Black Bikini

I had gone out and to get coffee...When I returned, I was surprised to find my wife, famed Attorney,Olivia Bennett-Alexander lying across the bed, still clad in just a black t-shirt and panties sifting through some papers...

''What's this...you're still not dressed?  It's trial day baby."I said.

"I've already showered....All I have to do is get dressed...I was looking at some of my past accomplishments..that's all..."

I peered down at some of her certificates...

"Wow!  You were ''Who's Who in American High Schools" huh? Sexy and smart..." I said.

" Beverly and Kayla were Who's Who in American High Schools too!...years afterwords...I was so proud of both of them."she said with pride...

"Wow...and you were a two time Pennsylvania State Swimming champion too? very impressive....Were Bev and Kayla also swim champs too?" I asked..

"No!!...That's all me...Bev can't swim to save her life...and I don't know if Kayla can swim or not..."she laughed...

Then she showed me a photo of her winning her Medal and trophy...She was wearing a black bikini....My eyes practically popped out of my head....

"The last time I had butterflies in my stomach like this...was the day before I won my second title..I wore this Bikini for good luck...My Father AND my Brother had a fit..My dad made me wear that black skirt like cover."she said laughing, remembering..."Beverly was there...She was nine years old...I was 18...She was so proud of me."she laughed.

Even with the cover, she still looked sexy...

"LAWD!" I exclaimed...

"Don't drop your coffee..."she laughed...."I thought you'd like that.."she said.

"Like it?  I  LOVE IT...I'll bet you can still fit that bikini can't you?  You still got it?" I asked..

"Oh My God..."she laughed..."Look at you....Yes and Yes...I can still fit it and yes I still have it...It might be a little tighter on me now..Maybe if you're good,I'll model it for you..."

"Aren't I always goood? What else do I have to do?" I asked..

Olivia smiled..

"I'm serious Livy." I said.

"I know you are..."she said and continued to laugh and shake her head...

"You got anymore photos of you from your past?" I asked..

"Look at you, getting all worked up!!! Okay...Enough traveling down memory lane..I've got to get up and get dressed for trial..."she said as she got up and made the bed...

"Uh anything,I can uh help you with?" I asked, smiling sheepishly...

"Uh no...I think I can dress myself...Go downstairs...See if Bev is ready..."she laughed and then pulled me toward her and gave me a slow and soft kiss..."See you in a few."she said.

Beverly was dressed and was staring out the window when I walked down to her floor...

She turned and smiled...

"Oh hi.."she said..

"The door was open.."I said..

"You're family Donnie Ray, you don't have to be shy...Come on in....Auntay isn't ready yet?" she asked..

"She's almost ready...You two seem nervous...All of the trials you two have had...What is so big about this one?" I asked..

"I don't know...It's like there is some evil foreshadowing over this one...I wasn't able to sleep..I started to call Nelson and tell him to come over...but he needed his sleep and I needed mine..but this morning,I'm just so full of nervous energy.." she said.

"You'll be just fine...Something I didn't share with you...Your opposing attorney,Lance Roderick has a more than passing relationship with the good judge....They play Tennis at the same country club...He's had dinner with the judge and his wife and the judge has been sort of a mentoring figure to him since he passed the bar...Mr. Roderick was at one time, all IVY football player....He's every bit the macho man the judges son was not...He was at one time a known ladies man in the D.A's office and is engaged to the former Ms. Pennsylvania...He's the judge's surrogate son...Just thought I'd pass that on to you and your aunt..You can use it in your appeal if things get that far.."I said.

"You are so good for us D.R.  You're the best investigator I have ever worked with..Me and Auntay didn't really start having fun until you showed up....God Bless you Uncle Donnie Ray."she said and kissed me on the cheek...

She hugged me...Like her aunt..she smelled great and had a soft warm,curvey body.

I heard Olivia walking down the stairs...

"Okay ladies...Court time."I said.

Today was going to be one for the record books...I could feel it, just like the girls could!

II-

The last day of the trial and Olivia and Bev were in rare form, once again driving home their argument that Gail Langford had been wrongly terminated for refusing to take part in a cover up of an affair..

Beverly once again called State represenative Teddy Cruser to the stand and hammered home the three lies she caught him in and asked him three times under oath if he was having an affair with Alice Singeltary...He vehemently denied it...

The judge told her to move along....She said she had no more questions...Then it was Olivia's turn..She called Alice Singeltary to the stand...

"Mrs. Singeltary....Mr. Cruser says you two weren't having an affair...Is that true?  I remind you..You are under oath." she said..

"I object...Relevance...."said Lance Roderick...

"I'll allow it..but I warn you Mrs. Alexander...Let's not remain on this subject..too much longer..This is the last time I want either of them questioned about this."said the Judge...

Alice stared at her husband ,who was staring daggers at Teddy Cruser...

"YES...We were having an affair!!!....And we have been for 16 months...!!!!.I'm tired of lying, tired of sneaking to motels...We were having an affair and I'm not ashamed...It was the best sex I have ever had in my life!" she declared.

"Uh okay....Mrs. Singeltary...Yes was sufficient." said Olivia..

Her husband stood up and looked at Ted...

"Geeeezzz Ted...I don't believe it...You and your wife have eaten dinner at my house how many times? Our kids have had play dates....Oh My God..We've had drinks together,gone to Flyers games and all the while you were banging my wife??? You pig! I oughta knock your head off!"he said..

The Jury gasped...The Judge began coughing violently...A court clerk bought him a glass of water....

"Mr. Singeltary...Sit down..that will be enough" bellowed the judge...

"He's bangin my wife...And you're telling me to sit down?" he bellowed...

"BAILIFS..REMOVE THAT MAN!"ordered the judge....

"He's bangin my wife!!!!...And you're telling me to sit down?WHERE IS THE DAMN JUSTICE IN THAT? HUH??WATCH YOUR BACK TEDDY!" he bellowed as bailifs restrained him and hustled him out of court...

Lance Roderick attempted to do damage control on cross..but it was wayy too late ,the cat was out of the bag...The Jury had heard her testimony and there was no need to strike it from the record..

"Mrs. Singeltary, you sat right here and flatly denied that there was anything going on between you and Mr. Cruser..."he asked..

"I lied...We've been meeting in hotels, motels, our offices...anywhere we could be alone for months....And we did ask that girl to put out a phony story to take the heat off of us...and she refused..She didn't do anything wrong...It was us...I just can't take anymore lying and sneaking around...I'm sorry for how I've hurt my husband and my children....but I'm just flawed...I fell in love again..."she said...

Her three teenage daughters broke out in tears....

That was it....

The jury began gasping...Mrs. Cruse began crying....

"Oh My God Teddy,you lying cheating bastard..We are through!!!....I'll have your things on the front porch tonight...Don't even bother to come home..."she said..

His four sons looked at their father in shame...One was crying outright...

"You bastard...I ought to knock your teeth down your throat!" said Mr. Singeltary To Teddy Cruse.."I better not see you on the street...I'll kill you..."he bellowed as the bailifs were struggling to get him out of the courtroom....

"ORDER!!! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT!!! "screamed the judge...."ORDER!!! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT!!!GET HIM OUT!!! GET HIOM THE HELL OUT OF MY COURTROOM!!! GET HIM OUTTT! "he said again looking balefully at Beverly and Olivia as if this was their fault!

For their part..both women looked at the Judge with feigned innocence as thought they didn't have the faintest idea of the storm they had started today!!

I was in the back of the courtroom laughing so hard my sides were hurting.

Lance Roderick stomped his foot in anger...He looked like he wanted to spit on both Ted Cruser and Alice Singeltary....

It took the jury of six just ten minutes to rule in favor of Gail Langford who was awarded a healthy settlement from the State of Pennsylvania...

Her parents hugged Olivia,Beverly and Me..

"Ohhhh God Bless you guys...I knew you guys could win my daughter's case."said Mrs. Langford...

"Damn good job...You guys are the best."said Mr. Langford.

"With the money you have coming to you girl you don't even need your job back...That will more than pay your final semester....And then some."said Beverly ,hugging her...

"I'm not going back there to work...I'm just going to concentrate on my studies my last semester."said Gail.

"Good for you Gail...Good for you." said Olivia, hugging her...

Judge H. Stanley Stanlison walked past us....he stared at Olivia imperiously...

"Very nicely done counselor...You won your case...You turned my courtroom into a tawdry reality show....Hopefully I will never see either you or your niece in my court again..with your shenanigans..." he said.

"You weren't exactly a picnic either your honor...Your obvious bias in favor of opposing counsel was so evident that had we of lost,I was planning to bring it up on appeal."said Olivia..

"Watch it counselor...You're walking a thin line.."he said.

"No YOU WATCH IT..and while you're at it....Take a look at these photos of you and Mr. Broderick in Atlantic City...On the golf course...At the Sixers game recently and talking after the trial... You're a bully...you use your position to try and intimidate people...I imagine you've been intimidating attorneys and others and getting your way for years now..Well I don't intimidate easy your honor.."I said.

He turned pink...

"WHERE...WHERE...WHERE...WHERE DID YOU GET THESE PHOTOS?" he asked..

"I don't know...Same person that sent us the video of those two making love and sent you the same video...... Yeah ,I knew you had a copy, even before my wife and her niece played it for you in court..You knew those two had perjured themselves and you withheld the information ,for days!!!!....Plus your personal relationship with opposing counsel is enough to have you censored...I'm not an attorney, but as an ex-police officer..I know that much!!!You should have excused yourself from this trial...YET you didn't!!!.....If anyone deserves to be jailed for contempt and misconduct...It's you!!"I said..

"You blackmailing son of a bitch!" he snarled...

"Who said anything about Blackmail?? We don't plan to do anything with this...But people like you..Corrupt to the core people like you,who masquerade like you're so pious make me sick to my stomach you pompous son of a bitch."I said and put the photos back in the folder and into my briefcase..

"Good day Your Honor.."I said.

He knew not to say anything else to us...

Olivia,Beverly,the Langfords and I left the courthouse afterwords....

The Judge, H. Stanley Stanlison stood there so angry ,he was shaking...

Tears flowed down his face....It had been a long time since anyone had spoken to him like that....He stomped his foot in anger and stormed off...Teary eyed...

III-

Justin Theorix sat in the bar quaffing down drinks.....

"Hey Smitty,Hit me again." said Justin...

"A little early for partying counselor or should I say "Little Birdy"? I said as I sat down next to him...

He looked at me and smiled..

"You know huh?" he said.

"I do...I know your whole story...I know about the Judge and his relationship with the opposing counsel..I knew it even before you sent me the incriminating photos..."I said.

He smiled.

"You're good...Bev told me you were the best....Every Attorney needs a good P.I."he said. "You guys win your case?" he asked.

"Oh yeah...Jury ruled in ten minutes...That's the fastest deliberation I ever saw...You called that one ..How did you know? How did you know that Alice Singeltary would be the weak link?" I said.

"Human Nature..I could look at her and tell she was the least comfortable with the arrangement...I knew Olivia might have you make a copy of that tape and send it either to Alice or Teddy Boy....I drew straws and picked Alice...Once I did that...It was only a matter of time."he said.

"You're a smart guy...I imagine you're an incredible litigator.."I said.

He held his head down..

"I have been.....I do my research...."he said.

"You sure do...You look like you could give me a run for my money.."I said smiling...

"I do alright...You're pretty damn good yourself.. Does Bev and Olivia know?...About me? About Why I'm up here?"he asked.

I nodded...

"They know..They're worried about you...Did you talk to the judge today?"I asked...

He frowned...

"No Need...His son died this morning!...He died and I wasn't with him and his father never forgave him..I came up here and did all of that....Sabotaging him and his BOY's trial for nothing...The one good thing that came out of it...I got to see him lose...I got to see that old hateful bastard take a loss..."he said bitterly....

"What happened?" I asked.

"Stan and I broke up ....about two years ago...He uh took a walk on the wild side...Started dating a male prostitute....The male prostitute gave him HIV , which turned to AIDs...and progressed rather quickly...

"Aren't you..Aren't you worried?" I asked...

"No...We hadn't slept together and by the time we got back together, he was very sick....He wanted his dad's acceptance and forgiveness before he died..He knew he didn't have long...When I got up here..That hateful old bastard told me he was in the middle of a trial and that he'd talk to me after it was over..When I found out Olivia and Bev were the attorneys..I decided to help things along...To see him take a loss and to finally have an audience with him...I attempted to talk to him a day ago..He told me that he no longer had a son...."said Justin...

"Well...he's going to have to live with that...It aint on you...You did what you could...You did all you could..You have to make your peace with that."I said.

"I know..."he said...

"What are you going to do?" I asked..

"I'm going back to D.C. ,If I still have a job when I get there...I'm going to go back to work..." he said.

"Well don't leave and not say goodbye to the girls...They'd love to see you."I said.

"I want to see them too.......You really love them both a lot don't you?" he said.

"I do...They're my family."I said.

 "They're quite fortunate...To have family.."he said.

"Where is yours?" I asked.

"In New York....My Father is just like the good judge..He won't see me...My Mother and my younger sister still talk to me..."he said.

He rubbed my hands...

"Tell Livy and Bev I'll be around to see them." he said..

"Take care of yourself Justin." I said.

"I will ,Donnie ray."he said.

I knew I was never going to see him again.....and I didn't...He left Philly that night...

Sad Story that one was...Very Sad...

 I drove off into the rain slicked streets of Philadelphia...Strange...I had no desire to drink anything at all at the moment.

EPILOUGE-

 Both State Legislators Teddy Cruser and Alice Singeltary were promptly removed from office and fined and convicted of perjury.....Naturally they didn't serve any time...but were placed under house arrest for 12-14 months...They were forced to wear ankle bracelets...

Both spouses promptly divorced them...The two are now living in a rented house...They aren't seeming to mind being under house arrest together...If you walk past their house, you can hear the sounds of sweet love making coming from their window...

"Darling..."

"Baby..."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god..."

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."

The sounds of a headboard slamming softly against the wall and of bed springs squeaking...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmph..."

"Oh my god,I'm losing my mind...arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Don't stop...Don't stopp...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh baby..sweet baby....yesss..."

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."

For them...I suppose this was a happy ending..

Gail Langford graduated with honors and passed the bar....She is now a licensed Attorney working as counsel to a downtown Philadelphia firm...

A Week Later-

Olivia and I were relaxing in the bedroom....

"Donnie Ray...Guess who called Beverly yesterday?" said Olivia..

"Who?" I asked..

"Justin...He said he was sorry he ducked out without saying goodbye but that he just couldn't stay in Philly much longer...She and Nelson are going to D.C. tomorrow to attend his lover's memorial service... He was cremated yesterday per his wishes.."she said.

"Any word on if the Judge was planning to attend?" I asked..

As a father, he had to go..I reasoned..

"He was invited...Who knows if he'll go..."said Olivia...She then got up and walked into her closet...

She walked out of the closet with a white mini raincoat that came to just the top of her thighs....and black stilletto heels!

"You know what I have on under here?" she asked...

Once again my eyes bulged out of their sockets....I was speechless...

"That Black Bikini I wore when I won the Swimming title.."she said.

"Oh My god!"I said and fell to the floor..

Olivia giggled and leaned down...

"Are you going to be alright?" she asked..

"I suppose....In a..In a few minutes ."I said..

"Silly...Maybe I'd better keep my jacket on..."she laughed....