By Jess Mowry
Dante and Pook know there’s little likelihood that either will get out of Babylon. In their neighborhood no one has the money to go to college - or to have heart surgery that might save their life. The only people in Babylon with any money are the drug dealers. When one of the dealers, Air Touch, throws a case of pure cocaine out his car window while attempting to flee the police, Dante and Pook face the opportunity of a lifetime. Should they sell the cocaine and use the money for the heart surgery Dante needs and the medical school Pook wants to attend? If they do, how will they keep Air Touch from knowing they were the ones who recovered his stash? And more importantly, how will they live with themselves knowing they contributed to the drug problem crippling their community….
Dante and Pook know there’s little likelihood that either will get out of Babylon. In their neighborhood no one has the money to go to college - or to have heart surgery that might save their life. The only people in Babylon with any money are the drug dealers. When one of the dealers, Air Touch, throws a case of pure cocaine out his car window while attempting to flee the police, Dante and Pook face the opportunity of a lifetime. Should they sell the cocaine and use the money for the heart surgery Dante needs and the medical school Pook wants to attend? If they do, how will they keep Air Touch from knowing they were the ones who recovered his stash? And more importantly, how will they live with themselves knowing they contributed to the drug problem crippling their community….
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