Beneath the Cut
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Some scars you see. Others you carry deep inside.
Seventeen-year-old Keisha "Key" Davis knows survival better than she knows sleep. Her mother lost to addiction, her father a ghost, Key is left raising two little brothers in Newark's coldest projects-scraping by on hope, hustle, and hard choices.
When eviction threatens to tear her family apart, Key faces a dangerous temptation: trust a charming street hustler with more secrets than mercy, or risk everything to stay clean. Loyalty is currency. Love is dangerous. And the block doesn't forgive.
As Key's world spirals through betrayal, street wars, and desperate dreams, she must decide-how much of herself is she willing to cut away just to make it out alive?
Gritty, raw, and real-Beneath the Cut is an unflinching ride through the heart of the city, where every choice has a price and nothing is promised except tomorrow.
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