Life can knock you off your feet and family can sometimes be there to pick you right back up. Casey is faced with surviving a gunshot wound to the chest while she is pregnant. Her sister Talisha stands by her side as she fights to keep her personal life behind closed doors. Everton, Warren, Malone, and Raymond will be battling the side effects of being a cheater. Find out if Everton and Casey will be able to cope with the consequences. WARNING: The contents in this book are raw and uncut, so please take no offense. This story that you are about read is intended for readers 18+ due to the sexual content and language throughout this book. It may not be your bowl of gumbo neither is it appropriate for all audiences. This is for only a mature audience. Please read at your own discretion.

All characters and events in this story are completely fictional. If anything seems familiar it is completely coincidental. All situations in this story come completely from my imagination. ________________ "And you need to stop calling me 'shawty', I'm not your girl so stop pushing the issue, I don't want to be just another name in your little black book." I said sounding more appalled than I could ever really be. He started walking closer to me and before I knew it, he had my back against the wall and my left leg wrapped around his waist. The look that he gave made him look so powerful that I couldn't help but be intimidated and turned on at the same time. "Look mami I don't think you really hearin' me so let me break this shit down to you real brief. Imma be around for the time bein' whether you want to be or not, I'm not goin' no where. Just let me have one chance." "Prove it." ________________