Living in East Harlem during the '90s is no walk in the park but throw in a drug addict mother and a dead father while being responsible for your younger brothers and you find yourself fighting to survive. Jordan Marcano's last year of school is made much harder when her biggest nightmare, the Queen Bee of East Bay High, begins to get closer to her despite dating the football quarterback, and her mother showing up unexpectedly. - Natalia didn't respond. Her eyebrows softened, no longer the fierce expression on her face. She stepped closer to me as I backed away until my back hit the cold wall. She had me trapped. She glanced down at my lips. "Shut up and kiss me." "What?" I was caught off guard. Baffled by her bluntness. "I said, shut that pretty mouth of yours and kiss me," her voice was rough like it had been the first time we kissed. But it was different this time. She was rough like a panther. Her slender fingers running through my hair, her nails scratching my scalp. Her teeth crashed with mine as she tugged on my hair. This was a different side of Natalia that I had never seen. Impulsive. Desperate. Like she was finally getting the drug she had been craving. -
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