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 didn't answer. He opened the message. "Leaving tomorrow. See you soon. —D" He read it twice, the words burning into his brain. "It's Dre," he said. "He's coming." The room went quiet. Micah kept eating, oblivious. Isaiah's eyes locked onto Javier's face. Nia reached across the table and took his hand. "Then we'll be ready." Javier looked at her, at the boys, at the life he was still learning to believe in. He nodded. "Yeah. We will." But the phone felt heavy in his hand, and the night was still young, and somewhere on the road between California and Alabama, Dre was already moving. And Javier knew, deep in his bones, that the next few days would decide everything.