ADA Karen Page was watching ADA Cal McCafferty as he prepared for trial....
"Today is your first day of uh trial...huh?" she said.
"Yes...I'm going up against some uh friends of yours.. Yvette Jones and company." he said.
"Yes..I know..."said Karen..
"I figured you would..Any pointers?" he asked...knowing she wouldn't really give him any, but liking that he was making her uncomfortable just the same..
Just then...Their Boss, D.A. Gil Garcetti walked in the room....He was carrying a vase full of Karen's favorite's Gladiolas..
ADA Ron Harper was behind him, he was grinning and carrying a
a pink bag...a very small bag...
"Ms. Page...These I believe are for you....I'm beginning to feel some kind of way about you getting all of the gifts around here.." he joked..
Karen's eyes got as wide as saucers...
"Oh My God!! They're beautiful and they are my favorites..." she gushed....
"This is for you too." said Gil Garcetti as he passed her the bag..
It was Ms. Dior's perfume...
"OHHHH MY GOD!!!! I was shopping with Yvette the other day and they had sold the last bottle of this...The $58.00 dollar bottle....This is the $135.00 bottle...Wowwww that darn Yvette, She knows how much I wanted this...I love her!" gushed Sharon Page..
"WOWWWWWWWWWWWWW! THE BIG BOTTLE!" said Ron Harper... "Nobody buys the big bottle!" he said.
"Uhhhh Neither one of these was from Yvette Jones, your buddy...Apparently someone else knows what you like also...Read the card!"said Gil Garcetti, who was doing all he could do, to hold back the laughter..
"DEAREST KAREN...I HOPE THE DAY FINDS YOU WELL AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SWEET SWEET FRAGRANCE OF BOTH THESE FLOWERS AND THE PERFUME- ARTHUR TRAGG! "
"Damn, this is the second time he's sent flowers and perfume...Didn't he send you something a month ago? Same type of flowers, but a different perfume?" asked Ron Harper...
"Yes He did!?" sighed Karen...
By now Gil and Cal McCafferty were laughing their heads off and humming 'Here Comes The Bride'
"Ohhh My Godddd...He just can't take a hint.."said Karen...
"Or Maybe you can't take a hint my dear...The man is obviously fond of you....Though aren't you dating B.L. Benz,
the host of that crime show HARD BOTTOM?" asked Cal...
"Yesssss, I am..." sighed Karen, who was visibly embarrassed...
''At Any rate...You'd better tell him to step up his game..because Lt. Tragg is making moves!"laughed Gil Garcetti...
"Big Moves and you never know...One day...You might change your mind about him and his wing tips will be under your bed.."said Ron Harper, trying to keep a straight face..
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god! I don't think so.." sighed Karen..though she did come close to going home with Lt. Tragg once.
"Well then...You better put a bug in ole boys ear and tell him he better step up."said Ron Harper..
''Ronnie, why don't you do it?" said Karen..
II-
At our apartment...I was making a move too...On Bee Bee..
"Ummmmmmm Bee Bee....Can you get any sexier?" I asked...slipping her panties down..
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Hot Stuff...ummmmmmmm, I thought maybe we'd get an early start this morning...It's the first day of ...ummmmmmmmmmmmm trial.." she said as we continued to kiss in the bathroom door..
We wound up back on my bed...making sweet love for at least ANOTHER HOUR!
''What am I going to do with you?"She moaned..
"Ouuuuuuuuu anything you want..."I moaned..
She smiled the sweetest smile!
While in Sofia's room, She and Kahlil were finishing up SIX HOURS of Non-Stop lovemaking..
"Hurry Up and cum papi...Hurry up...So we can get in the shower..."she cooed..
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I'm almost there mamasita..almost therrrrrre,...ouuuuuuuuuuuu.."Kahlil Moaned..
Across the street from us...
Ms. Jade waited patiently...
We all eventually took our showers, got dressed and ran outside..
"Hey Ms. Jade." I said, smiling sheepishly...
"Hola Ms. Jade.." said Sofia..
"Hey Ms. Jade." said Kahlil..
"Hiiiii Ms. Jade." said Bee Bee..
We all looked so guilty , it wasn't funny...
"Well, there is no time for breakfast or coffee this morning...We've got to get right to court.." said Ms. Jade.
We weren't the only ones who would be rushing to court...
Gary and Ms. Yvette were making love for the second time this morning...
Gary's bed was shaking and squeaking something terrible...His headboard sounded as if it might separate itself from the bed....
"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Gary, this doesn't make any sense...You never get enough...ouuuuuuu, hurry up and cum baby...I've got to get in the shower and get ready..." moaned Ms. Yvette..
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.."moaned Gary , who came like a river....
He followed Yvette into the shower …..
and was still kissing her after they had gotten out and dried off...
"You have got to calm yourself down ,before you get sick or something...Myyyy goodness Gary."said Ms. Yvette as she eased out of his embrace and began to get dressed...
"I'm sorry...I just had to have you one more time this morning...I don't know what got into me..."said Gary...
"Well I certainly know what got into me...WOW!" said Yvette...
We all arrived at court at the same time, all of us out of breath...
"Wowww, you guys got here in the nick of time...I thought you'd forgotten.."said Sean Gilmore.
"Ohhhh Noooo Never that!"said Yvette.
''We got your back man." I said. This was partially true...We all had been up late studying crime scene photos...Crime scene reports, Autopsy reports and witness statements..
''We are ready for court."said Bee Bee. We had face timed Ms. Yvette and strategized on what type of juror we wanted..Now all we needed to do was select.
Sofia had said we should try to get as many female jurors as possible and young professional females at that..She was right..
Kahlil,myself and Ms. Yvette had drawn up a psychological profile of the type of juror we wanted..and now for the cat and mouse game of Voir Dire with Cal McCaferty, who was no fool.
He was a crafty and brilliant attorney who had been at this a lot longer than any of us, including Ms. Yvette.
Ms. Jade had just begun her investigation, but she was still looking into possibilities.
III-
Voir Dire is a funny thing...It can make or break a trial...
Voir Dire is The preliminary examination of prospective jurors to determine their qualifications and suitability to serve on a jury, in order to ensure the selection of fair and impartial jury.
Voir dire consists of oral questions asked of prospective jurors by the judge, the parties, or the attorneys, or some combination thereof.
Ms. Yvette was an expert at Voir Dire...and she taught Kahlil and I how to go about it expertly...
She trusted us so much that she sat back and let us run the entire session...
We knew the type of juror we wanted..We had drawn a psychological profile of who we wanted and we went after that type of juror..
Sofia and Bee Bee had drawn up the type of questions we wanted to ask....and had taken pains not to be too obvious, so as not to tip our hand to Cal McCafferty..
who was looking for his type of woman...
It took a rigorous two days...but we had three African-American women, two Latina women and two White females..all young...the eldest being 37...all educated...college degrees and all open minded..
Cal McCafferty got five males, four white and one African-American male..Three of the white males was working class , high school education.. The two remaining males..African-American and White were college educated and young..
Yvette looked at us..
''Well, you did the best you could under the circumstances...Let's work with what we have.." she said..
Lt. Tragg sat next to ADA McCafferty, he looked smug and superior the way he always did at the start of these trials.
Cal McCafferty began his sumnation...
He described our client,
Sean Gilmore as a vain and egotistical and wildly insecure Model and sometime Actor who fought mightily to keep his reputation as THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE! , but was human like the rest of us and was suffering from sexual problems himself...
He'd do anything to keep his problems a secret, which was why he traveled to Philadelphia from New York by Train , by Red Eye Train to avoid the Paparazi that are usually in the airports...
When his location was leaked to the press, he went into a murderous rage and killed Dr. Garner, the head of the Covenant Sexual Therapy Clinic..Who he held responsible....
"He has a lot of information he shouldn't have about Sean and how he arrived in Philly...Lt. Tragg was really on top of this investigation."said Jade..
Yvette gave Ms. Jade the serious side eye...
''Lt. Tragg??On top of an investigation??" she said.
"You're right...What am I thinking?.." laughed Ms. Jade....
Bee Bee and I gave our opening arguments...The two of us were like a slickly oiled machine, accentuating each other's points, finishing each other' sentences...Me providing the bravado and drama and Bee Bee providing the pragmatic and sensible argument..
We argued that while our client was indeed a popular actor and model and protective of his brand, which was being The SEXIEST MAN ALIVE.. He entered a contract with the Covenant sexual Therapy, a legal contract in which he expected and did not get confidentiality..We argued that for all of the facts that the ADA talked about...A lot of this information had to come from inside...A Dr., a therapist who violated patient /client confidentiality...he had every right to be angry...but he did not kill Dr. Garner...
"You know...Those two are cute.."said Jade, talking about me and Bee Bee..
"Like Husband and Wife." said Yvette, smiling proudly...
Of course for the next two days, Cal McCaferty paraded Police Officers, first on the scene, The cleaning lady, who discovered the body, Crime Scene Investigators and Forensic people to the stand..He had photos of the crime scene...
Kahlil argued that not one of them puts Sean Gilmore at the scene...
"They're just telling you, what you already know..No DNA, No Fingerprints....No Murder Weapon even....All we have is one heated argument...That one, maybe two people overheard...That is all..."he stated eloquently..
Sofia had taken copious notes and asked good questions to every police officer, every CSI person and every Forensic person who had seen the body...Piggy backing Kahlil's points that no one could put Sean Gilmore in that office after the heated exchange in the morning..
Yvette peered at Dr. Ciera Mason....
She was our witness...She peered at Sean and smiled seductively..
He smiled at her...
We waited patiently for Cal McCaferty to make his next move.. He had to admit...though grudgingly that
That the four of us..Myself, Bee Bee, Kahlil and Sofia were very good attorneys...We had dissected this case apart piece by piece..but the one thing remained..He couldn't prove Sean was guilty and we couldn't prove he was innocent..
Court adjourned..
IV-
We all had lunch at Sam Mother's Diner...
We had Corn Beef Specials
and Cokes...
"You guys were excellent...You really showed how weak Cal McCafferty's case is.." said Yvette..
"Problem is..He had wayyy too much information..."said Jade.
"Yeah, like the Red Eye Train.."I said.
"And the two UBers…"said Bee Bee..
"Only about two or three people knew that...and I'm betting only two are still alive.." said Sofia.
"Yeah...but which of them? His Therapist, Dr. Mason or Dr. Adler, the second in command?" asked Kahlil...
"None of my business..but do a simple process of elimination...check Phone and GPS records of both women...You'll know who they called and possibly where they were at the time of the murder and immediately afterwords."said Gary Lockwood , who had just walked up..
He kissed Yvette softly...
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Gary!" she said softly....
He picked her up and put her on his lap and wrapped his arms around her..she giggled like a school girl.
"Heyyy sexy.." he said.
Lt. Tragg was also in the diner, relieved that he hadn't been put on the stand....He passed our table..
''What's good guys? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Corned Beef specials eh?" he said.
''Sam's special today." said Yvette, smiling.
Lt, Tragg eyed Karen Page sitting down the aisle by herself..
He walked over to her..
"Karen uh did you get the flowers?" he asked..
"I did and the perfume...Thank you sooo much..." she said.
Just then B.L. walked in and sat down next to Karen...
He kissed her passionately, partially just to spite Lt. Tragg..
"Hi ya Artie...How's tricks?" he said..
Lt. Tragg stood up...He was beet red and livid..He was about to storm out when Sam shouted.
"ARTIE YOUR CORN BEEF SPECIAL!"
"Make that to go Sam!" said Lt. Tragg...
"Ouuu Did you See That?" said Bee Bee, who had witnessed the entire thing..
"Yesssss...It was about to get muy malo in here mami."said Sofia.
Yvette sighed..
"Come on ladies..We've got a court date.."
"I like the action in here." I said.
Kahlil cracked up laughing.
V-
Back in court...
ADA Cal McCafferty called his next witness...
"I call Dr. Lois Adler.." he said with a triumphant look on his face...
We could tell she was the icing on his cake.
A hush fell over the courtroom..
"Hmmm looks like Dr. Adler is a no show." said Yvette
"Yeah...She tore our summons up...Told us she was a witness for the prosecution."said Jade.
"So where is she?" I asked..
"Well, She's not here."said Bee Bee.
Sofia was enjoying the hell out of the moment...Almost as if she knew what was coming next..
"Oh wow!!"said Kahlil...
"Your Honor...Our chief witness has apparently not shown....I would like to ask the court for a one day continuance in hope we can locate her..Her testimony is tantamount."said a very discouraged looking ADA Cal McCaferty..
"Alright..If the defense doesn't mind.." she said.
"Defense doesn't mind your honor." said Yvette..
"Today is Tuesday,,,Be in court Thursday Morning, 10:00 am and prepared to continue trial."said Judge Wilma Barton...
"Good that gives me time to check those phone numbers and that GPS information and perhaps get a little help from some detectives who owe me a favor or two."said Jade.
It gave us alone time..
"Ouuu Hot Stuff..let's go to your room...Now you can have all you want and as much time as you want.."said Bee Bee seductively..
"Oh I can't wait.."I said..
It took me no time to get Bee Bee out of her clothes and into a warm embrace..
Sweet ,Sweet Lovemaking..
"Pappppiiiiiiii, let me get inside at least,.."cooed Sofia..
"Ummmmmmmmm you're as far as you need to go."said Kahlil..
Two doors down from my room, Kahlil was kissing Sofia in the doorway...
which soon led to sweet lovemaking in the middle of his living room and then on the sink counter in his bathroom...
and at Gary's house....
on his rooftop terrace, which was becoming their favorite place..
Gary and Yvette were kissing passionately and eventually..
making sweet love...
In her apartment..
ADA Karen Page looked at the two vases of flowers.
They were beautiful...and thoughtful..
B.L. wasn't with her tonight...He was taping his Television show..
"B.L., how come you don't send me flowers?" she thought..
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