"I don't know this man, I don't know his friends, I don't know his type." No amount of love could replace the past. And they had a lot of that for one another-love that is. The two child hood friends had bonded early on, especially over their love of music. Where one lacked, one had. Mariah was the writer, Kentrell the performer. It's only until a high school talent show that Kentrell performs a song written by his beloved best friend, Mariah...that his career takes off. But it happens to take off without Mariah. And he had promised to take her. Promises were meant to be broken I suppose.

In a world where loyalty means everything, Brielle Banks must choose between the family she's always known and the man who could destroy it all. Caught between revenge and unexpected attraction, sparks fly behind bars. Will she fall into Sincere's dangerous world-or will their violent past rip them apart?

❝𝖠nd you gotta love me easy, I've been hurt too many times, been cursed too many times❞ ©𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒𝐁𝐘𝐊𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 Dayvon, a former gang member turned mechanic, has left the streets behind, determined to live a clean life after a dangerous past. But when he meets Patience, a high-maintenance, boujee woman from the hood, their world's collide.

𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙧&𝙗 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙚𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝘿𝙂𝘼𝙁 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 , 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙝'𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘....

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❝ 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙞 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 ❞ 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳

Sometimes life gets weird. You lose hope, then you'll fall down, but then you'll get back up again. Sage did. So hang in there; it gets better, with time. A short story.

Why do we stay in situations even after it's clear they no longer serve us? In relationships where love was never really love, and the person we're holding onto means us no good? Time after time, the signs are there to prove they aren't our person. Yet we still stay. Why? Is it comfort, denial, fear? And if a sign came that could change your situation, how big would it have to be for you to take it? For Nahmir, that sign came on another Friday night from a girl he met at a club he wasn't even supposed to be at, doing things he had no business doing. Now, he's stuck at a crossroads: stay in the mess he's used to or change his ways and take a chance on Tahje. And even if he chose the later...is she even going for that? She has no problem taking his money, letting him woo her with gifts and sweet talk-but on the real, she knew she wasn't about to get caught up in drama over a man she just met. Especially, an apparently taken one at that. Only time would tell. - 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 2025

Love can sometimes be 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥, but the 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of chasing your heart makes it feel so right.