Mrs. Connor

 

 

 

KEITH JONES-

Born in Philadelphia PA. 

Mother, Nancy Jones, Court Stenographer

Father, Judge Keith Morrison

Graduated from West Catholic High School

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

J.D.- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French, German

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware ,New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Beatrice Evans

BEATRICE LYNN EVANS -JONES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

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

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Deleware, Texas, California

Associate Attorney- McCluskey /Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Keith Jones

SOFIA CARMELITA GARCIA-AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Philadelphia High School For Girls

B.A. -Administration Of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law-Temple University

J.D.-University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish and French

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Kahlil Ahmed...

KAHLIL ABDUL AHMED

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School

BA.- Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre Law- Temple University

JD- University of Pennsylvania Law School

Speaks Arabic languages fluently, fluent in German and Russian.

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor/Pratt

Married to Sofia Garcia

YVETTE DENISE JONES-LOCKWOOD

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from North Catholic High School

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice -Lasalle University

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fluent in Spanish, French and Russian

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware , New York, Texas, California.

Senior Associate Attorney-McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Managing Partner- McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married to District Attorney Investigator-Gary Lockwood

THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRUCE GREENE-

ADA Bruce Greene shut off the laptop...He had looked at dossiers on us ,our education and our qualifications.

"While I thank you  ADA Grayson for your updates on the Defense Attorneys involved.....I am quite familliar with them...I will not need you acting as second on this case...I am quite capable of running this case myself."said Egotistical Bruce Greene.

"I actually think I can be of assistance to you Bruce....Now the first thing I think you should do is get an investigator...Ingrid Stevenson....Someone to piggy back on Lt. Tragg's investigation, you know any investigation he does is suspect at best..." said Assistant District Attorney Amanda Grayson...

"Again, you are not hearing me Amanda....I do not need any help and I don't need any advice on how to proceed on this case." said Bruce Greene.

"I'm afraid the decision has already been made Bruce and it's out of your hands... Amanda Grayson will be assisting you on this case and we will be bringing in Ingrid Stevenson here to be our principal investigator..."said Deputy District Attorney Lester Burke, His immediate supervisor.

"Hello Bruce." said Ingrid...

"This is coming from the top, Gil's orders not mine!  Carry on." he said and walked out....

"OUUUUUUUUU WHEN I BECOME DISTRICT ATTORNEY....HE'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE I GET RID OF!" Bruce mumbled to himself, speaking of DDA Lester Brooke, whom he despised...

Ingrid ignored Bruce Greene's childish consternation....She had worked with him before...

She put her laptop down....

"I think you should know a little something about the defendent..

WILLIAM HOWARD FLOWERS JR.

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Mother , A Defense Attorney, Father a Common Pleas Court Judge...

Attended and Graduated from St. Joes Prep

BA-Trial Advocacy, Pre Law, Administration of Justice University of Pennsylvania 

JD -University of Pennsylvania Law School

Passed Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware and New York, Texas, California

Spent a year as a law clerk for Judge Percy Reynolds.

Associate Attorney at Reynolds and Clark LLC

Associate Attorney McCluskey/Cozen /Connor and Pratt attorneys at law..

Senior Associate Attorney McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt, Attorneys at law

"Thank you for the information." said Bruce Greene tersely....Clearly he was irritated  at being ordered to take on two partners in this case...

We chose to meet with Will Flowers, not in our office, but in a small deli and coffee shop...a few blocks away....

"Good Morning Guys...I'm ...I'm sorry I talked to you kind of cross last night....Believe me, I'm very grateful that you guys got me out of that hot stinky jailhouse...,."said our client William Flowers.

 

 Ms. Yvette got right to the point...."Why didn't you tell Lt. Tragg you were at the Windsor Hotel during the time they theorize the murder took place and who you were with?" she asked.

"You know??  You KNOW?" he asked looking shocked.

"We don't know who you were with, but we know where you were." I said.

"We have a very good investigator....She hacked into and traced the GPS on your phone and your car...It told us everything we needed to know."said Bee Bee.

"And if we know...Assistant District Attorney Bruce Greene knows...He's no fool...Wellllll maybe not a complete fool." said Sofia.

Her husband Kahlil laughed and then said... "Lt. Tragg probably knows where you were at this point."

"Then why doesn't he drop the charges?" asked William Flowers.

"Because he believes that you gave your car and possibly your phone to someone else while you did whatever...It's crazy I know...but that's his story and for now, he's sticking to it."sighed Jade.

"But that's insane...Didn't he check it out?" asked William Flowers.

"No...He rarely does...but it would help us a great deal if you would tell us who you were with...

She's your alibi...She helps you walk away from this clean!''said Yvette.

"It's ...It's Former Assistant District Attorney Jill Connors... 

Jill Jones at one time...She left the D.A.'s office and married our partner,

Robert Connor....She's not happy.... They got married last year...She works for us now...Associate Attorney. Like I said...She's not happy." he said.

"And YOU were uh making her happy." I said.

"I was uh doing what I could." he said, holding his head down...

II-

You could have heard a pin drop in the coffee shop as we sat in awe of this latest revelation..

"I don't know if you guys know, but she has a history of choosing bad men...She once dated Lt. Arthur Tragg." said William Flowers.

 "Do tell." said Yvette. He wasn't telling her anything she hadn't known....but she hadn't known Jill Jones had married Partner, Robert Connor.  Of all of the four named partners, he was the most distant and most private.

I snickered...

My wife Bee Bee nudged me to stop, but she smiled too..

"So she's been married to our partner, Mr. Connor for over a year....I wasn't even aware that he had gotten married."said Sofia.

"He's very secretive."said Kahlil.

"Obviously..I don't think anyone knew."said Jade.

"She wants out of the marriage...She wants to go back to The D.A.'s Office...She describes Connor as a "cold fish" He said , remembering that night...

He remembered that night...It was a good night...We had successfully kept Alanna from ripping the firm off for six million dollars and getting a partnership....She'd be paid 2 million dollars and agree to leave the firm with a million dollar severence.. The allegations against him would be quietly dismissed..

He saw it as a win...He was ecstatic...

He picked up Jill and they rented a room in the Windsor hotel downtown..

"This is a gorgeous room and a great hotel.....I didn't think I'd ever see it..."said Jill Connor.

"It's a celebration darlin....I bought champaigne."he said.

He popped the bottle....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuu!" she squealed as they downed the whole bottle of Champaigne and dimmed the lights..

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm William " she moaned as they kissed passionately....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SWEET BABYYYYYYY!!" he cried out. Continuing to kiss her soft lips.

He helped her out of her dress 

and her Bra and  Panties..

He bent her over the dresser....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDD!" she moaned. She was having an intense orgasm already! Her body trembling..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! AWWWWWWWW MRS. CONNOR!" he moaned.

"MISTER FLOWERS!" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..VA VA VA VOOOOOOOOOOOM!" he moaned as they wound up on the living room floor really going at it.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! MISTER FLOWERS..."OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.. She felt like she hadn't had sex within a year...This was a release she felt she needed.

They laid across the bed without unmaking it and made sweet love for the next NINE TO TEN HOURS.

She admired his stamina.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDD!" she moaned. She was having another intense orgasm! Her body trembling...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WEEEEEEEE!" he screamed out, cumming so hard, he felt as if he was going to die..

It was near daybreak and she was still kissing him passionately...

"Ummmm tell me you want some more....ummmmmmmm because I do....Ouuuuuu!" she cooed.

He couldn't believe it!  He was exhausted...

Even he couldn't believe he was still very much aroused.... He was exhausted..he knew that...but he had learned he had to take advantage of opportunities like this..They didn't come that often,...He had been wildly attracted to her ever since he had been introduced to her at a company staff meeting as Mr. Connor's wife.. He knew it was wrong to approach her, but he did and they met secretly ,kissing and talking.. 

Now he had gone all the way...There was no going back.

She straddled him on the bed and eased herself down on him..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE SO DAMN BIG AND SOOO HARD....OUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned.

She began riding him slowly...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned. This broad was a machine, did she ever get enough? He wondered..

They made love for another THREE HOURS!! He came and came hard again... Her body was trembling something crazy...

He showered and got dressed.. He was calling out today...She called out too!

She showered and got dressed too..

"Thank you for last night William...I needed that...I'm calling out today too!  What are you going to do? she asked."

"I don't know....get some breakfast, then go home...Do a little reading, get some sleep.

"Oh" she said and felt his crotch...He was still hard..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YOU'VE GOT  A NICE BONER!" she said..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" he moaned.

They started kissing...

"Ouu, you're still hard....you're a nasty boyyyyyy!" she giggled in between more wet sloppy kisses

"YES I AMMMMMMMM!" he laughed.

Within minutes. his clothes were off. So were hers...

and they were on the living room floor making love..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned.. and then back in the bed.....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" he yelled out...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed, experiencing yet another orgasm.

Morning!

"It was a great night...Perhaps the best night of my life to date.... That was the first and only time Mrs. Connor and I had sex and spent the night together....She told me that she was going to leave Mr. Connor..and return to the District Attorney's Office or go work somewhere else...She said that she was so unhappy and had made such a big mistake marrying him.... So You see ,She can't be mixed up in this..I implore you." he said. 

 "If we know this much , the District Attorney's Office either knows it or is close to knowing it...They put Ingrid Stevenson on this.. She's a very thorough investigator....She's no Lt. Tragg...She'll find out Just like we found out...Our job is to give you the best defense possible."said Yvette.

"Look Mr. Connor is in Boston for that conference...He and Mr. Cozen.."I said.

"That's why Mr. Pratt took over and kept this thing quiet about the sexual harrassment and the big settlement."said Bee Bee.

"I think we can handle this...Have her testify in closed court and keep it out of the media and get you acquitted."said Sofia.

"Trust us."said Kahlil.

"NO!  NO!...I SAID I DO NOT WANT HER NAME MIXED UP IN THIS....AND AS MY ATTORNEYS YOU CAN NOT REPEAT WHAT I HAVE REVEALED HERE TO YOU...ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVLEDGE... NOW GET ME OFF SOME OTHER WAY....GOOD AFTERNOON GUYS...I WILL SEE YOU." he said..

He paid for our coffees and left.

"He's stubborn." said Jade.

"He's a fool in lust." said Yvette.

III-

We all decided instead of having dinner at our building, to come home early and meet up at Mabel Jenkins Soul Food Restaurant....located in our neighborhood and walking distance for most of us... 

"This was a great idea, bringing us together like this and here." said Olivia.

 

"Yeah Renee , this was a good idea." said Donnie Ray...

"I thought it would be different...Most of us eat in our building and we never get to see you guys on a daily basis." said Renee.

"You're right Renee...We just wrapped up a case...This is a nice respite...I know my auntay and my mom didn't feel like cooking tonight."said Beverly.

"This is cool...Nice air conditioned spot...Good Hot food..We should eat here more often." said Nelson.

"You'll get no argument from me." said  Josie.

"Me Neither."said Paris.

"This food is soooo good." said Bresha.

"I love it around here...This neighborhood has everything, New Houses, Lofts, Apartment complexes,Condos, Great places to eat, Shopping and transportation and best of all, All of you guys." said Tony.

He had urged Bresha to move around here, back when they were courting and she was still interning...

This lead to jobs for both of them and lifelong friendships..

Alfreda felt the same way...She and her husband weren't talking , they were busy enjoying their food.

Rockland was in heaven... He used to drive up to Josie's long before he and Alfreda got together and moved to this area....He loved the place.

"I am really enjoying myself and this food."said Carlos.

"I am so glad ."said Nina , who often dined here with Olivia and Yvette and enjoyed the food.

At the table next to them, the conversation was a little different. 

 "Ummmmmm this is good food...Just what I needed after today." said Yvette.

" You seemed to be stressed out after every meeting with this guy."said her husband, Gary.

"He's a stubborn guy, capable of making one feel stress..."said Ms. Yvette, who turned to us...

Okay guys this is what we do....We carve out the best defense we have with supplying an alibi...

If the prosecution knows about this...They'll either bring it up or they won't....but we won't bring it up.

If we lose...It's not on us...He forced us not to use his alibi."said Yvette.

"Wow! I hate losing a case , we could win." I said.

"We have no choice...He doesn't want us to bring up where he was." said Bee Bee.

"That's just crazy....He's facing disbarment and life imprisonment and he's willing to risk all that." said Sofia.

"She must have put it on him real good."said Kahlil.

"Ummmmmmmm hmmmmmmmm!"laughed Jade.

"That's crazy...."said Danny Ho.

"Like my play niece, Beverly says -THE POWER OF THE PANTAYS!" said Yvette.

"Yes lawd...It drives em crazy....They'll do anything for em....Just the thought of em."laughed Virginia.

"Yes LAWWWWD!" agreed her husband, Jetty,laughing, catching the tail end of our conversation.

 

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm we all eat well don't we?" said Jazzy.
 

"YES INDEED!"laughed Dabnis.

Kayla feasted on a Fried Chicken Breast....

Her husband feasted on some Fried Fish...

They were both oblivious to the conversations around them.

"Ummmmmmmmmm..Aye Mios Dios."said Jessica.

"You're enjoying this food huh babes?" asked her husband, Chip.

''Si....Siiiiiiiii"said Jessica with a smile.

Karen loved the food and the atmosphere here too, she had been coming here for years. She had  often dined here with her dear friends  Olivia and Yvette and enjoyed the food.

Her Husband B.L. enjoyed the food here too and often ate here with all of us...His friends.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm, Jazmataz is right, we all eat well don't we?" said

"Yes we do....You alright over there Brooke?" laughed Natalie's husband, David.

"I'm fine." said Brooke, one of three white people here, who had been eating 'Soul Food for years with her bestie, Natalie and later with her husband, Sean..

Sean loved her, if he didn't know she was white, he would have sworn she was Black....She ate Soul Food and had rhythm. She broke down all of the stereotypes..

Zoey was enjoying her food...

As was her husband, Lem.

"Good call Renee, having us all forgo dinner and come home early....We should all do this more often,like once a month." he said.

"That's not a bad idea."said Renee,laughing.

"I said it before...I'll say it again...If you ever get tired of this law thing...You can always be an event planner."laughed her husband Tyrell, munching on a fried chicken wing.

"I am so enjoying this, being here with all of them."said Lee.

"Me too babe!"said her boyfriend, Matthew.

And meanwhile across town-

In A tony restaurant, Investigator, Ingrid Stevenson was having dinner with Assistant District Attorney Amanda Grayson.

"I did a little digging... It's true...William Flowers lied about where he was during the murder, but when you find out where he actually was and who he was with you'll understand why.. I hacked into his Car's GPS and his phone's GPS....It puts him at the Windsor Hotel from 8:00 am until around 2:30 the next afternoon...

He was with a woman, a married woman, Mrs. Jill Connor....You know her as former ADA Jill Jones...She's Married to His Boss, Partner Robert Connor.....See, he can't admit publicly that he spent the night with his bosses wife..."said Ingrid.

"If we know it...you can be sure Yvette and her people know it."said Amanda.

"I told Lt. Tragg what I had found...He refused to hear it...Can you believe that?   And Bruce wasn't much better...He had the nerve to parrot Lt. Tragg's theory that someone else used his car and registered in that hotel under his name. Can you believe that? They don't care that they may have the wrong guy..."said Ingrid.

"Both of them are more worried about their little egos.....Did Lt. Tragg go to the Windsor and

check it out?" asked Amanda Grayson...

"No....but check it out...Yvette and her people will bring it up at the Preliminary hearing next week and the charges will be dropped I'm sure."said Ingrid.

''What if they don't? What if he told them he didn't want her name brought up?  Acquittal or not...This could cost him his job."said Amanda.

"That's crazy.....She's his Alibi!! They have to present it." said Ingrid.

"We'll see." said Amanda Grayson.

IV-

ADA Bruce Greene was also a sometimes visitor of Mabel Jenkins Soul Food restaurant..

He'd often call ahead and pick up his food to go... Tonight he took a seat and ordered....He was by himself.

He scanned the room... He saw many familiar figures....Attorneys...Attorneys he had jousted with in court and attorneys he was getting ready to joust with in court...

Like Olivia Bennett-Alexander, her husband, Donnie Ray, Her niece, Beverly and her husband,Nelson East, Josie Boyd and her husband, Paris, Bresha Billips and her husband Tony, Beverly's mother ,Alfreda , the wife of his colleague, ADA Rockland Cambridge. 

 

 He Didn't know the Latino man, but he figured he was with former Assistant District Attorney Nina Rios , who was working at the Women's Law Center..

Also seated was Yvette Jones-Lockwood and her crew, her husband, Gary Lockwood, one of the D.A.'s investigators, Keith Jones, Beatrice Jones, Sofia Garcia-Ahmed and Kahlil Ahmed, Investigator Jade Lee Ho, her husband, Lt. Danny Ho of Robbery Homicide and their office manager, Virginia Shaw, once a great attorney herself and her husband, Judge Jetty Dukes.  He wished they weren't here since he was going to be facing them in court.. but these guys always hung out together...In Curley's on couples night and elsewhere...He knew they all lived in this area...Most likely walking distance from this establishment. 

 

He saw the pretty Asian Attorney who had just recently passed the bar...

and her boyfriend, The Nigerian Born Attorney who worked at the International Consulate, Matthew Akes.

 And then there were others... Some he didn't know, others he did know like Karen Page, Natalie and David Charles, Brooke and Sean Marks, Two people he didn't know and Renee, precious Renee Cantrell..

He refused to recognize her married name,Jones.  and her husband, that bailiff turned Attorney, Tyrell Jones... Oh how he despised him and hated that Renee had chosen him over him.

 

He sat down and quietly ate his food...He looked up and he could smell the Heavenly scent of Yvette's perfume...

She down with him...

"Hello Bruce....I'll only take up a little of your time...It's about this case....You got the wrong guy." said Yvette.

"I don't think we should be discussing this case outside of court....I'm sorry." said Bruce.

"Bruce look....He has an alibi....He was at the Windsor Hotel all night and most of the morning, he couldn't have done it.  The GPS on his Car and Phone proves it...Go to the hotel and check it out for yourself...Don't waste the courts time with this...This man is innocent!" said Yvette.

"I DON'T HEAR YOUUUUU LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!" he hollered out.

"He is such a child...Ms. Yvette is trying to talk to him and he's acting like a park ape."said Bee Bee.

"I'd like to go over there and sock him.."said Sofia.

"I got an idea....We can still win this case and we don't have to bring Mrs. Connor's name up." I said.

"I'm all ears Homey!"said Kahlil..

Ms. Yvette got up....She was exasperated...She walked over to our tables...We had all finished our meals and had paid our bills and we slowly exited the restaurant...

Bruce watched us out the window as most of us walked towards our homes....

Only Nina, Carlos, Lee and Matthew got in her jeep and pulled off waving at the others...

He hated at times like this that he had no friends...Most of the male ADA's considered him insufferable and a snob...And the women who went out on dates with him seldom wanted to go on a second date with him... He didn't realize that he was the problem.

(CONCLUSION NEXT)