White Lines II: Sunny: A Novel (34 page)

TRACY BROWN is the
Essence
bestselling author of
Aftermath, Snapped, Twisted, White Lines
,
Criminal Minded
,
Black
, and
Dime Piece
. She lives in Staten Island, New York.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

WHITE LINES II: SUNNY. Copyright © 2012 by Tracy Brown. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

Epigraph on page v from
The Holy Bible, New International Version
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, NIV
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Cover photographs: Woman © James A. Mosley/Getty Images; City skyline © Thomas Northcut/Getty Images

ISBN 978-0-312-55523-8 (trade paperback)

ISBN 978-1-250-00532-8 (hardcover)

e-ISBN 9781429938518

First Edition: April 2012

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Epigraph

Prologue

2009

1. Sweet Dreams

2. Food for Thought

3. Lights, Camera, Action!

4. Pop Life

5. Switching Lanes

6. Broken Promises

7. Face-to-Face

8. Lush Life

9. The Great Escape

10. Ungrateful

11. Soul Food

12. Forbidden Fruit

13. White Christmas

14. Fireworks

2010

15. Surrender

16. Human Nature

17. Bitterness

18. Self-Defense

19. Second Thoughts

20. Misery

21. Cutting Edge

22. The Great Escape

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