State Of Grace

PRELUDE:

At the Hospital, Dr. Stephen Cleaver was preparing to go home for the day.

 There was a knock on his door..

"Hello!  Come in." he said.

"Dr.. Cleaver...I just got my termination notice....and a Cease and Desist Order.." said  Nurse Joyce Grace.

She was not happy.

"Yes and you are violating one of those orders right now, you're not supposed to be talking to me or anywhere near me...Now I'm going to give you a break and not call security on you....but I expect you to leave immediately.." he said tersely...

"You rotten son of a bitch... I've worked my ass off here for 7 years and you have never given me a good performance evaluation and I suspect that that is because I've refused to sleep with you....and I've been aware of some other shady dealings you have had.." said Nurse Grace.

"You'll have a hard time proving any of that....Now please leave...If you have any more questioning about your termination...you are welcome to seek legal counsel , but I doubt that will do anything to get you your job back...but good luck with that..heh heh heh!" said Dr. Cleaver.

"You know I've complained about you bitterly to HR and they 've never done anything about you...This time my friend....I'm going to make sure something is done about you." said Nurse Grace

"Heh Heh Heh, knock yourself out..Now for the last time ,I'm asking that you leave."said Dr. Cleaver.

"Okay, but you haven't heard the last of me." said an angry Nurse Grace, storming out.....

After she left, Dr. Cleaver got on his phone-

"Security.. I want Nurse Grace escorted out of the hospital and I don't want her to be allowed back on the premises...Take her keys and her electronic access cards...Thank you." he said curtly.

A DAY LATER-

The bell rang at our office duplex...

"Good Morning Young Lady." said a smiling Alfreda..

"Good Morning...I have an appointment with Ms Olivia and Ms. Beverly....I called yesterday afternoon." said Nurse Grace...

''Right this way, they've been expecting you." said Alfreda.

We were all sitting in the conference room when Alfreda escorted Joyce Grace in.

"Hello Ms. Olivia, Ms. Beverly, everybody...I am Joyce Grace...I was a Nurse at the local hospital until two days ago when I was unjustly terminated by one Dr. Stephen A. Cleaver....The A. is for Asshole." said Joyce Grace..

"Ummmmmm tell us how you really feel." quipped Beverly.

 

"Good Morning Joyce...Allow me to introduce my staff. You met my Office Manager, Mrs. Alfreda Cambridge, who is also Beverly's Mother.." said Olivia..

"Oh wowwww she's pretty....I see where Beverly gets her good looks from.." said Joyce.

 

"Beverly is the product of her and my older brother..They are no longer together... This is my husband, Principal Investigator, Donnie Ray Alexander." said Olivia.

"Pleased to make your acquaintance.." I said..

"And my niece , Beverly you know." said Olivia.

"Charmed " said Beverly with a smile.

"This is my niece's husband and my right hand man.... Associate Attorney Nelson East." said Olivia.

"Pleased to make your acquaintance.." said Nelson.

"And my other Associate Attorney, Josie Boyd.." said Olivia.

"Pleased to meet you." said Josie.

"And last but certainly never least...my newest associate attorney....Mrs. Bresha Billips

"Hi..Pleased to meet you." said Bresha.

''Well you have a close, tight knit organization here and a very comfortable office.. Well let me explain why I am here." she said and passed us some files.... Copies of her evaluation reports from her first three years at the hospital....They were all excellent and signed by the head of the nursing department and the head surgeon.  Then she passed us her last four evaluation reports from her next supervisor ,dr. Stephen A. Cleaver. They were abysmal...

"My work hadn't deteriorated.... I refused his advances...starting from when he started working there..First the invitations to go out drinking...I refused...then the outright asking of me to sleep with him...I worked late, I worked hard, but I didn't allow him to kiss me, hug me or try to get me pushed into corners where he could grind on me... He once ejaculated in his trousers trying to get at me...and fell down...." said Joyce Grace..

"Oh My Goddddd!" said Beverly..

''Did you tell anybody? HR?" asked Josie.

"Sure did.." she said and she showed us copies of her formal complaints to Human Resources and papers from his file that show he was spoken to, but no further action taken.

"It's good you kept records of everything....Good records too!" I said.

''We have grounds for a suit against the hospital for maintaining a toxic workplace..Tell me...did anybody else complain about him?" asked Olivia.

"I don't know....but I have four years worth of complaints....and four years worth of bad evaluations to prove my point.." said Joyce.

"Ouuuuuu...I'm going to subpoena that hospital for his personnel records and the records of the head of Human Resources... When we are through...You may have enough money to have a wing named after you." said Olivia with a smile.

The next day we all appeared at the Hospital...

The Hospital Administrator was flabberghasted...

"I had no idea this was going on...." he said.

He got on the intercom...

"Send Mr. Oreilley down here NOW!!" he demanded..

 

"Well thank you sir." said Olivia.

 

I whispered to Beverly.... "Hospitals get sued all the time...Malpractce suits what have you...but a suit like this...Sexual Harrassment, Complaints to HR that go unchallenged is not something they want to get into." I said.

"I knowwww, they could lose a lot of money and the publicity is very bad." said Beverly...

"I got a feeling the head of Human Resources is about to get his head handed to him." said Nelson.

"He deserves it." said Josie.

"Yes he does." said Bresha,.

The Head Of Human Resources showed up..

"Yes Sir sirrrrrrrr." he said.

He showed him the files and the complaints....

"DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?"  he asked..

"No Sir?" he said.. clearly afraid.

"These are the attorneys for the young lady who unknown to me was terminated yesterday...I want you to give them your full co-operation and give them anything they want and I want that surgeon disciplined..DO YOU HEAR ME?" screamed the Hospital Administrator..

"YES SIRRRRR SIRRRRR!" he said.. "Come this way ." he said to us. 

We followed him down the hallway to the Human Resources Office.  This appeared easier than it was.

"Let's go guys." said Olivia.

 

"Right behind you sweetie." I said.

"Ouuuuuu sweetie...You got a new pet name for auntay.." said Beverly...

"Yeah just like I call you honey bun." laughed Nelson.

"Looks like somebody is in hot water ." whispered Josie to Bresha, speaking of the head of 

Human Resources."

"In the best case scenario, Joyce could get her job back and maybe a little compensation." said Bresha.

II-

THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY ENNIS HUNTER-

New Assistant District Attorney Ennis Hunter was getting accustomed to his new office. He had won his first 5 prosecutions here and he felt pretty good.. He had filed away all of his case files.... he had some free time so he grabbed his laptop and looked up a person who was like an enigma to him...

who else ? Kelly Ann Mercer , who seemed to be an obsession with him now..

KELLY ANNE MERCER

Born in Enterprise, Alabama...

Daughter of Civil Rights Attorney Clyde Mercer...

Educated in Enterprise Public Schools...

Was a Cheerleader and Valedictorian of her High school,

elected Prom Queen of her High school in her Senior Year.

Modeled Bathing Suits and Lingerie for local magazines. This partially paid for her college and law school.

B.A. Administration of Justice, Pre-Law, Trial Advocacy- University of Alabama.

J.D.-University of Alabama School of Law.

Passed the bar in Alabama, Georgia, New York. Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey

Associate Attorney Butler and Snow-Birmingham

Associate Attorney Bartlett and Hunter- Birmingham

(Left Birmingham after a lengthy affair with married attorney Hubert Bartlett, of Bartlett and Hunter ended abruptly and badly. )

Moved to New York City 

Public Defender-New York City

Assistant District Attorney-New York City..

Briefly engaged to Attorney Ennis Hunter...Engagement broken off

Moved to Philadelphia in 2021, was elected Judge of Common Pleas Court, 2022

And Miles away at her loft....

Kelly Ann was enjoying a rare morning off....Her boyfriend, Lt. Arthur Tragg was at work..She was making the most of some alone time... Her neighbors were relieved...Her bed wasn't squeaking and the sounds of both her and Lt. Tragg, moaning and screaming in ecstacy to the top of their lungs wasn't being heard..

She was on her laptop looking up her ex-fiance...

ENNIS HUNTER JR.-

Born in New York City, New York.. 

Queens Borough-

Educated in New York Public schools..

His Father , Federal Judge, Ennis Hunter Sr.- A Federal Judge (Deceased)

His Mother- An Attorney at a private firm.

BA-  Administration of Justice, Pre-Law- St. Johns University, New York City

JD- Columbia University School of Law

Passed the Bar in New York/Pennsylvania/Deleware/New Jersey /Connecticut /MA

Public Defender, Manhattan District Court

Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Court

Staff Attorney for the Human Rights Commission (an LGBTQ advocacy group)

Married Assistant District Attorney Elvin Porter.

Porter died in 2022 after a brief battle with Prostate Cancer.

Moved to Philadelphia PA.

Currently an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia.

She hadn't realized that Elvin Porter had died... She felt a tinge of sorrow for Ennis... Still she couldn't believe she once shared his bed..Once spent weekends making love to him just as she does Arthur Tragg and all along,.he was desiring a man...She cringed at the memory of his screams of pleasure as  she walked in on Elvin Porter drilling him in the bed...How she dropped all of her shopping bags and ran out of the apartment complex in total disbelief!!!

That seemed like a lifetime ago now.

We all went to the Bridge Building to eat lunch after our meeting at the hospital.

We all met with our friends at their beautiful ultra modern cafetria.. We met Joyce there.

"Ohhhhh Ms. Olivia...this place is gorgeous and the selection of food they have here...Oh my god!" exclaimed our client, Joyce Grace.

"We thought you would like it here Joyce.. The Hospital Administrator said that he had no idea about Dr. Cleaver's shenanigans.....He ordered his Human Resources Manager to bring us all of the complaints on him." said Olivia.

 

''And there were other complaints about him making inappropriate sexual advances towards other women...He was spoken to about this several times in the four years and written up twice..."I said.

"And get this!  All of those women, including yourself got bad evaluations from him and either terminated or they quit...Nothing else was said about the matter." said Beverly.

"The Good Doctor has been literally unchecked...and I'm sure some women have given in to his advances." said Nelson.

''Of course they have if they've wanted to keep their jobs." said Josie.

"Wow, this guy is a real freak." said her husband, Paris.

"He's a Beast."" said Bresha.

"He's a creep....I hope you guys take him for all he's worth."said Tony.

 

 "More than likely the Hospital will foot any lawsuit that comes from this...Not him...but if they do..He'll be disciplined." said Ms. Yvette, who was sitting with us.

"I hate guys like that....People that have a lot of power over you because of their position."said Keith Jones.

"Like that Former Judge that was running that law firm full of women and forcing them all to sleep with him."said Bee Bee.

"I just couldn't exist in an enviroment like that."said Sofia.

"They're bullies, those types." said Kahlil.,

"That's why we do what we do..To protect the world from bullies like that." said Jade.

"That's why I got into this law thing." said Olivia with a smile.

"Me too!" said her niece, Beverly.

"And I as well." said Nelson.

'"Me? I just wanted to make some money and wear nice clothes to work" joked Virginia, which brought our whole table to loud laughter.

"Yall is just too loud and rowdy.."laughed Jetty...

 

Jazzy was not part of the conversation....She was busy making goo goo eyes at her husband, Dabnis as they both ate their food.
 

Dabnis was no better, busy making goo goo eyes at her.

"You were my nurse during my hospital stay when my appendix's ruptured...I remember you." said Kayla.

"Kayla...Yes....I remember you and your husband too! How he worried...He was so sweet." said Joyce.

"Yeah, I remember you." said Ray.

"That's so nice ...I am so glad we are able to help you." said Jessica.

"Yeah....I hope they do more than talk to that doctor." said her husband, Chip.

"They should fire the jerk." said Karen Page.

"That all depends on how much money the hospital has to pay out..." said Natalie.

"Yeah if they have to pay a whole lot, too much Ole Doc is gone." said David.

"Let's hope so....That would be justice." said Brooke.

"It would be....but I doubt that will happen...Let's see." said Sean.

"I'm going to be watching this particular case."said Zoey...

"Yes...I will be too!" said her husband, Lem.

"I hate these bullies like this Doctor and that Lawyer who thought they were running their feifdoms."said Renee.

"Yeah I hate em too." said her husband, Tyrell.

"I'm loving all of this support from you guys." said Joyce.

"We are all like family." said Olivia.

None of us knew then, but this case was going to go sideways real soon.

III-

It had been quite a  day..A successful visit to the hospital, access to all the files we needed to begin a possible lawsuit....We couldn't have asked for a more co-operative hospital staff.

"This was some day wasn't it Donnie Ray?" asked Olivia...

"Yeah...andddddd, it's about to get better...At least mine is.." said Donnie Ray.

"Ouuuuuu you are so horny....Do you mean to tell me that going to bed with me is the best part of your day?" she asked.

"Yes it is...I didn't want to say it..but since you asked." I said, laughing.

"Myyyyyyy goodness..I must admit I am flattered, said Olivia.

"You should be....You're the best I've ever had..." I said.

"Awwwwwww you only say that because it's true." laughed Olivia...

We both laughed.

We continued to kiss, she helped me undress.....

"Oh My godddd look at youuuuuu...OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she exclaimed...and stroked me gently..

I slowly slipped her panties down...

"Myyyyyyyy wordd...young lady, what you wear under your clothes is simply scandalous.." I said in a fake English accent..

"You are so crazy Donny Ray. and these are new...glad you like them..."laughed Olivia.

"I love them!" I said...

I lifted her up and entered her slowly...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM  I like everything about youuuuuu" I moaned..

"I love to hear you moan.." she whispered in my ear.. "I love that I make you moan." she added..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" was all I could get out..

She moved up and down on me....driving me to near delirium...as we sat on the side of the bed...

And rode me cowgirl girl style on top of the bed..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....UMMMMMMMMMMM...UMMMMMMMMMMM!" I moaned.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LAWWWWWWWWWD!

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed..

I flipped her over and entered her slowly, softly....

"UMMMMMMPH." I moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" cooed Olivia, her petite body trembling something crazy, her head turning from side to side and tears running down the side of her face..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..WOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out.

"ENJOY YOUR DAY DONNIE RAY...OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she yelled out...

"I DIDDDDDDDDDD!!!" I roared.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I'M ENJOYING THIS NIGHT....OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she screamed as I humped her over the bed...

"SO AM I....DAMNNNNNNNNN GIRL!" I said.

"UMMMMM I'm enjoying this moment!" I moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU I AM TOOO!" she cooed...

For the next NINE TO TEN HOURS....Olivia and I were in total bliss. Making love like no one else in the world mattered and no one else did.

We rested peacefully under a nice harvest moon...It was the calm before the storm...

Like wise downstairs..Beverly and Nelson were making a night of it..

"Come here my Knight in shining armour.. Take my clothes off!" whispered Beverly, softly to Nelson..

Nelson hugged Beverly and squeezed her...

They kissed slowly , softly....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WITH PLEASURE!" said Nelson..

''OUUUUUUUU YOU ARE SOOO NASTY!" said Beverly.

Her and Nelson were practically slobbering on each other the way they were kissing....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!" moaned Beverly.....

"HONEY BUNNNNN!" said Nelson.

Nelson slowly slipped her panties down and off..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, YOUR HANDS ARE SO WARM....UMMMMMM!" Beverly said..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDD!BEVERLY....WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?? WOWWWWW!" said Nelson, who was more amazed that Beverly was wearing a pair of panties he had never seen her in before.

Beverly giggled... "I bought them the last time we went to the shore...Kayla ,Jazzy, Renee and Natalie bought an identical pair...just different colors." she said...

He was even more aroused imagining his wife's girlfriends in these pair of panties and thinking about the different colors...

He lifted her petite body up and entered her slowly and gently... bringing her to a quick orgasm...She wrapped her arms around him and spread her legs even wider..Nelson was losing his mind....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..OHHHH MY GODDDDDDD BEVERLYYYYYY!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUU LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR BIG OLE HARD THING ALL UP IN MEEEE!" she screamed..

Once more, he placed her on the bathroom sink, spread her legs and entered her again, slowly and softly...She held him for dear life , while her body trembled.. and sweat and tears ran down the side of her face,,she couldn't believe she was having another orgasm..She kissed him softly....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UMMMMMMMMMMMM  I LOVE YOU!" she whispered.

"I LOVE YOU TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! OH MY GODDDDD BEVERLY CHERYL!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU NELSON SEAN!!! OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she cried out...

They finally made it to the bed,

He flipped her over and entered her slowly, softly, she stared at him in pure amazement...his size, his girth, and yet his gentleness with her...it led her to have a deep and intense orgasm that brought her to tears..

Beverly was so soft, so warm, smelled so good...She was driving Nelson crazy......He likewise was driving her crazy....causing her to have another deep and intense orgasm..She was crying like a little girl, her body trembling....her head turning both ways....

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBAND!" moaned Beverly.....

"HONEY BUNNNNN!" said Nelson.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she moaned loudly....

 For the next NINE TO TEN HOURS....Beverly  and Nelson were in total bliss...Making sweet ,sweet love. Neither could get enough of the other...Beverly stared in Nelson's eyes with amazement at his stamina...while her body trembled something fierce.

Nelson came so hard, he thought he was dying..

Beverly ended her night ,sleeping on top of her husband, who was already snoring loud...She smiled..

He had earned it tonight..

It was a beautiful night.

And At her loft blocks away...

"Hiiiiiiii Arthur..." said Kelly Ann...

"Ummmmmmmmm Hi Baby...Ummmmmmmmmmm, I've got a boner that just won't quit." he moaned..

"Oh My God you're so nasty, you horny dog!" she said..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO KISS A MAN KELLY ANN!" said Lt. Tragg...

"AND YOU KNOW HOW TO KISS A WOMAN ARTHUR...UMMMMMMMM!" she moaned.

He slowly slipped her panties down and off..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he moaned..

"I was sitting here in my bedroom thinking about you all day." she cooed.

"I was thinking about you too." he said.

He flipped her over and slowly entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ARTHUR!!!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW KELLY ANN...OUUUUUUUUUU!" he moaned...

Their bed was about to get another serious workout.....They began making sweet love......

For the Next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS, Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann were making sweet ,sweet love...He didn't know if he was coming or going..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he moaned..

For the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS, Lt. Tragg and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer would be bathed in love, making love to the point of exhaustion for both!

 

It wasn't a beautiful night for everyone...

For At the Hospital...

"I'm sorry you lost your job, but that has nothing to do with me...Now I've got to go....I just finished a major surgery he said...

He turned his back and whoever he was talking to pulled out a knife and plunged it into his side and then his back and then across his neck, cutting his throat.....

He never got a chance to scream for help....He died instantly....

The person then washed the knife down with hot water...used bleach on it...wiped it completely and then placed it back with the other surgical tools and then casually walked out of the room and out of the hospital and into the night.

IV-

"Mannnnn this is ugly....all this blood." said one CSI man...

"It's a hospital...what do ya expect?" said another crime scene investigator while another CSI man snapped photos of the crime scene.

"His throat was cut from behind with a surgical knife....see that ? A perfect cut...and he has a stab wound in the back that went between the ribs and punctured the right lung......and another cut that nearly severed his spine.." said Dr. Hazel Baylor.. deputy Coroner and Forensic Investigator.

"His Killer didn't seem to know what he or she was doing...It was a quick kill and it appears to be done out of rage."said Dr. Marcy Templeton...

Lt. Tragg wasn't looking as impeccable as he used to look...His hair was mussed...His suit was wrinkled and he smelled of women's perfume...

He had lipstick on his lapel, his collar and his cheek....It was obvious he had gotten up out of Judge Kelly Ann's bed to come to this crime scene...and he didn't like it..

"WOW!  This poor guy was cut up....Is the murder weapon around?" he asked.

"It has to be one of these surgical knives but they're all clean...they;ve been washed and bleached down." said a CSI..

"That is a normal procedure after a surgery...but we can try luminol..."said Dr.. Hazel Baylor.

"Okay , take all of these surgical instruments and luminol them....Though with surgery you are bound to find all kinds of blood traces...Continue to dust for prints and any foreign DNA... I want a team on this floor, interview anybody that was in this hospital yesterday ...look through his appointment books..."said Lt. Tragg.

"You know...He actually sounds like a detective today."whispered Hazel to Marcy.

"Judge Kelly Ann is working miracles on his demeanor and personality...She must be blowing his mind in the bed." said Marcy.

Both women giggled.

"You guys can remove the body.......Ladies, get me the autopsy report as soon as you can." said Lt. Tragg softly.... He needed a hot coffee asap!

"Hazel, he called us ladies...Not girls." laughed Marcy Templeton.

"The power of the panties!"laughed Hazel..

As the body was put in a plastic body bag and strapped to a gurney and rolled out of the hospital..

A DAY LATER-

"Olivia this is a great set up you have here... A Law Library and Media Room in the adjacent building...You and your husband live here, Your Niece and her husband live downstairs and your other staff members either live down the street or across the street....This is the dream set up and all of your friends and colleagues live in the neighborhood. I love it and thanks for breakfast...." said Joyce.

"I suppose you heard that Dr. Cleaver was murdered yesterday." said Olivia.

"I heard!  I can't say I'm sorry he's dead.. He was a prick!  Where does this leave my lawsuit.?" asked Joyce.

"It's still happening...and from the information I've gathered...Looks like you have a solid case." I said.

''We are going to file tomorrow in district court." said Beverly.

"This was easier than most suits we've filed.."said Nelson.

"The Hospital isn't too happy about this, but they shouldn't have allowed such a toxic enviroment to flourish for so long." said Josie.

"I think they'll settle and settle quickly." said Bresha.

The doorbell rang just then..

"I'll get it." said Alfreda...

When she went to the door she saw police cars and a familliar face.

"Alfreda, inform your boss that I have a warrant for her client , Joyce Grace's arrest...Murder in the first degree." said Lt. Tragg.

(TO BE CONTINUED)