VENTURES: The Cold And Somber Row

We arrived at 30th Street station before everyone else..

Sean went on a food run for us.

"Ouuuuuuuu thank youuuu!" said Natalie.

"Man, just what the doctor ordered." I said.

"I love you." said Brooke.

"You're supposed to."laughed Sean.

Sean got coffee's for us as well as Hash Browns and Egg McMuffins from a local Mcdonald's...

We were all very grateful, because we were famished, having to get up so early and come to the train station.....

Karen arrived ...Sean had purchased a coffee, a hash brown and an egg mcmuffin for her.

"OH God Bless you Sean! Just what I needed."said Karen...

"Hi Everybody" said Lee...

"Hey Guys...." said Matthew,,,

We felt bad we hadn't gotten any coffee for them or food...but Matthew ran and grabbed a coffee..

He grabbed two coffees and two hashbrowns for the two of them....and two Mcgriddles...

Jessica and Chip arrived with a McGriddle, an Egg McMuffin,\two Hash Browns and two coffees...

"Hiiiii looks like the gang's all here." said Jessica

"Good Morning." said Chip.

We all sat and ate our food.... We were on our way to Greene Correctional Facility to visit our client, Death Row inmate Owen McCandles...set to be executed in one week for the two year old shaken baby death of his young niece...

McCandles always maintained his innocence... and there was a medical report that claimed the child died of pneumonia...We were going to argue that....

Our train arrived and we all got on...We were lucky this time.. All Nine of us had seats together...

"Serendipity couldn't come with us today...She had a job interview and plus, she's looking for an apartment." said Natalie.

"Wow she just drove up here from D.C. with no plan like that?" I asked.

"This is a juicy case, she wanted to be in on it..."said Brooke.

"She's staying with Olivia and Beverly..." said Sean.

"They are so hospitable...I love them."said Lee.

Her boyfriend, Matthew laid his head on her shoulders and drifted off to sleep.

"I hope I didn't offend her when I disagreed with her assessment yesterday."said Karen.

"Oh I don't think so...Although she had some good points...I'm going to give the people in this area a little more credit than she did." said Jessica.

"Still, We've got three inter-racial couples arguing this case.... Me and You Jessica, Lee and Matthew and Brooke and Sean...and being Black period is no bargain."said Sean.

"You guys are the best lawyers for this case....And we have to go with what we got."said Karen.

That kind of tabled the conversation as we settled down and enjoyed the train ride.

II-

HARPER AND RICHARDS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW-

The new law firm opened up, not far from us in Queen Village.

Serendipity was at this moment with her mother and Deke Richards and others in Deke's new Law firm...

"OH MY GOD MOMMY!!!!, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!" she gushed..

"Yes it is....isn't it? The Rent is reasonable too!.Thank you all for coming." said Judge Thelma Harper...

"Yes, Olivia, Vettie...I couldn't have done this without your help and your fine examples." said Deke.

''We were only too happy to help Deke.."said Olivia.

"You brought some clients along from your old firm...Now you have retainer fees and working capital to get started."said Donnie Ray.

"Lord knows that's what kept us afloat when we first started, until we started taking on more cases..."said Beverly.

''And you added me to the group."joked Nelson.

"Yeah We Added You to the group."laughed Olivia and Beverly in unison.

Josie smiled..

Olivia and her team worked a few cases with Sonya Still and her boyfriend, Keith Anderson,recent law school graduates and the first attorneys to be hired at Deke's new firm...Now they had a little experience under their belts having worked with Olivia and Beverly's sterling team...

"You guys are prepared to walk into any courtroom now and try a case ,having worked on three high profile cases with us."said Bresha.

"I'm Proud of all of you." said Alfreda.

And newly minted Attorney and Father of Sonya Still, Lester Sams had worked Three High profile cases with Yvette Jones-Lockwood and her team, who were also present today...

"Congratulations Deke...You're your own boss now...Nothing like it."said Yvette.

"I can't thank you and your team enough for working with Lester and getting him ready.... Now I've got three seasoned attorneys working for me."said Deke.

"Uh Make that four..."said Serendipity...

"That's right, you're going to be working here too as a Senior Associate."said Keith Jones.

"Keepin em in line huh?" laughed Bee Bee.

"This is so nice.."said Sofia...

"And you each have an office too...that's real nice." said Kahlil.

"Welcome to the community." said Jade.

"Oh Thank you." said Serendipity....

"It's been a pleasure working with your crew."said Virginia.

"I've known you for awhile Deke....This is a big step for you...Congratulations."said Virginia's husband, Jetty, who came along.

"I'm still going to be a Judge....but it's nice to have a piece of this law firm to fall back on..."said Thelma Harper..

"Oh for sure.."said Olivia.

"Of course."said Yvette...

''Enough talking...Let's Eat."said Deke.

He put out salads and Pasta for everyone to eat.

and Wine.... Olivia and Alfreda's Catering company provided the Salads and the Pasta and Jetty supplied the Wine.

Everyone had a lovely time.

Meanwhile , We arrived in the town that housed The State Correctional Institution at Greene, Pa.

The first thing we needed to do was find a diner...

We found the diner we ate at the last time we were here...

Despite being Black...Natalie turned heads when she walked in with me..She was still a beautiful woman...

I was proud to be her husband,,,

Brooke walked in...She turned heads too, but for two different reasons. She like Natalie was a very beautiful woman ,who turned heads also...

She also had a Black husband....and in this town of mostly white people, that was a head turner....

Lee Phillips, a beautiful Asian Woman walked in....

Her Black Boyfriend, Matthew Akes had heads turning also....

Karen turned heads too!

So did Jessica

and her husband, Chip...

We had some breakfast....Good Comfort food like we had at Sam Mother's Diner at home...

Our first road trip in awhile..

These people weren't used to seeing inter-racial couples and here we had three.....

We had a job to do and we planned to do it.!

III-

Greene Correctional Facility, Death Row...The Cold and Somber Row...

It was a very quiet somber place... The Condemned men here were locked up 22 hours a day...Let out to shower and shave and an hour of recreation...It was quiet because they couldn't talk to each other.

The only human contact they had was the trustee who brought them their mail or the rare times they got to leave their cells to meet with their attorneys...

The Death Row Visiting Room was different from prison visiting rooms at other facilities.. There was no person to person meetings... We visited our client behind glass and communicated with telephone receivers...There was no bringing of food or spending the day looking over briefs....

Our client, Owen McCandles came to the window...He recognized Karen, Jessica and Chip....They had been to visit him a month before.

"Mrs. Page...Hello... Mrs. Burrows, Mr. Burrows" he said.

"Hello Owen....I brought the rest of my staff and some additional attorneys who will be assisting me.."said Karen...

"We know that time is drawing near...."said Jessica.

"We are going to give it all we've got." said Chip.

"This is the rest of my team...

"Attorney Natalie Charles.." she said.

Natalie waved and managed a smile. She had been an Assistant District Attorney and a Public Defender and had never been to Death Row.

"Her Husband, Attorney David Charles." she said.

It was my first time at Death Row too!

"Attorney Brooke Marks."

Brooke was the only one who had actually been to Death Row...but not at this prison...At the new prison near Philadelphia.

"Her Husband, Attorney Sean Marks.."

Sean had never been to death row either.

"Attorney Lee Phillips."

This was a first for her too.

"And Attorney Matthew Akes."

It was his first time, but he wasn't intimidated.

Owen managed a smile.. "Last time ,I had two overworked Public Defenders....Now I have nine fresh attorneys..." said Owen McCandles,managing a smile.

"No Offense...but I began my career as a Public Defender....

"So did my partner Brooke here..."

and my husband." said Natalie.

"I'm still a Public Defender, A Federal Public Defender..." said Sean with a smile.

"Me and my husband began our careers as Public Defenders." said Jessica..

"Meaning all Public Defenders aren't overworked and incompetent...We all got good training working in that office."said Chip.

"I meant no offense."said Owen McCandles...

"None Taken....Now that we know each other....Let's get down to cases, Talk about our plan to get you off Death Row..."said Karen...

We only had two hours , so we used it to discuss trial strategy and our upcoming oral arguments.

IV-

The Courthouse in town had a law library on the top floors.. Natalie, Brooke, Me, Sean, Jessica, Chip and Lee studied the case from top to bottom, all of the laws pertaining to the case, like Capital Murder cases and verdicts and predicates until closing at midnight..

"Our training as Public Defenders , juggling six or seven cases at a time prepared us for this...."said Natalie.

"I know...This is nothing compared to those days." said Brooke.

''Shame he didn't have attorneys with a lower workload first time around....That's not our excuse." I said.

"No we are well rested and paying all of the attention to his case."said Sean.

"This is how we are going to win...I know it!"said always Hopeful and idealistic Jessica Sanchez-Burrows.

Chip and Lee were sharing a laptop and going over case files with Jessica ...

"This reminds me of law school, cramming with my room mate and the guys who lived on the hall.." said Chip.

"Yeah, it kinda does." said Lee.

We stayed at the same Motel we had stayed at before...

Karen and Matthew brought food for us when we returned to the motel....

Burgers ,Pizza, Chinese Take out and Cokes....It was welcomed...We were famished...and we ate every morsel...leaving nothing behind...

We spent the rest of the afternoon,laughing talking , eating and drinking cold sodas.

We finally all said good night and retired to our rooms...

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, so nice to be finally alone.." said Natalie..

As she kissed me softly....

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww..."I'm kinda horny."I said.

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ,Me too!" said Natalie as we continued to kiss...

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm you're in good hands with me tonight." I moaned..

Her lipstick was all over my face and on my suit jacket.....

"I'm always in good hands when I'm with you....Let's get undressed baby...Unzip my dress." she whispered...

"Oh my god... This dress accentuates your every curve...." I whispered softly...

"It does doesn't it? You're so silly, but you do make me feel good..Desirable..." laughed Natalie...

As we continued to kiss..

"You don't need me for that...as many guys whistle and try to holler at you...Even those hicks in the diner were looking at you....with all that body...All those curves.," I said, laughing..

"It's better when it's someone you want to whistle at you and make a fuss over you.." said Natalie...

And we undressed each other slowly...

I unsnapped her bra...

and slipped her thong off...

I squeezed her butt softly...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she giggled.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I moaned...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!" she moaned..her body trembled...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU girrrrrrrrrrrl" I moaned softly.

I lifted her up and entered her slowly....Her body trembled in anticipation and both of her feet began shaking... She was so wet , it was ridiculous...her head turned from side to side...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYY GODDDD!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! YOU ARE SO DAMN BIG!! SO HARD! OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed....

I laid her across the bed and entered her again...She was so soft...like a newborn baby....

"OHHHHHH MY GODDDD, YOU AE SO DAMN BIG...OUUUUUU AND SO HARD!!!" she exclaimed again...

"UMMMMMMMMMMM YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT!" I moaned..

"It's True....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DAVID....MY LORD!!! WOUUUUUU!" she moaned...

Her head turned from side to side and tears streamed down her face as her body shook...signaling she was having an intense orgasm.....

"I'm telling you,when we worked at the public defenders office, you should have called me to the side and whipped it out and showed me what you had to offer..I'd of been yours forever and a lot sooner....I might not have ever left...WOUUUUUUUUUU!" she said...

"Liar...You'd of went to HR on me..."

"No I wouldn't have and lose out on all of this? No way..." she laughed.

"Well I'm glad I got to put it in you the way I did...A Normal way.." I laughed..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU AINT NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT THIS...WOUUUUUUU!" she cried out as I humped away with wild abandon..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" I cried out...I was in heaven...I didn't know if I was coming or going...Still couldn't believe I was married to and making love to Natalie , a young attorney I had crushed on for two years at the Public Defenders Office, who I thought was out of my league and who I'd never have a chance with...And here we were screwing like jack rabbits...damn near every night...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! OUUUUUUUUUU MY SWEET SWEET GIRRRRRL!" I cried out.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDD!IM SO HAPPY TO BE YOUR SWEET GIRL!" she moaned. She was having another intense orgasm! Her body trembling...

"I'M HAPPY TOO!" I said.

We went at it for NINE TO TEN HOURS!

Ending with Natalie...laying on top of me as she usually did with my hands caressing her butt, and me with my tongue practically hanging out trying to catch my breath....

"Wow......you screwed my brains out..." she said.

"I'll sleep good with what time we have left.." I said..

"So will I.....wouuuuuuuuu!" she cooed.

While next door at Brooke and Sean's room-

"Wouuuuuuuuuu David is tearing my bestie up....Do you hear them?" laughed Brooke as she began to undress...She could hear us through the wall...."Oh My God!!They couldn't wait to be alone!!!" she laughed...

"Yes I hear them...That's what I want to do to you Vanilla." said Sean who was already completely nude and as erect as a board...

"Oh my goddddddddd! Look at youuuu!" laughed Brooke, who was somewhat startled when she turned around...

"You ARE ready aren't you?" she laughed...

"I'm always ready for you." said Sean as they began kissing.

"I see....wowwwwwwwwwwwww! OH MY GOD, YOU ARE A BIG BOYYYY! WOUUUUUUUU!" she exclaimed..She softly caressed his engorged penis, stroking him gently.

"Ummmmmmmmmm look at you....OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed softly.

Sean unsnapped her bra ...

and slipped her panties down...

They sat on the side of the bed and Brooke rode him slowly...

She then spread her legs wider and further and began to ride Sean even slower...

"OHHHHHHH VANILLA, OHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he cried out.... She was so wet and her skin so soft she was driving him crazy...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!" she cried out

"Is it good to you? Is it good to you baby?" she cried out..

"OH YES.....YESSSSS...YESSSSSSSSSS!" he exclaimed..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM HUSBAND!" she moaned.. She was having an intense orgasm that caused her entire body to tremble....and tears to stream from her eyes...

He flipped her over and entered her.....

"VANILLA!" he moaned.... saying his nickname for her...

"CHOCOLATE DADDY!!" she cooed.. saying their nicknames for each other.

How fortunate they both were to be living in and working amongst a welcoming community of people now.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! OUUUUUUUUUU MY SWEET SWEET VANILLA BABY!!" Sean cried out.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDD! CHOCOLATE DADDY!!! OUUUUU!" she moaned. She was having another intense orgasm! Her body trembling...

EIGHT TO NINE HOURS LATER-