Cease and Desist

 The Caterer arrived with the Breakfast on time...9:00 Am, none of us were dressed yet...

I greeted Alfreda and the Caterer at the door , while Olivia was in the shower..

"Ummmm Hummmmph...Overslept huh?" she laughed..  "How nice you guys own your own practice and don't have to punch a clock...You can set your own hours.."laughed Alfreda.. "Go on..get a shower and get dressed...I'll set the places and receive everybody.." she laughed.. I loved her...And she loved us..She always took such good of us..

Around 9:20 AM, the others arrived.. Meaning Beverly, Nelson, Josie and Paris.  Paris was the only one who actually had to punch a clock today..

"Sorry we are late, Guess we uh stayed up later than we expected .."said Beverly, smiling sheepishly..

Nelson looked like the Cat who was caught swallowing the canary...

So Did Josie...Who changed the subject...

"Babe don't you have to go to work?" she asked Paris.

"I uh called out today." he said.

"There's plenty of food Paris, sit down, I'll make an extra place for you."said Olivia.

"That;s the bell, that must be the others.." I said.

It was our erstwhile neighbors from across the street, Yvette and Gary Lockwood, Keith and Beatrice Jones, Sofia and Kahlil Ahmed and Jade Lee..

"Good Morning Liv, Sorry we are late.."said Yvette ,looking at Gary sheepishly...

"Yeah Liv, sorry..."said Gary..

"We are sorry too!" said Keith Jones..

"Everything looks delish!" said Bee Bee..

"Yesssss.." said Sofia..

"Everything smells good guys.."said Kahlil..

"Good Morning." said Jade Lee..

''Nobody is late..We all just got up...We aren't punching a clock around here..Oh and we are having two more guests.."said Olivia..Making two last places..

The Door Bell rang..

It was Jessica and Chip..They had told us about their confrontation with Lt. Tragg yesterday at Sam Mother's Diner...And Olivia had invited them to our humble abode to have Breakfast and Lunch with us and to work on this case..

II-

We broke up into teams..

Yvette's team consisted of 

Beverly, Bee Bee , Josie and Chip...

They were in the Law Library ,actually looking at simullar cases and predicates..

Olivia's team consisted of 

The others, Sofia, Jessica, Keith, Kahlil and Nelson... They were looking at all of the old trial transcripts and witness statements, and transcripts from the appellate court hearings.

They were in the conference room at the table...

While Jade and Gary and I were in the same conference room trying to look up any living witnesses and at crime scene photos and the autopsy report....We were all stunned no DNA tests were ever ordered...Such was the sloppy police work of one Dominick Evans....Dismissed from the force a few years later and then involved in a plot with another disgraced Detective in Which an ADA and his wife, An Attorney and a Gangster were murdered.. The Other detective was given the death penalty and executed.. Dominick Evans was given a Life Sentence. He was presently in Stanga State Prison.

We had the equipment to do it..

Our Conference room was locked as was our Law Library...

"Rockland!!! Close my blouse...This place is packed with people"said Alfreda... They were in the kitchen...

"Nine of em are in that conference room and they've been locked in there for hours..and the other five are in the law library..I'm pretty sure they aren't coming out anytime soon..." he said..

"Anybody could walk out of there in any minute...and catch us in here...You are just too  horny, too excited over me...Myyyyyyy goodnesss..." said Alfreda..

"Guilty as charged..." he said raffishly..

''What Am I going to do with you?" Alfreda laughed

as they kissed passionately for a few minutes...

"Ummmmmmmm open your pants..." said Rockland..

"WHAT??? Noooooooooooooooooo, are you crazy?" she said continuing to 

kiss him passionately...

"Come onnnnnn just a little bit...I just want to see what color your panties are today.." he begged..

"They match my bra...that's all you need to know.." she said..

"Awwww come on, just a little peek.." he whispered..

"I hate it when you beg.." she giggled.

Alfreda looked around..She was surprised she was even thinking about it...

The doorbell rang!!

She straightened up, buttoned her pants , placed her blouse back on and eased out of Rockland's embrace..

His trousers were standing out like a circus tent...She noticed and she smiled a little bit...

The doorbell rang again..

"OHHHHHHHHHH WHO THE HELL IS IT?" screamed an angry Rockland Cambridge..

Alfreda smiled...She fixed her blouse and applied her lipstick...The bell was still ringing..She went to the door. It was Lt. Tragg.

''What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I happen to know  a number of people are in here...Does it exceed the vacancy limit of this building?" he asked..

"What are you doing, moonlighting with Licenses and Inspections this week??? There are 16 people in here...I am sure it does not come close to exceeding the vacancy limit. And that's not why you came here..! WHAT DO YOU WANT?" said Alfreda..

''Well I need  is to discuss something with Olivia and Yvette, I know they both are in here...I need to talk with them.. " he said.

"They are busy and they asked not to be disturbed. and the next time you come here...Have a warrant or I'm not even going to answer the door. Good Day Lieutenant!" said Alfreda, who slammed the door in his face!

"Now wait just a minute-" he said before the door slammed in his face.

Lt. Tragg knew he didn't have a leg to stand on...He had no warrant and no probable cause and being attorneys they all knew that and wouldn't say a word to him, even if Alfreda Johnson had produced them.

We had been meeting here for three straight days...Having Breakfast and Lunch and working from 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM.. 

He knew because he had unmarked cars with tinted windows driving by our duplex, taking note of everyone who entered and when they exited...

and snapping photos...

He wished he knew what we were talking about, what we were finding out!

III-

THE NEXT DAY-

Lt. Tragg walked into Captain Eddie Cantrell's office..

He hated that Eddie Cantrell had made Captain and was his superior... They had graduated in the same class at the Academy...Both had been Honor Graduates... Lt. Tragg had a slight advantage...His Father was a Lieutenant and his Uncle Jack was a Captain...

He got pushed along as a patrolman and he made Detective very quickly.... Eddie Cantrell made Detective a year later... Both men put on Sergeant's stripes around the same time...but it was he, Arthur Tragg Jr. that put on Lieutenant's bars first... Eddie Cantrell made Lieutenant in the next cycle, but went on to make Captain , just as quickly....And now was his boss...

"Artie, this seems to be your week...First you get subpeonaed to appear before the Wrongful Conviction Unit about a 15 year old closed case and now I've been told to hand you this." said Captain Cantrell..

"What the hell is this?" said Lt. Tragg..

"Read it! But I'll tell you...It is a Cease and Desist order...I understand you were in Sam Mother's Diner harrassing a number of Attorneys..I got that personally from Sam himself and then I understand, you had a rather loud argument with Attorney Jessica Sanchez-Burrows a few days ago

...She's the lead Attorney in this case you're being subpeonaed on...You shouldn't be anywhere near her...What is wrong with you?? And finally 

You've been harrassing Olivia Bennett-Alexander and her staff routinely...

Stopping by their Duplex and demanding to talk to them for no reasonable reason..

and stopping by the homes of 

Yvette And Gary Lockwood, Keith and Beatrice Jones, Sofia and Kahlil Ahmed, Jade Lee and again, Jessica and Charles Burrows..ringing their doorbells late at night...My god man, what do you want???, They are not breaking the law and they do not have to talk to you...ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU HAVE NO PROBABLE CAUSE AND NO DAMN WARRANT!"said Eddie Cantrell.

''So they got together and filed this huh?  I don't believe Olivia or Yvette

 would do this..

It had to be that Jessica Sanchez-Burrows chick wasn't it? 

She threatened me the other day.."snarled an angry Lt. Tragg. despite his adversarial relationship with both Olivia and Yvette, they were the voices of reason within their groups , who he could sometimes talk to...He bore no actual resentment of either woman...and of their entire groups...Only Beverly West and Jade Lee actually drew his ire..

"Actually it was none of them! This was filed by Assistant District Attorney Rockland Cambridge 

early this morning...."said Eddie Cantrell....

"WHAT????Rockland Cambridge?  Rockland Cambridge eh?  He's sleeping with Olivia and Beverly's Office Manager, Alfreda Johnson...That's why he filed this... That harpie complained to him...

She''s got him so whipped that if she were to utter the words "panties" , he'd cum in his trousers." said Lt. Tragg..

Eddie Cantrell laughed.....Then he got serious.....

"I don't care...You are not to go anywhere near Olivia Bennett-Alexander's duplex or the homes of any of those other attorneys mentioned...and I have pulled that Plain clothes detail you had on their homes off of their street...That is over! Understand???

And this comes from the District Attorney's Office and the Deputy of Operations..Now if you disobey this order Artie..I will not be able to help you...Now find some work to do...Solve a Homicide or something...That is all!" said Captain Ed Cantrell.

Lt. Tragg walked out of the office as red as a beet...He was livid..

LATER THAT NIGHT!

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuu....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Oh my god Alfreda, you're driving me crazy..."moaned ADA Rockland Cambridge....He was spending the night with her at her apartment complex.....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh work me , work me daddy, work me like a job...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, oh my goodness..." moaned Alfreda...

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" he yelled..

''Rockland please!!! I have neighbors and the window is open...you want everybody to know we are up here doin the nasty?" said Alfreda...

"I don't care if the world knows how good I feel...ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" he moaned..

She laughed...

''Glad you're enjoying yourself..but I do care....I have to live here...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, lawd...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" she giggled..

The bed was squeaking out of control and the headboard was slamming up against the wall so hard, the paint and the plaster was coming off...

''Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...oh Rockland...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu give it to mama, give it to mama strong....YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" she moaned...She had had three intense orgasms since they had begun tonight that had her in tears....and trembling...

"OHHHHHHH ROCKLANDDDDDD ,UMMMMMM!" she moaned.

"I filed a cease and desist order against Lt. Tragg today..." he moaned as they continued making sweet love..

"It means he can't come around to Liv's Duplex or the homes of any of those other attorneys and that plain clothes detail and those unmarked cars were pulled.." he said, nearly losing his breath..."

"OUUUUUUU THANK YOUUUUUUUU BABY!!! THANK YOUUUU , UMMMMMMMMM

YOU HAVE MADE ME FEEEL SOOO DAMN GOOODD!!! UMMMMPH! They won't be in tomorrow..They'll be working downtown at the Wrongful Conviction Unit...Stop by at lunch...We can have a nooner in the basement....OUUUUUUUUUU ROCKLAND!!!" Alfreda moaned..moving up and down on him and kissing him as though kissing was going out of style..Her body was still trembling and she was having yet another intense orgasm...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'LL BE THERE...OHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDDD!" he moaned..

They continued making sweet love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS!

Lt. Tragg stood beneath Alfreda's apartment complex... The window was open..He could hear the bed squeaking and the sounds of lovemaking..He fumed..

"That damn Rockland Cambridge...If it's the last thing I do...I'm going to get even with him..." he snarled..Stomping his foot and getting in his car and speeding off.

IV-

Lt. Tragg sat in the only place he was welcome.. Curley's Bar....

He waited for the private investigator, Burt Vandenberg to come to him with information....

"Hey Artie.. I got what you wanted.." he said and placed a photo of her on the table..

"This is Angela Allen..." he said.

"VA VA VA VOOOOOM!  She's a babe!" said Lt. Tragg...

''Yes she is.. Her name is Angela Denise Allen...She is 28 years old..Her father was Sean Allen, Her mother, Berneice Allen...When she was 12, her father was arrested and charged with raping and murdering a neighbor...Betty Ann Parlor... Her mother Berneice Allen had divorced Sean Allen the year before ,because she had caught the two in bed together... Parlor's husband, Big Jack had broken Sean Allen's jaw in a fight after their affair was discovered.. Sean Allen had visitation rights and he was visiting his daughter...Taking her away for the weekend..The night of the murder..

Betty Ann Parlor's body was discovered in the basement of her home the next day...nude, with her panties on her head and her bra in the corner...By now she and Big Jack , who had a number of restraining orders filed against him had seperated and a divorce was pending.. Sean Allen always maintained that he did not see Betty Ann at all that week, but a pair of his boxer shorts were found near the body ,loaded with semen, semen that was never tested for DNA....Nor was the saliva on the panties..

You and Dominick Evans made the arrest .... Sean Allen confessed, but he later recanted and said that his confession was beaten out of him...By your partner, Dominick and another Detective...Not you!

His lawyers , now both deceased appealed his conviction in three State appellate courts  and in the state Supreme Court saying that a DNA test of the boxer shorts, the panties and the bra would exonerate their client..It was met with deft ears...

Sean Allen was executed by Lethal Injection!

Angela Denise was 12 years old... Her mother died when she was 15...Liver Cancer...She went to live with a grandmother until she was 18...

She went to Temple University, getting a B.A. and a Masters Degree...

Today she owns three Beauty salons and Three Barbershops...She's doing quite well..She never got over her father's unjust execution..

She went to several attorneys , none of who would listen to her.. She found one who would..

Jessica Sanchez-Burrows of the INNOCENCE PROJECT...

She and her husband..went on Television and Radio and began to talk about how the state of Pennsylvania just might have executed an innocent man...This led to public calls for the case to be re-opened..

Assistant District Attorney Karen Page..

And Attorney Slim Johnson of The Innocence Project got involved...

Approached McCluskey/Cozen/Connor & Pratt law firm for help and got the help of

Attorneys Yvette Jones-Lockwood, Keith Jones, Beatrice Evans-Jones, Kahlil Ahmed and Sofia Garcia-Ahmed and their investigator ,Jade Lee..

And Olivia Bennett-Alexander and Beverly West-East's law firm..

Which is presently the home base for where all these attorneys are doing their research on this case from top to bottom.

In which Olivia Bennett-Alexander, Beverly West-East, Donnie Ray Alexander , Nelson East and Josie Boyd also agreed to help out in the research of this case."said Burt..

"Yeah, they jump on anything controversial.. They just had to be a part of this..I need to talk to this girl...Talking to the lawyers or trying to is a waste of time..I can't make them tell me anything and I can't gleen any information from them...But if I can just talk to her ,persuade her to drop this..That cuts their legs from under them...She's the key." said Lt. Tragg.

"Artie...Artie...you going anywhere near that girl is dangerous...You already have one Cease and Desist order on you..Another one might cost you your badge.."said Burt.

"You know about that?" asked Lt. Tragg incredulous...

"I still have friends and contacts in law enforcement circles...Things get around...Yeah, I heard an Assistant District Attorney filed the charges, not Olivia and Beverly or Yvette Jones....You must have really pissed somebody off Artie." said Bert.

"It was Rockland Cambridge....He's sleeping with Olivia's office manager...She complained to him and he filed the Cease and Desist...He's whipped.." said Lt. Tragg...

"That's Beverly's mother...She's a beautiful woman...Rockland is tagging that?  Wowww! Lucky Guy.... "laughed Burt.

"Never mind that...Give me that girl's address and phone number.." said Lt. Tragg..

"Artie come on..."said Burt Vandenberg...

"Burt, you're on the clock!"said Lt. Tragg...

"Alright Artie."said Burt Vandenberg, who passed him the information he sought.

"Thanks Buddy...see ya around."said Lt. Tragg, who passed Burt an envelope with his fee in it and tossed a few dollars on the table to cover the drinks.

Burt watched him leave and just shook his head.

(TO BE CONTINUED)