There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. - Nelson Mandela

SHORT STORY Janae Monae is 19 and her twin Raenae leaves their abusive parents and settles in a small town in Florida with the struggles. Travis is a rapper and comes to town with his Niggas to find someone better because girls only love his money and not him.... Will the advice of his mother be true, that somebody is made for somebody even if you ugly... Please read.....short story. Contains everything good and bad....

They asked me about drugs, and I told them about you.

(𝐒𝐦𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?

2016©| Cyn has been in an abusive relationship with her long time boyfriend Taison since her senior year in high school. He wasn't always this way. At first he was the perfect partner always complemented and stood up for Cyn but as the years progressed he became sour and soon began to treat Cyn like his worst enemy. When she tried to leave he beat her, leaving scars until this very day. Travis just happened to catch her one night in one of her crying spells. She shooed him away scared that Taison would catch them talking and drag her back to her never ending nightmare. He assured her that they were safe and for the first time that night she spoke. She didn't say much, only that she had to be home. After trying to get her to calm down he took her home but once there she was violently yanked out of the car. He had came to see her everyday to see if she was okay. She would always speak to him without looking his way fear always laced in her voice. She never told him why she was so scared no matter how many times he asked. He had to see for hisself, once he had finally talked her into talking to him face to face she insisted on not leaving campus. To make her happy he did as she wanted. During the talk she was confronted by Taison. He yanked and rug her by her hair until she cried to get away from him. After recovery from shock Travis attacked Taison viciously beating him until Cyn screamed for him to stop. Soon campus security rushed in and took Travis away and called an ambulance for Taison. Cyn sat in shock as Travis apologized multiple times as campus security pulled him away. Cyn waited for days for Travis to be released, she had no idea what to say to him but she just wanted to see him. The meet up was cut short by Travis asking to take her away from her previous life. The pain. The hurt. The stress. Will she start a new life with Travis or continue to live her venomous life?

Allison Walker, two time Olympic medalist has just started working with the Chicago bulls to speed train their players. Spending all that time with people causes relationships to be formed. But, with a contract there's only so far you can go. Will that stop her or will her past? Rated mature for some aspects that will occur later and references to sex and swearing.

23 year old Ranae Collin who joins Chris Brown crew as a dancer, escapes her pass and starts her life over. But as she starts to enjoy her new life she comes across old and new problems.

|: She became his drug....and he was addicted... |: He became her everything....but was she conflicted?... After a failed relationship, Chris was just about to say "fuck love," until Cree came around. She was tired of being lied to and cheated on, waiting for the right one to show her something real. Was he the one?