Your Perfect Johnny

 

 

KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA. 

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

B.A. Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law- Howard University

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware ,New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans

BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. -Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy ,Pre Law- Temple University

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. -Administration Of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law-Temple University

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

BA.- Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law- Temple University

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia

YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice -Lasalle University

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware , New York, Texas, California.

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

Our dossiers lie on the desk of Assistant District Attorney, Sharrone Stokes..

She studied them. Especially us..  She didn't know, Me, or my wife, Bee Bee or Sofia and her husband, Kahlil.

"Fantastic...All Penn Graduates...All very good attorneys. Looks like Yvette handpicked them...She made good choices." she said.

She even had a photo of the street we lived on and our homes. she was thorough...

''Wow ,they're all pretty close knit.. These houses look new..Gary really updated himself..Married a lawyer, got himself a job as an investigator for the D.A.'s office and seems to be a completely evolved man from the horn dog supreme I once knew..  Oh well people change...I changed.. Who thought I'd be an attorney?  I thought I'd be in an office tracking down criminals the rest of my life..." she said. There was at least two other Assistant District Attorneys who were  ex- detectives...

Petey S. , who had been in the class before hers. at Middleton Law school..

Nicole Edwards....She had been a great detective...She had packed on a few pounds over the years...but she was a very good Assistant District Attorney...They both had put down the badge and gun for a law book.

This case was weak...It was put together by Lt. Tragg....

She remembered him...He liked being on TV more than he did doing actual police work. He didn't take direction well and didn't work well with others...He wanted all of the credit for himself...which was why his cases were so full of holes and no one wanted to work with him...She ,being the new kid on the block didn't get a choice... She had to take the case... It was based on a lot of hear say and not a lot of solid evidence...

For instance.. The defendant's DNA and fingerprints were not in the victims cabin at all.. The Lamp which was found in her cabin...Not hidden at all had the victim's blood and brain matter on it.. but no fingerprints or DNA ,belonging to the defendant... 

True, the two women were arguing over an as yet unnamed person...No one can place the defendant on the level or at the scene of the crime...

Plus she seems too small to have lifted this heavy lamp and brought it down on the head of the victim with such force... This seemed more like something a man would have done..

Her training as a former Robbery-Homicide Detective was telling her all of these things... Lt. Tragg , her former superior was going to have to go back over this crime scene and find some new witnesses and evidence.

In our building in our conference room, an intense meeting was in session.

Ms. Yvette was not happy..

"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? WHY WOULD YOU CONTACT HIM AND AGREE TO MEET WITH HIM?  AND WHY HAVE YOU KEPT HIM A SECRET UP UNTIL NOW?" asked Ms. Yvette, furious that Cassidy had contacted the until now unknown John Underwood..

"How did you find out about him?" asked Cassidy..

"If you ever become an Attorney, you will learn that an investigator is an Attorney's best friend." said Yvette

Pointing to Ms. Jade., who had done a thorough investigation...more thorough than the police, who still didn't know the identity of Mr. Underwood and didn't seem to care.

"John Loves me...He's been good to me.. he wants to help...He said he'd pay my legal fees." said Cassidy.

"Your Aunt Brenda is paying your legal fees." said an exasperated Ms. Yvette.

"Did you know he's engaged?" asked Bee Bee.

"Nooooo! What?  Noooooooo" said Cassidy..

"He's engaged to someone named Erin Wilson. Do you know her?" said Sofia.

Cassidy laughed.. "I don't believe that...That's impossible.." she said.

Ms. Jade showed her a copy of their application for a Marriage License from City Hall.

"Looks like Your perfect Johnny isn't so perfect after all." said Jade.

"OH MY GODDDD! He loves me...He told me he loved me....No One else.. This can't be real." said Cassidy, breaking out into tears.

"Will you wake the hell up? It was a couples cruise...A COUPLES CRUISE.... MS. YVETTE WAS ON THE SAME CRUISE...WITH HER HUSBAND!!!  A COUPLES CRUISE!!!!  Only you two stupid girls signed up as singles...John Underwood was on that cruise with Erin!! You think he was alone?  He wasn't with Kathy and he wasn't with you.. That's the cruise he probably asked her to marry him on!" I said, Angry at how naive she was being..

"You two about to go to war over a guy neither one of you had... Did you notice that the whole time you were locked up...Mr. Mysterious didn't make ONE appearance? Didn't show up at the arraignment? You had to call him." said Kahlil...

"If your aunt wasn't my friend...I'd drop your case right now...and advise you of other attorneys you might use...None of which are in this building...It ever occur to you that Your Perfect Johnny may have murdered Kathy Palmer?... She had had two abortions in the past three years, one more than you had.." said Yvette.

"OH MY GOD!!! YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?" Cassidy screamed out!!

She Gave Jade an angry glare...as if she had betrayed her.

Bee Bee and Sofia sighed and put their heads down on the table.

"I'm your attorney...It's my business to know everything, so that I don't walk into court surprised and lose your case... I AM TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM GETTING A NEEDLE OR WORSE, GOING TO THE GAS CHAMBER!!!" said Yvette.

(Pennsylvania now has a prototype Gas Chamber and death row inmates can pick either the Gas Chamber or Lethal Injection as their form of Execution.)

"Take this phone and write this number down...This is a burner phone.. Do not contact us on any phone except this...Do Not call our personal number or our Business phones or the office number."said Sofia

Handing her the phone.

''And don't give this number to ANYBODY...Especially not John Underwood...You are not to communicate with him anymore." said Kahlil.

"This is a Portal...You can communicate with us everyday to get updates on your case..."

said Bee Bee...passing her a portal.

''We are going to get in contact with your Aunt Brenda.. We are going to put you up in a hotel...Under your own name, but somewhere where John Underwood can't find you for awhile..Please do not contact him." I pleaded..

"You disobey any of my associates instructions and I'll return your aunts money and advise her on other attorneys....is that understood?" said Ms. Yvette.

"Yes." said Cassidy contritely...

And out front in the main office..

"It really sounded heated in there...I've never heard Yvette so angry...in all the years I've known her."said Jetty Dukes.

''She said what that girl needed to hear...I'd of told her the same thing." said Virginia.

II-

Cassidy did as she was told... She checked into a non descript Hotel ,using an assumed name and paying in cash. She had the ankle monitoring device on if anyone in law enforcement wanted to track her. She parked her car in the indoor parking lot, so it wouldn't be on the street.

She lay in her bed...

Tossing and turning and thinking about Johnny...her perfect Johnny....

How they met two years ago in Stoleys...

She didn't think he was much to look at, at first...Just an older man making a play for a young girl....but he was so smooth, such a funny and humorous conversationalist. He was generous too, Always paying for her drinks everytime he saw her...

She found out he was an investment banker and a lawyer. with two Harvard degrees.. An MBA and a JD. she was impressed...She liked intelligent and ambitious men and many of their conversations were about money management...he helped her with some investments and law...She was a first year law student.

He was a bit fresh too...Always feeling and rubbing her legs...running his hands up her skirt while talking to her and trying to ease her panties down...She was always removing his hands, but continuing to listen to him talk...He always had her mesmerized...

He would drive her home...

begging for a kiss and to come in for coffee... Finally, after about a month...She let him come up...

This led to more kissing...Him being fresh and removing her blouse and unhooking her bra. Many nights that's as far as it went and she asked him to go home.. He always did. But it began to go past kissing...Wayyyy past just kissing passionately...

It led to him undressing her in the living room...

and slipping down her panties....

and NINE TO TEN HOURS of the best sex she'd ever had...

Constant love making... Lovemaking so good, she burst into tears, crying when it was over.. Before

she was hooked on him...He became like a drug,....and before she knew it...She was the one begging him for it and practically jumping his bones....He had a huge penis that surprised her and he was a gentle lover who knew how to please her...He brought her to orgasm many times!

She had to have it..... was addicted...She sat on top of him in bed and rode him like a surfer rides the waves, driving him into near delirium....

and at first he was happy to give it to her...Nearly every night of the week...her studies were starting to suffer, so they made it three certain nights of the week...

She then discovered her... Kathy Palmer... She was getting it too....she confronted John about it... He told her that he couldn't help it...he had to have her and that if she wanted to stop seeing him, he would understand...

Like a fool, she told him that she wasn't going to leave him...She hired a Private Investigator to spy on this Kathy....Not knowing that Kathy had hired a Private Investigator to spy on her too..

The two women had confronted each other on numerous occasions...Leading up to the tragic Weekend Cruise.

 

But she hadn't killed her...she had no plans to kill her....she had no idea who had killed or why... Ms Yvette and her guys..

tossed around the idea that Johnny might have killed her... But he wouldn't. Not her Perfect Johnny..He was a lover, not a killer. God she missed him...She was as horny as hell...She needed him...but she wasn't going to go the route of disobeying her attorneys..

Mr. Ahmed had confiscated her phone, disabled the GPS and placed it on a charger in his home...This kept her from calling John or receiving a call from him...

"When this is all over,.,You'll get your phone back!" said Ms. Yvette.

In an office across town...

"Any luck?" asked John Underwood...

"Nah...where ever she is..She's paying for everything in cash...Not using debit or credit cards. Her car isn't even on the street." said the man...

"She's on the street.....and if she's on the street, she might run her mouth, reveal my name.. Has she called anybody?" asked John Underwood.

"No, not even her lawyers..That's odd....and she disabled the GPS on her phone." said the man..

"Something is going on...Her phone disabled...No sign of her...She must have talked..."said John Underwood.

"If she talked...You'd be in handcuffs already,,,The way I figure it.. her lawyers know about YOU already....but they're keeping it close mouthed.. They're going to spring it on everybody in court.." said the man...

"I can't have that either." said John Underwood.

Tonight we were having dinner with our favorite people...Olivia and Beverly. We were at their home.. Just our two teams....The way it used to be in the "old days"

Alfreda, Donnie Ray and Olivia prepared  a lot of spaghetti...enough to feed the neighborhood.. and a big garden salad  with a nice port of wine to wash it down...

"Dinner is ready!" said Alfreda, who loved to cook and loved to help out with the cooking.

"Come Get it." said Donnie Ray.

''Dig in everybody....Grab yourself a plate...There are no guests here...We are all family." said Olivia..

They loved to entertain and we loved to be entertained..

''Everything looks and smells delish." said Beverly, who like her aunt was tickled pink we all lived in the same neighborhood and could commune like this on a regular basis.

"Yes it does." agreed her husband, Nelson..

"You know, I prefer these intimate dinners more than I do eating out sometimes." said Josie.

''Well we are assured there will be no interference from Lt. Tragg." said Paris.

''Don't Bring him up.." said Bresha.

''Yeah don't." said her husband, Tony.

''This is soooo relaxing...After the day I had...I needed this... Just hanging out with my girl and her staff and my staff." said Ms. Yvette.

"I'm glad you're enjoying this." said her husband, Gary, who hugged her gently...He really did love her and every day and in a lot of ways, she could see that.

"This brings back memories, doesn't it?" I asked..

"You mean of like when our two teams used to go out of town for cases.Like Houston, San Diego..Hawaii that time..?" said Bee Bee

''Yeah and we stayed together in those AirBNB's." said Sofia.

"Yeah that was fun...but it's even better now..We live across the street and we are not all on top of each other.." said Kahlil..

''Yeah, we get together more often." said Jade.

'And you don't have to leave town." said  Danny Ho.

"I'm sorry I missed those trips...They sounded like fun.." said Virginia.

"Olivia...everything is delicious and just beautiful.." said Jetty.

''Yes it is." said Rockland.

III-

THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHARRONE STOKES-

"I've been looking over this case... You didn't interview everybody on that ship....There are three couples...Six people who you didn't interview.... One of them, was this man, John Underwood..."said ADA Sharrone Stokes.

"Look the people I did interview....and it was 130 people ,including one of the defense attorneys in this case saw nothing...It's a weekend cruise...a romantic cruise...They had a dinner, they danced at a party, they got boozed up and went back to their rooms and screwed each others brains out...That's what you do on a couples cruise.. The two girls, were signed up as singles...That's why one was able to slip into the other's room and kill her and toss her off the boat....No witnesses..What does six other people  matter more or less?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"Both this man , John Underwood and his date, Erin Wilson worked at WeeeFleecum and Howe Investments....Which is also where the murdered girl, Kathy Palmer worked.. what's the chance he might have known one or BOTH of the girls involved or his girlfriend, Erin might have known them.

I used to be a Robbery-Homicide Detective and I was pretty good..." said ADA Sharrone Stokes...

"Yes you were, but you're not now....I'm the DETECTIVE HERE....I remember when you were a Patrolman, eager to fetch coffee for me and my former partner, Dominick Evans... I was there when you put your Gold Shield on...became a detective....None of us liked over reaching prosecutors second guessing us..." said Lt. Tragg.

"That was then... This is now Lieutenant.. I am a Prosecutor now... I'm an Assistant District Attorney, I want to take a killer off the streets...I want to take the right killer off the streets...Would you recanvas please?  Interview those six people...Find me some hard evidence.. The girls prints and DNA are not in the murdered girl's cabin at all... And if I'd just bashed someone's head in with that Heavy lamp....I doubt I'd leave it on the floor by my bed...Where you guys could conveniently find it the next morning..

Oh and by the way... Her prints and DNA are not on the lamp either, but the blood and brain matter of the victim is...Why not bleach it all off?  If I'm asking these questions, If I'm bringing up these things..

You can bet Yvette Jones and her Ivy league youngins will be bringing this up too!." said ADA Sharrone Stokes.

She bore us no animosity....She actually liked all of us...She was merely trying to drive this home to Lieutenant Tragg...

As usual, it was like talking to a brick wall...

''Let me work my side of the street counselor and now that you're on THIS SIDE!!! You Work yours." he said snidely...

At our building we were in our cafeteria , settling down for breakfast...

Jazzy, Dabnis, Jessica, Chip, Kayla, Ray and Tony were at one table having a spirited conversation...

They were laughing and yucking it up about something.

While at our table the conversation was much different...

"Neither John nor Erin have answered their phones at any of their three locations...I even went by the Townhouse that the murdered girl was living in..Her name is already off the lease and the property is up for sale.. It's owned by Weefleecum and Howe investments." said Jade.

"I think our boy and his fiance have flown the coup...They left town.." I said.

''Why would he? He has no idea anybody knows his name or cares....Lt. Tragg hasn't interviewed him and neither has Jade...he hasn't been mentioned on the news except as the Mysterious man both women could have been fighting over."said Bee Bee.

"Bee is right...There is no pressure on him yet...Until he is served a subpoena...But we have to find him first." said Sofia.

"If Tragg had a clue that we were looking for him, he'd be trying to accuse us of with holding evidence." said Kahlil.

"He'd do that anyway...Which is why I thank GOD, we all work here...Safe and sound from his intrusions..Remember how he used to just pop in our old office anytime he felt a notion to?" said Ms. Yvette.

"Yessss...he was so annoying." said Bee Bee.

''Remember when he and his storm  troopers came up ,served us with warrants and took us to our homes and ransacked them looking for a piece of evidence he thought we had?" said Sofia.

 "I remember....I'm stilled pissed about that." said Kahlil..

"Me too!" I said.

"Oh My God...I'd have such a law suit against him and the city, had he of done that to me.." said Virginia.

"That's why Olivia and Beverly, who had their Office/Duplex raided twice by him and my squad have Cease and Desist Restraining orders out on him...He is not to come within 200 feet of any of us... Even them at the other table have these orders... He violates them on a regular basis and he is often tossed into jail for a few days... He's hard headed." explained Yvette.

''Yes...I've seen." said Virginia.

"I think this guy... Her perfect Johnny is the killer.. Our victim, Kathy Palmer had had two abortions in three years...both were his ....He had her living in one of the properties owned by the company.. There is telephone evidence that she called his fiance to be, Erin and she had confronted his other side chick, our naive client, Cassidy..He had a lot more to lose with a loose cannon like Kathy...so she had to go!" said Yvette.

"Okay....I'm with you there Ms. Yvette..but Cassidy had at least one abortion...She was a loose cannon too! Why not her?" I asked.

"Cassidy is not as loose a cannon, Cassidy was not living in a company owned property...Cassidy is a law student, not employed at his firm the way Kathy and Erin are,.., Cassidy didn't know about Erin and was willing to keep quiet and share him with whoever.,Still, every good murder needs a fall guy or gal..

He kills Kathy and frames Cassidy...Killing two birds with one stone..It's perfect..He was by now bored with both women.." said Yvette.

"Looking at Photos of him, I just don't see the attraction." said Bee Bee.

''Me neither.." said Sofia.

''Looks aren't everything girls....Jetty told me this guy was a smooth talker and perhaps he's got something in his pants that he knows how to work and work well...I mean look, he got both of them pregnant and cheated on them and afterwords, they still couldn't get enough.." said Virginia.

Ms. Yvette, Ms. Jade, Myself and Kahlil busted out laughing.

IV-

We stood around Dr. Hazel Baylor and listened to what she had to say...

"Thank you for inviting us Dr. Baylor." said Jade..

"Yes , thank you Hazel..."said Yvette..

I hugged Bee Bee...

She rubbed my hands softly...

Sofia and Kahlil held hands..

quietly giving Hazel all of the attention...

"I sent Lt. Tragg the abridged version of the Autopsy Report and I invited him here today...but it's been a half an hour and I don't think he's coming, so I'll get started..

This is the murder weapon....A huge lamp....This Lamp was in the cabin on that ship...." said Hazel.

''I was on that cruise...We had a lamp just like that in our room..." said Yvette.

Hazel gave Ms. Yvette, Bee Bee and Sofia latex gloves..

"I want you to lift that Lamp..." she said.

''Ouuuu this is heavy.." said Yvette lifting up the lamp and struggling a bit..

Ms. Jade had a hard time lifting the lamp also... "Oh Myyyy" she said.

"That's my point...Your client is about five foot two, the same height and build as Sofia and Bee Bee. I want you two to lift this lamp." said Hazel, passing them latex gloves..

Sofia lifted the lamp and stumbled back a bit...The lamp was heavy... "Aye Mios Dios." she said.

Bee Bee did the same..she lifted the lamp and stumbled back a bit...The lamp was heavy... "Oh My God." she exclaimed.

''My point exactly...Dr. Martin and I attempted to lift it...We didn't fair any better than you ladies. So imagine your client lifting this heavy bulky lamp and bringing it down with force on someone's head..

This was done by a man.. an angry man high on adrenaline...He had to be taller than the victim, given the force and the angle it was brought down on the victims head." said Hazel.

"Bottom line..a man did this..Not a woman...Not our petite client." I said..

"We really need to talk to John Underwood." said  Kahlil.

"One of my contacts informed me that he's still in town...but might be headed for the airport. We've got to work fast. He's afraid with Cassidy free on bail..She might give up his identity." said Jade.

"He's already too late..Let's hope we aren't too late." said Ms. Yvette.

 

Philadelphia International Airport Dining Facility

"Heading out of town huh?" said John Underwood.

"Most people in Airports are headed out of town." said the Blonde, smiling.

''That was a dumb question...I'm on my way to L.A. My name is John Underwood..I'm an Investment Banker and an attorney...You look like an Attorney."he said smiling.

"I am an attorney.But I'm just here biding time...I'm not going out of town." said the woman..

''Waiting for someone? Husband?? Boyfriend?/" asked John Underwood..

''Actually...I was waiting for you." said the woman.

"Me?  Have we met?" asked John Underwood incredulously...

"No...we haven't... This is a subpoena....A summons for you to answer some questions in the 

Cassidy Skyler Murder trial.." she said..

slapping the subpoena in his lap..

"WHY OF ALL THE LOWDOWN DIRTY TRICKS!!!" he screamed..

He looked around and just like that, the blonde was gone!!!

Not Far away...

''I would have paid money to see the look on his face."said Bee Bee.

''We just spoiled his  vacation plans.. I'm guessing he was trying to get out of town before he got subpoenaed." said  Sofia.

''Ahh it was nothing...I owe all of you a favor. I had classes with all of you and you helped me graduate law school." said the woman, whose name was Jessica.

"You helped me out in Contract agreements Jessie.. and Torts." I said.

"Guess we are all even....Let's get out of here and grab a few drinks." said Kahlil.

And at her hotel, Cassidy received a knock on her door.

"Thanks for coming...I was so bored staying here by myself, I didn't know what to do." said Cassidy.

"I didn't recognize the number and almost didn't answer.... When I saw it was you...I Almost...I.I.."said Attorney Warren Lloyd

''You almost came in your trousers, I know.. I know." said Cassie.

"Your uh Auntie doesn't know I uh am here does she?" asked Warren Lloyd.

"You still like her don't you?   You like me too!  I used to catch you looking at me and feeling my legs, back when you were with her." said Cassie.

"Well...Well...Well..I uh..." he stuttured..

"It's okay.,.. Not that it matters, but I won't tell her, You gonna tell her?  You've always wanted me..Now you got me.At least for this afternoon." she whispered..

She gave him a long,slow sensuous kiss..

"OHHH MY GODDD!" he moaned.

He continued kissing her...

He unhooked her bra...

and slipped her panties down...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!" he moaned..

"Ouuuuuu Warren, I needed this....Ouuuuuuuuuu Ummmmmmmmm." she moaned ,moving up and down on him on the side of the bed.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" he moaned..

And they made love on  top of her hotel room bed for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS!

(CONCLUSION NEXT)