"She not like the others, Ma. She real." Phoenyx spoke with conviction. "She makes me feel-" "Like a bitch." Persephone cut in, raising off of the couch. "You lettin' her soften you up. I ain't raise you to be no simp." "Forreal, Ma?" Phoenyx felt the heat rising to his face, a mixture of embarrassment and anger. "Why can't you just let me have this?" "Have what?" Persephone scoffed. "This shit ain't you. You gon' start actin' like somebody's fuckin' husband now? You think love gon' save you in these streets?" • • • • • • 𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎. ❤️‍🔥👻 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟹 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 (𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗-𝚘𝚏𝚏)

Peaceful would be the perfect word for Mila to describe where she was in life. She was a single mother, raising her daughter alone-which wasn't anything new, anyway-but she'd escaped. She'd escaped the life she was born into and created a new found family that didn't exude toxicity. But as her best friend never let her forget, the next addition to her life had to be...love.

My works #3 infatuation /ɪnˌfatjʊˈeɪʃn/ noun an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something. first it was infatuation, then it was love.

requiem (noun) re·qui·em a mass (= a Christian ceremony) at which people honor and pray for a dead person.

EKOW sequel

Several months later and life for Sioni 'Luvie' Asher has altered in ways she couldn't imagine. After befriending and eventually falling in love with the brother of the man who murdered her uncle, Luvie ultimately felt abandoned by the very person whom she defended against everyone-including her family. Although the one she once loved was now the one she hated, the chapter between Luvie and Asanté was far from over. With new relationships in their lives and new obstacles that will arise, both Luvie and Asanté's mental will be put to the test. And it will only be a matter of time before one of them finally breaks.

"when I'm way down, you're my safe house we built from the ground, guess I'm home now" kidnapping occurs here. cover by @wordsbykay.