Kash promised Cammie that he would never leave but when the fast paced, gang life he once lived catches up with him, the life he planned for Cammie and their family is setback and sends Cammie spiraling downhill. Struggling to be independent until things get back to how it was supposed to be, Cammie refuses help from anyone involved with the gang and takes on all responsibilities on her own. Staying loyal to Kash, she still looks forward to Donatello's check in calls, the only one still involved in a life of crime. All of this going on while Cammie fights to understand how Rubin works, why some of his actions and what he says don't line up compared to what he is really thinking. More characters are introduced and some dirty little secrets start to reveal themselves due to dirty little actions. The gang thought that once they got their life together this Drug Cartel would be a thing of the past but it just might keep things going. Time moves much faster in this book Sequel to The Understanding

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Keisha Cruz is a young, African American woman of 23. Her fast, sweet talking, perfect love making Puerto Rican boyfriend Kennan Cruz was well known in their hood. Dodging jail and bullets, until one night, a stray bullet flew through their studio apartment window and pumped threw his chest killing him on the spot. Keisha and her two young kids Manny and Sara watched his blood stain the wood floors and cried in agony. But was it a stray bullet, or was it revenge? Now his best friend Dario appears and wants to help Keisha and her family and she starts to love him, but after getting 3 years in prison Keisha doesn't know what to do. Now all she has his her kids, a gun, money, her job at the strip club, and her voice. Can her strong lyrical talent get her far? Or will that "stray" bullet come back around and claim its next victim? Who really pulled the trigger that night, and who is next? And as Kennan laid stone cold dead in his casket, who was the mystery person who took off running after giving a Round of Applause at his funeral? This book has everything that people face living in the depths of the hood. Killing, brutal murder, children's lives at stake, decisions, sex, drugs, money, lies, and the brutal, life taking TRUTH! This book is nothing but the truth, no lies, no make believe, this happens every day... I think you guys will love this book. It scares me just writing it. You will love I promise!