Parting Gift

Nightfall....Olivia and I were in our bedroom......

I was polishing off my favorite domestic brew .....

She was sitting on the bed in a sheer pink baby doll and a matching pink thong, drinking a cold glass of wine...

"So you're going to do this?" I asked.

''Do what? Help this girl sue Milton Sweeney? Yes sirrrrrrrrrr...." said Olivia.."Of course ,I want to hear her story and I want you to look into her claims..." she added and smiled..

"You're in the middle of a divorce case..." I added..

"I've taken on two, sometimes three cases at once and won them all..." said Olivia..

"I've forgotten what a bad ass you are.." I said, laughing..."Isn't there going to be a conflict of interest?  You said that Sweeney once tried to uh sexually assault you!" I added.....After she told me what happened, it was all I could do not to go back there and clean his clock....

"He did, but I never pressed charges....Kneeing him in his privates was punishment enough...Especially when he was erect like that....And speaking of erection...My goodness Donnie Ray,look at you..." she said.

I was quite aroused as she could see....I took off my clothes slowly and hung them up....

Olivia smiled alluringly...

"Come over here and let mama take care of that..." she cooed...

It was an extremely warm night....I crawled over on the bed and kissed Olivia passionately...I slowly slipped down her panties and slipped her baby doll off...

She softly stroked my penis...

"Donnie Ray....you're as hard as an Iron pipe...Myyy goodness.." she said...

"Pray I stay that way....I have had a lot of wine.." I said as I eased up on her and entered her slowly...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm Donnie rayyyyyyyyyyy.." she moaned..

"Damn girl...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." I moaned..

"I -I -I think you'll be just finnnnnnnnnnnnnnne...Oh my goodness....Woooooooooooo.."she moaned...

She was so wet and her body was so soft and she smelled like a new born baby.....

We made sweet love that warm night like it was nobodies business.....The bed rocked and began to squeak a little bit....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." I moaned..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu sweetie pie ...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, you are just showing off, like you always do...in this bed.." she moaned..

The headboard rocked from side to side...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmph..." I moaned...

SIX TO SEVEN HOURS went by....We were enjoying ourselves immensely....

Olivia turned her head from side to side...and tears began running down her face...mixed with sweat and her body trembled...

I exploded and my body trembled...

Olivia got the sweetest most serene look on her face as I continued to explode.....

"Ouuu lover that was soooooooooo good....Now what were we talking about...hours ago?" she asked..She was resting on my chest in between my legs....I was playing in her hair..

''Forget it..."I said as I drifted off to sleep...She smiled.....

II-

The next morning as usual...Olivia and Beverly, The Lemons and Arthur Trout argued about the divorce in the conference room..

Today was no different than every day last week...

Olivia, Beverly and Gretchen Lemon accepted Arthur's offer...but Leonard wouldn't budge..He didn't want to divorce...

''Leonard come on...I'm trying to give you an out here.....This is a generous offer.....One we can work with..."pleaded Arthur ,who wanted this over...

"Your Attorney is right Leonard, it's not going to get any better than this...Now we came down off of our original offer ...what more do you want?" asked Olivia..

"I don't want a divorce....I still love Gretchen..." argued Leonard..."I ended my relationship with that third girl.." he said..

"What about your baby momma?" asked Beverly...

''When she delivers...I will take care of my responsibility as I'm supposed to...but I want to be with Gretchen...We made love last night..." he said..

"YOU WHAT?" asked Arthur Trout , astounded...

Olivia looked at Gretchen...

"No girl...you didn't?" she asked..

Beverly looked at Gretchen , who looked like the cat who swallowed the canary...

"I was lonely and horny and , and , and Leonard called me, asked me what I was wearing and I, I told him to come over and find out...He brought some wine and well, one thing lead to another and we wound up spending the night..." she said and began to cry profusely...

Josie looked at me...

"Awwwwwwww Suki Suki now..Donnie Ray, did you bring the pop corn?" asked Josie, laughing..

"No ,but I got Coke's in the fridge.."I laughed..

Attorney, Nelson East, Beverly's significant other walked down the steps...He was yawning...

"Hey guys..I'm off today...Just finished a big case..." he said, smiling..

''And you celebrated by spending the night with Bev?" I said, smiling...

"Yeah, something like that..." he said.

In the conference room ,both a shocked Olivia and Arthur Trout, gulped down bottles of water..

"Well Gretchen, do you still want to go through with this divorce?" she asked...She felt as if this had all been a waste of her and Beverly's time..

"I don't know...I don't know..I don't know.." she cried..

"Well I don't...I want to get back together...I've learned my lesson...There is no one else for me.."said Leonard.

Beverly was exasperated!  She sighed...

Arthur passed her a bottle of water...

"I need something stronger than that." said Beverly...

Olivia cracked up laughing.....

''Let's recess and meet in a couple of days..."said Arthur Trout..

"Fine with me.." said Olivia..

''Yeah, that sounds good." said Beverly..

As Arthur and the Lemons were leaving ....Melody Brown walked into the office..

"Is this a bad time?" she asked..

"I don't think so...The girls just finished a litigation for today....Wait here with Josie.."I said.

"You want some coffee?" asked Josie..

"No it's too hot..How about a cold water?" asked Melody...

''Coming right up.."said Josie.

III-

"Melody, this is my niece, Beverly West..She'll be acting as my second Attorney on this case..."said Olivia..

"Pleased to meet you...I saw you yesterday and I've seen you both together before.."said Melody...

"Pleased to meet you..." said Beverly...

Melody passed Olivia , a check...

"I know your initial fee...here is a check.." she said...

Olivia passed the check to Josie..

,who took the check and locked it in our safe...

I sat in between Olivia and Beverly...

"I'm an Investigator....I'm going to be looking into your story Melody , so tell us what happened...and don't leave out anything...the smallest detail could be the deciding factor.."I said..

"Okay...I'd been working at the Television station as a Production Assistant for close to three years....I was heavily in debt after I graduated from college and I was paying off my student loans as well as paying for Law school....I have a B.A. in Administration of Justice, with a Minor in Public Administration...from Lasalle and I got my Law degree from Temple..It paid pretty decent money.. I had another job too, to make ends meet..Car payments, Apartment what have you....

Milt Sweeney would walk by me and grunt ,sometimes I'd catch him staring at me...It made me uncomfortable, but I just ignored it most of the time...He used to call me Hot Chocolate or Brown Sugar and compliment me on my dresses....

Next thing I know...I became his personal Production Assistant and I got a huge bump in salary..."she said.

"Did that bump come with anything?" asked Beverly...

''Not the first time..but shortly afterwords...Milt would palm my behind or slyly run his hands up my dress and rub my legs..I removed his hands and told him to cut it out...He would...He was a big horny playful boy in man's clothing...but near my first Christmas Party at the station, he got drunk and he kissed me without my permission...I pushed him away and I told him not to ever do that again... He said "Brown Sugar, that's the way the game is played baby..." I asked him to stop calling me "Brown Sugar.." ,but he never did.."she said.

"Did you report him to HR?"asked Olivia..

"I should have, but I didn't.....And I got a raise so huge after Christmas...that I was able to quit my side job....I paid my student loans off completely after that first year and all I had to concentrate on was law school...It was great....The unwanted groping continued, as well as the sneak kisses in the lip...I told him to stop, but he wouldn't....It got to the point where I stopped wearing dresses and skirts period and just wore pants...Then he was looking at my blouses, asking me my cup size and what color was my bra,did it match my panties...He was a real nuisance..." she said...

"And you got more raises?" I asked.

''I did...Then an office memo was sent around saying that all of the girls had to wear dresses or skirts..It was mandatory..I knew this was Sweeney and that he could get away with this because he was the highest rated guy on the station in that slot...He could do whatever he wanted..He asked me had I ever had sex with a white guy...I told him that was personal..and he told me he had never had sex with a black girl, and that he was curious...The whole conversation made me nervous!....This went on for another year, stuff like this and then I finally graduated from Law school...Right after you and Betty Mercy appeared on his show Mrs. Bennett-Alexander..."she said.

"Yeah, that was about a year ago...I remember you now.." said Olivia.."You were so helpful to me..getting me coffee and a bottle of cold water...Remember those heels I had on that day? You supplied me with some comfortable flats...I remember you now." said Olivia, smiling at her...

"After that night when you two were on his show...You both walked off...I remember...He was different..He was more sexually aggressive than even before...With not just me..but with several of the female staffers..."she said.

"I'll need their names..." I said.

"Of course.....I passed the bar..a few months later..."said Melody...

"Congratulations!" said both Olivia and Beverly....

"I turned in my two weeks notice...I got an offer to work at the Public Defenders office...Where I'm presently employed.." she said.

"That's where I first started out!" said Olivia..

"Me too!" said Beverly...

"And I also!" added Nelson, who put his arms around Beverly....

"This is my boyfriend, Attorney Nelson East...He used to sexually harass me too!" she joked and kissed Nelson..

"Then I fell for him.." she added..

Melody smiled...

"On My last day there...Milt begged me to have a drink with him....He said as a parting gift. So I said okay...
to my surprise..He took me to Stoleys...

He's quite a dancer and a swinger for a white boy....

We met with some of his friends and had drinks...A lot of drinks....I know I shouldn't have...but I did and I was pretty lit......But something about the last drink he gave me...Wow!  It was powerful...I got warm and then I got dizzy and then I just passed out..

I vaugely remember being taken out of Stoleys by several guys...and put into the back seat of a car...I remember going in and out of consciousness and being taken to a strange room...I suppose it was a hotel room...

I woke up briefly and I was lying across the bed in just my bra and panties....Milt was nude and standing over me...

I said "Milt, how did I get here? I need to go home...but it was like I was paralyzed..I couldn't move,I was very weak...

Milt was on top of me kissing me...I was high....I laughed a little bit..then I came to my senses...I told him to get up off of me..I asked for my clothes...then I blacked out again...

 Next thing I know..Milt had lifted me off the bed...spread my legs open and entered me and was going to town...Moaning, groaning and yelling, "Awwwwwwwwwww Hot Chocolate....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Brown sugar....oh my god....oh my god......"

I don't know how many hours we were in that room...

When I woke up....There was semen all over me...I was nude....I got up and got in the shower immediately and got dressed...Milt was gone....No sign of him...

I walked out into the street and hailed a cab...I went back to Stoleys and got my car and I went and had breakfast, then I went to the clinic and got myself checked out for any STD's and to make sure I wasn't pregnant.." she said..

Beverly looked at her , she shed a few tears....

"That same thing happened to me...You ever hear of William Crawley Jr.." asked Beverly...

"Who hasn't?  The Puddin Man..." she said.

"He raped me when I was young, naive, fresh out of law school and working at the Public defenders office,just like you..."said Beverly , who told Melody every detail of her ordeal...

''And he drugged me and tried to rape me..."said Josie..

"Wow"said Melody...

"We'll take your case....That damn Milt Sweeney....I owe him some payback..."said Olivia icily....

"I want in on this...As a consultant or whatever you need for me to do." said Nelson...

Olivia smiled..

"Sure..." she said..

"Good...I'll need the names of his friends...The names of the other girls he harrassed and the name of that hotel you were assaulted in..."I said.

She had a briefcase with all of the information I asked for ,including the medical reports from the clinic...

"I didn't know what to do...I wasn't going to say anything...I figured I couldn't take on somebody like him...I'm nobody, who would believe me? He's a big Television personality....but ..but Ms Liv, Ms. Beverly....He shouldn't be allowed to get away with this..."said Melody..

''No he shouldn't...and he's not!"said Olivia.

''Auntay,Donnie Ray..if there was ever a case I wanted to win...I need to win...It's this one.."said Beverly..

Nelson held her in his arms...

I was determined to do everything in my power to make sure that they did!

(TO BE CONTINUED)