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               EXT. MONEY'S HOUSE

               Sharice hops out of the limo and back into Connie's Escalade
               as Money Mike's limo pulls off.

               INT. CONNIE'S ESCALDE

                                   CONNIE
                         What did he say?

                                   SHARICE
                         Fuck him.

                                   CONNIE
                         Reece, what did he say?

                                   SHARICE
                         He says you owe him 45 grand in a
                         week.

                                   CONNIE
                         Unfuckin' believable. I can't take
                         a hit like that!

                                   SHARICE
                         Well you shouldn't have fucked up
                         his game.

                                   CONNIE
                         What did he say about the other
                         thing?

                                   SHARICE
                         I took that one.

               Connie looks at Sharice and smiles.

                                   CONNIE
                         Thanks. I mean it, thanks.

                                   SHARICE
                         Don't worry about it. Let's go.

                                   CONNIE
                         Ok… Where are we off to?

                                   SHARICE
                         Bring me home.

                                   CONNIE
                         You're sure you don't want to get a
                         drink? You look like you could use
                         one.

                                   SHARICE
                         Nah. I need to get some rest.

               Connie's Escalade pulls off and heads towards Sharice's home.

               Cut In.

               EXT. SHARICE'S HOUSE

               Connie's Escalade pulls up slowly in front of Sharice's
               house.

               INT. ESCALADE

               Connie looks at Sharice as she starts to exit the vehicle.

                                   CONNIE
                         Hold up a second.

               Sharice closes the door and turns her attention to Connie.

                                   SHARICE
                         What's up?

                                   CONNIE
                         Look, I know I've been on the edge
                         lately, but I really do appreciate
                         what you did for me with Money.

                                   SHARICE
                         I told you don't worry about it.

                                   CONNIE
                         You seem stressed. How about a
                         drink and a massage?

                                   SHARICE
                         Shit, I could definitely use a good
                         massage.

                                   CONNIE
                         Well, invite me up, and I can take
                         care of that for you, as well as
                         other needs.

               Sharice drops her head and smiles.

                                   SHARICE
                         You never quit, do you?

                                   CONNIE
                         What?

                                   SHARICE
                         No matter how many times I tell
                         you, you still try to flip me over.

                                   CONNIE
                         What's wrong with a little
                         affection between two friends.

                                   SHARICE
                         It's wrong when both the friends
                         are the same sex!

                                   CONNIE
                         Don't knock it until you've tried
                         it. I've had girls give me a harder
                         time than you, and once I turned
                         them out, they become some of the
                         worst ones.

                                   SHARICE
                         Well, as flattering as that sounds,
                         I'm going to have to pass. I don't
                         have time for that right now.

                                   CONNIE
                         That's on you then.

               Connie notices a van parked down the street from Sharice's
               house.

                                   CONNIE (CONT'D)
                         Damn, the feds still on your ass?

               Sharice looks down toward the van as well.

                                   SHARICE
                         Yeah, ever since Morales fucked up.

               INT. VAN

               We see a view from the FBI monitoring station as they see the
               escalade pull up. There are 2 feds in the van, one named
               AGENT DAVIS, and AGENT COOK. Both agents are checking their
               monitors taking notes.

                                   DAVIS
                         Hey Cook, look who's returning
                         home.

                                   COOK
                         Heh, sexy momma is back in town.

                                   DAVIS
                         That was a quick trip. Looks like
                         that's Constance with her, get a
                         couple of freeze frame shots of
                         this.

               They begin to take pictures using their surveillance
               equipment of Sharice getting out of the SUV and walking
               towards the driver's side where Connie was still seated.

               EXT. SHARICE'S HOUSE

                                   SHARICE
                         Well let me go Cee, before these
                         fucks come out here and start
                         sweatin' me and shit. I'll get at
                         you later.

                                   CONNIE
                         Ok, girl, peace.

               Connie drives off as Sharice makes her way up her stairs.
               Before she gets to the top of the stairs, she turns around
               and flips her middle finger towards the van.

               INT. VAN

                                   DAVIS
                         Shit, she made us.

                                   COOK
                         Well as long as she's made us lets
                         ask her a few questions.

               EXT. SHARICE'S HOUSE

               Both agents exit the van and approach Sharice who is looking
               for her keys in her purse.

                                   DAVIS
                         Ms. Legget can we have a word with
                         you.

                                   SHARICE
                         Shit, I didn't know flippin' the
                         bird was a crime.

                                   DAVIS
                         I'm Agent Davis and this is Agent
                         Cook, we'd just like to ask you a
                         few questions.

               Sharice rolls her eyes at the agents as she finally locates
               her keys.

                                   SHARICE
                         Don't you have anything else to do
                         but fuck with me today?

                                   DAVIS
                         We just want a moment of your time,
                         please?

               Sharice sighs as she put her keys back in her purse.

                                   SHARICE
                         Fine, talk.

               Agent Davis pulls out a pencil and pad from his jacket.

                                   DAVIS
                         Do you know a Ceasar Morales?

                                   SHARICE
                         I don't recall.

                                   DAVIS
                         Are you sure?

                                   SHARICE
                         What is he, a boxer or something?

                                   DAVIS
                         About two weeks ago we found
                         Morales, or I guess I should say
                         what's left of Morales floating in
                         the lake.
                         Sources say that you, or one of
                         your crew members had something to
                         do with it, care to comment.

                                   SHARICE
                         Not really.

               Agent Cook becomes very agitated, and starts to become a
               little more aggressive than Agent Davis.

                                   COOK
                         Well maybe you'd like to comment on
                         this, Morales handled distribution
                         for Rico, you know Rico don't you?

               Sharice remains silent.

                                   COOK (CONT'D)
                         Well Rico doesn't distribute
                         cooking ware, he's into Cocaine,
                         and that's more serious than
                         anything you're in now. So if
                         anything ties back to you, it's
                         going to be 20 plus years. So I'll
                         ask again, do you have anything to
                         say now?

               Sharice thinks for a minutes and then decided to reply.

                                   SHARICE
                         Yeah, actually I do.

               Both agents grab their pads to write what Sharice was going
               to tell them.

                                   SHARICE (CONT'D)
                         Are we any closer to catching Osama
                         because if we aren't, maybe, just
                         maybe, the feds can use you two for
                         something a little more useful than
                         fuckin' with me!

               The agents knowing she was mocking them put away their pads
               and began to walk towards their van.

                                   COOK
                         Well, we'll see who's laughing when
                         your case comes up.

               Sharice begins waiving at the agents.

                                   SHARICE
                         Later guys, hope I was a big help.

               Sharice pulls her keys out again and opens the door this
               time, as the agents climb back into their van.

               INT. SHARICE'S HOUSE

               Sharice's house was in New Orleans Westbank, in a very
               wealthy neighborhood. Her house has four bedrooms, 2 and ˝
               bathrooms, swimming pool, dining area, and den. She has a lot
               of black art decked off in her hall ways and a few larger
               pieces on display in both living and dining room area. She
               walked over to her mini bar which was located in the corner
               of the den area, and fixes herself a drink. She then sits on
               her couch, and places the drink on a nearby glass table. She
               kicks off her shoes and begins to rub her feet one by one.
               Finally, she kicks back her feet on the table and takes a sip
               of her drink.

                                   SHARICE (V.O.)
                         Fuckin' Morales! Because of him,
                         now I have the feds on my back,
                         which I needed like another hole in
                         my head.

                                                       CUT OUT.

               CUT TO INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS (Flashback) 3
               weeks ago.

               We're shown the inside of a warehouse located somewhere in
               uptown New Orleans. The picture is black and white looking
               almost like a dream.

                                   RICO
                         Morales, you fucking asshole! What
                         the hell we're you thinking!

               Morales lowers his head as he looks around the room. In the
               room are the 2 bosses Ricardo "Rico" Ramos, Mike "Money"
               Wallace, their bodyguards, Sharice, and LARRY THE BULL who
               was with Sharice that day.

                                   RICO (CONT'D)
                         Answer me you stupid fuck!

               Morales jumps after hearing Rico's voice. He knew he had to
               answer correctly or he was a dead man.

                                   MORALES
                         I'm sorry Rico, I was just trying
                         to make a quick score, I was gonna
                         give you a taste.

               Rico quickly walks up to Morales and smacks him so hard that
               it almost sends Morales to the ground.

                                   RICO
                         Moron! My body shops are used for
                         moving product, not for stolen
                         fuckin' cars. Because of you, the
                         cops raided one of my shops, and
                         not only did they find your stolen
                         cars, but over a million dollars
                         worth of product! Now the feds are
                         on my ass about this shit, and you
                         said you were gonna give me a taste
                         of stolen cars?

               Sharice drops her head and nods.

                                   SHARICE (V.O. TO HERSELF)
                         He's dead.

               Morales drops to his knees and begins to beg for forgiveness.

                                   MORALES
                         Please Rico, I'm sorry! I was
                         stupid!

               Rico calls Sharice over. Sharice approaches Rico with her gun
               pulled out.

                                   RICO
                         Dispose of him!

                                   MORALES
                         Rico! NO! Plea-

               Morales pleas were silenced by Sharice's gun as the bullet
               BLOWS out the back of Morales's head sending him flying to
               the ground.

                                   RICO
                         That asshole has cost me millions.

                                   MONEY
                         So what now, I need to keep the
                         streets flooded. I need my shit
                         Rico!

                                   RICO
                         I can't get another shipment unless
                         I have someplace to cut it. Now
                         with the feds on my ass, it's going
                         to take time.

               Money and Rico continue to go back and forth until Sharice
               steps in.

                                   SHARICE
                         Look, I could help you both out for
                         a small cut. I own a couple of body
                         shops, you can use them until you
                         find something better.

               Both Rico and Money look at Sharice.

                                   RICO
                         Thanks senoirita , but the feds
                         aren't stupid, they'll be watching
                         any body shops that we own now.

               Sharice smiles as she hands her gun to The Bull.

                                   SHARICE
                         In addition to my legitimate
                         business, I own a couple of other
                         business not under my name. The
                         shops fall under the latter. There
                         is no way they can trace if back to
                         me or you.

               Rico begins stroking his goatee trying to decide if this is
               the way to go.

                                   RICO
                         We need 2 votes to decide on this,
                         I vote for it.

               All the attention is now focused on Money, being the only
               other Boss around.

                                   MONEY
                         Yeah, I'm with it, whatever needs
                         to be done so I can get this shit
                         on the streets.

                                   RICO
                         OK, it's settled then, I'm sure
                         you'll give me a decent rate
                         Sharice.

               Sharice smiles as she shakes Rico's hand.

                                   SHARICE
                         But, of course, senior.

               Sharice pulls Rico close and begins to whisper in his ear.

                                   SHARICE (CONT'D)
                         I want the location of my shop kept
                         confidential. Nobody outside of us
                         needs to know.

               Rico shook his head in agreement

                                   RICO
                         No Problem

                                                       CUT OUT.

                                                       CUT IN.

               INT. SHARICE'S HOME

               Screen focuses on Sharice's face as she falls asleep on her
               sofa as she does most of the time.

                                   SHARICE (V.O.)
                         That was just the beginning. I
                         would regret making that deal
                         later.

                                                       CUT OUT.

                                                       CUT TO.

               INT. SHARICE'S HOME OFFICE

               Sharice is sitting behind her desk, and across from her is
               her lawyer.

                                   SHARICE
                         Thanks for joining me ARTHUR, this
                         place was swept this morning so you
                         can speak freely.

               Arthur opens his briefcase and pulls out some paperwork for
               Sharice to sign.

                                   ARTHUR
                         Here's your paperwork on that new
                         shoe store I started for you, just
                         initial here, here, and here, and
                         sign here.

               Sharice signs the paperwork and hands it back to Arthur.

                                   ARTHUR (CONT'D)
                         Incidentally, Sharice, This new
                         venture you have with the bodyshop,
                         it's a lot of money you're asking
                         your accountant to hide here. The
                         feds check on a person like you
                         having a sudden spurt of business
                         openings. It's just too much money
                         to hide. Your accountant is one of
                         the best there is, and he agrees
                         with me.

               Sharice leans back in her chair.

                                   SHARICE
                         Can't we hide it in construction?

                                   ARTHUR
                         Well, luckily we can hide the bulk
                         of it in construction due to the
                         hurricane, but we need to hide your
                         funds quickly, and unfortunately,
                         the construction takes time.

               Sharice gets out of her chair and stands up and walk towards
               a nearby window. She observes her front yard from the window.

                                   SHARICE
                         You know, honestly, I really hate
                         fuckin' with the city like this.
                         You know, funneling cash with
                         construction and shit. 

                                    ARTHUR
                         If you didn't do it, somebody else
                         would. 

                                   SHARICE
                         True.

                                   ARTHUR
                         Now, getting back to the subject
                         here. We need a solution to your
                         excess money problem.

                                   SHARICE 
                         Ok, take half of the new funds and
                         put in my off shore accounts. The
                         second half you should be able to
                         split up between my other
                         businesses without much problems.

               Arthur writes Sharice's orders down.

                                   ARTHUR
                         Well, that solves the problem
                         temporarily. You're still making
                         too much money for us to hide.

               Sharice walks from behind her desk and up to Arthur who is
               still sitting down.

                                   SHARICE
                         Well, that's not my problem, I pay
                         you and that idiot accountant to
                         take care of shit like this, so
                         either handle this situation, or
                         I'll find someone who can.

               Arthur becomes a little tense. All of a sudden Sharice's
               phone rings. Sharice goes back to her desk and answers the
               phone.

                                   SHARICE (CONT'D)
                         Hello.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         It's me, your friend from the Cuban
                         city. Call me back from a secure
                         line.

               Sharice writes down the number Rico gives her, and hangs up
               the phone, she then turns to Arthur who is packing up his
               briefcase.

                                   SHARICE
                         Look, I'm sorry for blowing up like
                         that. It's been a rough week.
                         You've been good to me in the past,
                         and I'm a little uptight today.
                         Just you sit down with my
                         accountant and come up with
                         something, ok.

                                   ARTHUR
                         Ok, Sharice, we'll handle it.

                                   SHARICE
                         I'm sure you will. Well I need to
                         get going, you can see yourself
                         out.

               Sharice walks out of her office and walks out of her front
               door.

               EXT. SHARICE'S HOUSE

               She notices the FBI van is gone. She gets into her platinum
               colored Lexus and pulls off.

               EXT. MALL (PAYPHONE)

               Sharice pulls up to a pay phone close to the local mall in
               her area. She gets out of her car and drops her coins into
               the pay phone. She then dials the number Rico gave her.

                                   SHARICE
                         Rico, it's me.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         Sharice, the feds are on my ass. I
                         had to shut down a lot of my
                         operations, so I'm feeling a tight
                         fetti pinch.

                                   SHARICE
                         I heard.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         Well, the reason I called you is
                         because I was working on a plan to
                         get into Houston, you know set up
                         shop. I can't get away because of
                         surveillance, so I want you to take
                         charge and set it up for me.

               Sharice drops her head. 

                                   SHARICE
                         Look, Rico, I'm flattered you think
                         I can handle such an operation, but
                         I'm gonna have to pass.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         Sharice, please, I need this. The
                         feds have someone talking, and
                         they're taking me down piece by
                         piece. If I don't get anymore
                         capitol coming in soon, I may lose
                         connections. If you do this for me,
                         you'll have my vote for boss.

               Sharice lowers the phone from her head, and sighs with a
               disgusted look on her face.

                                   RICO (FILTERED) (CONT'D)
                         Sharice? You still there?

                                   SHARICE
                         Yeah, I'm here.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         So will you help me?
                         Sharice hesitates for a second.

                                   SHARICE
                         Yeah, I'm in.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         Good, I have a contact in Houston,
                         he will give you some intel, Get
                         together a team and head out there
                         in 3 days, ok.

                                   SHARICE
                         Ok.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         Anything else you need, let me
                         know. Thank you for this senoirita.

                                   SHARICE
                         Ok, just don't forget my vote.

                                   RICO (FILTERED)
                         No problem.

               Sharice hangs up the phone and stares into space for a
               moment. She finally clears her head and gets back into her
               car and pulls off.

               INT. DAIQUIRI SHOP

               Connie and her friend NICOLE are sitting at a table drinking
               daiquiri and talking. This was a typical daiquiri shop that
               they always met at.

                                   NICOLE
                         So I hear Sharice is going to
                         Houston to set up shop for Rico.

                                   CONNIE
                         Yep.

               Nicole could see that Connie was not too enthused about
               Sharice's trip.

                                   NICOLE
                         What's wrong? You don't seem to
                         happy about her trip.

                                   CONNIE
                         Honestly, Sharice is becoming soft.
                         She's letting Money bully her
                         around. If I was in charge, things
                         would be different.

               Nicole rolls her eyes in disgust.

                                   CONNIE (CONT'D)
                         It should have been me, Nikki. It
                         should have been me.

                                   NICOLE
                         Don't start with that shit again
                         Connie, cause if you do, I'm
                         getting up from here right now and
                         going home.

                                   CONNIE
                         I'm sorry, I just feel I didn't get
                         enough for making that hit. Johnny
                         just over looked me. Now Sharice is
                         his ace, and I'm non existent.

               Nicole puts her daiquiri down.

                                   NICOLE
                         Look, once again you bitch and
                         complain about this, so I'm going
                         to tell you like I always do,
                         either bring this up with Johnny,
                         or get the fuck over it. Once
                         Sharice is boss, you'll be a
                         captain, and then I could join the
                         Faction. It's a win-win situation
                         for us. So let it go.

               Connie shakes her head as she checks her watch for the time.

                                   CONNIE
                         I got to meet up with her at her
                         club in about an hour.

                                   NICOLE
                         Let it go C, we'll all do a lot
                         better if you do.

                                   CONNIE
                         You know, if I was given the proper
                         respect on the hit, I'd be making
                         boss, and you would have been
                         affiliated with the Faction.

               Nicole takes a drink of her daiquiri and smiles.

                                   NICOLE
                         That would have been nice.

                                   CONNIE
                         What I need is something to get
                         Sharice out of the way.

               Nicole puts her glass back on the table and stares at Connie
               with a shocked look on her face. Connie notices her look and
               responds.

                                   CONNIE (CONT'D)
                         What?

                                   NICOLE
                         You talking about poppin' Sharice!

               Connie looks at Nicole as if she was upset.

                                   CONNIE
                         Hell no, that's still my girl, I
                         don't want her dead, just out of
                         the way, you know.

                                   NICOLE
                         Oh, you had me trippin' for a
                         second girl.

               Connie waives her hand to Nicole to come closer so she could
               whisper to her.

                                   CONNIE
                         Look, the only way that I can get
                         Reece out of the way is if I can
                         get the bosses to lose respect for
                         her. Once that happens, I can be
                         her shoulder to cry on and also
                         position myself to move higher up.
                         Once that happens, it will only be
                         a matter of time before they bump
                         me up, and first thing I'm going to
                         do is make you my number one, but
                         you have to be down with me in
                         order to pull this off.

                                   NICOLE
                         You know I'm down. What you need
                         from me?

                                   CONNIE
                         I'm not sure yet, I haven't figured
                         out how to manipulate the bosses
                         yet.

               Both women position themselves back into their chairs.

                                   NICOLE
                         You're playing a deadly game Cee, I
                         hope you know what you're doing.

               Connie smiles.

                                   CONNIE
                         Don't worry girl, I'll handle it.
                         Look, I gotta jet. I need to get
                         changed and meet with Reece.

                                   NICOLE
                         Alright girl, just holla at me
                         later.

               Connie gets up from her chair and walks out of the shop and
               gets into her Escalade and pulls off. Nicole walks out soon
               after. After she walks out a gentleman who was sitting across
               from Connie and Nicole rises up and dials a number on his
               cell phone.

                                   GENTLEMAN
                         Yeah, this is agent 433, I got a
                         little Faction information that
                         might come in handy.
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