RECAP

Hondo is still on Saint’s trail. Saint was an old friend of his father’s. The two men used to be in the Black Panthers together and their friendship faltered off after Hondo’s dad left the party. But Hondo and Saint recently butted heads in a case. Saint pretended to be helping when really he was hunting three teenagers and he was going to kill them if Hondo’s team hadn’t stopped them. Hondo became aware of Saint’s shady dealings after that. He tried to take down Saint. He went after Saint’s money by shutting down his stash houses and taking millions away from him and it was no good because Saint’s people refuse to turn on him.

They were loyal. Almost as loyal as Hondo’s team were for him. Hondo wanted to keep going after Saint and unfortunately work and more often than not Saint got in the way. Saint launched a counteraction to Hondo shutting down his stash houses. It turns out Saint got into contact with Raymont Harris. Harris was the black teenager who got shot by a white cop and that launched Hondo’s career into the spotlight. He used to play the second fiddler to the shooter and, after the incident, that was no more. Hondo became team captain. He runs things now and he knew that Saint was up to no good with Harris.

Hondo was on good terms with Harris. He reached out to the young man. He found out that Harris graduated from UCLA early and that he got a degree in business. Harris now wants to go into business for himself. He wanted to create a mobile farmer’s market that would get fresh produce into troubled areas. It was a good idea and it would be great for the community. But Harris wanted to accept money from Saint as an investment. Which was a bad idea. Saint would wait until the man got in too deep and then take advantage of him. And so Hondo spoke to Harris as a way of warning the young man about Saint.

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