"I don't know how to do this." He was almost embarrassed to admit it. "I ain't been right with you in a long time, but I'm gon' ask anyway. Please don't take her from me." His plea cracked something open inside of his chest. "I know I ain't a good man. I done did some shit that I can't take back and I can't make it right. But she is, she's good. She's the light in so many places I didn't know were dark." "So if there's a price that needs to be paid for all the pain that I have caused in this word and done onto others put it on me. I'll pay it. I swear I will. I'll protect her with my last breath. I'll listen and heed her warnings. I'll slow down and come home more and stop thinking that I'm alone in this world." "Just please let my baby wake up. I love her, I'm in love with her and I can't do this without her. If waking her up means I got to sacrifice letting her go so she can be safe. I'll do that. Just don't take her from this earth." "In Jesus name I pray. Amen."

Enya Hartwell is focused. School first, success always. With Spelman on the horizon and law school somewhere in the future, she's been doing everything right. But doing everything right doesn't always stop people from hurting you. After being pushed out by the two friends she trusted most, Enya's learning the hard way that not everyone who says "we" means it. She's not looking for comfort when she walks home in tears that day, but she finds it anyway in the boy next door she'd always overlook. Dawn Caceres keeps to himself. He's collected, observant, and just trying to make it through life without too much noise. With a new chapter of his life ahead of him at Morehouse, he's more concerned with staying grounded than chasing anything extra. But when Enya ends up on his porch, something clicks. And what starts as a few words turns into a summer of getting to know someone you never knew you needed. She wants to prove she's enough, and he just wants peace. They don't move fast, but they move real. And between quiet talks, new beginnings, and the slow unraveling of everything they thought they knew, they'll try to figure out how to love in a way that feels like them. a @diorlogy novel, 2025.