Something New
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Deontae Freeman was the star high school basketball student at Allderdice High School in East Pittsburgh. He was a ladies man, a slick talker, big baller and shot caller. Life seemed to bend at his will until he started sniffing himself a little too much. He let the neighborhood boys get in his ear and flipped his life upside down. Now he has a four-year old daughter, is looking to get his associate's degree at a community college and is a business owner. Deontae is seemingly looking to make amends in his life, starting with his love life and finding a mother for his daughter.
Malika Diallo's life has always been on the straight and narrow. It was planned for her since the day she was conceived. Malika was high school valedictorian, graduated from college summa cum laude and is now on pace to graduating from law school all before the age of 24. But she always felt that she was missing out on life and is looking to discover who she is outside of her family's influence. Malika and Deontae rarely interacted in high school but now find themselves crossing paths as adults. Maybe they could be what they both need in this stage of their lives? Either way it will be something new for the both of them.
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