Family over Everything

Informationen zum Autor Paige Green is a native of Pittsburgh, where she grew up in the Northview Heights area. Since the age of ten, she has written plays, short stories, and eventually Family Over Everything . Motivated by her surroundings, she pushed herself to always strive for more. Her main goal in life is to help young, at-risk females who are trying to find their way in life. Klappentext Includes an excerpt from Little white lies, by Cole Riley. Leseprobe Family Over Everything CHAPTER ONE THE BEGINNING . . . Twenty-four-year-old Relisha Jenkins lay sprawled out in the middle of her living room, gripped with fatigue and paralyzed with pain. Her boyfriend of two years, Derrick, sat on a nearby sofa, sniffing lines of cocaine and drinking shots of tequila. Briefly tossing his head back as the deadly drug raced through his system, Derrick threw his head forward before flaring his nose and standing to his feet. With a crazed look in his eyes, he balled his hands into tight fists as he stared down at Relisha. “Didn’t I tell you I wanted you in the house an hour ago? Where the hell were you?” “Nothing, baby!” Relisha cried, her voice trembling in fear. “I told you I was out shopping with Gina!” Not believing her, Derrick flared his nose up as he bent down onto his knees, grabbed a handful of her hair, and began to drag her out of the living room and into their bedroom. “Please stop!” she cried as she tried to grab a hold of his wrists, but it was to no avail. When Derrick finally reached their bedroom door, he continued to drag her until they were completely in the bedroom before he released the strong hold he had on her hair, causing her head to smack against the hard floor. Reaching down, he wrapped his arms around her neck before lifting her off of the floor, placed her against their dresser and slammed her against the mirror. Relisha winced and cried in pain as the mirror shattered, causing tiny shards of glass to pierce her skin. “Your ass better start listening to me, do you hear me?” Derrick yelled as he shook her violently by her neck. With her eyes rolling to the back of her head, she struggled to nod her head as Derrick unwrapped his ashy hands from around her neck, causing her to gasp for air. Derrick continued to smack her around until he had no energy left in him. “Get the hell up and go make my money since you want to be so damn sneaky,” Derrick yelled as he kicked Relisha, who was now lying almost motionless on the floor, before walking out of the room. Moaning in pure agony, Relisha cried from the pain that taunted at her as she sat up, grabbed the corner of her bed, and used it as a crutch to stand to her feet. Her knees buckled, yet she kept her composure as she slowly limped out of the room and into the bathroom before closing the door behind herself. Glancing at herself in the mirror, she quickly gazed away, ashamed of the sight of her busted lip and swollen eye. Grabbing a washcloth from the top of her toilet, she turned the sink on, dampened her cloth, and began to wipe the blood and tears off of her face. When she was done, she tossed the washcloth onto the back of the toilet before opening up the bathroom door and making her way out. Walking back into her bedroom, she made her way toward her closet before bending down to retrieve her duffle bag. Briefly closing her eyes as she bit down on her lip, she grabbed the small of her back, her knees trembling, as she grabbed a hold of her bag, and sighed as she stood back to her feet. Gently tossing the duffle bag over her shoulder, she slowly walked toward the front door and left to go to work. An hour later...

Product details

• Authors: Paige Green
• Publisher: Pocket Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.2013
• EAN: 9781593095017
• ISBN: 978-1-59309-501-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Strebor on the Streetz
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature