Sweetie Pie

WASHINGTON D.C.

Big Daddy's Funeral in Washington D.C was attended by thousands... They talked about his storied career.. His rise from Public Defender and Assistant District Attorney to Judge, then to State Represenative then to Congress and the Senate and finally to head of a Liberal/Progressive Think tank..

Olivia, Beverly, Nelson and Josie were amongst those in the crowd at the funeral...….

Big Daddy's handlers  talked about how he was an excellent fund raiser...and how he was a champion of Black Business and the Civil Rights Movement..What they tried to play down ,with his wife ,two sons and daughter in the church and among the mourners was his womanizing and the  way he was found dead in a hotel room in Philadelphia, with lipstick on him, in his boxers and with a woman's bra and panties near his dead body...

A  Young Woman who said she had never met him was about to go on trial for his murder in Philadelphia..

Camilla Clark was among the mourners at his funeral...You can imagine her surprise when I walked up to her..

"Camilla Clark...You are a hard lady to find..." I said smiling and placed a court summons in her hands...

Also among the mourners was Conchita Jones..

"Ms Jones...Ms. Jones...I do like a woman who minds her business.." I said smiling..

"Excuse me...Do I know you?" she asked.

"I'm Donnie Ray Alexander...I'm a Private Investigator...I work for the Attorneys representing Louise Johnson..."I said..

"I don't know Louise Johnson..." she said..

I placed a court summons in her hands..

"Tell the Prosecutor and the Judge you don't know her in court.." I said.. "Have a nice day." I said..

I knew both women couldn't resist saying goodbye to Big Daddy and one of them was his killer.

II-

A FEW DAYS LATER-PHILADELPHIA PA.


The Trial of Louise Johnson began...

Judge Reynolds was once again presiding over a controversial trial...

 Chris Garcetti was  trying a case he didn't want

And Lt. Tragg was once again the Case Detective and arresting officer..

Days had passed and the furor over his latest debacle...destroying the hotel room door and catching Judge Cox and ADA Cox in the bed subsided...

As the case detective, he was once again in the Public Spotlight.. as was Olivia, Beverly, Nelson, our client Louise Johnson , Josie and I.

 "Okay...We ready guys?" asked Olivia..

 "We've got a sound defense strategy.." said Beverly...

 "We have the jury we want...Let's go for the jugular..Early…"said Nelson..

 "Wow I'm getting a real education.."said Louise..

 "That's right...You'll be where we are one day soon...Defending a client.."said Josie, who had just passed the bar herself , only a short while ago...

"Listen and observe everything.." I told her...

Chris Garcetti gave a brilliant opening statement stating that Big Daddy Wardell Clemmons was a ladies man , that it wasn't rumored , it was real...and that one of these women who he promised marriage to  killed him when he refused to leave his wife..That woman was Louise Johnson, he said..

Olivia countered with a brief  statement..

"My client is innocent...She never met this man..She was never on the same floor with this man...But someone in the courthouse WAS on the floor with this man...TWO people in this courthouse knew this man very well..and one of the two people...We will show you , killed him!" said Olivia and she sat down...

Chris of course paraded  Crime scene investigators, and forensic specialists who all testified what they found that night...

 Her panties

 Her bra

The two glasses of cold un drinken water with her and her room-mates fingerprints on them..

Her dry cleaning

and the glass that contained the Citris Martini and the lethal dosage of Cyanide that killed him...

On Cross, Beverly produced the two Drink Glasses from Big Daddy's room..

"Every room in this hotel has these identical drink glasses...Big Daddy's room as shown in this photo and it's time stamped..has two drink glasses with the seals un broken...He hadn't used them...These drink glasses come from my clients room...Why would she take two glasses of ice water up to his room when he had two glasses of his own ?  And also...Not just her fingerprints are on these glasses, but aren't Marcella Clarks's  prints on here as well???...Why was she never questioned?" asked Beverly.

The Forensic man had to admit that they were..

 Chris Garcetti angrily looked at Lt. Tragg...

"You know? That's a  good question she's raised." he snarled.

"That damn Beverly....such a smart aleck..." said Lt. Tragg.

"SMART ALECK??? SHE'S A SMART ATTORNEY, WHO JUST ASKED A QUESTION ,SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO ASK IF YOU HAD DONE YOUR DAMN JOB?" He yelled...

"ORDER!! ORDER IN THIS COURT...COUNSELOR PLEASE!!" said Judge Reynolds..

Lt. Tragg was incensed....

Josie presented a hamper with

Still unwashed underwear in it...

The Bra and Panties came from this hamper..." she said.. "It was right by the door of their apartment as you see in this photo and very easy for someone to grab.." she said, staring daggers at Marcella Clark.

Josie called a Police Matron, who examined  Louise before she was booked..

"She had on a different pair of panties and bra didn't she? asked Josie..

"Yes she did...They were Blue and white lace Bikini panties and matching bra.." she said..

"Nothing...Nothing...Liv is grasping at straws..."said Lt. Tragg...

"Yeah....You'd better hope so.." said Chris Garcetti.

 The longer the trial went on, the more it seemed that  Chris Garcetti had even less..He couldn't produce one witness who actually saw Louise Johnson in the man's company ever or even on the 7th floor and

Olivia, Beverly, Nelson and Josie played on that.. All of their evidence seemed very circumstantial..Not the slam dunk the prosecution needed..

Chris had no correspondence, Not a text, email, tweet or phone call between the two suggesting any kind of relationship..

He gave it the old college try in his sumnation...but he hadn't convinced the jury of anything..and he knew it.. He couldn't imagine that Olivia and Beverly had much more.

"Mannnn we are pitching a slam dunk here.."said Nelson ."10 to acquit and 2 confused.." he said..

 "Auntay….Let's take it to the stage.."said a very excited Beverly...

 "I'm ready..." said Olivia..

'' Me too!" said Josie..

At this point..I knew who the killer was..It was staring us in the face the entire time..






III-

Our defense began... Olivia didn't make a bombastic speech...She simply said to the jury..

"I'm not going to keep you here an entire week with a lot of nonsense that will put you to sleep..I know you want to go home....I want to go home too..So Today...I will prove my client's innocence.." she said.

Judge Reynolds was watching her every movement..

"Lawwwd Jesus if I was single and two decades younger, what I'd do with that girl...Lawd!" he said..

"Liv is bluffing...We made this case...She's got nothing."snarled Lt. Tragg..

Carmella Clark was called to the stand..

Nelson questioned her..

"Ms. Clark...You went to Howard University didn't you? YOUUUU KNOWWWWWWWWW!" he chanted and smiled..

She smiled..

"YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU KNOWWWWWWWWWW!" she laughed..."Yes I did." she said..

"You graduated from Georgetown Law school...Same year I was graduating from St. Johns Law School..We passed the bar the same time...and like you...I was a Public Defender once, Unlike you I was never an ADA... I see you clerked for then  Judge Wardell Clemmons.. and he helped you land a job at a Prestigious Law firm in D.C. where you became a heavy hitter..a Rainmaker and you became his lover!" said Nelson..

"Oh Noo Noo Nooo..I only knew him casually..Professionally." she said.

"You're under oath.."said Beverly who showed blown up glossies taken by a Private Investigator hired by his wife of the two of them at dinner, having drinks ,kissing near the Lincoln Memorial and  in a motel near Bethesda ,Maryland.. His wife warned you to leave him alone in this letter written to you just last month, did she not?   You don't have to answer....I submit Defense Exhibit B."said Beverly.

''So you and him were here..You were going to Louise's wedding and he discreetly rented a room, three floors up... Funny about this hotel...They have security cameras in the lobby and they have those small cameras in the hallway that snap photos every so many minutes...You didn't know about that did you?" asked Olivia..

"Here is a photo of you the night before the murder..at 1:00 am..That is some beautiful lingerie..Is that Victoria's Secret?" asked Olivia..

"That's you going up the back stairs and that's you going to room 714...His room..That's you at 4:45 am, coming back down to your room, the one you shared with Louise..She was sound asleep of course.. "said Olivia..

"And here are you all gussied up the night of the murder taking the elevator to his room..There you are leaving his room and there you are going back up to his room.."said Josie..

"And look...that's you with a pair of panties, a bra and dry cleaning and two drink glasses going up the back steps and coming back...Once we looked at the film footage it was easy to tell how all of our clients stuff got in that room...YOU TOOK IT UP THERE!" said Beverly...

Chris slapped his palm on his forehead...

Lt. Tragg looked beet red...

"They interfered with my investigation.." he said..

"You could have gotten that the first night...It was all on the camera.."said Chris Garcetti, disgusted..

"Okay...Okay...Okay...Yes..I took Louise's things up to his room...but I swear..I didn't kill him..He was dead when I went back up.. I was just with him...We were supposed to go dancing...He told me to wait for him outside... I waited for a half an hour , He  didn't show up.when I went back to his room, the door was open and he was on the floor dead in his drawers and lipstick was on his forehead and his lips..I panicked , I ran downstairs..I drugged Louise and I took her things to his room to throw suspicion off of me...I figured , she said she was related to you guys, that you could get her off..I drugged myself so I'd have an alibi...I swear...I didn't kill him.." said Camilla breaking down and crying..

"I know you didn't."said Olivia..

 "WHAT?" said Chris..

"WHAT? What is Olivia pulling??..She's the killer right there."said Lt. Tragg..

"We call Ms.Conchita Jones to the stand.."said Beverly...

Conchita Jones looked nervous...

"Ms. Jones..How long were you in the room across from Wardell Clemmons before he realized you were there.?" asked Nelson..

"I didn't know Mr. Clemmons."said Conchita..

"That's not true." said Josie, presenting defense exhibits..  "You were pregnant by him twice and twice you had abortions...These medical forms from the clinic proves it.."said Josie..

"You worked for him at the U.S. Attorney's Office...You were his lover for years......It must have burned you up when he got married to someone else and had three children...didn't it.?" said Nelson..

That set her off..She stood up..

Olivia and I, Beverly, Nelson and Josie were visibly startled..We hadn't expected this...we had photographs of her entering his room in her nightgown the night of the murder..Turns out we wouldn't need it..

|"I WAS A YOUNG GIRL!!! STRAIGHT OUT OF LAW SCHOOL...HE HELPED ME STUDY FOR THE BAR and he seduced me..soon afterword...,

I was taking my panties and bra off every time I came to study with him...Took me two tries before I passed the bar, First time I missed it because I was at his house ,making love to him...Second time I was too tired to take it because I had been up all night making love to him...I WAS A YOUNG GIRLLLL!!!!!!!After I passed the bar.. I went to work for him at the U.S. Attorney's office and discovered I was pregnant...He didn't want kids..So I took care of it..

I WAS A YOUNG GIRRRLLL!  He wouldn't leave me alone..Kept bothering me.. Couldn't stay away from me...I got pregnant again...Again I took care of it and continued to work for him as an attorney and as his bed wench...

Over the years...I gave that mannnnnn every type of freakish pleasure he desired...He took me to New York, Chicago, Los Angelas, Hawaii, New Orleans...Mexico....We stayed in the nicest four star hotels.He called me his little "Sweetie Pie..."

I WAS A YOUNG GIRLLL!!!!!! she bellowed

He had the nerve to get married , Married someone else and had three children...Each time that bitch was pregnant he wound up in my bed..until she gave birth, then he'd go..

Then he had the nerve to start foolin with that sweet young thing over there..Marcella and he didn't need me no more.. 

So I followed him, for two years I followed them wherever they went...He took her to the same places he had once taken me, New York, Chicago, Los Angelas, Atlanta, New Orleans...I FOLLOWED THEM...and I waited..I KNEW THEN THAT I WAS GONNA KILL HIM!!!...KILL HIS LYIN , CHEATIN ASS!!!And that night...She was waiting for him on the street and he and I were in his room having a quickie...

I knocked on his door as soon as she went downstairs.. All I had on was a sheer nightgown...with nothin on under it...His eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets...

His Trousers and shirt and socks were off in minutes....He was all over me, kissing me, practically slobbering over me...

He told me I was still his little Sweetie Pie!

He had the nerve to tell me that he missed me and that I still felt good, Said she could wait for all he cared , that he wanted some more of this good stuff..He said I'd always be his Sweetie pie.!

I slipped the Cyanide in his drink...He didn't even notice...He drank it and died in my arms and I kissed his sweet lips...and I left.. All that other stuff...The panties and the bra and the drink glass that wasn't there. She came back up and put all that stuff in there after I had left..I had nothin to do with that..." she said pointing to Marcella  Clark.

"I heard that Judge...That Judge and his ex-wife, The ADA in the next room making love, making all that racket...I was angry because that used to be us...Me and Big Daddy.... his SWEETIE PIE!!!

I was bangin on the wall for them to stop...but I didn't call the cops...I swear I didn't... " she said, crying profusely...

The Jurors and the spectators were stunned...

"Baillifs , take her into custody.."said Judge Reynolds..

"Well, in light of this new information,...I am moving to drop all charges against Ms. Louise Johnson...You are free to go... I'd like to thank the jurors...You are free to go..."said Judge Reynolds..

Chris Garcetti sighed..

 "Drinks are on us at Curleys" I said..

 "It's over Chris..Let's forget about it."said Olivia..

 "Yeah..."said Nelson..

 "Phew...I never expected that.... I WAS A YOUNG GIRRRLLL!" said Beverly imitating her..

Nelson and I cracked up laughing...

"Beverly stopppppppp!" said Olivia, laughing so hard, she was shaking... "I love my niece...I don't care if Lt. Tragg doesn't.." she said, hugging Beverly...

who belted out again... "I WAS A YOUNG GIRRRRRRL!"

"You are crazy." laughed Josie hysterically...

"Aint she though? I'm just happy this is all over.." said Louise, who was also laughing...

"Louise...I'm so sorry..."said Camilla..

"Get out of my face...I never ever want to see you again in life. You through me under the bus to save yourself from suspicion...You drugged me...I could've died... Just...Just get away from me.."said Louise.

Camilla ran off crying...

"I'm sooo sorry...I'm soo sorrrrrrrrrrrrrry!" she said...

 "Not a very nice person...Choose your friends wisely in the future."said Beverly..

"Yes.." said Josie..

"You're my friends and my family.."said Louise ,hugging Beverly and Josie and glaring angrily at the man who arrested her and caused her to miss her wedding.

"Youuuuu asshole...I should sue you just like that Judge did who you arrested twice..." she snarled at Lt. Tragg.

Lt. Tragg looked tired , weary...Too weary to even respond...He  had been wrong again...Had arrested the wrong person again...

He didn't want to address the press at all..but they were waiting for him , jeering him...The only thing that saved him was.. We addressed the press with our client...

which gave him a chance to make a quick exit....

EPILOUGE-

 Louise Johnson did get married  a week later...It was a nice wedding on a warm Saturday at the church and we all attended...

When she and her husband, Who is an FBI agent in Washington D.C. returned from their Honeymoon, She took and passed the bar with flying colors and now she works in the Public Defenders Office in D.C.

Olivia, Beverly ,Myself ,Nelson and Josie represented Confessed Murderer , Conchita Jones...We argued diminished capacity and extreme emotional distress under special circumstances..We surprisingly, successfully kept her from being disbarred... but she is in a mental health facility in Bethesda, Maryland where she is being treated for her mental illness and getting the help she needs..

 ADA Chris Garcetti did meet with us at the Mermaid Crab Tavern , Two weeks later for those drinks..

 We had Chicken Pasta..

Goood Louisiana Style Chicken Gumbo..

 Plenty of Beer

And plenty of drinks for the ladies..

"Chris I'm soo glad you agreed to come out and have a drink with us..." said Olivia..

"Yeah and soo glad you chose the Mermaid Crab Tavern.." said Beverly...

''I love this Louisiana  Style Chicken Gumbo.." I said..

"I love the cheap beer..."laughed Nelson...

"There you go..."laughed Paris, Josie's boyfriend, High fiving Nelson...

"You two are a trip.."Laughed Josie..

''No hard feelings against you....I just wanted someplace We could go and wouldn't have to run into that bonehead, Lt. Tragg."said Chris.

"I'm with you on that." said Beverly...

"So you and Judge Elise Clemmons? You two aren't seeing each other anymore?" asked Olivia.

"No...We had a nice run..but we decided...with her being a Judge and me being a Prosecutor, it just wouldn't look right ,right now.." said Chris..

"Judge Cox and ADA Cox got remarried over the weekend.."said Beverly...

 "WHATTTT? DID THEY?" Chris laughed.

"Yeah....He's stepping down from the bench and she's leaving the D.A.'s office...They uh are going into Private Practice in Bayside..I understand.." I said..

''A Happy ending for all.."said Olivia.

"Speaking of which...I heard you guys represented Conchita Jones....saved her license and got her put in a facility...You guys are super lawyers.."laughed Chris..

''She's Mentally Ill...All those years of having an affair with him...aborting his babies..Watching him marry someone else and have three children, being strung along when she could have gotten married and been having children of her own...and then being replaced by another younger woman...It drove her mad...She gave up a good portion of her life for that man."said Beverly...

"You make a good case..You actually got four noted Psychologists to testify to that, Incredible."laughed Chris.. "AH WAS A YOUNG GIRRRRRL!!" he shouted...

 "OH MY GODDD!" screamed Olivia, laughing out loud!

 "Your Impression is better than mine." laughed Beverly...

 "I don't know...but it's pretty close.." laughed Josie..

 "OHHH GOD...I'm gonna choke.." I said Laughing hard and slamming my hands on the table....

 Nelson had spit his beer out...

Paris had heard about it but hadn't witnessed it , so he didn't get the gravity of how funny this was...

It was nice that we could all laugh after something like this..

I stared at Olivia's Pasta...

"Ummmmmmmmmm that looks good." I said..

Olivia smiled at me...

"Want some?" she asked..

"I most certainly do..." I said..

"I'm talking about this Pasta." she said..

"I'm not." I said..

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, I knowwww!" said Olivia..blushing...