Chapter 1
The sun shined on the beautiful San Andreas landscape, Los Santos was beautiful all year round. The beach swarmed with sexy woman in bikinis playing volleyball, lifeguards, and meatheads working out. The wealthier neighborhoods of Rockford Hills was full of celebrities and rich heiresses shopping at fancy clothing stores and jewelers. In the poorer side of the city, the dealers, hustlers, and gangbangers were all grinding to make a dollar. On a bus stop in Rockford Hills, a cross country transport bus pulled in next to the Oriental Theatre. The bus parked and opened it's doors, several people walked off the bus. The group was mostly tourists and visiting family, they all started taking pictures of the sights almost immediately.
Stephanie Ross, a young nineteen year old girl, walked off the bus. She wore a short white sundress with brown cowboy boots, and her long brown hair was down over her shoulders. Stephanie had the figure of a model, and her skin wasn't too tan but it wasn't pale neither. She had a beautiful face, with brown bedroom eyes, and a seductive smile. Stephanie was considered a looker back in her home of North Yankton, she took her looks after her mother, who was a stripper at the club there. She had no resemblance to her father Frank Ross, a farmer and hunter back home. Frank and Stephanie had a rocky relationship, often times suffering from beatings at his hand along with her mother. Frank loved to drink, and was pretty handy with his belt when he was in that state.
Stephanie had graduated her high school a few months prior to her trip to Los Santos, she had a good GPA but she didn't try to her full potential. Stephanie was smart, both in the books and in life. She had the wits to be a hustler, but not the experience. While in high school, she was in a farming program called the YFC. She majored in veterinary science, with a hobby for skeet shooting, range shooting, and archery. She had excellent aim, taught to her by Frank, which she learned hunting. Stephanie was a respected member of her club, because of her no nonsense attitude and brutally honest personality. She had the attention of all the boys, and she played around quite a bit in that regard. Despite this however, it did not tarnish her reputation and she still had a line of boys wanting to court her. It was after a night of drunken abuse by Frank, that Stephanie decided to leave Ludendorff and move to Los Santos.
Stephanie pulled out her phone, she scrolled through her contacts until she found 'Aunt Amanda' on the page. She called the number and a voice answered. "Hello?" The voice asked into the phone. "I'm at the Oriental Theater in Vinewood, can you come pick me up?" Stephanie asked into the phone. "Sure thing, I'm on my way." The voice replied. Stephanie hung up the phone. Amanda De Santa was Stephanie's birth aunt, formerly Amanda Townley. Wife of Michael Townley, now Michael De Santa. Michael and his family were in witness protection, hiding from Michael's old partner Trevor. Michael and Amanda's kids, Tracey and Jimmy, were Stephanie's cousins. Stephanie and Jimmy had always gotten along, mainly ganging up and picking on Tracey when she tried to bully them. Stephanie can recall eleven years prior when the two bombarded Tracey with Snowballs, making her cry and run into the house.
Stephanie and Tracey had always been at odds with each other, the two had always had a rivalry. Even in elementary school, the two would compete for the boys' attention, popularity, and the attention of their parents. Tracey always pictured herself as the golden child, and Stephanie just wanted to knock her off her high horse, which she had attempted physically several times. The two often got into altercations, which were violent. Being that they were young children, nobody got hurt majorly. But most often, Stephanie would get the upper hand on Tracey. The cousins grew apart after Michael had moved his family out west, Stephanie didn't even know where they were until Jimmy added Steph on his Lifeinvader. The two corresponded, which lead to Stephanie interacting with Amanda who promised Steph a place to stay if she chose to move out there.
Stephanie sat on the park bench, she winced in pain before standing up. She lifted her dress and pulled her thong out, revealing a series of blisters and welts on her bottom and right hip. She touched it and winced at the burning pain, she let her dress back down and sat. She toughed out the pain and sat there waiting on her ride, to pass the time Steph grabbed her phone out of her purse and texted Jimmy. "Hey squirt, I'm in town. Wanna meet up at your house and chill?" She texted to Jimmy. A few moments later her phone buzzed, she opened the text which read "O fosho, we'll meet up at da crib and get mad stupid." Stephanie was amused at the way Jimmy typed, she talked to him on the phone a few times and he talked the same way which annoyed and amused her at the same time.
Amanda pulled up in her red Sentinel convertible, she honked the horn lightly signaling Steph. Steph looked up and saw her aunt, she ran to Amanda as the latter out of the car. "Aunt Amanda!" Stephanie shouted. "Oh Stephanie! Good to see you!" Amanda shouted. The two hugged and broke away to look at each other. "Oh, baby you're all grown up! You're a doll!" Amanda said to the blushing Stephanie. "You too! Let me guess. Lipo?" Stephanie asked. Amanda looked offended, but tried to play it off. "Yes, but ever since then I've been into fitness, yoga, tennis, you know." Amanda replied with a smile. Stephanie grabbed her purse, her suitcase, and her duffel bag and put it in the back of Amanda's car. She got in the front passenger seat and Amanda got behind the wheel. "Hot ride." Stephanie said with a smooth emphasis. "It better not be. I won't drive a stolen car. That's Michael's job." Amanda replied. "What?" Stephanie asked. "Nothing." Amanda replied. She started the car, put it in drive and drove off.