City Limits Part 1 E-Book

Natasha Hamilton

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

Life can be hard , even on easy street. Dive into the lives of the priveledged, the streets , the wicked , and see their lives intertwine. 

Courtney Santiaga is a promising young woman with her whole life ahead her. She's well off, respected and growing into a fine adult. Family life is a bit tricky, with her father being a lead gang member and drug dealer . he fights to keep her away from it all. Life is easy and nothing is too far from her grasp . She meets Cadero , a street runner and gang member on the up and coming and a toxic love story begins . 

Every relationship starts with a honeymoon phase and then real life problems present themselves. Part one introduces the characters in point a view and just a glimpse of what can happen when all walks of life get mixed up. From love ,sex, drugs, betrayal and even murder , this  series will be a page turner , from start to finish !

Leseprobe

Natasha Hamilton

City Limits Part 1

A series of love, death and dishonor

I would like to dedicate this series to my mother and father , Mom , thank you for your ongoing support in every way . Dad thank you for your kind words and advice . I love you both To my bestfriend Janeece, you deserve the world and more. Thank you for always being in my corner. You are forever valued. Special nod to Sista Souljah, who was the inspiration to even write a book like this . Your talents are wild beyond measures . BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Courtney

"Courtney!" "Miss Courtney, we have arrived!".

I snapped out of my daydreams and waited for Cesar, my personal driver, to open the door for me . I thought it was ridiculous really , personal drivers , security , all of it. It made me feel chlostrophobic in a way . I just wanted to live my life like any other 17 year old; wild and full of mistakes . Then my parents could correct them later . But sadly that was not my life . Sorry where are my manners ?

My name is Courtney Santiaga. I am the  daughter to  notorious druglord & respected OG Santiaga Santiaga  & Gloria Santiaga . Why my grandparents decided to give my dad the same first name as his last is for another time . I'm petite at best ,standing 5'5 , 130 pounds. I'm a bad bitch period . My caramel colored skin was flawless . I never looked ashy or unkempt . My mother wouldnt allow it anyway . It was all about representation.  My fingers and toes were always done up.  I attend Baldwin high school in Queens, New York . I'm just a regular teen with a whole lot of money .

As you can assume I'm pretty popular, and no one fucks with me or they end up missing. Real shit. You know those scary stories your older siblings used to tell you to scare you ? Well I know some real boogie men that make sure you won't ever get to tell your version. I got a tight clique made up of my best bitches ,Shanice & Michelle. They grew up just like me , privileged. There was never no hate or mixy shit in the circle . At least that's what I thought. But I'm getting ahead of myself .

"Pick you up at 3?" Cesar yelled from the car . I rolled my eyes as I continued my walk up the cracked stairs to the school entrance. I stopped to enjoy the breeze.   I loved the fall . Cold but not too cold and everything in the air just smelled so great . I wasn't in the doorway before I heard a voice which made me roll my eyes all over again.

"I know I'm the baddest bitch in this damn school & whoever feels different is clearly blind !" cackled Erica Evans, a bitch , excuse my language , who I use to fool around with a couple months ago. I aint gay or anything I was just exploring as one of my Sex Education teachers would say. Anyway , we fell out after she disappeared last summer and came back acting funny . I don't stay where I'm not wanted so that was the end of that you feel me?

"Well I guess the day can get started now that princess Courtney has arrived " Erica spat out .

"Oh please. Have you even visited your homeroom yet"? I replied back keeping my cool .

"Yea yea not everybody wants to be president " Erica said using her long neatly painted fingernail to twirl her gum . She looked at her home girl as if to say " bitch laugh" & her friend did . She  laughed so hard snot flew out of her nose .

I turned away to keep my giggles in as I started down the hall. Erica and I weren't really enemies but we werent friends either . I took our little fall out harder than her but that was then and this was now .

First locker right next to English 102, my favorite class , was mine . "23,49,28 " I said to myself as I popped my combination lock open to retrieve my books . "Wassup beautiful " I heard a low but sweet voice say. 

"Hi baby " I greeted my boyfriend, Jason Banks . Jason was a basketball player and could really blow some notes on his spare time. He'd already starred in two of the school plays and even recorded real songs. We had alot in common, growing up in the same background and all. I guess that's kind of how we got together in the first place. We'd been going 6 months strong  with no sex and I guess it was a trying time for Jason , being that I was a virgin and he wasn't.

"So I was thinking Club Rayne Friday? " he asked with throwing his basketball in the air . He knew I hated that club. I always thought it was so stuck up . I could kick back at a house party  and be fine. Never really wanted to be seen . But the life I'm in wouldn't allow . My family was the creme de la creme of Queens and that meant spotlight . Spotlight wasn't always good.

I sighed heavily . "Why Rayne? We can go to the movies or just  have a night in ". The way his bottom lip hung before he sucked it up always got me to surrender . " Come on baby " he pleaded. "This is going to be the night of all nights. Everyone who is anyone will be there I just wanna have a good time yo". 

"I'll call you later . We can talk about it then ." I dismissed the conversation just like that . In the back of my head though , I knew even though I didn't say yes , I knew Jason would go with or without me and that was just something I wasn't having . I know I was a great catch , but so was Jason and he could have any girl he wanted. Hell would freeze over first before I let some hot pussy hoe  take my man . Jason rolled his eyes and mumbled something under his breath. " Pick me up at 10?" I said .  I felt defeated ." That's my baby " Jason perked up , those pearly teeth lightening up the hall. He always knew how to get his way and it was annoying. But what could I do ? I felt I had to compensate for not giving it up to him yet. I wanted him to be happy .

I got my books for my first class and headed to homeroom . One thing about me is Im not a fucking slacker. Education meant more to me then anything. "The more you know , the better you can lie " my father told me growing up. That and  a few other sayings he told me always stuck . I passed Erica again in the hallway and just shook my head. "That girl aint gonna be shit"  I thought to myself . 

Cadero

It's Cadero . Cadero Johnson. Not CJ, not Dero.  I'm not your average hood nigga. Yeah I get money, dabble in drugs from time to time (only to test the product) . I don't rob , I collect debts . I don't kill out of enjoyment, I kill when necessary. And lately, it's been very fucking  necessary. This life isn't a game but it's the one I chose and I make  no excuses ever. Everyday I walk out my door expecting the worse and thats how I've survived all this time  . Might not make it to 18 in Brooklyn , that's a blessing in my hood. But I wouldnt trade my struggles for anything in the world. It made me who I am today .

"Yooo C wassup with the 4 on 4 " my nigga Micah called from the court. 

"In a minute I gotta make some calls " I called behind my  back . Micah sighed and waved to the other hoopers on the court , signaling it would be no game . He knew when I said calls were to be made , meant there was money to be made and no game was worth my energy when I could be getting to the bag. Besides, we'd already played 2 games and won both.

"You spoke to Will today ?" Micah asked breathless , walking up to where I was sitting. "Earlier, " i told him " said he was going to get up with us later , talking about some club in Queens he wanted to check out ". 

Micah rolled his eyes as he wiped his face with a towel he had hanging around his neck. . He didn't like clubs or getting pictures taken or anything like that. He kept a low profile and went about his business accordingly. Thats where we were the same . He hated unnecessary attention which is where him and our mans Will differed. Will loved going out , spending a bunch of money , gambling all that shit. I didn't knock him for it though. Living the life we lived , you never knew when your last day would be . I never quite figured out how us 3 became as tight as we are. Im guessing us all being members of the same gang was one of them but we just fit. We all believed in death over dishonor and everyone knew not to fuck with us because we weren't too stable in the head . Growing up in the drug game you see alot of shit different than regular nine to fivers  you know ?

" Damn another spot ? " Micah whined , " this nigga liver gotta be dead by now ". I laughed as I wiped some sweat from my forehead. I shrugged. " It's been a lil minute since we popped out  and I heard Toonz spinning . You know he gonna have the place on tilt my nigga" i said matter of factly.  Micah's phone went off .

" Oh shit it's Shanice, I forgot about lunch today fuck !" Micah cursed under his breath .

"Damn nigga. My sister be beating your ass or something? " I joked . As Micah walked off for some privacy, I took the time to call my O. G. Emerald , Em for short . He was more like a father to me . He brought me into the family , taught me everything I know about the drug game and was there when I caught my first body. At just 18 I had 13 bodies under my belt , 7 off the request of Emerald. I wanted to prove myself to be able to handle anything to him.

" Cadero what's going on ?" Em answered in a subtle tone.

" Everything is everything just checking in" I replied nonchalantly.

Emerald whispered into the phone " I got the drop on who was fucking up the corner last week . Lil nigga name Rico from Brooklyn. Got ran off his own block so he trying to live out here . I'm not having it ". His tone a little more on edge than usual. Two things Emerald hated in this world other than black licorice , was his money being fucked with & snitches.

I watched as 2 kids started playing hopscotch.  They looked so innocent . Bet they didn't even know how soon the world would fuck them up .

" Cadero you hearing me ?" Emerald spoke into the phone 

I snapped back into reality. " Just say the word E  and I'm on it ". I was fully concentrated now .

" Ima hit u later with the details, love is love " Em said .

" Loyalty is everything " I said as we both hung up.

Courtney

I stood in my towel looking in the mirror. Steam was still spilling out from the bathroom from the shower I just took . I rolled my eyes  as I scanned my closet . I swear getting dressed for a night out is so frustrating. Here I am in my room with a walk in closet full of gear and nothing seems to pop out . " Ugh why did I even agree to this? " I thought to myself. It was getting late and Jason would be here any minute . " Fuck it " I said out loud . I opted on a simple black dress with a high split right up to the middle of my thighs. The opening at the back had a sneak peek feel to it . Perfectly matched with my black wrap around heels and gold watch and earrings . I slid on Jasons gold emblem chain. The "J" was lined with diamonds. I was ready to go as Jason was pulling up to the driveway. I checked my lipgloss and fluffed my curls up once more before I headed out .

On the way to the club , I kept going back and forth in my head  about whether tonight was the night to finally do .. you know .. it!. I was so nervous  my skin started heating up. Jason didn't really pressure me to have sex. I had jerked him off a couple times but that was it . A few times he told me he felt like I didn't care about him as much as I said because I wouldn't let him make it official. I just didn't feel it was the right time . But tonight had so many surprises in store let me tell you .