Urban-drama Stories

Ryu always lived in his brother's shadow. Ken was the favorite, the golden boy, the one who always took what he wanted - including the woman Ryu loved. After catching his girlfriend in bed with Ken, Ryu walked away from the life he thought he was building. Broken, betrayed, and forgotten, he vanished into silence... until fate introduced him to Airi - a fierce, beautiful woman with scars of her own. Just as Ryu begins to heal, Ken returns - this time setting his sights on Airi, determined to take from Ryu once again. But Ryu is no longer the man who stood in the rain with crushed flowers and a shattered heart. This time, he'll fight back. This time, he'll take back more than Ken ever thought possible - not just revenge, but something Ken never truly had: love that chooses to stay.

Tired of reading about the violence in his community, Xavier Brunswick decides to take matters into his own hands-but trying to change the streets might cost him everything. Along with three childhood friends, he starts Brothers Takin' Over (BTO), a group meant to uplift the neighborhood. But big egos and buried grudges quickly throw the mission off course. At home, things are no better. His father is "passing" for white, a choice Xavier can't forgive, and now his drug-addicted brother Woodrow is back, stirring up chaos. With back-stabbing friends, family dysfunction, and the weight of the world on his shoulders, Xavier's close to the edge. How much can one person take before he snaps? Read *Headlines* now and get it at a discount on my website: https://teresadpatterson.wixsite.com/teresadpatterson.