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Journals: Book 3, Entry 14 “Legacy” Quatrain 11, Century 9. "Nobles gather on a midsummer's eve / and the Raven grasps the curse of legacy. / Look to the traitor's haven / as the beast prepares for Apocalypse." When Jordan got an invitation to a midsummer bash at a mansion owned by her late parents, Eddie linked the party to the words of Nostradamus. Did this "curse of legacy" refer to the Radcliffe family? Could the traitor possibly be Jordan's father, a man she both loved and respected? Jordan wouldn't rest until she knew the truth. 
Neither would I. If "the beast" was Mabus, then I wanted to do my part to find out how the Radcliffes fit into his preparations for the Apocalypse and I wanted to stop him. We knew of a secret vault within the mansion, so while Jordan made a grand entrance to join the rich and famous, I was breaking in upstairs to crack a safe. Some things never changed. Had to be tough for Jordan. Once the Gua enter your life it changes forever. I'd lived it, and so had she. But Jordan was good at putting up a front. Downstairs she was reuniting with Sabrina, an old journalist pal and her father's business partners Keenan and Tara — a couple of old timers Jordan believed were genuine friends to the Radcliffe family. They asked her to come back to the company. Jordan told them she'd been creating a "foundation of her own." Said it helped her heal. She was talking about the Raven Nation. And I couldn't agree more. Found the secret vault and some pretty interesting stuff inside. Radcliffe had a file labeled "conspiracy," inside was some info on me — including my now infamous mug shot. They were alien-related files. Jordan's father obviously knew about the Gua. And then there was Davis. Jordan never mentioned that she'd been engaged before her brother's death. We didn't talk about our romantic pasts, lotta pain there. Davis had been Radcliffe's protégée; since Jordan's brother never wanted to be a suit her father trained someone who was interested. Before he died, Jordan's father asked Davis to look after the two things he cared about most: the company and his daughter. Jordan left Davis at the altar, but the company was doing great. Davis said it was easy to focus on work once Jordan walked out of his life — it was all he had left. He gave her a necklace her father had left behind, an heirloom with the family symbol. Jordan didn't waste any time telling him how much she changed. One look at Davis and you knew his feelings hadn't changed any. 
Couldn't blame him. Even before Jordan became who she is today I know she couldn't be easy to forget. There aren't many women as strong as she is. Found a tape in the vault too. Played it. It was of Jordan's father presenting her with the necklace. He said the jewel had been worn by five generations of Radcliffe women and that, with it around her neck she'd "always have the legacy at her grasp." It fit the quatrain. Jordan would be crushed. And Davis had another surprise for his ex. He had a great offer on the company and was looking to sell it off. He'd been waiting for Jordan long enough, she'd had time to mourn. He wanted to get back to his life, and he wanted Jordan to join him for the ride. Things get a little fuzzy here. We'd had a contingency plan in place. Find out what we could and get out of the mansion. But Jordan had missed our meeting time, so I had to go in. Been a while since I put on a tux. Time to break it out. Found Jordan in the party but she didn't have a clue who I was. Eddie thought she might have been maintaining her cover but I could see it in her eyes — this wasn't the Jordan I'd been fighting beside all these months. Something was different. Heard a conversation between Davis and Keenan. Davis was ticked; Jordan wasn't willing to go along with any of his plans. Keenan told him to give it time, told Davis "the process" seems to have worked. They'd done something to Jordan, I just didn't know what. Ran into Sabrina downstairs, pumped her for info on Davis. She gave me the basics: Davis was the golden boy who wasn't about to give up on his girl. Sweet-talked "Jordan" into giving me a dance. Told her something happened to my "friend" when we got to the party. Told her that I was worried about this friend. Again, no recognition. And then Davis spirited her away. Talked Keenan into doing some tequila shots, figured the salt might work as a Gua test. Baited him with talk of my concern for Jordan, we moved into another room for some privacy. That's when I tried the hard sell. Keenan said they'd used some form of psychological therapy to extract painful memories from Jordan's brain — a kind of retrograde amnesia. A group of doctors were running the experiment. Far as I could tell Keenan wasn't Gua. Cut him lose and hit the party again. Jordan and Davis were giving a toast and announcing the sale of Radcliffe Enterprises to Keenan and his wife Tara Barton. But that wasn't the worst of it. Davis had some other plans in mind as well. He and Jordan toasted their new engagement. Jordan was getting married. Things were out of control and I was about to lose my partner. No way this could get any worse. But it did. Sabrina had an announcement of her own. She knew who I really was. And she couldn't wait to tell the world about Cade Foster. “Legacy” Writer: Paul Eckstein Director: Rob LaBelle Executive Producers: Francis Ford Coppola, Larry Sugar Created by: Chris Brancato |
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