Kelly Grant

 A Monday Morning at the Bridge Building where we all worked.

OUR OFFICE-

"It's Awful Quiet today with the kids not being here...They left right after Breakfast."said Virginia.

"They're at Middleton School of Law in Bayside...Attending a lecture by Kelly Grant..."said Yvette.

"Kelly Grant! Kelly Grant!! I've heard of her....She's a Jury consultant...right?" said Virginia.

"Yes and a hell of an attorney....She taught me everything I know about Voir Dire. I studied under her after I graduated from law school. Nelson said that she lectured at St. Johns when he was a student there.  I taught Keith and Kahlil all they know about Voir Dire, with help from Nelson.."said Yvette.

"And you did a great job...They are aces..."said Virginia.

"Well she's lecturing today at Middleton and I thought it would be a great opportunity for them since we don't have a case at present." said Yvette.

"Where is Jade?" asked Virginia.

"I loaned her out to the Innocence Project.. They 're working on a case....Jessica, Chip, Matthew and Lee are on it...They needed some investigative help..."said Yvette.

"Pretty Quiet around here today huh?" said Virginia.

"Probably for the next two days."laughed Yvette.

And in Bayside in a lecture hall.-

Kelly Grant was very pretty. She was Charismatic and Funny too... And she knew her stuff.. She was a hell of an attorney at one time I heard... Her entire practice was now jury consulting.. She knew everything about juries...She taught us about psychologically breaking down jurors... Studying their education, racial make up, cultural make up, age , political perspectives...The entire works..Just by getting the lists and looking up each and every perspective juror...It was painstaking work she said, but it made a difference in you winning a trial or losing one...

She told us that even when you checked all of the boxes...Things could still go sideways because jurors are people and people are funny and fickle.

Heady stuff.

Ms. Yvette had taught me an Kahlil all of this stuff...

 I was here today with my wife, Beatrice "Bee Bee" Evans-Jones.

Our friend and colleagues, Sofia Garcia -Ahmed

and Kahlil Ahmed, her husband.

Fellow McCluskey/Cozen /Connor & Pratt Attorneys, Alexa Pratt

and Cassidy Skyler were also in attendence.

From our good friends, Olivia Bennett-Alexander's Office was Nelson East, who had been taught by this woman when he was a law student at St. John's in New York..He had helped Ms. Yvette teach Kahlil and I Voir Dire and Juror studies. when we were first starting out.

His wife, Attorney Beverly West-East was also here today...

as was their fellow attorneys, Josie Boyd..

and Bresha Billips, who Nelson had been tutoring in this...

We all loved being tutored by Kelly Grant, she was wonderful... She told us about her early days as an attorney in New York and here in Philadelphia and how she was so good at Jury selection that she turned it into a cottage industry almost... We all hung on to every word.

Today, Tuesday and Wednesday were good days...

After the lecture...We had lunch at a new diner we found...

''Wow, wasn't she something?" I said.

"I wish all of our professors had been like her in law school." said Bee Bee.

"I knowwwwww...this wasn't like a class or a lecture...This was...This was fun..I enjoyed it." said Sofia.

"Yeah, me too!" said Kahlil.

"She was my favorite lecturer in law school." said Nelson.

"I can believe that...And she wore those short skirts...She wasn't bad to look at either... But I must admit..She knew her stuff and she kept you interested... I liked her.."said Beverly.

"Yeah she shows you how important voir dire is.." said Nelson.

"You're the king though...but what she said about even when you check all of the boxes things can still go sideways..."said Josie.

''Well nothing is an exact science."said Bresha.

"I guess the thing is to get it as close to perfect as you can."said Alexa Pratt..

"Yeah." said Cassidy..

Both were glad to be out of the office this week and at this series of lectures.

II-

KELLY ELIZABETH GRANT-

Born and Raised in New York City (Queens)

Educated in the New York City Public School System.

B.A. Administration of Justice, Pre-Law, Trial Advocacy- Minor in Psychology -Princeton, New Jersey

Juris Doctorate- Harvard Law School

Passed the Bar in New York/New Jersey/ Pennsylvania/Deleware/ MA. /CT./

After law school Kelly served as a Law Clerk for Judge John Bartlett.

She entered Private Practice as an Associate Attorney at Miller and Brewer Attorneys at law.

Senior Associate Attorney at Tanger and Knotts, Attorneys at Law.

She was a special assistant to the U.S. Sentencing Commission

Federal Public Defender

Appellate Specialist at the Law Firm of Morris and Foster

Moved to Philadelphia PA.

Was Director of the Public Defender's Office for awhile.

Is now in Private Practice as a Juror Consultant.

Has Lectured at St. Johns University-New York City

University of Pennsylvania School of Law -Philadelphia.

Middleton School of Law-Bayside, PA.

Virginia turned her laptop off...

"I was looking up this Kelly Grant...She has a very impressive resume.."said Virginia.

"Yes and like I told you, before she became just a Jury Consultant, she had a hell of a career as an attorney." said Yvette.

THURSDAY NIGHT-CURLEY'S BAR- COUPLES NIGHT

Drinks were flowing and plentiful.... Kelly Grant sat with us...

"Yvette, Olivia, I so enjoyed lecturing at Middleton this week and was so glad your assistant attorneys could join me...They all asked good questions and were just a joy to be around."said Kelly Grant.

"They said YOU were a joy to be around too!"laughed Olivia.

 

 "They said they enjoyed you too Kelly."laughed Yvette.

"I can believe that..You have that bubbly personality."laughed Gary.

"Oh Stop!  I'm just me..."laughed Kelly.

"Like I said, you were funny...You made it fun." I said.

"It wasn't like we were at a lecture. It was like dishing with a girlfriend." said Bee Bee.

"You could teach a course on lecturing to a whole lot of other people we've sat through in law school."said Sofia.

"Amen to that." laughed Kahlil.

"WOWWW! They really liked you."said Jade.

"Yes...."said Danny..

"That's always a good thing."said Virginia.

Jetty smiled.. He was checking her out..She was an attractive woman...He'd of been happy in one of her lectures too!

"Olivia, I was happy seeing Beverly and her husband Nelson there... Nelson was one of my favorite students when I taught at St. John's." said Kelly. 

"He always spoke highly of you and you taught him well. He has been invaluable to me and us."said Olivia.

 

"Yes he has." said Donnie Ray...

Beverly hugged her husband.. "He's invaluable to me anyway." she said.  "I really enjoyed your class Ms. Grant." said Beverly.

"Always a pleasure."said Nelson.

"Thank you... Nelson has been bringing us along."said Josie.

"I'm going to your next lecture."said her husband, Paris.

"You'll enjoy it and you'll learn something." said Bresha.

"Then I'll go too!" said Tony.

"Looks Like you have another class filling up."said Alfreda with a smile.

"I have your book, can I have your autograph?" asked Rockland. 

"Ohhhhhhh myyyyy! Why you certainly can. You all have me blushing!" said  Kelly Grant. "Another round for both tables." she said.

More drinks arrived.

"Ouuu thank youuuuuuuuu..I'll definitely be in your next class."said Jazzy.
 

"So will I." said Dabnis.

"Me as well."said Kayla.

"Ditto That." said Ray.

"I'm working on a big case soon in which I'll be a Jury consultant... I'll next be lecturing at University of Pennsylvania in late May."said Kelly Grant.

"Ouuuuuuuu PENN is close...I think I'll be there myself."Gushed Jessica.

"You've got a fan. "laughed Chip.

"University Of Pennsylvania huh?  My alma -mater...A lot of us will be at that." said Karen.

"Would you autograph my book also?  And also...I'm B.L.Benz..Host of the TV show and Podcast..HARD BOTTOM..If you get the chance...I'm wondering if you'd appear on my show?" said B.L.

"So you're Mr. Hard Bottom eh?   I'd love to be on your show."laughed Kelly Grant.

"Mr. Hard Bottom, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaaahahahahahah."laughed  Natalie.

"My wife is going to bust a gut over here laughing about that." said David.

"It is kinda funny."laughed Brooke.

Sean smiled.

"Ouuu I love yall, you guys laugh at my jokes...Invite me to be on TV shows and buy my books."laughed Kelly Grant.

''We are just a fun loving bunch."said Zoey...

"That we are." said her husband, Lem.

''Sounds like you all that did go...had a good time."said Renee.

"Yeah, I should have went..I wasn't busy that day."said Tyrell.

"I was working on the Innocence Project Case." said Lee.

"So was I." said her husband Matthew.

"I have worked with the Innocence Project in a lot in other cities. here is my business card...Call me."said Kelly Grant.

"Can I have a card too? I work with the Women's Law Center...We could use a Juror  Specialist from time to time."said Nina.

''Yes we could..from time to time..We do wind up in court." said Carlos.

"Why of course." said Kelly Grant.

A man sat across the bar from all of us.. He kept staring at Kelly Grant...and smiling...

III-

We all drove home on our busses..

While Kelly drove her car to her brownstone in another part of the city.

A Car drove up on cue..

''Hey Kelly...You want some company?" said the man.. A Lawyer at her firm... Daniel Brown.

"Your timing is incredible....I'm just coming in from a night of drinking with friends..." said Kelly.

"I brought Champaigne....I know you're off tomorrow after a week of lecturing." he said.

"You know my schedule...hahahaha..Come on in." she said.

Someone was a few cars away, snapping photos..

Inside, Kelly and Danny killed a bottle of Champaigne and smoked a joint apiece..

They stared in each other's eyes....

"Is this why you came here? I was already tipsy from hanging out at Curley's tonight with friends...and now we just kill a bottle of Champaigne and smoked a joint...you know I'm smashed and horny right?" she said as they kissed...

''Are you?" he asked.

''Don't play dumb, you know I am...Take your clothes off." she whispered and giggled.

"OHHHHHHHHHH BABY!" he moaned..

"You're about to get what you've been dreaming about." she said.

He undressed and slowly undressed her and 

He slipped her silk panties down....

"AWWWWWWWWWWW  OHHHHHHHHH MY GODDD!" he moaned.

"OH HUSH UP!" she giggled..

He had been dropping hints for a long time that he was interested in her..She didn't think it was a good idea because he worked for her..She was essentially his boss.. but he continued...And now against her better judgement..Here he was in her bedroom..

They retreated to her bedroom... Never had he felt a woman so soft...She smelled good...and her lips were as soft as butter...

He laid her across her bed, spread her legs and slowly entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHHHHH MY WORRRRRRD!" she moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...PUT IT IN...PUT IT ALL IN...OUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEET BABYYYYYY! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!" he moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IT FEELS GOOD...IT FEELS GOOOD!   IT FEEEELS GOOOOOD TO MEEEEEE   OUUUUUUU DANNY!!" she cried out...This was the first sex she'd had in three months, ....both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing an intense orgasm.....She couldn't believe it..so fast!!!

She wrapped her legs around his waste and she pulled him closer to him as he humped away...

"OH MY WORRRRRRD! WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!YOU ARE SO DAMN BIG  AND HARD!!! OUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY...OUUUUUUUUU...I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED....OH MY GODDDDD!" she moaned...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT'S ALL FOR YOU!" he moaned..sweating bullets...

"OH MYYYYYYY GOODNESSSSSSSS! WOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" she said.  

Again...both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing another intense orgasm.....She couldn't believe it..two and so quick....

HE COULDN'T BELIEVE AFTER ALL THIS FANTASIZING AND AFTER MONTHS OF DROPPING CLUES AND THEN PLEADING WITH HER FOR A DATE...HE WAS FINALLY HERE IN HER BROWNSTONE, IN HER BED!!

They began making sweet sweet love......"OHHHHHHHHHHHH  !!!!  OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  COUNSELOR!!

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since they'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...

"KELLY, KELLY   baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...

"I'm KELLY baby now huh? NOT BOSS LADY? OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" she screamed out....

The bed squeaked even louder...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm ,her third!!! that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  OH DAMN DANNY!! DANNY!! LAWWWWWD DANNY!!!, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!! She couldn't believe how passionate he was, his stamina.. It was as if he didn't want to get up off of her!!

They lie across the bed, sweating profusely and kissing passionately...

"You're not wearing any panties....Can I have some more?" he asked.

"You noticed that huh?" she asked.

"YESSSSS!" he said.

She giggled...

She was still horny, She crawled on top of him..., spread her legs and eased herself down on him.. He was astonished.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed loudly..Her body trembled.....tears streamed down the side of her face.....

"OH MY GODDDDDDDD!" she cried out....

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY?" she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD YESSSSSSSSSS!" he cried out..

 riding him like a surfer rides the waves.....He didn't know if he was coming or going!!

She had yet another intense orgasm.....She feared she was slowly losing her mind.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..LAWWWWWWWWWDDDD!" he moaned

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIVE ME THAT MONSTER!!! OH MY GODDDD!! YOU ARE HUGE!!! AND SO DAMN HARRRRD!! OUUUUUUUU! GIVE IT TO ME!!" she cooed.Her whole body trembled something fierce..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYY DAMNNNNN!" he moaned..

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? LET ME RIDE THAT HORSE!!!WOUUUUUUU! " she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!" he yelled out....

They sat on the side of the bed kissing passionately, while she moved up and down....

ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF HOURS PASSED BY

He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying....

She had her final intense orgasm.......

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!  IT'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEEEEEE...OUUUUU DANNY MYYY DAMNNNNN!!  OUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!  " she moaned.. She had yet another intense orgasm , that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

..WOWWWW!" she said, very impressed....She kissed his chest....He dozed off to sleep and she did also. Her legs still trembling a little bit.

"WHEN YOU TEXTED ME THIS AFTERNOON AND ASKED ME TO DROP BY....I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!" he blurted out as he dosed off..

"WHAT? I DIDN'T TEXT YOU!" she exclaimed and laughed as she dosed off into a deep relaxing sleep.

The next night. Kelly partied with us at the NO I.D. BAR...

"Vettie, I got laid last night!!!..." said Kelly.

"After you left us? OUUUUUUUUUUU GIRL!" said Yvette.

"It was a young lawyer that works at my firm...I shouldn't have done it...He works for me, I'm his boss. He drove up just as I was putting my key in the door with a bottle of Champaigne, two glasses and a bag of ouuu weee."said Kelly.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh he made plans for you huh?" said Yvette.

"He's been making overtures towards me ,ever since he started working at the firm and I've been ignoring him."said Kelly.

"But not last night... "said Yvette.

"No...I was already high as a kite from drinking all night with you guys...Then I come home and we killed that bottle of Champaigne and then smoked a joint...I was High and as Horny as a cat..."said Kelly.

"Ouuuu girl I bet you were...So, was it good?" asked Yvette,laughing..

"OH MY GOD VETTIE!!!...YESSS..OUUUUUUUUU, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME IN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS....I'VE KINDA BEEN MARRIED TO MY WORK BUT IT WAS GOOOOOD!!!!!  HE HAD ME SEEING STARS!!...But...I don't want a serious relationship with him or anybody else right now...I just don't. And being that he works for me...That would really be awkward!" said Kelly.

"Tell him...Tell Him when you're sober...Tell him not to stop by your home again and that you don't want a relationship with anybody right now. Make him understand. Said Yvette.

She was handed a Citris Martini...

 

 "Ouuuuuu thank you." she said to her husband Gary, who pulled her over to him and sat her on his lap..

"You're quite welcome." said Gary.

She rewarded him with a soft kiss...

"The weather has been so nice the past few nights..."I said.

"Wanna sit on the steps and talk when we get home?" asked Bee Bee.

"Sure!" I said.

"Like we used to do when we were in law school."said Sofia.

"Or when we moved into the apartments." said Kahlil.

"I remember those days." said Jade, who though she lived across the street, would often come and sit with us.

"I remembered I 'd come by to see Jade and she'd be sitting with you guys."said Danny.

"Yeah, good times." said Sofia.

"You all are so cute."giggled Virginia, who was sitting in Jetty's lap.

''Ummmmmmmmmmmm baby." he moaned softly.

"This is a nice night...but I'm not sitting outside tonight when we get home."said Olivia slyly.

 

"Definitely not."said Donnie Ray.

''What are we doing husband?" asked Beverly..

"You know what we are doing?" laughed Nelson.

Josie turned and smiled at her husband Paris...

Paris was drinking his drink, but he turned and smiled sheepishly at her..

"We hanging out or we turnin in?" asked Bresha, although she knew the answer.

''We turning up! "said Tony.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu yall are bad!."laughed Alfreda.

"No badder than we are." said Rockland.

Fried Chicken Baskets...

and Fried shrimp Baskets were set out.

More Drinks flowed.

"You all work across the street from here huh?" asked Kelly Grant.

With the exception of Olivia and Beverly and their crew , yes...We all work across the street." said Jazzy.
 

"Too much togetherness huh?" laughed Dabnis.

"Nah, actually, I think it's pretty cool." said Kelly.

"We think you're cool too...Why don't you join us here tomorrow morning for Brunch?" said Kayla.

"Yeah this place has an incredible Brunch." said Ray...

"And after Brunch we go out to Bayside and shop in the Mall out there...Then we have dinner and we usually go roller skating...but I don't think anybody is going skating tomorrow." said Jessica.

"Still it'll be fun and relaxing."said Chip.

"I'm in..."laughed Kelly.

"Go Home, pack a few things and then join us...We'll wait....You can stay with us for a few days...

I have a beautiful Sub-basement apartment with a 75 inch monitor with streaming and cable, a nice comfortable bed , a half bath and shower and plenty of drawer space."said Olivia.

"Oh thank you...I'm in." said Kelly.

"OUUUUUUUU YAYYYYYY!"said Karen.

"We love entertaining. as you'll find out."said B.L.

" This will be so much fun."said Natalie.

She sat on David's lap..He squeezed her tight...She didn't seem to mind.

"Nice." said Brooke.

"There is enough food here to keep us entertained until she gets back."laughed Sean...

"Come on...I'm ready for a second helping."said Zoey.

"Ummm look at you...You came with an appetite this morning."said Lem.

"I did too!" said Renee.

Her husband, Tyrell smiled as he finished his food.

"I could use a Mimosa." said Lee.

"Say No more." said Matthew..

He ordered Mimosas for the table.

"Ouuuuuuu thank youuu Matthew." said Nina.

"Yessss thank you." said Carlos.

"Sure you don't want to invite your new friend, Kelly?" asked Yvette.

"Vettie don't be funny...No!" laughed Kelly.

IV-

Kelly Went to Bayside with us...She enjoyed the shopping..

We had drinks and good food after shopping and then...

we returned to Philadelphia.

and Kelly spent the night ,sleeping it off in Olivia's sub-basement..Finally for her, a restful night's rest.

While at her Brownstone in another part of town, there is confusion...

Her would be suitor Danny Brown was confused...There was no answer at her door...and her phone's GPS had been disabled. He waited for a few minutes then he left...

The man who had been watching her in the bar got in his car and pulled off too..Apparently she had given him the slip.  He knew she wasn't aware of his presence...

MONDAY MORNING!

Kelly sat in Yvette's Office..sipping coffee.

"This Coffee is good and you say it's from down the street?" said Kelly.

"Yes...it's called Mocha Joe's..They brew it fresh right there on the premises...I advance order some mornings.."said Yvette.

"Vettie I'm here because I want to hire you and your crew...To represent me..." said Kelly.

"Really? Why? You in trouble or about to be?" asked Yvette.

"I don't know....I'm helping out a lawyer who is representing plaintiffs whose buildings were built by a certain construction company and a certain contractor in particular...All of their buildings, one by one fell down or had serious cracks in their structures... The Contractor in this conversation , a guy named Jay Scanlon could lose a lot of money if he loses this case...  Ever since we took the case...I've heard clicks when I've talked on my phone...and I've felt like I was being followed...I've noticed a strange car outside my house or down the street from my house....Which is why I'm still staying at Olivia and Dnnie Ray's house..

Donnie Ray discovered a GPS Tracker on my car....He disabled it and discarded it...but that proves I've been targeted and followed..I just feel something funky is in the wind. Oh there is something else.. The young man who stopped by my house late the other night....He claims I texted him and that's why he was there...Vettie I never texted him!!!  He was confused...I just feel something funky is in the wind." said Kelly Grant.

"It sounds like it...Okay...we'll rep you." said Yvette.

"Good!  It's 9:30...That train will get me into town within minutes...Today is the first day of hearings...Can you guys be there tomorrow morning?" asked Kelly .

"Sure Kelly...We'll be there.." said Yvette.