Hood Bound
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  • Reads 23
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 1
  • Time 7m
Ongoing, First published Mar 12, 2017
Mature
Heaven Mathers learned early on how to survive living in these streets. Rep means everything in her neighborhood and her family holds a heavy name to live up to. With her father Kane a.k.a Big Red being the biggest plug in the DMV and her mother being his trusty accomplice, Heaven and her older brother 'Scar' knew that they had to make themselves known. When her father gets busted in a drug raid and her mother goes M.I.A, Heaven learns that you can't count on anyone to take care of you but YOU.

            This urban fiction story tells the life of a young girl raised in Southeast Washington, D.C. Her life bound to the hood and she loved every second of it. 16 years-old and already married to the streets with a rep that she wore on her sleeve. There's drama around every corner and drugs in every complex. Maybe it's time for a change of life before she ends up 6 feet under.
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