If You Really Love Me

We sat in a tony new coffee shop the next night drinking coffee....relaxing..One of the few times we could relax....We had just come from the Philadelphia debut of Hamilton..

I sat just looking at my wife, Attorney Olivia Bennett-Alexander and smiling...

"What are you smiling about Donnie Ray?" said Olivia, blushing...

"You...You're amazing...and I can't believe how lucky I am to wake up to you everyday.."I said.

She blushed and smiled..

"Thank you Donnie Ray...I'm lucky too..To wake up to you..A man I can trust..." she said and kissed me softly...

"Okayyy Break it up lovebirds.."said her niece, Attorney Beverly West who walked in holding Attorney, Nelson East's hands....

 "Hi Auntay" she said and kissed Olivia on the cheek.. "The play was amazing.." she said.

"Hey Guys...Nice spot...I never heard of this...This one of your chill out spots Donnie Ray?" asked Nelson ,smiling...

"No, Actually Liv told me about this place.." I said.

"This coffee shop serves the best coffees from around the world ..and they have great pastries too! This place opened up when I was pregnant the last time..I used to come here alone at first when I worked for my former law firm to think, to reflect and a lot of times to cry.....Eric came here with me one time.." said Olivia..

"You really feel bad about him don't you? I started not to tell you." I said.

"It's okay...I just feel bad that my trust was betrayed...He was the only person I thought was on my side during that whole ordeal.." said Olivia.

''You know what Auntay...?? I think he was on your side..Some of the things he did for you,off the clock..he wasn't being paid for...Taking your car to be inspected, driving you to your doctor's appointments...Unless he was the world's greatest actor...I think he really,really did like you, for what it was worth...He seemed really crushed when you turned him down..."said Beverly...

"Maybe you're right..At any rate..I'll never know and it doesn't matter anyway...Water under the bridge...I'm with a man I know I can trust and who loves me.." she said and rubbed my arm gently..

I smiled and put my arm around her...

''Here comes our coffees." said Nelson..

"They smell good too..." said Beverly....

II-

Meanwhile at the loft of Olivia's ex-husband, Elwood Barnes...A young woman he had just met at Aqua Bar had just entered his loft...

''So uh what is it you uh say you do Lillian?" he asked..He couldn't take his eyes off of how well she fit the tight mini-skirt she was wearing..

Lillian turned towards him..She was a shapely and attractive young Black woman he had met recently at Aqua Bar...

"You weren't listening to a thing I said all afternoon were you Mr. Barnes??...You were busy checking out my cleavage weren't you?" she said smiling..

"Among other things.." laughed Elwood..staring at her ample rear end and shaking his head.

"And all these panties and bras around here on the floor...I see what kind of guy you are..A player.." she said..

"No..Noooooooooooo...My uh cousin was here...She was house sitting while I was out in Los Angelas last week..."said Elwood..

"Really? and she left all of her underwear here on the floor? She must have lost and gained a lot of weight...because these panties and these bras are all different sizes?" she said..

Elwood laughed... He began helping Lillian undress...Soon he had his hands down her panties, rubbing her nice firm buttocks and kissing her...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm..don't worry about it..." he moaned..

"Security.." she said.

"What?" he said...

"I'm  a Security specialist over at Lockman and Lohman and Associates.." she said.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh..well I hope you feel quite secure here..."he said.

She felt Mr. Barnes erection in his trousers...She smiled sheepishly...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..I feel very secure...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Mister Barnes..I feel secure that you can lay some pipe tonight.. WOW!" she laughed..

Elwood smiled rougishly...

"My..Myyyyyyyyyyyyyy...."she said with a big smile....He slowly took his shoes and socks off and his trousers...

She slipped her panties off and tossed them in the corner by the door and ran into his arms....

  Lillian straddled Elwood as he sat on the edge of his bed and lowered herself on top of him...She was incredibly wet...Elwood liked that...

  He grabbed her hips and began grinding into her with all he  had...She began moving up and down and moaning...which made him even more excited....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....Ouuuuuuuuuuuu lawd..Mr. BARNES!! Wooooo!" she moaned...


"Awwwwwwwwwwwww Lawd!" he moaned

  He entered her slowly , but deliberately...It wasn't long before he was laying flat on his back and Lillian Jackson was on top ,riding him for all he was worth...

''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh MISTER BARNES OUUUUU...I need you..I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed you inside of meeeeeeeeee..ohhhh my godddddddddddd....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.." she screamed...She was a loud lover!  He liked that...It got him more excited!

She began licking his neck and sucking on it,which made him begin moving deeper and deeper into her warm and wet lusciousness....Lillian was a wild lover...she kept moving up and down and then from side to side...The bed was rocking and slamming against the wall...

About three hours went by...Elwood was losing his mind..He never imagined this woman...this no nonsense  woman  who reminded him more than a little bit of his ex-wife Olivia Bennett was such a wild and aggressive lover...More and More women were making him think about Olivia lately...

Finally ,he was sitting upright and Lillian was going up and down....moaning with delight as he continued to ram into her as hard and deliberate as he could...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ,DON'T STOP...Pleasseeeeeeeeee don't stop, give it to me, give it to me daddy..ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEEEEE!!OUUUUUUUUUUUUU ,SWEET MANNNN!" she screamed...
Another two hours went by.....

  He was so excited then that He shot off like a gusher !!!

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH..." he shouted with joy....

"Ohhh Mister Barnes." said Lillian as they just held each other and kissed .......

Elwood followed her into his shower ....She led him by his still hard penis, which began to get harder in no time, just by her touch and as hot steamy water rained down on both of them...Elwood lifted her up and began to kiss her passionately again....He entered her once more and she held on for dear life....

"Ouuuuuu, you're a naughty boyyyy MISTER BARNES. No wonder so many girls have left their underwear here!"she laughed.."Ouuuuuuuuuu, Mister BARNES...ohhhhhhhh"she cooed...

He wished she'd shut up about the underwear on the floor...

They made love in that shower until the water got cold...Two more hours..They didn't care...Nor did They notice...Finally, Lillian came and when she did...it was furiously....She reminded Elwood,again of his ex-wife Olivia....in that she came so hard she was embarrassed by it.....

Elwood still continued to pump Lillian hard until finally he exploded.....He was thinking about Olivia a lot lately...He hadn't seen her in a few months....She had remarried and was doing exceptionally well...Had her own law firm now and had took on some pretty big cases.....Occassionally, she made the national news...She had overnight become a celebrity of sorts...He had never in his life imagined that when he first met her....(She was a recent law school graduate, had just passed the bar and was working in the Public Defenders office...He was already working in the corporate world...)That she would one day eclipse him in acclaim and fame.

She was cute, petite ,had great legs...a sexy little way about her that made him erect ,just hearing her voice....After making love to her a few times...Elwood was hooked and he did something crazy...Asked her to marry him...At the time he was still seeing a few other women...but something told him that Olivia Bennett was a keeper...Turned out she was...but he couldn't keep it in his pants....He kept getting caught with other women...and after two miscarriages...and much cheating, Olivia had had enough of him and his antics!.. As she should have!!She divorced him..He didn't blame her.. He just was not the marrying type....He even married a white woman after the divorce...That marriage ended too..Same reason..Just couldn't leave other women alone...Not even his second wife's sister and her cousin.

Thinking about Olivia just now had gotten him so excited that he momentarily forgot that he was actually making love to Lillian Jackson in his shower....He got so excited...he exploded again....

''Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh MISTER BARNES OUUUUU.....ohhhh my goodness...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh  godddddddddddd....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.."she screamed...

  They held each other tightly and staggered out of that shower and got under the covers , wet and naked....They slept for maybe an hour...Elwood awoke and entered Lillian again....

''Oh my goodness Mr. Barnes...you're a horny old bastard.....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.."she moaned as Elwood made slow sweet love to Lillian Jackson in the missionary position for close to four more hours this time....This time,she  came slowly and powerfully....It was the most intense orgasm she had had in awhile...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......." she moaned as Elwood came himself......

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Elwood yelled out.

  Lillian was still shaking a little bit and sweating...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ..weeeeeee." she moaned and waved her hands like a church sister testifying.

"Wow! What got into you?   You really put it on me....I must really have gotten you excited.."she said.


It was close to daybreak...but still dark outside...

Elwood laughed..

"Yes You did...I haven't been that turned on in ages...Now are you still worried about the panties and bras on the floor?" he laughed..

"Yes...It's not a good look...But my guess is, you're not looking for a permanent relationship..." she said.

Elwood was silent..

"It's cool...Neither am I..I just found you interesting and wanted to see how you were in bed.." she said..

Elwood was taken aback by this..

"And?" he asked.

"Ohhh you're incredible...One of the best lovers I've had...but you're not relationship material..Maybe a booty call in the future...but not someone I'd seriously hook up with....I'm getting older now..I want something a little more permanent.." she said matter of factly..

Elwood didn't want a relationship either...but he at least liked the fact that the woman might want one with him..This woman was too damn casual for him and it was turning him off.

It was at that moment that Lillian reminded him of Olivia's troublesome niece ,Beverly...

Who he despised , despite the fact that he would have loved to have gotten her in the bed... Never the less..it was time for Lillian to go...

He had no desire to spend the rest of the morning with Lillian now..To his surprise ,She felt the same way...She slowly got up..

"It's been nice..but I'm uh going to bounce..Can I use your shower?" she asked.

''Sure" he said...

"I will not be leaving my panties and bra behind as one of your trophies.." she said and laughed and took her underwear and her pocketbook as well as her clothing into the bathroom with her..

Elwood not only felt empty, but his entire sexual high had just vanished...Why did some women talk so much during sex...??Why didn't they just shut up while things were going good?? he wondered to himself?

III-

Outside Elwood's loft , sitting in his rental car and using a telescopic lense...and a listening device..Eric Johnson smiled..He thought of Olivia as he sipped one last cup of coffee...

He had seen her at an event last year, She looked so good he wanted to say something to her...but her husband showed up and he faded into the shadows...He never forgot how nice she looked in that dress...He wished she hadn't been pregnant when he knew her.. He went to sleep dreaming about what might have been..What should have been...

"Well Elwood...I hope you enjoyed yourself...because this was your last conquest...Tonight...you pay for what you did to Olivia...I hope I don't have to hurt that girl..She's in the shower....This is the perfect time to pop you..While you're helpless and naked." he laughed..

Eric looked around...He loaded his gun....and left his car...He crossed the street and used the pass key which he had lifted from Elwood the day before...Elwood had another pass key and if he knew right was so interested in getting into that young ladies panties he hadn't even reported his electronic passkey missing.

Eric quietly opened the door to Elwood's loft...Elwood was still awake and he rose up..

"Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy how did you get in here?? Who are you?? Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.." he yelled..

"I'm the avenger...here to avenge the woman you wronged.."said Eric..

"What woman? Mannn, put that gun down...Look if it's money you want...I have money..I have about $750.00 in cash over there in the drawer...That's all the cash I have on me...Don't shoot me man!!!"said Elwood..

He calmly aimed the gun at Elwood's head...

"I don't want your money!!!...Stop whining...Take it like a man...For once in your miserable life.."said Eric Johnson..

"WHO ARE YOU?? I DON'T KNOW YOU!!" yelled Elwood as Eric cocked his pistol..

Neither man saw Lillian Jackson emerge from the bathroom in just panties and bra, holding a Sig Sauer..

She got down on one knee, aimed and fired three times!!

Eric Johnson was hit three times in the chest...he spun around like a top and tossed his gun up in the air..

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I don't believe it...ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I'VE BEEN SHOT!!!" he moaned, holding his chest and stumbling out the door and down the steps, leaving a trail of blood...He was bleeding profusely and feeling weaker by the minute...
"OH MY GOD...I'VE BEEN SHOTTT!" he moaned.... He tried to pull out his cell phone.. He dialed Olivia's number...but was too weak.. he dropped his phone...

He made it to his car and collapsed before he could open the door..

Elwood stared at Lillian...

"You-You saved my life!!! You always carry a pistol?" he said...

Lillian Jackson smiled..

"Yup! A Girl can never be too careful...I carry mace too...I told you I'm a security analyst..." she said.

"Wow!" he said... Looking at her in her bra and panties with a gun turned him on in some strange way and he had a huge erection...
She noticed it and smiled..
"WOW!" was all she would say...But she had had all the sex she wanted in this place.. She was going home..

Lillian looked at Eric Johnson lying dead in the street...

"You know him?" she asked.

"Never seen him before in my life.." said Elwood..

"Yeah well he knew you...You must have slept with his wife or girlfriend...You need to change your lifestyle Mr. Barnes...Call the police..." she said softly...

And just that fast....Elwood's erection was gone!

Lillian Jackson and Elwood Barnes made their statements to the police...Lillian , a licensed Security Analyst with a license to carry had no additional problems...In Eric's pocket they found the stolen pass key which Elwood actually had reported missing the day before..And they found his pistol...

They both watched, along with the small crowd who had gathered outside as the body of Eric Johnson was carted away by the Medical Examiner's office...

Elwood swore up and down that he didn't know the man and had no idea why he had been targeted...Police thought that maybe it had been a case of mistaken identity...

Elwood turned to Lillian..

"You...You saved my life..." he said.

She smiled.. By now  she had slipped her dress on and was putting her feet in her heels..
She put her gun back in her purse and was rubbing lotion on her legs and arms and applying lipstick in the mirror..

"Well We are even...I don't think I'll be calling on you anymore...You got enemies you don't even know about!!...Tonight was real...Some of it anyway...Have a nice life Mr. Barnes..and lose my number." she said as she got in her car and drove off...

EPILOUGE-

The FBI matched Eric Johnson's gun to the murder in the Hamptons and the Murder of Frank Manley in Miami two weeks ago...Except being employed by Frank Manley a few years before...They could find no connection to the Senior Partner of Olivia's former  law firm or the attempted murder of Attorney Elwood Barnes a few days before..



His apartment didn't help...Except for his clothes and a phone...There was nothing that gave any clue as to why he killed those two men or tried to kill Elwood...
They questioned Olivia about why he was trying to call her after he got shot...
"Guess He knew he'd need a good lawyer." said one of the policemen.

The FBI just wrote him off as being a deranged killer and that was that...


Lillian Jackson was given a citizen's award by the Mayor of Philadelphia and a special award by the FBI for taking down a wanted killer.


Elwood Barnes took a leave of absence and traveled back to Los Angelas for a few weeks to calm his nerves..



We heard the news and were shocked...

FBI Deputy Special Agent in charge,Sharon Ferrell-Hopkins sat in our office drinking coffee with us one morning...

"Livy,I know you cracked up hearing that that lunatic tried to kill your ex-husband...and he was in bed naked..and his lady friend wound up saving his life didn't you?" laughed Sharon..

"I must admit...I was surprised...Elwood dating women who pack..Not his style...He likes Meek Demur types..." laughed Olivia...

"The whole thing is hillarious...What I wouldn't have given to be a fly on the wall in his spot to witness that whole thing..The woman saving his worthless naked hide...Him pleading for his life...Oh My God..I'd of cracked up.."laughed Beverly...

"Tell us how you really feel Shortcake!!...Though I must admit..The visual had to be amusing..They said Elwood was butt naked and  the girl was clad in only her panties and bra and got down on one knee from the bathroom and fired three shots straight through Johnson's chest.." I laughed..

"You sure know a lot about it.." laughed my wife.. playfully slapping my arm and laughing...

"Detective Duke Baylor told me about it..."I said....Although Olivia gave me the serious side eye and laughed.

"He was first on the scene.." I laughed...

"Damn, that is like something out of a bad porn movie."laughed Nelson....

Beverly busted out laughing....

Sharon laughed.....

"You guys are having too much fun with this... Liv, just between us...I know that that guy killed your old boss and he killed that horrible man who hired you to defend his son ,which caused you to have the miscarriage and he was trying to kill your ex-husband...I know he worked with you as an investigator on that case...I suspect he was still sweet on you...obsessed with you..I found these photos of you in his apartment... I took them before anybody else could get to them..

 "That's from  the Black Lawyers Gala in New York City last year" said Olivia

 ''And that's from a few months ago..here in Philly."she said.

 "And this is from my bedroom...How did he get this? " asked Olivia...

"He had a good camera and he's been stalking you...and I left all of that out of my report...You had nothing to do with this and there was no good need for your personal business to be spread all over the map like that. As far as I'm concerned....We cleared two murders and the case is closed.."said Sharon..

"Thank you Sharon...You're a good friend."said Olivia..

"You been my girl for a long time Livy..."said Sharon...

"Auntay...I guess in the end..in his own twisted way...Eric Johnson did really love you and was trying to make things right.." said Beverly as she hugged her aunt and kissed her...

"I agree with Bev Mrs. A." said Josie..

Olivia smiled and got up...She sat on my lap, which made me feel really good....She kissed me softly and long...

"Long as this man really loves me...that's all that counts.." she said.

I blushed and smiled...

"Mr. A. are you blushing?"asked Nelson, smiling wryly...

"Uhhhh No..Uh..It's just the uh Heat of the day.."I said..

''Heat of the day?  Good one Donnie Ray!!Come on guys...let's go...I think they want to be alone." laughed Beverly as She, Nelson, Josie and Sharon got up, waved and began to leave for lunch....

"Donnie Ray..I don't care about why Eric did those horrible things...I just care about Me and You.." she said as she stared into my eyes..

"It's okay Liv...I was just happy to learn more about your life before you met me." I said.

"Now when are we going to learn about the bones in Donnie Ray's closet?" she asked laughing..

"Who Me? Oh I have none in mine...You met the two women I was engaged to and you met my father..My life is pretty boring compared to you and Shortcake..."I said smiling wryly...

"Liar...Wait until we go to New Orleans again..I'm going to ask your sister..She'll tell me." laughed Olivia..

"You can ,but in the meanwhile...just uh..sit still with me for the moment.."I said..I slowly eased my hand up her dress, rubbing her soft and shapely legs...She didn't move my hands or stop me..She just looked at me...

"Having fun?..."she asked... We both shared a laugh...