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What We Called Love - Part One: Babs
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What We Called Love - Part One: Babs
Content Note: This chapter contains themes of domestic violence, coercive control, physical abuse, threats involving child custody, and emotional manipulation.   The first thing I noticed was the blood.  ... Read more
The Price of Loyalty - Part Four: Jamal
The Price of Loyalty - Part Four: Jamal
My brother built his revenge around my death. The problem was—I never died. I stood in the shadows of the old law library and watched Michelle Rodriguez bleed through a... Read more
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The Price of Loyalty - Part Three: Leaf
The Price of Loyalty - Part Three: Leaf
The picture of Reek tied to that chair did not scare me. It convicted me. Blood ran from his temple in a thin line, disappearing beneath his jaw. His hands... Read more
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The Price of Loyalty - Part Two: Shelly
The Price of Loyalty - Part Two: Shelly
The name left Babs’s mouth like it had been dragged out of a grave. “Carl.” For one breath, every machine around me seemed to stop. The monitor beside my bed... Read more
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The Price of Loyalty - Part One: Babs
The Price of Loyalty - Part One: Babs
The room went silent.   Not the kind of silence that brought peace. This silence had weight. It wrapped itself around my throat, settled on my chest, and dared me... Read more
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Kathouse: The Story So Far
Kathouse: The Story So Far
Before Lux, the gunshots, the courtroom, and the betrayals that nearly buried them all—there was Kathouse. Babs, better known as Black Barbie, believed escorting was simply a means to an end.... Read more
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