"The absence of my father led to my infatuation with older men. I guess that was my way of tryna replace him and get validation that I am good enough. It didn't always work out in my favor though. I've been beaten, raped, and mistreated by so many men. But I thought that was okay, because that's all I've ever known. I watched my mama go through it, until I was 14 when my nana finally got custody of me. She used to always say, 'never trust these older niggas, all they want is the goods'. I wish I would've listened."

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙? 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙭 𝘼𝙧𝙞 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙: 4/14/21 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙: 11/24/21

𝐍𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 "𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥. "𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭" 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 "𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭" 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬?? 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐱 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟒/𝟐𝟖/𝟐𝟏

-𝘼 𝙙𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠😭♥️. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚😼. 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬

A lot of people don't get as many opportunities at success & even friendship as Dave and Bernice did. David Brewster aka Dave East and Bernice Burgos were just 2 Harlem kids from the east side trying to make it. They were best friends..at one point at least. After a couple moves out of NY then back their friendship ended, but now as adults could they respark it? A reunited friendship will change them for the better. Watch these Black Roses bloom... ⚠️Book 2: Gold Petals⚠️ All events in this book are fictional. Some instances such as events and characters may be based off of real life but nothing is 100% factual.

Sweet Nothing; the meaning of it is pleasant, loving, and flattering things that a lover says to the person he or she loves. Noelani •No-ay-lahn-ee• A 21year old woman who had it all. Her childhood was everything. elementary friends, a wonderful mother who looked after her, and a father who didn't pay attention to her. They was living in a rich neighborhood in New York. The richest African Americans in the neighborhood. Of course, they was hated. But noelani didn't care. Things change when noelani father left her mother. Her mother lost everything but not her noelani. Well, she won't keep Noelani for long without a job, house, or food for noelani. What will happen to Noelani once she meet Dave East on the streets?

"What was no strings attached got tangled when, fun stopped being fun, and feeling tried to finagle in we had that independent love, you tried to bring a label in" He was the love of her life, she was the Mistress. Cover by @tanontales - also go read her stories! ❤ The book stops at Sequel - Chapter 9, not sure if you want to continue reading it.

What do you give a woman who already has everything ? Find out and read !!!

this is the trilogy to the focus series this is about dave and miracle along with the kids

From basketball to the streets that's all Dave ever had time for. He wanted to be the greatest on the court and most respected in the streets Follow his journey to make both of them happen and of course his journey to finding love