A Dark Turn

Josie's Bar- Wednesday Night

as usual, the bar was packed...

Tonight our entire crew was upstairs....Josie's now had an upstairs lounge ...an event space which you could rent out for private affairs...

How far this bar had come, from being a dive to expanding...Having D.J.'s and a House band and going from just local Jazz Bands, to Comedians, Singers, Rappers for entertainment, a Super Brunch on Sundays and now an Upstairs lounge for rental...

Tonight we were hosting our friends, Attorney and Doctor, Sunny Hopkins-Trainer and her husband, Attorney and former City Council member, Mike Trainor...

"Vettie, Liv, Karen, Thank you so much for renting this place out and hosting this party for me... I am so happy..." said Sunny,

"Yeah, I can't believe Josie's is so hip...packed every night, D.J.'s, a house band, live entertainment and now an upstairs lounge for private parties....I remember when this place was a dive..How far it's come."said her husband, Mike.

 

 "Well One thing remains the same.. Gus is still the owner and head Bartender.." laughed Yvette..

"Yeah, here when it was a dive...and now here when it's the neighborhood's main entertainment hub." said Gary.

Thinking of good ole Gus , who was downstairs serving drinks and popping his fingers to the beat of the music.

"I'm in awe of you Sunny...You were in law school with Liv, Me and Karen...We all graduated. We passed the bar together and then you went back and entered med school..We thought you just loved being in school."laughed Yvette,.

"I know, you guys were out in the world, practicing law and I was back in school..I envied you. You were all making money, paying off your student loans and I was sliding deeper into debt." laughed Sunny.

"It paid off...With the money you're making..you've paid off all of those debts.." said Yvette.

"I have and in spades."laughed Sunny...

as she sipped her Citris Martini...

"It paid off in spades...You're an Attorney and a Doctor.." I said.

"And You have one of the most successful African-American owned Injury-Law firms in the city,." said Bee Bee.

"I love your commercials on TV."said Sofia.

"Yeah they're not goofy like the others."laughed Kahlil.

''Well Thank youuuuu."said Sunny.

"I understand your firm is coming to our building."said Jade.

"Yes...I'm keeping my original office in Bayside..  I have 5 Attorneys working for me there who specialize in injury law and an office manager.  The office I'll have in your building will be me, one other attorney and an office manager..  " said Sunny...

"You're going to be surrounded by friends in the Bridge Building ...Plus the building has a gym, a spa and a five star restaurant."said Danny.

"I knowwwww.I was there last week. I'm looking forward to it."said Sunny.

"We can't wait for you to join us...."said Virginia.

"On Friday Nights we party at the bar across the street from the Bridge Building."said Jetty.

"The NO I.D. Bar...I've been there before..a few years back...I always thought it was a Bohemian Joint." said Sunny.

"Oh it is...Was..We turned it into our joint on Friday Nights and Saturday Mornings for Brunch....They have a fantastic Brunch.."said Yvette.

"You've got to come Sunny...You'll love it." gushed Olivia.

Lots of mouth watering drinks arrived.

"Here comes the food..." said Mike Trainor.. He seemed to be in a foul mood tonight...The night his wife's success was being celebrated. He sat by himself and sulked.. He didn't engage in any conversation, even though he went to law school with Ms. Yvette, Olivia, Ms. Karen as well.

Steaming Hot food arrived on two tables..

it looked and smelled delicious...

"Olivia, you are quite a baller...Got your own law practice.. co-own a catering business with Beverly's mom and I hear you even have a fleet of busses...Damnnn girl..."laughed Sunny..

"Who knew huh? I started out as a Public Defender.. The Bus service was a gift from a grateful client.. a very grateful client." laughed Olivia.

"HA!  I'll just bet he or she was.  And Vettie Girl, look at you!!!!!...You made Partner...Got your own staff and your own suite...WOWWW!"said Sunny..

"From Such Humble Beginnings..We all moved on to bigger and better things..."said Yvette.

''And Karen...you run a department now...I see you on TV from time to time...The Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity Unit.  You're doing big things too!said Sunny...

''Yes...it seems like yesterday, we all were young girls, studying late for exams...cramming sometimes, drinking a lot of coffee and trying to make it. Now we are all happily married and successful.."said Karen.

Yvette raised her glass...

"Cheers !! to Us..." she said.

All four women raised their glasses.. 

"Tonight is not about us..It's your night Sunny."said Olivia.

 

"Yeah... Dig in, get some of this good hot food." I said.

"Mmmmmmmm We were going to have this at Curley's , but I'm glad we are having this here..."said Beverly.

"Yeah in our neck of the woods around our people..."said Nelson...

"This upstairs lounge is nice..."said Josie.

"Yeah we can have birthday parties here and other things."said Paris.

"We sure can...and we can look over the side and see the rest of the bar.." said Bresha.

"Yeah...it is packed down there."said Tony.

"Yeah ,up here, we can hear ourselves talk ...Downstairs it's too loud with the music playing and the crowd noise." said Alfreda.

"You're right....I like this...Up here."said Rockland..

Yvette couldn't help but notice Sunny's husband, Mike Trainor..He hadn't said a word at all tonight.

He didn't look happy for his wife at all...She could swear he was almost jealous of her success...He was 

having a pretty hard time lately...

He had gone to law school with them, Yvette, Olivia, Karen and Sunny...Back then he was the life of the party...and a pretty damn good student..They all graduated together and they all took and passed the bar together.

While Yvette and Karen clerked for a judge and eventually wound up working as associate attorneys at McCluskey/Cozen /Connor & Pratt...and Olivia went on to work at the Public Defenders Office...Mike hit the ground running... He became an Associate Attorney at a major law firm Lockings/Cummings and Wood and a Senior Associate Attorney there a year later...He got into politics and ran for and won a seat on City Council with his eye on the mayors seat...

He was close to making partner at his law firm ,when he decided to run for State Senator... He lost...but remained on City Council..

All that came to an end when he was accused of sexually assaulting not one, but two women...And one of the women was an Attorney, Ciara Cologne, a friend of ours who we knew. She had landed a job at  Lockings/Cummings and Wood as an associate attorney.

We were all shocked when we heard the allegations...

And the other woman, 

Sonja Ross, A Bond Attorney who contracted out to his wife's firm in Bayside..

Mike Trainor denied these claims and fought them vigorously... 

He hired famed attorney, H. Stanley Stanlison to represent him.

None of the allegations turned into criminal indictments...but they stuck to him like a smell that wouldn't fade.. 

It affected his marriage.. He and Sunny were in Therapy...They had been seperated for awhile..and he was expelled from City Council.

His law firm dropped him and he had a small office and a private firm in Bayside.  He didn't have a staff..It was just him and he found it hard to get clients... He was behind in rent payments and at the present time..he was days from losing his office space...

"This lounge area is sooo nice....I like this...Maybe we can book some meetings in this space." said Jazzy.
 

"I was thinking the same thing." said her husband as he sipped his drink.

"Mmmmmmmm We were going to have this at Curley's , but I'm glad we are having this here..."said Kayla.

''Among our folks and with privacy."said her husband, Ray..

"Look at everybody down there." said Jessica ,looking down at the main floor..

At all of the Wednesday Night Partygoers.....

"Yeah, up here we can hear ourselves talk and think...Down there with all of the loud music and crowd noise...It would be hard."said Chip..

"This reminds me of Red Booth, remember that place?" said Karen.

"Yeah...They closed for awhile...I hear they reopened under new management lately." said her husband, B.L.

"Sunny's husband, tried to date me at one point..."said Natalie.

"Whatttttttt?" said her husband, David.

"I was a Public Defender then... We met briefly at a Christmas Party in town...I don't know where or how he got my phone number...But he called me quite a bit...He used to call me late at night, asking me what I was wearing to bed, what color were my panties going to be the next day and what not.. I hung up on him... He sent flowers to the office and called me, asking me to go out with him...I told him I don't date married men.. He said he could be discreet...I told him to lose my number and I blocked him.."said Natalie.

"I remember you told me about him....and that's why when Ciara and that other woman, Sonja Ross accused him of sexual improprieties..I believed them...I still do." said Brooke.

"Wowwww!  He was expelled from City Council and his law firm dropped him, and he has a small law office in Bayside.. I heard he's not doing so well.. Can't get any clients." said Sean.

"He used to call me too Natalie.. Late at night...Always breathing heavy and asking me what I was wearing and the color of my panties and my cup size...Crazy stuff... This was before I got married. I blocked him too and would go over Lem's house and leave my phone at home..."said Zoey.

"Wow, that guy was a menace."said Lem.

''We all have him in common... I met him too at a New Years Eve Party in Josie's, a few years back...I may have given him my number, I don't remember...He called me late at night, asking me what I was wearing to bed, what color were my panties going to be the next day and what not.. I hung up on him... He sent flowers to my then office and called me constantly,apologizing , saying he was drunk when he called,  asking me to go out with him...I told him I don't date married men.. He said he could be discreet...I told him to lose my number and I blocked him too.."said

Renee... He sent me photos of his penis on my phone with the caption-"See how you've got me." I didn 't know his wife, but I threatened to tell her and show her the texts he sent... He never called me again...That was a few years ago." said Renee.

"WOWWWWWWWWW!  He's a trip.  He doesn't look too happy tonight."said Tyrell.

"That's because he has been expelled from City Council. His law firm dropped him and he had a small office and a private firm in Bayside.  He didn't have a staff..It was just him and he found it hard to get clients... He was behind in rent payments and at the present time..he was days from losing his office space..." said Lee Akes.

''How do you know all of this?" asked her husband, Matthew Akes, smiling and hugging his new wife.

"I was at Middleton Law School for two years in Bayside...People whispered and talked about him when he moved out there and set up a small law office..."said Lee.

"Bravo!  That's my girl..."laughed Nina.

"He might feel a little nervous being around three women he tried to date being in this small area, and his wife around." said Carlos.

Mike Trainor didn't look the least bit bothered about that at all...

As we enjoyed our night out in Josie's Upstairs Lounge.

II-

Mike Trainor sat and quietly ate his food...as his wife was lauded for her recent success...

and surrounded by her friends.. He hated her...He hated that she paid off his student debts around the time he was sinking all of his money into his failed State Senate run..He hated that she was doing so much better than him, making way more money and making smarter decisions...

He looked at their friends and associates... all doing better than he was now... It wasn't that way in the beginning, after they graduated and passed the bar...He was the top dog then...and now look at them.. 

 Big Breasted Yvette Jones-Lockwood, He remembered when she was single, an associate attorney at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt....Goin nowhere...Now she was a Partner and had her own suite..A Satellite Office at the tony Bridge Building...down near Penns Landing...with her own staff, Four up and coming young Attorneys, all Senior Associates now, an Investigator and an office manager...And married to an Investigator from the D.A.'s Office, Gary Lockwood.

Virginia Shaw....He remembered when she was like him , a high priced Attorney...Very Successful...Then she got into some trouble...got disbarred, and drew a 10 years to life sentence.

He thought she was buried.. but she got paroled after serving 7 years...and Yvette gave her a job at her law firm, working for her as an Office Manager and a Legal Consultant...and she married Jetty not long afterword....Of them all, he was actually happy for her...

There was Jetty...Now a successful , semi retired Judge married to the sexy Virginia Shaw...Once a high powered attorney...He thought she was done...when she was disbarred and convicted and sent to prison.

She was paroled...Got a job as Yvette's Office manager and Consultant and married Jetty....She had done well for herself. He had finally calmed down and stopped chasing women...

 

Then of course  there was Olivia Bennett-Alexander, a former Public Defender, Married to his old friend, Elwood Barnes... Divorced from him, with her own very successful law practice which included her new husband, an ex cop, now her chief investigator, her pretty niece, also an Attorney and her husband, an attorney she once mentored at the Public Defenders office and two new attorneys, whom he didn't know , but would like to know..they were hot, he thought.. How far Olivia had come....In addition to her law practice, she owned a fleet of buses...a present from a grateful client and a catering business..They had catered tonight's event.  She was a baller.. He always thought she was the smartest of all four women, His wife Sunny, Yvette and Karen.

 

And then there were the others,Jasmine, who had worked with Olivia at the Public Defenders Office and then was an Assistant District Attorney...Now  a Partner at her firm with her own satellite office that included Olivia's sexy cousin, Kayla, Also an Attorney, Zoey Easter and her husband...he remembered them...He had tried hard to get Zoey in bed...and Renee Cantrell-Jones... He had tried hard to get her in bed also...
 

Jasmine was now married to Dabnis Coley...He remembered that guy was always hanging around her...Was always introduced as her "friend" but he knew better...He knew he was trying to get in Jasmine's panties and finally succeeded, beating all of the other guys out.. He too was now a partner, 

and like his wife, had a satellite office in the Bridge Building, where he employed the husbands of Kayla, Renee Cantrell Jones, and  Olivia's attorneys Josie and Bresha, all attorneys.

Sweet Karen...He had thought about getting next to her...but she was too close to the others...She might have told. Now she was the Director of the Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity group with Natalie , Natalie's husband and Natalie's bestie, Brooke.

Her Husband, B.L.  He hated him..He had done interviews with his two female accusers, Ciara Cologne and Sonja Ross and had done a major hit piece on him , further tarnishing his reputation on his damn TV Show, HARD BOTTOM..

There was Natalie, Sweet Natalie...how he tried to get into her panties also and how she rebuffed him...

Now she was working for the Wrongful Conviction /Conviction Integrity Unit...Also in the Bridge Building and doing quite well. She was married now to an Attorney she'd met while working as a Public Defender. 

He was certain her husband went to bed every night with a smile on his face.

Her white bestie, Brooke, also a hottie..

She was married to a Federal Public Defender, a Black man....Imagine that!

And Zoey, sweet Zoey....how bad he'd wanted to get next to her...

Her husband, also an attorney was someone he didn't know..but a lucky man just the same.

Renee Cantrell...Now married to a young attorney he didn't know...Oh how he tried to get into her panties also  a few years back and how she rebuffed him...Now she was working for Jasmine Coley's group.

Her husband ,was working downstairs with Jasmine Coley's husband's group. How close knit and connected all of these people were...Worked in the same building, employed by each other.

He didn't know the cute and sexy Asian girl, but he wished he did...

She appeared to be married to or with the Black man with the beard and the accent. Lucky guy.

And Nina...He knew her when she was an Assistant District Attorney...Now she was the Director of the Women's Law Center...Down the street from the Bridge Building and married to one of the staff attorneys there.

They all lived just blocks from this establishment in nice new homes.....How far they had come and how far he had fallen..

Tonight looking at all of them and how successful they were made him think about where it had all gone wrong for him....

2023-

Mike Trainor was at the top of his game..  He was a Senior Associate Attorney in line for a Partnership at his law firm ,looking to do exactly what Yvette Jones Lockwood had done.. Get a satellite office with his own staff...He had brought in a lot of business for the firm of Lockings/Cummings and Wood and he had recently won a seat on City Council....He was the man... His wife, a somewhat successful attorney had finished Med -School and was just setting up her law firm in Bayside..She had one attorney and one Office Manager...

He was on top of the world..

They were at one of those office parties...celebrating one of the white boys , who had made managing partner ahead of him...when he spotted her..

Ciara Cologne!! She had been in private practice for a little while and was now with their firm...

She had come with recommendations from Both Olivia Bennett-Alexander and Yvette Jones-Lockwood.

He took her by the hand and walked her over into a quiet corner..

"I know you...You're Mike Trainor....I hear you are in line for a partnership next, tee hee." she giggled.

He sat next to her...

"Yeah that's what they keep telling me." he laughed and rubbed her legs...Her big sexy legs..

She was a little shocked at where he placed his hands...She politely removed them and kept laughing and talking with him and drinking for the next HOUR!

"Let me refresh your drink... I heard you've worked with Olivia Bennett and Yvette Jones eh?" he said.

"Yes,I did...They are two very beautiful women and smart women too..."said Ciara..

"Did you know, I went to law school with both of them...We graduated together and took the bar at the same time." said Mike.  He laughed and rubbed her legs...Her big sexy legs..

She was a little shocked at where he placed his hands again...She politely removed them 

"Ouu that class graduated some winners." she said as he passed her another drink..

They talked for another hour and he found his hand on her shapely legs once again.....She smiled uncomfortably and slowly removed his hands...

They continued talking and drinking and soon his hands were again on her legs and under her skirt....

He softly yanked on the waistband of her panties...She forcibly removed his hands...

"Mr. Trainorrrrr...Come on now....Perhaps you've had too much to drink..." she said and tried to laugh it off...She didn't want to offend a Senior Associate...She thought that a guy like this ,could help her move up in status.

"Heh Heh Heh...perhaps you need a little more to drink.." he said.. He ran his hand up her skirt again and rubbed her butt a little and yanked on her panties.."What color are your panties?' he asked.

"Mr. Trainor, maybe you've had enough....You want me to get you some coffee?" she asked.

"You didn't answer my question. I don't need any coffee...What I need is you...I find you very attractive...I've got the keys to my friend's place, which isn't far from here...Why don't you and I leave and walk over to his place...It's quiet...Got central air and a nice soft bed..." he said quietly. 

Ciara was astonished!  She couldn't believe he was doing this. Propositioning her. She couldn't believe he was asking her this..

"Come on stop it now.....You need to go home, TO YOUR WIFE!" said Ciara sternly...

She once again removed his hand from up under her skirt...

"I don't sleep with married men." she said.

He ignored her. He ran his hand up her skirt again and rubbed her butt a little and yanked on the waistband  of her panties..

He pulled her to him...and began to kiss her.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuu you have soft lips.." she whispered..She had to admit, she was a little aroused...

"So do you....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." he moaned..

"OKAY!  STOP NOW...STOP!!...YOU GOT YOUR KISS...NOW STOP!" she begged.

Their kissing got hotter, steamier....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I CAN'T STOP!! I'VE GOT A BONER FOR YOU THAT WON'T QUIT!"he moaned.

" Mr. Trainor....NO!  We've got to stop this...This isn't right. You're married...Please stop!" she said softly... "Come on, let me go...Let me go now." she said.

She could see the huge bulge in his trousers...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD! You were liking it a few minutes ago...Come onnnn" he moaned...

"I don't want to do this, please, let me Go... LET ME GOOO!" she begged.

He still had his hand up her skirt. He yanked on her panties...

He yanked a little too hard and they ripped...

"OH MY GODDD! YOU'VE RIPPED MY PANTIES!!! YOU PIG!! YOU'VE RIPPED MY PANTIES!!! I TOLD YOU TO KNOCK IT OFF!" she yelled and slapped him so hard he fell out of his seat...

The party got silent then....

She picked up her torn panties off the floor and placed them in her purse...She was very embarrassed...

She ran out of the party....in tears....

He got up off the floor... He was quite embarrassed...

He had a lipstick smudge on the side of his face and his lapel... that was still there when he got home..

His wife wasn't too pleased with him when he got home... He tried to lie about it which didn't work because he had lipstick on his face...

Someone was there from the press and the story hit the newspapers....

He tried to deny it....

Ciara , when found and asked...confirmed the story....

She did an interview on HARD BOTTOM with B .L. Benz..

It was the first chink in his armour....Needless to say..He and others at Lockings/Cummings and Wood pressured Ciara to retract her story..She refused...

 

until she finally resigned from the firm and went elsewhere for employment....but the story remained..

People snickered about it....

She got a lawyer, Brenda Jordan who managed to get a nice severence package from  Lockings/Cummings and Wood. Enough money to sustain her until she found another job!

But the image of him sexually assaulting a young woman, a first year associate to the extent of ripping her underwear off caused him to be expelled from City Council and it also figured in the fact that he no longer was in the running for partner at Lockings /Cummings and Wood.

His Marriage began to suffer...They began going to Therapy which also lead to a brief seperation...

While her practice grew to three Attorneys in Bayside...and now a second suite ,coming to Bayside.. His fortunes went the exact opposite..

ATLANTA- 2024- The Black Lawyers Convention...

Always a good time  on that weekend... Black Attorneys from all over the United States meet in Atlanta annually for a series of meetings and parties afterword..

In the hotel bar... Mike Trainor met with a pretty attorney from Cherry Hill, New Jersey named Sonja Ross...

"Sonja...you live in Philly?  I saw you at my wife's law firm in Bayside a few weeks ago." said Mike Trainor..

"I contract out with her firm...Actually, I live in Cherry Hill..." she said..

She found him to be Handsome and pleasant and a great conversationalist....They talked for hours , close to midnight.

Drinks arrived... Sonja had no idea...that he had roofied her drinks..she drank and drank and soon became very drowsy...

He offered to walk her up to her room.

Before she knew it...She was in her hotel room with Mike, undressing..

She was drowsy, dizzy and began taking her clothes off..

"Thank you for seeing me to my room....Well, I guess I'll see you in the morning at the airport." she said.

Mike Trainor closed the door quietly and locked it!

They began kissing passionately.....

"What are we doing?" she asked.

"We are kissing." he said softly...

"You should go!!...You're married...I know your wife...ummmmmmmmmm, ouuuuuu you are hard...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu look at you....Come on Mike...Go to your room...Ummmmmm."

she moaned.

He slipped her dress off and dropped his trousers and took his shirt off..

"Mikeeeeee...Mikeeeeee, put your clothes on...." she said, slurring her words...

He ignored her.

He unsnapped her bra......

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU It's cold in here." she said.

"I'll keep you warm baby!" he said.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu You nasty boyyy!" she slurred.

and he slipped her panties down.....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Micheal...Aren't you married? Ouuuuuuuuu! What are you doing?" she moaned..

"Don't worry about it baby.." he said.

"I know your wife...I happen to like her...ohhhhhhhhhh!" she moaned..

"I like her too!" he chuckled.

"UMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..  "I've had a boner for you since I first laid eyes on you in  my wife's office." he moaned.

''Well, that's not good...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu stop now...OHHHHHH!" she moaned.

He spread her legs open and slowly entered her......She was good and wet.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BABYYYY!" he moaned.

"OH MY GODDDD!" she moaned....

He tossed her on the bed and slowly entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GIRRRRRRL!!!!" he moaned.

"I'm so dizzy." she said.

He humped her ...She wrapped her legs around his neck and opened them widely...

"OH MY GODDDD!" she moaned....

"UMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned.

He didn't know if he was coming or going..She slipped in and out of consciousness....

"AWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!!!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

They began making love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!!

Again she slipped in and out of consciousness..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BABYYYY!" he moaned.

"OH MY GODDDD!" she moaned....

He tossed her on the bed and slowly entered her again.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GIRRRRRRL!!!!" he moaned.

"I'm so dizzy." she said.

"AWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he moaned  as he came like a gusher.

Afterward , She laid on top of him, snoring loudly.... He had finished with her and he no longer wanted to lay in the bed with her. But she drunkenly insisted on cuddling afterwords...

By the time she woke up the next morning... He was gone!

She approached him in the airport the next morning..

"YOU NASTY DOG!!!  YOU DRUGGED ME!!! AND YOU TOOK ME TO MY ROOM AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME!!" she screamed..

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO! NOW WOULD YOU KEEP IT DOWN?  PEOPLE ARE WITHIN EARSHOT...PEOPLE ARE LISTENING!" he said.

"I DON'T CARE IF THEY ARE...I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO BED WITH YOU ON MY OWN....YOU ROOFIED ME...YOU RAPED ME!" she screamed.

"WOULD YOU KEEP IT DOWN!   WE WERE BOTH INEBRIATED...WE ARE TWO ADULTS

AND WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE NIGHT!!! " explained Mike Trainor..

''Speak for yourself. I NEVER WANTED TO SLEEP WITH YOU, YOU PIG!! YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME! I NEVER WANTED TO SLEEP WITH YOU!" she said.

"ANDDDD YET YOU DID!! WE DID!! NOW SHUT UP ABOUT IT!" he said.

He knew she hadn't had a urinalysis and by now the hotel room they were in was being cleaned ,they were getting ready to get on a plane to fly back to Philly...She had no proof.. He thought.

This was a big mistake on his part...She did not go away quietly....

She got a lawyer....and she sued him!!

Toni Robinson, a friend of ours who sued him for sexual assault, intentional drugging....

This case made major headlines...

HARD BOTTOM did a three day story on this...

Ciara Cologne's story from two years before came back up....and She and Sonja Ross both appeared in news conferences together...

Tensions between he and his wife grew....They were separated again...What we didn't realize was this

very night, they were sleeping in seperate bedrooms and only appeared together in public for appearances.

Once again he hired high powered attorney H. Stanley Stanlison to defend him, but there was very little

he could do...He kept them both from lodging criminal charges against Mike Trainor.

The Blowback from Sonja Ross's legal challenges was big.  Mike settled with her out of court..but the damage was done..

In 2025, His law firm Lockings/Cummings and Wood decided to let him go...They gave him a nice severance  package.

He opened a small private office in Midtown...but was having a hard time getting clients..

Tonight was just a big show...He was going to go home to a seperate bedroom..He was not happy and tonight, not even trying to hide it.

III-

Later on after the party at Josie's...

"Thank you for coming out tonight with me." said Sunny as she prepared for bed..

"How long are we going to keep up this farce that we are married?" asked Mike Trainor.

"Not long.....Our divorce will be final next Friday and also...the next day , according to the court order you will have to leave this house....You haven't even started packing yet."said Sunny.

"Maybe I won't have to pack....Maybe we uh can uh work something out..." he said slyly..

He pulled her to him and began kissing her... he unbuttoned her bouse...

"Ummmmmm, I haven't seen you in your bra in a long time ." he said, kissing her and opening her blouse..

"Don't get yourself all hot and bothered...Nothing is going to happen...We haven't been there in a long time." she said. She removed his hands and buttoned her blouse back up.

She saw the huge bulge in his trousers....She was surprised...She didn't think she even got him aroused anymore..

"Go to bed Michael...in your room." she said.

They hadn't made love in two years and had lived under the same roof, but slept in seperate rooms for two years... She closed the door when she was changing clothes and locked the bathroom door when she was  taking a shower..

It frustrated him to no end..

He angrilly stormed out of his room and went down the hallway into his bedroom and slammed the door..

He poured himself a glass of wine from a bottle he had in his room... He drank half the bottle.

He then loaded his 40 caliber pistol and walked back down the hall..

He knocked on Sunny's door.. It was as usual, locked.

"Go to bed Michael....I'm tired... Take a cold shower.....Calm yourself down..." she said.

He angrilly knocked the door in....

"Micheal are you insane?   Where did you get that gun? Micheal Noo...NOOOOO!"screamed Sunny.

He fired six times at Sunny, hitting her in the chest and the head ,killing her instantly.....

Then he walked back down the hallway to his room..

He put the bottle of wine up to his mouth and finished it.....

He then put the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger!!!

He was dead before he hit the floor....

AN HOUR LATER!!!

"We got a 911 report that shots and yelling was heard over here a little after midnight and then nothing."said a CSI Investigator..

"This room is a bloody mess.. look at the arterial blood spray...She was hit about five or six times at close range....Death was instant.." he said.

"From the body temperature....It just happened...about an hour ago... My god!  So Much Blood..."said Dr. Hazel Baylor.. "Such a beautiful woman..." she said...

And down the hallway....

"He put the gun to his head and fired one shot...That's all he needed...Wow..."said another CSI man.

"From the body temperature....It just happened...about an hour ago... My god!  He shot his wife multiple times , then came in here, drank this bottle of wine and then killed himself." said Dr. Marcy Martin...

"They're both lawyers....The woman is Sunny Hopkins -Trainor...an Injury Attorney and the man is Mike Trainor, used to be in City Council, also a lawyer..." said one of the detectives..

"Yeah I remember...He was accused of ripping one girl's panties off and of date raping another woman in Atlanta...The scandals got him expelled from City Council and uh his law firm dropped him recently."said another detective..

Lt. Tragg arrived...

"Oh My god....I knew him...Mike Trainor...used to be on city council...was involved in two sex scandals... HARD BOTTOM did a nice hit piece on the guy....caused him to lose his job." he said.

"You don't think the allegations were true?" asked Dr. Hazel Baylor.

"I don't know...both cases were circumstantial.. Guy and girl have a friendly glass of wine...Start kissing and he gets a little handsy and accidentally rips her panties...Next thing you know ,he's accused of sexually assaulting her...and in the other case,in Atlanta...the woman is drunk they go to her room...He says it was consensual...She says she was drugged...We don't really know...Either way, it didn't look good for him, a married man and all." said Lt. Tragg.

"No it didn't." said Marcy with disgust.. "And now...his poor wife was cheated on twice and humiliated in public, has to lose her life behind all of this.." she said.

"Yeah.... bag em and tag em both boys... let's get em outta here." sighed Lt. Tragg.

He watched as both bodies were put in separate body bags, strapped to gurneys and rolled out of the house.

Deaths in the city.

IV-

A Moonlit night!

We were all at home, unaware of what had happened  miles away...

"Donnie Ray I should tell you that tonight was a farce."said Olivia.

''Come again...What are you talking about?"

"Sunny and Michael...They're about to get a divorce...Their appearance tonight was all for show..

They haven't been a couple for about two years...They sleep in seperate bedrooms..."said Olivia.

"Sunny told you this?" asked Donnie Ray..

"Of course. She said they haven't slept together or in the same bedroom for two years.." said Olivia.

"WOW! I guess it was those uh sex scandals..."I said.

"Yes...She was going to leave him after he ripped Ciara's panties off, but he begged and pleaded and she gave him another chance....Then two years later while in Atlanta, he date rapes a woman...She had had enough." said Olivia.

"WOWWWWWW!" said Donnie Ray.

"Plus he has flirted with and made overtures to Natalie, Renee, Zoey and God knows who else.. He's just been a dog...Now he's free to sleep with as many women as he wants."said Olivia.

"He's got nothing to offer them now...He's been expelled from City Council...His Tony law firm has dropped him and he has that small office in Midtown. He's having a hard time getting clients."said Donnie Ray.

"Knowing the price for renting an office in Center City, he might have been in danger of losing that office."said Olivia.

And across the street at Yvette and Gary's house....The same conversation was being had.

" Sunny and Michael are getting a divorce..."said Yvette,.

"WHATTTTTT? GET OUT OF HERE!" said Gary, who was sjurprised..

Their appearance tonight was all for show.. They haven't been a couple for about two years...They sleep in seperate bedrooms..."said Yvette.

"WOWWWWWW! I take it Sunny told you this." said Gary.

"Of course.... Yes...She was going to leave him after he ripped Ciara's panties off, but he begged and pleaded and she gave him another chance....Then two years later while in Atlanta, he date rapes a woman...She had had enough. I don't blame her..." said Yvette.

"He's lucky, very lucky he wasn't criminally charged...Maybe not in Ciara's case, but that woman in Atlanta could have had him charged with something."said Gary.

 

"They both settled out of court...Ciara was pressured out of her job at Lockings /Cummings and Wood.

I was just sick about that...She deserved better...but they gave her a huge severance package...Enough that she could live off of for a year....She found another job within two months...She's a good girl and a fine lawyer..I was happy for her."said Yvette.

 

''What Happened to that other woman, Sonja Ross?" asked Gary.

''She settled out of court...Got a nice sum and is back in Cherry Hill still practicing law..."said Yvette.

"He was on top of the world at one point....How far he's fallen..." sighed Gary.

"I know right?" said Yvette.

Neither Olivia , Nor Yvette and their spouses or any of the others who had been at that party had any idea that both of the people they were talking about..

Sunny

and her estranged husband, Michael...were dead!

The Night had taken a horribly dark turn!

(CONCLUSION NEXT)