The Lemann Mess

COURTROOM B- WEDNESDAY MORNING-

We sat in Judge Julie Wong's courtroom....with our client, George Barnes, a financier accused of Wire Fraud and Money Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud...It was a complex case...We had used Olivia and Beverly's friend, Brendan Burnside, An Attorney and Accountant , who was a financial whiz to assist us..

George Barnes had not been the most co-operative client...He had held back several important things from us that Jade had to find out at the last minue....It had been a contentious three weeks. 

 "I think we made excellent points...I'm pretty sure we got this." said Yvette to George Barnes.

"I hope so...It's been a most uncomfortable three weeks..." said George Barnes.

"It's been an uncomfortable three weeks for us too!" whispered Yvette to me under her breath..

I smiled in agreement with her. I didn't personally like this client... He acted as if he was doing us a favor by him being our client.

"I think we won the jury...What does Kahlil think Sofia.?" asked Bee Bee.

"He isn't too sure...He thinks we left a few of them uncertain." said Sofia,.

Kahlil didn't look as confident as he usually did after a trial...As it turns out..He had good reason to be worried.

Jade stood stoically, her face betraying no emotions

as did Brendan Burnside...

Assistant District Attorney Michelle Barnes had given us all we could ask for despite our great preparation....She, like us sighed as the jury came in...

"Has the jury come to a conclusion?" asked Judge Julie Wong..

"Your Honor, I'm afraid we are hopelessly deadlocked." said the jury foreman...

The Jury broke 7 to acquit...and 3 to convict and 2 undecided.....when polled.

We poured out into the hallway...

Naturally, we were disapointed....

''Seems like this is the year of the hung jury." I said.

''Olivia and Beverly went through 4 recently.."said Bee Bee.

"I hope we don't have to go through four." said Sofia.

"Yeah I know....We just didn't sell our story, We didn't sell him ." said Kahlil.

"It was difficult to research.." said Jade.

"I blame myself... I think if we go at it again...We can fill in the loose spaces." said Brendan Buck.

"It's not your fault Brendan..."said Sofia.

"You were a great help to us and gave us all an education in Finance that we wouldn't have here to for had." said Bee Bee.

"George...We are going to go at this from another angle...I was thinking about this the entire time the jury was deliberating, just in case we got a conviction.. We didn't get a conviction, which is good, so I don't have to use the appeal we had planned..."said Yvette.

"No Yvette, that's it....I've been thinking too,  the entire time the jury has been deliberating...and making contingency plans... I'm going in a new direction...I'm using a new Attorney...William Lemann." said our now former client.

"WHAT?  William Lemann?  He won one landmark case....It was made into a book and is being considered for a motion picture...That's his claim to fame!" said Yvette incredulously..

William Lemann just happened to be at the courthouse.. He was known around town as the "Celebrity Attorney" he had been on HARD BOTTOM several times and other local TV shows.  He was on TV more than he was in the courtroom.

"So I'm being fired?  My attorneys and I worked very hard...Every attorney on this case worked their butts off and this is how you reward them?" said Yvette, now very angry...

"You'll be paid....Don't be bittter Yvette, you guys did the best you could, but being acquitted would have been the best outcome...Don't you think?" he said , dismissing Yvette....

In Front of a Press Conference after the trial...

"I'm of course disapointed that the jury couldn't acquit me...but I've decided to go with another attorney,

William Lemann...You all know him...He got an acquittal in the Blakemore Trial...It's a best selling Memoir and soon to be a major motion picture.. You all know him...He'll be representing me now." said George Barnes...

"You all know me...I won the Blakemore Case....You know my book about the case has been on the New York Times Best seller list for 29 weeks...and a major motion picture is in the works...heh heh heh...I'll be in the court doing what I do...Heh Heh heh!" he laughed...

"Yeah and what is that?" I asked..

Kahlil smiled... "Cool out Homeslice...Let's just get out of here." said Kahlil.

"What a Prick!  I can't believe he'd dump you Yvette, as hard as you guys worked.."said Brendan Buck.

 

 "OUUUUUUUUUUU WHAT AN ASSHOLE, Come on...let's get the hell out of here." said Ms. Yvette.

I had never heard her talk like this or seen her quite this angry..

"Ms. Yvette is mad." said Bee Bee.

"I knowwwwwww. but can you blame her?" said Sofia.

"It aint everyday that we get fired." said Kahlil.

"No it's not. Let's just go." said Jade..who was equally angry!

Ms. Yvette addressed us... " I just want to say....You guys did an outstanding job...None of this is your fault.. You win some , you lose some...I'm very proud of all of you and how hard you all worked..Our client is an asshole and I hope he and William  Lemann are good for each other. Let's go." she said as we all left.

At Home...Gary could tell that his wife had had a bad day...

"I saw the news...I heard you guys got a hung jury..." he said.

"We got fired too!  He got another lawyer...William Lemann." said Yvette.

"Yeah I heard....I saw him on Television....He's on TV more than he is in court...Here...I made you some of that tea you like." said Gary.

He served her her favorite Organic Tea..

Yvette finished her tea and put the cup and saucer in the sink.....

without saying a word , she turned and gave her husband a soft slow kiss....

Gary pulled her towards him and kissed her slowly and softly in kind..

Her lips were so soft and her kisses , the thought of her kisses got him more aroused than ever...

"Ummmm Vettie!" he whispered.

"OHHHHHHHH GARY!" she cooed.

He followed her to their bedroom where he undressed her while continuing to kiss her passionately....

He slipped her bra and panties off...

He spread her legs and bent her over the dresser and entered her doggie style..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GARY YOU NASTY DOG YOU!! UMMMMMMM!" she moaned..

She had an embarrassingly quick and intense orgasm, her body trembling...her head turning from side to side.. tears streaming down the side of her face...

They wound up on the floor really going at it..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWD!!! GARY...MYYYYYY GOODNESS!" Ms. Yvette Shreiked.

"VETTIE...UMMMMMMMM VETTIE GIRRRRRL!" he moaned..

He lifted Yvette up and carried her to the bed...long stroking her..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  YOU ARE SOOO BIG, SO DAMN HARRRRDDDD!! WOUUUUU!" she screamed..

"VETTIE...UMMMMMMMM VETTIE GIRRRRRL!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSSSBAND! UMMMMMMMMMM!" Yvette moaned...

They sat on the side of the bed, kissing and Yvette riding Gary like a surfer rides the waves....

Donnie Ray had told Gary that when Olivia was angry or upset about a case...They had some of their best sex....Tonight Yvette was upset about getting a hung jury, more upset about getting fired by a client...That had never happened in her entire legal career and was giving Gary the best romp in the bedroom they'd had in weeks..

Gary didn't know if he was coming or going the way he and Yvette were having sex...

"OHHHH GARY, JUST PUT IT IN....ALL OF IT!!" she cried out as he flipped her over and entered her missionary style..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD VETTIE GIRL....MY SWEET SWEET GIRRRL" he moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE YOUR SWEET SWEET GIRRL!" Yvette cooed.

They made love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS!  

Yvette had exhausted him...He had cum so hard, he felt as if he were dying....She rested on his chest, still softly rubbing his penis...So soft that he got hard again...

"OH MY GOD!! OHHHHH LAWDDD!" Gary cried out!

"OUUUUUUUUU YOU MUST WANT SOME MORE!!" she said.

"OH LAWD!" Gary exclaimed...."OH MY GOD!! OHHHHH LAWDDD!" Gary cried out!

Yvette straddled him and rode him slowly and softly for another HOUR!!!

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMM SHHHHHHHH,IT's ALRIGHT!!" she said...

"YESSSSS...YES IT IS!!! OUUUUUUUUUU MY SWEET GIRRRRRRRL!" Gary hollered.

Both she and Gary climaxed together...both of their bodies trembling....

"Ummmm My sweet sweet husband." said Yvette, giving Gary one last kiss..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he moaned.....

She fell asleep in his arms.....Gary had a wide ear to ear grin on his face...What a night...he thought...

II-

"Girlllll, you look tired....I'm guessing you had a real good night and you know what I mean.."whispered Ms. Virginia to her..

 

 "Oh My God...He was a beast...He didn't want to stop..tee hee...I wouldn't let him."laughed Ms. Yvette.

"OUUUUUUUUUUU HONEYYYY!  I just know you didn't. Nothing like some good lovin after a day like you guys had." laughed Ms. Virginia.

Ms. Yvette just giggled..blushing slightly...

"Well..I didn't like getting fired...but I like that we can put this case to rest.." I said.

"We get some rest..and maybe we'll get a case with a more agreeable client." said Bee Bee.

"Yes....He was pretty difficult... He's with who he wants to be with now.. William Lemann."said Sofia.

"He spends more time on Television than he spends in court... He has no idea how to try this case..He's gonna fall flat on his face.."said Kahlil.

"Is that what you really believe or are you wishing?  That's what I believe and am wishing." said Jade.

We all burst into loud laughter....

"Well they're taking it well." said Virginia ,looking at us..

"Young people are always very resilient.." said her husband, Jetty.

"Yeah ,I felt the worst for them....They worked so hard preparing this case...We brought in Brendan and he helped us immensely and I swore we had this case won... The Jury broke 7 to acquit, 3 to convict and 2 undecided...."said Yvette. 

"You guys nearly won that case...."said Jazzy...
 

"Yeah but nearly aint a win...There was 5 jurors that you didn't convince." said Dabnis..

"If it had of been a civil case, you would have won.."said Kayla.

''What was he facing anyway?" asked her husband, Ray.

"5 years a piece on all three counts...a total of 15 years. But it was his first offense and the judge could have been lenient with him." said Yvette.

''Well he's free on bail..and he's got a new lawyer, he's not your worry anymore Yvette, the hell with him."said Jessica.

"Yeah, the hell with him." said her husband, Chip..

"Still I imagine the way he handled things left a bitter taste in your mouth....He was planning to fire you guys all along unless he got an acquittal."said Karen.

"That's Dirty Pool...reminds me of when Jumpshot Jim fired me from the prosecution team..." said Natalie.

"Yeah, that was dirty..."said David.

"I hate when people operate like that and then go have a press conference.." said Brooke.

"Not Honorable at all."said her husband, Sean.

"Well I know what will make you feel better Vettie..Let's go Shoe Shopping at lunch."said Zoey.

"You know me sooo well girlfriend.."laughed Ms. Yvette.

Lem just laughed and shook his head..

Renee and Tyrell were in the corner kissing passionately,oblivious to the conversation..

"Tonight after work...Dabnis is coming over Olivia and Beverly's crib..He's going to give you a pre- Bar exam to get you ready to take the bar..."said Tony...

"Good...I've been studying with Ms. Virginia...We'll see how I do." said Paris..

Just another day at The Bridge Building's nice cafeteria...but not the end for us.

III-

ONE WEEK LATER-

THE OFFICES OF LEMANN AND CURTIS-

''Wow this is a nice office.." I said.

"Looks like ours "laughed Bee Bee.

"I never expected to be called to this office..Wonder what the Great Mr. Lemann wants?" asked Sofia.

"Probably our notes on the case..  This was a complex case...with all of the finance involved." said Kahlil..

"I'm not surprised that Lemann would be calling on us...Turning over some notes is all we are going to do...We are not going to consult with him in any other way...We are going to hand over our notes and that is it." said Yvette.

But it wasn't Attorney William Leman, who greeted us..it was an attorney we didn't know...Robert Curtis, his partner...

Robert Curtis was a much younger man, He was Ms. Yvette's age....

''Hello Mrs. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ahmed... I'm Robert Curtis....My friends call me Bobby...I hope we can be friends.. As you know I'm representing ...well my partner is representing your former client, George Barnes... We made an unsuccessful motion to vacate last week, so we have to go on with the trial..." said Robert Curtis.

''Where is Mr. Lemann? He's Lead counsel isn't he?" I asked..

"Uhhh he asked for and got a continuance...He's in Los Angelas right now...He had a book signing and he had to meet with the other two producers of his soon to be made for TV movie..So I'm kind of handling things until he returns next week." he said.

"Made for TV Movie???...He said it was soon to be a major Motion Picture." said Bee Bee.

"Yeah, meaning theatrical release." said Sofia, laughing a little...

"My Partner tends to exagerate somewhat....but anyhow, step into our conference room, let me explain further." he said.

We stepped into the conference room....

A nice looking young woman walked into the conference room and passed us all hot tumblers of coffee.

"Thank You.." said Yvette.

"Thank you." said Bee Bee.

"Thanks...just what the doctor ordered." I said.

"Thank you." said Sofia.

"Thank you much..." said Kahlil.

"This is Gloria Rubenstein...Our Para-legal who doubles as our Office Manager...." said Robert Curtis..

''Excuse me, I just graduated law school a few weeks ago...I'm awaiting to take the bar." said Gloria.

''Yes...She will be an associate  attorney here soon."said Robert Curtis.

"Congratulations young lady!"said Ms. Yvette... "Now to get down to cases...Why are we here? Because we have no intention of further representing George Barnes...None at all...We don't even want to be consultants on his case...He fired us...We are done."said Ms. Yvette.

"I understand....I perfectly understand...All I am asking...is your notes, your financial notes on the case...I think with those notes we can take it from there.." said Rob Curtis.

"We can do that....I imagine you'll need them as soon as possible...Give us the mailing address here and I'll have them sent to you. I'll overnight them." said Ms. Yvette.

"Thank you...That's all we'll need and we can handle it from there....."said Robert Curtis.. He stood up..

Thank you all....I think with the notes, the financial notes..We can handle it from there.."said Robert Curtis...

"Okay...thank you for the coffee and hospitality...I'll have my office manager send you the notes you wanted as soon as possible..It's Tuesday, you'll have them by Friday.."said Yvette.

"Thank You Mrs. Lockwood." said Robert Curtis...He seemed like a nice enough guy....

"I would say you're welcome....but you understand.."said Ms. Yvette.

Robert Curtis laughed.. "I certainly understand." he said.

"Byeeeee" said Bee Bee.

"Byeeeeeeee" said Sofia..

"See ya Around." said Kahlil..

"Goodbye." I said as we left the office.....

No sooner than we were gone...

Robert Curtis grabbed Gloria Rubenstein and began kissing her passionately....

"Robert stop, take your tongue out of my mouth....." she protested... Anybody could walk by and see us.." she said.

"I don't care ,I've been wanting you all morning...ohhhhhhh." he said.

"I can't control my erections when I'm around youuuuuuuu.." He moaned..

"Well try...try....Oh my god!" she moaned as their kissing got hotter..

He slipped her panties down...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned..

"ROBERT PLEASE!!!! YOU'RE MARRIED!! YOUR WIFE COULD WALK UP HERE AT ANY MOMENT!" she squealed..and pulled her panties back up and straightened out her dress...

He straightened his clothes.. He thought about his wife, who didn't work too far from here..

"Alright...you're right." he said.   He was sweating profusely and out of breath..

''If you want to sleep with me, earn it...Take me out.." demanded Gloria.

He took her out a few nights later to a tony rooftop restaurant where they had a delicious seafood dinner and drinks.

"Ummmmmmmm this is good... Where is your wife tonight?"asked Gloria.

"It's Thursday....She's having a girls night out with her girlfriends from college.. I told her I'd be working late..." said Robert Curtis.

He gingerly pulled out a pill bottle...

''What's that?" asked Gloria...."Cialis, Viagra??" she jokingly laughed.

"Ha Ha Ha...No....These are for Anxiety....My doctor prescribed them....." said Robert Curtis.

"I guess you do have anxiety, you take on the majority of the cases for our firm...You work harder than a Public Defender...while the boss man takes on only the most glamourous press worthy cases and if I'm not mistaken, he's lost the last three hasn't he?" said Gloria.

"They're on appeal......I sure hope he wins this case though...The losses can pile up and be bad for his reputation..."said Robert..

He took his pills...

"Go Easy on those things....You've been drinking.." she said.

"Let's pay the bill and get out of here." said  Robert Curtis.

IV-

Thursday Morning...We were all in our office...at the Bridge Building...

"Virginia , did you get those notes shipped off to Lemann and Curtis?" asked Ms. Yvette.

''Sure Did! I overnighted them yesterday.. When he gets into work this morning... They should be on his desk."said Virginia.

"Ohhhhh good and that is the end of that chapter in our lives." said Ms. Yvette.

"It's Thursday....We goin to Curley's tonight?" asked Virginia.

"I guess unless Olivia calls with another destination..."said Yvette.

THE OFFICE OF SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY BEATRICE JONES

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HOT STUFF, it doesn't make any sense you being this horny this early in the morning, especially after last night...Aren't I giving you enough?" she giggled in between hot smouldering kisses...

"You give me more than enough...I'm just greedy." I said.

Kisses that were getting hotter with each minute..

"Ummmmmmmm okay...we've got to stop....I'm not going to screw you in my office honey." said Bee Bee.

"Or Mine! " I said trying to straighten up my clothes...

Bee Bee took a disinfectant wipe and wiped her lipstick off of my face and lapel...

I smiled at her...

THE OFFICE OF SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY SOFIA GARCIA-AHMED

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuu papi, you smell so good and are soo randy this morning.."said Sofia as she and her husband shared a kiss in her office...

''Did you ever dream you'd be kissing me in your office one day.?" asked Kahlil..

Like us, they were behind the closed doors of Sofia's office, kissing passionately...

"I never knew if I'd have an office and certainly not this soon."laughed Sofia.

"Wellummmmmmmmmmmmmm the four of us have offices and are successful lawyers." said Kahlil as they continued to kiss..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm you goin out for lunch?" asked Kahlil..

"Yes..Me, Bee Bee, Jessica , Jade and Renee are going shoe shopping in the Fashion Center." said Sofia..

"I don't think so." said Kahlil.

It was raining outside.........

Sofia took a disinfectant wipe and wiped her lipstick off of Kahlil's face and his lapel...

There was a knock on the door.. Kahlil opened it....It was Bee Bee, Jade and Jessica Sanchez-Burrows.

"Heyyyyy what are you guys doin? Ouuuuuuuuuuuuu!"laughed Bee Bee.

Sofia stuck her tongue out...

I peeped in and smiled...

Kahlil looked as if he'd swallowed a canary...

"It's raining...we aren't going out today..."said Jade..

"Tomorrow."said Jessica Sanchez-Burrows...

While at this moment at the rain soaked lovers lane.. It has become a crime scene..

A man lies dead in his car....His trousers and boxer shorts down to his ankles...a large amount of semen on his car's floor and he lying back in his seat with his mouth open and his tongue hanging out..

"Looks like this guy came and went at the same time" said a crime scene investigator to a photographer snapping photos of the death scene..

This was met by raucous laughter...

''Guys grow up....A man is dead here!" said Dr. Marcy Templeton.

"Judging by body temperature and lividity....I'd say he died about five to six hours ago......"said Dr. Hazel Baylor.

"No scene of any foul play....maybe he had a heart attack" surmised one of the Crime Scene Investigators...

"Maybe he had some help....look at that blue substance around his lips...looks like barbituates or poppers...We waon't know for sure until we get him to a lab."said Hazel..

Four police cars drove up.... Several Uniformed policemen got out...

Lt. Tragg walked over to the scene..

"Whoa ...look at this...va va va voooooooooooom!  Ole Boy had himself a time eh!" he said with a wry smile....

"He's got  this blue stuff around his lips..."said Hazel.

"Barbituates??, Poppers??"asked Lt. Tragg, who fished a pill bottle off the floor of the car...

He looked at it funny.. 

"Hmmm it says this is for 'Anxiety" he said.

"This isn't Barbituates or Poppers, We are going to take this and run it for a check."said Marcy Templeton..

"Judging by body temperature and lividity....I'd say he died about five to six hours ago......"said Dr. Hazel Baylor. She looked around... "This is a popular lovers lane....people come here to make out and it looks like he got into some type of distress during sex and whoever was with him panicked and fled the scene." said Hazel.

Lt. Tragg went into his pockets..."His Drivers License says his name is  Robert Curtis... He has a Job I.D. and a Bar Association card/"Says he's a lawyer..works for Lemann and Curtis....Heyyy I know his partner, William Lemann, nice guy...We were both on HARD BOTTOM together a few years back...He wrote a book about the Blakemore Case... I heard it's going to be a movie.. He's out in Los Angelas...I saw him on the news last night." said Lt. Tragg.

''Aren't you Mr. Current Affairs... "laughed Marcy.. She looked at the dead man's left hand..."he's got a wedding band on... This man was married.."said Marcy.

''And I'm betting he wasn't here with his wife..." said Hazel...

''Well it's raining...and if there is no more to get....get him out of here and get me the autopsy results as soon as possible." said Lt. Tragg.

They put his body in a white body bag and strapped it to a gurney and wheeled him out of the lovers lane...

Just another murder in the big city.. We didn't know it...but another case for us soon!

(TO BE CONTINUED)