"It's not much, but I know you like your little music," she said, setting the box on the table without looking at me. "Happy birthday, Denzel." The Drop A novel by Stephanie Criner Told by Denzel "Dizzy" Hardiman Jr. Tyreese was supposed to make it to the league. Han was the one with all the plans. Zoey danced like nothing could touch her. And me? I was just trying to stay quiet enough to be left alone. But it doesn't work like that. Not around here. One mistake turned into a mess we couldn't clean up. Now everything's different. The crew. The city. Me. People say you can't outrun where you're from. They're right. But sometimes, you don't even get the chance to try.

❝𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝗼𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝗼𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝗼𝐮𝐠𝐡❞

"Can you just take me home please?" I asked again. I put the drink down folding my arms over my chest. "I don't want to." He said grabbing me sitting on the couch. "I wanna get to know you some more" he pulled my feet on his lap unstrapping my shoes. "What you wanna know King" I said with a attitude. "Everything." He said continuing to rub my feet. The conversation started slow, about the kids and about my job, next thing I knew I began telling him everything and when I say everything, even my traumas as a child. He was telling me so many stories about his childhood and his family, especially his relationship with Man. I could tell that he really loved him, probably even more than he loved his self. We were talking for about 3 hours now and I was really starting to like him. I was laughing about a story of him and Man getting whooped when they were 10 for fighting some kids in their neighborhood. I couldn't stop laughing and he just kept staring at me smiling. "You know you beautiful right?" He said steering the energy in the room to something different. "Thank you King" I said looking at him smiling. "Come closer" he said pulling me closer to him. He grabbed my hand kissing it once...twice .... three times before making his way up the side of my neck. Next thing I know I felt sloppy kisses all on my neck. I grabbed his head gently savoring the feeling he was giving me. What was he doing to me...........! India is just trying to do her best. She has 3 kids to take care of, which of whom are not her own. She's only 19 and just needs a day, that's all. She meets someone, he's dangerous and not a a complete night in shining armor. Watch her as she journeys into adulthood. Sequel Coming Soon