Sonia's Choice

MONDAY MORNING! COURTHOUSE WAITING AREA!

Bresha ,always smiling, always so exuberant..arrived with hot steaming tumblers of coffee for everyone.

"COFFEE EVERYONE!" she said and began passing out coffee's to everybody..

"Ohhhhhhh Gracias Mami!" said Nina Rios, who had agreed to act as an interpreter for Sonia..She knew sign language...Sonia wouldn't have to write everything....

"Thank you baby" said my wife ,Olivia, taking a cup and passing one to me..

"Thank you Bree." I said, smiling..

"Love you Bree." said Beverly, kissing her on the cheek...

"Thank you Bree.." said Nelson.

"Love you baby!" said Josie, who also kissed her on the cheek..

"Heads Up." said Bresha.

Lt. Tragg walked over to us...

"Well, Well, Well if it isn't the patron saints of lost causes.... You've got a mute who can't speak and we've got an eyewitness who puts her at the scene...I don't think you're going to win this one. We've got a slam dunk and you're up against a seasoned prosecutor who's been at this a little longer than you Liv and you Nina.. You two having seniority over here...Heh heh Heh..." he laughed.

''We think we have a chance to win!  If we didn't..we wouldn't waste our time..."said Olivia.

Beverly started to say something but thought better of it...She smiled and sipped her coffee..

To our surprise...Justin walked into the courthouse....He had on a nice new suit, a great fragrance and looked as though he'd lost 10 pounds....

"Besides...they have an advantage...YOU being the investigator almost assures them they'll win." he said.

Beverly spit her coffee out...She howled with laughter... "I was going to say that, but you beat me to it." she said, hugging Justin..."How are you?" she said.

"Justinnnn! Heyyyyyyyy!" said Olivia.

"Couldn't stay away huh?" asked Nina Rios.

"They released me Friday...I rested all weekend...I had to come and see you guys work..Plus I wanted to be here for Sonia." said Justin Brown..

''Well Fatboy, out of the hospital eh?  Eatin salads?" joked Lt. Tragg cruelly...

''As a Matter of fact, I am...How bout you Lieutenant, you ready to eat Crow?" said Justin..

Beverly, Olivia, Josie, Nelson,Bresha and Nina Rios exploded in laughter...

Thin skinned Lieutenant Tragg hated to be the butt of the joke...He looked at Nina Rios for one last dig.

"You Know Nina, I liked you better when you were on the other side of the courtroom"he snarled and walked away.. Alluding to her years as an Assistant District Attorney... She had left the D.A.'s office three years ago and was now at the Women's Law Center..

I looked at Nina.

Nina smiled.."Even when I was on the other side, he was screwing up cases...One of my fellow ADA's nearly had a nervous breakdown working with him..." she said.

The Sherriff's deputies brought Sonia in from the jail.. She had her hair done and had on the beautiful dress the girls had picked out for her...

She smiled when she saw us...especially Justin.....

"Awwwwww look at her!" said Olivia.

"You all done good!" I said.

''Look at herrrrr."gushed Nina.

''Wow!" said Nelson.

"She's Ready for court." said Beverly...

"She looks so pretty."said Josie.

''We done good!"said Bresha, who had helped Josie and Nina wash and style her hair and had helped pick out the dress.

"Hi Sonia....You look well...Get ready to get out of here." said her former Attorney, Justin Brown.

 

They took Sonia, still in handcuffs into the courtroom...

II-

 We were in court....

The first thing that Olivia did was request that the handcuffs and leg irons be removed from our client...Stating that she was not a mad dog and that the chains and handcuffs tended to prejudice perspective jurors against her.. She argued that we were still arguing under the presumption of innocence.

Hanging John Wiltshire argued that this was a Capital Murder case and that Ms. Lopez was an accused Double Murderer...There for she should be shackled..

Beverly argued " Accused, not convicted, with the assumption of innocence and no prior history of violence."

Judge Tamera Perry found this amusing, but never the less , she ruled in Olivia and Beverly's favor and had the handcuffs and leg irons removed...

ADA John Wiltshire and Lt. Arthur Tragg were both furious.. and they didn't try to hide it!

."Good Morning Jurors and Attorneys....I am Judge Tamera Perry..Welcome to my courtroom....Due to courtroom crowding of cases , we are going to bypass a preliminary hearing...We know that a crime, a henious crime has been committed so we are going to go straight to trial.. We will have Jury selection today..and begin with trial tomorrow" said Judge Perry.. "We will start today with introductions.." she said.

"Representing the Commonwealth, Assistant District Attorney, John Robert Wiltshire, your honor." he said.

"Representing the Defendent, Ms. Sonia Lopez ,I am Lead Attorney Mrs. Olivia Bennett-Alexander your honor." said Olivia.

"I am Attorney Nina Rios of the Women's Law Center...I will be acting as an interpreter for Ms. Lopez, who is mute and can not speak, but knows sign language. I know sign language also." she explained.

"I am  Mrs.Beverly West East, Attorney for the defense your honor." said Beverly.

"I am Nelson East, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Nelson...

"I am Mrs. Josephine Boyd, Attorney for the Defense your honor." said Josie.

"And I am Mrs. Bresha Billips, Attorney for the defense your honor." said Bresha.

"I am Donnie Ray Alexander, Investigator for the Defense your honor." I said.

For a minute the judge looked at Nelson...

Regretful she didn't allow him to stay...Regretful she didn't allow him to be her man....

She looked at young ,cute, Beverly, his wife...She certainly didn't sleep on him or his potential.. Now he was her husband and a partner in the law firm she started with her aunt Olivia....

A woman young enough to be her older sister, rather than her aunt and an attractive enough woman that she might have shared his bed too!

She looked at Josie and Bresha...both young, both attractive and both married thank goodness....Nelson was like a fox in a henhouse...surrounded by all of these very attractive women..

She composed herself..

"Good! Now that we are through with introductions....Bailiff , bring the jury pool in and we'll begin with voir dire." she said.

Assistant District Attorney "Hanging" John Wiltshire had been around the block or two... He had been practicing law longer than anyone on the defense team.. He knew a thing or two about jury selection..

Today however, he was about to meet his match...He was about to be schooled by the younger more savy, Nelson East...He had no idea that Nelson already knew all there was to know about the jurors and which ones he'd find acceptable and which ones he wouldn't...Nelson had carefully worded questions ready for each person he talked to...

Josie and Bresha were helping him today...They sat behind their laptops and whispered certain things they had talked about into his ear.. He smiled.

And after a short while..Nelson had an even dozen...All 12 of the jurors he wanted... A  big surprise..considering we were up against a formidable attorney , who had up to now hadn't lost too many cases and especially Capital Cases.

ADA John Domain somehow felt lost....Naked..He knew he'd been bested...He felt better in the last trial.. He had at least half of the jurors he wanted...This trial , he had none.. These guys were good...Much better competition than before.

Lt. Tragg was as red as a beet..He knew what had happened...He just shook his head..

Investigator, Ingrid Stevenson came in a little late..She sat in between Lt. Tragg and John Wiltshire..

."Alright...We have a jury and we've completed our Introductions... It is Monday People.. Tomorrow morning trial will begin here at 10:00 AM Sharp..Attorneys Be on time and be ready for trial..Court is dismissed." said Judge Perry...

She sighed....She never realized seeing Nelson East again and watching him work in court would get her so aroused...would bring back so many memories of one night long ago...

Nelson had asked her out three times and three times she had basically told him to forget it..She wasn't interested...

It was Nelson's last week...His Clerking and Internship was over...He had accepted a position at the Public Defender's Office.

She came home from a party...She had been drinking a lot...She was drunk and horny....She came on to Nelson...She knew as crazy as he was about her...He'd go for it...

They went up to her bedroom...They kissed for the first time..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMM YOU'VE GOT SOFT LIPS!!! OUUUUUUUUU!" she said.

Hot smoldering kisses... She was allowing Nelson to go further than he had a right to go...

"OH MY GOD, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WANTED TO DO THIS!".said Nelson.

"YES I DO...CONSIDER YOURSELF VERY LUCKY TONIGHT!" she said.

He was in her bedroom for the first and only time in his life..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, UMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned...

He was unsnapping and taking off her bra...something he had probably fantasized about..

He was slipping her thong down.....

And here he was entering her.....

"Whoooooo...lord, you are hung like a horse!!! I would have never imagined." she said...she smiled and kissed him some more...All the while rubbing it..Nelson was on the verge of exploding...She stopped and eased away..She didn't want him to cum too soon. She didn't have to worry...

He entered her slowly and she felt as if she were losing her mind..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYY GODDDDDDD...."Whoooooo...lord," she exclaimed....

He humped her across the bed... She remembered having an intense orgasm...the first of two...Her body trembling something crazy...Her head turning from side to side.. Her arms flailing....She was feeling better than she had a right to feel.

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Ohhhhh Nelson..ouuuuuuuuuuuuu. Take your time baby...I'm not going anywhere" she moans.

Nelson entered her softly and gently and began to stroke her softly and slowly....She moaned and put her arms around his neck and drew her closer to him..She wrapped her legs around his waste and They began to move in a slow, yet deliberate rhythm for quite some time...She held him tight as if she never wanted to let go...She was so soft...so moist and smelled so good...Nelson was losing his mind slowly....while continuing to stroke her masterfully....

They made sweet and slow passionate and intense love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS.. 

Nelson didn't want to stop...He couldn't get enough!!! She stared up at him in astonishment..

"OUUUUUUUU!!! OHHHHHHHHHH LORD! UMMMMMMMMMM NELSONNNNNNNN!!!

OHHHH MY GODDDD!!!" she howled.

 She felt as though she was climaxing several times....then in a huge wave....Nelson climaxed furiously and hard....not yelling , but shaking mightily.....then taking a deep breath and collapsing on top of her....drenched in sweat....She looked up at him and gave him a juicy and wet kiss....he surprisingly felt himself  getting hard again...and began to move slowly inside and out of her....She had a look of horror on her face, she couldn't believe him...

She rode him slowly ,softly like a surfer rides the waves...for another THREE HOURS.

"OUUUUUUUU!!! OHHHHHHHHHH LORD! UMMMMMMMMMM NELSONNNNNNNN!!!

OHHHH MY GODDDD!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! WHOOOOOOOOO LORD!!!" she howled.

and they ended the night kissing passionately while she rode him on the side of the bed until he came again....She had another intense orgasm, which had her body trembling , her head turning from side to side and emotional tears streaming down the side of her face...

Nelson came so hard, he felt as if he had died....

He fell asleep between her legs...She just smiled...catching her breath....She was a little ashamed she had been weak and given in like this, with her father's clerk...She was glad his internship was over and he'd be leaving for a job...She smiled though...It had been  good, much better than she expected and she wouldn't forget him or this night ever!

She thought about it now as she watched Nelson and his wife and his colleagues walk out of the courtroom.

"You did very good in there today Honey Bunny.."said Beverly...

She gave him a wet sloppy kiss...

"Welllll uh thank you." said Nelson , smiling sheepishly.

"You did better than I expected.. I expected a 6-6 split or maybe 7-5...You got an even dozen, bravo Nelson!" said Olivia.

"You really hit a homerun in there."I said ,patting Nelson on the back.

"I'm starving...Let's go to Sam Mother's Diner." said Nina.

"Oh why not...I'm a little hungry too!" said Josie.

"Yeah, why not?" said Bresha.

III-

TUESDAY-

The trial began at 10:00 AM Sharp...

ADA John Doman put on practically the same case he had put on in the first trial...

with the same gruesome crime scene photos and testimony from the Medical Examiner's Office and Crime Scene Investigators , Testimony that couldn't be disputed....

Then he called his 12 witnesses...

Using Justin Brown's playbook...Olivia, Nelson and Beverly dissected their testimonies like a surgeon..Finding inconsistancies in what they originally stated to the police and what they were saying now.  After two days they totally discredited them, just as Justin Brown had done.

Livid ADA John Wilshire objected every chance he got...Just like he did with Justin Brown...Only he wasn't facing Justin Brown...He was facing wiley females and their male associate...Who was playing a little better with the judge.

Olivia , Beverly and Nelson clapped back with Predicates, Laws from simular cases and Capital Cases and laws period pertaining to the moment..

Unlike the first trial...Judge Perry found herself siding with Olivia , Nelson and Beverly and ruling more times than not in their favor.

Lt. Tragg couldn't believe it... He could feel John Wiltshire losing this jury , which was younger, more racially diverse and more liberal than the jury before.  If "Fatboy' hadn't had a heart attack, this trial would've been over by now and Sonia Lopez would be headed for Death Row.

ADA John Wiltshire called his star witness...The one we couldn't contact the eye witness....

She testified that she was in her window.. which as right across the street from the house where the two women were murdered...

Josie asked her where she was,,,She showed her a transcript that said she said  she was outside when she saw people leaving from the house...

"Now were you outside or inside?" she asked...

"I was outside...." she said.

"You described the car as blue..." said Bresha , showing the jury a grainy photo of a green car...

"You wear glasses on....You have been diagnosed as "Near sighted" did you have your glasses on that night?" asked Olivia.

"You know I don't remember...." she said.

ADA John Wiltshire closed his case...He shook his head , he felt deep down inside that he had lost the jury completely... He peered over in the visitor's section...

Justin Brown sat in the visitors section, howling with laughter...

Judge Perry hadn't been as tempestuous during this trial...She actually liked and respected Olivia and company...unlike Justin , who she grew to despise during the first trial..she looked forward to our defense,

CURLEYS BAR- THURSDAY NIGHT- "COUPLE'S NIGHT"

Plenty of drinks , Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic were served to our group which sat at several tables in the center of the bar, with the ordered drinks on a single table.

"I'm happy with what we did this week..We weakened the prosecutions case...We've got the jury." said Nina Rios.

"I do too...I like the way they handled it....I was pleased." said Justin Brown.

 "They looked good." said his girlfriend, also an attorney..

They poured glasses of punch.....and water...

No Alcoholic drinks for Justin tonight.

"You all did fine this week...I'm proud of you....We have the jury....Now all we have to do is a pretty good defense and we have it." said Olivia.

 

''We'd have a slam dunk if we could find that woman's nephew." I said.

''We've got our witnesses and we've got them all prepped." said Beverly.

"I have to thank Jazzy, Kayla, Natalie and Brooke for their help." said Nelson...

"Yeah, they helped us greatly as John Wiltshire will find out." said Josie.

"I've got class Monday and Tuesday....I'd really love to see you guys go at him,." said Paris.

"I'm so excited....I can't wait for us to begin our defense." said Bresha.

"I'm going to see if I can come down a few days." said her husband, Tony...

"I might come down too!" said Alfreda.

"Me too!" said Rockland, who was interested.

 

 "Ouuuuu tonight is sooooo relaxing...The drinks even seem cooler." said Yvette.,sitting on her husband's lap.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm" moaned Gary, hugging her and holding her tight.

"The past three hours have been so relaxing." said Keith.

"I am close to going to sleep..."said Bee Bee.

"Me too!"laughed Sofia. None of us had to worry about driving home...We were going to be chauffered to our homes on comfortable buses, provided by Olivia.

"The Drinks do seem even colder."laughed Kahlil.

"No colder than any other night." said Jade ,quaffing down a Martini.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm yes." said her husband, Danny Ho, holding her in his lap.

Virginia sat on her husband, Jetty's lap quaffing down several drinks...

"You're going to get drunk baby!"laughed Jetty.

"Olivia and Beverly are about to give this guy a black eye....It'll be well deserved." said Jazzy.
 

''Arrogant SOB...I only wish I was part of that case." said her husband, Dabnis, enjoying his drink.

"Nice Night." said Kayla..

"Yeah it is...I see the Judge in their case and the ADA are both in here tonight..." said Ray...

Judge Tamera Perry sat by herself at a distance, staring at our friend group....

Judge John Wiltshire sat by himself, drowning his sorrows in drink...also staring at our friend group.

Jessica  sipped her martini and smiled at her husband Chip..

Chip was softly rubbing her legs....

"I'm glad you're drinking punch and water...We have to leave here in a car tonight... Just in case you know who decides to play traffic cop tonight." said Karen.

"Yeah he needs to cut that crap oout and stop being a pain in the ass." said B.L.

"You're preaching to the choir." said Natalie.

"Yeah...really." said David.

"I'm Drinking my fill tonight..to Hell with Lt. Tragg."laughed Brooke, already feeling the buzz.

Her husband, Sean laughed...

"I'm with Brooke..."laughed Zoey, who had a slight buzz herself.

"Thank God for Olivia and Beverly and their bus service which transfer us here and back."laughed her husband, Lem.

Renee and her husband, Tyrell were kissing passionately as another round of drinks arrived.

Lt. Tragg walked in...He was already livid from the trial and how it was going... But the way Olivia, Beverly, Myself , Nelson, Josie, Paris, Bresha and Tony were sitting in the center of the bar, surrounded by Yvette's team on one side and all of the others on the other side...He wasn't going to walk into the middle and get to us..

He stared at Renee and Tyrell kissing and yelled..

''Alright, break it up.." They ignored him and continued kissing.. We all ignored him and kept laughing, talking, and drinking..  He was so angry, his entire body was shaking...He was as red as a beet...

ADA Mike Lawrence was also there tonight and he walked up to Lt. Tragg...He had his girlfriend,

investigator, Ingrid Stevenson with him....

"HEY ARTIE....I HEAR YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT YOUR HANDS....THEY BETTER NOT BE UP MY GIRL'S DRESS OR ON HER LEGS AGAIN....I'LL DO MORE THAN SLAP YOU!" he bellowed.

"OH IS THAT RIGHT?   YOU'RE THREATENING ME MIKEY?" he snarled.

"NO, I'M PROMISING YOU ARTIE!!! KEEP YOUR DAMN HANDS TO YOURSELF!" he shouted..

Normally this would have led to a fight..but Micheal Lawrence and Ingrid Stevenson walked out of the bar ,hand in hand after what he said, before anything could escalate.

It was an uneventful night. No Fights, No Harrassment.

And we all left together....on our buses....

Karen and B.L. left immediately after us..

and so did Justin and his girlfriend...

Both cars went in opposite directions, just minutes after our buses pulled off..

Lt. Tragg missed all of us. Tonight he was leaving in one piece...No fight, no torn suit, no trip to the cooler and no ban from the bar...In a sense..It was a good night for everybody involved.

IV-

TUESDAY- The Third Day of our defense...

We put Sonia on the stand! 

Nina acted as her translator , reading sign language and speaking for her.

As Olivia, Beverly and Josie asked her questions....

ADA John Wiltshire was not going to go into the night easily...or gently...He went at Sonia hard on cross examination.....

.at times it seemed as if it had gotten personal between he and Nina..

Judge Tamera Perry threatened to throw them both in the Cooler if they didn't calm down...

The ADA had already lost the jury, but now he looked like a bully to them, bullying a mute woman.

Nelson, Olivia and Bresha presented People that worked at the Juice Bar , who verified that Sonia was there during the time she said she was, which was the same time as the murder...She had debit card receipts verifying her whereabouts...

They showed the car at the scene of the crime and the license plate belonging to the late 

29 year old Gail Goodbody. Now deceased.We knew she was the driver of the car , we knew that she was at the scene of the crime and that her boyfriend, Haywood Gold, should be a person of interest here...He is the nephew of one of the deceased, with a long history of Drug Addiction.  He is at the moment , missing.

ADA John Wiltshire argued that Gail Goodbody was dead, she can no longer be questioned about who she was assisting or what she was doing at the residence... He argued that Haywood Gold was not on trial, had not even been arrested and was a non-factor here....He demanded they find Sonia guilty and send her to death row!

Olivia said that they had proved Sonia was not at the scene of the crime...That Sonia was loved and trusted by both of the deceased ladies and wasn't capable of hurting them.

THURSDAY MORNING!

"Has the jury come to a conclusion?" asked Judge Tamera Perry..

''We have your honor" said the Jury Forewoman.

"Bailiff bring me their verdict." she said.

The Bailiff brought the verdict to her...She read it...She was cool and calm...She sighed.

"Read it" she said emotionlessly..

"IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VERSUS SONIA CARMELITA  LOPEZ.. On THE CHARGE OF CAPITAL MURDER, COUNT ONE, WE FIND THE DEFENDENT NOT GUILTY!"

IN THE MATTER OF COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VERSUS SONIA CARMELITA  LOPEZ.. On THE CHARGE OF CAPITAL MURDER, COUNT TWO, WE FIND THE DEFENDENT NOT GUILTY!"

Sonia couldn't speak, but she could hear...She jumped for joy....She hugged Nina Rios and Olivia as tears of joy flowed down her face..

"I'm so happy for you girl..." said Nina.

"I told you we were going to get you off baby!" said Olivia.

Her former Attorney, Justin Brown was there and he hugged Sonia.

"Olivia, you guys did a great job...Thank you again." he said.

 

"Let's go someplace where we can really celebrate tonight..I know it's Thursday...but not Curley's.."said Olivia.

 

"Yeah ....Someplace we can relax all night." I said.

Sonia wrote on a piece of paper - "I KNOW AN EXCELLENT PLACE, INVITE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS, I KNOW YOU'LL LIKE IT!"

Beverly was in her husband, Nelson's arms...

"Yes I want to celebrate in peace..Complete peace. Thank You Sonia....That sounds like a great idea." said Beverly..

Nelson kissed her on the cheek.

"Anywhere I can be with you in peace is a great place." said Nelson..

Beverly smiled at him and gave him a big kiss.

Josie was delighted that her husband, Paris was there..She was in his arms...

"I'm so glad you came down to see us." she said.

"Once again, you guys did a bang up job!" said Paris.

"Olivia said we aren't going to Curley's tonight..We are going someplace else. Sonia chose the place." said Bresha.

''That's alright with me." said Tony.

"Great Job guys." said Alfreda.

ADA Rockland Cambridge was there smiling.. "I've always said ...If I ever found myself in trouble , those are the gals I'd want in my corner." he said.

Judge Perry was glad the trial was over, but sad to see Nelson go..She watched as Nelson and his wife, Beverly and the rest of Olivia's staff and their spouses all exited the courtroom.

"Hanging John" Wiltshire didn't get to send this one to death row...He shook his head and quietly exited the courtroom...

Lt. Tragg avoided the press for the first time,running out of the courthouse...Angry as hell.. Which was normal for him.

EPILOUGE-

Haywood Gold  was eventually arrested...He had some of the money stolen from his aunt's house. Police found the knife he used to slit both women's throats at his house..with both women's blood and DNA still  on it.

He confessed to both murders and was sentenced to two life sentences..

Sonia invited us all to a wonderful bar and restaurant in her neighborhood..

"This was a great choice Sonia, I dine here often." said Nina.  "Monday Sonia, I'm going to get you a job at the Women's Law Center.and work on getting you a drivers license." said Nina.

"Thank you Nina, Thank you for everything...Thank you all." wrote a newly freed Sonia on another piece of paper..

"Can I eat this good food?" Justin Brown jokingly asked.

"Yeah, I'll let you have a break tonight...Just tonight." said his girlfriend.

"Take care of him girlfriend, We want him healthy and around for a long time." laughed Olivia.

 

The drinks are cheap and cold here and the food smells wonderful." I said.

Just another place to add to your list of great earing and drinking establishments in Philadelphia."said Beverly.

'Speaking of which , here comes some drinks." said Nelson.

As Mojitos arrived.

"We are going to be good and drunk tonight." said Josie.

"I don't have class tomorrow...I might take the day off from work...It will be Friday after all." said Paris.

"Tomorrow os a light day...Boss Lady might give us off, being we just won a big case and all."laughed Bresha.

"Yeah, she's good like that."laughed Tony.

"I hear you guys...Stop by for breakfast....then you have the rest of the day off , everybody...You did a good job." said Olivia. 

"Awwwww thank you Livy." said Alfreda.

Rockland smiled.. That meant, he was working a half day tomorrow.

 

 "I'm giving my guys the day off tomorrow...So uh if you're inclined...Maybe you might work  a half day." she said seductively to her husband...

"I would be so inclined.." Gary laughed raffishly at the thought of Mid day sex with Yvette.

"I've been here before ,with you and Sofia. I like this place."said Keith Jones.

''I do too! I'm glad our whole friend group has discovered this place.."said Bee Bee.

"Jessica and Chip  brought us here too one Saturday Afternoon last summer...Very cool place."said Sofia.

"Very relaxing place...I like it." said Kahlil.

"I love this place." said Jade.

"I love it too!" said Danny.

"I'm going to be really drunk tonight.. I'm glad none of us are driving."said Virginia.

"Olivia is spoiling us."laughed Jetty.

 

"Olivia is protecting us."laughed Jazzy..
 

"Yeah....Why don't you give your people the day off tomorrow...I'm giving my folks off...It's Friday..."said Dabnis..

"Okay... Kayla... We are off tomorrow." said Jazzy, smiling.

"Ouuuuuuuuuu thank you.." said Kayla as she sipped her drink.

"Hey when is the food coming?" laughed Ray.

"I brought Keith, Bee Bee, Sofia and Kahlil here two times last summer. Remember?" said Jessica.

"I do..this is a nice place."said Chip.

"Ouuu I love this place..."said Karen Page.

"Me too..here comes the food."said B.L.

Good Brazillian Cuisine was served.. Everyone was delighted.....

"Ouuu this food is so good and so hot...I love it." said Natalie, who had been here before also.

"This is good food...We've got to come back here." said David.

"One of my old boyfriend's brought me here once...a few years back...I loved the food.. More than I loved him as it turned out." said Brooke.

Her husband, Sean laughed.

"You guys are all off tomorrow...Hell, it's Friday." said Karen.

''Am I the only one working tomorrow? I'm calling out." laughed Sean.

"I love this place...The food is good and the drinks are cheap."said Zoey.

"You can't beat that combonation..."laughed Lem.

"Bruce Green took me here.. He had great tastes in restaurants...That's all he had.. He talked about himself and his accomplishments all night long... He didn't mention however that he was married...Had a whole wife." said Renee.

as her and her husband's Mojitos arrived.

"Yeah ,how about that?" laughed Tyrell.

More drinks and more good hot Brazillian Cusine arrived...The Owners were pleased with the crowd tonight..They asked us to please come back again..We were certain we would.

We finished the night at this new establishment...enjoying the food and drink and fellowship..

While across town at Curleys... We were not there for "Couples Night" this week... Lt. Tragg probably wished we were...He could  take out his angry tirades on us...Tonight as he drank his beer, he had to listen to ADA "Hanging" John Wiltshire complain and whine about him.

"Artie, you really screwed the pooch on this one.. Some first year detective  from Robbery-Homicide made the collar, captured the right guy......Oh you really screwed the pooch....That was the worst detective work I've ever seen...because of you....those lawyers made me look like a class A jackass...Maybe you need to stay at your desk...Let some of the younger detectives take these cases.." John Wiltshire went on...

Finally hearing enough, Lt. Tragg finished his last beer, plunked a couple of dollars down on the table and got up and walked out.

FOR SLC-