VENTURES: Breakfast At Eight

Bee Bee and I shared a kiss...

"Come on Hot Stuff, We've got to get back with this coffee....You'll have plenty of time to kiss me tonight at home." said Bee Bee.

"Yeah you're right " I said,allowing her to slip out of my embrace....

We had gone to grab some coffee for our colleagues...

THE COURTHOUSE WAITING ROOM-TRIAL DAY!

Ms. Yvette welcomed us back. She took out a disinfectant wipe and wiped Bee Bee's lipstick smudge off of my face and my lapel..

"You two can't keep your hands off of each other." she said with a smile.

I said nothing...I was a little embarrassed at being so obvious.

"It's not me...it's him." joked Bee Bee.

"A likely story."joked her friend and our colleague, Sofia as she took her coffee.

Kahlil just laughed..

So did Jade as we all sat and drank our coffees...

The Prosecutor, ADA Courtland James walked in with Lt. Arthur Tragg..

"Oh Look, Vettie and her snot nosed kids sitting over there drinking coffees....preparing to lose this case huh counselor, heh heh heh!"laughed Lt. Tragg.

ADA Courtland James said nothing...but he did stare at us as the two of them walked into the courtroom.

COURTROOM A-

The Judge was Judge Telma Bailey...

A quick look on our laptop gave us her history...

TELMA BAILEY-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Mother -School Teacher, Father - School Superintendant.

One Sister- Thelma, Deceased

Graduated , Philadelphia High School for Girls

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

J.D.-Harvard Law School

Passed the Bar,MA. , CT, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Deleware

Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Was an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia for years.

Started her own law practice and was a Defense Attorney for years.

She ran for and successfully was Elected Common Pleas Court Judge in Philadelphia.

She next ran for and successfully was elected Pennsylvania Appellate Court Judge.

She is a member of the Democratic Party.

It looked good for us...Even though we had never practiced in her court before...

Our client, Arthur Cabbot arrived in handcuffs....He was sat with us...His handcuffs were removed.

"ALL RISE FOR JUDGE TELMA BAILEY..... CASE 456, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs.

Arthur Cabbot ,charges Murder one, Rose Norwood Cabbot, Charges Murder One, Curt Manson...." said the Bailiff.

''Alright..Alright...you may be seated.."said Judge Bailey. "Good Morning Attorneys and Jurors...I am Judge Telma Bailey..We are going to seat a jury today and trial will start tomorrow morning...I don't believe I know any of the attorneys involved...but would you introduce yourselves to the court please?" she said.

"I Am Assistant District Attorney Courtland James your honor. Representing the Commonwealth, The People of Pennsylvania." he said.

"Yvette Jones-Lockwood,Lead Attorney for the Defense your honor."said Yvette.

"Keith Jones, Attorney for the Defense."I said.

"Beatrice Evans-Jones Attorney for the Defense."said Bee Bee.

''Sofia Garcia -Ahmed, Attorney for the Defense."said Sofia.

"Kahlil Ahmed, Attorney for the Defense."said Kahlil...

Jade and Arthur Cabbot sat together quietly....

"Okay, excellent..Now we will have jury selection..."said Judge Bailey...

ADA Courtland James was probably one of the smartest and craftiest prosecutors we had faced...He had excellent questions for the jurors...He had prepared well..We could tell.

But not well enough!Kahlil and I knew what jurors we wanted...We knew all about them, which gave us a slight advantage.

Bee Bee and Sofia sat behind us, with their laptops which had notes and additional questions...Which they whispered to us.

We battled him to a 9-3 split, going our way...With the Jury Foreman being one of our picks...An enormous victory for our side..

Courtland James stomped his foot...

"Those damn kids...they're good.. Yvette has them trained well." he conceded...

He stared over at Yvette....

She looked good...just luscious...It was obvious she was the boss...but she had put her ego aside and allowed her team to do Voir Dire without a care in the world..

"Okayyyy we have a jury....Trial will begin Tomorrow Morning promptly at 10:00 AM., this courtroom..Attorneys, Jurors, be on time and be ready for trial.." said Judge Bailey.

She quickly dismissed court.

"OH GOD BLESS HER! WE CAN HAVE BREAKFAST!" said Bee Bee.

"YESSSS!" said Sofia...

"You took the words out of my mouth baby girl." said Yvette.

II-

SAM MOTHER'S DINER-THE NEXT MORNING- 8:30 AM!

We all ordered Eggs , Hash browns ,sausages and hot coffees.

We were all enjoying our breakfasts this morning after a good night's sleep... Ms. Yvette's husband was eating with us this morning....The first time she'd eaten breakfast with him on a weekday in a long time.

"I'm so glad our trial doesn't begin until 10:00 am..It's so nice to have breakfast with you dear heart." said Yvette.

Gary rubbed her hands...He smiled.

" It is nice, very nice!" agreed Gary.

"Do you think we are better when we are hungry and go into trial?" I asked.

"No.... I want to be thinking about the trial, not being hungry...." said Bee Bee.

"Same here." said Sofia.

"I'm anxious to see how Courtland is going to play this..."said Kahlil.

"Doesn't matter...We've got a good fool proof defense." said Jade.

Lt. Tragg walked into the diner...In times past, He would have stopped by our table to jeer at us, tell us how bad we were going to lose....but not today...Could be because Gary was sitting with us..or it could be ,he had just grown out of it. He didn't acknowledge our presence at all , he walked to the counter..

"My usual Sam." he said.

"You're in here early Artie." said Sam Mother.

"Trial doesn't begin until 10:00 today." said Lt. Tragg...

He ordered his coffee and his regular of Fried Eggs, Hash browns and sausages..

A Nice mellow morning so far...

The Trial began-

ADA Courtland James ran the case the way we expected..

He talked about the 23 year age difference between him and his wife, a known party girl....He talked about their public spats and presented 17 witnesses who had witnessed their loud public arguments that bordered on but never amounted to violence.

Sofia, Ms. Yvette and Kahlil were prepared for each of these witnesses...On cross we got them to admit that none of these arguments lead to violence and that it appeared that the deceased Rose Norwood started most of the disputes....

It made a good point for the defense..

It frustrated ADA Courtland James..

Lt. Tragg shook his head in frustration...

ADA Courtland James brought up the 17 domestic dispute complaints filed by both parties...and the fact that Mrs.Norwood had taken on a lover, Curt Manson and was pregnant by him....

He showed the jury photos of the murder scene....with photos of both Manson and Norwood shot to death and the scene staged to at first look like a suicide, but later determined to be a double murder.

We were ready for that too...Me, Ms. Yvette and Bee Bee brought up legal seperation papers and the fact that Rose Norwood Cabbot was living at another residence and had been for three months at the time of her death and had taken on a lover, Curt Manson, who our client didn't know....And it wasn't known that she was four months pregnant until after her death... We questioned if even she knew she was pregnant.

This left the jury confused....and not sure if indeed our actions were helping or not..

ADA Courtland James gave his closing argument...Which was strong, but not totally convincing.

Kahlil saw the jury as split 6 to acquit, 3 unsure and 3 to convict.....

We had our work cut out for us.

III-

It was still an overcast day-

We were all home.. Though it was Friday, Nobody felt like going out..

We were all at home...

Bee Bee was wearing a sheer see through Baby doll.....She had just taken a hot shower and walked into our bedroom..

My eyes popped out of my head..

She giggled..

"Oh my goddd..look at you...You act like you haven't seen me before......WOW!!! Stop looking at me like that!" she giggled... "WOUUUUUUUUUU look at you...Look at that massive boner...

I pulled her towards me...

"I can't help it....Look at you..." I said..

I undressed and took her into my arms and kissed her softly....

"Ummmmmm, ouuuuuuuuuuuu you are so hard...." she exclaimed as she stroked me lightly...

Our kissing got hotter more passionate....

"OH MY GODDD YOUR LIPS ARE SO SOFT HOT STUFF!" Bee Bee said.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YOUR BODY IS SO SOFT...YOU SMELL SO DAMN GOOD!" I said as w continued to kiss.

We lie across the bed, kissing and practically slobbering over each other....

I slipped her panties down and off.....

I Turned her over and entered her....Bee Bee was so soft, so damn wet and smelled like a newborn baby... I was nearly losing my mind..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF YOU ARE SO BIG...UMMMMMMM SO DAMN HARD!! OUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!!! " Bee Bee moaned..as I humped her across the bed..

Soon we were making love passionately on top of the bed..

Bee Bee crawled on top of me and eased herself down on me....I was losing my mind....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE DRIVING YOUR BEE BEE CRAZZZZZY!" she moaned as she rode me..

"NOT AS CRAZY AS YOU ARE DRIVING MEEEEEEE!" I moaned...she felt so soft, smelled so good...

For the next NINE TO TEN HOURS, all we thought about was each other..

The same was next door at Kahlil and Sofia's house..

Sofia and Kahlil were lying across the bed..

Kissing ,fondling and laughing..

He slipped her panties down and off...

Sofia eased herself down on Kahlil....who was going crazy...

She began to ride him like a surfer rides the waves...

on the side of the bed , kissing him....

and eventually making love on the bedroom floor.....

"AWWWWWWWWWWW..OHHHHHHHHHHHH PAPI..AYE MIOS DIOS.." she screamed out!!!

Back on the bed, Kahlil opened her big legs and entered her ...she was warm and wet and welcoming...

She was laughing one minute and crying the next as he stroked her masterfully....

And before long they too were making sweet love in the bed......Their bedsprings squeaking loudly for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS....

"Look at my little winner , come here baby!" said Gary, hugging Ms. Yvette..

"I haven't won yet....but I'm glad you believe in me that much..." whispered Yvette to Gary as he took her in his arms...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME!" said Yvette..

"YOU ARE SO WELCOME BABY!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" said Gary.

who was just salivating as he slipped her panties down...

"OH MY GODDDDDD!" he exclaimed..

Yvette just laughed...

Gary opened Yvette's big legs and entered her ...she was warm and wet and welcoming...He didn't know if he was coming or going...

he stroked her over the bed masterfully.....Yvette cried like a school girl....She was having an intense orgasm....

They began making love....Their bed began squeaking loudly for the first time since they had purchased it....

Yvette had another intense orgasm....

She straddled him and eased herself down on Gary, the action itself gave her another intense orgasm that had her body trembling..

She began riding him and holding on to him for dear life..

They were kissing, Gary was holding her and stroking her hard.

They made love early into the morning hours....

She had remembered times when she wasn't getting this much action...When she 'd be lying awake ,staring at the ceiling..alone...unable to get to sleep! Knowing guys wanted to share this bed with her, but knowing that that was all they wanted and not wanting to have the rep as a "pass around girl"..So she guarded her virtue with care..Suffering mightily for it..Sleepless nights...sometimes getting up and exercising to take her mind off of sex.The sex she wasn't having.

That was not the case now...Gary wanted it constantly and they were putting a hurting on this bed tonight....

TEN TO ELEVEN HOURS had passed by.

Bee Bee and I were fast asleep ,with her resting peacefully on top of me.....

Sofia and Kahlil were in each others arms .

and still kissing, almost asleep

And Gary and Ms. Yvette were sound asleep..

We were relaxing tonight and preparing for the beginning of our defense.

"OH JADE, OH JADE...AWWWWWWWW JADE!" moaned Danny as he spread her legs and entered her....

She was shaking and trembling something fierce...

"AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD!" Danny moaned...He didn't know if he was coming or going...

They made sweet love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

While at Virginia and Jetty's house down the street-

"Jetty you're spoiling me... This was kind of romantic...Dinner, a six pack of beer, Chinese Take Out from Chinese Bob's..."laughed Virginia, who was nice and mellow..

''And I'm running you a hot bath.." said Jetty..

"Ouu, somebody wants him some tonight..." said Ms. Virginia..

After a nice hot bath and lotioning down...

Jetty took her in his arms....

He slipped her panties down..

"I like these panties. Black Lace, Ummmmmmm" he said.

"Do I have any you don't like?" asked Virginia.

"No ,can't say that you do.." he said..

They both laughed..

"You like having my legs open and my panties on the floor don't you?" asked Virginia as Jetty lifted her petite body up, spread her legs wide open and slowly entered her..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

"OHHHHH MY GODDDDD, YES...YES I DO!" he moaned...

Virginia was surprised herself at how fast he brought her to orgasm....

He had her on the bathroom sink.....Virginia gave him the slowest, softest kisses ever..........He was entranced as he slowly and surely went in and out of her..

"AWWWWWW WOMAN I'm losin my minddddd." he roared...He didn't know if he was coming or going.

"OHHHHHHHHHHH MY....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OUUU..OOOOOOOOP!" she howled.. He had her bent over the bathroom sink, doggie style..

"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he howled.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD JETTTTY!! OUUUUUUUU!" she moaned. Virginia had a second intense orgasm.....Her body was trembling...

"OH...AWWWWWWWWWWW WOMAN! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned.

They went straight to the bedroom

and straight to the bed..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH VIRGINIA!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!" he moaned...

"JETTTTTTTTTTYYY...OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD!" she moaned.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMM!" he moaned..

This made Virginia giggle, right before she had an intense orgasm...Her third of the night....

"OHHHHHHHHHHH MY....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OUUU..OOOOOOOOP!" she howled..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD JETTTTY!! OUUUUUUUU!" she moaned. Virginia had her fourth intense orgasm.....Her body was trembling...

"OH...AWWWWWWWWWWW WOMAN! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned.

The Bed shook and squeaked like crazy...The headboard lightly slammed against the wall..They were very happy , making love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS...Virginia had her fifth intense orgasm and a sixth that brought her to tears and Jetty came like a gusher.....They'd be washing sheets this weekend.

Tonight there was no second round...both Jetty and Virginia were wore out and knocked out..They slept quite peacefully....

Just what we all needed...

COURTROOM A- ONE WEEK LATER-

We began our defense....

Ms Yvette and I argued that our client couldn't have killed his estranged wife and her lover because he was nowhere near them on the night of the murder...We hammered this home.

Bee Bee and Sofia showed the jury his Credit Card and Debit Card Records...On the night of the murders... He had Dinner at Gaspachos, leaving at 9:00am.....We brought in the Waiter and other diners who remembered seeing him there. He bought Gas at 9:30....We had video from the gas station showing him pumping gas and his credit card receipts.He stopped at a Bar at 9:45 and had drinks with friends...and then he went home.. The Murder occurred at around 7:45 pm.....This proves he was nowhere near the scene....

Kahlil spoke about the lawyer who Mr. Cabbot hired to defend him, a flamboyant New York Lawyer, who turned up dead......a few days later his killer turned up dead also...and the gun on him was the gun that killed the lawyer Mr. Cabbot hired.

Ms. Yvette showed photos of the now deceased Sharon Manson , and Yuri Orbeck , a Russian Mobster who fixed people up with contract killers and photos of Yuri Orbeck and the deceased contract killer,

Yvette floated the idea that Sharon Manson hired this man to kill the lawyer so that fall guy Manson had no good lawyer she thought and to take care of her cheating husband and his girlfriend.

ADA Courtland James objected and argued that this was all speculation and that there was no proof, no foundation.

Judge Telma Bailey agreed and asked that that part of our defense be stricken from the record....

Yvette didn't care, the jury had heard it and she knew they believed it!

Jade smiled, she knew it too!

We rested our case....

We weren't the bombastic /sensationalist attorney from New York he had originally hired....but we had done a credible job defending him...He just hoped we got an acquittal, mused Arthur Cabbot.

IV-

SAM MOTHER'S DINER-THE NEXT MORNING- 8:30 AM!

It was like De ja Vu.... We were in Sam Mother's once again waiting for the jury to come back with a verdict...We all ordered Eggs , Hash browns ,sausages and hot coffees.

We were all enjoying our breakfasts this morning after a good night's sleep... Ms. Yvette's husband was eating with us again this morning....The second time she'd eaten breakfast with him on a weekday in two weeks.

".It's so nice to have breakfast with you dear heart." said Yvette.

Gary rubbed her hands...He smiled.

" It is nice, very nice! This is what, Two times?" agreed Gary.

"I hope that jury comes back with a verdict, but not before I finish my meal." I said.

"No.... Never that!...." said Bee Bee with a smile.

"I feel the same as Keith.." said Sofia.

"Well don't choke yourselves.....I'm sure they'll come and get us as soon as they come to a decision."said Kahlil.

"I just hope we win." said Jade.

Lt. Tragg walked into the diner...In times past, He would have stopped by our table to jeer at us, tell us how bad we were going to lose....but not today...Could be because Gary was sitting with us once again..or it could be ,He had just grown out of it. He didn't acknowledge our presence at all , he walked to the counter..

"My usual Sam." he said.

"You're in here early again Artie." said Sam Mother.

"The trial is over.We are waiting for a verdict... I'm pretty sure we won this one." said Lt. Tragg...

He ordered his coffee and his regular of Fried Eggs, Hash browns and sausages..

A Nice mellow morning so far... So Far-

COURTROOM A- 9:35 AM-

"All Rise for the Honorable Judge Telma Bailey." said the Bailiff.

'Sit down, Sit Down."said Judge Bailey as she took her place...

We all, ADA Courtland James, Ms. Yvette, Our Client Arthur Cabbot, Me, Bee Bee, Sofia, Kahlil and Jade all rose and in turn took our seats.

"HAS THE JURY COME TO A DECISION?" she asked.

"Yes we have your honor..."said the Jury Foreman. He placed the envelope in the bailiff's hands.. He in turn gave it to Judge Bailey, who read it...Smirked a little bid and passed it to the Bailiff..

"Read it." she said.

CASE 456, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Arthur Cabbot ,charges Murder one, Rose Norwood Cabbot, Charges Murder One, Curt Manson...." said the Bailiff. "Count One, We the jury find the defendent, NOT GUILTY in the murder of Rose Norwood-Cabbot...Count Two, We the Jury find the defendent NOT GUILTY in the murder of Curtis Manson.

A Jubilant Arthur Cabbot jumped for joy..."YES...now take these shackles off of me and these handcuffs as well....Tonight I can eat the gourmet food I'm accustomed to and sleep in my own bed...THANK YOU!!! THANK THE SIX OF YOU!! I AM FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT!" he said..

"You're a free man at last!" said Ms. Yette.

"You guys aren't flambouyant or bombastic , but you got the job done, very efficiently and I am forever in your debt...Job well done...I'm going to keep your firm on my speed dial." said Arthur Cabbot.

''Well that's good.." I said.

"What's important is we got the job done."said Bee Bee.

''And I'll be calling you up about Floral arrangements in the future."said Sofia.

"For YOU young lady, they'll be on the house.."laughed Arthur Cabbot...

"And to think...We didn't even like this guy a few weeks ago..." Kahlil whispered to Jade.

Jade laughed..."He didn't dig us either...Now he's our biggest fans."

ADA Courtland James's string of victories had come to an end....He hated being involved in anything having to do with Arthur Tragg...He turned and quietly left he courtroom..

Lt. Tragg shook his head in frustration and quietly left the courtroom also,.

"That was quite some lawyering you did with that theory that you knew you couldn't prove little lady.....You knew ADA James was going to object, but you tossed it out there for the jury to hear anyway!...They desperately needed something, anything to hang on to...You took a dare and it paid off...Good job!" said Judge Bailey..

"Thank you." said Ms. Yvette...

Another big case won!

EPILOUGE-

SATURDAY MORNING-

We were all at Stephon Bristol's joint for a special New Years Brunch...Even though the New Year was two weeks old.

In addition to the great food...

There was a great band there playing good music..

"Yvette your theory appears to be correct...Sharon Manson met with Russian Mobster Yuri Orbeck, a man long suspected of "fixing people up with hitmen." We have copies of wire transfers to the man we fished out of the river... His gun passed a ballistics check... He killed Jerry Nelson and we found his palm print and DNA on the gun that killed Rose Norwood and Curt Manson.... Sharon Manson masterminded all of the killings...She wanted her husband and his lover dead and when fall guy, Arthur Cabbott hired a known defense attorney, she had him killed too. She didn't know about you guys or think much of you guys getting him off.."said Lt. Danny Ho.

"Something went horribly wrong between her and the hitman...and her and Yuri...which resulted in her death and his... and unfortunately with all parties dead...We can't prove any of it."said Yvette.

"It's all water under the bridge now...Let's enjoy this food."said her husband, Gary.

"Amen to that....This food is slammin...."I said.

"Stephon Bristol really knows how to throw an event.."said Bee Bee.

"Just what we need after the case we had..." said Sofia..

"It was so early, Eight O'Clock on a Saturday Morning."said Kahlil.

"You can sleep the rest of the day, after we leave."said Jade.

Her husband, Danny Ho laughed..

"This is soooo nice and this food is so good."said Virginia.

"I'm glad he invited us." said Jetty.

"They'll miss us this Saturday at the No I.D. Bar." said Olivia.

"They surely will...but they can't compete with this.." said Donnie Ray...

"I'd really have to be in that spa on the exercise bike and the treadmill if I ate like this every week."said Beverly.

"And I'd be right there with you bae." said Nelson.

"Yeah me too Bev."said Josie.

"Well let's enjoy this good food for right now!"said Paris.

"Amen to that."said Bresha , who was enjoying her food.

Her husband, Tony had a bemused smile on his face...He enjoyed watching his wife enjoy her food.

Alfreda smiled as she enjoyed her food.

So did her husband, Rockland.

"Stephon Bristol really knows how to throw events.... So tell me Olivia, Yvette, which one of you did he like?" asked Jazzy teasingly..

"That's easy...Olivia...He's wanted her in the worst way."laughed Yvette..

"He liked me when we were in High School and a little bit when I was a young lady....but he was never really my type romantically."said Olivia.

"Even after he became a millionaire...?" asked Dabnis.

"Money's not everything."said Olivia.

"That's right cousin Liv, you tell him."said Kayla.

"I keep forgetting she's your cousin."laughed her husband, Ray.

"No you didn't ,you know everything about us "Bennett-Woman" as you call us, including our bust size and our dress sizes..."said his wife ,Kayla.

Jessica busted out laughing...."WOW! That's a lot!"laughed Jessica.

"He's so happy to be a part of our family, it's not funny."laughed Kayla..

"Damnnnnnnn!" laughed Chip...who also admired Olivia, Beverly and Kayla and found it hard to believe the three women were related at times...Beverly being Olivia's niece and Kayla being both of them's cousin.