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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
…When they finally pulled apart, she took his hand and led him back inside. The door closed behind them, and the porch light clicked off. On the road, hidden by the curve of the trees, a pair of headlights flicked on. The car sat there for a long moment, engine idling. Then it turned around and disappeared the way it had come, leaving nothing but dust and the echo of an engine. Inside, Javier didn't hear it. He was too busy holding Nia, too busy feeling the weight of her in his arms, too busy believing that maybe, just maybe, he could outrun the past after all.