Riverdale Book 1

Chapter 4: Getting the Facts

It was the Monday after Homecoming weekend. Jamie had gathered Veronica, Archie, Jughead, Julia, and Sweet Pea into the Gold and Blue room and shut the door. "Is everything okay Jamie?" Veronica asked a bit worried.

"I have to tell you guys something, your the people I trust the most, plus Veronica your dad is involved." Jamie said.

"He always is" Veronica said annoyed.

"It all started 5 years ago." A flashback accord to Jamie. She was working on some math homework.

Andrew, had come home from a job interview...

Her brother came up to her. "Hey, having some trouble?"

"I can't do this! Its so stupid, why do we even need math!" Jamie shouted.

"Hey, its okay. Why yes math may be hard, doesn't mean you should give up" Andrew said kindly. So he helped her with the math and Jamie started to understand.

"You knew Andy?" Veronica asked breaking the flash back.

"Andy is my brother." Jamie said.

"I knew you two had to of been related." Veronica said. "I haven't seen him in awhile, a year I think" Veronica said.

"Me either" Jamie's flash back came back.

Later that night I heard my parents and Andrew arguing...

"He's an evil man! You have heard of what he has done!" Jamie's mom shouted.

"Yes but mom, I can make so much money working for him. And he promised not to get me into any deep trouble!" Andrew said.

"A man like him can't keep promises." Jamie's father said.

"You never know, give him a chance."

Andrew was all about giving people a chance...

"I'm doing this with or without your permission"

"Then you are no son of mine."

Then the craziness started. As he worked more with Hiram, the deeper he was pulled in. People use to come to our house with guns...

"Open the door!" Said a man with a deep voice who was pounding on the door.

"Mom, whats going on" 12 year old Jamie asked.

"Jamie going upstairs" Her dad yelled.

"No! If this is about Andrew than I wanna help!" Jamie yelled.

"Jamie" Andrew flew down the stairs "Jamie go upstairs. I got this."

"I wanna help" Jamie demanded.

"Your time will come." But not now.

He destroyed our family, he would leave for long periods of times. Leaving us alone with people knocking our doors down. Dad started drinking, mom started crying, and I... I started to lose my whole self. Painting was the only thing the brought me happiness. And soon, Andrew only brought me sadness. All the way to the day before he left. He had been gone for two days before that... on a drug run...

"Hey Jamie!" Andrew said coming in to 14 year old Jamie's room. "Wow. This is incredible Jam" Andrew said looking at the painting Jamie was working on.

"How was the drug run?" Jamie asked barely paying attention.

"Drug run? No I was doing some sales stuff for him" Andrew lied.

"I'm not stupid Andrew!" Jamie threw her paint brush causing paint to go everywhere.

"Jamie calm down" Andrew said.

"You've destroyed this family! People knock on our doors at least once every two weeks now! Dads drinking so much he passes out by six, and mom doesnt ever stop crying! Do you even care about this family?" Jamie shouted.

"Of course I do, but the money Jamie. I mean your truck, the pool. If I didn't do this we wouldn't have everything!" Andrew reasoned.

"Who cares about the money! I much rather have a happy family! Why dont you just lesve and never come back! That could do this family some good!" Jamie shouted with tears filling. Tears were also filling in now Jamie's eyes. Sweet Pea took her in his arms.

"I haven't seen him since that day" Jamie said finally.

"Holy shit." Jughead said, he looked over at Julia with a look saying, why didn't you say all this, Julia looked back with a look saying, I didn't know.

"Andy was never a bad guy. He was always so nice and sweet." Veronica said.

"Wait." Sweet Pea said. "He was at the christianing. You sure you haven't seen him since last year Veronica?"

"He was at the christianing?" Veronica asked.

"You didn't know?" Jamie asked.

"No. Oh my gosh. Jamie I'm so sorry for all my father has done"

"It's okay V. We shouldn't have to apologies for what our families have done, we aren't them. Speaking of which, I need your help."

"You want me to break in to my fathers office" Veronica said confidently.

"Uh yeah" Jamie said a bit suprised.

"Don't worry. I've been through this before. But I might need you two to help" She said gesturing to Julia and Jamie. "My parents are gonna be out this weekend, you girls wanna come over?"

It was Saturday night. Julia walked into the five seasons and up the elevator to Veronica's apartment. She opened the door to see Jamie and Veronica sitting talking.

"Finally" Veronica said.

"Sorry, Jug is being so skeptical. I couldn't leave without a full out arguement." Julia said rolling her eyes. Her rung.

"What Jug"

"Are you At Veronica's house?"

"Yes Juggie."

"And her parents are definitely not there"

"Jug, my love, I'll be fine, I'll let you know otherwise. Good bye I love you" Adnd Julia hung up. "Sorry"

"All good. Lets get the door open." Jamie said.

They went over to the office door. Veronica got the key from behind a lamp and tried it in the lock. "Damn it, fake. Probably knew I was gonna do something like this."

"Here let me have a go at it." Jamie crouched down took two booby pins out of her hair and fiddle with the lock until... click "I got it"

"How the hell did you learn that?" Veronica asked.

"Andrew." She pushed open the door.

"Here put theses on" Julia handed out blue gloves. "Got them from the station before I got here."

"Good thinking" Jamie said. They put them on and started to search.

They searched and searched for about 30 minutes until Veronica found a file. "I got something." It was labeled with Andrew. Jamie took it and read through it. All the task he was sent to do, drug run, cartel meeting.... killings. Until she came to a page with last weeks date.

"He's hear help your father with some cartel stuff." Jamie said. "He's working with the.... oh no."

"What?" Julia asked.

"The Ghoulies." Jamie said.

"Fuck" Julia said.

"What are we gonna do?" Veronica asked.

" Jug and I will talk to the Ghoulies."

"Not yet" Jamie said. "Christmas holidays is in two months. If Andrew is in town he will feel like he has to come see us. I can ask him then"

"You sure?" Julia asked.

"Yeah. Trust me."