𝙽𝙱𝙰𝚆𝙰𝚃𝙺𝙸𝙽𝚂. [ i would also like to add that i'm using rapper faceclaims, they aren't actually apart of the lgbt+ community. but they are for the sake of this book..] Ⓒ𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐅𝟑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.✎, 2019

❝THE REALIZATION THAT EACH RANDOM PASSERBY IS LIVING A LIFE AS VIVID AND COMPLEX AS YOUR OWN.❞

"Mama, I can't just leave Abir." I admitted, telling her exactly why I couldn't do this. Not only would she be snatching me away from my family and friends but she was taking me away from the person I'd loved for five going on six years. I couldn't just walk away from him. "Baby.." She trailed off, sighing deeply. "I know you love Abir." She stood to her feet to stop packing for a moment and pulled me into her. "But I promise you, there will be other boys. Right now you have to do what's best for you and that's coming with your daddy and I to give you a better life." "Better life for who? You?!" I screamed out, becoming even more angry at her choice of words. As if my feelings were robotic and I could just turn them on and off for any and every person. "My feelings just don't matter to y'all at all, huh?" I asked, crying harder than before now. "Speak to your mother with some respect, Giselle." My father spat to me and I shook my head, watching as they stood there looking at me like some dumb teenager. This wasn't puppy love for me. I didn't spend 5 years building something, just to walk away from it for their dreams. I couldn't do it. Sinner. Book #1

"Montana, come here." He nodded his head toward the door, leaving out of the room. Staying silent as Ms. Carol looked at me, I kissed the back of Josiah's hand before leaving out of the room. As I walked out, Messiah stood there looking at me in disgust while I closed the door. "What are you doing that shit for?" "Huh?" I said since I had nothing else to say, just trying to stall time to get my words together. "Why are you stripping, Monty?" Sighing, I decided that I wasn't going to lie like I'd originally planned to do after listening to Chocolate's stupid advice. "Money." I spoke simply and he scoffed as I looked down. "Why not just ask Josiah for money instead doing hoe shit?" "First of all, It's not doing hoe shit. I don't have sex with anyone. I just dance. And I don't want to ask him for any money. It's not his job to take care of me." "So stripping..." He trailed off with a laugh. "..stripping was the last resort? Instead of putting your pride aside?" Saying nothing, I just looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please don't tell him, Messiah." I could already tell by the look on his face that he was going to tell him. "I ain't gon' tell him.." Thank God. I thought. "..you are." "What?!" I shrieked. "No. I'm not." "You are." He spoke in a demanding tone. "Please. You know how he is." I expressed "And you know how he is too but you made that bed." "Messiah, he's going to kill me." I begged. "I know." He shook his head, walking away from me. "Better figure it out. You got until the end of the day to tell him or I will." He mumbled before walking back into the room.

❛𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. ❜ -𝖮𝖭𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃𝟿𝟿𝟿, ©. 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸. 𝐁𝐗𝐁. 𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 ＠𝑛𝑎𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡．

❛ . ╱╱ ❪ 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 ❫ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... lovers from rival gang families team up with a duo of eccentric cops. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❪ 2022 © careycore ❫ .˚

" HE'S WHAT YOU WANT, HE'S WHAT YOU WANT, HE'S WHAT YOU WANT, HE'S WHAT YOU WANT. I'M WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU- I'M WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU NEED. " Deja never expected her relationship to turn sour, but what's done in the dark is eventually shone in the light, right? still dating her high school sweetheart at 24, Deja's relationship with successful businessman Romeo suddenly begins to hit the rocks after his behavior turns questionable. staying out nearly all night, acting secretive, leaving without announcing where he was going, not answering his phone when he was out - you name it, he did it. Deja never thought about him being unfaithful because she believed he'd do no such a thing, but there was no point in denying something that was right in her face. leaving to a bar one night to clear her head, Deja runs into Joey, who makes her frown turn upside down and makes her smile harder than she ever had in the past two months. the way she felt with Joey was how she felt when she and Romeo first met, which pushed her further into the man's arms for comfort and protection. find out what happens when a woman falls for another man in the midst of her crumbling relationship and deep dives into infidelity. HONORABLE RANKINGS! ⬇️ 🥇 IN #JOEYBADASS 🥇 IN #JOEYBADA 🥇 IN #GRIMY 🥇 IN #1999 🥈 IN #ENTANGLEMENT 🥉 IN #MISTREATED

𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯. 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 '𝟐𝟏

𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝐉𝐀𝐍 '𝟐𝟐

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