❝ pretty little fears, music to my ears ❞ on his own for the first time, Tariq St. Patrick divides his time between school and hustling to pay for his mother's defense attorney. When he runs out of options, Tariq turns to a familiar drug game, in which he is entered into Raelin Cruz's crazy life. ( 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐐 𝐒𝐓.𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐗 𝐎𝐂 𝐗 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐉𝐀𝐃𝐀 )