SAMUEL PARK Brando Hernandez was a great friend of ours. I met him through my father, as Hernandez's grandfather was a close friend of our family. Brando’s sarcastic nature quickly helped us build a strong friendship, and we even had business dealings together. He was here months ago in the country, but that visit brought some problems. I knew Hernandez was in a complicated situation, being pressured by his grandfather, but even so, he could have contacted me when things were happening. Instead, he chose to handle things on his own. Hernandez knew exactly what he was doing. He might seem harmless at times, but I knew better. In one of our conversations, he told me about his family's business, and not everything about them was as it appeared. I often wondered how my father maintained suc

