Skip and J. Marie

Young Skip was masterful at acclimating himself into a situation، which would prove to be good for him, being how Connie and Paul had for weeks now concocted a plan they thought to be in the best interest of the family.

At the start of the new school year Skip would be attending Taft Jr. high on the northeast side of town.

The only thing changing in Skips life ، now at Taft، was the meeting of a fine “ tenderoni” who would much later become  his wife and mother of his children. He was still what he would be for many years، a larcenous miscreant living life on the edge.

 

It's said that ،" Everything God raises high in this world He brings it down."

J. Marie loved Skip unconditionally، they were inseparable، and had one “hell-a-va” run; all the way up until he ran her away several years after his fall.

He was in the Maryland Penitentiary and had been in for two decades.  The children and grandchildren called him Dad and Granddad; his fellow convict friends as well as a few enemies called him Imam Mustafa.

 

He had a rigorous workout plan، as he would need one، to stay ready and tough. He'd survive an assassination attempt by several gang boys in retaliation for a stabbing on one of theirs.  He could be a maniacal beast when he had to be.  At other times, like while working in the various prison hospitals, he was the kindest caregiver/ orderly one could ever work with.  For all one had to do was observe, or just ask the lovely Nurse Cheryl.

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Skip and J. Marie

Young Skip was masterful at acclimating himself into a situation، which would prove to be good for him, being how Connie and Paul had for weeks now concocted a plan they thought to be in the best interest of the family.

At the start of the new school year Skip would be attending Taft Jr. high on the northeast side of town.

The only thing changing in Skips life ، now at Taft، was the meeting of a fine “ tenderoni” who would much later become  his wife and mother of his children. He was still what he would be for many years، a larcenous miscreant living life on the edge.

 

It's said that ،" Everything God raises high in this world He brings it down."

J. Marie loved Skip unconditionally، they were inseparable، and had one “hell-a-va” run; all the way up until he ran her away several years after his fall.

He was in the Maryland Penitentiary and had been in for two decades.  The children and grandchildren called him Dad and Granddad; his fellow convict friends as well as a few enemies called him Imam Mustafa.

 

He had a rigorous workout plan، as he would need one، to stay ready and tough. He'd survive an assassination attempt by several gang boys in retaliation for a stabbing on one of theirs.  He could be a maniacal beast when he had to be.  At other times, like while working in the various prison hospitals, he was the kindest caregiver/ orderly one could ever work with.  For all one had to do was observe, or just ask the lovely Nurse Cheryl.

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Skip and J. Marie

Skip and J. Marie

by R. Mustafa Lucas
Skip and J. Marie

Skip and J. Marie

by R. Mustafa Lucas

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Young Skip was masterful at acclimating himself into a situation، which would prove to be good for him, being how Connie and Paul had for weeks now concocted a plan they thought to be in the best interest of the family.

At the start of the new school year Skip would be attending Taft Jr. high on the northeast side of town.

The only thing changing in Skips life ، now at Taft، was the meeting of a fine “ tenderoni” who would much later become  his wife and mother of his children. He was still what he would be for many years، a larcenous miscreant living life on the edge.

 

It's said that ،" Everything God raises high in this world He brings it down."

J. Marie loved Skip unconditionally، they were inseparable، and had one “hell-a-va” run; all the way up until he ran her away several years after his fall.

He was in the Maryland Penitentiary and had been in for two decades.  The children and grandchildren called him Dad and Granddad; his fellow convict friends as well as a few enemies called him Imam Mustafa.

 

He had a rigorous workout plan، as he would need one، to stay ready and tough. He'd survive an assassination attempt by several gang boys in retaliation for a stabbing on one of theirs.  He could be a maniacal beast when he had to be.  At other times, like while working in the various prison hospitals, he was the kindest caregiver/ orderly one could ever work with.  For all one had to do was observe, or just ask the lovely Nurse Cheryl.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781535610209
Publisher: Michael Lucas
Publication date: 12/30/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 398
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Ralph "Skip" Lucas grew up in a section of Southeast Washington, DC called Anacostia. He turned 18 while in basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He attended the Washington Technical Institute long before it became the University of District of Columbia (UDC) by joining three of D.C.'s undergraduate Colleges. Marrying his Junior High School sweetheart, they had two children. He eventually finished college with an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Coppin State University. He began writing short stories for a group of guys in desperate need of a friendly voice and an occasional good laugh.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction......................................................................................1

  2. Chapter 1: First Grade......................................................................3

  3. Chapter 2: The Teenage Years..........................................................18

  4. Chapter 3: Connie Running the House...........................................32

  5. Chapter 4: Mischief.........................................................................46

  6. Chapter 5: Opportunity Makes a Thief...........................................62

  7. Chapter 6: Mr. Scruggs...................................................................78

  8. Chapter 7: Basic Training..............................................................100

  9. Chapter 8: The Magician...............................................................115

  10. Chapter 9: Daddy’s Gone..............................................................128

  11. Chapter 10: Betting on the Ponies.................................................145

  12. Chapter 11: Kenny O....................................................................169

  13. Chapter 12: A Step in the Right Direction....................................187

  14. Chapter 13: Lions and Sheeps.......................................................200

  15. Chapter 14: Let the Games Begin.................................................221

  16. Chapter 15: Trouble in the Yard....................................................240

  17. Chapter 16: A Devestating Visit....................................................259

  18. Chapter 17: The Squared Circle....................................................277

  19. Chapter 18: Brothers.....................................................................296

  20. Chapter 19: The Cut.....................................................................313

  21. Chapter 20: The Imam..................................................................319

  22. Chapter 21: One on One..............................................................342

  23. Chapter 22: The Board..................................................................362

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