This is a perfect opporitunity,  I think. As my host turns his head all the way away from me, I make my move. Down we both go, With his head in the crook of my arm and the thump of six boots on the surrounding carpet. I look up from my strugling captive to see 3 really burly men pointing guns in my direction. The only hope I have now is that I can buy some time by holding this guy hostage, but that doesn't work. "Both of you, come with us or die" , says the one in red. We both slowly get to our feet, and put our hands up. As I am being frisked by one of the thugs in black I look over at my host to see if I haven't just had the life duped out of me, but he's scared stiff too.  I look back at my thug just in time to see a heavy sack rising towards my head, and then I'm out cold.

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CHARACTERS:
You - a police officer by the name of Edward.
Cal Beauchamp - a wealthy, respected businessman who you know to be a murderer.
Gabrielle - your 19-year-old sister who is engaged to Cal and recently pregnant.
Nicolas Dias, alias Joe - a man who might be able to help Cal, and who claims to have once been in Cal's situation.
Radovan - a mysterious character who, according to Nicolas, forces people to kill people.

SETTING:
New Orleans in the late 90's or early 00's

STYLE:
The title is Outsmart because the characters are constantly lying and hiding things from each other. OR ARE THEY??? Everyone has his own agenda and probably doesn't want to reveal what that is. But somewhere, deep inside this story, there really is a coherent plot.

AUTHORS:
Anyone is welcome to add to this story, but please email me first. There's a significant amount of background information that you should know.

Thanks for reading!

updated Jan 18 '11 by Rac7hel