ESCAPADES: June 2025

TUESDAY MORNING!

Bresha and Josie were down the street from the courthouse buying hot steaming tumblers of coffee for themselves and the rest of the group... It was Day one of our Bench trial.

"Here come our coffees now!" said Bresha.

"Pass me the company credit card....I'll pay for them."said Josie as the two cup holders holding their coffees came up.

"Bresha? Bresha Williams? Is that You?" asked Thomas White...

"Hi Thomas ,It's Bresha Billips now..Mrs. Bresha Billips." said Bresha.

He looked at her hand and saw her wedding band..

"Ohhhhhhhhh you got married....Billips....By any chance would your husband be Anthony Billips?" he asked.

"That's right...We got married shortly after we both passed the bar.. Tony is an associate attorney at a firm near Penns Landing in the Bridge Building and I am an associate attorney for Olivia Bennett-Alexander and Beverly West. In fact we have a house, just down the street from them." said Bresha.

"Ohhhhhh wowww. nice, married and both of you working and in a house....Not badddd.....I suppose you are down here for Anita Brown's trial huh?" he asked.

"I am...it's a Bench trial...It's closed to the public. I am one of Anita's defense attorneys...Along with my friend here." said Bresha.

He had been checking Josie out the entire time...Her breasts and her shapely legs...

"And uh who is your uh friend, heh heh heh?" he laughed....

" Mrs.Josie Boyd....I'm also one of Anita's Defense Attorneys... My husband works for the same law firm as her husband, in the Bridge Building..." said Josie...

He looked disappointed..

"All the good ones are taken." he said..

"What are you doin down here? You gotta case?" asked Bresha.

"I wish I did....I've been subpoenaed by the Prosecution in the Anita Brown case.. I'll be testifying." he said.

A LITTLE WHILE LATER-

"Coffee everybody!" said Josie.

"Come and get it while it's hot" said Bresha.

Everybody grabbed a cup....including our client, Anita Brown.

"Thanks Girls....This is just what I need.." said Anita...

"Thank you ladies.."said Olivia.

"Well here we are...." I said.

"I'm worried about this...Just being in front of a judge...Maybe we should have went for a traditional jury trial." said Beverly..

"It'll be alright...I think we'll be fine."said Nelson.

"We saw Thomas White while we were in the coffee shop."said Josie.

"What the hell is he doing down here?" said Anita Brown , not realizing she had spoken aloud..

"He says he was subpoenaed by the ADA...Curtis Loder as his witness..." said Bresha,.

Olivia looked worried...She had counted on Thomas White being a part of this at all.

"Anything you want to tell us Anita?" asked Olivia.

"We know about you and Thomas....We saw you two in the bar down the shore...We were all down there that weekend...They have photos of you in Aqua Bar....and we've destroyed the sex tapes and lurid photos...Anything else we need to know?" asked Beverly...

"No I swear...Nothing...Underwood was blackmailing me...but I never made a payment...Nor didI speak to my husband about getting off the ticket...I've told you everything....I swear,." said Anita.

"Okay..because it's court time right now...This is it!"said Olivia sternly....

Assistant District Attorney Curtis Loder, D.A. Investigator, Ingrid Stevenson and Lt. Arthur Tragg walked past us and into the courtroom....

Olivia was right.. It was court time now....

II-

COURTROOM D-

"ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE JUDGE PAUL SCANLON!" said the Bailiff.

"YOU MAY BE SEATED!" said Judge Paul Scanlon....

"This is a Bench Trial ,closed to the General Public... I will be hearing Oral Arguments in the Conspiracy trial of Anita Brown... Let's start with introduction of Attorneys." said Judge Scanlon.

"Assistant District Attorney Curtis Loder representing the Commonwealth ,Your Honor." said Curt Loder.

"Olivia Bennett-Alexander, Lead Attorney for the Defense your honor."said Olivia.

I sat quietly next to Olivia, holding one of her hands, softly...

"Mrs. Beverly West -East, Attorney for the Defense." said Beverly.

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

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

"Mrs. Bresha Boyd, Attorney for the Defense your Honor."said Bresha.

Anita Brown sat very nervous, despite the fact there was no press and no visitors in the courtroom....

Only her and her attorneys...The Assistant District Attorney and Thomas White..

The one prosecution witness.

"Okay...Normally we would have Voir Dire and a jury selection and then begin tomorrow...but since there will be no juror selection, we'll begin oral arguments right now.." said the Judge.

As A Homicide Detective in New Orleans, I had testified for the Assistant District Attorney in one Bench trial before.

It was just like today...A Cold Courtroom.. No Jurors and No Visitors...Attorneys play off of Jurors and Visitors.. They say things to het feedback...a laugh, a gasp...a groan...It's much like performance art...and a good attorney knows how to perform, how to elevate their voice or lower their voice at just the right pitch, the right timbre...to emotionally affect the jury... We had both sides with those abilities..

Today there was only the judge.

And this Judge, Paul Scanlon, serious and no nonsense didn't look like one who could be so moved by an emotional argument... Just the facts mam. just the facts...

Assistant District Attorney had done his homework or as much of it as possible for a case like this...He had as did we...a complete record of all of Anita's credit card transactions and Banking activities for the past six months.

None of that indicated any payments for hotel rooms ,food, drink or anything else involved with Mr. Thomas White.

However, witness, Attorney Thomas White had rented a hotel suite down the shore, the same weekend we were there and another hotel suite in Philadelphia, a week later for two days...after we had all returned from the shore...and there was a record of him buying several drinks at Aqua Bar a month before.

"Mr. White, when did you meet Mrs. Brown?" asked ADA Loder.

"I met her when I was in law school.....I attended Middleton Law School...She was one of my professors.

There was an immediate attraction between both of us...but nothing happened... I approached her near graduation and she said to come back and see her after I passed the bar..She was blowing me off.

I passed the bar and three years later we ran into each other again...at a Fund-Raiser for her husband's upcoming campaign..

I am Counsel for a Political Concern that donates a lot of money to political candidates...Her husband, our Mayor being one of them...We met for drinks afterwords and agreed to meet at Aqua Bar on a night when her husband was in Norristown at a political meeting." he said.

"Thus these steamy photos found in Mr. Underwood's Safe Deposit Box." said ADA Curt Loder.

"Mr. White, you and Mrs. Brown had a sexual relationship...Did you not?" asked ADA Loder.

"Yes we did." said Thomas White.

"Did you realize this was the second time she had stepped out on her husband?" ADA Coder said with a snarky grin.

"OBJECTION!!" screamed Olivia.

"OBJECTION, RELEVANCE!" said Beverly equally as loud.

"I withdraw the question."said ADA Curtis Loder, smiling....

This stunt would have worked with a jury.....but not with this Judge.....

"When did Mr. Underwood approach you?" he asked.

"The Day after Mrs. Brown and I were in the hotel near Penns Landing... He said he had proof that the two of us had been together. and that he was going to relay this information to my job, unless I used my influence to get Mayor Cecil Brown off the ticket... He told me I had a week from that day and if he was still on the ticket, this information , those uh photos would be given to the mayor.. Information like that would have meant my job..."said Thomas White,

"WHEN DID YOU MEET WITH MR. UNDERWOOD AGAIN?" asked ADA Curtis Loder.

"I didn't! He was dead two days later." said Thomas White..

"Did you and Mrs. Brown discuss meeting with Mr. Underwood?" asked ADA Curtis Loder.

"No...No...I wasn't aware that She had met with Mr. Underwood....but I uh should have assumed she did." said Thomas White.

Judge Scanlon interjected....

"I'm going to table this right here...We'll hear the rest of this tomorrow...Perhaps we can sort this thing out then."he said.

"Let's go home..That was boring...They didn't prove one thing...as far as a conspiracy goes."said Olivia.

''All they did was air unnecessary dirty laundry...."I said.

"This is nonsense...They both had an affair....They were both being blackmailed..No proof at all that either one of them hatched a scheme to murder Underwood."said Beverly...

"What if he was blackmailing someone else? And they had him killed?" said Nelson.

''All of that information was destroyed before he died...Before we knew he was going to die."said Josie.

"Bummer" said Bresha as we left the courthouse.

"You guys hungry? Let's get some breakfast....I'm buying for everybody!" said Anita.

III-

We all went home satisfied that ADA Curtis Loder was wasting everybody's time with his prosecution...

He had proven nothing at all. Certainly no conspiracy...He had just stated the obvious...That Anita Brown and Thomas White had had an affair and that Ronald Underwood somehow found out about it and was using it as leverage to get cecil Brown off the ticket... It wasn't even classic Blackmail..because he wasn't asking for any money....At least not yet.

"UMMMMMMMMMMMM OH GODDDD OLIVIA!" I moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DONNIE RAY!" she moaned as we lay across the bed kissing.

Olivia is a very sensual woman....Her prim,prissy and professional appearance aside...behind closed doors, she was a completely different woman...We lie across the bed ,kissing like two horny teenagers.

As I've said before...When she is angry or worried...We have the best sex....She wasn't angry tonight but she was very worried about the prospects for this case, about our client and whether we could successfully defend her...

"Juries are funny" she always said... "You think they are going one way and they surprise you. But we aren't dealing with a jury...We are dealing with one man and I don't know how is on this... I can't read him" she said.

"I can't read him either." I said.

"But I can read you....You're quite horny right now." Olivia said, smiling.

Olivia's mood tonight also boded well for me in the bedroom...

Olivia's panties and bra slipped off the minute she entered our bedroom., so did my trousers ,boxers and shirt...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.." I moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cooed, softly caressing my erect penis.

as we headed straight for the bedroom...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Donnie Ray, Give it to me Daddy....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.." she moaned.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu yes baby!" I moaned as she moved up and down on my rock hard penis...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu don't stop...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." she moaned....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh, Ohhhhhhhhh baby....Ouuuuu,easy Donnie Ray...ouuuuu" she moaned...

"Damnnnnnnnnnnnn gurlllllll.ohhhhhhhh, you feel so good." I moaned... as I thrusted faster and faster inside of her....She was so round, so soft, so warm....

She wrapped her legs around me so she could take all of me in and I continued....as she moaned and groaned...We slowed it down some and got into a slow rhythm...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...ouuuuuu, you're as hard as an iron pipe..ouuuuuuu.." she cooed as she moved up and down...up and down...

I spread her legs open and entered her again......She was warm and wet...very wet...It was the best feeling ever.

"Ouuuuu,ummmmm, I love you so much Donnie Ray." she moaned.. as I humped her over the bed...

"I love you too Olivia..."I moaned..nearly out of breath as we continued to make sweet love...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Donnie Ray, Give it to me Daddy....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.., Give it to me" she moaned.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu yes baby!" I moaned as we made sweet love...I didn't know if I was coming or going.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu don't stop...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..don't stop." she moaned....

EIGHT TO NINE HOURS of sweet and intense lovemaking went by....

She laughed and then tossed her head back...moaning softly...Her body quivering softly....Her breathing getting heavy...

"Ohhhhh...Ohhh my god Donnie Ray...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."she moaned...

"Ouuuuuuu...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Olivia....Ohhh my goddd.."I moaned as she moved up and down on me...

TWO MORE HOURS of sweet lovemaking followed...We were both enjoying ourselves immensely.....

Olivia riding me softly and slowly and me nearly losing my mind....

Olivia was sweating profusely and laughing one minute and crying the next....She began to climax slowly,intensely...her body shaking and she smiling the sweetest smile I had ever seen....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....Donnie Ray baby, , .Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu Yessssssssssssss..." she said as she moved up and down and kissed me softly..

"OHHHHHHHHHHH baby.Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my godd!"I said..

"Take as much as you want!.." she said..

ANOTHER HOUR slipped by and I began to cum like a river...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..."I moaned, shaking.....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu,That's my guy..ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...That's my guyyyyyyy" she moaned as she herself began to climax...She held me tightly and continued to kiss me as she came and came hard...

She kissed me softly as I continued to cum like a river....

"I am so grateful for you Donnie Ray..." she said, as tears ran down her face....

''I'm grateful for you too, Olivia." I said as she lie on top of me and we both softly drifted off to sleep....

And a floor below us in another room....

Beverly and Nelson were standing in the middle of the floor kissing passionately.......

Beverly's Bra and panties were already off and hanging on the wicker chair in the hallway....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuu Nelson......ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu baby, I need you inside of me....." she moaned...

"Girl, I can't wait..." he said as he led her to the bed....They didn't bother to uncover the sheets....

Nelson was gentle with Beverly.....He softly kissed her navel and her breasts and her eyelids and her earlobes and eventually worked his way to her sweet lips...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned, her entire body trembling......

By the time he did enter her warm and moist center, she was near the point of climax......

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ." she moaned...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BEVERLY!" he cried out..

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 him closer to her..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....Beverly's body began to tremble something crazy...

, her head turned from side to side...tears streamed down her face.....

'UMMMMMMMM...OUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU LOOK SO HAPPY....YOU'RE ENJOYING ME A LOT AREN'T YOU?" she asked...

He hugged her...

"I AM SOOO ENJOYING YOUUUU!" he moaned softly...

She laughed...

"I AM ENJOYING YOU TOOO!! OUUUUUUU!" she cooed. Once again...her body began to tremble something crazy... , her head turned from side to side...tears streamed down her face.....she was having another orgasm....

Nelson and Beverly made sweet and slow passionate and intense love for EIGHT TO NINE HOURS straight.... 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 Beverly....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....

"Ohhhhhhhh My goodness...OUUUUUUUUUUU! NELSONNNNNNN! Again?? OHHH MY Godddd!" she yelled out...

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" He moaned....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed softly.

"OH MY GOD, YOU ARE SOOO WET!" he cried out..

"YOU'RE SOOOO HARD...OUUUUUUUUUUU! UMMMMMMMMM!" she cooed..Tears just streaming down her face as her legs began to shake and tremble..

They made sweet love for at least another TWO HOURS AND A HALF!...Beverly could see how much Nelson was thoroughly enjoying this experience....She was enjoying it too!

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I'm cumming...I'm cumming..Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" she said and began to shake and gyrate and turn her head from side to side....Crying like a little girl and sweating profusely....She couldn't believe how good she was feeling at the moment..

Nelson was one of maybe two other lovers she had had , who could make her cum like this...

He began cumming like a gusher....and shaking....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned...

"Oh yes Nelson..Yes....Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...niceeee...ummmmm." she moaned, kissing him as he continued to cum like a gusher...

''Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu that felt gooood, OUUUUUUUU" she whispered...

Nelson agreed , he was breathing heavily....His breathing soon got softer and he drifted off to sleep.

Beverly shook her head...That was okay...He had earned it...He put in some work tonight! she reasoned...

She put his arms around her and rested her head in the crook of his arms...He hugged her tightly...She smiled..

TWO DAYS LATER-

ADA Curtis Loder had argued and argued and proved nothing....

At times Judge Scanlon appeared bored. Then it was our turn....

Like ADA Loder, we had Anita Brown's Credit Card Receipts and Banking Statements... She had taken out no large sum of money ,had charged nothing out of the ordinary and according to her phone bill had made ,nor received any phone calls out of the ordinary...

In fact ,and we all testified that the moment of the explosion...Anita was with us in our office... She confided in us that Ronald Underwood had approached her and was trying to Blackmail her into persuading her husband to leave the ticket and that he claimed to have information of a sexual affair with a lawyer tied to his fund raising think tank...She was asking us for legal assistance we said.

We said nothing about getting assistance in wiping his laptops clean and his zip drives as well..There was no need to and nobody knew about that...Truth of the matter... He had lost all of his leverage before his office exploded, days later.

We closed our argument by saying there wasn't a bit of proof, Forensic or otherwise that our client had any further dealings with Ron Underwood after their initial meeting.

In Fact , she never heard from him again and never set foot in his office or the building where he worked...All which was true.

Judge Scanlon sighed...

"I have to agree with the defense....There is absolutely no proof whatsoever, Forensically or by any other means that Mrs.Brown had anything to do with the death of Mr. Ronald Under wood.. I am there for, dismissing all charges. Mrs. Brown, you are free to go." he said.

"Yes...Thank you Jesus!" exclaimed Anita Brown..

Beverly and Olivia leaped in the air, high fived each other and yelled.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" the way they did after each victory.

"I'm so glad this thing is over!" said Olivia.

I was glad too! Now this Cold Courtroom was going to get a little warmer.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm baby!" I moaned.

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu husssband!"Olivia cooed.

Olivia rewarded me with a sweet kiss, that lead to more passionate kissing...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu come here Nelson..." Beverly beckoned....

"Ohhhhhhh My Goddd!" Nelson moaned.

Like wise ,Beverly and Nelson were over in the corner kissing as well....

So was The Mayor , who chose to show up this afternoon... and Anita..

"You're finally out of trouble bad girl."said the Mayor, Cecil Brown.

"I'm ready to get into some more trouble at home with you.."said Anita.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

As a somewhat dejected Thomas White looked on...

Bresha sensing his mood said to him quietly...

"What did you expect Thomas? She's married....How far did you think you and her were going to go?"

Josie stood quietly by....

"YOUUU BOOOB!" said an angry ADA Curtis Loder, who had lost for the second time to us and with a case Lt. Tragg had brought in. "Next time you think about making an arrest....DON'T!" he snarled.

"BUTTON YOUR LIP BUDDY, BUTTON IT." said a red faced Lt. Tragg.

Ingrid Stevenson laughed at both of them to herself.

IV-

The Actual Bomber, John David Stutz was arrested ,ironically the same day...by FBI/ATF Special Agent in Charge, Sharon Hopkins and agents of the ATF...

He named Larry Scotch, Another member of the Mayor's re-election team who was being blackmailed by Ron Underwood....

He had apparently embezzled some funds, which Ron Underwood had found out about.... This effectively made Lt. Tragg's investigation and arrest of the Mayor's wife totally unneccesasry

This earned Lt. Tragg another Two week stint on the Marine Boat...

This Thursday Night, instead of Curleys Bar..We were all at Josie's Bar and Grill in our neighborhood.

As usual, the joint was jumping...

And drinks were flowing freely.....

And a local band was playing...

"This is beautiful....and lovely.....I like being in our neighborhood, not having to be driven from a distance tonight."said Olivia.

"Yeah most of us can walk home from here." I said,.

"Anita's off the hook and ole Lt. Tragg is on the spot."laughed Beverly...

"I heard he's back on the Marine Boat." said Nelson.

"As well he should be...This was his embarrassingly worst collar yet and so vague."said Josie.

"It was good that this was a Bench trial and all of the sordid ,dirty sex stuff was not in the public eye." said Paris.

"Really, there was no sordid stuff that came out...A few photos of them kissing in a booth at Aqua Bar.

Tame compared to what we actually saw."said Bresha.

"Wow....Hopefully she learned her lesson..This was a close call." said Tony.

"I'm bettin she'll be in another mess before long." said Alfreda.

"Yeah, you're right...This isn't the first time she's been in a situation like this.."said her husband, Rockland.

"Liv I'm just happy for you guys..You pulled it off." said Yvette, hugging her good friend.

''We knew from day one that these charges were without merit...I know we always say that...but these charges were really without merit." said Olivia..

"The Police Brass begged him not to make a case out of this and to work with the Feds, who were tracing the actual bomber....yet he refused and charged her anyway...Now with the case over, he's back on the water for the third time." said Gary...

"They are getting used to him on that boat now..."said Keith Jones.

"Maybe he ought to stay permanently... I mean it's peaceful...He still holds his rank and it's less stress."said Bee Bee.

"You make an excellent case for him staying. Bee."laughed Sofia.

"I heard he hates the smell of fish and gets seasick a lot.. He hates the boat."said Kahlil.

Jade was laughing her head off at the whole thing...

"You're having entirely too much fun with this." said her husband, Lt. Danny Ho.

"I know right?" laughed Virginia.

"How that Man keeps a job is news to me."said hjer husband, Jetty

"Sharon, you guys did a good job...You did a slow pain staking investigation away from public scrutiny and you made your case on DNA, and good old fashioned police work."said Lt. Sissy Van Buren.

"My Guys worked hard and pain stakingly....I'm kind of glad that Lt. Tragg didn't co-operate with us...

With his grandstanding for the press..and his going off into the completely wrong direction instead of sticking with the facts...And thank you guys for your help."said Sharon Hopkins.

''We were glad to help and glad that we didn't have him brow beating us."said Carlotta.

"I don't even know how he came to the conclusion he came to."said Tyriq...

"Yeah and he arrested her and didn't touch the Boyfriend, who was being blackmailed too!"said Jimmy.

"Turns out it wasn't either of them."said Sirena.

"Wow, we used DNA, Traced pieces of the bomb, found out where the pieces were sold and who bought them and turned up an informant or two...Old fashioned police work." said Hop.

"Yup and we turned up the actual bomber."said Duke.

"I'm happy for Olivia and Beverly....They were able to get Anita off."said Angie.

"Yeah and I don't think the Mayor saw those photos...He wasn't at the trial...It was a Bench trial...So it wasn't known what was said..."said Sharon.

"Olivia and Beverly and their team brilliantly kept this out of the media and away from the Public, All they know is that the charges were dismissed."said ADA Keith Wallace.

"Alls well that ends well."said Sissy's husband, Eddie C.

"I was at the bombing scene just shaking my head as Lt. Tragg went off on a tangent, before we had any information... I truly hate when I have a body and he's the lead detective." said Hazel.

"Well he'll have a few weeks at sea to think about it."laughed Nina Rios...

"Phewwwww....out there with all those dead fish..."laughed Carlos...

Jazzy hugged her good friend Beverly....

"I'm so happy for you guys, you won! You won your case." she said.

"I think a first year law student could have argued that case and won...It was groundless and meritless."said Beverly..

"Yeah ,well look who brought charges." said Dabnis..

"I know right?" laughed Nelson...

Kayla hugged her cousin, Beverly....

"Job well done Cousin...You make me proud....."said Kayla.

"Awwww thank you Boo Boo." said Beverly.....

Ray smiled..

Kayla smiled at her husband... "Don't try it...Beverly is THE ONLY one who can call me "Boo Boo" she laughed.

Jessica laughed loudly....

"This is a nice night....And the best place for all of us to celebrate."said Chip...

"I agree...I feel insulated here." said Karen.

"Yeah, our safe space." agreed B.L.

"This is beautiful....and lovely.....I like being in our neighborhood, not having to be driven from a distance tonight."said Natalie.

"It's a nice night and it felt good walking here ."said her husband, David..

"It really did."said Brooke.

"This feels like a victory celebration of sorts." said her husband, Sean..

"It is...Olivia and Bev got Anita off and our friends in law enforcement cracked the case and caught the real bomber,."said Zoey..

Her husband,Lem raised his mug of beer in a toast...

"This isn't Couples Night at Curleys...but I feel just as good, just as comfortable right here." said Renee.

"Me too." agreed her husband, Tyrell.

Lee was sitting on Matthew's lap...smiling..

They had rode here in a car with Nina and Carlos....The only ones who had rode in a car here..

Matthew was holding her...

They were kissing very passionately...

Oblivious to the conversations around them...

A Beautiful Thursday Night at Josie's.

EPILOUGE-

John David Stutz was sentenced to 10 years to life for the bombing murder of Ronald Underwood..

Larry Scotch was sentenced to 30 years for Conspiracy in the Murder of Ronald Underwood.

At Mocha Joes Coffee Shop some days later-

"Vettie Girl, This place may have the very best coffee in the city..."said Olivia.

"Girrrrl, I send the kids down here to get eight cups for our office,..We love this coffee."said Yvette.

While they bought coffee , over in a corner sat ADA Dan Diorgio..he was sitting with our favorite Judge, Kelly Ann...

"I heard you dropped out of that Anita Brown case....That was good thinkin on your part Kelly Ann...It was a loser case from the beginning...Nobody I knew wanted it... Poor Curtis Loder, being the youngest ADA and the low man on the totem poll had to take it...I feel sorry for the guy...He's a good kid..He deserved better.. Scanlon didn't want it either, but he was up.....What a crap shoot...Olivia must have laughed her head off when she got that case...She knew she was gonna win hands down.."laughed ADA Diorgio.

His words were going in one ear.. and out the other... The Barista passed her the thermos of coffee and she gave him her credit card, paying her bill...

"I take it you're getting that coffee for Tragg....I hear he's out on the Marine Boat Again.....He should consider working on that boat permanantly....He could still keep his rank, no stress...no cases...It would be great for him...Heh heh heh..."laughed ADA Dan Diorgio..

But Kelly Ann simply smiled at him and walked out..