❝ 𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐨, '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐲 ❞

"You know how special you gotta be to change a nigga like me? Huh?" He tilted her head back to make her look at him, and a faint smile grew on her face as he wiped her cheeks. "My own grandparents couldn't do it for me and I loved them more than anything. You the one for me ma. That's why I ain't told you everything yet 'cause I don't wanna run you away. I need you." He laid his forehead against hers, gently kissing her lips. "Nobody will ever believe that King Von from O Block be crying to me like this." She smiled as she gazed into his red eyes, and he chuckled, nodding in agreement. "I ain't King Von wit' you. Just love." He kissed her cheek next, and her smile grew as her arms tightened around him for a warm hug.

𝚈𝙾𝚄'𝚁𝙴 𝙼𝚈 𝚂𝙰𝙻𝚅𝙰𝙶𝙴, 𝚈𝙾𝚄'𝚁𝙴 𝙼𝚈 𝙱𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴

"I need you" Corrine Parker was troubled. After her father was sent to prison for killing his mistress in a fit of rage and her mother diagnosed with stage four liver cancer, Seventeen year old Corrine is sent to live with her twenty five year old stripper sister named Isis who lives the fast life. Deemed a prude by everyone around her Corrine is in for a wake up call when it comes to dealing with her sister and her choice of men. After Isis agrees to house a hood rich hit man, Corrine's living situations grows a bit complicated after her sister and her open Pandora's box. Kareem Davis was only thirteen when he witnessed his father being killed by a drug related drive by and there was nothing he or anybody could do about it. As soon as he turned of age he decided that he'd enjoy nothing more than taking out the people who took his father from him. After a less than ordinary night at an strip club he and his boys regularly attend he finds himself in a storm of trouble when he attempts to kill the owner of the place after discovering he had something to do with his fathers death only to fail. Word in the hood travels fast and now he's forced to hide out while playing a cat and mouse game with his worst nightmare and dodging his feelings.

Seleah Eaton was only two when her father was sentenced to life in prison. She watched her mother struggle to provide for her and her older sister Shea, doing her best to make sure they didn't go down the same heartbreaking path she'd once been on. When the girls accidentally witness a murder and get tangled up with a trio of crime ridden brothers, they find themselves slowly sinking into the flashy and dangerous drug world.

ᴀ ʙʟᴜᴜᴠꜱ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ❝ ɪ'ᴍ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ɪᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴄᴋ ɪᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛ, ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʙʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱɪᴅᴇ. ❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘆. 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

"𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹." 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼... 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆-𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼. 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝘇𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘅𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻

❝I GOT MY FRONT, BUT IS YOU BEHIND ME?❞ 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘅 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲