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Ky'yari Bennett is just twenty years old, balancing a fragile life between classes at Malcolm X College, where she trains to be an ultrasound technician, and working part-time job at Foot Locker. But by night, Ky'yari dances at Velvet Room, a South Side strip club, all to keep food on the table and lights on for her three younger siblings: her 12-year-old twin siblings, Makai (a boy) and sa'kai (a girl), and her 4-year-old brother, khyell . Their mother, Monica Bennett, is only 45 and is in and out of the hospital battling kidney failure. Ky'yari stays strong ,exhausted, proud, and determined not to let the streets swallow her and her family .
Then there's Khiyan Sade Carter 21 year old , feared on the South Side, known for his flashy lifestyle and dangerous connections. What Ky'yari doesn't know is that Khiyan owns Velvet Room . While he hustles in the shadows and scams , moving drugs he hides a past marked by tragedy. His mother, Denise, once a nurse, now battles addiction his brother Kareem is behind bars and his father , Kane was lost too soon.
As their worlds collide, Ky'yari and Khiyan must confront their pasts, their secrets, and a love that could either heal them for the better them or destroy them for the worst .