Gutter Hoe Dreams

Every good girl has a dream. Grow up. Go to college. Marry their sexy, prince charming college sweetheart. Find the perfect corporate job. Start a family. Own a big house in the 'burbs with a white picket fence. But guess what, GUTTER HOES got dreams too. Darnisha Johnson, a single mother of two, and a temporary custodian to her niece wants to live life in the fast lane. Tired of being a struggling broke bish, living in one of the worse housing projects in Chicago, Darnisha comes up with her "boss bitch come up" plan to escape her dreadful living conditions.

However, her plan doesn't involve her going back to school, getting an education and then landing a good job. No. This slutbag is exploiting and abusing her so-called "mentally challenged" and morbidly obese niece to collect government assistance every month. Not giving a crap about her niece's condition, the manipulative mother, and aunt, schemes to get out of the projects and to a new apartment building in Downtown, but when her plan goes awry, she finds herself back at square one.

Still determined to get out, she eventually rekindles a relationship with Tahmir, aka King T, a former trap boss, who recently gets out of prison after a serving a long bid for narcotics trafficking. Hoping King T would reclaim his street glory, she quickly realizes he's a changed man and has no intention of getting involved in the dope game. He comes into her house, gets her in check, and begins to mentor the abused and so-called "mentally challenged" niece, helping her transform. Within a summer, the niece goes from a stuttering, low self-esteem having girl into a vivacious, bold, and confident young teen determined to make her way out the hood and go to college.

Not liking all the rapid changes Tahmir is bringing to her house, Darnisha begins to conspire to put an end to all of the "positive changes". Since Tahmir is fully aware of all her dirty secrets and scamming skeletons in her closet, Darnisha needs to get rid of him ASAP. She plots and executes a brutal plan that lands Tahmir behind bars, HOWEVER, her niece, onto her BS, finds out about her evil machination and plans to get the sweetest revenge. Read more in GUTTER HOE DREAMS by Quan Millz.