CJ rode as quickly as he could, avoiding every tree around the forest and finally making his way on the road of Blueberry.
"Yo CJ," LB told him. "That shit was tight!"
"Jeah," Ryder added. "You didn't crash the car for once."
"Yeah, the race was real smooth," CJ replied. "Where y'all want me to drop y'all off at?"
"Just pull over," Ryder told him. "LB and I are gonna roll out and see if we can find any more of Smoke's lieutenants riding bikes through the country."
CJ complied and Ryder and LB hopped out.
"What the hell y'all gonna ride?" CJ asked.
"We got our ways to transport, fool," LB told him. "We got this."
"Peace out, CJ," Ryder said as he and LB walked away.
CJ continued to ride away. Suddenly he heard his pager beep. As he stopped to a red light, he pulled out his pager and saw a message.
"Another race?" CJ asked. "Damn, this afternoon has been sweet."
CJ drove through the town and up the hill. The sun was shining brightly, and the air was fresh and clear. It was barely the afternoon and it was feeling very nice outside. He finally made his way to The Panopticon, in which the other racers were preparing in.
"Hey, CJ!" one of the racers called to him. "I got a ride for you!"
CJ looked to see that the racer was offering him a blue ZR-350.
"Oh yeah!" CJ said. "You hooked it up real good!"
"Yep!" the racer replied. "Good luck in the race, bruh."
CJ leaned against the car, waiting for all the racers to get started. He was real pumped to participate in the next race. He then looked back to see a tall, Caucasian brunette guy wearing a black jacket over green cargo pants checking the hood of his vehicle. He looked about CJ's age.
Just then, another car pulled up from behind the man, and the driver was revealed to be Catalina, who hopped out of the car and gave the man a kiss on the cheek. CJ then turned around to see Catalina approaching him while wielding a crowbar. She didn't look pleased at all.
"Damn, man, now what?" CJ asked, sounding annoyed as Catalina approached him.
"PIG!" the psychopathic Latina woman shouted in CJ's face.
"What?" CJ cried out sternly. "What'd I do now?"
"Oh, so THIS is where you been, eh?" Catalina said, motioning to CJ's ZR-350. "THIS is how you repay my tenderness! You prefer the curves of some car to those of a real woman?" She posed like a supermodel to show off her hips.
Pffffft! CJ thought. You have about as much curves as a tree stump.
"Look Catalina, you called it off!" CJ replied. "Remember, "just business"?" He used air quotes for the last two words.
"What kind of a man are you?!" Catalina snarled. "When I say "just business", I mean that I love you!" She furiously smashed the crowbar against CJ's vehicle.
"What the fuck?!" CJ shouted, barely dodging the crowbar when it hit one of the headlights.
"When I say, I no interested no more, I mean that I long for you!" Catalina continued shouting, still slamming the crowbar against the vehicle. "And when I say I missed you..!"
Enough was enough for CJ! He wasn't going to let some psychopath treat him like dirt, and he surely wasn't going to let her push him around just because she was female. It was finally time for CJ to do exactly what he should've done the first time he met her.
"Get the fuck away from my car, crazy ass bitch!" CJ snapped as he violently shoved Catalina away from his vehicle. "Leave my car alone! Now I want you to listen up, bitch! I ain't going to let you treat me like this! Perhaps you don't know me very well! Even though I ain't no violent dude, I bust a cap in anyone who gets on my bad side! That includes women too! As chivalrous as I am towards them, there's only so much of their bullshit I can tolerate before they finally push me over the edge! Do you know what happens to people who fuck with me?! Do you know who the fuck you talking to?! I'm a stone-cold gangster from Grove Street that don't take shit from nobody, especially crazy bitches like you! If you ever in yo' fucking life treat me the way you've been treating me ever again, I'ma rip a hole through yo' tits! I'ma pistol whip yo' bitch ass silly! I'ma hang yo' ass by your own lingerie! Hell, you lucky my homie Ryder ain't around, because believe me, he would've fucked you up a long time ago! That motherfucker is crazy! And I bet you my life-savings you'd be dead in a heartbeat if he would've seen what you've been doing! So go ahead, bitch! Do somethin'! I dare you! Go ahead and make yo' fucking move and see what happens, bitch!"
CJ just stared at Catalina, looking far more confident than usual. He no longer cared what Catalina was going to do to him after his tirade, and he no longer felt apprehensive in the slightest. He was prepared for Catalina to attack him. But to his surprise, Catalina was visibly shocked, and instead, she just stared at him and finally heaved her crowbar to the ground.
"Fine!" she finally shouted, changing her expression to a grim look. "Who needs you anyway?! You clearly can't handle strong women like me! I already found a lover myself anyway!"
"Excuse me?! Then what the fuck was this about?!" CJ shouted angrily.
"I cannot keep my passion holed up; they need a release!" Catalina replied as she motioned towards the tall man standing by his vehicle.
"That was a good release, like hitting a man with a frying pan while he sleeps!" Catalina continued, showing CJ her new man. Her grin grew wider. "This, CARL, THIS is my new man. Are you jealous? Are you going to fight for me?"
This bitch is desperate now! CJ thought. First she says she doesn't love me, now she's trying to make me envy her at a pathetic attempt to make me love her again.
"Pffftt!" CJ responded. "You can have him. I'd rather be single than try to win the heart of some crazy, bipolar bitch like you any day!"
It was now difficult for CJ to take Catalina seriously at this point. Even if she wasn't related to Cesar, killing her still wouldn't be worth it to him.
Catalina's grin then faded. Instead of looking upset, she looked mostly desperate. "You are jealous and a coward!" Catalina shouted, sounding delusional. "Now let's race!"
She hopped inside the passenger seat of the tall, Caucasian man's car, with the man as the driver.
"Crazy bitch," CJ muttered as he hopped into his own vehicle.
It was all clear to CJ. None of this was about him. It was mostly about her. Catalina had finally lost it. She wanted all the attention to herself, and what better way to do that than to get CJ to battle for her heart? CJ, of course, wasn't buying into Catalina's implicit pleas though. He just hopped inside his vehicle and pulled up to the starting line with the other racers.
As the race began, CJ made his way through the other four vehicles and dashed through the dirt road. He made his way on the open road and drove in a straight line. He cut the corners through the hairpin turns and zipped down the bottom of the mountain. Turning to the slope of the mountainside uphill, he left the other racers behind and rode around the forest.
By the time CJ made it to the bottom, he drove in a straight line and made his way to Blueberry Acres. He dashed around the barn and made his way on the open road. He drove straight and made a right turn on the next street. Then he made a left turn and dashed through the lands, across the bridges, on the dirt road beside the river, and finally through Red County.
CJ was feeling confident so far. That was, until he saw a familiar looking vehicle pulling up next to him. It was the tall, brunette guy closing in on him! The car pulled up to CJ's left, revealing Catalina staring back at him!
"My lover's a better racer than you, Carl!" she screamed at CJ. "Give it up! You can't win my heart against him!"
The driver dashed past CJ and inched a few feet in front of him. CJ didn't hesitate as he just simply drove faster.
"Drive faster, lover!" he heard Catalina shout to her man. "That piece of shit is cheating!"
CJ ignored Catalina's taunting and closed in to the driver. He got closer until he and the other driver were now neck-to-neck as they each maintained their speed.
"You were always a lousy lover, Carl!" Catalina shrieked. "I let my lover fuck me in my butt! A guy like you wouldn't last one day in the bed with me!"
CJ didn't bother looking back at the vociferous Latina woman. He refused to let her get inside his head. He continued picking up the pace as he accelerated, with the other driver speeding by his side.
"You know you still love me, Carl!" Catalina shouted. "You know you want to sniff my panties and fuck me in my ass! You want a taste of my cunt! Admit it, Carl! You are just jealous!"
But Catalina's taunting had only motivated CJ rather than distract him. With one deep sigh, he zipped past the driver and made his way up the hill of the Panopticon. He crossed the finish line and stomped on the brakes with enough force to park his vehicle to its side. Catalina and the man, as well as the other racers, also came up from behind.
CJ exited his vehicle and stepped out looking proud. Catalina stormed out of the vehicle and stomped towards CJ.
"You had the unfair advantage!" Catalina shouted, sounding like a whiny teenage girl.
"Being a better driver ain't no unfair advantage!" CJ shot back, looking rather stoic.
"You think you're clever, but it is you who is missing the point!" Catalina said desperately, trying to prevail in the argument. "Not only he was racing, but he was satisfying me, fully! What are you gonna say about that?"
CJ stared back at the tall man, who seemed rather taciturn.
"The advantage of a stick shift, I guess," CJ replied dryly. "Yeah whatever, anyway, man, what is it, cash or pink slip?"
Catalina pulled out a deed from her back pocket.
"There you go!" she said, placing the deed in CJ's hand. "Goodbye Mr. Johnson, I will NOT be missing you!"
She began to walk away.
"Hey, wait a minute, bitch!" CJ called back to her. "What is this shit?!"
"The deed to a garage in San Fierro," Catalina replied. "My lover needs his car so we can go to Liberty City."
"Liberty City?" CJ asked. "Yeah, whatever, have a good time."
CJ began to walk away.
"I will" Catalina shouted at him.
CJ just continued walking, not looking back to say anything else to the crazy Latina.
"GOODBYE!" Catalina shouted again. CJ still ignored her.
"I will not ever love you again!" Catalina shouted as she hopped inside the car with the tall man. CJ refused to turn around.
"You will regret everything you've said to me, Carl Johnson!" Catalina shouted through the window as the car sped away.
CJ let out a deep sigh of relief.
Finally, that bitch is out of my skin for good! CJ thought. I hope I never meet another crazy lady like her!
Without another word, he hopped inside his vehicle and drove down the mountain.
"I'm a free fucking man!" he shouted as he drove on the open road.
Catalina was finally out of his life for good! He no longer had to deal with her anymore. Now all he had to do was focus on what he would do in San Fierro. He continued driving on the open road as the cool air swept across his face as the vehicle accelerated.