What if everything that mattered came down to a single test? If your entire life was defined at the age of seventeen, could you handle it? Could you accept your fate even if it meant leaving the ones you love, or would you risk it all and stay? Just one test stands between Vanessa and Central. One chance to make the leap across the walls to a better life. One test to decide her fate. As Vanessa's seventeenth birthday closes-in, the leap-test ebbs closer, like fog rolling at morning's dawn. At seventeen, Central considers Vanessa an adult. Her labor role, marriage, and housing divisions will...

Nico Polasi is cold, ruthless, and cares only about one thing - money. As a debt collector for a very powerful Miami kingpin, Nico lets nothing stop him from finding his mark, even if it means digging a few graves along the way. But when he is faced with his most elusive mark, Nico finds he must think outside the box to get what he wants or risk losing everything. A preview of the part of the first chapter can be found at: https: //www.createspace.com/pub/community/give.review.do?id=1173304