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UPTOWN

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Reads 96
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Parts 5
Time 24m

Malcolm "Mally Boy" is a 21 year old African-American living in mid 1920s Chicago. Being raised into the Mafia world, he is now the head of his family business and about to make some changes in the roaring city lights of Uptown. Even if it will cost him his life.
Kelsey "Leigh" also 21, was brought up in a wealthy family and home, but was mistreated for being interracial and soon found herself into the saving arms of Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn. Working in his night club along with his wife and her friend, Leigh finds herself caught between two worlds. The world of Gods and the world of Monsters.
But Malcolm and Leigh share the same secrets and now must work their way together to be on top in the worlds they both live in; and both of them must find their way out of Uptown, Chicago before it's too late.All Rights Reserved

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