"Is it lust or love ion know"

He really out here layin all up on a nigga whose shoes leanin'...embarrassing.

5 years later and Zoey is now a grown woman . Twenty two years old and a student in law school she's still begging her boyfriend Tony to leave behind the streets . Being a dope boy that's in and out of jail he's becoming a liability to her future and her career . She loved Tony to death but what happens when had to chose between stabilizing her future for her and her daughter and her relationship with him ? Leila and Lo decided to go their separate ways during their sophomore year of college and the both of them have moved on and avoided each other at all cost since then . Lo is drafted into the NBA and became a star player while Leila was dating a famous football player and traveling the world with him . Family ties brings her and Lo near each other again . Are they done for good or will old flames spark up and they find their way back to each other again?

No matter how much you try to run from your past it always comes back to bite you in the ass . It's true when they said the streets don't love you . Osari thought the streets was all she knew and that she would forever love the streets but after the love of her life gets locked up in jail for five years she finally started to see otherwise . The streets have left her with nothing but a broken heart and a target on her back and she wanted nothing more to do with it but getting out of the streets isn't as easy as it seems . Especially not when you agreed to get jumped in a notorious gang that had taken over most of the east coast and half of the south . No matter how much Osari tries to escape her past and run from the streets those street ties always find a way to suck her back in .

To the public eye Larenzo and Dekia are just your typical show brother and angel sister but behind closed doors they're actually lovers . Larenzo's father being in a relationship with Dekia's mother they grew up in the same household as brother and sister . They were always close , like best friends but all of that brother and sister went out the window for Lorenzo as Dekia started to grow older and her body started to fill out . He started to look at her more than a little sister and he let her know exactly how he felt and she admitted to him that she felt the same way. The two started to sneak into each other's room at night and kiss and touch in each other . Two years later and they're still creeping into each other's room but the thing is Zo is tired of the creeping game. After two years of messing around he fell in love and he wanted nothing more than to claim her as his to the world but Dekia was afraid to openly be with him because she's scared of what others would think. Even though they're not blood related , the two still grew up in the same household as brother and sister , and even though her mother and his father broke up years ago , Big Zo was still very active in her life. She had never met her father but Big Zo took on that role and even after the split he took care of her mother's kids and they spent every weekend and summer at his house so in a way they were still like siblings . So Lorenzo gave her an ultimatum he told her that if she didn't want to publicly be with him then he was technically single and could do as he pleased and she agreed . ((( The rest of the description is in the synopsis since I ran out of space . )))

Growing up in the hood isn't easy . Murders , shootouts , drugs , prostitutes and dope boys are normal . Imagine being sucked in the gritty at just sixteen years old . Cashmere always had it rough with an absent father and drug addict for a mother . Cashmere's older brother Dhaz introduces her to a world of violence by being a stick up kid . Her job is to use her good lucks to finesse the local drug dealers to rob them of their money and drugs but what happens when Dhaz gets locked up leaving Cashmere to take care of herself . Stuck with an mother who could care less about her she takes on the role of an adult . From robbing dopeboys , to popping her pussy for a few dollars Cashmere is trying her best to keep her head up and not let certain choices define her . At twenty years old Riquardo is ready to take over the drug world by storm and sit at his rightful place as head of the Throne . With the rise of his gang GMBAM he manages to take over the hood by knocking off his competition but he gains a weakness when he falls for Cashmere . But Cashmere isn't trying to fall in love , she's just playing the game like she does all the other dope boys preying on him to get what she wants . Will the two become lovers or enemies ? Two can play the game but someone has to lose . Will the greed for money overshadow love ? This a the tale of two young adults who are trying to survive in the low life of New York.

Osari isn't your average seventeen year old girl . At just fifteen years old her own mother kicked her out onto the cold streets of Chicago leaving her to fend for herself . With no one to raise her but the streets she went from a sweet little girl to a cold hearted bitch running the streets with the dope boys. Money and her daughter were the only two things that mattered to her in this world but what happens when she's face to face with the person who's the reason her life was flipped upside down from the beginning. Love or survival ? Sometimes you have to chose what's necessary even though you may hurt those that's the closest to you . Beretta quickly learned that love wasn't going to earn the respect that he craved in the streets , nor put food on his table or money in his pocket. When he was forced to choose , survival came first so love had to wait . It wasn't just about him he had to consider his Day Ones , his cousins Glock , Pistol , and Machete because they would all be affected by his choice . Years Later , Beretta isn't trying to survive because now he's running things after taking over for O , the man who made him chose between the streets or his heart . Only thing is the only girl that he ever loved changed into a completely different person not wanting anything to do with him . Back then he chose the streets over his heart and now it seems like the love of his life is doing the same .

A year has passed and everything it starting to fall into place for everyone , the death of Larissa was an eye opener for everyone and everyone quickly for their minds together . As promised the boys left the drug game and decided to become legit with themselves . Lo decided to start school more seriously and use his basketball skills to join the basketball team and he quickly became a starting member of his schools basketball team . After graduating he planned to Duke University in North Carolina on the full ride scholarship he was offered. Zo alway had a way with words and decided to put all of his rhymes that he kept in his notebook to good use and pursue a rapping career , it had only been 8 months since he started but he was making a name for himself quick . He was known locally and he was getting more known in other states too . He & Dekia were still going strong and he was a big help to his career taking off so fast . When she started college she started a youtube page and became and influencer and she promoted her man every chance she got when she wasn't running behind Julez and Zion. They were popular college athletes and they often did dumb stuff that she had to help them out of . Derrick decided to go into business with his brother so he put his technical skills to use and started making , selling , and producing beats . He started only out producing for Zo but other artist were reaching out to him as well . Nadia just welcomed his second son Dash into the world and they were still going strong in their relationship. He was still messing with Kentrice and he honestly didn't know who he wanted to be with . Darkayla was still with Lance raising her twins , she finally decided to go to school to become an Esthetician , she was almost finished and Lance was covering the expenses of her own Beauty Bar . Lance and Quan ran his uncles business and they became the plugs of New Orleans and surrounding states . The rest will be posted in the book

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