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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

OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRITTANY HANKS-

Assistant District Attorney Brittany Hanks was studying our profiles

Along with case files from a few pending cases..

Jade Lee Ho , our investigator visited  her and  the two talked for about an hour.. In that hour, ADA Brittany Hanks looked at the evidence Jade had given her and agreed to drop murder charges against John Toilet in the case of Gyp Riley.

"Thank You Jade for bringing this to my attention. Tell Yvette I said Thank you also." said Brittany.

"I certainly will and thank you for your attention to this matter." said Jade as she was leaving the office..

Lt. Tragg was walking into the off with a vase of fresh yellow roses...

"Nice flowers" said Jade with a smile as she left..

Lt. Tragg was stunned seeing her in this office....

"What was she doing here?" he asked as he presented her with the roses.

"Your Florist and Your Tailor love you...I imagine most of your paycheck goes to them....Thank you for the roses...sit down...We have to talk."said ADA Hanks.

.

"You've accepted my dinner engagement for a little wine, a little quiet conversation eh?" he said.

"Uhhh No...We are dropping murder charges on John Toilet for Gyp Riley.... because he didn't do it..He couldn't have done it......Jade was here with evidence.. He was nowhere near that Rooftop Bar and Grill that night....His Credit card bares him out...

He was gassing up his car at this gas station miles away....There are still photos taken by the gas station camera and time stamped of him.....

"He picked this young lady up in this photo here and gave her  a ride to her home, which is in the opposite direction and she'll testify to that ...Plus the GPS tracking on his phone bares him out....and on the way home he has the best possible alibi...

He was stopped by the police and given a ticket because one of his brake lights were out... I've got the young lady and the policeman, who will testify to that....they both signed affadavits....No way he could have been killing Gyp Riley... Jade did her homework...YOU DID NOT!!!" said Brittany.

Lt. Tragg was embarrassed...He looked like he'd swallowed a canary....and he was enraged that once again, Jade had shown him up....

''What about the girl?" he asked in a whisper.

"She didn't say anything about the girl...That murder still sticks...but Gyp Riley was definitely murdered by  someone else and that case is still open.. You've got to do better police work...You will recanvass that scene, interview some more people...I do not wish to go into court and look like a fool...I don't expect the defense to give me any more help.....So hop to it... Recanvass, get me some more interviews with people and get me some hard evidence...There is no forensic evidence or otherwise pointing to Mr. Toilet.."said Brittany Hanks..... "You've got to do better police work"she said.

''What about? What about you and I discussing this over some wine...Some soft music and some big thick steaks and a baked potato with butter or cream cheese just running down it and a nice salad?" he said.

"Lt. Tragg, I don't date Judges, other attorneys on either side of the case or detectives involved with my cases..It's just not a good look...Nothing personal...I'm sorry.....  Now as I said...Recanvass, get me some more interviews with people and get me some hard evidence...There is no forensic evidence or otherwise pointing to Mr. Toilet.."said Brittany Hanks..... "You've got to do better police work"she said.

He stomped his foot and stormed out of her office, angrier than he'd been in awhile..

He of course went to our old building...

and our old ,long abandoned office, looking for us....Naturally, we weren't there...

We were miles away , safely ensconsed in our new building....down near Penns Landing...

In the safety and security of our cafeteria, where we'd been for nearly three years...

''Right about now...He's on our old floor , looking at our empty old office, and wondering why once again the lights are out, the doors are locked and it looks like no one has inhabited it in three years, which they haven't."said Jade. 

 "You know ,I thought by now , he would have figured out that we had left the building by now." said Yvette.

''What happens when somebody does take that space? I heard McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt no longer pays rent on it and is planning to move the furniture out soon." I said.

"Then he'll know we are gone...but he won't know where." said Bee Bee.

"He's always asking Ms. Yvette's husband if we've moved to another site or where do we disapear to during the day? If we have a secret shadow office?" said Sofia.

"Gary told me he asked him that and that he busted out laughing and walked away...."said Kahlil.

"He asks my husband the same thing.. and he does the same thing...He laughs at him."said Jade.

"He has got to be the dumbest detective in this city." said Virginia, "Bar none." she added

 "That's what the papers say....None of the ADA's want to work a case he's involved in." said Jetty.

"Can you imagine the day he discovers that we all work down here...or that we all hang out in the No ID Bar across the street?" said Jazzy.
 

"Not a damn thing...I'll be damned if he'll be running up into my office or yours everytime he gets a notion....I'll sue the city for so much they'll have him on that boat indefinitely..."said Dabnis.

"I don't like how he runs to my cousin's home and place of business every so now and often....I feel for them."said Kayla.

'' He better not ever knock on my door...ever!" said Ray sternly..."Olivia and Beverly are nice about it...I won't be."said Ray.

"He has raided Olivia and Beverly's property once or twice and the homes of Keith and Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil and Jade..."said Jessica.

"There ought to be something you can do about his constant harrassment...We can't even have a meal in peace or a drink...without his constant whining and complaining and threats and snarky remarks.." said Chip.

''He already knows I work here and them too" said Karen ,pointing to Natalie, David and Brooke..

Thank God, he never comes here." she said.

''Knock on wood." said Natalie.

''What a Morone" said David..

"You mean Moron." said Brooke...

Sean laughed...He had had his run in with him a few weeks ago when he unsuccessfully tried to arrest him on a DUI...

"You taking your classes Virtually today?" asked Tony to Paris..

"Yeah ,I go in tomorrow." said Paris, who seemed to be enjoying law school.

We were enjoying the closeness we had with each other and the freedom from the unhinged Lt. Tragg.

II-

NIGHTFALL-

Another day had come to a close.. 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 go back to where we were last night." 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.

III-

THE KOHNER PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY-

In the main office, the Vice CEO- Andy Jano was giving his new administrative assistant, Brenda Jung some last minute instructions..

"Brenda, take those papers downstairs and give them to Mr. Reed....I'm going to be in my office and I uh don't wish to be disturbed..." said Andy Jano..

"Yes Mr. Jano...." said his secretary, Brenda Hong....who was actually our investigator, Jade Lee....She had fished herself into the company days before and was gathering information on where the leaks had been coming from...She discovered that Mr. Jano, who was looking to move up was not only spying on John Toilet's company...but a number of other Plumbing and Household Appliance companies.She had done a thorough investigation...

She was being aided by our good friends, Kevin Morris and Bonnie Shay..

who were operating out of a surveillance van a block away...and listening to and watching everything...

Ms. Jade was wearing a very thin and sensitive wire in her bra and another one somewhere else that gave them perfect sound...

She had also with the help of Kevin's operatives, come in here at night and wired certain places for sound and video...

Jade uncovered information we would never have gotten in an interview... No one would have answered any questions. She didn't have to worry about alarms..She was already inside....

She got the entire layout of the place...She used small micro-cameras in her purse to take photos of very important and confidential files concerning the 5  companies this company recently acquired and the 2 lfirms, one being Mr. Toilet's company they were trying to leverage out...and she deftly slipped all of these files into her empty pocketbook.  She made copies and replaced them. Keeping the real files.

Jade got the entire layout of their security system to memory and with a tiny micro -camera ,also snapped photos.....

All this in two and a half days...

Jade had uncovered enough that we knew Gyp Riley was their inside guy in almost all of these companies, using phony identities in all of them 

and that Melody Tolson was basically doing what Jade was doing now..  She also discovered that Gyp had gotten greedy, was asking for more than the original price agreed on and was blackmailing Mr. Jano.. which more than likely lead to his sudden demise.... It lead to an interesting meeting today...

"Mr. Henderson....Thank you for your patience... As you'll find out if you call the bank in the Caymen Islands. 2 Million dollars was sent to your account for the Gyp Riley hit...and another 1 million for the girl...That was a nice job you did staging the suicide...but it didn't fool the cops." said Jano..

''Doesn't matter...They arrested John Toilet of all people...charged him with both murders...He doesn't have a clue.." said Mr. Henderson..

"I know...hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"laughed Mr. Jano. ''So what are you going to do now that your work for us is over?" asked Mr. Jano.

"I'm going to Europe.." he said..

''We got everything...Every word.." said a jubilant Kevin..

"Great....I can't thank you guys enough...Tomorrow is my last day." said Ms. Jade.

"You just be careful...okay???" said Bonnie Shay.

Meanwhile back at our building in our conference room...

Bee Bee and Sofia were doing their last bit of research on laws pertaining to a capital case, predicates, possible objections to motions, et al...

while Kahlil and I studied the Jury pool carefully , deciding on the type of juror most favorable  to us...

Ms Yvette spoke to our client, John Toilet via Portal....It had been a week now.. and the trial was scheduled to begin on Monday Morning...We were ready and sure of a win....

Jade would be coming in tomorrow...Thursday and we were all going to Curley's for ''Couples Night"

to celebrate Tyrell and Renee's engagement...They had announced it this past Friday at The No I.D. Bar...We were all looking forward to tomorrow night..

IV-

CURLEY'S BAR- COUPLES NIGHT!

We were celebrating the engagement of our new neighbors and friends, Renee Cantrell and Tyrell Jones, who lived three blocks from us..

Renee was all smiles....

Everybody ogled her beautiful engagement ring..

Tyrell was all smiles too...He had made a big jump from bailiff to Attorney to homeowner and soon to be married man.....This had been quite the year for him.

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. Renee and Tyrell getting engaged...woww!" 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 ready for trial to begin on Monday Morning."said Yvette.

"Yeah I heard Jade kinda went undercover and did excellent work." laughed Gary...

"She is our MVP..." I said.

"We might go over to the hotel and visit John tomorrow."said Bee Bee.

"He took our advice and checked into the one just a few blocks from our building.."said Sofia..

"Yeah, he's done a good job of staying off the radar as have we...Eating in our own building all week, staying out of Sam Mother's...Perhaps Lt. Tragg has cooled off." asked Kahlil.

"Not a chance...but he can't accuse me of interfering in his investigation...There is no indication that he has even done a further investigation."said Jade.

"Ha! For him, that sounds about normal.."said her husband, Lt. Danny Ho.

Virginia cracked up laughing..."That's true!" she said.

Jetty cracked up laughing too!

"Vettie seems as though when we are wrapping up a case, you guys are just starting one and vice versa. At least we haven't had to worry about Lt. Tragg bugging us lately."said Olivia.

"Yeah, how about that? Our last two cases have been in Federal Court and we had one major litigation in our conference room...None of which involved him." said Donnie Ray.

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

"It all evens out..." said Beverly.

'' I'm happy for Tyrell and Renee...I hear they're buying the house they've been renting, which means they're going to stay our neighbors." said Nelson..

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

''I had no doubt they wouldn't....They love hanging out with us." said Bee Bee.

"How can they not? Look at us...It started with our two groups...Then Kayla, Ray, Jazzy, Dabnis, Jessie, Chip and eventually everybody else." said Sofia.

"We are quite the group..."said Kahlil.

"We always have so much fun.Neighbors , Associates and friends." said Josie.

"Yeah we do. To us!"said Paris, raising a glass of Beer.

"This group has fun wherever we go.I'm super glad, Tyrell and Renee have joined us." 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, leaning her head on her husband's shoulders...

"That's the good thing, having someone with you to take care of you.."said Natalie, smiling at and rubbing her husband's fingers.. "Like my hub-babe here." she said.

David just smiled..

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

"Always Baby. and then some" 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...I CAN'T GET OVER THAT!." snarled Lt. Tragg...

"What do you mean by a racist crack like that? Because she's white, she can't be a part of us?"said Dabnis..

"It's cool Dabnis...She's my wife, I know someone like you can't stand that...but deal with it...Aint nothin you can do about it." said Sean.

"WHAT I MEAN IS YOU SHOULD BUTTON YOUR LIP BUDDY, BOTH OF YOU, BEFORE I BUTTON THEM FOR YOU!" snarled Lt. Tragg..

"You tried that before.!..Remember how that turned out?I told you, if you ever feel froggy just jump!" 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.

''Yeah come on guys..We are having a good time....Don't let him spoil it...Just ignore him. Why don't you leave us alone?, Leave our tables!"said Brooke.

"What do you want?" asked Yvette, who figured she was the real target tonight.

"Jade thought she was very slick , getting the charges dropped on Gyp Riley...but you still have Melody Tolson to worry about...and your boy ,Mr. Toilet will be going down for that!" snarled Lt. Tragg.,

"Looks like you've got some more work to do huh? figuring out who killed Gyp Riley?Maybe, just maybe it's the same person who killed Melody Tolson...Just a thought."said Jade.

"You know, you're dangerously close, dangerously close to having your license pulled..." snarled Lt. Tragg...

"No she is not...and I want you to stop threatening her.....I'll see you in court on Monday."said Yvette, who walked away from him and sat down..

No one else said anything else to him or looked his way..We ordered more Shrimp and Fried Chicken baskets 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. SHUT THE HELL UP!" 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!!! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE IN HERE WITH TWO DUI ARRESTS AND ALWAYS PREACHN TO OTHERS ABOUT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE" came the voice..

Now the entire bar was lit with laughter again!!! The laughter was loud and non-stop.

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

..

"WHOOOOOOOO SAID THAT??SHOW YOURSELF!!!" he bellowed..

There was even more laughter....So much laughter that he stormed out of the bar.....

He walked back in a little while later.

We were paying our bills and filing out...It was 2:00.AM , last call. 

He hadn't stopped us from having a good time tonight, not at all. He watched us like a hawk as each and every one of us

piled on to the two  buses that were going to deliver us to our homes...and pulled off...No one was driving..We all rode home on the buses,like we always did...

ADA Brittany Hanks had been in the bar tonight too....She was standing by the door...

Lt. Tragg walked up to her...

" Well Helllloooooooo!  How did I miss a dish like you being in the bar tonight?" he said with all of his teeth showing...

"I saw you though...you were busy hassling Olivia and Yvette and their friends....You are a bit of a bully...I don't find that attractive at all...They weren't bothering anybody, they weren't loud....They were here celebrating somebody's engagement and you nearly ruined it...Why do you carry on like that?" she asked.

Talking to Lt. Tragg was like talking to a brick wall...He tuned all of that criticism completely out...

"So uh what are you doing tonight huh counselor?   I'm just a hard working cop with a big penis , who would love to put it inside of you...heh heh heh!" he whispered in her ear...

"You like poetry Lieutenant? Your penis, will not come between this tonight or anytime for that matter.

The end didn't rhyme did it?" she said and smiled innocently at him..

The snarky smile left his face...He stared at her balefully...

"Oh there is my ride....See you in court Monday! Jim! Over here!" she said.

A bright Red Porsche drove up....In it was a familliar figure, ADA James ''Jumpshot Jim" Taylor

Back from California..

"Hey baby!" he said.

They kissed passionately and the car pulled off into the night..

Leaving Lt. Tragg standing there with a baleful stare on his face.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)