Banks Dynasty – Prologue

My story starts in a group home located in the middle of the hard streets of Mirage Park in Del Sol Valley…

…where bars on the windows, graffiti-tagged walls and empty abandoned lots are the norm.

My mama was a wanderer…always saying that if you stay in one place too long, you end up jacked or killed. Well…one day she wandered too far and landed herself in prison for murder. In some walks of life, what she did would be considered self-defense, but when you’re poor without money for a decent defense lawyer, it’s murder every single time.

You see…after my dad died, mama was forced to sling and sell whatever she had to keep us fed and clothed. Too bad the only thing she had to sell most of the time was herself.

That lifestyle eventually caught up with her and she ran into the wrong dude. Someone who wanted more than she was willing to give. All he saw in my mom was poor trash, so he decided to try and take what he wanted. My mom managed to get away, but somewhere in the midst of it all…the guy ended up dead.

Now she’s serving 20 years and here I am…a motherless child, a ward of the state – living in a group home.

(Generation 1 Chapter Summaries)