For the Both of Us
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  • Reads 198
  • Votes 2
  • Parts 2
  • Time 22m
Ongoing, First published Mar 21, 2021
Mature
Isabelle Loutarila is a twenty-year old, Congolese young woman who is studying at NYU towards becoming a professional fiction writer like her mother.

Devan Robinson is a Jamaican immigrant who lives in the ghetto of South Jamaica in Queens, dealing drugs to provide for his family.

One night, Isabelle's best friend Nicky drags her to a party in the dangerous neighborhood in New York City's borough, where Isabelle is about to stumble upon the myseterious Devan with dreadlocks and a bad reputation.

Isabelle finds herself never wanting to cross paths with Devan and his friends again, but her plan fails terribly. 

What happens when a broken boy falls in love with a girl that seems to have her entire life put together? 

What happens when a broken boy makes a girl who had always thought she had her life put together realize that maybe there was one thing missing?

What happens when Devan can't afford to be the missing piece in Isabelle's puzzle? 

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