1. The Hardy Family Chronicles III A Tale of Several Sims Trials and Tribulations – Part 1

2. One evening, a tired and irritable Richard complains to Andrew about having to listen to Sadie’s problems all the time. He’s sick of it, why can’t her mum just leave her dad and have done with it? This is the opening Andrew has been waiting for.

3. Andrew phones her up ‘for a chat’ and happens to reveal what Richard said. But the way he says it makes it sound like Richard is sick of her whining to him the whole time. Just like Laura advised him to. Sadie is crushed.

4. She thought that Richard was a good friend, and listened to her woes because he cared. She had no one else to talk to after all, and sometimes it’s necessary to vent. This ‘betrayal’ ran deep. She had always suspected she wasn’t a good enough person to have a real friend. Now she knew she wasn’t.

5. Laura instructed Andrew to use Sadie’s inner turmoil to his advantage. While Sadie is an emotional wreck, Andrew steps in to be her rock, her confident.

6. Laura implements step 2. She’d noticed at school that Kirsten Goth had a major crush on Andrew, and she told Andrew how to make the best use of the situation. Kirsten would do whatever he asked for a smile and a wink. So Andrew asked her to keep Richard occupied...

7. It works perfectly. Kirsten keeps Richard occupied by flirting outrageously with him. Poor Richard is so overwhelmed and flattered he scarcely knows what's hit him... Reminiscent of his uncle Jake’s reaction to Heidi years ago.

8. Richard looked like Andrew enough for her to really show off her acting skills... For now, everything seems to be going Andrew’s way.

9. One night, Jesse gets a phone call he’s been waiting for years to receive. Its a call he was dreading, but knew had to come. He made the choice, now he has to pay for it.

10. He avoids Hannah and the kids as he leaves the house, dressed to disappear. He hates the subterfuge necessary, but this is a debt he doesn’t want his wife to be aware of.

11. He meets up with Armundo ‘The Boss’ Manzano to find out what he has to do. It’s a simple job, a robbery. Jesse is relieved, he thought it would be more. The Boss just smiles.

12. He finds the house, it’s empty. Just like The Boss said it would be. He’s in and out, the jewels secure in his pocket. It seems he’s gotten away with it.

13. Except for the fact that he’s been spotted, by his daughter Rachael. She snuck into the back seat of his car that night, curious to see where her dad was going. Now she doesn’t know what to think.

14. And that wasn’t the end of it. Jesse’s relief was short-lived. His debt to The Boss is too big to have been paid back so easily. He’s called in again and again to an old disused warehouse to receive further instructions.

15. Around the back it’s suddenly obvious that goven the amount of security in place, this warehouse is not as innocuous as it first appears. What kind of world is Jesse falling into, and why?

16. Those questions will have to be answered now. Jesse’s been caught by the police.

17. He’ll do time, what will he tell the judge, and more importantly - what will he tell Hannah?

18. The court case is scheduled, but Rachael is following up her own leads. She’s tracked down the shady characters that have been turning up in court, and stymieing the judge’s investigations, keeping Jesse from testifying. It’s a big, expensive residence.

19. Rachael is stopped from entering the gardens by an expensively dressed man. It’s The Boss’s son, Tony Manzano. He warns her off the premises, but also recognizes her as Jesse’s daughter, and is impressed that she managed to find him. He’ll remember her, one day she may be.... useful.

20. Tony Manzano is the head of the influential Manzano dynasty. When Jesse made the deal he’s now paying for his father Armundo had been in charge, which is why he’d been dealing with him. Tony is a more modern version of his father, which makes his arguably more dangerous. His wife Clarissa came from Strangetown, bringing with her all sorts of business contacts and deals.

21. Armundo and his wife Lola could now relax and enjoy their retirement, occasionally calling in favours from men like Jesse. And they would protect such men. If Jesse told the truth, they would be in danger of prison as well.

22. Hannah and the kids arrive at the police station where Jesse is being held to find out what is going on.

23. They are kept waiting for a long time; eventually Hannah tells the kids to go home because it’s a school night. She however will stay and wait.