Dead Weight

PRELUDE-

We were all eating at a Tony Steakhouse in Bayside, a suburb of Philadelphia this afternoon..

The Steaks were thick and the Baked Potatoes were a nice size with butter just melting and running down the sides..

They also had an incredible wine bar... 

"This is sooo nice.. This is the first time we've all been together in a minute...We've all been working so hard." said Olivia.

 

"Yeah with you guest lecturing and us working in the Bridge Building with our friends , we were really spread out." I said.

"It did feel kind of funny...but the work was the work..."said Beverly..

"Yeah, but nothing like being with your crew, your team."said Nelson.

"It felt kinda funny not having Liv to guide us...To tell us what to do." said Josie.

"You guys don't need me anymore...You're all good enough lawyers to stand on your own...and you proved it these past two weeks...You made me proud....where ever you landed.."said Olivia.

"It was nice seeing you guys in the building.."said Paris.

"Yeah it was different...but I'm glad things are back to normal...I missed my guys." said Bresha.

"I know you did....but for awhile you all were so engulfed in your cases...It didn't matter."laughed Tony..

''Well I missed you guys..No breakfasts together, no dinners.." said Alfreda.

"Yeah it did feel weird." said Rockland..

 "Well you guys pinch hit for all of us and we appreciated it.." said Yvette.

"I'm appreciating this meal....These Steaks are even thicker than Curley's.." said Gary.

"Yes and the butter just melts down these baked potatoes." said Keith.

"Everything is just delish.."said Bee Bee.

"This was a great choice of restaurant..."said Sofia..

''We were lucky we were all able to get seated together." said Kahlil.

"That's because we came early." said Jade.

"And Olivia reserved space for us.."laughed Danny.

"Good Ole Liv....She and Bev and Donnie Ray know the best places and they never forget us."said Virginia.

"No they don't." said her husband, Jetty.

 

"The past two weeks was like a reunion, Me, Beverly and Kayla and Renee together....The only one missing was Natalie.."said Jazzy...
 

"I know that was something...Having Nelson with us was a blast too.." said Dabnis.

"It was hard work but it was kind of fun...." said Kayla.

"Sometimes I wished we all worked at one big firm together."said Ray..

"It's almost like we do...We are all in the same building." said Jessica.

"Yeah how about that.?" said her husband, Chip.

"You know, that Judge, Kelly Ann Mercer was the judge in our case and the Judge in Kayla and Jazzy's case and there wasn't a sign of Lt. Tragg at all." said Karen.

"You think they broke up?" chuckled her husband, B.L.

"I sure hope not...She's the only one that keeps him human....No confrontations in Curley's or Sam Mothers Diner."said Natalie.

"You know, last week when we were in there...We didn't see him.." said David.

"Maybe he's back on the boat." said Brooke.

"He's not on the boat...I saw him....I was in the shopping center last week buying a pair of shoes and I saw him and Judge Mercer sitting in that bar there, having a drink." said Sean.

''Well at least we know they are still together."laughed Zoey.

''Stop talking about him, he might show up." said Lem ,laughing..

"Yes, please." laughed Renee.

"Not a chance...We are all in Bayside."laughed Tyrell.

We all had been working hard lately...

Olivia did a series of lectures at Middleton Law school...

while Beverly and Josie worked a case with Jazzy, Kayla, Lem, Zoey and Renee..

I handled the investigation of their case...

The case was argued and settled in court downtown....

Judge Kelly Ann Mercer had served as the Judge in their case.

While they were working that case...Nelson was a floor below them at the Bridge Building litigating a case with Dabnis Coley, Ray St. Jacques, newly minted attorney, Paris Boyd, Tony Billips and Tyrell Jones.

It was a successful litigation...Nelson said he felt funny not being in a courtroom.

While our " Baby" Bresha aligned herself with The Innocence Project, Jessica and Chip Burrows, The Wrongful Conviction, Conviction Integrity Unit of Karen Page, Brooke Marks , Natalie and David Charles and Brooke's husband, Federal Public Defender, Sean Marks and Yvette's team on a very important case in  which she acquitted herself quite well...

 

 

Judge Kelly Ann Mercer was the Judge on their case also...What a co-incidence.

Which brought us all to this night...This Steakhouse , this celebration of all of our recent court successes and of our abounding friendships... Working relationships and friendships that began long before we all lived on the same street and worked in the same building... 

"I don't know about you, but I'm full...."laughed Olivia.

 

"Not too full for some wine.." I said, smiling...

''Never too full for that."said Beverly..

''A nice wine would suit me just fine."said Nelson.

''Thank God none of us are driving back..All this good food and all this wine would put some of us asleep at the wheel." said Josie.

"Olivia has us spoiled with this bus service..to and from places."said Paris.

''She looks out for us...Her friends."said Bresha.

"I told you they was good people from day one." said Tony... 

"Yupper , we are good folks."laughed Alfreda ,over hearing them..

"That wine has got you tipsy.."laughed Rockland..

 

 "This is a nice place , we should rent a room in the hotel and spend the night one time..just you and me and eat here."said Yvette.

"Bayside ,a great dating place!" said Gary, as both he and Yvette laughed...

"You guys make jokes, but this is a great place to come for privacy."said Keith Jones..

"It has just the right amount of coziness too!.."laughed Bee Bee.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Ummmm hmmm!" agreed Sofia.

"Yeah this place does have a certain ambiance about it that I like."said Kahlil..

"Anyone for dessert?" asked Jade..

"I'm down for that." said Danny..

They ordered two Banana Splits..

"Ouuuu that looks like fun..."said Virginia.

 "You look like fun baby."whispered her husband in her ear...

Virginia just giggled.. "Everything about me is fun to you sweetie." she said.

"Ms. Virginia is a little tipppppsyyyyy!"laughed Jazzy.
 

''So are you.."laughed her husband, Dabnis.

"I'm gonna order a Cherry Vanilla Float...Will you help me eat it?" asked Kayla.

"Ummmmmmmmmm of course.."laughed her husband, Ray....

Jessica and Chip were kissing passionately....

"This is a nice way to celebrate our latest cases all coming to an end around the same time."said Karen.

"When is the last time that has happened.?" said her husband, B.L.

"You sleepy babe?" asked Natalie..

"No not really...I'm just full."said David with a smile.

"This had been a very good night.."said Brooke.

"Indeed.."agreed her husband, Sean.
"Good Food, Good Wine....What more can you ask for?" asked Zoey....

''A good night's rest, which I know we'll all have.."said Lem..

"Oh No!   I don't believe this." said Renee..

Tyrell looked on..."It can't be...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" he said.. Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer were coming through the door.

"AWWWWWW GEEZ I don't believe this...They're in here?" Lt. Tragg exclaimed upon seeing all of us, eating our meals, laughing and talking..

Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer walked in....They were just as astounded to see all of us in there eating as we were to see them....Kelly Ann smiled and waved at us..We waved back...at her...not her dinner guest.

They didn't bother anybody, they were seated and they ordered their meals..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm UMMMMPH, what is she doing to that man?  She's got his nose so wide open you could drive a mack truck through it.." mused Virginia.

"He takes her other places than Curley's, Amazing." said Beverly.

''A Hot Date for him was Curley's, Dinner and a lot of drinks and then back to his place for hot sex..."said Nelson..

"Yeah but with her it's something more...Like she's put a spell on him..." said Olivia..

"Magic Panties???.." joked Yvette..

"Yeah that's it." laughed Karen....

"It's like I said...She's a Judge, not some pick up....He'd better take her someplace Nice." said Jazzy.

"He's dated Assistant District Attorneys and at least one other Judge before."said Kayla.

"I don't think he's ever dated a judge....He's tried to...but this time he hit pay dirt..."said Natalie.

"He's hit the motherlode now!  Top of the pecking order.."laughed Brooke.

"I don't think he's dating for prestige...He's dating her because she has shapely sexy legs and a nice cute posterior and because she can stand to be around him for more than five minutes."said her husband, Sean...

Both tables exploded with laughter.

"He wants to keep enjoying the pleasure of her company... and  if he wants to keep getting into her panties..He will take her to nice restaurants and he will behave himself. She must be blowing his mind..." said  Renee, laughing.

"Oh for sure..." said Bee Bee ,chiming in...

"Oh she most definitely is...The Power of The Pan Tays!" said Beverly....

"Yes indeed!" said Sofia, laughing..

Everyone at the tables laughed...

At their table, Lt. Tragg mused-

"Wonder what they are laughing about?  I swear, they're a gotdamn cult....They go everywhere together...They eat together...Work cases together...They live on the same street, shop together, why I wonder if they switch partners in an insane orgy...?"snarled Lt. Tragg as their steaks arrived.

''Arthur Stop it..."laughed Kelly Ann. They've all practiced in my courtroom at one time or another and from what I've gleaned..a lot of them have known each other since childhood...or at least since law school...They're friends..Very close friends....They have a bond....That's beautiful when you have that many people who are close to each other..." said Kelly Ann....

She leaned over and gave him a sweet kiss....which soothed his mood greatly....

"Like I've grown close to you in the past month or so.." she said during the sweet kiss.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I want to be close to you baby!" he moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" she said.

We all had a great night.......All of us...

II-

We all boarded the two buses that brought us here and headed happily back to Philadelphia.

"Well there they go....all headed back to Philly....." said Lt. Tragg, looking at us as we pulled off...

"You want me to drive?" asked Judge Kelly Ann..

"Nah, I got it...Come on..." said Lt. Tragg as they got in the car..

Meanwhile at the lofts where Judge Kelly Ann lived...In the loft above hers...The scene of a mysterious death has been reported..

"There is no sign of any violence...it looks like this guy died of uh natural causes...A heart attack.."said one of the CSI men...

Attorney Elaine Young had just moved in this loft a month before... few people knew she was back in Philadelphia... She had accepted a job with Phillip Morris and sons Attorneys at law as a Senior Associate Attorney and was here temporarily until she could find a house to buy... She knew that Judge Kelly Ann Mercer lived a floor below her and she had seen Arthur Tragg stumbling out of her loft, early in the morning..She really hadn't wanted him knowing she lived here...and was glad he and the judge were out this afternoon...

"Oh my god....I got up to go to the bathroom...I thought he was asleep...I was talking to him and he didn't answer and I touched him and his body was cold....stiff...I-I couldn't believe it." she said in horror."

"He died sometime during the early morning....right after midnight..." said Dr. Hazel Baylor,Coroner and Forensic Investigator, holding the dead man's limp arm....

"I hate to get personal....but did you two have sex?" asked Dr. Marcia Templeton, Assistant Coroner.

"Yes we did." said Elaine Young, remembering their night...

She and the dead man....

Owen Clifford, an Attorney at her firm she'd been dating for months now were having a great dinner

at a nice restaurant, ironically ,also in Bayside that night...

And Like us, topping it off with a wonderful port....

They enjoyed a sweet kiss afterwords....

Unknown to them....Assistant Philadelphia District Attorney, Courtland James, an old flame of Elaine's was also dining there...Alone... He just happened to see the two of them dining....he waited until Owen excused himself to go to the men's room and he invited himself over to their table..

'Elaine...fancy meeting you here.heh heh heh!" he laughed.

"I think you've followed me..... You managed to just show up the last few times Owen and I have been out to dinner.....At Curley's , at Lenos and even in Cherry Hill.... I'm not getting back together with you, so you can just forget it..."said Elaine..

"Did I tell you that Owen and I see the same dentist?" said Courtland..

Elaine sighed.. "No you didn't.." she said.

''Well we do.. I saw him this morning...Oh well, he's coming back.....I'll see you around."said Courtland..

"Not if I see you first." said Elaine, not smiling at all..

"Your old boyfriend again?   I saw him this morning in my dentist's office...He gives me the creeps...I think he's stalking us."joked Owen...

He quaffed down his last glass of wine....

"Come on let's get out of here." he said.

"Good Idea." said Elaine..

They went back to her loft....

"Mmmmmmmmmmm baby!" he moaned as they kissed passionately..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHH OWEN!" she moaned..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ELAINEEEE....OHHHHHHHHHHH!" he cried out...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU OWENNNNNNNNNN!!!!UMMMMMM" she moaned..

He gently slipped her panties down.......

"I've been wanting to do it to you for so long...ever since you started at the firm..

"OUUUUUUUU YOU NASTY BOYYYYYY!" she cooed.

She eased herself down on his shaking, fully engorged penis..

"OH MY GOD~!!!!!! OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! UMMMMMMMM!" she moaned..

She moved up and down on him slowly.....Her entire body began to tremble something fierce, her head turned from side to side....sweat and tears flowed down the side of her face like a river,

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIRRRRRRL!" he moaned..

He flipped her over and entered her missionary style...

"OHHHHHHHHHHH..AWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM JUST PUT IT IN,,,OUUUUU ALL OF IT...PUT IT IN..." she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHH..AWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD!" he moaned...

They made sweet love for FIVE TO SIX HOURS!!! Her bed rocked furiously...her headboard rattled and slammed softly against the wall..

He came so hard , he felt like he was dying almost....

He went to sleep between her legs...

Hours later , she got up to go to the bathroom...He felt cold,like Dead weight..but she thought he was just sleeping hard... She pushed him over to the side.. When she returned to bed..She felt his body...It felt cold, stiff...He didn't appear to be breathing...

That's when she called 911 and he was declared dead!

Now here she was explaining her night to Crime Scene Investigators and Medical Examiners..

"We'll know more when we autopsy him.."said Hazel.

"Okay...wrap him up boys...We'll know more after he's autopsied."said Marcy...

He was put in a white body bag and strapped to a gurney and wheeled out of the loft just as Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer were returning..

Lt. Tragg had lipstick smudges on his cheek and on his shirt and lapel...His hair was mussed and his trousers were sticking out like a circus tent...

Judge Kelly Ann Mercer's hair was mussed  and she nervously stuffed her bra in her pocketbook...After their meal, they had driven  to lovers lane 

and made out like two teenagers,,,

They saw the body being dragged out on the stretcher...

''What's going on here?" asked Lt. Tragg.

"A man died in the loft upstairs...No sign of foul play...."said Hazel.

"He appears to have died of a heart attack..We'll know once we autopsy him." said Marcia.

"Arrrrrrrthurrrrr....I'm not ready to stop playing cops and judges..." Kelly Ann whispered in his ear...and nibbled on his ear softly.... "Ummmmmmmm tee hee hee." she laughed..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW GEEEEEZ!" moaned Lt. Tragg..."Oh Okay girls...I'll talk to you later." he said as they went inside..

They laughed and stumbled into the loft...

"I can only guess what she's doing to him....but I like it!" said Hazel...

''She must be blowing his mind in the bed..."laughed Marcy..

As the body was wheeled out..

And Elaine Young sobbed in the window!

III-

The Next Morning!

We were all having breakfast at our Office/Duplex.....

"Dig In Everybody..." said Alfreda, as Pancakes, Hash Browns, Breakfast Sausage, Eggs to order, Orange Juice and Coffee was served.

"Ummm, everything smells delicious Alfreda." said Olivia as we all sat down to eat our food..

 

"I heard a man died over in those lofts on the other side of the shopping malls." I said.

"That's where Judge Kelly Ann Mercer lives."said Yvette.

"The man died in the loft above hers..." I said.

"Oh My God....That's Elaine Young's loft." said Olivia.

"The Attorney?? Used to be an Assistant District Attorney?" asked Nelson.

"The same... Auntay and I ran into her in the Shopping Center and she told me she moved back to Philadelphia ,because she got a new job and that she wasn't going to be at these lofts too long because she was looking for a house."explained Beverly.

''And now a man has died in her loft...WOW! "said Josie.

"Good thing Lt. Tragg wasn't around...He'd of tried to arrest her for murder."said Bresha.

"I'm hearing it was natural causes...Doesn't appear to be foul play." I said.

"Again...I 'm glad Lt. Tragg wasn't around. Didn't have anything to do with it."said Alfreda as she joined us..

We enjoyed our breakfast....It was a slow day...All of our casework was finished...We decided to pay our friend Elaine a visit at her loft...

"Oh Olivia it was so thoughtful of you to come by and to bring this Fruit Basket." said Elaine.

Holding the fruit basket we purchased for her....

 

"You're our friend...When we heard what happened on the news we were worried..We needed to know you were alright." said Olivia.

 

"It was the least we could do. Did your friend have heart problems?" I asked.

"No..He was a healthy young man...He played Raquetball twice a week and was an excellent swimmer." said Elaine.

"You never know about these things...Sometimes they sneak up on you." said Beverly.

"He may have had a bad ticker and didn't know it." said Nelson..

"Did he eat or drink anything adverse.?" asked Josie.

We were at a seafood restaurant in Bayside...we both had Shrimp and Penne Fettucine..and wine.. I had the same thing he had...

"He did have some Sangria after he got here...That was it." said Elaine.

"We were in Bayside last night too, right around the corner from you at that Steak Restaurant." said Bresha.

"Ouuuuu for real.. We started to go there,but he wanted seafood."said Elaine.

"Guess who was there though, Lt. Tragg and his lady friend..but it was all good.No incidents...he behaved himself."laughed Alfreda.

"She keeps him under control....if you listen to the vent over there you'll know why...This goes on almost every night. They must have both taken the day off.....listen." laughed Elaine..

A floor below, Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer were in bed, kissing passionately...

"AWWWWWWWW...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!..." she moaned..

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SWEET BABYYYYY!" he moaned loudly..

He slipped her panties down, his eyes bulged out of their sockets almost...

"This is the pair you dropped that day at the lingerie store." he said.

"Yes..I went back and bought them....you like em?" she asked.

"Oh Baby, I love them.." he said.

"OUUUUUU HOOO HOOO HOOO HOOO HOOO! OHHH MYYYY!" she laughed.

"I like you too!" he said in between more smouldering kisses...

"That goes without saying...I KNOW THAT!" she laughed..

He flipped her over and entered her missionary style.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWWWD!" he moaned as the bed began to squeak and the headboard rattled..

Her body was shaking... her legs were trembling... her head turned from side to side..

"OUUUUUUU IT FEELS GOOD TO ME... OUUUUUUUUU LET ME RIDE THAT HORSE!! OUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU'RE SO BIG AND SO DAMN HARRRRRRD!!! WOUUUUUUU" she cried out..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ARTHURRRRRRRR!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HOLY NIGHTT!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

The bed began to squeak something crazy....and the two of them began making sweet sweet love..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHH  !!!!  OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  LIEUTENANT!!

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ARTHURRRRRRR,WOUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since they'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...

"YOUR HONOR, YOUR HONOR  baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...

" OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT!!!!" she screamed out....

The bed squeaked even louder...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm , that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  LIEUTENANT, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU! I THINK...I THINK I'M LOSING MY MIND!!! OHHHHHHHH HOLY NIGHT!!OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned..

"That's the second time this morning...They were going on like this all night..I couldn't sleep." said Elaine..remembering her one night with Lt. Tragg....He had curled her toes, she thought and smiled.

"He said Oh Holy Night! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"laughed Nelson hysterically.. He was laughing so hard, he was shaking.

"Come on Boo Boo, It wasn't that funny...Then again..it kinda was."said Josie,joining him in hysterical laughter.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  LIEUTENANT, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" said Beverly imitating Judge Mercers cries of ecstacy.... 

This had the entire room in hysterics!! Beverly could immitate anyone....

"Knock it off you guys...Your voices can carry through the vent too!" chided Olivia, who was laughing hysterically herself.

 

I just smiled and shook my head..

"I'm sorry Auntay....but it was funny."said Beverly gaining her composure.

"Yeah me too! but Oh Holy night caught me by surprise."said Nelson, who began laughing again...and slapping his knees....

"Beverly, get your husband,." laughed Josie.

"I can't do nothing with him" sighed Beverly...laughing some more.

"You guys are so bad!"laughed Bresha.

"Aren't they though?" said Alfreda.

While downstairs-

Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer's hot lovemaking got louder-

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? IS IT GOOD TO YOU?  "IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? IS IT GOOD TO YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU? BECAUSE IT'S GOOD TO ME!!!!  " she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWWD YESSSSSSSSS!" he moaned loudly...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm , that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..GEEEEEEEEEZ, I'M ABOUT TO BLOW MY LOAD!!! OHHHHHHHHH HOLY NIGHT, I'M LOSIN MY MINDDDDDD!!!" he screamed..

"Oh my God!!!!...and this goes on three to four nights a week.. Those two are little energizer bunnies. They can't keep their hands off of each other.  Before he started seeing her she was so quiet, so mousy...I barely knew she was down there.. I mean she spoke when we saw each other.. but never much conversation and she never had any visitors at all."laughed Elaine.

 

"I suppose she was a lonely woman and now she has company."laughed Olivia.

 

"It's quiet down there.. I guess they're asleep " I said, smiling wryly....

"WOW!!! I said she was blowing his mind in the bed...and she is.." said Beverly...

"It sounded mutual to me."laughed Nelson.

"One thing is for sure....He is no longer as unhinged as he used to be.. He no longer bothers us in Curleys or in Sam Mother's and he no longer runs up to our house." said Josie, meaning our Office/Duplex.

"Well in recent weeks, he wouldn't have had a need to...None of our cases involved him at all." said Bresha. 'Wait til one does...then we'll see." she said.

"She's got him so whipped, if she says the word panties....He'd cum in his trousers."laughed Alfreda.

"Alfreda"laughed Olivia.

"She's right though"laughed Elaine Young.

IV-

Outside the loft

An unmarked police car

And a police cruiser drove up!

Just as we were about to leave...Elaine's doorbell rang..

 

Like us...She had a Doorbell Monitor Screen..

Olivia looked out the window..  ''Elaine..A police cruiser just drove up and an unmarked police car!" she said.

 

"WHATTTTTTTT?" said an astonished Elaine.

"Police??" I said.

"If this was just autopsy results, they wouldn't come like this." said Beverly.

"Maybe we'd better hang around ."said Nelson.

"Yeah..that's a good idea." agreed Josie.

"I don't like the look of this."said Bresha.

"Me Neither Baby girl."said Alfreda. 

"Ms. Young....This is Sgt Brice, Homicide, Can I come up?" he asked Politely..

"Homicide?? Yes, Yes, please come up." she said and buzzed him in..

Sgt, Brice came up with three uniformed police officers.. He was surprised to see us there.

"Olivia!  Wow...surprised to see you guys here already." he said. 

"And we are equally surprised to see YOU here Sgt. Brice." said Olivia, with a pleasent smile..She liked Sgt. Brice.  He was always polite and very professional.

 

"Hello Sergeant!" I said.

Neither Beverly, Nelson, Josie, Bresha or Alfreda said anything.

They were all stunned as stunned as Olivia and I was.

"What is this about?" asked Elaine Young..

"This Concerns Owen Clifford, the man found deceased last night....The Autopsy is finished.. He didn't die of a heart attack...He died of an overdose of Digitalis....He had enough in his system to kill a horse.

He was murdered!" said Sgt. Brice.

"Murdered? NO WAYYYYY! He was with me all night and...And I think I'd better not say anymore." said Elaine.

"Good Idea...Ms. Elaine Young, you're under arrest for suspicion of murder in the case of Owen Clifford..As an Attorney you know you have the right to remain silent and that any and everything you say from now on can be used against you in a court of law...You have a right to an attorney and if you can't afford one, one will be provided for you...You understand that..." said Sgt. Brice quietly..

"Oh and that Sangria over there....We have to take that and test it...." he said.

Elaine was handcuffed

"Elaine, stay cool...We'll be down." said Olivia.

"Thank you Olivia." said Elaine as she was led out...

(TO BE CONTINUED)