Chapter 104: When we reached the PentHouse

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We showered, and jumped into the pool. I asked why she said her name was Jones.

“Oh that.” she said "Well it it’s Jones...now.”

“I guess I misunderstood. That day at the coffee shop I could have sworn you said Smith” I persisted.

“Well there’s a story about that.” she replied. "Catch me and I’ll tell it to you.”

She took off like a seal. She could swim pretty good for an un-augmented human. I took off after her like an Orca. I WAS an augmented human. I could catch her any time I wanted to. I just didn’t want to right away. We played. When she tired we laid in the sun beside the pool.

“Now give” I told her. "Tell me your story.”

Ok.” She replied "Long ago and far away...”

It wasn’t that long ago

...I said when she was done. It had actually been an interesting story even if it was a very sad and tragic one. It explained a LOT.

“It was a long time ago for me!” she said "I’d not been born yet when it started.”

“Yeah, there is that.” I agreed.

Your grand-mother was a Black Social Justice Warrior who went to Africa to free the blacks?” I asked to clarify.

“Yup..and she met a member of the ‘oppression’ and fell in love with him. He was an Arab Prince but she didn’t know that and at the time she had no idea he was a billionaire. Back then that was a lot of money.”

“Still is” I said.” when she was pregnant and your mother was due she came back to the United States to have the baby?”

Yup.” Shaniqua said "She wanted the baby to have American citizenship. She was a little bit disillusioned by then. She returned to Africa after mom was born and never left. When mom was old enough grandpa sent her to Europe for an education. While she was in Europe she met a german with dual citizen ship. German and American .They fell in love. His name was Schmidt. Same thing. When mom was pregnant with me, they flew her to Houston so that I would be born on American soil. I’m not only an American by birth, both my parents are too, but I’m also a Texan.”

“Me too.” I replied. "About tenth generation I think. My people were here before the Alamo. A fair number of them were germans by the way.”

“I knew there was something I liked about you.” she smiled.

“That Sharia thing must have been kinda rough.” I said.

“Oh it was. " She agreed. "Or so I was told. My grandaddies kingdom was different. They killed him because of it too..”

“Yeah I heard about that.” I replied. "Jihad?”

“Yup....” She agreed "Fanatics of some sort.”

“While that was happening you were in college in the US?” I muttered. " Incredible. You can’t make that kind of thing up.”

“No you can’t.” she agreed.”My grandfather made me heir to a LOT of money before they killed him. They killed my mother and father too. I never went back.”

“So you used the money to buy a newspaper?” I asked.

“Yup a little bit of it....I wanted to make a difference.” she said. "I was going to ‘fight the man’. I was going to fight city hall.”

“That never turns out well.” I said "You can’t FIGHT city hall. You can only subvert it. That takes a LONG time.”

“I know that now.” she said "I learned the hard way.”

“Ok..I got that part. Incredible as it may be.” I said " but that doesn’t explain the way the Fitness Center manager treated you.”

“Oh that.” she said "Well there’s a story behind that too. Let’s just say we’re very good friends. I used another name to confuse City Hall. I was Smith, now I’m Jones”.

I laughed. "Alias Smith now Jones”

“What?” she said.

“Oh nothing.” I replied " I was just thinking about the name of a movie, or perhaps a TV show, back when I was a kid. It was named "Alias Smith AND Jones.”

She looked at me oddly. "OooooKay!”

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