cool..Don't talk to anybody, not cops, not other inmates,No one..except us.."said Olivia.. "Oh and where are my manners...This is my husband, Donnie Ray Alexander...a former Homicide Detective and our Chief Investigator."said Olivia.

 

"Pleased to meet you." I said smiling and shaking his hand..

"Pleased to meet you....You're the key to getting me out of this mess." he said, smiling... I could see how he was a good Attorney, very personable and with a gift of gab and flattery...

"We are going to try and get you arraigned as soon as possible Mr. Martell."said Beverly.

"You don't need to say anything about your case right now...We can discuss all of that when you're free."said Nelson.

Josie winced a bit....

So did Bresha,.

"I know Ladies , I know....It smells like hell in here." said Don Martell...

We signaled for the guard to open up and let us out....Don was handcuffed and walked upstairs to

to the cells known as "The Cooler " and we left..

Lt. Tragg ordered the trash cans emptied...and the floors mopped with Pine Sol and some doors opened so the place could air out...

We knew our assignments...

NIGHTFALL- We were all at home 

"He seems like a nice guy...He was in law school with you all?" I asked as Olivia and I prepared for bed.

"Yes he was...He and I almost became lovers, but he coudn't deal with me being absent a lot of weeks  because of my modeling hustle in New York City and he eventually settled for someone else, who he wound up marrying."said Olivia.

"Ohh so he's married?" I asked.

"Not anymore...Out of all of those law school romances...Only Sharon and Hop remain together and they weren't together in law school...He pined after her, while she barely knew he was alive.."said Olivia.

"Funny how that works." I said.

"Yeah, funny." said Olivia.

We began kissing...

"You've been many things...Champion Swimmer, Model, Attorney and businesswoman..."I said.

Our kissing got hotter.... "Yes, but all I ever really wanted to be was an Attorney and your wife." she said, continuing to kiss me..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you do feel so good and I have missed you all day.." she whispered.

"I've missed you too." I said softly...

I reached under her dress and attempted to ease her panties down....She didn't stop me this time...

She gave me another wet sloppy kiss.

We undressed and I laid her across the bed....I spread her legs wide and slowly entered her warm and wet center-

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm,I've been wanting to do this all day.." I said.

"I knowwwwwww, it's all you ever want to do when you see me...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU,

OHHHH MY GODDDDDD!! OUUUUUUUUUU DONNIE RAY!" she moaned as I entered her....

Her head turned from side to side...tears streamed down her face..and her body trembled...t want to , she found herself having an intense orgasm....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU,

OHHHH MY GODDDDDD!! OUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND! OHHHHHHH MY GODDD!!!!" she screamed again.

"YES BABY YES!!" I moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, YOU ARE JUST SHOWING OFF IN THIS BED!!

OHHHH MY GODDDDDD!! OUUUUUUUUUU !" she screamed again.

Her head turned from side to side...tears streamed down her face..and her body trembled...She didn't want to ,but she found herself having another intense orgasm...

"Ohhhhhhhhh Olivia..."I moaned.. this was the best feeling in the world..She was so wet...so warm, smelled like a new born baby...I didn't know if I was coming or going...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu darling..."she cooed..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."I cried out.

''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
"Ohhh baby, give it to meeeeee....ummmmmmph..."she moaned...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....Olivia..Olivia...ouuuuuuuuuu girrrrrl, more, more... ohhhhhh..."

"Sock it to me Donnie Ray!!!  Donnie Ray!!!...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...WORK ME LIKE A DAMN JOB!!!"she screamed.

"LAWDDD girl, what are you doing to meeeee?"I moaned....I didn't know if I was coming or going...she felt so good.

"What am I doing to you? What are you doing to MEEEEEE?"she screamed as I thrusted wildly inside of her...

Olivia's head turned from side to side...tears streamed down her face..and her body trembled...She didn't want to ,but she found herself having another intense orgasm. 

We really began making sweet sweet love......"OHHHHHHHHHHHH  !!!!  OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  Donnie Ray!" she cooed.

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since we'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...

"OH  baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." I moaned...

" OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" she screamed out....smiling broadly....I was really enjoying himself...

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 OUUUUUUUUU?? UMMMMMMMM?? I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  HUSBAND!, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD  DONNIE RAY?" she cried out..

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

We made love for the next TEN TO ELEVEN HOURS!! 

Seemed like I never wanted to stop! Never wanted to get up off of her..

It was near daybreak when we both finally climaxed...

.Exhausted we continued to kiss each other passionately...

She rested on my chest as we both tried to catch our breath....

"OUUUUUUUUUUU THANK YOU Donnie Ray....I NEEDED THAT..OUUUUUUUU THANK YOU!!!!  OUUUUUUUUUUUUU! YOU ARE A DAMN BEAST!!" she moaned..

"I was glad I was able to help."I said....

"THANK YOUUUUUUUUU!" she said kissing me passionately.....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned..

"Want to go some more?" I asked.

"Tomorrow!" she whispered and drifted off to sleep.

IV-

Morning...

The Smell of Pancakes

Sausages

Hash Browns

And Eggs to order wafted throughout our kitchen...

Hot Coffee was poured...

As well as Orange Juice.

Alfreda, who had a key came in as Olivia and I were taking our showers and getting dressed and began prepping breakfast....When Olivia and I came out, we helped her....
 

"Come on guys, gather around and get it...."said Olivia, who was sitting on my lap..She had made plates for both of us...

 

"Ummmm everything smells great...."I said.

"Tastes Great too!"laughed Beverly....

"I love working for this firm.."laughed Nelson as he made himself a plate.

"You've always loved working with us."said Olivia, smiling..

"Even when we were Public Defenders....Me and Auntay and Jazzy used to feed him, buy him breakfast when he was short."laughed Beverly.

"Yeah, I can never forget those days...Good times." said Nelson.

"These are good times too! What did you do after they left?"asked  Josie.

"Pinched my pennies."laughed Nelson.

We all laughed....

"Yes indeed. I suppose we all would be pinching our pennies if we weren't working here." said Bresha.

"Nonsense, you all make great salaries and could work for any major law firm in the city. I'm just pleased and grateful you all work with me."said Olivia.

"I know the others have their modern cafeteria at the Bridge Building...But nothing beats three hot home cooked meals a day or rather two and a half."laughed Alfreda... We often ordered lunch out or walked over to Mabel Jenkins soul Food Restaurant for lunch or the Sandwich Shoppe..

"I agree....We have our work cut out for us...."said Olivia,.

"I'm going to get the Crime Scene Reports, The Autopsy Report and nose around the crime scene , try to find out what actually happened and what led up to this." I said.

"Ladies, you know what you have to do.."said Olivia.

"I got us a courtroom date, Tonight, 9:00 PM."said Beverly....

"And Bree and I will use that list you gave us and rustle up some charactor witnesses."said Josie.

''We've called 25 people who said they were willing to come tonight....I think we can get a few more.."said Bresha.

"Nelson, you and I will work on our arguments before the court tonight." said Olivia.

"Right!  "said Nelson.....Even though his wife, Beverly was Olivia's niece and partner...He had always felt like Olivia's right hand man...

And at the Cooler, Don Martell had a visitor....

Olivia Vallance, the wife and now widow of Lincoln Vallance...

"I hate seeing you locked up in here like this." she said.

"It's okay...I've got some good lawyers....Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her team...I told you I attended law school with her...I saw her yesterday....Somebody sent her a letter supposedly from me...and they sent me a text, supposedly from her....They wanted us to meet up yesterday, just as I was arrested. I'm going to be arraigned tomorrow night."said Don Martell.

"Tomorrow Night? Oh myyyy?" she said....."That's, That's wonderful!" she said.

"Obviously this was some kind of set up.....Somebody killed him and used my gun...and then arranged for me to have legal representation because they knew I'd be falsely accused..."said Don Martell.

"Wonder who would do that?" asked Olivia Vallance..

"Yeah, I wonder?" asked Don Martell...

(TO BE CONTINUED)