It had been a surprise...The Six of us hadn't known about it before hand..
"I confess I did...Olivia and Alfreda had sworn me to secrecy!" said Gary, smiling and hugging Ms. Yvette...
"OH MY GOD...!! OH MY GOD! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!..GARY DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?" asked Ms. Yvette, who was very surprised.
''Awwww Dang!" laughed Gary...
"Thank you for making me the happiest man in the world Bee Bee." I said to my wife, Beatrice..
"Yes, the Universe." I said.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" she said....
"Wouldn't have had it any other way babes." said Kahlil, softly kissing her.
"You guys are sooo cute together." said Beverly...
Ms. Jade smiled and clapped. We were the closest thing to family she had in the United States since becoming a naturalized American Citizen.
Her husband Danny Ho clapped also...They had married shortly after we did and moved into our neighborhood.
"I'm so happy for you guys." said Virginia, clapping...
A Huge Cake was wheeled over to our area which was cordoned off, just for our group...
"Happy Anniversary you guys." he said.
Though we only came in once a week..On Thursday Nights...We spent a lot of money on drinks...
He liked us ...So when we asked for a Private Section, roped off.. He obliged.
There was three large trays of cold cuts, condiments, mayo, mustard and hard rolls for sandwiches ,cole slaw and creamy pasta. brought in by Olivia and Alfreda's catering truck..
"Alright Guys...Dig in... Happy Anniversary Vettie, Gary,Keith, Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil." said Alfreda...
"Enjoy!" said Renee. 
"My Husband always teases me and says that."laughed Renee.
"He's got a point." said Donnie Ray...
"This is sooo nice and we surprised all three couples... I didn't think we'd be able to pull it off...You know how hard it is to keep a secret among a close knit group like this."said Beverly.
"I know...I just knew somebody was going to let the cat out of the bag." said Nelson.
"Truth of the matter only a limited amount of people knew...Just us and Mr. Gary."said Josie.
"Oh you'll be just fine." said Alfreda, passing her husband a sandwich...
"I'm so happy for Vettie and her staff...They all got married within Three Weeks of each other..I remember." said Nina.
"WOWWWWWWWW That was something."said her boyfriend, Carlos.
"You like this dress I'm wearing don't you? You keep staring." said Lee to her boyfriend, Matthew.
Alfreda and Renee Cantrell-Jones arranged everything.
"Renee, thanks for all your help...You really enjoy organizing these things.. You're an Attorney and an event planner."laughed Olivia.
"Yeah, you didn't even tell me until this morning." said her husband, Paris.
"This is a nice event.."said Bresha.
"Yeah, lots of good food, Lots of drinks..I don't know if I'll be able to go to work tomorrow."laughed Tony.
"Ummmmmmmmmmm yes, you'll be fine."laughed Rockland.
She was wearing a white Micro-Mini Skirt that clinged to her every curve.. A lot of guys were looking at her.
"You were wearing that dress the first time I saw you in Aqua Bar... It gives me quite a boner."said Matthew.
"You get a boner just watching me breathe." said Lee, smiling at him....jpg)
"We've been having too much fun lately....It ought to be against the law."laughed Jazzy.
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"This is beautiful...So Beautiful...I'm happy for all three couples." said Kayla.
"You Bennett Women have done it again..."said her husband, Ray.
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"Enjoy it while you can...You never know what's coming down the pike."said her husband, Dabnis.
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"I had very little to do with this...."laughed Kayla.
"I do remember....That was very nice."said Jessica.
"We missed so much, so many of the things you guys used to do...but we won't miss them now." said Karen, glad to live on our block and to work in the same building with most of us.
"We'll sleep good tonight." said her husband, Lem, putting his arm around her.
"Oh Wow! All this and Champaigne too?" asked her husband, Tyrell..
Lt. Tragg fresh off of his two week stint on the Marine Boat walked in..He saw our section cordoned off..He saw The Champaigne, The Drinks , The Sandwiches and the Cake...
"It looks like somebody's birthday or something.."said Judge Kelly Ann, who was with him...
"We are celebrating our Wedding Anniversaries.., Me and Gary, Bee Bee and Keith and Sofia and Kahlil....We all got married within three weeks of each other." gushed Ms. Yvette.
"Thanks Guys. Congratulations on the wedding anniversarys." said Lt. Tragg.
"Thank You!It's nice that on a night like this..We aren't beefing with him." I said.
"And he's with Kelly Ann...So he's behaving himself.
He was her attorney, He was handling her divorce...He had won her a seperation and a restraining order against her abusive husband...
The Night began to wear on...
"Ummm babyyyyy...you are turning me onnnnnnnn." moaned Miles...
"Ouuuuuuuuuu Miles...." cooed his client, Serena Stevens as the kissing got hotter and more passionate.. "Let's take this to my car..." she whispered...
We didn't notice, but an Angry Carl Stevens Jr was sitting a few seats over from us, observing our little get together and seething with anger....Not because of any of us...He didn't know us and could care less..
and here they were in a corner kissing passionately....Not the most ethical thing for an attorney and client to do..but Miles had always lived outside of some ethics.
"You're turning me onnn!" she said.
He was seething watching his sister in law and another man kissing passionately....
"OUUUUUUUUU I DON'T BELIEVE HER!" he snarled.
"I gotta hand it to Miles... He keeps a woman on his shoulder." I said.
"Yeah he's a real man whore.." said Bee Bee.
" I remember he was hooked up with this girl named Alex...She was a lawyer too! Then he was hooked up with, living with Karla Williams , now married to another ladies man...."said Sofia...
"Tony has given up his players cards.....He's stone in love with Karla."said Kahlil.
"If you say so," said Sofia.
"I sure hope so." said Bee Bee.
"I thought he was in San-Francisco..."said Olivia.
"He was....but there was a job offer here ,so he took it.I don't know where he is living."said Yvette...
"Ohhhhhhhhh baby!" he moaned..
"Yeah he's a real man whore.." said Bee Bee.
Meanwhile the kissing between Miles and Sirena Stevens continued...
continuing to kiss her..
"Awwwwwwwww lawwwwwwd!" he moaned....
"I've got a boner for you that won't quit...." he said.
"Well it's time for you to do something about it..." said Serena.
As they continued to kiss...
"You know Miles is working for McCluskey/Cozen /Connor and Pratt again don't you?" said Yvette.
"Whattttttttttt? Nooooooooo...I remember when he used to be your supervisor...Now look at how things have worked out....You're a Partner now and he's what?" asked Olivia.
"He's A Senior Associate Attorney...He has his own office and everything. That woman he's canoodling with is his client...The Soon to be divorced Sirena Stevens...He hasn't changed... He still tries to liberate as many women from their panties and bras as possible... He sure tried hard to liberate me from mine. Virginia and I went to a staff meeting in the main building last week and we saw him.and her!." said Yvette.
"Yeah, we saw him...all loved up on his client..Somebody say unethical!" laughed Virginia.
And In the Parking Lot of Curley's....
In the back seat of Serena's Audi SUV ,Miles and Her continued what they'd started in Curley's.....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUU MILES, LAWWWWD!...." she moaned.
They kissed some more....
"YOU ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY SERENA!" he moaned..
''Meooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"she cooed and leaned over and continued kissing Miles passionately...
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmph....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." he moaned...
She softly rubbed his erection and continued deep throat kissing him...
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Miles...We need to take this to a hotel room or something."she moaned...
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Miles began unhooking her bra...
"Too Late.....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." she moaned as he sucked on her breasts and kissed her breasts, her neck and her cheekbones and finally her lips....She moaned and leaned her head back......She was giddy with excitement....
He continued kissing Serena from her mouth down to her breasts, He began giving her french kisses, He moved his lips slowly across her breasts down to her body, He kept kissing her body as he lowered himself to her waist and hips. Sirena was wearing a nice short sheer grey skirt and he lifted it..
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As he got to her pink and blue panties, he placed a hand on both of her shapely legs and slowly spread them, Instead he kissed her vagina through her panties and even squeezed it slightly with his lips,
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ,OHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDD!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, Miles!" she moaned. her body trembled and tears flowed like a river down the side of her face.....
Serena was near delirium.. Miles ran his tongue softly over her panties... He kissed her through her panties for a few minutes before he moved slightly lower, kissing along her inner thigh. he licked & kissed her inner thigh... Then he began deep throat kissing her again...
Her legs were shaking mightily....
She was breathing heavily and her body was shaking.. "OH MY GODDDDD MILES! ....UMMMMMMM!" she cooed. She was having an intense orgasm...
"OHHHHHHHHHHH SIRENA!!...OHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned.
"YOU'VE DREAMED OF DOING THINGS LIKE THIS TO ME SINCE I FIRST WALKED IN YOUR OFFICE AND BECAME YOUR CLIENT, HAVEN'T YOU..OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, OHHHH MY GODDDDD!" she moaned.
"YES....YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, OUUUUUUUUUUUUU YESSSSSSSS! .!" he moaned
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, YOU NASTY BOY!" she cooed.. she was trembling something crazy at this point...
She kissed the head of his penis and licked it and then took him in her mouth and began going up and down...Miles was losing my mind...
An HOUR AND A HALF of this was all he could stand....He exploded like a gusher....
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu look at you!" she laughed...
"Ouuuuuuu that was good...I'm not finished with you" He said..
"I certainly hope not!!" she whispered to Miles.....and kissed him again.....
An HOUR AND A HALF of this was all he could stand....He exploded like a gusher....
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu look at you!" she laughed...
"Ouuuuuuu that was good...I'm not finished with you" He said..
"I certainly hope not!!" she whispered to Miles.....and kissed him again.....
She gave him a soft kiss....Miles felt himself getting aroused again...
Serena spread her legs and eased herself down on him....She was sooo soft, so wet...smelled so good..allowing Miles to move in and out of her as she slowly moved up and down...Neither of them could believe it..Her upper lip began to tremble....her head moved from side to side and sweat and tears ran down the side of her face..She couldn't believe she was having an orgasm this fast....
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, YOU NASTY BOY!" she cooed.
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She was in heaven, riding him like a surfer rides the waves for another HOUR AND A HALF.
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ,OHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDD!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, Miles!" she moaned. her body trembled and tears flowed like a river down the side of her face.....
She rode Miles like a surfer rides the waves, while kissing Miles passionately...
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! OUUUUUUU ,I'm ABOUT to cummmmmm!" she cried out. She was having another intense orgasm!
Waves of pleasure went through both of them as their bodies trembled...
"Glad we got that out of our systems. I always thought our first sexual encounter would be in bed...Not the back of my SUV.....but that's okay...OUUUUUUUUU IT WAS AWESOME!" she said..
Imprints of her lipstick was still on his shirt collar and the side of his face... He never saw the man come up behind him and sock him with a sap, knocking him unconscious....
"HELLO SISTER IN LAW!" came the voice of Carl Stevens Jr., her husband's identical twin brother..
Serena screamed...
The menacing voice demanded....
" SHUT UP....GET IN THE CAR!!! GET IN THE GOTDAMN CAR!!!"
It was her husband's identical twin brother, Carl Jr. He must have followed them here or have already been in Curleys.
She obeyed and the car pulled off leaving Miles unconscious in the parking lot.
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!!!! I SAW YOU IN THE CLUB!! THAT GUY HAD HIS TONGUE ALL DOWN YOUR THROAT...AND THEN YOU IN THE CAR WITH HIM, ...ALL THIS
TIME...ALL THIS TIME I BEEN BEGGIN FOR IT....BEGGIN FOR IT AND YOU GIVE IT TO HIM??? HOW LONG YOU KNOWN HIM???HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN BEGGIN FOR IT?" he screamed...
"That has nothing to do with anything....I don't want you!!!....Not now! Not ever ! Carl please....I'm going through a divorce...please leave me alone.....Please let me go! None of this is about you....It never was about you....I was married to your brother....but I certainly never wanted anything with you....Never!!! And you know that!!!" screamed Serena..
He pulled a needle out...
"What is that? What are you going to do? OUCH!!!" asked a frightened Sirena....
"You're going to sleep for awhile.....That's what....I stole this from my brother's school supply...It's an anesthetic....It won't hurt you, just incapacitate you for awhile...." he said..
An hour later.....
"DAMN! Even asleep she was good....WOW...WHAT A WOMAN!" he said, wiping the sweat from his brow...
Today, 7:45 AM the beginning of Serena Banes trial for second degree murder of her brother in law...Carl Stevens Jr. A conviction which could send her to prison for 10 years to life....
"I don't think you should be in my face right now....It could be hazardous to your health!" said Miles..
''Who's being inflammatory Yvette? Would you like your witness hanging around me?" he asked and then smiled.. " I rest my case." he said and walked into the courtroom...
"Representing the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania , Assistant District Attorney Bruce Greene your honor." said Bruce Greene.
"Mrs. Beatrice Evans-Jones, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Bee Bee.
"Mrs. Sofia Garcia-Ahmed, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Sofia.
Hearing Renee say her married name triggered Bruce Greene a bit.. He was still very stung by her rejection of him and her marriage to someone he considered inferior to both him and Renee....
Our investigator, Jade sat with our client, Serena Banes,
Thinking of how she rejected him after two dates incensed him...
Bruce Greene was not pleased and a little upset with himself...Losing out to attorneys he felt were beneath him in stature.
Another car drove up...The headlights were cut off.......
Carl looked a bit surprised...
"What are you doing here? How did you know I'd be here? Oh...uh you were tracking the GPS on her car....Heh heh heh...Well uh, I came out here to uh talk to her... Hey man ,what are you doing with that bat??" he said.
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Renee brought hot steaming tumblers of coffee for everyone.
"Coffees everyone." said Renee, whjo would be helping us out with this trial.
"Thanks Nay Nay." said Bee Bee..
"Thanks Renee." I said.
"Just what the doctor ordered...."said Jade.
"Oh thank you dear." said Yvette.
"Gracias Renee." said Sofia.
"Thanks Renee." said Kahlil.
"Ohhh Renee, bless you." said our client, Serena Banes, now using her maiden name and glad to be divorced from Calvin Stevens...
Miles sat with his arm around her waist.
"Thank you Renee." he said.
ADA Bruce Greene walked in just then...He saw us all sitting together...He couldn't help but rub it in.
"Mr. Ellis...I should remind you ...You are a prosecution witness....I don't think you should be fraternizing with the defense attorneys." he said.
"Come on Bruce don't inflame the situation...Trial is about to begin.."said Yvette ,trying to calm the situation...
COURTROOM D- 8:00 AM.
The Judge was Judge Michael King...
"Good Morning Attorneys and Potential Jurors...I am Judge Michael King.. A lot of you Attorneys know me.....This is beginning to sound like a broken record but Welcome to my courtroom....Due to courtroom crowding of cases , we are going to bypass a preliminary hearing...We know that a crime, a henious crime has been committed..A Brutal double murder of a young man, so we are going to go straight to trial.. We will have Jury selection today...Tomlorrow we will begin with trial." said Judge King.. "We will start today with introductions.." he said.
"Mrs. Yvette Jones-Lockwood-Lead Attorney for the defense your honor.." said Yvette.
"Keith Jones, Attorney for the Defense." I said.
"Mr. Kahlil Ahmed, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Kahlil.
"Mrs. Renee Cantrell-Jones, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Renee.
Tyrell Jones,A former Court Bailiff who put himself through law school, passed the bar and was now an attorney, a young attorney who bested him in court once. He hated to think about him kissing Renee, making love to her when that should be him, he reasoned.
Serena Banes, Another shapely woman who Bruce Greene had courted and who had rejected him...
"We will now start with Jury selection." said the Judge.
Renee's smooth style plus her soft voice was putting him off, lulling him almost asleep...
Voir Dire Began....but this time ,Bruce was up against a new person, Renee Cantrell-Jones , in addition to us..
which helped Me and Kahlil ask more pointed questions....
Bee Bee and Sofia aided the three of us with their laptops, remembering questions we had drawn up and whispering them to us...
We wound up with a 9-3 split going our way....
Both Bruce Greene and Lt. Tragg looked frustrated. Lt. Tragg had a lot riding on this case...It was his first case since being back from being on the Marine Boat.. He couldn't afford to louse this up...Several people were already questioning his abilities...This should have been a slam dunk case...This former school teacher should have had a Public defender....Not a legal team that consisted of six good attorneys and an investigator.
Serena looked confident too! Confident in her legal team....
"OUTSTANDING! We have a jury.....Trial will begin tomorrow....Attorneys, Jurors be on time and be ready for trial...You are dismissed." he said ,pounding his gavel.
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COURTROOM D-
In the coming days-
First showing huge glossies of the crime scene and of Carl Stevens Jr's battered head to gross them out and then weaving a portrait of Serena Stevens as a temptress who , though in an unhappy marriage with her abusive husband, was carrying on an affair with her husband's twin brother and her attorney all at the same time, which led to him angrilly kidnapping her and her killing him..
He invertedly was winning our argument for us and making Serena sympathetic to the jury....
She brought on two of her husband's ex-girlfriends, who had also been battered by him and also had restraining orders against him...
She said at no time did Ms. Banes have any kind of sexual relationship with her brother in law...
She brought out copies of the numerous, nine to be exact restraining orders swore out against Cal Stevens by his two ex-girlfriends and now ex-wife....
Renee, Bee Bee and Sofia questioned his witnesses....Asked if they heard or saw any kissing or any evidence of any sexual activity coming from his house...None of them said that they did...
Bruce Greene was mildly irritated...but now he called his star witness, Miles Ellis!!
"Your honor if it pleases the court , I would like it known that this is a hostile witness...and he is to answer my questions completely and directly.." he said.
"So Noted " said Judge King.
The first few questions he was asked were objected...by Renee, Myself and Kahlil.
we used predicates and laws concerning like cases and general laws that he was violating as the basis of our arguments....
Judge King ruled in our favor.....
Bruce Greene was so frustrated that he jumped up and down like a four year old in frustration and tossed his suit jacket into the air...
The Jury was astounded....
"ADA GREENE!! DO YOU NEED A MINUTE TO COMPOSE YOURSELF!!" demanded Judge King..
"Mr. Ellis as the divorce attorney for Mrs Stevens , are you now or have you in the past having had a sexual and romantic relationship with your CLIENT, Ms. Banes, then known as Mrs. Stevens, knowing she was a married woman?" he asked.
"She was seperated from her husband, legally seperated and living apart from him.."said Miles.
The Jury erupted in loud raucous laughter...
"Settled Down Mr. Greene, Settle Down... Mr. Ellis, stick to the question...No extra remarks." said the Judge..."Jurors , settle down." he said.
So was Lt. Tragg, who looked at her and winked... He was shaking his head...He couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Yvette was smiling slyly...
Renee and Serena were smiling and talking quietly.....
Bruce Greene angrilly kicked the table....
After a brief recess, he gave his closing argument....Convinced he had totalally lost the jury....
"THEY MADE ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT..THIS IS A LOUSY AND WEAK CASE,,,,I NEVER WANT TO WORK A CASE YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AGAIN." he snarled at Lt. Tragg.
"You made yourself look like a fool...You let her snot nosed youngins bait you....You've been practicing law longer than any of them...What got into you? Or is it, you still have a hard on for Mrs. Cantrell Jones AND THE DEFENDENT MRS. STEVENS HUH?" asked Lt. Tragg..
Bruce slugged Lt. Tragg in the mouth...
"WHY YOU FILTHY..." he said..
"OUUUUUUUUUF" moaned Lt. Tragg, who slugged him in the stomach and then delivered a right cross to his jaw , which knocked him down...knocked the wind out of him....
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONBG WITH YOU? I COULD RUN YOU IN FOR ASSAULTING AN OFFICER!" snarled Lt. Tragg,
"I'LL KILL YOU!!! YOU FILTHY MINDED JERK!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!" screamed Bruce Greene....getting to his feet and rushing at Lt. Tragg..
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!"he screamed..
Several bailiffs got in between the two men.....
furiously like a small child throwing a temper tantrum....
Lt. Tragg smirked and calmly walked out of the courtroom...
"ORDER!! ORDER IN THE COURT!!! CLEAR THE COURTROOM! " said Judge King.
Miles cracked up laughing and hugged Yvette..
" What a Marooon! Vettie...you said you could handle him and you sure did..He wanted to bring up old stuff from my past,like in San-Francisco, years ago and at that other law firm here...and you guys didn't let him...He was soooo mad." said Miles...
"I told you we could handle him...." said Ms. Yvette.
"Wow our boys had a bit of a falling out." I said,laughing.
"Sure Was...I was wondering whose side he was on??" said Kahlil.
"All we need to do is finish this up when we begin our defense." said Jade.
"And I love you too, you rogue....I thought you had skills....Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm and I want to
be privy to them, tonight and forever." she whispered to him..
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They walked into the Judges Chambers and closed the door...
She slipped her panties down..
"OH MY GODDDDD!" moaned Miles...
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, UMMMMMMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned.....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I WAS SO HORNY IN THAT COURTROOM TODAY!" she said.
"SO WAS I.." he said as their kissing got hotter.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, UMMMMMMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUUUU! YOU'RE ALWAYS HORNY.......EVERYTIME I SEE YOU...UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned.....
He placed her on the table, spread her legs and slowly and softly entered her...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! YOU ARE A BEAST!! UMMMMMMMMMM!" she moaned.
Her legs began to shake furiously...Her body trembled...and tears slowly drifted down her face....
She was having a quick orgasm....as Miles thrusted with wild abandon...He didn't know if he was coming or going..
Tyrell arrived...
"I was in court just in time to see you do your thing...You guys were great, but not more entertaining than the afternoon side show." he laughed.
"Yes it was entertaining wasn't it?" said Renee.
Giving her husband a soft kiss..
That got even hotter...
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, UMMMMMMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned.....
Seeing this enraged Bruce Greene even more.. He rushed out of the courthouse in a huff.
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COURTROOM D-
"Well my marriage was not a good one... I was a school teacher and my husband ,Calvin was a male nurse in one of my schools...We started off great...but in time, I learned he was a jealous and possessive man and violent... If I smiled at a man or had casual conversation with a man and he didn't know who the man was, he accused me of cheating on him..
"Calvin hit me the first time on our wedding day....He accused me of talking too long to the male florist, who arranged the floral design...He apologized profusely and then hit me again because I was still mad..
He hit me again on our honeymoon...because unfortunately...he had drank too much and uh couldn't perform.
The hitting continued and I would come to work with sunglasses on...Finally I had enough and called the police.
They arrested him and I went to stay with a girlfriend... He got out of jail and came and got me..
He apologized profusely vowing never to hit me again and for about six months, everything was good between us..
Calvin had a problem when I transferred to another school and became Principal...Now I was making more money than him...He accused me of thinking I was too good for him and he hit me again...
His Twin brother, Carl Jr. came in between us and took me out of the house to his house for a few days... But then, he made moves on me, told me he found me quite attractive and had always wanted to date me. He begged me to Leave Cal and marry him...I told him absolutely not!
He made sexual advances on me...I left and went back home..
My husband hit me again and accused me of coming on to his brother. Meanwhile his brother was sending me nasty texts of his erect penis every day...calling me all times of day, asking me what color panties or bra was I wearing...
I couldn't take it anymore...That's when I went to McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt..and got a lawyer, Miles Ellis, who got me a legal seperation and a restraining order...All of that is a matter of record...He got me a restraining order on Carl Jr. too... I wanted no part of either of them."said Serena.
Yvette was finished with her...
questioning whether she ever in fact had sex with her deceased brother in law.... Serena held up well, denying that she had any kind of relationship with her now deceased brother in law at all.
To the Jury, he looked like just what he was...A Bully.....
Renee showed the jury on a huge 75 foot Monitor , texts from Carl Stevens Jr. that showed his erect penis , that he sent to her with the caption...."All of this can be yours baby....your choice..." or "See how hard you've got me?" and other texts that read..."What color panties are you wearing today?" , What color is your bra?"
The six women on the jury were appalled and more sympathetic to Serena.
Bee Bee and Sofia interviewed two of Serena 's ex-husband's girlfriends, who had also been battered by him and showed the restraining orders they had taken out against him.
I showed the jury that she had a restraining order out against him as well as his brother, her husband.
"He's not on trial....His ex-wife is on trial..." he protested.
"I was home, sleeping." he said.
"YOUR HONOR!! THIS IS PURE SPECULATION!!" screamed Bruce Greene.
Bee Bee pulled out a 75 foot monitor and showed the Jury the tire tracks on the side of Serena's vehicle...
"We have a very good investigator...She took a plaster cast of the tire tracks.....The Police from the Auto Theft Department matched them to the same make and model of YOUR CAR!!! Co-incidence?"said Sofia.
"I was only too happy to do it.. It felt good being a trial lawyer again." said Renee."Me too!"said Bee Bee.
"Ditto that girlfriend." said Sofia.
"Jade you did a great investigation...I'll bet they miss you in Tokyo Homicide."said Kahlil.
"That sounds nice..."said Serena.
Assistant District Attorney Bruce Greene didn't lose much....In fact, he hadn't lost a case in awhile..
"I need some bedroom attention." said Miles.
THE ATLANTIC BAR-
"So this is where Miles lives huh? I was thinking about moving around here before me and Vettie got hooked up." said Gary."This isn't too far from where Sofia, Kahlil and I grew up..." said Bee Bee..
"Just a trolley car ride away from our old neighborhood Bee Bee....I like this place." said Sofia.
"I agree." said her husband, Jetty..
"This was just what the Doctor ordered....Nice Cold Ones.." said Beverly...
"Yes , what a way to end the day..."said Nelson..
"You aint never lied..."said Josie, kicking off her heels..
"Mmmmmmmm I could go for a Burger right now..."said Alfreda.
"Me too!" said Rockland.
"Heyyy Everybody, Glad you all could make it..."said Miles.
"This is my fourth or fifth time coming here...I came here with you once or twice didn't I Dabnis?" asked Jazzy.
"I've been here before too, last year with Natalie, Brooke, Beverly and Jazzy. this place is nice..Air conditioned...Nice view....Parking was murder though....Glad we were brought here on buses tonight.." said Kayla.
"Yeah, how about that?" said her husband, Ray.
"I've been here a lot....I used to live in an apartment down the street. Always loved this spot." said Jessica.
"Yeah back when we were Public defenders...I remember this place."said her husband, Chip.
"Good Choice Natalie." said her husband, B.L.
"I can't take credit for tonight...We were invited here by Miles Ellis." said Natalie.
"This is my third time here..I love this bar."said David.
"Natalie brought me here when we first started working at the Public Defenders Office...This and the No I.D. bar was our go to spots on a weekend, unless we had hot dates." laughed Brooke.
"I used to come here too when I lived in the Waterfront Condos ,before Lem and I got together and we bought our house." said Zoey.
"Well I grew up a few blocks from here and never came here...This is my first time here and I love it."said Nina.
"I was living in New York...in the Bronx....but this is my kinda joint."said her boyfriend, Carlos.
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" she moaned....as they stood outside the bar and kissed....
"AWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he moaned as their kissing got more passionate.
As they kissed outside the bar in the moonlight on a beautiful Summer Night.
Kahlil argued that we were attempting to show charactor and the situations that lead up to the brutal encounter outside of Curley's....
Now for the real show stopper- Yvette called Calvin Stevens Jr. to the stand..
He was surly and sarcastic...
"Sure was...and I got witnesses and I'm on the camera there.. Lt. Tragg had me down the station and interviewed me for two hours.." he said snarkily....
"You look kinda good baby....You married?" he asked and laughed, eyeing her breasts...
Yvette ignored him.."On the night of your brother's murder and your estranged wife's abduction you were miles away in Josie's Bar and Grille correct?" asked Yvette.
"We know you were there until closing at 2:00 am.....Curley's closes at 2:00 am.....and your brother was there...We saw him and he's on film....Serena was kidnapped at 1:50 am....and Mr. Ellis was attacked by your brother around that time... Now your estranged wife and your brother weren't seen or heard from until 3:30 am....Where were you from 2:00 am when Josie's closed until 3:30 am?" asked Yvette.
"That's not true.....Here is Street cam footage of your car pulling up in front of your house.... It's 5:50 am.... That's a lot of time unaccounted for." I said.
"I think you were stalking your wife like you always did...Wanting to know where she went on certain nights and you traced her car to that lonely stretch of road right outside of the city limits...You arrived just in time to see your brother, exiting your wife's SUV and straightening his trousers...Your wife was unconscious...her panties on the front seat....It didn't take much imagination to see what had happened...
You took a baseball bat or some blunt instrument and beat your brother to death and then smashed in the side of her SUV and laid him out on the road....and then left..."said Yvette.
"If it please the court I have proof...."said Yvette...
''We don't have a murder weapon, but the police found this." said Kahlil
producing the hyperdermic needle..
This has your brother's fingerprints on it as well as Ms. Serena's DNA....We have someone from the Medical examiner's Office who will testify that it contained a light anti septic that put Ms. Banes to sleep for about an hour , during the time your brother took advantage of her sexually...You walked up on it ,as it was ending and you beat your brother to death in a rage." said Kahlil.
"Prove it...Prove it..." snarled Calvin...
"Normally that might have been difficult Calvin....and I have to add you really have an anger management problem... We lucked up and found this.."said Yvette
Renee pulled out the 75 inch monitor again....
There in Curley's parking lot...Calvin found his brother's car, still parked there and smashed the windshield in anger with his baseball bat.....It was 4:45 AM....
"That Baseball Bat probably still has your brother's blood and brain matter on it. You were smart enough to ditch that bat by now I'm sure....but I'm guessing the police will have enough to make a case against you one day soon for this..The Defense rests your honor." said Yvette.
THIRTY MINUTES LATER-
The Jury took no time to come back with a verdict...
"Does the Jury have a unanimous verdict? asked Judge King...
"We do your honor.."said the Jury Foreman...
He passed it to the Bailiff , who passed it to Judge King..
"Read it " he said. His face didn't betray his emotions.
"WE THE JURY REPRESENTING THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE MATTER OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. SERENA BANES STEVENS ON THE CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER FINDS THE DEFENDENT NOT GUILTY!!!"
"ON CHARGE TWO USING AN INSTRUMENT OF CRIME TO CAUSE HARM, WE ALSO FIND THE DEFENDENT NOT GUILTY!" READ THE BAILIFF.
"You guys are the absolute best!!!....I love you all, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much!"said a relieved Serena....Divorced from Calvin and acquitted of murdering his brother, Cal Jr.
"You're quite welcome..."said Yvette. "And Renee, thank you for helping out.." said Yvette, hugging her.
"I was only too happy to do it.. It felt good being a trial lawyer again." said Renee.
"I could go for some cold ones after this." I said.
"I'm sure they do."laughed Jade.
"Thank you guys, you're the best....Hey look...There is a nice cool bar near where I live....The Atlantic Bar, why don't you guys come down?...Call Olivia and the whole gang...Everybody can celebrate with us tonight.." said Miles..
Losing this case had him beside himself with fury...
It distressed him so much...He threw himself through the courtroom door head first, knocking himself unconscious in the hall way....as on lookers gasped.....
"SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!" screamed someone.....
Judge King shook his head...."That young man needs psychiatric attention." he said as he left the court...
"You'll get plenty....after the party tonight..." said Serena..
as they celebrated with passionate kissing....
EPILOUGE-
Serena's ex-husband, Calvin Stevens was arrested and charged with killing his twin brother. He confessed to spare himself the Death Penalty and was sentenced to 10 years to life...
Located in Northern Liberties Section of Philadelphia, just blocks from Miles's loft...
"This was my go to bar of choice , when I returned to Philly from D.C." said Natalie.. "We've been here before, remember?" said Natalie.
"Sure Do....I loved this place..."said Yvette,
"You treated us to beers here after that big case, Natalie...I remember. I think this is my third time here."I said.
"Yeah, this is our third time here... I didn't know Miles lived around here."said Kahlil
"They have a lot of new Condos, Apartments and Lofts around here, just like our neighborhood.."said Jade.
"Nice spot...I like it." said Danny Ho.
"Yes....a perfect summer get away spot." said Virginia.
"I agree." said her husband, Jetty..
Beers arrived...
"Ouu nice place to relax on a humid summer night.."said Olivia.
"I like that this place is sooo well air conditioned." said Donnie Ray.
"They have a menu....Let's see what they have."said Paris.
"Probably Burgers...Pizza...A Place like this." said Bresha.
"Tonight...That's fine with me." said Tony...
We ordered Gourmet Burgers ,Dogs and Pizza to go with our beers.....
"Thank you all for partying with us."said Serena..who looked so happy and relieved.
''Yeah we did...when you lived in the Waterfront Condos, just before we bought our house." said Dabnis
"We all live so far from this place now, but it's nice to be able to come here and hang out.." said Karen
"Yeah good Choice Natalie."said Lee Phillips.
"Good Choice."said her boyfriend Matthew.
''And how often was that?'' asked her husband...Sean..
"Oh, often enough....but not enough.." said Brooke, laughing..
"Yeah, I used to know a bartender here....Zito...He's dead now! Murdered!" said Lem...
"Yeah I knew him.Shame about him....He was a gambler....Somebody shot him to death two years ago...They say some woman shot him, an angry girlfriend!....I too used to come here when I returned to Philadelphia from D.C." said Renee..
''Wow Isn't that something? You all have so many things in common...Same schools, Hung out at the same bars...Lived in Condos on the waterfront." said her husband, Tyrell.
"Your friends are really enjoying themselves....I'm glad.."said Serena...
"They are our friends baby...Our friends."said Miles.
