Ricky Peterson

Creator of Bay City Families / Owner of Bahama Mamas West

## Backstory

Ricky Peterson was born in Chicago, IL on the cold winter morning of Dec 28th 1992, to Tommy & Rosie Peterson. Ricky's Father, Tommy, was a full blooded Italian with a heart of gold & a temper of a 5 year old. His mother, Rosie, she was an average American stay at home Mom who was never at home. Unbeknownst to Ricky at the time, Tommy was a mafia boss. In 1994 there was a suspicious warehouse fire, killing Tommy & most of his men. Rosie quickly decided she didnt want to work a "normal" job again & shacked up with Tommy's best friend, Henry. Rosie & Henry wanted to start a new life together so they dropped almost 2 year old Ricky Peterson off with her sister, Lois. This was the last time Ricky saw his birth mother.

Ricky was raised by his Aunt Lois in a small town south of Chicago. Lois cared for Ricky as if he were her own child. Still, Ricky grew up not having a father figure. Through out Ricky's time in highschool he spent many occasions getting into trouble with his friends, never getting caught until the one time they tried their first "job". In highschool Ricky noticed "good" students being rewarded "Free Sandwhich" coupons for Up-N-Atom. Ricky got his hands on one & began forging these coupons. Once there was a stockpile Ricky & his friends spent the next 2 months going to every Up-N-Atom in town getting free sandwhiches not only for themselves but for the poor as well. Eventually all good & bad things must come to an end but that crew didnt want to stop which led to them getting caught, then questioned by the local Police Department. These friends instantly ratted on Ricky. Ricky was then sentenced to 400 Hours of community service or face six months in a juvenile center. Ricky chose community service. Shortly after Ricky graduated from highschool, Aunt Lois got very sick. Ricky would take care of Lois as she did for him, she taught him what it meant to have someone to call family. In the mean time Ricky met a woman in the hospital named Katherine who he began dating. In the year 2017, Lois lost her battle with cancer. This broke Rickys heart & he began drinking nightly. Exactly one year to the date of Lois' death, Ricky came home from the bar to find another man in bed with Katherine. Ricky brutally beat this man half to death, stole his wallet & fled the state heading west.

Ricky eventually found himself in a small town full of hippies who he grew a connection with. They were able to help Ricky stop drinking but one habit led to another & Ricky began experimenting with psychedelics. In one of these "trips" Ricky had a vision where he saw his father Tommy. In this vision Ricky was an adult at the warehouse that fateful night where his father died. Watching from a distant window on the top floor of the warehouse. Ricky can see four men strapped in a chair & a fifth man standing infront of them with a gas can, and a pistol. In the far right corner near the entrance Ricky spots a silhouette of what appears to be a woman. He heard echoing voices "Henry, what went wrong? I've always taken care of you!" another shouts "WHAT THE FUCK HENRY? GET ME OUT OF THIS CHAIR". Henry began pouring gas all over the warehouse, walks to the silhouette of a woman and kisses her before lighting a match and walking away. The place is now on fire, Ricky ran down the stairs to the four men. The man in the middle looks at Ricky with wide eyes, Ricky spots an ID on the floor next to the man. The ID says the name "Tommy Peterson". Tommy looks at Ricky as if he recognizes him but doesnt say a word. Ricky shouts "Dad?!?!?". "RICKY!, RICKY WAKE UP" Ricky opens his eyes and realizes hes surrounded by hippies, he began telling them what he saw. They told him its just a trip & that it means he needs to face the negativity in his life. The next day Ricky decided he would just stick to weed & started learning the growing process from the hippies. After sometime Ricky knew it was time for him to move on to another town for awhile. Ricky said his good byes to his new friends & headed West once more.

"This is it, this is home" is what Ricky thought as he was heading into Los Santos with a truck driver that he had hitched a ride from. The driver had dropped Ricky off at Legion Square where he met a man named Kenny Powers. Ricky & Kenny instantly became friends as they had both just moved to LS & had alot of common interests or, just the fact that Kenny had a car and Ricky did not. Kenny had already made a few friends that he quickly introduced to Ricky. These friends were Brandon Smoke & Shithead (Shi Theed) Wannamaker, they just called her Wannamaker. Soon they found where someone had a marijuana farm. They would spend days robbing this farm & processing the stolen weed for self gain. After a little bit of time they ran across another man in the farm doing the same thing, that drew them a map leading them to a field of wild poppy which led to even harder drugs, more processing, & more money. Speaking of money, the crew loved it so much they all started painting their cars green & dying their hair green. People began to see them rolling around alot so they would call them "The Green Gang". The "gang" started to get in more and more trouble, robbing banks, stealing cars, even getting into full blown shoot outs with the police. They would split all of their earnings fairly amongst the four. The gang decided they would make it official but wasn't sure what to call themselves. Ricky having thought about Lois, reminding him of what family meant, made Ricky realize what the other 3 friends were to him. "Families" Ricky said, "Why dont we just be The Families, we treat eachother that way anyway." Everyone agreed. But they needed a "leader" nobody wanted to take the lead, how ever they really pressured it on to Brandon Smoke. They, now being established, were able to afford all the nice things they always wanted. Eventually, Ricky bought the nightclub "Bahama Mamas West" where the gang would hang out. Now that everyone has their own homes and more distance from eachother people began getting careless. Jobs got more messy, evidence got left behind which led to the warrant for Brandon Smoke. Before Brandon was arrested he left "Families" to Ricky. At this time everyone pretty much split leaving Ricky alone. Wannamaker & Kenny went back to their home towns for a bit. So Ricky decided to start fresh and renamed his gang "Bay City Families" as he bought more and more property in the area. Ricky eventually noticed himself in more encounters with Jordan from Ballas. Ricky eventually talked Jordan into joining him in Families. One day Kenny called Ricky & explained that he had some unfortunate things happen in his hometown that he needed to take care of. Ricky didnt ask any questions and let him back in with open arms. From that day on, Bay City Families began to make a name for themselves again, repeating what has already been done with just a little more wisdom each and every time. Ricky has recently picked up another legal job as a taxi driver, some say as a cover up, some say because he is broke. Whichever it may be, today he is just as focused on his business running Bahama Mamas and watching over the Bay City Families which has grown from one member to currently eight, running one of the largest in-door marijuana grow operations in Los Santos.