Brooke

WEDNESDAY MORNING -COURTROOM E- 11:00 AM
 

It had been a very long trial...or should I say trials...

Olivia , Beverly, Josie, Nelson and Bresha had been defending..

Anthony TANNER, a young black man accused of murdering his estranged girlfriend.. He maintained his innocence, claiming that the young woman was dead when he arrived at her house... He said he was trying to make up with her...

The Two Detectives who made the case against him had done a pretty good investigation...but not good enough... They had made some serious mistakes, which I caught...

The Two prosecutors were Brooke Kennedy and Natalie Tennison.

They were very good...Very tenancious...They had won 25 straight cases....and lost only to our friends,Yvette Jones-Lockwood, Keith Jones, Bee Bee Evans-Jones, Sofia Garcia -Ahmed and her husband, Kahlil Ahmed and their investigator Jade Lee-Ho.

That was a month ago...

It was their lone defeat.... They went on to win 30 more cases...and then they ran into us...and this case...

The first trial ended in a hung jury with a 7-5 split going their way....The second trial ended in another hung jury with a 6-6 split...and the third trial ended in an 11-1 split our way....We were certain that there would not be a fourth trial..

It was an election year and District Attorney Garcetti refiled the murder charges... He liked that these two had tied us up like this..

So here we sat, awaiting the verdict after a fourth trial...WEDNESDAY MORNING!

"Thanks for hanging in there with me...I never thought this was going to take four trials...I don't know if I can go through another one...I'm exhausted." said our client.Anthony Tanner.

"Anthony, We are your attorneys..We are exhausted too, but we are going to do everything we can to save your life..."said Olivia.

"I have a real good feeling about this jury, this trial."said Beverly..

"So do I..We learned something after each trial..Something that helped us in the next one."said Nelson..

"Yeah, like how good these two Assistant District Attorneys are...Ms. Yvette said they were no slouches."said Josie.

"Yeah, but they had a much easier case than this one..."said Bresha.

"True...but I'm with shortcake.. I've got a real good feeling about this time around.." I said.

"Natalie said she was buying the first round, regardless of who wins this case.."said Beverly...

"I'm going to take her up on that because...frankly, I could use a cold one right now."said Olivia.

"God, these guys are gooood! I thought Yvette and her team were good, but these guys are ...wowwwwwww!" said Brooke

"I know....Beverly was always a very smart girl...In Girls High and in Temple...

She always talked about her auntie , who was an attorney and how she wanted to be just like her...

So did her cousin, Kayla. and they both went to law school and became attorneys..

"I met her auntie...Olivia... I was surprised at how young she was...I asked Beverly several times if they weren't sisters.. Olivia is only nine years older than us, nine years older than Beverly and Kayla. She has a much older brother...That's Beverly's father...So they are Aunt and niece..."said Natalie.

"They are fantastic...and they have a fantastic team too... Beverly's husband is cute...and smart too...and Josie and Bresha are good too! It was an honor going up against them...and Four times too..."said Brooke.

"Here comes the jury..."said Natalie..

Judge Albert Cooledge was presiding...We had never gone up against him....but after these four trials, we felt like he was a relative...He was tough but fair.

''Has the Jury come to a decision?" he asked...He was hoping this jury did..He was tired of this trial.

"Yes your honor...We have come to a decision."said the Jury foreman, which sounded a lot better than "I'm sorry your honor, we are hopelessly deadlocked..

"Bailiff Bring me the verdict."he said.  The Bailiff did and he read it...He took a deep breath..His Face did not betray his emotions..

"Read it." he said.

"IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. Anthony John Tanner  on the charge of MANSLAUGHTER - NOT GUILTY!!!

SECOND DEGREE MURDER- NOT GUILTY

ON THE CHARGE OF USING AN INSTRUMENT OF VIOLENCE TO COMMIT A CRIME- NOT GUILTY

AND ON THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER...NOT GUILTY!"

Beverly and Olivia leaped into the air and high fived..."WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" they both shouted...High fiving again..

"THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!" said Anthony Tanner, hugging both Olivia and Beverly....All three in tears...

"You are sooooo welcome.."said Olivia.

"You are soooooo Welcome Anthony." said Beverly...

He hugged and kissed Josie and Bresha too..

"And thank you ladies too...You kept my spirits up!" he said.

"You're welcome..You're welcome.."said Josie..

"Oh You're so Welcome.."said Bresha...

He shook Nelson and My hands vigourously....

"THANK YOU !!! THANK YOU ALL...I WAS CERTAIN I WAS ON MY WAY TO PRISON FOR LIFE!" said Anthony.

"I knew you weren't..." said Nelson confidently..

"I knew it too....Those two detectives were good, but they missed some things..."I said.

Natalie sighed... This was only the teams second loss.. They had won 35 trials, Hung 3 and lost 2....Still not a bad record..

Brooke was furious...She yelled at the two detectives..

"You missed two very important facts, facts that may have made the difference in this case..but Donnie Ray didn't miss those facts,..Donnie Ray didn't!" she screamed..

Both detectives just turned and walked away....

Brooke was in tears...She hated losing...

She grabbed her legal roller and swiftly left the courthouse..

Lt. Tragg stood in the back of the courthouse, smiling... He had been on the Marine Boat through most of the trial....Now he was here at the end of the 4th trial seeing the woman he hated the most at the moment defeated...He was loving it.

We met with Natalie at Atlantic Bar for cold ones..

"Natalie, Thank you girl...You're alright with me.."said Olivia.  "This goes down well." she added.

as she downed a cold beer.

"Me too!"laughed Beverly...

as her cold beer went down.

.

"We always been alright girl." said Natalie.

"Thanks a lot Natalie.." said Nelson..

"Ohhhhhhh girrrll, I needed this sooo much." said Josie.

"Yessssssssssssssss, Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...." said Bresha.

"How are you doing Mister?" said Natalie to me... "You did a fantastic investigation..."" she said.

I smiled and sipped my beer..

"Thank You....but not to put those guys down...They did a thorough investigation, it was far better than Lt. Tragg's investiations, but they missed a couple of things...It happens.

It was a beautiful afternoon.

II-

It began to rain.....A Rainy Wednesday Afternoon..

Caught in the rain...Brooke ran in to Curley's bar..

She looked around...She didn't see anyone she knew...She sat down and ordered a beer..

The cold beer felt good going down ,after the four trials she'd been through with Olivia and Beverly...

Lt. Tragg invited himself over to her table..

''Hello Counselor.. I hear I'm not the only one who had a rough time since we last met...You've been involved in a big case...That Anthony Tanner murder case that took four trials to finish.....You were up against Auntie and Neicey eh?

"They're good.. But you must be good too..You got three hung juries...THREE HUNG JURIES BEFORE THEY FINALLY BEAT YOU IN THE FOURTH TRIAL.....I coulda told you about them.. See, I've known Auntie and Niecey and Neicey's husband, Nelson for years...They are good and they are tenacious...They just keep coming..They never stop...They are worse than Yvette and her snot nosed youngins,

 the last crew that handed you a defeat...Yvette beat you in one trial..Didn't take her four.

Beverly's husband...Nelson..Hes pretty good, Quiet fellow...I don't know what he sees in Beverly...Well actually I do..She's very attractive, just like her auntie...Probably very good in bed too! Heh heh heh!

I know Olivia's  husband....He used to be a good Homicide detective I hear.....Now he's her investigator, She's got him good and whipped, which I can understand...Liv is a very good looking woman, despite being annoying as all hell...She is pretty and she is smart...

And her two junior partners are being groomed to be just as annoyingly tenacious as she and her niece and I guess, Nephew in law are..Heh heh heh." said Lt. Tragg.

"Anybody ever tell you , you are an insufferable bore?  I didn't ask you to sit here with me...I was doing fine by myself...So why don't you get up, leave me alone?" said Brooke, who was more annoyed with Lt. Tragg than ever.

A second and third beer arrived...One for Brooke and one for Lt. Tragg.

"Where did this come from? I didn't order another beer."said Brooke.

"I ordered it...For us.."said Lt. Tragg with a smile.. His hands were rubbing her legs and slithering up her mini skirt....she removed his hands...

"No thank you....I think I've had the legal limit...I wouldn't want to get popped for DUI after I leave..."said Brooke, leaving money on the table for one drink and getting up....

"I don't wish to see you again Lieutenant....If I do, I'm filing a restraining order...From what I hear, several attorneys have restraining orders and C& D on you as it is." she said as she got up from the table..

But Just as she was leaving, she saw a familliar face...

Her old boss, Deputy District Attorney Lucas Fuente...They worked together on a very important serial murder case when he was her boss....Now he was running for District Attorney against her present boss District Attorney Garcia.

"Hello Brooke, how are you? " he said .

"Mr. Fuente, Hiiiiiiiiiiiii...I was just leaving.." said Brooke.

With him was Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Dellums....Not one of Lt. Tragg's favorite people...and with them was another man...He said nothing.

William "Bull" Bailey, a former Philadelphia Homicide Detective, now a Federal Investigator....He had been the detective on several cases Brook successfully prosecuted when she first started...The polar opposite of Lt. Tragg...He was a very meticulous and thorough investigator, much like Yvette's investigator, Jade and Olivia's husband, Donnie Ray.

"It's so nice seeing you all again...What is this about?, just out drinking?" asked Brooke.

"Ms. Kennedy...We actually followed you here..This has to do with one of your old cases...The Haley Hayden Case. " said AUSA Todd Dellums..

''What about him? That was seven years ago...He's on death row for three murders....We got him cold...I prosecuted that case...We did Luke!" said Brooke.

"Well there has been uh er uh charges made by his defense attorney of prosecutorial misconduct....Not on my part of course...but on yours...We'd like to talk to you about it....but not today?? Tomorrow, Bottom of the C. Restaurant....12:00 noon...Meet with us and uh bring an attorney."said Luke Fuente.

"An Attorney for what? Am I in some kind of trouble?" asked Brooke.

"It would just be better that way....Come on Brooke...don't make this harder than it has to be..."said Bull Bailey...

"OH MY GODD!!" said Brooke, what a bad day this had been for her...Losing the case....and now this..She just wanted to go home..

"Look Ms. Kennedy, you've had a rough day....Your court case and all and now this...How bout we don't meet tomorrow? We meet the day after tomorrow...Same Place.. Bottom of the C.  You get a good rest tonight and you have a day to get counsel....Okay?" said Todd Dellums , who seemed compassionate..

Her two friends seemed anything but.

"Artie Tragg is that you. What do ya know? What do you say?" said Bull Bailey..

"BULL BAILEY!!!  WELL I'LL BE DAMNED!!!! HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE YOU LEFT THE FORCE FOR GREENER PASTEURS..YOU'RE A FEDERALLI NOW!" said Lt/ Tragg.

"YEAH, WHAT CAN I SAY...IT'S A LIVING.....YOU'RE A LIEUTENANT NOW HUH? WOW!!! HOW TIME FLIES EH?" said Bull Bailey.

Brooke didn't want anymore of this...She had worked with Bull Bailey and Luke Fuentes...but she had never socialized with them outside of court..She didn't socialize much with anyone other than Natalie..She desperately needed a life and a man, she thought.

She ran out of the bar into the rainy streets and hailed a cab! She was in tears.

III-

Nightfall

What better to do on a rainy Wednesday night...but make love..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"cooed Olivia in between slow, butter soft kisses..

"Donnie Ray, take my clothes off...nowwww..." whispered Olivia in my ear,....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...I WANT TO BABY....BUT I CAN'T LET YOU GO!" I moaned..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" I moaned..

Olivia took her top off and unhooked her bra herself while still kissing me....

I eased her panties down slowly...

"OHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDD!" I moaned..

I lifted her up...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOOOO HOOO HOOO HOOO HOOOOOO, Aye...Ayeeeeeeee, Ayeeeee, Ay yi yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii….OH MY GOD DONNIE RAYYY!...OUUUUU! YOU ARE ALL UP IN THIS..OUUUUUUUUUU WEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" she screamed.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOOOO HOOO HOOO HOOO HOOOOOO, Aye...Ayeeeeeeee, Ayeeeee, Ay yi yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii….OH MY GOD ...OUUUUU!  ayyyee, aye yi yiiiiii" she screamed.

I placed her on top of the bathroom sink, spread her legs and slowly and silently entered her again..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...I've really got to clean this top off with Comet in the morning...As much as we've done the nasty on top of this...OUUUUUUUUUUUU!"whispered Olivia in my ear in between slow, soft kisses...

"OHHHHHHHHHH OLIVIAAAAAA I JUST LOVE YOU SOOOOO DAMN MUCH!" I moaned..

"I love you too...I love you too Donnie Ray." she whispered..

We sat on the side of the bed and she rode me like a surfer rides the waves..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOOOO HOOO HOOO HOOOOOOOOOO

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, OH MY GODDDDD, YOU ARE SNATCHING MY SOULLLLLL...WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed...as she had yet another intense orgasm ,making her body tremble like crazy, her head move from side to side and tears just stream down the side of her face..

By the time we made it to the bed, She was having yet another orgasm... Her body trembling..Her head moving from side to side and tears streaming down the side of her face.."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" I moaned. ,collapsing on top of her.

"YOU ARE A BEAST!  ARE YOU ON SOMETHING DONNIE RAY? VIAGRA, CIALIS???" she asked.

"No not yet...Maybe in a few years!" I said , trying to catch my breath.

We made love for the next  NINE TO TEN HOURS.....As the rain poured down....

The floor below us, Beverly and Nelson weren't wasting anytime either...They were in their new couch, kissing ,making up for lost time..

"Ouuuuuuuu baby, we said we weren't going to screw on the new couch...Let's go to the bedroom...I'm not going anywhere...but into your arms.."said Beverly, trying to ease out of Nelson's embrace, but failing..

They continued kissing passionately..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he moaned...

Beverly eased away from him...They fell up against their refrigerator door...Kissing...

They finally made it to the bedroom where they undressed...

Nelson bent her over the bed where he entered her doggie style..

"OUUUUUUUU..OUUUUUUUUU..UMMMMMPH YOU DIRTY DOG!! OUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned as her body trembled... 

She rode him cowgirl style and continued kissing him....

They sat on the side of the bed, Beverly continuing to ride him and kiss him...

and finally in bed where they made love with unbridled passion for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS...

The next morning , Thursday Morning...We fixed breakfast for the staff and two guests...Both Josie's husband, Paris and Bresha's husband, Tony called out from work..

"I didn't think that rain would ever stop..."said Alfreda.

"Me neither..."I said 

"I barely noticed it."said Olivia,, hugging me and hanging on to my shoulders as we cooked breakfast...

Grits, Omelettes to order, Bacon ,Sausage and Hash Browns...Orange Juice and Hot Coffee... 

The Kind of Breakfast we hadn't had here in weeks , since that trial began and ended,,, It was nice ,all of us together like this.. It was nice seeing the girls with their husbands...

We were all enjoying our food and talking ,when the door bell rang...

Olivia looked at the monitor on the wall..

"It's Natalie and Brooke!" said Olivia.

''Wow! Most ADA's don't want to see us after we beat em." said Beverly...

Paris and Tony cracked up laughing..

"That's our girl!"said Josie, cracking up as well..

"Yes sir reeee!" added Bresha.

"Come on up ladies...We haven't opened the office yet...Join us for Breakfast..."said Olivia.

"WOWWWWWWW Nice Place you got here."said Natalie.. "You eat like this all the time?  No wonder these guys ride so hard for you Liv...I would too!" joked Natalie...

"You do have a very nice place."said Brooke.

"Join us for Breakfast...Sit down, let us fix you girls plates...What will you have?" I said.

"Here...there is room over here..grab a chair."said Alfreda..

"I remember you... Beverly's mama... You came up to school to bring her a birthday cake..When we had a birthday party for her in the 9th grade." said Natalie..

"It was sweet, but I was so embarrassed..."said Beverly, hugging and kissing her mother..

"I didn't realize she was too old for that."laughed Alfreda..

And Jazzy and her husband, Kayla And Her husband and Ms. Yvette and her entire staff all live on this street?" asked Natalie.

They all do, either across the street or down the street....Bev and I live downstairs...

Josie and her husband live across the street, next door to Kayla and Ray...

Bree and her husband live next door to Jazzy and Dabnis..

and Jessica and her husband Chip live next door to Ms. Yvette and her husband Gary...."said Nelson.

"And my husband and I live at the corner of the block, across the street."said Alfreda.

"WOWWWWWW THIS IS A NICE BLOCK...And all of you all live on it... Listen...Bev take my adress down.. I'd like to hang out with yall sometimes."said Natalie..

"Sure...."said Beverly.

Natalie was the more personable of the two...She was good at breaking the ice..

Brooke was more to the point..

"Olivia, I suppose you are wondering why I , why we stopped by here...I want to hire you!.....I'm in trouble....All of the ADA's say that if they ever found themselves in trouble you guys are the ones they would call..and I'm in trouble."said Brooke.

"What kind of trouble?" asked Olivia.

"Seven years ago three young ladies went missing...vanished without a trace....

"A Brilliant and Tenacious Homicide Detective named William "Bull" Bailey..and his young partner..

Stanley Barnes investigated the murders and they soon implicated a psychopath named Harley Hayden in the disapearences of the three women..

"I was a young ADA...and I was second chair to 

Lucas Fuente...The Deputy District Attorney...he was hands on...It was a big case.. It was in all the papers."said Brooke. "He is like Lt. Tragg, he likes seeing his name in the paper, being on TV...He's running for D.A.  I'm sure he doesn't want to be linked to any impropriety." she said.

"I remember them both....I never liked Bull Bailey...I always thought he was a racist...and Lucus Fuente...I tried two cases against him, when I was a Public defender...I don't like him either, he's a bully!..He likes seeing his name in the paper and being on Television ....Just like a certain cop we all know.I remember that case....The killer was snatching young girls out of center city...at night."said Beverly...

"I used to pick you up on the rare nights you were working or studying at the Law Library while Liv and Josie were supervising the building of our own.." said Nelson.

"You liked that didn't you? You got to have a little mini date with me.."laughed Beverly.

"I sure did."laughed Nelson..

"Bull Bailey was nothing like Lt. Tragg though..He was and is a thorough and meticulous investigator.. Kind of like your husband, Olivia...If he brought me a case and said a guy was guilty...then the guy was guilty...

Harley Hayden was a cool as a cucumber psychopath and he had a very very complex mind.. He read law books for fun and he understood due process..

He goaded Detective Stanley Barnes into punching him

when he had him in the Fishbowl..

I witnessed it..I was appalled...I wanted to release him and throw the case out.. 

But my boss, Deputy District Attorney Fuentes wouldn't hear of it... He had confessed and he had told us where the bodies were.. in a junk site...off the city limits...

The Police found the site...but the bodies were so decomposed....there was no DNA or forensic evidence linking the girls to him and we had no eyewitnesses...

The case was falling apart...and then.. Bull Bailey and I visited one of the dead girls apartments again....

We went over it piece by piece and low and behold, I found it..a contact lense...With Hayden's DNA on it...It was the piece of evidence that made the case...

Harley Hayden was convicted and sentenced to die by lethal injection.

Yesterday , Fuentes , Bailey and AUSA Todd Dellums approached me in Curleys and said they want to meet with me tomorrow ." said Brooke.

"They want to meet with you for what?" asked Olivia.

"I don't know. but it was suggested that I get a lawyer...It just stinks to high hell...I don't trust any of them and to think I once worked closely with them....This looks bad. Olivia."said Brooke who burst into tears...

"Don't cry, Don't cry" said Olivia, holding her and rocking her back and forth.....

"Go home, get some rest...Tomorrow I'm going with you to this meeting." said Olivia.

"Thank You Olivia...Thank You!" said Brooke.

"She called me last night about this and I thought of you guys. Who better?" said Natalie.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence." I said , smiling.

IV-

BOTTOM OF THE C RESTUARANT 

AUSA Todd Dellums was a bit surprised to see Brooke walk in with Olivia Bennett-Alexander.. She had just lost a bitter trial decision to Olivia in court..Olivia was the last person he thought would be representing Brooke , but there she was...

''Hello Olivia..It's been awhile."said Todd, smiling.. We had just finished defending him a few months before.

"Hi Todd...It has been awhile." said Olivia , smiling..

William "Bull" Bailey knew Olivia well, she and her team had given him a good trouncing a few years ago in a case he just knew was a slam dunk for the prosecution...He was the Detective that gave her and her niece the term ''Auntie and Niecey" He was no fan, but he did respect that Olivia and her attorney team were very good...The best.

He said nothing...He merley grunted..He didn't wish to see her either...He didn't want Olivia and her team to have anything to do with this case.. He wanted Brooke to get a nice green Public Defender and work out a nice deal.

Former Deputy District Attorney Lucas Fuentes nodded..

"Hello Mrs. Bennett-Alexander." he said, nodding. He knew her and her niece quite well from their days as Public Defenders and even since they had started their own law firm...He had never faced Olivia herself in court, but he knew of her and her reputation. He had faced young Beverly two times

,when she was a Public Defender.

"Hello Mr. Fuentes." said Olivia.

Brooke and Olivia took a seat opposite Todd Dellums , Lucas Fuente and William "Bull" Bailey.

" Well, uh I suppose we could all uh order a coffee." said Todd nervously.

"Yes, I'll take coffee."said Olivia.

"Tea for me.."said Lucas Fuente.

"Coffee for me." said Brooke.

Four coffee's and one tea arrived at the table.. It was quite obvious no one came here to order a meal...

As they all began drinking their beverages the conversation began..

"Okay, let's begin the conversation... 7 years ago , three young women, actuall four young women vanished without a trace...The city was terrorized... Mr. Bailey, you and your former partner did an excellent job of identifying and arresting  the killer,  Only there was a problem... He confessed and then later recanted his confession, saying  that his confession was beaten out of him... Ms. Kennedy, you wanted to throw the case out at first, but Mr. Fuentes, as her supervisor, you said that it was only one punch...but you said find more evidence and use what he told you... You guys found three bodies...the body of the fourth woman has never been found..The bodies were so badly decomposed that there was no DNA and or forensic evidence leading to him....They had to be identified through dental records...

"You , You Brooke, got an anonymous call telling you to recheck Harley Hayden's's apartment again...You never reported that call to the defense..It should have been part of discovery...That constitutes a violation of the Brady Act..."said Bull Bailley.

"That's not true...That's not true...That call was made to Luke....I took the call and I told him about it.. He was the Supervising Deputy D.A.   I was only second chair...I assumed he reported it to the defense and placed it in Discovery..."said Brooke.

"That's not how I remember it... I don't ever remember you informing me of this..."said Lucas Fuente.

"You're a liar..."said Brooke, now visibly angry....

Olivia put her hand on Brooke's shoulder..

"Relax Brooke." she said.

"Here is the situation...The most serious situation.. Harley Hayden's attorney is trying to save him from execution and get his sentence thrown out alledging prosecutorial misconduct...The contact lense you discovered on the floor of his apartment.. did have his DNA on it.. but they allege that that contact lense was placed there...by you Ms. Kennedy...and that is more serious than the Brady act... This charges are Obstruction of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct and violation of the Brady Act.."explained AUSA Todd Dellums.

 

"THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.... I DID NOTHING WRONG!! I CERTAINLY DID NOT PLANT EVIDENCE!   THIS IS A SET UP SO THAT NO DIRT FALLS ON YOU DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION LUKE...SHAME ON YOU!!!" said Brooke angrilly...

"I thought we could meet here civilly and this would give you a chance to come clean Brooke-"Said Lucas Fuente.

"I don't like how this is playing out...Brooke..I sense a set up...Don't say anything else.!!!..Exercise your right to remain silent.. Stand up..We are leaving.. This is over." said Olivia.

Brooke stood up...but it was too late!!!!

FBI agents walked in as if on cue. They handcuffed Brooke..

"Brooke Kennedy, you are under arrest on charges of Violation of the Brady Act, Obstruction of Justice and Prosecutional Misconduct...You have the right to remain silent...Any and everything you say from here on out will and can be used against you in a court of law...You have the right to an attorney, If you can not afford one, one will be provided to you...Do you understand these rights as I am reading them to you?" said the FBI Agent..

"I graduated from Law school and passed the bar...I think I do and you see my attorney right there."said Brooke defiantly as she was lead out...

"Sorry Liv...."said Assistant U.S. Attorney, Todd Dellums.

"That's okay....You're just doing your job! Brooke ! Don't say anything else...Everything is going to be alright...Okay? "said Olivia...

She looked at Former Deputy District Attorney Lucas Fuente...

He stared at her blankly...

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself..." she said. She walked away....

William "Bull" Bailey looked at Lucas Fuente.

"I sure wish she wasn't involved in this case." he said.

"I can handle her." assured Lucas Fuentes.

(TO BE CONTINUED)