Inside Out

TRIAL DAY-

We all sat in the waiting area sipping our coffees...
 

"Well Guys...This is it huh?" said Attorney James Lester, finding himself on Trial for first degree murder.

Sonja sat beside him, also sipping coffee, gently rubbing his arms.. 

''We are going to give you a vigorous defense and I assure you you're going to be a free man." said Olivia. What else could she say?  This case was weak from both ends.

 

"In other words, don't worry you're in good hands..."I said smiling.

''Donnie Ray when you took a second look at the body in the morgue and made that observation...I was surprised....YOU REALLY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WOMEN!"  exclaimed Beverly.

"One of his more enamoring traits..."said Olivia, rubbing my back gently...

"Yeah that was some pull.." laughed Nelson.

"But a good one..."laughed Josie...

"We are ready to go." said Bresha.

"I certainly feel good...knowing my attorneys feel so confident." said James Lester.

Attorney and Jury consultant Kelly Grant walked over to us...

"Hey Good Luck in there....Your client is willing to wait until this trial is over..."said Kelly.

"Thanks Kelly for holding it down for me..."said James.

"This is a three day trial...Four days at best..."said Olivia..

ADA Courtland James eyed us from across the room.... He shook his head in frustration....He wondered where Lt. Tragg was..

The Answer to that was in the Judges Chambers...

He and Judge Kelly Ann Mercer were kissing like two horny teenagers..

"OHHHHHHHHHH ARTHUR, DIDN'T YOU GET ENOUGH LAST NIGHT?" she asked.

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NO I DID NOT....OHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned.

"Well I can't stay in here and kiss you all morning...I've got a trial to judge and it's not yours..."said Kelly Ann..

"Ohhhhhh I wish it was.." he moaned..

He attempted to pull her panties down...she removed his hands and pulled them back up...

"Arthur stop it!  Calm yourself down.....Now go....go to your courtroom.." she said, giggling...

Pulling her robe together and applying her lipstick...

"Ohhhhh Alright..." he said..

Lt. Tragg reluctantly left the courtroom, his suit a bit wrinkled... his trousers standing out like a circus tent and Kelly Ann's lipstick all over his face and the collar of his shirt.

It was quite obvious to everybody who saw him what he had been doing and to some...Who he had been doing it with.

We all entered Courtroom A-

"Did you see Lt. Tragg...He had lipstick all over his face..."laughed Beverly..

"You know what that means...Kelly Ann has a case today...I wonder if she's our Judge...?" mused Josie.

"Kelly Ann must have put something on him...Did you see how his trousers were sticking out?" mused Bresha..

"I know right?" said Beverly as the three girls laughed.

"Settle Down Ladies...It's show time..." said Olivia.

II-

COURTROOM A-

Judge Michael King was the Judge on our case.

"Good Morning Attorneys and Jurors...We are here to hear arguments in the case of Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania vs. James Edward Lester. The Charge is First Degree Murder.." he said.  "Now we are going to start with the introductions of the attorneys...." he said.

 "Representing the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania , Assistant District Attorney Courtland James, your honor."

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

"Attorney for the Defense, Beverly West East your honor."

"Attorney for The Defense, Nelson East."

"Attorney for the Defense, Josie Boyd your honor."

"Attorney for the Defense, Bresha Billips, your honor." 

I sat quietly next to them  with our client, James Lester, also an attorney.

James sat with his legs crossed and looked forward.

Lt. Tragg sat with Courtland and stared balefully at all of us.

"Okay...We'll begin with Juror selection."said Judge King.. he wanted to get this trial going.

Courtland was on top of his game....He easily got the first 5 jurors he was aiming for...

But Nelson was not to be out done.. He aimed for 7 specific jurors, including the Jury foreman...

A young woman who was presently in law school...

Josie and Bresha sat behind him on their laptops, advising him and whispering questions to him...They had studied the same jurors...

Nelson won a 7-5 split with Courtland that was narrower than it looked.

"That was closer than it looked...." said Olivia.

"But my baby pulled it out.."said Beverly....

"Back in the early days....in the Public Defenders Office when he was so enamored of you and you acted like you could care less...did you ever dream of a day when you'd be calling Nelson "Your baby"? asked an amused Olivia.

"I didn't know then , what I know now....but now...I just love him to death....OUUUUUUUUU!"swooned Beverly...

"Outstanding!  We have a jury....Trial will begin promptly tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM.. Attorneys and Jurors, you are reminded to be on time and be ready for trial." said Judge  Mike King.

LATER THAT NIGHT-

LOVERS LANE-

Sonja and James sat in her audi...

"Tomorrow your trial starts ...are you excited?" she asked.

"I'm excited...but not just because it's the eve of my trial..."laughed James..

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh you're always so horny....Am I that exciting?" she asked.

"You are..." said James..

"Ohhhhhh you just want some."she giggled..

"Yes I Do." he said as they began kissing up a storm....

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed as their kissing got more passionate.

He slipped her panties down and off...

She eased herself down on him...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! OH MY GODDDD!" she cried out.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD!" he cried out...

She began to slowly ride him in the backseat like a surfer rides the waves.....He was in a state of near delirium....He didn't know if he was coming or going.....and neither did she.... They were both enjoying each other very much.....  She had an intense orgasm that made her body tremble from head to toe...

"OUUUUUUUUUUU...UMMMMMMMMMMMM!" she moaned..

"JAMES!!! JAMES, OUUUUUUUU THIS IS SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD!" she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD YESSSSSSSSSS!" he cried out..

 She was riding him like a surfer rides the waves and kissing him as if kissing was going out of style......He didn't know if he was coming or going!!

She had yet another intense orgasm.....She feared she was slowly losing her mind.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..LAWWWWWWWWWDDDD!" he moaned

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIVE ME THAT MONSTER!!! OH MY GODDDD!! YOU ARE HUGE!!! AND SO DAMN HARRRRD!! OUUUUUUUU! GIVE IT TO ME!!" she cooed.Her whole body trembled something fierce..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYY DAMNNNNN!" he moaned..

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? LET ME RIDE THAT HORSE!!!WOUUUUUUU! " she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS RIDE IT!!!!" he yelled out...

THREE AND A HALF HOURS PASSED BY

He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying....

She had her final intense orgasm.......

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!  IT'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEEEEEE...OUUUUU JOSHUA MYYY DAMNNNNN!!  OUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!  " she moaned.. 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...

Sonja stood outside her SUV, peering in the rear view mirror and applying her lipstick..

"I think we'd better head on back now...You need to be well rested for trial tomorrow." she said, still trying to catch her breath.

James Lester was straightening out his suit...

Sonja's lipstick smudges were all over his face , his collar and lapel...

"I suppose you're right..." he said..

She took out a disinfectant wipe and cleaned his face and lapel off the best she could..

A Nice cool wind blew past them both on the lane. 

III-

DAY THREE-

For two days we listened raptly as ADA Courtland James told the jury the story of how James Lester , "a smooth silver tongued Attorney." His description, wooed Alicia Montez."

She was a buyer for a major department store..

She was crazy about James Lester....A Lawyer...She told anyone who would listen that he was a catch and good in bed...She told one woman, a neighbor...."His kisses just make my panties melt off of me and he takes his time in bed, which drives me up the wall....Ouuu I just love him." she said.

Nobody remembers him being over her apartment more than three times...and then after that, nothing...

I talked to his neighbors and they said that he had her over his apartment just one time.... They described her as a loud lover....hollering and screaming to the top of her lungs and the bed squeaking loudly..."he said..  The jury laughed...

He told a story of her breaking up with him and him calling and harrassing her...Harrassing her to the point where she took a restraining order out on him.

Olivia and Beverly cried foul and insisted that James Lester was the one being harrassed... They came with telephone records of over 500 phone calls made by Alicia Montez to James Lesure ,emails from her to James and Tik Tok videos made by her lambasting him after the breakup...

They argued that he was the one being harrassed and stated that he had hired them on the day Alicia Montez was murdered to represent him....

ADA Courtland James was only able to produce 10 phone calls from James Lester to her...and those calls were made during the time of their short lived relationship.

He showed the jury photos of the murder scene...

of the body being removed from the water... He mentioned that the two of them ,James Lester and Alicia

Montez...had had sex on the day she died...

He walked into a trap... Josie and Bresha had evidence and witnesses from The Medical Examiner's Office, An Independent DNA Lab and the FBI DNA Lab the proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Alicia Montez did NOT have sex with James Lester on the last day of her life...but with someone else..

A WEEK EARLIER AT A BAR IN MIDTOWN!-

Harold Montez was in the bar, plying Josie with drinks...

And laughing and talking with her , while running his hands up her skirt....

"Damn baby...you've got me hotter than a firecracker in a gas station..." he said..

Josie laughed at his jokes and removed his hands from under her skirt.....

"What color are your panties dear?" he asked.

"OUUUUUUUU YOU ARE FRESH!   "giggled Josie..

"Come onnnn, Tell Me..." he begged..

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" cooed Josie.

He quaffed down a gin and tonic.....

"Don't go nowhere baby....I've got to go to the little boys room." he said.

Josie put his empty glass into a big plastic bag in her pocketbook and left the bar..

Outside in the car  -

"Did you get it?" I asked.

"Yupper...This glass should have enough DNA to make a comparison." said Josie...

"We'll get that glass to Dr. Goggins, Hazel and The FBI tomorrow."said Beverly...

"Good Girl." said Olivia.

TODAY!

Josie and Bresha  brought evidence that Alicia had sex with her husband, Harold Montez...

Harold sat in court and realized the pretty young lady he was laughing and talking and drinking with was in fact an attorney and was with those attorneys, defending his wife's boyfriend...James Lester.

ADA Courtland James shook his head...His every argument had been stumped...His case ruined..He glared at Arthur Tragg with anger..

He had brought a weak case and had done absolutely no further investigation...

He made his closing argument, which was almost jury nullification....He knew he hadn't presented a very strong argument....still he wondered what kind of defense would we bring.

DAY FOUR- 

We began our defense-

Olivia and Beverly argued that our client could not have possibly of killed Alicia Montez,

because he was being harrassed by her....

Nelson presented the emails she sent to him, The Tik Tok Videos she made lambasting him and his charactor after the break up  and records of the more than 500 phone calls she made to James Lesure..

causing him to change his number and to block her on Facebook, Instagram and other social media.

He argued that she was the one doing the harrassing.

Josie showed the restraining order Alicia had against her husband, Harold Montez...They were legally seperated pending a divorce..

Bresha presented evidence of several calls between them in the days leading up to Alicia's murder..

Beverly talked about James Lester's movements on the day of the murder....He bought groceries after he left Alicia's apartment after an unsuccessful attempt to talk with her.. She never answered the door..

He filled his car up with gas. He had drinks with Attorney Sonja Ross and they were there until closing..

They went to Cherry Hill where she lives and was there the rest of the night...She produced Train Tickets that proved he left Cherry Hill in the morning and took the train into Philadelphia..

I sat back and smiled.....

Olivia called Harold Montez to the stand..

Harold Montez was surly....Thinking all they had on him was that he had sex with Alicia on the day she died..

"You didn't like the fact that Alicia had been dating my client, James Lester did you?" she asked.

''Didn't make a difference to me...I was doin my thing, she was doin hers..."he said.

"I have two witnesses...Girlfriends of Mrs. Montez who will testify that you slapped her in public when you found out she was dating Mr. Lester."said Beverly.

"You were having sex with her on the last day she was seen alive....You were there when James Lester

came to her apartment to talk with her, to ask her if they could work something out ,out of court...

She has a doorbell monitor like the one I have in my home....So you saw James Lester outside and you made damn sure he wasn't buzzed in....

You and Alicia argued and you strangled her didn't you?" asked Olivia.

"Lady you're crazy...Fine as hell, but crazy....Are you crazy as hell in bed too?" he asked...

''After you killed her...You had to get rid of the body...She was half naked...You had to dress her...I didn't notice this until my husband pointed it out...We looked at the body in the mortuary.." said Olivia ,showing the jury a photo..

"Her panties... They were inside out....No woman would have dressed herself like that...But a man would have...A Man in panic mode...You, Mr. Montez." said Olivia...

"You Crazy as hell." smirked Harold Montez.

"SPECULATION!  PURE SPECULATION!" screamed ADA Courtland James.

"The Defense Rests your honor." said Olivia.

"ALRIGHT, THE CASE GOES TO THE JURY!   TALK ONLY AMONGST YOURSELVES....WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN THE MORNING." said Judge Mike King.

Lt. Tragg laughed... "Inside Out Panties.....Inside Out Panties??? Olivia was really reaching with that defense."he said.

"Maybe...but she wasn't reaching with everything else..."said ADA Courtland James, who was convinced he had fumbled this case.

IV-

COURTROOM A- DAY FIVE

"ALL RISE FOR JUDGE MICHAEL KING!" said the Bailiff

We all rose....

 

 

"HAS THE JURY COME TO A DECISION?" he asked..

"We have your honor..."said the Foreman...

He explained to the jury that they could convict him of Manslaughter or Second Degree Murder if they didn't feel this case warranted a First degree conviction.

The Jury Foreperson, a woman who was in law school passed the bailiff the verdict...He passed it to Judge King..

Judge King read it and shook his head..He passed it back to the Bailiff..

"Read it!" he said gruffly..

"We the jury, representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania so rules..

On Count Three- Manslaughter, we find the defendent...NOT GUILTY!!!

On Count Two- 2nd Degree Murder we find the defendent, NOT GUILTY!!!

On the most serious charge, First Degree Murder, we find the defendent, NOT GUILTY!!

"The Jury has spoken....I'd like to thank you all for your time and attention to the details of this case..

You can exit through the side doors.... Your checks will be sent to you in the mail..Thank You again." he said.

"YOU DID IT!!! I HAD NO DOUBT YOU WOULD!! THANK YOU OLIVIA, BEVERLY!!THANK YOU!" said a jubilant James Lester.

Olivia and Beverly leaped into the air and high fived each other..

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEE!" they yelled.

"I hate when they do that.." said Lt. Tragg, who turned around and found ADA Courtland James gone..

He wasted no time leaving court after the verdicts were read...

"WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU?" said Olivia..

"Well I know what you can do with me...You can give me a kiss." I said.

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"moaned Olivia.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! AWWWW LAWWWWD!" I moaned..

" You gave us the clue we needed.."said Olivia as we continued kissing.

" It was my pleasure." I said.

"Come here baby!" said Beverly...

"Heyyyyyyyyy!" said Nelson..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH!" said Beverly.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AWWWWWWWWW I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!" said Nelson.

"Come here Baby.."said a very happy James Lester...

''Soooooo Happy for you." said Sonja Ross...

She kissed him passionately....

very passionately....

''We never get any kisses after these victories." laughed Josie.

"We need to start inviting our husbands to these days." laughed Bresha.

"Come on ladies... I'll buy you both a cup of coffee." said Kelly Grant who was on hand for the verdict.

"Sounds Good to me." said Josie..

"Me too!" said Bresha, smiling.

EPILOUGE-

Harold Montez was eventually arrested and convicted of Alicia Montez's murder.

He was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 10 years to life.

After our victory in court , Kelly Grant, James Lester and Sonja Ross celebrated with our entire gang of friends at the tony restaurant we had gone to a few weeks before.

It was a festive afternoon....

"Olivia said that at best this was going to be a three day trial...She and Bev wrapped it up in five and your client will meet you on Monday.." said Kelly Grant...

''Excellent!Everything is working out fine...And next Saturday...I'll be moving in with you..."said James

to Sonja...

"Excellent...Excellent..."gushed Sonja.... She was tired of living in that big Townhouse  alone.

There was plenty of good food and wine....

 

"Wow...Next week will be kind of lonely....Josie and Bresha will be working

with Dabnis, Ray, Paris, Tony and Tyrell..." said Olivia.

 

"They'll like working with their husbands...You, Me, Beverly and Nelson will be working with Jessica Sanchez Burrows, Chip, Matthew and Karen, Natalie ,Brooke, David and Sean on a case." I said.

"I know...We'll all be going to the Bridge Building in the morning." said Beverly...

"Just working in different places." said Nelson.

"We finish one case and then on to others."gushed Josie.

"I can't wait to have you share office space with me." said Paris.

"It'll be so nice, us sharing office space together next week." gushed Bresha..

"Yeah...I can't wait..." said her husband, Tony...

"I might venture down to your office..Visit you..."laughed Alfreda.

"Don't...I'll be up to visit you."laughed Rockland.. 

 "So you two are moving in together huh?  That's nice.." said Yvette.

"Yeah, I guess she's going to make an honest man out of me.."laughed James..

"Ouuuuuu yes..." gushed Sonja.

''Well I suppose congratulations are in order.." said Gary.

"You'll both be commuting to Philly during the day.." I said.

"And driving home at night.. How romantic.."said Bee Bee.

"Yeah...." said Sofia.

"Don't forget...You're always welcome here at the Bridge Building.."said Kahlil..

"And to hang out with us on Saturdays at the No I.D. Bar Brunch.." said Jade...

"Ummmmmmmmmm they're bringing out the Barbecued Chicken Wings..."said Danny...

''And the Honey Barbecued Shrimp..." said Virginia.

"And Cubans." said Jetty...

Mouth watering food

And Beers

And other drinks arrived..

 

"Ummmmmmmmmmm, this food is delicious. I love this place." said Jazzy.
 

" Like I said before...Olivia never takes us to a place with bad food..."laughed her husband, Dabnis.

"These Honey Glazed Barbecue Shrimp are to die for..."said Kayla..

"I hear they're aphrodisiacs." said her husband Ray..

"Is that what you really hear or are you wishin?" asked his wife, Kayla..

Jessica cracked up laughing..."Are they making you horny papi?" she asked , feeding him a Barbecued Shrimp..

"I don't need Shrimp to get me that way...Just you." said her husband, Chip...

"Olivia, I'm giving you a thumbs up... Once again, Great choice..."said Karen

"Yeah great choice....I love this place...."said B.L.

"I can't take credit for this place...My husband found it..." said Olivia.

'Say what you want about the Shrimp...I love these Barbecued Wings..." said Natalie..

"I see, you've got barbecue all over your lips.."said her husband David.

Natalie gave him a smooch...

"Now you've got barbecue on your lips." said Natalie.

David smiled sheepishly...

"You're not slick David...That's what you wanted all along, a kiss.." said Brooke.

"I'd like a kiss too." said Sean..

"Ohhhhh alright." said Brooke jokingly...

Brooke gave him a sloppy kiss.

"This is a great eating establishment....I love it...Thanks for inviting us again Liv, Donnie Ray."said  Zoey.

"Yes, thanks again." said Lem.

"You're all my friends and extended family...of course you're all invited." said Olivia.

"We are glad we live near you guys and get invited to spots like this too." said Renee, hugging Olivia.

"Yeah we appreciate it...This food is great."said her husband, Tyrell

"Wow!  I can't wait until we all go to the beach." said Lee.

"That's coming." said her husband, Matthew...

"Yeah..in a few weeks."said Nina.

"I can't wait." said Carlos..

And we all enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of Food and fellowship...

FOR DANYL-