Darlene's Blues

SEVEN YEARS AGO-  The Arrest of Darryl Stevens, the boyfriend of Darlene Betts, accused of murdering Cindy Hayes...and cutting her head off... Stevens is accused of conspiring with her to kill Cindy by calling her and luring her to a wooded area where Darlene was waiting for her.. Darlene slit her throat and decapitated her...He fled Philadelphia, but was captured by the FBI and local police and returned to Philadelphia.

Darlene Betts was arrested by Lt. Tragg and a Tactical squad and charged with the gruesome murder of Cindy Hayes, who was decapitated....The head of Cindy Hayes was found in Darlene's bedroom...Her bloody clothes were found in a dumpster outside of the dormitory she lived in...

The Interrogation Room known as the "Fishbowl"-

"You're in Big Trouble Little Lady...That's a gruesome murder we got you for...The entire city wants blood...Do yourself a favor and confess."

Darlene was about to write a confession when her attorney , Mike Zelensky intervened....

"Don't write any confession...I'm going to defend you and get you off....Trust me...There is no way...NO WAYY, The city will put you, a young white girl to death....I'm going to use the Diminished Capacity defense... Do you know what that is? That means if I can prove you weren't in your right mind at the time of this crime, you can not be held accountable for it,." he said.

Assistant District Attorneys, Natalie Tennison and Brooke Kennedy also talked to her...

"Look save the city and state the cost of a trial...We are putting a deal on the table...Confess, bypass a trial and we'll offer you Life, No parole...That's the best we can do for you." said Natalie.

"Your Boyfriend, Darryl Stephens has already cut a deal..He has confessed and is getting Life with the possibility of parole...What do you say Darlene?  It's the best we can do...At least you get to live.?" asked Brooke.

"Don't listen to them....They just want to avoid a trial...Trust me...We are going to trial...I can get you off...Trust me.." said Defense Attorney Mike Zelensky.

TWO WEEKS LATER-

"Has the Jury come to a decision?" asked Judge Harry Baines.. 

"We have your Honor." said the Jury Foreman, who passed the verdict to the Bailiff.

The Bailiff passed it to the Judge.

The Judge read it and passed it back to the Bailif......

"Read it!" he said.

"WE THE PEOPLE , REPRESENTING THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FIND THE DEFENDANT, DARLENE BETTS GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER!!!" said the Bailiff.

"OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOO!" screamed Darlene Betts..

"Don't worry, we'll win on appeal!" said her lawyer...Mike Zelenski....

"That's a pipe dream Darlene...Don't believe him...Your folks don't have enough money to pay his fee...You can't appeal this." pleaded Darlene.

"Even though we tried this case against you...because of your age...We are going to appeal to the Judge for leniency at sentencing...A Life sentence...." said Brooke.

"Don't believe them...We'll win on appeal...Trust me!" said her attorney, Mike Zelensky..

A WEEK LATER AT SENTENCING-

"Miss Betts in All my years on the bench here in Philadelphia, I have never seen a crime as heartless and depraved as the one you were convicted of....NEVER!" said Judge Harry Baines.. 

"And despite the depravity and cruelty of what you did...the two Assistant District Attorneys have begged me for leniency in your sentencing...

"Your defense attorney has begged me for leniency...

and maybe under other circumstances I would consider it....but not now, not this time....I therefor sentence you to die by Lethal Injection...and may God have mercy on your soul..." said Judge Baines who slammed his gavel down....

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I DON'T WANNNA DIEEE, I DON'T WANNNA DIEEE

SAVE ME PLEASE!! ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Darlene Betts as she was carried out of the courtroom by bailiffs...

Her Attorney was on his phone...

"This is your fault...You should have avoided a trial...You should have had her take the deal..."said an angry Brooke.

"Look this wasn't much of a case to begin with...She cut the girls head off and was keeping it in her room for Christ sakes...How weird is that? And Her Bloody clothes were found in the dumpster behind her dorm....My God...She didn't even try to conceal what she did...I had nothing to work it...You girls used to be Public Defenders...You understood that." said Mike Zelensky..

"Still, you're supposed to give her the best defense possible....She could have taken the deal...Life No parole...Are you still going to appeal the verdict?" asked Natalie.

"Are you kidding? Appeal what? On What Grounds?No...I'm done....And so are you girls....See ya around." he said and walked out of the courtroom...

Natalie and Brooke took one last look at a crying Darlene Betts as she was whisked away on the bus to Muncy Correctional Institution for women.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I DON'T WANNNA DIEEE, I DON'T WANNNA DIEEE

SAVE ME PLEASE!! ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed as she was put on the bus and whisked away.

II-

JOSIE's BAR AND GRILL was packed tonight as usual...

Our good friends, Olivia and Beverly had once again rented out Josie's new upstairs lounge..

There was plenty food....Delicious meats and cheeses for sandwiches and condiments ,mayo and mustard as well as hard rolls..

And plenty beers...

There was no special occassion.. Just a nice celebration in a safe space.. 

"I'm so glad everybody could come out tonight.."said Olivia.

 

"Yeah, it is a week night..." said Donnie Ray...

"None of us have any court appearences...and that's rare.."said Beverly..

"Or any pressing cases.."said Nelson.

"Never know when another chance like this will come through." said Josie.

"Yeah, how about that...Tomorrow night we gotta do laundry.."said Paris.

"Yeah, so do we.." said Bresha.

"And pick up some groceries as well." said Tony.

"Yeah, Same here....So tonight is a nice little respite." said Alfreda.

"I agree." said Rockland.

 

"Great Party Aunt Olivia." said Daniel

"Ohhhhh Everybody is your Auntie..."laughed Alexa..

 "I'm his Auntie too." said Yvette.

"Yup, My Auntie Vettie and My Aunt Olivia.." said Daniel Bristol, hugging both Yvette and Olivia.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu!" giggled Olivia.

"OUUUUUUUUUU!" giggled Yvette.

"Then that makes Alexa , my niece.." said Gary, hugging her...

"OUUUUUUUUU WE ARE JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY."laughed Alexa.

"I thought you knew that."laughed Keith Jones.

"Yeah thought you knew..."said Bee Bee.

"Mi Famillia!" said Sofia, hugging Bee Bee, Keith and Kahlil..

"Mi Famillia!"laughed Kahlil.."Come on Jade, Group hug, you're family too."laughed Kahlil.

Jade smiled... She felt related to everyone here..They had taken her in and welcomed her.."

Her husband, Danny smiled...

Virginia smiled, but was solemn... She was enjoying tomorrow, but she was thinking about tomorrow, about going to the prison to watch someone she knew briefly get their life snuffed out.. It was a sobering thought.

"I know you're thinking about tomorrow Virginia.....Well Don't!  Enjoy tonight...Live in the moment."said Jetty.

"You're a wise man Jetty!" said Virginia, smiling at him.

Toni Robinson smiled.. Her boyfriend, Newly minted Attorney, Eric Sellers was rubbing her legs.

"Damn girl you sure look good in these hot dresses you buy." he said.. 

Natika Sommers and our friend Monique Raye were both solo tonight, still they came out rather than stay at home alone..

"Enjoying yourself Mo?" said Natika.

"Yes , more than I thought I would." said Monique with a smile.

Jazzy sat on her husband, Dabnis's lap and enjoyed a sandwich and a cool glass of beer...
 

Dabnis smiled and held her tight , while sipping a beer...

"This is a mellow night...I expect to sleep well tonight." laughed Kayla..

"Of course, after you uh pay the wifey tax."laughed her husband, Ray...

"That goes without saying.." laughed Kayla.

Jessica Sanchez-Burrows leaned into her husband Chip's shoulders...

He had both of his arms around her, holding her tightly....

Karen sat on her husband B.L.'s lap and sipped her beer...

B.L. looked at Natalie.

"You Okay Nat?" he asked.

"Yeah, just thinking about tomorrow." she sighed.

"I know you're thinking about tomorrow Natalie.....Well Don't!  Enjoy tonight...Live in the moment."I said.

"You're right....And we are having a good time, aren't we?" said Natalie.

"Yes we are Bestie.." said Brooke, who was quaffing down her third beer....

Her husband Sean put his arms around her.

"They're going to that girl's execution tomorrow." said Zoey..

"Yeah I know...They could always refuse to go." said Lem.

"It was the girl's last request...It's only decent to honor it." said Renee.

"I suppose so...but she's a remorseless killer." said Tyrell.

"I'll bet she's really sorry for what she did..."said Serendipity.

"You think so? Cutting somebody's head off ?" said Kevin Collins.

"EWWWWWWWWWWWW!" said Lee Akes.

"Yeah that is gruesome." said Matthew.

"Really...let's talk about something else." said Nina.

"Yeah , really.." said Carlos.

1:30 am-

Everyone had gone home except, Virginia and Jetty...

"Tell Me about her....You and her.." said Jetty softly..

"Get me another beer." said Virginia, softly..

"It was the year before I got paroled... Darlene Betts was transferred from Muncy to Dolly Madison. She was placed in Isolation....because she was on Death Row...The only woman in the state on Death Row and the youngest Death Row prisoner in the state at the time.. She was 19. 

She asked for me... She had heard that I had once been a lawyer and that I helped a lot of the girls write legal briefs that won them new trials...I had heard about her horrific crime and the fact that she chose to turn down a plea...A Plea that would have given her life in prison like her co-conspirator, Darryl Stephens...and now she was on Death Row.... I doubted if I could help her...

"She surprised me...She didn't want help with her sentence...She wanted help passing her G.E. D.  This was surprising. Since she was condemned to die..What would having a High School Diploma mean?

Still I helped her... I found that she could barely read or write... I helped her with that first and then tutored her on the G.E. D. test... In all my time with her was six months and in that time she passed her G.E.D. test and took a couple of college courses... I was proud of her.. We developed a ,I guess you could say friendship... I told her not to talk about her case...That I couldn't help her... She said she understood..  I would come around and pass her mail...She had money on her books and I would purchase make up and hair care products for her...

A Year later when I told her I was going to be paroled she looked so hurt, so defeated...She said I was the only friend she had in this prison, which she admitted was a whole lot nicer than Muncy.

A Year later I heard she had got in trouble again..She tried to strangle another inmate, who she said was trying to steal the attentions of a guard she had fallen for...The Guard was fired and she was tried and convicted of attempted murder and another 25 years was hung on to her...

Guess it didn't matter...She had a Death Sentence...She wouldn't serve it anyway..." said Virginia.

"Brooke and Natalie prosecuted her for the murder...They were young Assistant District Attorneys....

"She was 18 and they didn't want to see her get a death sentence...They told her to take the deal...The same one they gave Darryl Stevens...He was only convicted of conspiracy and accessory after the fact..

He got Life with the possibility of parole..and I understand, he was paroled last year...He made the best of his time in prison...got a college degree and when he got out, His Uncle got him a job in Management at his construction company.

Darlene refused to take the deal...Went to trial and was convicted of First Degree Murder and sentenced to death by Judge Baines....He 's a hard ass...He's sent quite a few to Death Row....  She kind of made her own bed... And her second conviction inside of prison of attempted murder makes any kind of appeal, damn near impossible." said Jetty.

"Poor girl has never been able to get out of her own way..." said Virginia.

Her beer was finished..

"It's closing time...Let's go home honey." she said.

"Yeah, we are the last two in here.."laughed Jetty..."We've closed the joint." he said.

III-

Jetty and Virginia walked from Josie's Bar to their house...

''Jetty my goodness...Are you hard all day long?" asked Virginia in amazement as she softly stroked his huge penis...once they were inside and in their bedroom...

''ALL HARD AND BIG LIKE THIS! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" she said softly..

"ALL DAY LONG....JUST BEING A FEW FLOORS DOWN FROM YOU, KNOWING YOU AND ALL THAT SEXINESS IS IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH ME! UMMMMMMMMMM" he said.

"OH MY GOD!!! YOU SOUND LIKE A MULE , MOANING LIKE THAT!" she said..

He helped her out of her clothes, kissing her passionately...

He nearly fainted as he slipped her bra and panties off of her..

Within minutes, he had them off and had Ms. Virginia in bed, making sweet love to her...

"OHHHHH VIRGINIA, I CAN'T CONTROL MY ERECTIONS WHEN I'M AROUND YOU!" he moaned...

"I BELIEVE YOU....EVERYTIME I SEE YOU, YOU'RE HARD!" she laughed...as he entered her slowly and softly....His legs shaking and her body trembling in anticipation....

He humped her over the bed.......kissing her neck and in between her breasts.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed...

Virginia's body trembled something fierce and both legs began to shake...Her head moved from side to side and tears streamed down her face....She was having another intense orgasm...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JETTTY!!! " she cooed softly as they began making sweet love.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! UMMMMMMMMMMM!!! OHHHHHH!" he moaned..

"OH MY GOD!!! YOU SOUND LIKE A MULE , MOANING LIKE THAT!" she said..laughing...

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

Virginia lie on top of Jetty, feeling much more relaxed than she had earlier in Josie's.

AND AT OUR HOMES-

"Nice Night tonight huh? Pretty Mellow " I said.

"Yeah, pretty much "said Natalie..

"Tomorrow you'll be just fine...I'll be with you."I said.

I took Natalie in my arms and began kissing her....I dug my hands deep into her panties as I slowly undressed her.

"Right now ,I'm glad you're with me now...." she whispered...

"I'm as horny as hell." I said.

"You always are when you're alone with me." said Natalie.

I unsnapped her bra...

"See?" she said.

"OHHH MY GODDDDDDD!" I said.. She looked so sexy.....

"Look at youuuuuuu...OUUUUUUUUUUU!" laughed Natalie ,softly fondling me....

and slipped her panties off...

"You've got my clothes off and my underwear is following." she giggled.

"Yeah, how about that?" I said.  "MYYYYYYYY GOOODNESS!!!  Damnnn girl, you look good!" I said, just looking at her.

We stood in the middle of the floor naked for a minute, saying nothing...

"I love you David."she whispered.

"I love you too Natalie. I'm so turned on I can't think straight right now.." I whispered to her..

"It's okay......It's okayyyyyy! You don't have to think...Just do what comes natural.." she said sweetly....

I picked her up and slowly parted her legs and entered her warm  wet center.....Her body once again trembled and her head moved from side to side...She held on to me for dear life...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWD!" I moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM DAVID...IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? IS IT THAT GOOOD TO YOUUUUU, OUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed as I thrusted away...

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS....OH YESSSSSSSS!" I practically screamed.

I laid her on the bed and parted her legs....She was so wet and so warm and smelled so good that I was delirious...

I couldn't get enough of Natalie and she couldn't get enough of me...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU SWEET HUSBAND!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed softly...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" I cried out...

We weren't doing a lot of moaning and cooing...but we were really going at each other...Natalie had her arms wrapped around my neck and her legs wide open and wrapped around my back...

She was having an intense orgasm!   She wasn't speaking but she was smiling broadly....and her body was trembling....

"Is it good to you? Is it good to you baby?" she whispered..

"YES...YES!" I cried out..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU, UMMMMMMMMMM! I'M GlADDD! OUUUUUUUUUUUU! BECAUSE IT'S GOOOOOD TO MEEEEEE....WOUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWD NATALIE!" I yelled out.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....DAVID.....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"Natalie finally moaned loudly.....She was having another intense orgasm!!!!

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NATALIE....YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!" I cried out..

"YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY HUSBAND!! OUUUUUUUUUU OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY SWEET MANNNNN" she said...."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! YOU'RE MY SWEET MANNNNN DAVID!!! DAVID!!! OUUUUU!" she moaned. Her body trembled and her head turned from side to side...Tears streamed down the side of her face...

We made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

Ending our night with Natalie lying on top of me, breathing heavily.....

"Look at you...Big smile on your face.." she said..

I continued to smile as she lay her head on my chest....I wrapped my arms around her back...

She snuggled in the crook of my arms...

"I'm glad I make you happy." she whispered and smiled at me....

"I'm glad you do too! WOUUUUUUUUU!!!!" I whispered as we both dozed off.

"Silly!" she said as she dozed off.

Next Door at Brooke and Sean's house..

''What a day, and what a nice night, God Bless Olivia for arranging it. Just what I needed."said Brooke.

"Yeah, Did you get enought to eat and drink?" asked Sean...

"Oh Yes...." said Brooke,smiling.

"I did too" said Sean,staring into Brooke's Hazel eyes....

""Yeah. Now I need one more thing to make my night complete.....You!" laughed Brooke.

"You got me baby!" said Sean...

"Always good to know..." said Brooke.

She took him into her arms and kissed him passionately....

"EXACTLY!" he said.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Brooke you drive me mad!"said Sean....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu good, that means I'm doing my job..." she said.

"AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD! YES YOU ARE!!!!" he exclaimed.

Brooke giggled.

"I'm taking your clothes off."said Sean..

"I'm not resisting.." she whispered as they continued to kiss.

Sean slowly unsnapped her bra...

and slipped her panties down...

"Oh My God Sean, you are so hard....ouuuuuuu and so big! Ummmmmm" moaned Brooke..as she softly stroked his huge penis..

He spread her legs and entered her slowly....She was wet and warm and smelled good...He was delirious...

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!  WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! LAWDDDDDDDDDDD! BROOKE!" he moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDD!!OUUUUUUUUUUU
WOUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed. Tears flowed down her cheeks!

Her body trembled and she had a quick almost embarrassing orgasm....

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.LAWWWWWWWWWWD BROOKE, MY SWEET VANILLA MILKSHAKE!!!" he moaned.

The bed squeaked loudly and the headboard rattled....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! CHOCOLATE DADDY!!!" she moaned.. 

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HUSBAND!  OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"he moaned loudly...

 They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!

"Chocolate Daddy ,I'm about to cummm....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"she moaned loudly...

"OHHHHHHHHHHH BROOKIE...SO AM I....AWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he yelled out.

Brooke rested on top of a smiling Sean.....

She looked at him and smiled too!

IV-

THE NEXT MORNING!

"It was nice of Olivia to let us use one of her buses..." said Natalie..

"Yes...might as well be comfortable." said Brooke..

"Coffees everybody." I said..

"This will keep everybody awake and alert."laughed Sean, who was right behind me...

"Good Morning Everybody....Ready?" said Virginia.

"Ready as I'll ever be." said Natalie, sipping her coffee..

"Same Here." said Brooke.

The Bus pulled up and we all boarded it... Headed toward Phoenixville Correctional Institution , home of the state's newest Death Row.

Nobody remembered to bring a deck of cards!

Brooke leaned her head on Sean's shoulders after she finished her coffee and drifted off to sleep.

Sean looked at her and smiled and softly ran his hands through her hair..

Natalie and I spent the ride kissing passionately....

oblivious to the ride and the events that were going to occur today.....

"I love you David."she whispered.

"I love you too Natalie. I'm so turned on I can't think straight right now.." I whispered to her..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWD!" I moaned...as our kissing got hotter and steamier..

I was glad we were in the back of the bus, out of everyone's view...

Virginia sat by herself.... Thinking of her past life....Thankful for her present prosperity!

(TO BE CONTINUED)