The Talented Mr. Rippington

 

I watched my wife Beatrice hard at work, studying predicates, any laws pertaining to this present case and general laws ...

"You look so sexy when you work." I said.

"My breathing is sexy to you...Don't you have work to do?" asked Beatrice, smiling.

"I do, but I sure like watching you work." I said.

"I know you do, but you've got a jury to pick!" she said as she stopped working for a minute to kiss me.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm yeah, I know." I said.

"Break it up you two...I brought Coffee and Churros." said Sofia.

"Ouuu thanks" said Kahlil, who smelled the coffee and the Curros...

"Mmmmmmmm thanks girlfriend." said Bee Bee.

"Thanks.." I said....

Kahlil and I retreated to the next room where we studied profiles of the current jury pool...Their education, their voting records, their employment, their neighborhoods et al.. Information we compiled to make an intelligent decision on the type of jurors we wanted.

While in the conference room...

Sofia and Bee Bee were hard at work, viewing witness statements, looking at the autopsy report and reading the crime scene report....while studying predicates, any laws pertaining to this present case and general laws ...

The pain staking and boring work attorneys had to do, to prepare for a big trial.

and in Yvette's new office with the door locked..

Her Husband, Gary Lockwood, an Investigator for the D.A.'s Office was in her office.. He was down here because he was doing tome investigation work for Karen Page , Natalie Charles, Brooke Marks and David Charles of the Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity Unit.

"So Nice of you to visit me... Are you going to have lunch with us today?" asked Yvette.

"Technically I'm finished with my work for Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity...but rockland doesn't know that and I doubt if he needs me for anything."said Gary.

"I need you for this." said Yvette and she leaned in and kissed him slowly and softly..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyy!" moaned Gary... He loved kissing his wife..

Their kissing got more passionate...

"I love you Vettie." said her husband, Gary,,

"I love you too!"" whispered Yvette wiping her  lipstick off of his lapel and the side of his face.

And in THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY DONALD GIORGIO...

He was again looking at files on us, the attorneys he would be facing..He seemed to be obsessed with us.. 

 

KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA. 

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

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

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware ,New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans

BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

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

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia

YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice -Lasalle University

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware , New York, Texas, California.

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

He wasn't pleased with the eyewitness in the present case...He needed more than one...but there wasn't one.

The fingerprints in the house was not telling.. The deceased and the defendent were business partners...She had visited him often...There was no murder weapon and not much of a motive.  He didn't like this case anymore than he had the one Lt. Tragg had brought in.

The Difference was..  Detective Sgt. Price was out on the street looking for new evidence.. and he had taken a CSI team and given the residence a once over.

He had run into our investigator, Ms. Jade once and they had traded notes...Something Lt. Tragg would have never of done...

Erica and Wendell spent their days at Olivia and Beverly's Office/Duplex

Eating all of their meals their and hanging out with Olivia, Donnie Ray, Beverly, Nelson, josie, Bresha and Alfreda. 

 

Erica used the portal and Myself, Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil gave her daily updates on the work and preparation we were doing to prepare for her upcoming murder trial.

Ms. Virginia sat in with us on some days and broke things down legally for her.. She was very grateful for our help.

II-

We all went to lunch... 

"Your trial begins in a few days huh Yvette?" asked Jazzy...

"Day after tomorrow to be exact." said Yvette,.

 

"You guys ready? Why do I ask that? I know how you guys prepare...Of course you are."said Jazzy's husband, Dabnis.

"Yeah, we are almost there...but there are a lot of intangibles...More than I want to go to trial with." said Yvette.

"Let me do a little digging...Maybe I can help you guys out...Unofficially." said Gary, laughing.

"You guys got Jade and your husband....Not a bad tandem."laughed Kayla.

"At any rate..it's better than Lt. Tragg."laughed her husband, Ray.

"He's not on this case...He's on the Marine Boat.. They've got Sgt. Brice."said Jessica.

"He's real good, better than Lt. Tragg." said her husband Chip.,

"Can't be worse."laughed Karen..

Natalie laughed.. "No lies there." she said.

"I know right?" laughed her husband, David.

Brooke and her husband, Sean joined them in the laughter.

"Erica is relaxing at Olivia and Beverluy's place I'm sure."said Zoey.

"Nice place to chill out..." said Lem..

"Much better than being locked up...." said Renee.

"Oh for sure."said her husband, Tyrell.

"She's getting three hot meals, and she's getting laid, who could ask for better?" laughed Tony.

Paris laughed...."At any rate, she'll be relaxed when the trial gets started." he said.

 

 "I just keep thinking the other shoe is going to drop somewhere."said Ms. Yvette.

"When you have those feelings...you're usually right." said Gary.

"Look this guy was loaded and he was her number one investor and he brought several other investors in with him...She'd be nuts to kill him" I said.

"So the killer has to be someone who would benefit from her company losing it's funding." said Bee Bee.

"Just remember..We aren't cops...Our job isn't to solve this, just to prove that Erica didn't do this."said Sofia.

"And that's how you prove it...You point the finger elsewhere." said Kahlil.

"I've been looking into her company's history.She had not only lost her investors...Half of them, she lost half of her workforce.....She couldn't make payments...Her company was teetering on shakey ground anyhow." said Jade.

"And I imagined the sharks were circling, waiting to move in for the kill."said Virginia.

"I'm waiting to move in for another kind of kill." said her husband, Jetty,looking at her leeringly..

"You're always looking to move in...Nasty Dog!"laughed  Virginia.

Sitting across from them was a man with a gray moustache and goatee and a sharp Wall Street Business suit.

With him was his lawyer...A man we knew.. H.Stanley Stanlison, A former Judge, now an Attorney in Private Practice.

If he was with someone...We knew it was trouble for all involved.

After Lunch, they followed us to our suite

-

Both men were quite impressed both with our building and it's modern cafeteria and our suite.

"Nice Digs you've got here Yvette...You've come a long way...A very long way."said H.Stanley Stanlison.

Yvette smiled.  "So Why Are you here?" she asked.

''Allow Me to introduce my client, He is a Venture Capitalist..His name is  Roderick Rippington..." said H.Stanley Stanlison.

"Good Afternoon...Iunderstand you are the lead attorney for one Erica Taylor... I have been trying to contact  her since her arrest and arraignment.. She's not at her home and she hasn't answered or returned my calls.. I imagine you have her stashed away somewhere until trial.. I figure you being her attorneys, it would probably be best to talk to you." said Roderrick Rippington..

"That's correct, what do you want?" asked Yvette.

"With the untimely death of Mr. Weisman....who was her number one investor...It appears all of her other investors have pulled out and because of that, her company is bankrupt..and all of those fish are going to be dead soon and it's going to be a smelly mess.  I'd like to take that land and area off of jher hands... I represent  a business that wants to dry all of that out and use the land to build two condos...In order to do that...I need her to sign the land over to me..uh my business." he said.

"I'd need her permission to arrange something like that....I'm representing her on criminal charges you do realize..." said Yvette.

"Yes but prior to her criminal charges.you were representing her against a law suit...A suit posed by some of my associates against her.. We found out that large percentage of Mercury found in her fish ,may have played a part in a death last summer.. We were suing her and you were representing her when she was arrested for murder." said Roderick Rippington.

"You did your research well Mr. Rippington...Again...I can't make that business decision for her...but I can pass it on to her and get back to you with her response."said Ms. Yvette.

"Be sure you do Mrs. Lockwood, time is of the essence."said Mr. Ripperton.

"For Who?" asked Yvette.

"Just pass that on.." he said.

"Can I Offer you a drink?" said Virginia, passing him a bottle of water.

"Thank you....Don't mind if I do." he said.

He quaffed the water down and tossed the bottle into the trash recepticle...

"Thank you again...Make sure you pass that message along." he said as he and his attorney left.

"He made that easy...I was gonna follow him or ask Jade to follow him."laughed Virginia.

Jade put on latex gloves. She  took the bottle out of the waste basket...and placed it in a plastic bag...It had fingerprints and saliva ,carrying DNA on it.. She intended to turn it in to the Medical Examiner and an independent DNA lab...

"Good thinking Virginia...This may be useful soon." she said.

III-

That afternoon after work, we met with Erica in person at Olivia and Beverly's house..

"I had a meeting with an interesting man today...A Roderick Rippington...Ring a Bell?" asked Ms. Yvette.

Erica sighed- "Yes I know him...He wants the land my fisheries are on and he's wanted it for sometime."said Erica.

"I did some digging...I looked into his background.. He is a Venture Capitalist...His specialty is gobbling up businesses for his shareholders...He's representing a Swiss Company that wants that land .They want to drain it..dry it out and build condos on it..." said Jade.

"He was bugging me about closing down and selling a year ago... I refused flat out....Then a number of my investors suddenly backed out....I think they were threatened.. When I still wouldn't knuckle under...

A person died that may or may not have eaten one of my fish, filled with Mercury and then he got his lawyer , a guy named H.Stanley Stanlison to represent the family of the dead girl sued me... That's when I came to you....

"Monty Weisman was my biggest supporter and he had enough well heeled investors with him to keep me afloat...He told Roderick Rippington up front that he knew what he was trying to do and he wasn't going for it... Now Mr. Weisman is dead and all of the investors have left... I think they were afraid...I think they were threatened..I just can't prove it."said Erica.

"He's a straight up gangster. I wish I had been there."I said.

"And the way he walked up into our suite..It's almost like there was some menace to it." said Bee Bee.

"Like he was threatening us." said Sofia.

"I wish I had of been with you Ms. Yvette." said Kahlil.

Ms. Yvette smiled... "My little pit bulls.."she said.

" I've seen guys like him when I was practicing law...but the way this guy was pressuring you...and to approach your lawyers tells me the people he is representing are on a time constraint...They need you moved out  and soon or else he's going to lose his commission." said Ms. Virginia.

"What we need to do is get you a new investor..and I think I know someone." said Ms. Yvette. 

"Ouuuu girl, I like how you think."laughed Olivia.

 

"Rollie Rollerson!" said Donnie Ray.

"And he has the security to keep this little rat away from him." said Beverly.

"You'd better call him quick...He's planning a trip to Europe soon." said Nelson.

"I'll call him now." said Josie.

"You guys have such connections." said Paris.

"Think that guy will visit us?" asked Bresha.

"If he visited Yvette....I'm certain he and his lawyer will visit Liv and Beverly.." said Tony.

"Where is that pistol? I'll be ready for them..."said Alfreda.

"Chill out Two Guns."laughed her husband, Rockland. 

TENDER WAS THE NIGHT-
 

And at Ms. Yvette's house...

"I'm all yours tonight babyyyyyyy." Ms. Yvette laughed, looking at her husband..

''Vettie, you smelled so good today and your body was so warm and cuddly as we kissed in your office. that...that I just found myself falling in love all over again.."said Gary....

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw and you had a huge boner and you want to screw my brains out right?" said Ms. Yvette, smiling wickedly....

"Yeah! Something like that!"said Gary as they began kissing passionately..

''Ummmmmmmmmmmm, well I can't wait!" said Yvette jokingly.....

Gary slowly slipped her panties down and off

and sat her on top of the dresser drawer in their bedroom, spread her legs apart and entered her slowly and softly...Ms. Yvette gasped...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!" she cooed loudly....Her head turning from side to side..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM VETTTIE....VETTTIE GIRRRRRRLLL ...MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MYYYY LAWWWD!" moaned Gary as they both wound up in bed in the throes of passionate lovemaking...

and a few doors down at our house.

"Ummmmmmmmmm Hot Stuff....NOWWWW...NOWWW IS THE TIME TO RAVAGE ME!" whispered Bee Bee to me...

"You know I'm always down for that.." I laughed..

We kissed passionately....

I helped Bee Bee out of her clothes

Unsnapped her bra

and slipped her panties down...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU BEATRICE....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned...lifting her up and slowly entering her....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!" she cooed loudly....Her head turning from side to side.. 'As much as I hate my name...I love it when you moan it.." she said to me..

"OH MY GODDDDD, BEE BEE..." I cried out..as we crashed on to the bed..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF!!!!" Bee Bee cooed ,staring at me in amazement..

as we began making love....

While next door...

"OUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI" moaned Sofia...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW MAMASITA!" moaned Kahlil..

"I love the way you moan my name..." said Sofia....

"I love moaning it."said Kahlil..

"You so silly" laughed Sofia..

She was trying to devour his lips..

She slipped her panties down..

and eased  herself down on hs waiting and hard penis...moving up and down...

and eventually winding up in bed, making love...

"UMMMMMM PAPIIII!" she cooed..

"AWWWWWWWW MAMASITA!" he moaned loudly...

"I've missed you soooo much baby."whispered Jade to her husband...

"Yeah, we've both been working pretty hard.."said Danny ..."And speaking of being hard..." he said.

"I know...I know....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU." cooed Jade..

As Danny removed her bra and panties...

She moved up and down on Danny as he was nearly delirious with pleasure....

and they began making sweet love...

''Jetty my goodness...Are you hard all day long?" asked Virginia in amazement as she softly stroked his huge penis...

''ALL HARD AND BIG LIKE THIS!" 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!" he said.

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

He unhooked her bra...

He nearly fainted as he slipped her new thong off of her...

and within minutes they were in bed, Making love....

And across the street at Olivia and Beverly's house in their sub-basement..

"Guess what?  I got two new powerful investors....and I called all 25 of my workers back to work...My fishery is up and running again...And I've even added five more workers..." said Erica Taylor.

"I'm so happy for you baby." said Wendell...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned as she kissed him...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, I SEE HOW HAPPY YOU ARE FOR ME...OUUUUU..WOW! LOOK AT YOU.....YOU'RE A HORSE!" she exclaimed.

"OHHHHHHHH!  OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYY!" he exclaimed.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WENDELLL!" she cooed.

She opened her legs and and eased herself down on him slowly....

"OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYY!   OHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYY!!! OUUUUUU WENDELL!" she moaned softly... "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed out as she moved up and down on him...

Her head moved from side to side...Tears flowed from her eyes.....Her whole body trembled......

OUUUUUU WENDELL!" she moaned softly... "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed out as more tears streamed down the side of her face....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I DON'T BELIEVE THIS...." he cried out as she wrapped her arms around his neck and rode him like a surfer rides the waves..

"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS EITHER!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she exclaimed, having an intense orgasm....

IV-

CURLEYS BAR- The next night.

Roderick Rippington was on his phone.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE DEAL IS OFF?   SHE DID WHAT SHE FOUND TWO NEW INVESTORS AND THEY BROUGHT TWENTY ADDITIONAL INVESTORS WITH THEM? BUT HOW?" he screamed.

"That was your problem Mr. Rippington....She has hired 30 new workers and her business is up and running again...We've decided to pull out...She's not worth this much trouble.." came the voice on the phone.

"But my commission?" he asked meekly.

"You don't have a commission...It's done...Over...Goodbye Mr. Rippington." came the voice.

He looked like he had aged twenty years.... And his bad luck hadn't ended...

He looked up only to see Ms. Yvette and Ms. Virginia.

"Hello Mr. Rippington... I'm Mrs. Yvette Jones-Lockwood.....I'm Erica Taylor's Attorney..We spoke briefly yesterday. I spoke to my client about her pulling out....Her answer was no.   Further more I have something for you." said Ms. Yvette.

"This is a subpoena...a court summons...You're an attorney, you know what this is." said Virginia.

"You are to testify as a witness for the defense in her murder trial We thought we'd catch you before you left town... See you in court." said Yvette as she and Virginia walked out of the bar.

He stared at both women with a hatred that was as hot as flaming embers.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)_