Same Team

Olivia,Beverly and I and Larry took the same flight out of Philly to San Francisco....It was an interesting flight....Beverly sat by herself up in the front of the plane...Olivia and I sat together in the middle and Larry sat with an old man who slept,snored and farted the entire flight...

Once in San-Francisco we stopped by Larry's associate's office who was helping us on the case...Sylvia Glenn,who was this guy's actual attorney....Soon it was quite evident that Beverly was not the only woman pissed off at Larry North...

"Gee thanks Larry for the vote of confidence..." said Sylvia Glenn as soon as she saw us...

"Now Syl...This isn't personal....but this guy's life is at stake....and we don't have much time...We need to save him from a needle..."said Larry...

"No...YOU need to win...I'm Lead counsel on this case with you and it looks like we are losing...So you bring in the dream team...Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her niece...Beverly West..."she said..

Then she looked at Beverly.....

"Beverly West?" she asked..

"Yes...I am."said Beverly.

''You're Beverly? Oh My God...Why didn't I figure it out when we were in Philly?? He tried to play me off as his girlfriend to make you jealous..I will say this much...He has great tastes in women...You're cute! I mean that as a compliment...You're very pretty." she said putting her hand to her mouth and laughing...

"Thank you....You're pretty too....So you're not his girlfriend ?  Welllll...that explains a lot." said Beverly smiling wryly and giving Larry North the side eye...

I could see that this was going real sideways ,so I stepped in with the save...

"Ms. Glenn...If it's all the same to you...and I speak for my wife and my niece when I say this..I think you've done an admirable job on this case already and we are just here to assist you in any way we can...We aren't here to run rough shod over your case.."I said..

"I'm not mad at you guys...but you can have this case...I'm done..." she said..

"Now Syl...I thought we could work this case together...Come on now...same team baby.."said Larry North..

"Same team.???..Not with you on the team...YOU just WANT A WIN...a feather in your cap...You don't give a damn about Robert Lingdon...This was just your way of getting a win and seeing your precious Beverly again....You're too manipulative Larry...and I won't be a part of your manipulation...And Beverly girl, if you're smart you'll run as far away from him as you can." she said...

"Hold on...Hold on...Hold On." said my wife, Olivia.... "We are on the same team...Ms. Glenn..You are the lead Attorney here...and from what I can see ,you have done an exemplary job....I would be honored if you worked with us....Three or four heads is better than one on any occassion...Please work with us...We need the information you already have on this case..." she said..

She was quiet for a minute...Then she said...

"Okay...I'll work with you guys on one condition....That you are the lead Attorney Mrs. Alexander..."said Sylvia..

"You are the lead Attorney Ms. Glenn,I'm not going to take that from you...Beverly and I will assist you. You've worked very hard on this case."  said Olivia.

"Okay....Then let's come up with some type of strategy..."said Sylvia...."Partners?" she said...

"Partners" said Olivia...

"Livy...Now wait just a minute!!!"said Larry North...

Beverly and I were cracking up....

''We have a man's life to save Larry!!...Now we have to get to our hotel rooms and unpack....Ms. Glenn can you meet us all at this address in say 90 minutes and we can get started on strategy?" asked Olivia.

''Yes...and I'll bring you all of my notes and materials.."said Sylvia Glenn.

"Good...Larry...We'll see you at the hotel." said Olivia...

Beverly smiled at him...

"Same team babes." she said and laughed...

Larry North stomped his foot in anger and stormed off...

I shrugged my shoulders...

''Well..That uh went pretty good." I said.

Olivia ,Beverly and Sylvia Glenn busted out in laughter.

II-

 Our Hotel room was incredible..A view of the bay, 62 inch Flat screen TV with cable and a jacuzzi..

Beverly's was exactly alike and she was right next door to us in an adjoining room...

''Auntay, this may be one of the best rooms we've had yet..." she said...as she bounced on our bed...

''Yes...better than the last time..I love this room..."said Olivia..

"Me too ." I said as we set up our laptops on the tables and used another table for our legal briefs...

Sylvia Glenn arrived first...She had crime scene photos...and police reports and way more legal information pertaining to his appeals than we had...She would..She had been the lead attorney...

"Nice spread you guys have." she said as she came in and sat down....

Larry North was the last one there...He was morose and subdued....He motioned for Beverly...

"Bev...a word please?" he said..

Beverly walked over to him...She said nothing...

He spoke softly...

"Uh...I'm sorry for the way I talked to you in Aqua Bar in Philly...I uh didn't mean any of that stuff I said...I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or if I did...I'm sorry...Will you forgive me?" he said..

"Apology accepted....Forget about it Larry,Let's work on this case." she said.

"Same Team?" he said...

"Same team." she smiled..

He hugged her...A little longer than neccesary....

 ''Uhhh Larry, okay...okay..let me go.....you're getting an erection..."whispered Beverly in his ear..

"Oh...oh...uhhh sorry." he said and went and sat down...

 Olivia noticed that his trousers were protruding like a circus tent....She gasped...

''Oh Myyy."and put her hand over her mouth to hide her smile..

Larry North was blushing like crazy....and Olivia,Sylvia Glenn and I could see it...He was a little embarrassed.

Across the room, Sylvia Glenn whispered to Olivia and Me..

''I take it those two have history?" she said.

I smiled...

"What gave you that idea?" I said laughing....

"They do!....A long time ago...When we all worked in the Public Defenders Office...He was crazy about my niece and she was crazy about him...but uh she caught him with another woman and it broke her heart...She's moved on...She has a boyfriend now...Larry apparently hasn't moved on...He still carries a torch for her.."said Olivia..

"A torch???....He's like a house on fire..It's hard to believe Beverly is your niece...You two look like you could be sisters...What's the age difference?" asked Sylvia..

"Nine years....She's my older brother's daughter..."said Olivia....

"Wowww!!! Ohhhhh..I see.And so you guys all have history.." said Sylvia.

''Larry and I were in Law school together...He graduated the year before me and when I passed the bar,he got me my first job at the Public Defenders Office where he worked...Ironically enough...Some years later when my niece ,Beverly passed the bar...He helped me get her a job with us...That's how he met her...and he's been salivating over her since then."said Olivia..

"I'm from New Jersey originally...I met Larry when I moved out here and got involved in the Innocence Project....He threw a few cases my way and we dated a little bit ,nothing serious...but...that ship has sailed..." she said.

Both women laughed.


III-

"This is the ''Hot Springs Motel" said Sylvia Glenn showing us a photo.....It was owned by our murder victim, Barry Van... Now Van, 58 was described by all who knew him as a task master, he paid strict attention to detail and was known to break into a loud tirade over the slightest infraction of his rules...He was not
a very nice man... He would dock you pay if you were five minutes late and he didn't want to hear any excuses...His workers had to pay almost 40 percent of their pay into their healthcare and you got a raise on merit..or when he thought you deserved a raise...

Richard Lingdon managed this hotel for him..was his right hand man and his whipping boy...He was often dressed down in front of the staff and threatened with being fired...

On the night of August 14th 2007...Micheal "Mikey" Gloss ,26 a handyman ,who was also employed at the motel...beat Barry Van to death with a baseball bat and stole $5000.00 out of his wallet and his car.... He didn't get far....California Highway Patrol units captured him, a week later....he had almost made it to Tijuana.

In custody, he confessed to the murder...The bloody baseball bat was in the trunk of his car..but he said..that Richard Lingdon paid him to do it...Paid him a cool ten g's...

Lingdon was arrested....He denied it vehemently...BUT....Gloss had $10.000 in his bank account and it was deposited just ten days before the murder...And there is no explanation as to how it got there..."she said.

 ''Any evidence that Lingdon gave him the money?" asked Olivia.

"No...There is no evidence of that and no physical or scientific evidence that Lingdon had anything to do with this...He was convicted solely on the testimony of Mikey Gloss...in two trials...Both times he was found guilty of Capital Murder and sentenced to die...They aren't too interested in giving him a third trial...They really want to be done with this..By "Them" I mean the state of California."said Larry North..

''Too bad..We are just going to have to spoil their plans ."said Beverly..

"First thing we are going to do is find another judge...and file another appeal for stay of execution...Sylvia...You and I are going to do this ,first thing tomorrow." said Olivia..

 "Will do."

"Bev...We want to attack this also from the position that the drugs used in the execution are unconstitutional and unknown to the public..." said Olivia..

 "That's an old argument....it's been used in several Capital Punishment cases Auntay and it hasn't worked too well ."said Beverly...

She couldn't help but notice how intently Larry North was staring at her....She ignored him and looked at her aunt..

"Yeah...I know, but we've got to throw everything but the kitchen sink at the courts to slow this thing down...He hasn't got much time."said Olivia..

"I heard that there was an inmate who claims he overheard Mikey Gloss admit that Lingdon didn't have anything to do with it...Who is he and where is he? I asked..

"His name is Jessie Gibson....He's doing a 25 years to Life sentence for murder himself...He was in San Quentin...He's now in New Folsom Prison up near Sacramento..We can go see him tomorrow Donnie Ray. It took us forever to find him..He was in Soledad, then Folsom,then the Mens Colony at San Luis Obsipo, then Pelican Bay...We finally caught up with him."said Larry North...

"Good...was the murder victim married?"I asked..

"Huh? What?" asked Larry North..

''Was Barry Van married?" I asked.

"No..he was twice divorced, has a son from both marriages...Why?" asked Larry North..

"Just wanted to know that's all..How about Lingdon...He married?" I asked.

"No...but he was involved with a young lady...a young lady who had been involved with Gloss previously...We haven't been able to locate her..She seems to have dropped off of the face of the Earth.." said Larry...."But we have some good leads...I have a friend on the San Francisco P.D..who gave me a few leads and addressses." he said.

I smiled...

"Now we are getting somewhere..." I said.

"Well...what a day we've all had...A flight from Philly here...this session...I'm hungry...How bout you guys?" asked Larry North...

"I'm famished.."said Olivia..

"Good ..I know a nice place ,we can eat and have some drinks...You guys down?" asked Larry North..

"I'll pass...Liv, Bev,Donnie Ray...I'll see you guys tomorrow.." said Sylvia...



IV-

 Larry North had excellent tastes..I had to give him that...He found a fabulous restaurant for us in San Francisco's North Beach area...

"Larry the food here is incredible.."said Olivia..

"Yeah man...I am stuffed..."I said...

"I have to hand it to you Larry...You do know your restaurants.."laughed Beverly....

He smiled wryly and put his arms around her waist....

"I know a lot about other things too Beverly, like making sweet love.." he whispered in her ear.

Beverly softly removed his arm....

"Larry, stop it...okay...We just made up...Don't mess things up.." said Beverly...

"Don't you mess things up..." he said staring at her cleavage...

Olivia got up and eased herself in between the two of them....

"Okay...Okayyyy,let's not start anything we can't finish..."she said softly..

Larry was getting ready to say something...I looked at him and smiled..

''Don't ...Come on Larry...You've been drinking...Let me call you a cab..." I said.

"I'm fine...Bev..Can I speak with you in private please...?" he asked..

Beverly walked with him over towards the door...

"Larry what do you want?" she asked.

"I want you." he said.

She laughed...

"What?" she said..

"I want you...IN THE BED!!! TONIGHT!!! I can't say it any plainer than that...And I'm tired of beating around the bush...I WANT YOU AND I KNOW YOU WANT ME TOO!  I KNOW IT BEV!!!Now I'm going to give you until 2:00 in the morning..."he said.

She laughed..."Til Two in the morning?" she said..

"Yes...I'll come by your room...If your door is unlocked..I'll know that you're a big girl and ready to make love...If the door is locked...I'll know my answer...That's all I'm going to say...I'm horny right now and you are looking good...I've been staring at you all night..Are you about it or not? Now it's time to be grown up..." he asked..

"Larry you're drunk.."she said..trying hard not to bust out laughing....

"I'm not drunk....Leave your door unlocked. It's time for you to put on your big girl panties and let me relieve you of them!" he said and walked out...

Beverly came back to the table laughing hysterically...

"What am I going to do about him Auntay?"she laughed...

"He just doesn't get the message does he?" she laughed...

"No....he doesn't." laughed Beverly....

"Just what did he say to you?" asked Olivia...

"It's too outrageous to repeat."laughed Beverly.

We got in the rental car I had purchased and drove back to our hotel...We were all good and tired and might I say,just a tad bit drunk...

V-

Nelson East was sitting in the lobby when we got back to the hotel...Beverly was ecstatic...

"Baby, what are you doing here?" she asked, smiling and hugging him and kissing him passionately...

"I finished my case...I have a few days off and my boss, Robert Foxworth...He's the coolest...He told me to take a few days off and go out to Cali and visit my girl..."said Nelson..

"How did your boss know I was out here?" asked Beverly...

''Oh I don't know...I uh might have mentioned it to him when he called my office the other day ,inquiring about a former client of mine..." said Olivia..

Beverly kissed her aunt on the cheek..

"Auntay, you're the coolest."said Beverly.

She then looked at Nelson....

"Well come one..grab your bags and let's get you unpacked." she said.

Nelson smiled sheepishly and winked at Olivia and me as he and Beverly walked toward the elevator...

I looked at my wife and smiled...I pulled her toward me and kissed her..

"You're so cool."I said...

"I expect you to show me how cool I am...Come on, let's go upstairs..Get you undressed!"she said in between kisses..

Both of our rooms had the door locked and a do not disturb sign on the door handles...

When Larry North came down the hallway at 2:00 am in the morning..I'm sure he heard us..

 "Ouuuuuuuuu,Oh my goodness Donnie Ray ....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu mama likes, mama likes...ummmmmmmmmmmm ohhh goood lawd...ouuuuuu" moaned Olivia...

"Ouuuuu...Oh ,Olivia...you're driving me crazy..ohhhhhhhhhhh.." I moaned..

''Ohhhhh my Godddddddddddddddd, MISTAH ALEXANDARRRR...OUUUUUUUUUUU....oooHHHHHHHHHHHHH......Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." she moaned ..."Don't Stop...Don't Stoppppppppppp...please...don't stopppp." she moaned..

"Yessssss." I moaned..."YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" I yelled out....

The bed was squeaking like crazy and the headboard were slamming against the wall...the sounds of moaning and serious lovemaking was coming from Olivia and my room...

Larry North smiled..."Now that's what I'm talkin about...I can't wait to get in Bev's bed..." he said to himself......

I can only imagine his shock when he got to Beverly's door and saw the Do not disturb sign, saw that the door was locked...and heard the signs of moaning and cooing coming from her room...

 "Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu NELSONNNNNNNNNNNN! You hittin my spots...ohhhhh gooddd"screamed Beverly.

 "Ohhhh Beverly...I'm going crazy...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." moaned Nelson...

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Ohhhhh Nelson..ouuuuuuuuuuuuu. Take your time baby...I'm not going anywhere" moaned Beverly...

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" moaned Nelson....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I'm cumming...I'm cumming..oh my goodness...ouuuuu.." she said and began to shake and gyrate and turn her head from side to side..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph.."he moaned....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...."she moaned...

The bed was squeaking and the headboard were slamming against the wall softly....

Larry North's mouth was wide open..he stomped his foot angrily ,kicked the door as hard as he could and stormed off...Neither Beverly ,nor Nelson heard him...

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