making it out || jonathon (book 3)

johnathon didn't just leave brooklyn-he fought his way out.

after his brother's death shattered their family, johnathon watched grief swallow the people he loved. the house felt colder. his future blurred. but he refused to become another ghost of the neighborhood, another name lost to tragedy.

so he worked.

he worked late nights and early mornings. pushed through school, kept his head down, and never looked back. every choice he made was a step away from the pain. a step toward something better. A life beyond the shadows of his brother's absence.

but even success can't silence grief.

as he builds a life far from the streets that shaped him, johnathon begins to realize that no matter how hard he runs, some things stay with you. The guilt. The questions. The pieces of yourself you left behind.

this is johnathon's journey-not just of escape, but of reckoning.

because sometimes, it takes everything to leave... and even more to return to the truth.