Chapter 4: What are we?

Motto: My paranoia allows me to see the pieces of the chess game my enemy is playing.

We then hit the highway heading to Port Royal. As we went she held my arm.

She then smiled and asked, "What's up with you and Lisa?"

I then said, "She told you everything."

She then said, "Yea! But I heard one side of story. So what's yours?"

I then slowdown in the fresh traffic and exhaled heavily.

She then said, "I am not going to, like you less."

I then said, "My father is Earl "Blackout" Anderson. He is violent gangster. He became a kingpin when I was 6. With that he became abusive to my mother. Money changes us and it changed him massively.

When I was 9 I escaped it and I went to live with my lesbian big sister, Sharon Anderson, in LA."

She exhaled and asked, "Wasn't she that lawyer that got killed 19 years ago?"

I swallowed and said, "Yea! She was gunned down. Did you know her?"

She then said, "No! I just like media."

Traffic started moving and as I drove I said, "You like media but you are in Architecture."

She then smiled and said, "Well after my marriage. I needed a fresh start and, Architecture was a great place to start. So after 18 years on the road, I became Andrea Francis, the Jamaican Architectural Guru. So back to your story, how did you get here?"

I then said, "Well, I took up American football and was good at it."

She looked at me and asked, "You played football?"

I then raised my right hand with my championship ring and said, "MIT Thunders. I was 15 when we were state champions. I was the quarterback carrying the team on my back."

She laughed and asked, "How come I never saw you in the NFL?"

I then said, "I suffered an injury from an illegal tackle. I blew out my knee. I had 6 years of front-page football and in 10 seconds it was gone. I lost the hype, attention, everything. But, I was smart. I graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineering.

Then I married my college professor. And I started Entity Agriculture Co. Limited. I went to Silicon Valley Community college Night School. Two years later I had a bachelor's in Civil Engineering. I got accepted for a Rhodes Scholarship."

"Wow! You a genius. I taught you to look smart," she replied.

I smiled and said, "Yea! You would think that is good but it didn't."

She quickly asked, "What happened?"

"You see I was making moves with my company. But it was always coming up short. So I took a detailed look at it. I found out my sister was stealing from me. I stood up against it and that spun downward.

I lost my company and my reputation was tainted by my sister-In-Law through her media company. It forced a blacklistment on the East Coast. My father disowned me. He flew to LA to tell me I wasn't his son because I called his daughter a thief. And the Blackout put a hit on me.

But I ran with powerful people so I got to Chicago. I got a job in an Architectural firm. But two years later, my wife, son, and daughter were gunned down. The cops wouldn't do shit and everything I own burnt to the ground. The Rhodes Foundation showed up. Then a loved one gave me $5 million and I went to England and spent eight years there.

Eight years ago I came back to Jamaica and set up Anderson Holdings & Investment Group. It is one of 12 companies I own and I also own Edge Planners Limited, jointly with my friends.

These days I live highly comfortably. But my number one goal is to get my mother away from my dad. But for now, that looks like a long shot. But I am cool."

She then said, "I am so sorry. But, you and Lisa?"

I then exhaled and said, "Once upon a time she was a lawyer in my sister's law firm, Anderson & Associates Law. She was responsible for my company. My wife and I went through problems. She was there. So after I lost it, I believed she was with my sister. And we had a fight. She told my wife but I didn't get divorced.

I wanted to hurt her and get back at her. She had a friend that was an alcoholic. I got her drunk and she took off her clothes. That made it easy for me. I got her in my bed and made out with her. Lisa caught me naked with her. She assumed I slept with her. Three weeks later I was blacklisted."

She exhaled and said, "Reminded me never to cross you."

I laughed and said, "I hate being betrayed."

She then rested her head on my shoulder and I noticed a burnout mark of a Scorpion tattoo, on her shoulder. This brought me back a memory of my former sister-in-law at the beach. I taught myself, what it was her.

She then said, "I will never betray you."

I then pulled into the Escort Restaurant & Beach. We parked beside Malcolm's SUV. We went out and I changed into my shorts. She went and put her bags in my car.

She then came to me and asked, "Could you close your car? My bag and clothes are in there."

I then put on my t-shirt and said, "Yea mom."

I then kissed her and she went to the beach. As she walked I took a picture of her laser out the tattoo.

I then went to my car and I got the chance to go through her purse. I found a picture of my sister-in-law kissing my sister. With that instantly I knew who she was. Her real name was Jackie Davis - Anderson, Founder/CEO of Underground Publishing Group and wife of Sharon Anderson QC.

In other words my supposedly dead sister-in-law. In addition, the girl that fueled my blacklistment in LA, 24 years earlier. She disappeared after my sister’s murder. But 10 years ago I tracked her to Cambodia. I suddenly had a memory flash.

She was running through a coconut plantation. We exchanged bullets. I shot her in the abdomen. She took cover and reloaded her Mac-10.

As I reloaded my M47 Machine Gun I said, "Jackie! You are wounded."

She exhaled and asked, "What do you want Nicholas?"

I got to another tree and my sniper lined up from the ridge.

I then said, "Well, a lot of things."

She then pushed a handkerchief under her blouse to help with the bleeding.

Then she said, "Nicholas, I am sorry for what happened to you. But it was 14 years ago."

Gordon, my sniper, then said, "I can't get a shot, sir."

With that, I said, "Jackie, which part are you sorry about? The part where your wife embezzled my money, the party where she stole my company, the part where you guys blacklisted me, or the part where my family got killed, tells me which part?"

Jackie then said, "The Blacklistment wasn't my idea and I wasn't the only one involved. Sharon is dead, game over!"

I then lined her up and said, "I know and Earl will get what's coming to them. But you were once the head of the Los Angeles Business Committee. So all I need is a signed letter from you. I got it typed up, so I need your signature."

She then said, "Let me think about that."

Then she started spraying bullets at me and running towards the river. With that Gordon then shot her, in her right shoulder, and she fell. I then got up and walked to her.

As I did I radioed Garrett, on my earpiece, saying, "Garret! Come in."

He was aboard a heavy gunship.

He then said, "Copy brother. I am coming to pick you up. I am locked on your signal. Over and out."

With that, I went close to Jackie.

As she reached for her gun I put my 9 mm to her head to prevent her from getting the gun and I quickly said, "Ha! Ha! No more shooting for you."

She turned and I took out my tablet. I gave it to her with a light pen.

She then signed it and said, "You are not going to get away with this."

Gordon then noticed a movement on the water and looked, through his scope. It was two Go fast boats, filled with heavily armed men.

Gordon then said, "Boss we have company."

As they started shooting at me I shot back and Jackie stabbed me with a knife. I fell and they arrived and started shooting. I got up and Gordon provided cover for me, as I hopped away. I shot her in the back.

But they had machine guns and pinned me down. An RPG forced Gordon to jump into the jungle below. He pulled a parachute and fell through the trees. He released it and landed on his feet.

He then said, "Never leave home without a parachute, the boss comes in."

But his radio was damaged in the fall and he ran towards me. I was however pinned down behind a tree. Jackie got onto one of the boats

She then yelled, "Kill that bastard!"

With that, they proceeded to come to me and I was out of bullets. In addition, losing blood. As they came closer Gordon started firing at them.

With that two missiles dropped into the boats. Gordon brought me down, as Garret eliminated everyone with the gunship. While going down I saw her rise up from the water but the ground blew up in front of her. With that, she was thrown into the river.

I came back to and was holding the picture in hand.

I looked at Andrea playing in the water and said, "I knew I should have searched for a body. But this time you will die."

I then took a picture of the photo and I then put it back in her handbag. I then fixed up everything like it was before I searched. I emailed the picture to Cristina. Then I called her.

She got out of my shower naked and answered the phone saying, "Hello good morning, Anderson Residence."

I then said, "It’s me."

She exhaled and asked, "What do you want Nick? I was catching a shower."

I then quickly asked, "Are you naked?"

She exhaled and said, "Yes! I don't have on any clothes. Do you want a picture?"

I then said, "Actually I am at the beach. So save it for later."

She then said, "Fine. So why did you call?"

I then said, "I took your advice and I met someone. We are at the beach."

She then sat in my chair, exhaled, and said, "That's good. But, you couldn't wait to tell me because?"

I then asked, "Are you near a computer?"

She then got on a towel and got her tablet.

With no answer, I said, "Andrea, Are you OK?"

She then logged in and said, "OK. I am near a computer. What am I looking for?"

I then said, "Check your email. I need you to look up a girl, Andrea Francis."

She then searched and I waited.

As it came up she whistled and said, "She is hot. But she doesn’t have anything on me."

I laughed and said, "Cristina I need this."

She laughed and Jasmine walked in.

Jasmine then kissed her and said, "Hey mom. I home."

She then looked puzzled and asked, "Why are you home so early?"

As she put the phone on speaker Jasmine said, "Its Sunday mom. I only have POA. And I am a straight-A, college student. So I don't need to stay."

I then said, "You better."

Jasmine then said, "Hey dad!"

I then said, "Hey sweetie!"

Jasmine then asked, "So what you guys up to?"

I then said, "Well I am checking into a girl’s detail. She seems off."

She looked at the tablet, whistled and while staring at her mom she said, "She is hot. Who is she, my future stepmother?"

"Not going to happen," quickly replied Cristina.

I laughed and said, "Probably. But for now, I need you to check something."

Cristina then went to the keys and asked, "What am I looking for?"

I then said, "I need to know what she was up to 10 years ago up until now."

She then searched and it came up.

Jasmine then said, "She was in her third year at UCLA, studying Media & Communications. She was also a part-time model. She was sent to Colombia for a photoshoot. While there she fell from a boat damaging her face and arms.

She spent 6 months in a rehabilitation center in Panama. With that, it cost US$ 100 Million to fix her face and reset her bones. In addition, she suffered memory loss. She quit her successful modeling career and dropped out of UCLA.

Then she moved to Texas. She spent four years there and at Texas University, studying Architecture & Construction. While in college she started her company, Francis Design & Landscaping Co. Limited. It is incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

She started out designing: Gardens, sidewalks, and Homes. She was married for four years then had a messy divorce. Six years ago she moved to Jamaica and built it HQ, Francis Plaza, in Halfway Tree.

And she went into business with Lisa Summers QC. Two years ago she started Francis Property Development Inc. It is the construction division of her empire. Currently net worth at US$ 1.4 Billion."

I exhaled and said, "So she can afford to live anywhere. That's good. Now check if she had any tattoos on her right shoulder, during her modeling career."

Cristina pulled up photos of her during her modeling career and said, "She had no tattoos during her modeling career. When did you ask?"

I then said, "Check your email."

She found my email and downloaded the second picture.

Then she asked, "Weller I am seeing girls back, with a lasered out Scorpion tattoo."

I then said, "Yea! That is on her back now. And that scar is at least 10 years old based on the healing marks. With that she had to have the tattoo at least two years before, for the laser marks to be this clean, in addition, her hair has regrown threw."

Cristina then said, "So in other words she didn't get it in Colombia. So this isn't the real Andrea Francis. Then who's she?"

I then said, "Check out the next picture."

She did and quickly picked upon it.

Jasmine then asked, "Who are they, mom?"

Cristina then asked, "Nick is she back?"

I then said, "Oh yea! The question is, what does she want?"

Cristina then exhaled and said, "Be careful, I don't want anything to happen to you."

I looked at Andrea playing in the water and said, "Relax her not out for revenge, well not yet. She is up to something as her house is covered in micro cameras."

Cristina then said, "I see you already got into the panties."

I laughed and said, "That was before I knew who she was. Now, I know she is scheming and with my friends. I think Malcolm and Cordel are up to something. So I have Garret fishing around."

Cristina then said, "OK. So your friends are as disloyal as I suggested. What's new?"

"Relax. I knew that. Besides, only one person would be dummy enough to fund this stupid venture," I quickly told her.

Jasmine then asked, "Who is that?"

I then said, "Your grandfather. I can smell him a mile away. But for now, we play it cool. And Cristina, get people on Cordel, Malcolm, and Lisa 24/7."

Cristina then said, "You got it, boss. In addition, I am putting in phone calls to my friends in the US Embassy. So I will see you later. I cooking your favorite baked Chicken."

I then smiled and said, "I guessed I will enjoy it. Later."

I then hang up and Jasmine started whistling.

Cristina then asked, "What is it, Jasmine?"

Jasmine smiled and left. Cristina then shocked her head and went. With that Cristina started calling a few of her friends. I then locked the car and went down to the beach.