Pretty Little Colored Girls

Night and early morning at our hotel on the waterfront in Seattle.

The bed could be heard squeaking up a storm in Olivia's and my room....We were making sweet love...As a warm misty rainfall fell...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu , Donnie Ray... ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." moaned Olivia....

"Oh My God!  Oh My God!  Oh My God! Olivia! Oh My God....You're driving me crazy...."I yelled...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh MISTER ALEXANDER . Oh My God!   Oh My God! Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss! Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I moaned loudly

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god...We've got to quiet down...My niece might hear us...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned.

"Your niece is probably making the same noises....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...oh my god..Mrs. Alexander, you are rocking my world...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." I moaned... as the headboard began to ram against the wall....

"STOP SHOWING OFF MISTAH....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!...Alexander....Oh my god!" she moaned...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu babyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.."I moaned....

''Yesssssssssssss, you are hitting mama's spots...Wouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! MMMMMMMMMMMM!!!"she moaned...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Olivia....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." I moaned....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu my goodness...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" she cooed.


"Girlllllllllllllllllllll, you're driving me madddd!" I moaned..

 ''Yesssssssssssss, you are hitting mama's spots...Wouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! MMMMMMMMMMMM!!!Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"she moaned...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh good lawd!" I moaned..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu stop showing off, stop showing off in this bed tonight! Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" she cooed!

And next door in Beverly's room...I was right...Beverly was moaning something crazy as Nelson plowed into her in their bed..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Nelson...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" she moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, oUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..." he moaned...

"Nelson Please...Everybody can hear us...It's not that good..." she said, embarrassed at the noise he was making...bad enough the bed was squeaking so loud and the headboard was about to fall off....

"Who you tellin ,it's not that good..Bev??Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmph!  OH LORD!!!!!" he cried out..

She giggled....She couldn't believe she was making him feel this good...

 "Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Nelson....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." she cooed...He certainly was making her feel good!

"I've never felt this good in MY LIFE!!! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed.....

"Ohhhh Nelson hush up!" she said, blushing....

The bed was really squeaking loudly now... Anybody coming down that hallway got a treat tonight...Two beds squeaking simultaneously...Headboards slamming up against the wall..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god...Nelson honey We've got to quiet down...My Auntay might hear us...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned.

"Bev Your Auntay is probably making the same noises....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...oh my god..ouuu, Future Mrs. East, you are rocking my world...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." he moaned... as the headboard began to ram against the wall....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu babyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Nelson...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!""she cooed..Now she was getting emotional, feeling so good she was crying...

Poor Josie...She tried sleeping through the noise...and she did for about FOUR HOURS of it...but after awhile she awoke...She giggled a bit..Then face timed Paris on her tablet....They had phone sex or the equivalent, tablet sex...until she fell asleep again..

Now that she was a Paralegal she was responsible for more of the research  and worked closer with Olivia and Beverly on trial preparation than she did before when she was just the office manager..

She was proud to be  a Paralegal...In addition to a bump in salary...She felt more professional...and more a part of the team!

 THREE HOURS LATER, all was quiet on the western front....

Both Olivia and I and Beverly and Nelson had came and were sleeping it off in each other's arms..

"Wooooooooooooooo,Nothing like a good quickie..."Olivia jokingly said as she kissed me softly..

"Nothin quick about that..."I said, still trying to catch my breath....

"I knowwwwwwwwwwww.."said Olivia in between more kisses...before we both drifted off to sleep...

Beverly and Nelson were knocked out, snoring...

The first night of this trip was good so far!

II-

The next day....The sun was out...It was as if it didn't rain at all...Margaret was at our hotel on time...To give us a ride to her bosses office...

''Well you guys look rested..Did you enjoy your night?" she asked..

"I certainly did.."said Olivia, smiling sheepishly at me and softly rubbing the crotch area of my trousers...

I blushed slightly but said nothing...

"Ditto for me too!" said Beverly...who was resting her head on Nelson's shoulders...

Nelson had a sheepish,satisfied grin on his face...

Josie said nothing, but smiled...Only she knew what we were talking about...

''So while we ride let me fill you in on the case..."Said Margaret.... "Our Client is Allen Durant, 15 years ago, he and his then fiance were living in a Seattle apartment complex managed by his mother, June Durant and her husband...Not his father...His Sister, Cynthia Kat,older than him by about 12 years and her stepson Robert Kat from her ex-husband's previous marriage..about a year younger than Allen helped out with the maintenance in the complex...The ex-husband was in prison...He's dead now!

Allen was 18 and had just graduated from High school the week before when his mother was found dead...He found her and he called 911..She had been beat in the head with the butt of a rifle and then strangled... A cash box containing $3,500.00 was stolen....According to the police report,Bobby Kat was the last person to see her alive..

Detectives for some reason focused their suspicion on Allen Durant... He denied any involvement and co-operated with the detectives, including taking a lie detector test without counsel...Recent DNA tests show that Allen's DNA was not found on the rifle butt or on anything else in that apartment...This DNA evidence was not available 15 years ago...

Allen was grilled for 27 hours by detectives and he confessed....A confession he later retracted...It was intense interrogation...He was 18, with no record...and no lawyer present..seasoned detectives broke him down.." she said.

"I've always hated that detectives do that to suspects...Especially young ones.."said Olivia..

"I do too and I was a Homicide Detective once...before I became a Private Investigator....I always thought that that was a cheap way to close a case with no evidence.." I said..

"You mean to tell me you've never tricked a suspect into confessing Mr. Alexander...??" asked Margaret...

"Of course...I've used guile...Even lied..pretended to have more evidence than I actually did to get someone to confess to a crime I was certain they were guilty of...but I never intimidated juveniles....I never stayed up 24 or more hours just grilling someone...Nine times out of ten that doesn't hold up in court anyway...I'd like to believe that most of the cases I made..I made clean with good solid evidence.."I said..

"But being human there is always room for error, right Mr. Alexander?" she asked..

"Of course." I said.

We drove up to the impressive building where The District Attorney called home..

''Wow,look at this." said Josie..

"I know right? This puts Philly to shame and we are the bigger city." said Beverly...

"It is impressive.."said Olivia..

"This is the Conviction Integrity Unit that I run.....We have a staff of Nine Attorneys...All former Public Defenders with at least five to ten year experience...We have an Investigator for every three attorneys...and a Forensic specialist for every three attorneys....We've tried and cleared about a dozen cases so far...This is the first one that I personally have a stake in..."said Margaret...

"But can't officially re-open...?" said Olivia..

"Yeah...Something like that..." she said.."This is Ethan's office..."she said and opened the door..

It was a spacious corner office with a beautiful view of the city...

but no Ethan Bell!!!

We waited for 45 minutes...and still no Ethan Bell...

Obviously embarrassed...Margaret asked around about him...Finally an administrative assistant came to her..

"Sorry you had Mrs. Alexander, Ms. West and their staff waiting here...Mr. Bell had a number of appointments today with the Mayor, a civic event and some campaign people...He's booked today...He sends his regards and his thanks to Mrs. Alexander and team..." she said..

Olivia smiled.....Almost like she didn't expect to meet with the D.A.

"Okay...take us to meet our client.." she said..

''Come on, let's go.." she said.

III-

Margaret drove us from Seattle out to Walla Walla State Penitentary...Where Allen Durant was being held and was serving Life ,No Parole for the murder of his mother...

Allen Durant, now in his mid thirties had been locked up all of his adult life...He was White, about six feet even...Had been working out and had bulked up a little bit...He had sandy blond hair,which he wore in a pony tail and a blond beard....

Upon seeing us or the girls, he smiled..

''Well I'll be ,if you aren't some Pretty Little Colored Girls.." he said..Then quickly corrected himself..

''Sorry , No Offense...You gals would be pretty, regardless...You gals is my lawyers??" he asked..

"I am....and my niece here...I'm Attorney Olivia Bennett-Alexander and this is my niece, Attorney Beverly West, we will be representing you..."said Olivia..

"We have read your case file already...we just wanted to meet you and hear your side of the story ."asked Beverly...

"Your niece? She looks like she could be your sister.." he exclaimed..

"My Father, her older brother is 12 years older....He had me when he was 21 and she was 9.." said Beverly.

"Ohhhhh, I see... I thought you two looked close in age...."he said.

"I'm Attorney Nelson East..I'll also be assisting with your case...." he said..

"The way you're huggin on Ms. Beverly..I'm guessin you two got somethin goin on,right?" he said..

"Yeah, you might say that." said Nelson...

"I'm Donnie Ray Alexander, I'm an Investigator...I'll be assisting with your case." I said..

"Weddin Bands...You're married to Ms. Olivia.."he said.

"Mrs. Olivia..And you're right..I am."I said.

"When you been in the joint, you learn to be very observant.." he said..

"I know..survival .."I said.

"You seem like a cop.."he said.

"Very Good...I used to be a detective..." I said..

He smiled.

He looked at Josie...

"But she aint married or with anybody.."he said and looked at her salaciously..

"Will She be assisting on the case too?" he asked..

"I'm not an Attorney....I'm a Paralegal for Mrs. Bennett-Alexander and Ms. West..I will be assisting them with your case."said Josie...looking a little apprehensive..

"Hmmm,I've never dated a colored gal before...but I'd make an exception for you..."he laughed..

"Don't you have a fiance?" asked Josie.. a little offended at his use of the word "Colored"

Allen got sad...

"I did..but that was 15 years ago...She's moved on with her life , as she should have, Gotten married ,had someone else's kid." said Allen..

"Well Allen, we are going to try and help you move along, get you out of here..Can you tell me anything that I might not know?" asked Olivia..

"Yeah...They should have looked at my sister's step son...Bobby Kat...He was on Heroin back then..He'd do anything for money...I told em I thought he did it..They questioned him one time..and let him go...They just tossed me in this hole and was done with it... Then DA Gibbons used my case as his way into office.."he said..

"We are going to work on getting you a hearing and you'll hear from us soon." said Beverly...

He whispered in Beverly's ear...

"Could you and Josie there uh wear something low cut next time you come? So I can see your breasts...I been locked up for 15 years...It's good therapy for me.." he asked..

Beverly didn't answer him..

"You'll hear from us" was all she would say...

On our way out...Margaret met us in the Prison Hallway...

"Well,What do you think?" she asked..

''We are going to take the case...To make it easier on you and your boss..We are going to do all of our work from our hotel...where we are listed under assumed names.."said Olivia.. 'We will not be communicating with you guys at all." she said..

''We had an office space rented where you could work.."said Margaret..

"We won't need it..We got this..Tell Ethan he can save his money on the office space.."said Beverly...

"I'm sure he'll like that.." I said.

IV-

That night we all met at the Seattle Aquarium... The five of us sat at a small table in the cafeteria...I suggested we talk strategy here...Just in case our hotel rooms were compromised...

"This is a nice place Donnie Ray, I like it...Bev,Josie, Nelson and I have eaten already...Have you?" she asked.

"No, I'll get myself something..but I did a little digging...and here is what I found...as we already know...Durant's  DNA wasn't found on the perceived murder weapon or anywhere else...The police didn't arrest him or formally charge him until a month after the murder...He was charged at first with harrasment , threatening one of the case detectives and another person who he thought was talking to the cops about the murder...That didn't look good..He was questioned by Detective Rivers, now unfortunately deceased from 10:30 am until 6:30 am the next day...Then again from 3:45 pm to  10:15 pm...I have video of the entire thing." I said.

"How did you get that? Never mind...I don't want to know.."said Beverly, smiling..

"Neither do I, I'm just glad he got it.." said Olivia..

"I got these...The gruesome autopsy photos of his mother...He was 18 years old, imagine the effect that had on him...He suffers from learning and developmental disabilities too...."I said..

"I know that...Bev and I got affidavits from two of his Public defenders who said his interrogation, like most of the interrogations this Detective Rivers did was contaminated..because of the learning difficulties you named..He was vulnerable to high pressure tactics.."said Olivia.

"I looked into this Rivers...He had a number of complaints against him from other clients for the same thing and at least six cases of his got thrown out of court...Guess who the prosecuting attorney was on all six of those cases...? Former D.A. now candidate for the same office..Runyan Gibbons..."said Nelson...

''So Ethan is a reform candidate?" I said.

"He rode in on being a reform candidate....but he is little better than Runyan Gibbons...He sees other things in his future...Mayor, State Senator maybe...He could care less about this poor kid...This is political football to him.."said Olivia.

"Kinda makes you wish there was a third candidate.."said Beverly...

 "Actually there is...A Woman...but she's polling way lower than both Ethan, who has a slight lead and Gibbons , who is close.." said Olivia.

''So what happens now?" asked Josie..

"Beverly and I take an appeal to Appellate court tomorrow to get them to either throw out his conviction or grant him a new trial..." said Olivia..

"Let's get Donnie Ray some food and get out of here.."said Beverly...

"Good Move...And remember guys..We don't talk about this case in the hotel...We do our research and write our briefs...That's it...Just in case.." said Donnie Ray...

That night...Olivia, Beverly,Josie and Nelson did their legal research and prepared briefs for court in Josie's room..They worked tirelessly for hours...

''Liv this thing is pretty long, You think it'll be read?" asked Nelson as he proof read..

"It'll be read...In fact I'm drafting two copies...One will be delivered to the Appellate court judge and the other one will be delivered to District Attorney Ethan Bell's office." said Olivia..

''And an anonymous call to the press won't hurt our chances either.."said Beverly...

Olivia smiled...

"She thinks just like me...She scares me sometimes..but no...I don't want any press...So far they don't know we are in town or that we are involved in this case...I want to keep it that way...but the thought of doing that did cross my mind.." she said ,looking at her niece with pride.

They were preparing a nearly 40 page memorandum in support of a motion for a new trial if their appeal to have the entire case thrown out failed.

Josie and I drank a beer and looked out at the water...We had gone out and brought them food and drinks a little later ...and let them continue working on the brief... The three of them had been working tirelessly for hours...Wasn't going to be any wild sex tonight..

"Maybe if we do this again...You can bring Paris along.."I said to Josie..

"Yeah maybe...but I'm enjoying hanging out with you guys..." she said...

I believed her..She was tickled pink to actually be on this trip with us...Her second time this year...

A soft ,but warm rain began to pour....Josie and I were standing outside...It felt good to both of us...As we finished our beers...


V-

While not too far from us in a Restaurant...District Attorney Ethan Bell was enjoying dinner with Assistant District Attorney Margaret Ellis..

"So You met with Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her team...today...You took em to the prison too,huh?"he asked.

"I did...They're going to take the case...They were a little disappointed that you blew them off this morning.."said Margaret...

"I had to...I can't be seen with them...You know that...I have to have plausible deniability...Why do you think my Super Pac is paying their hotel bill, their airfare both ways and their legal fees which Olivia Bennett-Alexander has already faxed me..I took care of all of it... Hotel Bill, Legal fees...It's all been wired to her firm's bank account..As for the airline tickets...I got em...You can take em to em ,next time you go see em.."he said..

"They won't need the office space you provided...They brought Laptops, Tablets,smartphones and Law Books..They're working the entire case out of their hotel room..They have a three room suite...under assumed names.." said Margaret..

"Outstanding...This is going just great....Old Runyard Gibbons is going to be losing what hair he has left soon.." said Ethan...

"You don't care about this kid, this poor kid that got railroaded...This is politics for you isn't it...Your re-election right?" asked Margaret...

"You're right, but there is something in this for you too.."he said.

"Oh? What?" she asked..

"Babyyyyyy..I've already made you the head of our new Conviction Integrity Unit...And when I'm re-elected..I'm gonna nominate you for a judgeship...Just stick by me...It's gonna be good..I promise.."he said..

Margaret watched him as he ate his food and wondered to herself...If his promises were true...If he was going to marry her as he yelled out while they were making love one night or if she was just his exotic ,pretty little colored girl?

(TO BE CONTINUED)