After building the courage to escape her long-term abusive relationship Naomi Banks hits the road running and finds herself back in her hometown for a fresh start, in hopes of leaving the life she once had. However, sometimes no matter how hard one tries to forget their past traumas, those skeletons always seem to find a way to resurface, when people least expect it. The only question now is, will Naomi be able to escape what she's been running away from this time? Growing up, at a very young age, Cartier Williams was forced into a lifestyle of drugs, money, and murder. With the pressure of inheriting the family business on his back, Cartier was never given a choice as to what he wanted or had planned for his life. He focused on not being killed by his enemies, worked tirelessly Just to prove himself to his family, and juggled by love, all-at-once; he was ready to walk away from it all. The only dilemma was if he was walking away would be worth the he risk of losing everything.

short story.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥

Twenty five year old Sabrina Lewis is constantly doing a juggling act. Between being a mother, maintaining a healthy co-parenting relationship with her ex, keeping up with her thriving real estate career, and trying to have some sort of personal life, she's got a lot on her plate. What is she going to do when she gets blindsided by a man who is everything she always wanted and more? Can Sabrina find happiness with someone new, or is she destined to live her life wishing things were back to the way they were?

❝This is just my truth,❞

𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 ©𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐡𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐-𝐀𝐩𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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"Show me somethin' different once, I come from where there's no love." COPYRIGHT 23. #1 ATLANTA 05/01/2024 🏆 #2 URBAN 9/12/24

" 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵" 𝐀𝐏𝐑21 𝐀 𝐑𝐈4𝐕𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨