Go Get The Bad Guys

"Give me a kiss." said my wife, Attorney Olivia Bennett-Alexander.. It was for good luck.

"You don't have to ask me twice." I said.

I kissed her passionately...

"I rarely if ever have to ask you at all...You're usually all over me.." she laughed..

as we continued to kiss...

"Ummmmm point taken.." I moaned..

"Ouuuuu okay,thanks….that's enough for now...I promise, I'll make it up to you later." she whispered seductively...I knew she would..

 Nelson stared at his wife, Beverly, Olivia's niece and partner in her law firm...

"You don't have to kiss me just because Auntay and Donnie Ray are kissing but....ohhhhh alright!!" she giggled..

and gave him a soft, passionate kiss..

 "Ummmmmm I like that honey bun.." moaned Nelson...

"I liked it too!" swooned Beverly.

as they continued to kiss each other passionately...

Beverly gently eased out of Nelson's embrace and ran her fingertip across his lips..

"Save some of that for tonight husband.." she whispered softly...

Nelson smiled..

"You know I will..." he whispered..

 ''Well, let's see if we won an acquittal." sighed Olivia..

"I've got no doubt in my mind." I said..

I had done a steller job investigating this case and found enough holes in the official story to present more than reasonable doubt..

.We were waiting for the jury to come back with a verdict on our latest case...

The murder trial of the son of a prominent city councilman......Arthur Bloch..

Josie, our para legal and a final year law student walked up to us...

"The Jury is back with a verdict..." she said..

The ADA, Peter McQueen, a veteran Assistant District Attorney, who had run twice unsuccessfully for District Attorney  had put his all and all on this trial...  A win over famed Defense Attorneys Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her niece Beverly West..

would be a feather in his cap....

We all stood in the courtroom breathless with our client..

"I'm confident, we got this..."said Nelson, Beverly's husband and our newest associate..

 "I'm crossing my fingers that you're right."whispered Olivia..

 "This is not the time for the law of averages to kick in."said Beverly, who was a little nervous..She told me that she figured sooner or later we were going to come up short in one of these big cases and that juries are funny..

 "Relax...I'm certain we got this.." I said..but taking note of what Beverly had said.

"Here comes the Judge."said Josie..

 Lieutenant Tragg, the arresting officer looked confident..

"Liv and Bev don't look as confident and cocky as they usually do...They've never been up against an old pro like you.." he laughed..

"Can it Artie.....you left more holes in this case than a block of Swiss Cheese and those two exploited everything..I just hope I did enough damage control to get a guilty verdict"said ADA Peter McQueen...who was starting to doubt the defendent's guilt himself...Such was a testament to how brilliant, Olivia, Beverly and Nelson had been in court.

The Judge walked in.....

"Bailiff, hand me the jury's decision." she said..

He did...She looked at it and smirked..

"On Count One, Murder in the First Degree, we find the defendant... NOT GUILTY!

On Count Two, Use of an Instrument of Crime, NOT GUILTY!!

On Count Three, Conspiracy to commit Murder, NOT GUILTY..

Would you like the jury polled Mr. McQueen?" she asked.

"Nahhhh, No, I accept the verdict of the jury." said ADA McQueen...He stomped his foot in disgust.

"I'd like to thank the jury for their time...This case is dismissed...Mr. Bloch, you are free to go.." said the judge..

Arthur Bloch kissed and hugged Olivia, Beverly and Josie..

"Thank you guys soooo much.." he said..

 "You're welcome Arthur and Arthur...Stay out of the bars for awhile.."said Olivia..

 "Yes...Cool it with the partying.." said Beverly.

"Good Luck Arthur.."said Josie.

He shook Nelson and my hand profusely..

"I had the best lawyers and Investigators money could buy.." he said..

 Nelson just smiled

"Good Luck son." I said.

I noticed that neither his father or mother was around.. The Dysfunction in their family was evident.

"Damn it...He's the son of a city councilman...I didn't even want this case...Damn It...I should have known it was a loser.."said ADA McQueen..who was going to use this case as a springboard to his next campaign to be District Attorney...

''Don't sweat it Pete..Auntie and Niecy are full of a lot of courtroom theatrics and tricks..They know how to work a jury...They used their little tricks on us.."said Lt. Tragg..

"US???  US?? They didn't use any courtroom theatrics...They applied the law and they did it brilliantly...plus they've got a hell of an investigator..He did a better job than YOU did!! Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!" sighed ADA McQueen, who walked away....

 "Here comes the press...Let's get out of here guys..."said Olivia..

 "Yeah...I don't wish to be privy to one of Lt. Tragg's melee's "I said..  They were getting to be a common thing after these trials.

 ''Me neither."said Beverly..

 "There's the side door..Follow me."said Nelson..

''Right behind you.."said Josie.

 ''I just want to get home and get out of these heels."said Olivia.

 "Me too Auntay.."said Beverly...

"That makes three of us.."said Josie..

 "Yeah let's all go home and relax.." I said..

"Yeah man.." said Nelson...






II-

 At our home...The Duplex /Office we call home...Our Office Manager, Alfreda Johnson and her boyfriend, Assistant District Attorney Rockland Cambridge, once an adversary of ours, but now a lovesick puppy ,enthralled with Alfreda were in the foyer, kissing..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goddddd!" he moaned..

 "Is it that good?" whispered Alfreda...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm yesssss….yesssssssssssssssssss…"moaned Rockland..

"Well we are gonna have to cool it...I know court is out by now...Liv and Beverly and everybody are probably heading back and I've got to put out a snack for them.."whispered Alfreda as she eased out of Rockland's embrace..

"They had a tough case and an even tougher prosecutor...Old Pete McQueen...I thought that relic had retired...He's a cagey old fox...That guy was old when I started...I wonder how they did." mused Rockland..

"He better than you?" joked Alfreda as she put coffee and set out some hot doughnuts..

The aroma wafted all over the conference room...

''Well uh errr, I wouldn't say better..but uh  ruh, technically he knows his way around the courtroom just as well and he's had an illustrious career that I uh hope to have for myself when I hang em up.."said Rockland..

Alfreda laughed...She had never met a man as vain as Rockland or with such a fragile ego...She kissed him..

''Well I don't know about his courtroom performance...but no one can beat your performance in the bed.." she whispered in his ear...

"REALLY?" said Rockland , now very aroused..

"You know that baby!" she whispered in his ear and kissed him some more..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.." he moaned..

"Now go over there and sit down...Have a doughnut..Calm yourself down..."she said gently...

 ''What's that I smell? Ouuuuuuuu it smells good!  FREDA, what'cha been doin?" asked Olivia.

 "That smells like doughnuts."said Beverly...

 "Freda.....If you ever leave us...Which I hope you don't...You could make it as a cook and a baker..I'm serious.." I said..

 "Yes lawd." said Nelson , who grabbed a doughnut and a cup of coffee...

"Ummmm these are delish.." said Josie, munching on a doughnut..

I passed Olivia a doughnut and a cup of coffee as I helped her out of her heels and she sat on my lap...

I tried one myself..There was plenty of coffee and doughnuts..

Olivia gave me another one of her butter soft kisses...

There was more than enough doughnuts and coffee for everyone...

 Nelson held Beverly around the waste and munched on a doughnut as she smiled and helped herself to another one..

"Hiiii Rockland.."laughed Beverly...

"So uh how did you guys do?" he asked..

''We got an acquittal on all charges." said Olivia.

"You guys are really good." said Rockland..

"Coming from you...That's a compliment...You were the toughest Attorney I ever faced..and that includes Keith Wallace."said Olivia..

Rockland smiled..

"We are just making you feel all kinds of good this morning aren't we?" laughed Alfreda...

Rockland smiled.. They were..he thought..

Olivia and Beverly were some sweet girls...He was proud to call them friends... and Alfreda..

made him feel things in the bed he had never felt before...He generally loved the way he felt when he was around them, in their presence...

 I guess it was the same way that I felt

and that I know Nelson felt..being around them both...

and Josie added to it...A great sense of well being...

The Doorbell rang.....more coffee was poured and Alfreda took the very last batch out of the oven in our kitchen...

III-

Assistant District Attorney Pete McQueen stood outside the door..

He looked around...

''Nice...An Office and uh I believe they all live in the units above...Nice."he said..

Alfreda allowed him in...

"If Mrs. Bennett Alexander and Mrs. East are in..uh I'd just like a minute of their time..."said ADA McQueen..

"ADA Mcqueen….This is a surprise." said Olivia..."Come in...Have some coffee, and a doughnut.."she said.

He could smell the aroma and he smiled....

 ''You know my niece of course...

 "Attorney Beverly West-East..

 and my husband, Donnie Ray Alexander...

 My niece's husband, Attorney Nelson East..

and our para-legal, Ms. Josie Boyd..She's almost done law school.." said Olivia proudly..

ADA Macqueen sat down and laughed...

"Yes...for the past two weeks I've sparred and lost to you all... Rockland!!! I see you are here..." he said..

Rockland smiled..

"Uh Ms. Johnson, who let you in is my very significant other..." said Rockland ...

 ADA McQueen eyed Alfreda...A very beautiful woman ,he thought...What is she doing with a square like Rockland Cambridge? He thought to himself... He also thought...That Rockland is a very lucky man...No wonder his general demeanor had improved around the office and in the courthouse..

Alfreda smiled shyly....

''So it's not often an Assistant District Attorney visits us...Especially after losing a contentious court case to us...To what do we owe this visit?" asked Olivia...

"I don't take these cases personally....Win some, Lose some, Appeal or not  and move on.."said ADA McQueen..

Beverly and I and Nelson looked at Rockland

We had just finished telling him the same thing..

IV-

"Olivia...I'll get right to it...I want to hire you guys... All of the ADA's hate going up against you guys ,but they all agree on one thing...If they ever found themselves in trouble...Auntie and Niecy are who they would want defending them...I need your help...but you'd have to go out of town for this...I'm prepared to pay your legal fees and your room and board..." said ADA McQueen...

"Welll...none of us has anything on our docket right now..."said Olivia..

"And we could use a break from town.." laughed Beverly...

I smiled...Two months ago we'd all been in Hawaii and just a few weeks before that...We'd all been in New Orleans...but I was down for a road trip myself..

"What's this about?" asked Olivia.

"First off, I'm leaving the District Attorney's office soon....I've been offered a teaching position at Temple University....I'm going to be teaching Trial Advocacy and general Law.." said ADA McQueen..

 "Oh Wow!  Congratulations are in order....I did a little teaching myself for awhile...Can you believe I lectured both Olivia and Beverly at one time..?" said Rockland..

 "He sure did."said Olivia, smiling..

 "He did."added Beverly..

"Wow! Congratulations are in order sir."said Nelson.

"But I've got an account..a personal account that has to be cleared....And that's where you guys come in...My Son....My son was an up and coming Assistant District Attorney in New Haven, Conneticut..He was murdered five years ago...His murder was never solved....but this isn't about that...A kid is sitting in the Conneticut State Prison...He's serving 25 -50 years for 2nd degree murder..A Murder my son was certain he didn't commit..A kid my son didn't want to prosecute....I promised my son at his gravesite that I would try to right this miscarriage of justice...once I found the right attorney or attorneys for it...Five years have gone by...Five years...I should have jumped on this sooner..but here I am...Being an Assistant District Attorney myself...I couldn't advocate for him....but you...You two...Your team...You're perfect....Will you take the case?" he asked..

''We are going to New Haven?" I asked.

"Yes" he said.

Josie grabbed her laptop...She was searching for inexpensive Air BNB's...We hadn't stayed in a hotel in a long time..

"Okay...I'll draw you up a contract for our legal and investigative services.."said Olivia..

"I'll give you a complete rundown of the case...and contact information on where the kid is being held...He's been locked up for five years so far...Five years too long..."said ADA McQueen.

"Were you and your son close?"said Olivia.

"He was the joy of my life...I was so proud that he followed me into law....Got his J.D. from Columbia just like I did...We were going to go into private practice like you and your niece...Only he got married to a young lady from New Haven and he went to work in the D.A.'s office there..We talked every week.. He was particularly disturbed about this case...

"A young woman was murdered, raped and robbed in the park...It caused a panic...The public wanted something done right away....A Detective.. Russell Manson...New Haven's version of Lt. Tragg made a quick and hasty arrest...He had next to no evidence...This kid confessed....I believe it was under a beating and duress...My son didn't want to prosecute him..He thought the evidence or lack of it was weak...The DNA in the woman's panties was "inconclusive and mysteriously went missing right before the trial..They never found the money he supposedly stole and there was testimony that two other guys who had been robbing and sexually assaulting women may have actually of been the suspects.." said ADA McQueen..

"Your Son told you this?" I asked.

"Yes...He was worried about the case and the people he was working with...Another Assistant D.A., who was second chair on the case... Brad Dinkins and  Detective Russell Manson...He didn't trust either of them and he felt as though they were out to get him...The night he was murdered he called me..He told me about his suspicions and that he had located the two boys ,who he thought had killed the woman...I told him to be careful...He told he would and that was the last time we talked..I said
"Go Get the Bad Guys...Go Get the Bad Guys Son..  That was the last words I said to him....I got a call TWO days later that he been found stabbed to death in town..." said ADA McQueen, who was near tears..

 ''Wowwwwwww"said Beverly

Alfreda got him some tissues....

"We'll do what we can...The legal and political situation being what it is...You know we can't promise you anything,."said Olivia.

"I know that...But thank you for taking the case....The money for your legal fees will be wired to your accounts in the morning." he said..

 Josie showed Olivia her laptop....A list of all of the Air BNB's in the area..

"Make the call." said Olivia , who showed the photo on the laptop to ADA McQueen...

"That's fine.." he said..

 Olivia whispered to Alfreda..

"You can set up at home and work from there while we are gone.." she said..

Alfreda looked at Rockland..

"I'm going to make this offer...Don't get over excited... How would you like to pack an overnight bag and stay with me for a week or so?  " she said to Rockland...

He had spent the night, but he had never even stayed a weekend with her..

His eyes perked up....

"You don't have to answer...I know you'd love it...I'll see you this afternoon.." she said..

 "Josie, if Paris would like to go with us...We'll pay his travel.."said Olivia..

 "I know he's gonna wanna...He hates being without me.."laughed Josie..

 ''Awww that's so cute."laughed Beverly.. "Reminds me of you "she said, looking at Nelson..

 "I don't want to be without you honey bun..." said Nelson, hugging her and squeezing her..

"Well folks...We are off to New Haven...We are going to get the Bad Guys.." I said..

''Wow...We get a new case just like that..."laughed Olivia..

A new case was just beginning..

(TO BE CONTINUED)