ESCAPADES: Charm Of A Barracuda

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Charm Of A Barracuda

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 Prat>

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

THE OFFICE OF FOUNDING PARTNER, McCLUSKEY

"McCluskey!! These are the attorneys who defended that boy, Wynne Schuyler....They helped him beat that Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud and Extortion case.... He was guilty as sin, you know it and I know it, but they got him acquitted on all charges....They are defending him again on Murder Charges.....I don't want any chance of them getting him off again...I want them OFF THE CASE!!Call them, wherever they are and either reassign them another case or just tell them to back the hell off of this one."said an angry Haverford Briscoe.

"I'm not gonna do that..Now I know you feel bad , learning that your deceased wife and him were having an affair...but this is murder....I personally don't feel the boy is guilty of murder....He just doesn't have the heart for it...It's not him. Further more...I don't need you to give me dossiers on my attorneys...I hired them, I know all about them." said Mr. McCluskey...

"I DON'T GIVE A MERRY DAMN WHAT YOU PERSONALLY THINK, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THOSE ATTORNEYS OFF THIS DAMN CASE OR SO HELP ME, I'LL-" he said.

"You'll what Haverford? You'll what? His Father, Wynnefield Schuyler Sr. is paying us to represent him...and until he says so, My attorneys stay on the case."said Mr. McCluskey...

"SO HELP ME...I'LL GIVE HIS FATHER A PIECE OF MY MIND!!" bellowed Haverford...

"Oh yeah? Here's my phone...I'll speed dial Dubai....You call him and you give him a piece of your mind Haverford and we'll see how far that gets you!..."said Mr. McCluskey, knowing that he wouldn't ,knowing who held the real power in their relationship.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!" bellowed Haverford Briscoe, storming out of the office....

"Another Happy Customer huh?" laughed Mr. Cozen...

"Yeah! The Man has all the Charm of a Barracuda." said Mr. McCluskey...

Mr. Cozen cracked up laughing!

Across town, dossiers on us were being studied by another person, who was equally interested in our credentials.

THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRITTANY HANKS.

ADA Hanks was at her laptop,looking up our credentials also...

Married to Beatrice Evans

Married to Keith Jones

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

Married to Sofia Garcia

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

"These guys are no slouches...All IVY Leaugers, all veterens of several cases in such a short time...All very impressive...We are going to have to be on our A game with these five.." she said aloud to ni one in particular..

She received three bouquets of roses this morning..

The First Bouquet was from James "Jumpshot Jim" Taylor..

The Second Bouquet was from Chris Garcetti...

and the third was a surprise...It was from the still very married Judge William Brau....

She smiled... All she was focused on was this case...Nothing more...She wasn't interested in dating, even though she had dated both Jumpshot Jim and Chris...without sex...without so much as a goodnight kiss...She wasn't going anywhere near Judge Brau....

II-

At our office...

''So Haverford is down the office bellowing and screaming about how he wants you guys off the case...And Bossman says he's not going to do it...He says Old Man Schuyler is paying us a mint to defend the boy....and he won't do it....So Haverford says he'll call Schuyler himself and DEMAND that he order McCluskey to reassign you guys or just simply to tell you to back off...McCluskey gives him the phone and says "Hey...I'll speed dial him in Dubai for you and YOU tell him...Haverford's lower lip begins to shake then and he storms out of the office in a huff.."says partner, Mike Pratt,laughing...

"Oh My God....That's rich..... I remember him court...the day of the arraignment saying something to the effect of.."YOU LITTLE SHIT!! BANGIN MY WIFE EH? YOU WON'T GET OUT OF THIS....YOUR LAWYERS AINT GONNA HELP YOU...I'LL SEE TO THAT!" he said. He was yelling at Wynnefield...." said Ms. Yvette..

"That was more than a veiled threat....When Wealthy men like that say things like that...It's been my experience that thy already have something in the works." said Virginia..

"I've been looking into him....One thing Lt. Tragg said once that as a former Homicide detective myself I found to be true...When a wife is killed...The Spouse is usually the first suspect...Believe it or not, he did question Haverford...but he didn't take it any further than that... Apparently Wynnefield and Haverford met in College...They are both Wharton graduates...Wynnefield started the business..a small business that got a big cash infusion when Wynnefield married a very wealthy society girl..They had little Wynnefield , a spoiled and pampered child...Senior took on Haverford as a partner...and over the years they both became very very wealthy men and took their corporation world wide... Mrs. Schuyler died of cancer a few years ago.....Haverford on the other hand was married three times....Both women took out domestic abuse complaints against him....He's a big man with big powerful hands...Look at these police photos.."said Jade who showed the three photos of his past wives...with Black eyes..swollen cheekbones....

"OH MY GODDDDD!" said Yvette...

"GEEEEEEZ, He really pasted her.."said Mike Pratt....

"They went to the police, I know." said Virginia..

"They did....and in the case of wife number two..several restraining orders and cease and desist orders were filed against him during their seperations by both wife number one and wife number two....He had iron club pre nups....So they were paid a modest fee in the divorces...Wife number three...Barbara was a year younger than Wynne Senior's son, our client... She was a hot little number that Haverford couldn't keep up with sexually...His monthly Viagra and Cialis bills alone were off the chain.. There is no evidence that he got physical with her...At least there are no police reports or restraining orders...but she was having an affair with our client for at least six months in that suite that he rented out...and Haverford had hired a private investigator to follow her.." said Jade.

"Which means he knew...He knew about that love nest..."said Yvette....

"Oh Yeah, he knew..."said Virginia...

"I saw him yesterday in a rooftop bar.... he's got two recent scars on his arms....The M.E. said the victim had skin tissue under her fingernails with Foreign DNA ....Meaning she fought her attacker...and there are shoe prints...a size 13 in the room that aren't Barbaras and aren't Wynne's...."said Jade,.

"Did Lt. Tragg miss this?" asked a puzzled Mike Pratt.

"Of course he did!" said Yvette...

"Yeah, I'm sure he did...He's got his sights set on one person.....Wynne and that's it for him, while the most obvious suspect remains a mystery to him." said Virginia.

"He must have downed three mugs of beer....I confiscated all three mugs...and took them over to the M.E.'s office for DNA testing...I'm waiting for results." said Jade.

''Okay...We are going to subpoena him..."said Yvette...

"Take somebody with you...I'll go...This guy may blow his stack.."said Virginia...

And speaking of blowing their stack....In my office...The door was locked...The blinds were drawn and the lights were dimmed..

Bee Bee and I were kissing...

"Ummmmmm you are soooooo bad.....you're not going to stop until you get my panties down in here." she whispered in between kisses..

''That is my goal.." I said laughing...

"I'm not going to do that in here...I told you that.." she said in between kisses...

"Well how bout your office?" I asked..

"You are soooo bad, what am I going to do with you?" she laughed..

The kissing got hotter...I had almost opened her blouse...When she stopped.....

"Okay, that's enough Hot Stuff..That's enough...Let's chill out...Whoooooooo, especially you...Look at your trousers..." she said.

"Yeah you're right..."I said , breathing heavy...

"Of course I am.." she laughed and took out a disinfectant wipe and wiped her lipstick off of my lapel and off my face...and applied lipstick to her face...

The Elevator Door opened just then, Sofia and Kahlil appeared with coffees and churros for everyone..

"Hey Guys....Feast!" said Sofia in spanish...

"She said feast." said Kahlil, who had been with her enough to learn some spanish...

"Ouuuuuuuuuu Churros, get on over here with them." said Virginia..

"Where are your two counterparts?"asked Ms. Yvette.

"Right behind you, I smelled coffee.."I said smiling..

"And Churros."said Bee Bee.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm..." said Jade..

"Well you guys enjoy yourselves...I'll keep you posted on any scuttlebutt."said Mike Pratt as he left our suite..

"We will, thanks for the info."said Ms. Yvette..

"Sofia, Kahlil...Thanks for the Coffee and the Churros."said Virginia..

"Yeah this is the perfect afternoon pick me up.." I said.

''Don't let it spoil your appetite..Dinner is in an hour."said Bee Bee.

"Yeah."said Sofia..

"This reminds me of college a little bit." said Kahlil..

We All said Goodbye to Mike Pratt in Unison as we grabbed a coffee and a churro..

III-

At a Tony Rooftop Bar...

Haverford Briscoe, one of the city's wealthiest men was angry...So Angry his hands were shaking..

He chugged down his sixth and seventh beers...

"MORE!" he demanded...

''Mr. Briscoe, Don't you think you've had enough? Are you driving?" asked Ms. Yvette.

''What's it to you?" he growled....Then he did a double take.. Heyyyyyy I know you..You're the lead attorney on the Wynne Schuyler murder trial....You know he was bangin my wife don't you?" he asked.

"I'd prefer to discuss the particulars of the case in court sir...."said Ms. Yvette..

"You know...You're not bad lookin for a colored girl....Ummmmmmm you got nice legs, nice breasts...ummmmmmmmmmmmmm....Why do you wanna try this case huh? He's guilty as sin...

Now why don't you and me...Leave here...go someplace quiet and talk this over huh sweetums?" he whispered.

"I don't think my husband would like that..."said Ms. Yvette..

"OH HE WOULDN'T HUH? YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T LIKE? SMART ASS LAWYERS WHO DON'T KNOW WHEN TO BACK OFF WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN A HINT!!" he snarled grabbing her arm and squeezing it!!

"TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!!!OUUUUU, YOU'RE HURTING MEEEE!" said Yvette..

"TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER!! DO IT NOW!" I commanded..

"YOU HEARD HIM, DO IT NOW..WE AINT ASKING YOU AGAIN!" said Kahlil..

He saw us and then he looked on both sides of him...He released her...He was drunk and the thought of getting his brains beat out by two much younger and stronger men wasn't appealing...

He saw Sofia, Bee Bee, Virginia and Jade....

"WHAT IS THISSSSSS? IS THIS A SET UP??" he asked..

"No but since you have such an interest in our trial...So much that you would try to get us taken off of the trial...We are here to let you know...WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN YOU!! This is a subpoena..We'll see you in court." said Ms. Yvette...

"WELL I'LL BE DAMNED!!! I'LL BE DAMNED....OUUUUUUUUUU!" he bellowed...

"You ready Ms. Yvette?" I asked.

"Yes...and thank you both!" she said..

"Any time.."said Kahlil...

"This is a nice place..."said Jade.

"Yeah, we have to come back sometime."said Bee Bee.

"Yeah most definitely."said Sofia.

"But not tonight!" said Virginia.

We all filed out..

Haverford sat there at the bar, fuming...

"MORE!!!!" he demanded...

Another mug of beer was placed in front of him..

"How he'd convince three women to marry him? He's got all the Charm of a Barracuda!"said Yvette.

"Money Honey!" said Virginia, laughing....

Jade laughed and shook her head.

NIGHTFALL-

We were all in the safety of our homes...

Bee Bee was walking around in a multi-colored baby doll that came to the top of her hips..

"Okay Hot Stuff, let's finish what we started at work today!" she cooed and slipped into our bedroom..

"OH MY GOD, YES!" I said.

We kissed passionately....

She giggled as we kissed...

"Now you can slip my panties down....."she whispered in my ear...

I slipped her panties down slowly...

I lifted her up and slowly entered her...She gasped.. "OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! And I groaned as I began moving in and out of her....

I placed her on the sink, parted her big legs and entered her again...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM OUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF, I LOVE YOU!!" she cooed.

"I LOVE YOU TOO BEE, SINCE DAY ONE!!!" I said.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" she moaned quietly...Kissing me as I stroked her...

I bent her over the bed and entered her doggie style...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cried out!

and eventually we wound up in bed...making sweet love..

Next door at Sofia and Kahlil's house..

Sofia stared at Kahlil...She didn't have to say anything..

He took her in his arms

and they began kissing...

She wasn't wearing any panties and eased herself down on him and began moving up and down, holding him for dear life...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI!!!!!!UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH, AWWWWWWW MAMASITA....OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned in turn......

Kissing him and moaning just a little...

"AYYYYYE PAPI!! AYYYE MIOS DIOS! I LOVE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!" she moaned..

"I LOVE YOU TOOOOOO!!! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he cried out...

Soon they were on the floor of their bedroom , really going at it..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU PAPI!!! AYE YI YIIIII!!! OUUUUUUUUU AYE MIOS DIOS!" she moaned..

And at Ms. Yvette's house..

"OUUUUUUUUU GARY!..UMMMMMMMM GARY!" moaned Ms. Yvette..

"AWWWWWWWWWWW VETTIE GIRRRRRRRRLL!"moaned Gary..

as their bed began to squeak and their headboard began to rattle as they made sweet, sweet love...

And at Ms. Virginia's house...

"You weren't at work today...I missed you.." she whispered to Jetty..

"Show Big Daddy How much!" said Jetty..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm come here." she said as they began to kiss..

and he removed her panties..

"I almost thought you weren't wearing any.." he said.

"Oh you know better than that.." she laughed..

as they soon began to make sweet love.

A typical hot night in our neighborhood.

IV-

CURLEY'S BAR- COUPLES NIGHT!

As usual, there was plenty to drink...Two free drinks for every two drinks a couple buys...

"This has been one of the nicest weeks in awhile." said Jazzy..

"Yeah it has... Workload has been light for both of us."said Dabnis.

"Yeah, same here."said Kayla.

"Before you know it, it will ratchet back up." said Ray..

"Lawyers life huh?" said Jessica.

"Yeah ,Lawyer's life." said Chip..

"Tomorrow is Friday, We are all going up to the Prison."said Yvette.

"Oh to visit rich boy huh?" laughed Gary...

"Yeah, take him some food and good cheer." I said.

"The Good News is...His preliminary hearing is Monday."said Bee Bee.

"And that gets him that much closer to a trial date..."said Sofia..

"We are all ready...Have you heard from the M.E.'s office Jade?" asked Kahlil.

"No but we should be hearing from them soon."said Jade.

"Maybe I can pt a bug in somebody's ear, make them make your case priority.."said Danny.

"You can do that?" asked Virginia.

"You'd be surprised how things get done and what gets pushed ahead of what."said Jetty, smiling.

"Vettie seems as though when we are wrapping up a case, you guys are just starting one and vice versa."said Olivia.

"Yeah, how about that?" said Donnie Ray.

"I knowwwww We are hardly ever in court at the same time..."said Yvette...

"It all evens out...Just in time for us all to go on vacation...." said Nelson..

''Which reminds me...I've got another little weekend getaway planned at my Beach house. In a few weeks." said Nelson..

"That's what's up." I said.

''Yeah hopefully we can get that place next door for everybody else.."said Bee Bee.

Olivia's group and Yvette's group all fit in Nelson's Beach House..Last time we went down, everybody else fit into the one next door..

"Oh I can't wait." said Sofia.

"Me Neither.."said Kahlil.

"We always have so much fun." said Josie.

"Yeah we do."said Paris.

"This group has fun wherever we go." said Bresha.

''Amen to that." said Tony.

"This weekend we need to do some grocery shopping."said Alfreda.

"Yeah I've got some extra cuts of meat I want to put in Olivia's Deep Freezer."said Rockland..

"You look a bit tipsy baby!"said Lem to Zoey..

"I am, but you're here with me."said Zoey..

"That's the good thing, having someone with you to take care of you.."said Natalie, smiling at and rubbing her husband's fingers..

David just smiled..

"It's nice to have a girlfriend or a husband to watch your back.I've got both..." said Brooke.

"Always Baby." said her husband, Sean.

There was a Shrimp Basket and Fried Chicken.....

WE HAD COME EARLY TO GET SEATS AND HAD BEEN HERE FOR about FIVE HOURS!

It was inevitable that Lt. Tragg would come in...and naturally, he was drawn to the area where we all were seated...

"I don't get it! You guys live on the same street and you hang out in the same places...Don't you all ever get tired of each other?" he asked.

"No, but I can tell you who WE DO GET TIRED OF!" said Beverly....

"Ouuuuuu girl, you took the words out of my mouth.."said Natalie, who high fived her good friend..

"WELLLLLLLLL IF IT ISN'T MOUTH ALMIGHTY AND FRIEND!! MOUTH JUNIOR" snarled Lt. Tragg...

''Why do you find it neccesary to come over and insult us everytime you come in here?" asked Brooke.

"OH IT'S "US" NOW HUH BROOKE??...YOU'RE PART OF THEM HUH? I SUPPOSE YOU ARE...." snarled Lt. Tragg...

"What do you mean by a racist crack like that?"said Dabnis..

"WHAT I MEAN IS YOU SHOULD BUTTON YOUR LIP BUDDY BEFORE I BUTTON IT FOR YOU!" snarled Lt. Tragg..

"You tried that before...Remember how that turned out?" said Dabnis, who had knocked him cold the last time he had hit him..in the courthouse.

''Come on baby, not tonight...We are having a good time, don't let him spoil it." said his wife, Jazzy, trying to defuse the situation.

"What do you want?" asked Yvette, who figured he came to needle us...

"You've got a loser of a trial coming up...You'll be going up against professionals...and a Judge who's not going to take any guff off of you...

"PROFFESIONALS?? HA! You're facing one good prosecutor, Yvette, Otherwise you're going up against the same team, I beat.."said David.

"You mean the same team Your wifey and Olivia got together and beat...you whipped loaf! YOU didn't beat anybody....and I'm tired of the newspapers referring to you as David who slayed Goliath..." snarled Lt. Tragg...

"Lou of the Daily Beat has his money on me."said Yvette, who walked away from him and sat down..

No one else said anything else to him..We ordered more Shrimp and Chicken and more drinks and left him standing there ,looking stupid...

"Oh the silent treatment eh?" he said.

"WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP?" came a voice from behind him... It wasn't any of us...

"Who said that?? Who said that?" he said turning around.. We all howled with laughter and continued talking and eating and drinking and laughing, completely tuning him out..

"I HOPE NONE OF YOU HIGH FALLUTIN LAWYERS ARE DRIVING TONIGHT CONSIDERING ALL THE DRINKING YOU'RE DOING!" he bellowed...but we continued to ignore him!

"WHAT ARE YOU A TRAFFIC COP? EVERYBODY IN HERE IS DRINKING." came the mysterious voice in the crowd....

Everyone in the bar exploded in laughter....Thin skinned Lt. Tragg, who couldn't be the butt of any joke was livid.

Lt. Tragg spun around again.., "WHO SAID THAT?" he exclaimed..

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHUT UP!!!" came the voice..

Now the bar was lit with laughter again!!!

Lt. Tragg went through the crowd, looking for the man behind the voice, but he couldn't find anybody...

and by the time he came back to where we were...

We were paying our bills and filing out...It was 1:30. We were leaving an hour earlier than usual, largely because of him! He hadn't stopped us from having a good time.

and piling on to the buses that were going to deliver us to our homes...

It would be awhile before he'd see most of us again!

That same night at his favorite rooftop bar...

Haverford Briscoe was having beers..

He recognized Assistant District Attorney Brittany Hanks

and bought her drinks... He then proceeded to whine and complain all night about how his wife cheated on him with Wynne Schuyler, the man she was prosecuting...He said he knew that Schuyler was" guilty as hell"and he wanted her to throw the book at him, give him the death penalty....He then told her how much she reminded him of his late wife and asked if she'd come home with him...No he didn't ask, he demanded she come home with him and "Share His bed" for the night...He rubbed her legs and brazen ran his huge hands up her