Shameek Speight

As Layla sits on the plane, she tries hard to hold herself together. Bullets ripping through flesh, horrifying screams from the war, and seeing the look on Tess' face as the bullet ripped through her chests played over and over in her mind....

After the tragic murder of Yvonne and her unborn child, the ones who knew and loved her the most struggle to pick up the pieces. Devastated by his loss, Detective Grimes abandons Yvonne’s cause, The Center...and checked out of life in general....

Most sell drugs to survive, others to ball. Snow has reached the age to know the difference. He learns what really matters; not the money or luxury cars, but the steady cash flow and easy living for his family....

Melody Stallworth, a 37-year-old hefty heiress who had it all. An ample bank account, a beautiful home, and family and friends who adored her. One would think she has it all, but one thing was missing...her one true love....

Since the massacre at Heavenly Hope, the once breathtaking home has been empty, with no one daring to come close to it; until the Blackwells were made an offer they couldn’t refuse....

Bianca Whitted was less then ecstatic initially about her pregnancy, but the love of her love convinced her he had her and their child, so she continued on with her pregnancy, looking forward to the arrival of her baby. What she didn’t count on was her child’s father doing a 360....

Being rejected by Darrell after previously doing him dirty, Shonte’s scandalous, ratchet side rears its ugly head, and she uses the one thing he loves more than life as a bargaining chip - his daughter Blessing - leaving a whole in his heart....

In the aftermath of her daughter Blessing’s murder at the hands of her father, Shonte struggles to pick up the pieces and get back to some type of normalcy....

"There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t ask myself: What could I have done different? And regardless of every possible scenario I came up with, there was always a way around it,” Yvonne said as she wiped tears from her eyes and composed herself....

After being gunned down during the opening of the center honoring her daughter’s memory, Yvonne awakes alive and more determined than she’s ever been to have the people responsible for her pain and suffering brought to justice....