A Tony and Stylish Restaurant in Midtown...
It was weeks ago but Yvette remembered it like it was yesterday-
We were sitting in the courthouse waiting area , awaiting a verdict in our fifth trial....This was the longest trial of our careers...Ms. Yvette's too! We were defending Millionaire Socialite Lauren Houser on a First Degree Murder Charge.
She was accused of poisoning her much younger husband , for the 2.5 million dollar insurance policy and an even larger inheritance.. She sat quietly with us as we awaited the fifth verdict..
4 Hung Juries wears out even the sharpest attorneys.
We were working with acclaimed Defense Attorney Johnny Graham, a very flamboyant and handsome Attorney who won most of his cases... He asked us to join him in this case...
"I had two hung juries and I eventually got an acquittal in the third case... Never one this long either.. It's that prick Bruce Greene's fault!"said Johnny Graham.
"Me too Hot Stuff...Me too!" said Bee Bee,.
"I think it's cute that you call him that..." said Sofia.
"Oh My god, Four hung juries...I don't know if I can handle a fifth....I've never had a case that lasted this long." said Ms. Yvette.
"I'm exhausted..." I said, leaning my head on my wife's shoulders..
"Exhausted...I feel like this thing should have been settled awhile ago." said Jade.
The First trial we had our favorite Judge, Kelly Ann Mercer..
The Jury Hung 6-6...
Assistant District Attorney Bruce Greene immediately refiled charges...
We got Judge Julie Wong for the second trial!
The Jury hung 7-5 our way...
We got Judge Telma Bailey...
The Jury Hung 7-5 again in our favor....
Stubborn Assistant District Attorney Bruce Greene again refiled charges...He really wanted to win this case and was certain he could.
Lt. Tragg wanted a win in this case too...For once he had really put in the work for this case...
Ms. Yvette and acclaimed defense attorney , John Graham Filed a motion to drop all charges , arguing
But Judge Michael King shot us down and ironically enough became our fourth judge in the fourth trial.
The Jury hung in that one too...6-6....and you guessed it..
that three trials was enough and that nothing had been proven either way and three trials was putting our client through enough.
But Judge Michael King shot us down and ironically enough became our fourth judge in the fourth trial.
COURTROOM A-
"ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE JUDGE MARTIKA ANDERSON"said the Bailiff...
"Be Seated...Has the Jury reached a verdict?" she asked.
The Jury foreman passed the verdict to the Bailiff..
He passed it to Judge Martika Anderson.
She read it and smiled..
"Will the defendant and her attorneys please stand." she said.
Ms. Yvette felt like Lauren Houser, beyond being nervous, she was tired, she just wanted to get this over with...regardless of the verdict.
I think I felt the same way....
Jade managed a smile....
"Bailiff read the verdict."said Judge Anderson...
"COUNT ONE, MANSLAUGHTER- WE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FIND THE DEFENDANT, LAUREN HOUSER, NOT GUILTY!"he said,.
"Oh MY GOD!" she said. But she wasn't out of the water yet...
"COUNT TWO, SECOND DEGREE MURDER, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FIND THE DEFENDANT, LAUREN HOUSER, NOT GUILTY!"he said,.
Lauren Houser held Ms. Yvette and Johnny Graham tightly...
"AND THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGE, COUNT THREE FIRST DEGREE MURDER-WE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FIND THE DEFENDANT, LAUREN HOUSER, NOT GUILTY!"he said,.
It was a slam dunk and it was over!
Bruce Greene took it hard, he tossed his suit jacket up into the air....He kicked the table several times..
He spun around like a top and was in tears...
"STUPID JURY, STUPID STUPID JURY...WHAT TRIAL WERE YOU LISTENING TO!! STUPID JURY!!" he yelled,.,.
He spun around like a top and was in tears...
"STUPID JURY, STUPID STUPID JURY...WHAT TRIAL WERE YOU LISTENING TO!! STUPID JURY!!" he yelled,.,.
Bailiffs take him into custody....A Night in the cooler will cool him off.."said the Judge,
"OH MY GOD!!! THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOO MUCH!" said a relieved Lauren Houser.
Lauren gave her lead attorney Johnny Graham a kiss in the lips.. A Kiss that lasted a little longer than it should have!
"UMMMMMMMMMM! Oh Thank you Mr. Graham, thank you soooo much...Ummmmmmmmmmmm!!" she said.
"Well Alrighttttt!" he said.. "You're welcome..." he responded, blushing and laughing..
Her lipstick smudge on his face...
"You are soooo welcome.." said Yvette ,hugging Lauren....
I hugged my wife, Bee Bee.
"I am sooooo glad this is over and that it broke our way."I said.
"I am sooooo glad it's over." said Jade.
Bruce spent the night in "The Cooler" ..Locked up for his behavior in the courtroom.....
That was in May...It was July...and Yvette still didn't want to see Bruce Greene.
He had to admit...She was a good looking woman and a smart attorney who's pedigree he respected.
Like him, she was an Ivy League graduate...He from Harvard, She from University of Pennsylvania.
Like many women he knew, he felt as though she had married beneath herself.. She was married to an Investigator from his own District Attorney's Office..Gary Lockwood. A nice enough fellow, but still just a cop, turned investigator...Way below Yvette's paygrade he felt.
Yvette looked like she was waiting for someone... He was curious as to who...He ordered a drink.
Yvette looked like she was waiting for someone... He was curious as to who...He ordered a drink.
and then he saw her...
She was carrying a legal briefcase and roller...Meaning she was an attorney.
"Over here Gloria!" said Yvette.
"GA GA GAZOOOOOOOOO!" he said. He couldn't take his eyes off of her....
"Hey Girl....I'm thirsty and I'm famished..." said Gloria as she hugged Yvette.
"GA GA GAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" said Bruce still staring at Gloria.
II-
"It's so good seeing you again soror!" said Yvette ,hugging Gloria.
"They're doing fine....You really set it out for us in Cherry Hill at those seminars...We had a lot of fun and we learned a lot." said Yvette.
"Yes we did... I really enjoyed coming to your building, seeing your suite, meeting your team and your friends... I loved it.. You're a partner now....I can't believe it...You said you were going to make partner and you did." she said with pride... She had started at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt a year before Yvette and Yvette had made Partner, while she was a Senior Associate Attorney on a fast track, but still not there yet!
And had visited Yvette's Suite and our office and met myself. Keith Jones and my wife, Beatrice "Bee Bee" Evans Jones, our friend, Sofia Garcia-Ahmed and her husband, Kahlil Ahmed..and our investigator, Jade Lee and our office manager, Virginia Shaw-Dukes.
We all liked her and found her very personable...
"The Cafeteria in your building was incredible and your friends were such beautiful people.." said Gloria. She met Jazzy, Dabnis, Kayla, Ray, Jessica, Chip, Karen and BL, Natalie and David, Brooke and Sean, Zoey and Lem, Josie and Bresha's husbands, Paris and Tony whom she'd previously met over Olivia's house , Renee and Tyrell, Lee and Matthew and Nina and Carlos, who worked down the street, but ate with us every day.. She was amazed that we all lived on the same street and managed by sheer luck to work in the same building.
All three of them had New York Strip Steaks....
and a Brilliant Port of Wine...
This was a very tony restaurant and Bruce Greene , being a foodie loved eating and drinking at the newest and hippest restaurants like this.. He appreciated Yvette's tastes....But even more..He appreciated her girlfriend, Gloria Howard...
He couldn't take his eyes off of her....Her figure, her pretty legs...her round bountiful breasts....He was enthralled with her...She could see that he was paying a lot of attention to her...She was a little uncomfortable at first, but she gradually got used to it.. She was used to men's attention to her!
They sat and talked while they ate....Bruce listened to Gloria's every word... How She and Yvette met in High School.. How she was the Valedictorian of Northeast Catholic High and Yvette was 2nd in their class...How they both matriculated to Lasalle University , both pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha together and she to Columbia University and Yvette to University of Pennsylvania afterwords..but they kept in touch...
How they ran into each other years later after graduating law school and passing the bar..at McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt... She wound up moving to the Cherry Hill Office and being promoted to Senior Associate Attorney and Yvette becoming a Partner and getting her own office at the Bridge Building and her own staff...
She said she had been one of Yvette's bridesmaids in her wedding to Gary and had done a Seminar with Yvette's former law school room-mate Olivia Bennett-Alexander and had stayed with her for a few weeks while waiting for her apartment to get together.
She really loved Yvette's friends and neighbors....she said.
Yvette wasn't fooled by Bruce...She knew that he was interested in Gloria , Sexually interested....
If not, he wouldn't have come to her table at all and he definitely wouldn't have paid for both of their meals. She actually remembered a few years back when Bruce had the hots for her...She had just been promoted to Senior Associate Attorney. She actually went out with him....She remembered he talked about himself and his accomplishments the whole night...She couldn't get a word in and when it came time to pay the bill, he asked her to pay the drink tab...She was so through with him then.... Then he expected to come back to her apartment for the Hibbity Bibbity...She told him she had a headache and went inside...She ducked him for about a month. He got the message.
"Excuse me....I've got to take this." she said and got up...
Bruce exchanged phone numbers and information with Gloria, while Yvette was talking..
Bruce paid the bill and left a generous tip! He got up...
Bruce exchanged phone numbers and information with Gloria, while Yvette was talking..
Bruce paid the bill and left a generous tip! He got up...
"Got to go...It was nice meeting you Gloria...Call me!" he said. "GA GA GAZOOOOO!" he thought to himself..."WHAT A WOMAN!"
Yvette returned as Bruce was exiting...
''Everything Alright?" asked Gloria.
"Yeah!" said Yvette.
"Come on girl...He paid the bill...Let's get out of here."said Gloria.
"Yeah ,let's. I have to have my husband, bring me here." laughed Yvette.
They both left the restaurant....
''Everything Alright?" asked Gloria.
"Yeah!" said Yvette.
III-
NIGHTFALL-
"Hi...Nice place you have here....I hope I wasn't being too presumptious....I parked my car in the indoor garage and I bought an overnight bag..." she said and smiled nervously...
He couldn't believe this had happened so fast...
His trousers were standing out like a circus tent...She could see it and he wasn't trying to hide it...
She had been celibate for three years...She had made a vow that the next man who showed even a little
interest was going to get some...
She stared at the bulge in his trousers.....
She stared at the bulge in his trousers.....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I see what's on your mind....WOWWWWWW!" she said..
Bruce took Gloria in his arms and kissed her slowly, softly, passionately...
"Ohhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyy...Ouuuuuu you are very forward.....and very erect.....OUUUUUUUUU!" she said..Her legs shaking...She hadn't been held , kissed by a man in over three years....She found herself aroused beyond compare....She unzippered his trousers and softly caressed his engorged and erect penis...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY MR. BRUCE!!!...OUUUUUUUUU...OH MY GODDDD!" she moaned...
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT'S ALL FOR YOU!" he moaned..sweating bullets...
"OH MYYYYYYY! IS IT??? OUUUUUUU" she said.
"OUUUUU...UMMMMMMMMM YOU HAVE SOFT LIPS MR. BRUCE AND YOU SMELL GREAT!" she said as they continued to kiss..
Funny she was calling him Mister Bruce...She was actually a few years older than him.
He slipped her blouse off...She unzippered her skirt and took it off..
He lifted her skirt and dug his hands deep into her panties...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" he moaned..
He unsnapped her bra and slipped her panties down...
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MR. BRUCE....I HAVE A FEELING YOU'VE WANTED TO DO THIS SINCE YOU FIRST LAID EYES ON ME..." she said.
"YES I HAVE.....AWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he said.
"OUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU NASTY BOYYYYY...OUUUUUUUUUUU!!!" she cooed....
He couldn't believe this was happening so fast....They had just met..
He laid her across her bed, spread her legs and slowly entered her...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHHHHH MY WORRRRRRD!" she moaned...
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...PUT IT IN...PUT IT ALL IN...OUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEET BABYYYYYY! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!" he moaned...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IT FEELS GOOD...IT FEELS GOOOD! IT FEEEELS GOOOOOD!" she cried out...This was the first sex she'd had in three years....both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing an intense orgasm.....
She was incredibly wet....Smelled like a new born baby...and soft to the touch...He humped her with wild abandon....Eventually he slowed it down and they began to move in a nice rhythm.
"GA GA GAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he moaned....
"WHAT?" she said...She had never heard that before...She laughed....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MISTER BRUCE!!
LAWWWWD!" she cried out...
Her head turned from side to side...Tears ran down the side of her face and her body trembled...She was having another intense orgasm, her second....She couldn't believe it!!!
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since they'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...
"OH baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...
" OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" she screamed out....
The bed squeaked even louder...
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm , her third!!!that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...this was unbelievable!!!
"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! MISTER BRUCE!!! AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" she cried out..
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU! GA GA GAZOOOOOOOO" he moaned..
She cracked up laughing again....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MISTER BRUCE!!
LAWWWWD!" she cried out...
They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!! She couldn't believe how passionate he was, his stamina.. It was as if he didn't want to get up off of her!!
She straddled him and eased herself down on him....
"AWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he moaned.
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I KNOW YOU WANT MORE!!!!" she moaned..
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LAWWWWD!" he moaned.
Her body trembled.....something fierce....and the tears and sweat just rolled down her face....
She was experiencing another orgasm....her fourth! She wasn't sure if this was Bruce or the fact she hadn't had sex in three years....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY MR. BRUCE!!!...OUUUUUUUUU...OH MY GODDDD!"she howled...
Gloria was very passionate, a far cry from her cool demeanor this afternoon at the restaurant....
"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY?" she yelled to the top of her lungs..
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD YESSSSSSSSSS!" he cried out..
riding him like a surfer rides the waves.....He didn't know if he was coming or going!!
She had yet another intense orgasm, her fifth!!!.....She feared she was slowly losing her mind.....
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" she moaned.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..LAWWWWWWWWWDDDD!" he moaned..
They sat on the side of his bed, Gloria riding him and kissing him like it was going out of style..
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMM! UMMMMMMMMMMMM!! OUUUUUUUUUU!"she moaned..
"GA GA GAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" 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!" he yelled out....
ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF HOURS PASSED BY
He came so hard , he felt as if he were dying....She climaxed too...one final time...
He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying....
She had her final intense orgasm.......She was exhausted....She hoped he was too!
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! IT'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEEEEEE...OUUUUU MISTER BRUCE, WOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!! " she moaned..
Bruce was out of breath...He was exhausted.... He picked up his phone and left a message, saying he wasn't coming in to work today... It was daybreak... Gloria lie on top of him drenched in sweat...She didn't have to be anywhere today...Her litigation was tomorrow...She felt so comfortable in Bruce's arms..
This was the first sex he'd had in weeks....Since he broke up with Paula... Thinking about Paula got him hard again...Gloria felt it..
"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!...CALM DOWN!! OH MY GOODNESS!" she laughed....She rubbed his penis softly....and continued to rest her head on his chest....
"UMMMMMMMMM CALM YOURSELF DOWN!!!!WOUUUUUUU!!!" she laughed and shook her head...
They both drifted off into a deep peaceful sleep.
IV-
"I can't wait until Saturday when we all go on this boat." said Gloria..."Is it alright if I bring a plus one?" she asked.
"I'd be surprised if you didn't....The way the men used to salivate over you...."said Yvette.
I could believe that...I know I salivated over her when I first met her....
"I can't wait...I hope we get a room on the ship looking out towards the sea." said Kahlil.
"Ohhh I can't wait..." said Jade.
"This boat ride is sponsored by Rollie Rollerson and Stephon Bristol."said Virginia.
I suppose it's a token of their appreciation for all of the legal advice they get from some of us." said Jetty.
"And I heard Yvette's friend Gloria say she had a plus one...I wonder who it is?" said Tyrell.
"Whoever it is...Dude is lucky to have hooked her....She is FOINNNNE!" said Paris.
"You better know it!" whispered Ray who overheard their conversation.
"Excuse me...I have to take this.." she said.
It was a Blocked number....It couldn't be Bruce, she thought.
"I've got it...Meet me at the courthouse tomorrow... 10 large....just like you asked." she said.
"Thank you baby...I love you and I promise you I'll pay you back every penny with interest." said her brother.
Her brother had graduated from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and had started a very successful Construction Business...He was at one time quite wealthy...He had paid off the last of her student loans after she graduated from law school and passed the bar... but in recent years...His Gambling junkets in both Atlantic City and Las Vegas and his heavy drinking had caused him to lose his wife...He was divorced and nearly bankrupt his business... None of his investors would lend him anymore credit and his business was on the verge of going belly up..
He was deep in debt to a very slimy Loan Shark named Dak Gordon.
Yvette saw the troubled look on her friend's face....
"Gloria, everything alright?" she asked..
(TO BE CONTINUED)
