Pink Lips (Strebor on the Streetz) - Softcover

Jones, Andre D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593095627 ISBN 13: 9781593095628

Verlag: Strebor, 2014

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In this unorthodox tale of power plays, love affairs, and betrayal, two ambitious sisters learn that everything comes at a price—and what may feel good isn’t always good for you.

Pink lips can be a sign of grace, class, and beauty, but for sisters Willow and Kail, it means power and respect. They will do anything under the sun to become part of the higher echelon, so they pay a massive fee to join an organization and get their lips etched in pink. And life is good for the pair—until an accidental phone dismantles the whole organization.

With their lives upended, Willow and Kail flee to the streets of their hometown, Philadelphia, for a fresh start. With a new clientele and a hunger for money, they try to resurrect the organization that ended at their own hands. Money is the main goal for everyone involved until Willow meets Duke, a neighborhood hardhead, and is bitten by the love bug.

Kail objects to the relationship, but Willow ignores her sister’s warnings, falling deeper and deeper in love. As the sisters turn against each other, skeletons hidden in the closet are revealed, and the saying “blood is thicker than water” is tested to the fullest. Will they be able to come to an agreement, or will blood be shed first?

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Andre D. Jones, a Texas native, is an up-and-coming author with stories as blazing as the heat in his state. With a love and passion for his art form, Andre writes as much as he can, anywhere he can, on anything that he can. He is the author of Pink Lips and its sequel, Family, Friend, or Foe.

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Pink Lips

One

Sweat poured profusely from the doctor’s face as the barrel of an ice-cold 9mm pressed against his temporal bone. His nostrils flared as the smell of gunpowder danced around, lingering in the air surrounding him. The room was so silent that only the ticking from the Audemar watch snugging his wrist could be heard.

He had wished that he had gone straight home after work. He had no idea that a late-night movie to get away from his problems at home with his nagging wife and kids would be the death of him. The moment he was dragged away from the movie theater in broad daylight at gunpoint let him know that he was going to die. And the fact that no one helped him assured him of such.

“It’s a girl,” the doctor huffed as healthy cries boomed throughout the spacious bedroom. His heart stopped playing hopscotch as he cut the umbilical cord and laid the baby on her mother’s chest. “Can I leave now?”

“No,” a voice demanded from the shadows of the room.

Ernest “Rock” Evans stood up from his seat to walk over to his newborn daughter that wasn’t even a few minutes old. He untied his purple label tie as the jewelry on his body shined, playing hide-and-seek with the lights in the room. The heel of his pure alligator shoes pattered as his fingers ran across his freshly shaved beard. His six-foot-three stature flashed shadows on the wall as the smell of his signature cologne followed his every step.

He looked around the castle-like room as his loyal goons respectfully watched him approach the bedside of his beautiful wife, Anoki. He kissed her forehead as a thank you for giving birth to his first daughter, then moved down to her lips. He grabbed the ice chips on the marble-topped nightstand next to the California king-sized bed and softly rubbed them around her chapped lips.

Anoki panted slowly as her hair, as black as the darkest skies, rested wildly underneath her on a plush pillow. The imported silk sheets gushed with bodily fluids as she squirmed around to look directly into her daughter’s eyes. Her bronzed skin glistened under the light of the diamond-encrusted chandelier that hung from the high-end ceiling above as she rubbed her freshly manicured finger on her little girl’s soft cheek.

“She’s perfect,” Anoki spoke out softly, her body exhausted from the delivery and pain she had just endured as her husband sat next to her, his slacks used as a towel, soaking up the fluids on the sheets.

“I can see that.” Rock grabbed his daughter and gently held her in his arms. “So this is the little girl that’s going to make me kill a lot of little boys?”

“Yes,” Anoki whispered as she managed to sit up, “she’s already beautiful.”

“She has your eyes,” Rock said, referring to his wife’s soft greenish-brown eyes. “She has your skin tone, too,” He stood up to get a better look at his future daddy’s girl. “Welcome to the world, little girl, I’m your pops, and as long as I’m here, you won’t need for anything; this I promise you.”

“Please, I need to leave,” the doctor pleaded as fear rushed on his face.

Pow!

Before the good doctor could fall and hit the floor, Rock snapped his fingers and a bullet pierced through the man’s head, killing him instantly. His body was caught in mid-air stopping it from falling, then carried out of the room before a sprinkle of blood could hit the Italian marble floors.

“See how Pops had to end that disrespectful motherfucker’s life?” Rock asked his daughter as he kissed her on the forehead without a hint of remorse in his voice. “That’s what happens when niggas forget who I am.”

“A name,” Anoki called out as someone pulled the straw she was sipping on away from her mouth, “we need to choose a name for her baby.”

“Let’s let Junior choose.” Rock decided as he signaled for someone to go get his firstborn.

Junior busted through the door walking with his hands in his pockets. He was only four years young, but his posture and facial expressions mimicked his father’s. The perfect mixture of both of his parents, he stood there with a serious face as his eyes, the exact eyes his mother and new little sister shared, paced back and forth around the room.

“What?” Junior asked as he held his hands behind his back.

“We want you to meet your little sister,” Anoki said, smiling at her erratic son.

“I don’t want a sister. I want a brother,” he yelped.

“Junior,” Rock said as his son looked him in the eyes. “What did I tell you about expressing to us your wants?”

“You said I can have everything I need and some of what I want,” Junior responded, speaking better than every kid his age that they knew.

“That’s right. So you have a little sister and that’s what you need right now, so get used to it.” Rock leaned down. “Come here,” he signaled as Junior approached him and the unnamed infant. “It’s your job as a big brother to protect this little girl at all costs. After me, you’re next in line and you have to make sure she’s always protected.”

“I know, Pops,” he said, reacting to the situation like an adult.

“Also, your mom and I were thinking you should be the one to name this little girl. She is going to be your little sister, after all.”

“I like the name Willow,” he blurted without thinking.

“Willow,” Rock looked at Anoki for approval, “what do you think, baby?”

“That’s fine with me,” she said, smiling at her son’s intelligence.

“It’s time to bounce,” Tony, Rock’s best friend and right-hand man, advised as the beeper on his waist chirped nonstop.

Rock nodded his head as he placed Willow into Anoki’s arms. He rubbed the top of Junior’s head as he smiled at the family he built despite the duties and time-consuming work associated with being a drug lord. At that very moment he was glad he didn’t keep the promise to never have a family. He kissed his wife and without explaining, which he didn’t have to because she knew the job, he and his goons left.

Anoki let out a sigh of exhilaration as she looked into her children’s faces. She couldn’t believe that a girl from the slums of Hawaii had found love and was living the good life. She handed her newborn to the live-in nanny as she swooped to the edge of the bed, her stilettos that she kept on during her labor meeting the beautiful marble floor beneath her.

Anoki watched as the nanny walked out of the room with the newborn in her arms and her toddler’s hand in her hand. As soon as the doors closed, the hired help surrounded her, cleaning her from head to toe. The clothes on her body were changed and brand-new heels, fresh out of the box, were placed at her feet. By the time she stood up, she was as beautiful as ever and no one would have believed she had just spent the last sixteen hours in labor. Her long majestic curls flowed timelessly as she walked to her large his-and-hers bathroom to fix her makeup.

The bathroom alone was bigger than any house she had ever stayed in back in her little hometown of Hata. Tears rolled down her bare face as she smiled at her...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Strebor
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1593095627
• ISBN 13: 9781593095628
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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