about Roger?"

"I reached out to Roger telling him Selassie I sent for him, and he hung up the phone on me. So I don't know what's up with him. That's my brother still, though."

Cutie understood. She knew how much Desmond loved Roger, but there was nothing he could do to save his friend.

Roger was far in too deep.

"Just continue on, Dezzie. I'm here with you," Cutie said, meaning it.

She and her son moved out west to escape the crazy New York environs. Living in Brooklyn was almost like living in Southside, it was way too violent, so when Desmond called and invited her out west, she jumped at the offer.

They stayed in a Hollywood pad far away from Los Angeles's ghettoes.

"This has been on my mind for awith funds to open a few grocery stores she managed outside his presence. Revealing she was pregnant saddened him. No matter how much he wanted to be there for her, he couldn't. He called when he could, but the hunt for his capture put a wedge in their relationship. He was too busy dodging the FEDS to focus on Desire. _At least I left her something to build on._

__ Saddened by news of Desmond's disloyalty to the JLP, Roger contemplated his friend's fate.

In California, Desmond was among known PNP men, totally disregarding the brutal political clash in Jamaica. Openly moving around with the opposition, he let it be known that he cared nothing of what _anyone_ thought.

In Jamaica, the PNP was leading in the polls, ahead of the