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best—her mother. And she damn sure didn’t have time to spend with her lame-ass sister.
    â€œLook, you’re becoming too spoiled, Dani. One day your sister is going to cut you off, and then what you gon’ do? Huh?” Her mother took a long drag off her cigarette.
    Danielle sucked her teeth. She always felt unloved because she never knew her father. And ever since she could remember, Maria had been like a second parent.
    â€œFine. I’ll go with her for the weekend, if you let me go to a party with Veronica and my friends first.”
    â€œShe will be here on Saturday morning to get you, so have your ass back up in here. You act like spending time with her is going to kill you. You should try to appease her, as much as she does for us. When she cuts us off, your lips gonna be poked out. If that happens, your hot ass ain’t gonna get those little stripper-ass outfits you like to wear.” Dana blew a ring of smoke toward her daughter.
    â€œWhatever. I’ll be here. Yeah, sure,” Danielle said, grabbing her purse and heading out the door.
    Danielle rushed up the street, switching her hips as hard as she could. She smirked to herself at all of the catcalls she received from the little hood-rat dudes in her neighborhood.
    â€œYo, Dani, I will fuck those poom-poom shorts right off that fat ass,” a little corner boy called out.
    â€œNigga, pa-lease ! I fucks with real hustlers. Hand-to-hand is played out!” Danielle screamed, craning her neck in true ghetto-girl fashion.
    She finally made it to the end of the block, where she spotted the person she was expecting to meet. Her heart jumped in her chest. He was so damn sexy. Danielle let a smile spread across her face at the sight of the gleaming silver Benz S550 he sat in. She rushed over to the passenger side and slid in.
    â€œDamn, baby girl! You got my shit on wood with them li’l shorts,” Sticks said, licking his lips. I have something for this little hottie , he thought to himself.
    â€œTwo weeks and you can’t handle seeing me in shorts?” She leaned over to kiss her new man.
    Everybody in Baltimore knew Sticks was down with the Dirty Money Crew, including Danielle and her little friends. But she was so excited when Sticks had stopped her in a party. In fact she felt extra special that he had chosen her out of all the girls in the club that night. Sticks had told her she reminded him of Lauren London, a comment she got all the time, but coming from him, it made her blush.
    That night Danielle gave Sticks her number. Her best friend Veronica had stayed up with her all night waiting for him to call, but he never did. Three days had passed, and Danielle had gotten a little depressed. Then, when she least expected it, Sticks showed up at her high school. It just so happened, that day she’d decided to attend classes. She’d rolled her eyes at him and told him off.
    Sticks laughed at her and told her he liked the way she looked when she was mad. He grabbed her hand and led her to his car. He started calling her every day since.
    â€œWhere you wanna go, mami? The world is yours,” Sticks said, tossing a money stack into her lap.
    Danielle’s eyes lit up. She didn’t want to seem too thirsty by picking up the stack and counting it, but she wanted to so badly. “I wanna be wherever you are. We could sit in this car all night and I’d be happy,” she replied.
    That’s exactly what Sticks wanted to hear. He liked the little pretty girl, but he also had bigger plans for her. Before he put her to work, he wanted to run up in that fat ass. He took her to get something to eat at Ruth’s Chris, one of his favorites.
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    Danielle had never been to a real restaurant like that. The closest she’d come was when her sister had taken them out to eat at the local Olive Garden.
    â€œThank you for dinner, baby. I really appreciate everything you do for me.” Danielle