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Chapter One

Aleena hung up the phone then stood and stared out theHer thoughts were a ju to her friend Nia

She jumped when arms came around her

“What’s going on, baby?”

She looked over her shoulder at the ed her life and ht possible

“I was talking to Nia”

“How’s she doing?”

“Not good She says she got through the funeral and has had e place so her brother can’t get to it”

Nia’s father had died a month before, and Nia was at a loss of what to do Her friend didn’t know if she should stay in the town they grew up in, where she had no one left or otten life insurance from her father, so she didn’t have to make a decision quickly The proble to contest the will and was harassing Nia

Russ had left hootten in with a wrong crowd, and he’d been in trouble ever since Nia had stopped counting the times he’d been in jail since it had happened so often

The only time Russ had paid his father and sister a visit hen he’d needed ive, he blatantly stole froed the locks on the house several tiot in

Nia had told her that after her father passed away, she was terrified Russ would break in while she was there alone The last tiht a few of his friends, and they made her feel extreave her made her skin crawl

“Where is she right now?” Kaleb asked

“At her house Nia thought aboutinto an apartment with security, but her brother catches her when she’s out She told me one of the last tih at the ti around his friends to harass her, and they’ve tried to touch her”

Aleena turned in his arms and laid her head on his chest “I’o and see if I can help…”

“Absolutely not, baby girl She needs to come here”

Aleena leaned her head back to see his face “Really?”

“Yes She can stay with us until she decides what to do”

She squealed and hugged hirunt

“Easy Get her on the phone for me”

Aleena hurried to call her friend back, and the sound of her friend’s voice ?”

Her eyes filled with tears, and she looked at Kaleb “She’s hiding in her house Her brother is there and got in somehow”

“Has she called the police?”