The Red Ribbon

 TWO DAYS LATER  AT A TONY PHILADELPHIA BISTRO-


"Kayla girl...You have to try this.." said Beverly....as the hot plate was placed in front of her...

"Oh My God ,this is sooo good....we had this when we were in San Deigo...and I just fell in love with it."said Beverly as she prepared to chow down..

"It certainly looks good cuz....But it smells like Pizza....I can't imagine eating Pizza for breakfast."said Kayla..

''Sure you can...You never studied late for an exam in Law School and woke up around five in the morning on the floor in your dorm room and took a bite of the cold pizza you started eating the night before?"asked Olivia, smiling as her and my plate of the same thing arrived..

The aroma did smell like Pizza...This was not Pizza..It was an Omelette with tomatoes...mozzarella cheese and two other cheeses...and pasta sauce...green,red and yellow peppers among other things...A Friatta!! or "Italian Eggs" as they called this in San Diego...

"Your Cousins aren't steering you wrong Kayla...Try some of mine..."I said...

"Okay!!!" she said..

I gave her a fork full and she looked the way I imagine she looks when she's having an orgasm...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Oh My God...This is good..." she said..."Call that waiter....I'll have some."she said..

"Make that two!" came the voice of her boyfriend...Attorney Ryan St. James..

He leaned over and kissed Kayla in the lips...

"How's everybody doing?" he said..

"Hey Ryan!" said Olivia..

"Hey Ryan..Long time no see...Chasin that dollar huh?" joked Beverly...

"What's goin on man?" I said...

"Yeah....but I'll be home more often now...All this runnin around just put me in the runnin to make partner at my firm and I just started there last year...."he said proudly...

 'WOWWWW, That's great!"said Olivia..

 "I hope you get it.."said Beverly..

"Great news man." I said.

"Congratulations Boo...I'm Happy for you.." said Kayla..

"You'll be even happier when I lay this on you....I've got a few days off and if you're not busy...How would you like to go to Rehobeth Beach with me? Just me and you...I have a time share down there."said Ryan..

"Are you serious? I'd love it." said Kayla...so happy that Ryan was back....

"Ummm here is our food..Let's dig in" said Ryan...."Waiter...Mimosas for everyone...On Me.." said Ryan..

He was in quite a good mood ....

"Beverly...Nelson's birthday is tomorrow...Did you get his present yet?" asked Olivia..

"Actually...I did...It's in the trunk of my car...Bought it yesterday...It took me and Josie all afternoon to find it..I sure hope the Jury finishes deliberating today, so we can be done with this case." said Beverly..

"I hope so too...The fact that they've taken two days is kind of troubling..."said Olivia..

"I'm not the trial lawyer you guys are ,but doesn't that tend to swing toward the other side more?" asked Ryan...

"It would if this was a criminal case, but this is a sexual harrassment case."I said.

"I love the sex cases.."joked Ryan,pinching Kayla's rear end..

"Ouuuu, stop it Ryan..."laughed Kayla...

Just then our client walked in ,Nicole Beverly and sat with us..

"Good Morning everybody...I didn't mean to disturb your breakfast..."she said.

"Nonsense...Try some of this..." I said and fed her some of my Friatta with my fork...

Like Kayla she made the type of face I imagine she made when experiencing an orgasm....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu this is sooo goood." she said. "What is this?" she asked..

"It's called a Friatta or "Italian Eggs" if you're nasty."laughed Beverly...

"Guess who I saw yesterday?" asked Nicole..

"Noel Cantana!" said Olivia..

"He apologized profusely, brought me a dozen roses and offered me my old job back at twice my salary.."

she said.

"The Jury is deliberating Nicole...You stand to get way more than he is offering and even if we lose...I have an appeal ready to go...He only approached you because he's afraid that he might lose.." said Olivia.

"I know that...That's why I gave him back the roses and didn't make a deal with him.....Then he threw them at me and called me a cunt..."she said.

"Ole Boy just can't help himself...Being an asshole is in his DNA."I said..

II-

While we were waiting for The Jury to come back from deliberations...Nolan Cantana was in a meeting with the Board of Directors of Capital Limited..

"So...What is this about? "asked Nolan...

"You....and us...and the future.." said a Board Member...

"I'm the CEO...I determine the future.."snarled Nolan arrogantly...

"No you don't....We did an audit of the company's finances...It appears a lot of money has gone missing over a five year period ,Ever since you took over...Some to pay your legal fees for your numerous personal and sexual indiscretions...and others for your lavish vacations, your sports cars and your expensive condo.....The one here and the other two...In New York and Miami...." said the one man...

"My Father built this company." snarled Nolan...

"And he'd roll over in his grave if he knew how you've run it into the ground...In five years...You've lost more money than you've made for us...That all ends...We've seized all of your condos and relinquished them."said another man..

"What do you mean relinquished them" snarled Nolan..

''We sold them and effectively evicted you...Those sports cars?? We returned them and got our money back...."said yet another board member..

"What you can't do that?" snarled Nolan...

"We can and we did......And now to make matters worse you're embroiled in yet another sex scandal that could cost us millions.." said another board member..

"If I lose...The jury is deliberating...I got a top notch Attorney....I think either we'll win or get a hung jury.."said Nolan...

"You'd better hope so...because if you lose...We've voted to remove you from your position as CEO...The only reason we don't fire you right now...Is because we still love and respect your father....What a disappointment you have turned out to be..." said the man sternly...

"To Hell with all of you,....When I win , We are going to see about making some changes to this board."screamed Nolan....

"You don't have the power to do that...It's in the By laws...By laws drawn up by your late father to provide checks and balances of power."said another board member...

Attorney Lloyd Jones walked into the office....

"The Jury is in...come on,let's go." he said..

"Yeah...Let's go." he said and snarled at the Board members...

III-

We stood in court as the six jurors piled in.........

Olivia ,Nicole Beverly , Beverly and I stood as the Judge walked in....Across from us...

The surly, Nolan Cantana and his lawyer, Lloyd Jones also stood up...

A hush came over the courtroom....Attorney Nelson East stood in the back......

He nodded at Lloyd Jones...His old friend from the Public Defender's Office...

"Has the jury reached a decision ?" asked the Judge...

"We have your honor..."said the Foreman...

''We rule on behalf of Ms. Nicole Beverly..." They said...

 Olivia and Beverly high fived each other and hugged Nicole...They had won her a million dollar settlement...

"SON OF A BITCHHHHHHHH! POLL THE JURY...POLL THE GOTDAMN JURY!" screamed Nolan Cantana...

The Judge looked at him and she smirked..

"You can't ask for the jury to be polled...Your attorney has to request that...." she said.

He then turned to his attorney..

"Don't just stand there...request it..DO SOMETHING!" he yelled..

"It's over man!" said Lloyd...

"You're fired.." snapped Nolan...

"Not by you...I still work for the company." said Lloyd as he picked up his briefcase...."You better check and see if YOU still have a job.." he said as he walked away..

"WHY YOU LITTLE PUNK ,I'LL-" he said , but was stopped dead in his tracks by me!

"You'll do nothing!  Your days of threatening people are over...Shame I can't prove this and send your ass to jail...but a word to the wise...Next time you hire a hit man...Hire someone that can shoot!" I said and glared at him...

He turned and stormed out of the courthouse....Cursing and kicking trash cans...

"Lloyd...it's been three years...Beverly told me you were trying this case...Lookin good dude.."said Nelson..

"Not Bad yourself dude...and you finally got your Beverly huh?" he laughed...

"Sometimes I don't know if I got her or she got me." Laughed Nelson...

"We got each other.....Lloyd...I'm throwing a little Birthday party for Nelson tonight at the Brewery...You're welcome to join us.." said Beverly...

"Sure...Come on out...You did a wonderful job considering the client you had..."said Olivia..

"Don't mind if I do..." said Lloyd..

"After the case we all had ,we need to let our hair down a bit..." I said laughing and hugging Olivia..

EPILOUGE-

I never could prove that Nolan Cantana had Amel Hardiwick murdered and that he tried to have me murdered as well or that he was the engineer of the cyber attacks...but fate dealt him some heavy blows..

Capital Limited paid Nicole Beverly a multi-million dollar settlement...And we in turned were paid handsomely...They just wanted it to go away...

They removed Nolan Cantana from his position of CEO and fired him altogether...He lost his condos, his fleet of sportscars...almost everything..

He took his small severance and  moved south to Miami.....A few months later ,he was found dead in a small house he was renting...Shot to death...Couldn't have happened to a sweeter dude..His murder remains unsolved!!!

Judge Merlin Merkins never got to retire...He made some pretty incendiary remarks in another court case a little while later and was censored by the Board of Ethics and  removed from the bench...He is presently looking for a small law firm to work for...When fall the mighty...

Lots of Pizza was served at Nelson's Birthday party at the Brewery...

Beer too....Lloyd Jones came...

He looked relieved to be free of Nolan Cantana..

Beverly invited the guys from his law office, Chance Howard, Cole, Robert and Bonita Foxworth, and Nicole Butler, Paris and Blake,Cherish and Anita Jenkins...

Josie was there as was Kayla and Ryan...

who sat in the corner, kissing like two teenagers...

Bonnie Shay and Ronnie were there also.... And of course Olivia and I were there..

''Lovely party...I feel so good." said Olivia..

"I saw Nelson's Birthday present...That watch must have cost Shortcake a mint..."I laughed...

''Well yeah,it did..but her second gift didn't cost her over 29 cents.."laughed Olivia slyly...

"Twenty Nine Cents?" I said...

"I'll tell you tomorrow..." said Olivia...kissing me softly...

We ate and drank and partied well until after midnight....Around two 'oclock...as everybody left...I noticed that neither Beverly nor Nelson was here...Apparently they had left about an hour ago...I was told..

And at our Duplex...Nelson stood with his eyes closed...

"Bev...how long I gotta keep my eyes closed...?" asked Nelson...

"Alright you big baby...you can open em now!" Said Beverly....

Nelson opened his eyes..only to see Beverly lying across the bed...Naked with a huge red ribbon tied around her waist!!!!..Her sexy body glistening....

"Happy Birthday Nelsonnnnnnnnn.." she said...

"Ohhh My goddddddddd!...Ohhhhhhhhhhh my god..." he said , his eyes nearly popping out of his head..."Beverly.....Beverly!!!!  Beverly you look GREAT!!!" he exclaimed..


She laughed....All that working out at the gym the last few weeks had paid off!


"Thank you Nelson.." she giggled..


His eyes were still bulging....That wasn't all that was bulging....

"You told my Auntay that you wanted me nude, wrapped in a bow..Well here I am..."said Beverly...

"Wowww...I didn't think you'd...you'd actually do that for me...Wowwww...You look great...Thank youuuu."he said..He couldn't believe how aroused he had become...


Beverly didn't either...She was glad she had gone to bed early the night before and slept a little late this morning...

"I didn't want to at first...butttt..it's your birthday and you have been a good boy...So uh get your clothes off and get over here...It's cold..."said Beverly...

"Yesssss mam!" said Nelson, who hurriedly took off his clothes....

Beverly just shook her head and laughed...