Setting the scene…
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Where The Streetlights End
Javier Mendoza has spent most of his life surviving. California raised him on loyalty, concrete, and consequences. Gang life gave him brothers, a reputation, and more trouble than he can count. It also put him behind bars more than once.…
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Previously
…He thought of Angel. Of the city. Of Nia laughing at him by the tomatoes and Micah asking if his car was fast. Of Isaiah’s wary eyes and the way Rafael’s home smelled like bread instead of smoke. Two weeks. That was all he’d agreed to. His phone buzzed on the nightstand. A message from California lit the screen, a name he hadn’t seen since the night Angel died. Javier read it once. Then again. We need to talk about what happened. Call me before somebody else does. The quiet outside no longer felt empty. It felt like something waiting.