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Lay and Ari grew up knowing nothing but the system. Passed from foster home to foster home since the age of eight, stability was never promised-only survival. By ten, they were placed in a girls' group home, where they learned early how to depend on each other when the world kept failing them.
At fourteen, they started working and saving every dollar they could, dreaming of something bigger than the life they were handed. But by seventeen, reality hit hard. The group home manager gave them an ultimatum: once they turned eighteen, they were out. Either accept assistance in low-income housing with strict rules-or figure it out on their own.
They chose freedom.
With a small stack of saved cash and nothing to fall back on, Lay and Ari left everything behind and headed to Atlanta, determined to rewrite their story. What started as a fresh start quickly turned into a dangerous descent into fast money and street survival-strip clubs, scams, drugs, and hood dudes promising protection but bringing chaos instead. As the money grows, so do the risks, and the streets don't forgive mistakes.
Friendships are tested. Loyalty is questioned. Bodies start dropping.
In a city where hustle is law and trust can get you killed, Lay and Ari must decide how far they're willing to go to escape poverty-and whether the bond that saved them as girls can survive the women they're becoming.
This is a story about survival, sisterhood, and the price of chasing a new life in a city that eats the weak alive.