Episode 1×16 “Running On Lies”
Written by: Chris Coleman/Kelly Zollo
Warning: Episode contains language, strong sexual situations and content

Unknown Street Atlas Falls

Jamal was walking down the streets and the air felt so good. He’d been trapped in either Mason condo, or the safe house that Diego setup. Around seven in the evening he hatched an escape plan. The switchover between guards was obvious and once he got the times down he knew what he had to do. When they swapped out he slipped out the fire escape. No doubt his parents and siblings were going to freak. He however had to get rid of the drugs. He had a half brick, and whole brick under his dorm room floor. It was something he wasn’t sure he could get off without the police noticing. He would need help and offer the money back and a hefty part of his trust fund for his family life. As he walked down the street he threw up his hood before he bumped into Rachel. Coffee covered the street and Jamal jumped as he thought about Money blood covering the street. Gripping the walls he looked at her and smiled.

“My bad Rachel.” He said looking at her exhausted face. She was still a cutie and they’d all be friends growing up. The sad part was his mother would love him with a girl like this. He however knows that wasn’t what he wanted. Rachel would never bring the spark to his life like Yasmine. Hell he wasn’t sure he was going to get away with all the shit he’d done. “I guess you heard man I’m in trouble Rach. It was stupid but my music has been so intense that I’ve been producing. The synth sound and the alternative music I’m making is dark. I love it but at what cost you know?”

Rachel was glad to get out of the damn house and away from Brenda’s craziness not that she disliked Brenda by any means she just needed a break. She never thought she would have quit her job at city hall after Steven was murdered only to be then hired by Brenda to run her campaign though now that it was all over, she was again unemployed for a bit. Brenda had offered to keep her on at the resort as her assistant though and that was something she had been considering. Pulling her latte closer to her she turned the corner only to bump into Jamal and for her cup to go crashing to the ground. She hadn’t seen Jamal since his arrest no one had and her eyes darted around the street and no one was noticing him either. He had startled her and she took a few breaths it wasn’t a big deal, when he began talking though she had never been one to not speak her mind.

“It’s fine.” Rachel said looking at him, he was in more than deep shit she knew that from her dad and Brenda talking about it. His case was big news and with Ronan behind bars maybe Jamal felt it was safe enough to venture out. She nearly rolled her eyes about him trying to justify any of what he had been doing. Running drugs? Was what he had been doing the day they bumped into each other and he got her out of the neighborhood while he was looking for Yasmine. “Yeah you’re in deep shit is an understatement of the year. You ran drugs to make music do you realize how dumb that sounds when you are loaded?”

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