Essence Johnson is back out into the real world as bad as ever. With her baby boy Domani and her son's father and husband, Damian by her side, she's on top. After holding her man down by taking a 2 year bid, at the age of 23, she is able to relax and finally live the care free life, while her husband holds her down this time around. Damian has vowed to give her everything she's ever asked for without her having to lift a finger. The money is good in the club business, but what happens when it's shut down for a shooting investigation? Ain't no easy money, like drug money. Damian strays back into his old ways, but will Essence approve? She wanted the best for her family, and drug dealing was not apart of that equation. "I want you to hold me down, but if it means selling drugs, I don't want it" Essence has held Damian down for the last 2 years, but will he be able to do the same for her, while staying out of both prison and a graveyard? Book 2 of 3. Copyright2015 VANESSA WRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ʟᴀɴɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇᴅ. ɴᴏᴛ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ. ɴᴏᴡ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʀɪᴘ, ᴏɴᴇ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴏɴ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ꜱᴏ ꜰᴀʀ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴀᴅᴇ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʟɪɴᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱᴇᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ... ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ'ꜱ ɴᴏ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ.

In the deep sticks of a small town in Mississippi , two teenagers meet and fall in love over the summer . But One day he leaves no "bye" no "see you later" just gone vanishing within the night , Leaving Sevyn heartbroken . Seven summers later , they meet again . He's older now and so is she . She's a Registered nurse and he's a music producer whose lives were about to change within an instant .

Jersey was always the odd one out. In school, within the family, everywhere. Once she got to high school she blossomed. She grew boobs, started eating her mommas cornbread and it made her gain weight that went straight to her thighs and butt. She started wearing contacts, getting her hair down more often laid and slayed. Jersey attracted boys and girls now. She would hit them then diss em. One day she started messing with a man that she just couldn't leave alone. He was older than her and mature. He had his life together and was looking for a women to build with he found that in Jersey but had no idea of how toxic she was and definitely no idea of how old she was. Will he still love her after all their trials and tribulations? Will Jersey change her playgirl ways? ~~~ Work #2

started: O4.O9.15 finished: O6.25.15

"Nariya, a girl who has been guarded her whole life, finally experiences what fun feels like. She then meets a man she knows her parents would never accept, but with him, she discovers the real reason she's been so protected."

"Have you ever been loved by a thug baby?" "You make me weak, I can't be around you... but girl I can't stay away." CB X SZA

it just keeps going and going...

Lani meets Dave East, a guy who changes her whole life and saves her from herself. *Warning: Sexual Content* *Photos included* *Written in first person*