<p>Saadri Buard is the 'love child' of Damas Buard and Ellen Weston.&nbsp; She is the second of three daughters born to a rakish Creole college boy.&nbsp; Saadri is raised in a low-oncome, single parent household in New York City and is on the cusp of adulthood. Transition isn&#39;t always easy.&nbsp; How does one continue to believe in God when one loses everything?&nbsp; Saadri takes a journey she&#39;s unsure she&#39;ll survive.</p><p>Najid Raenier always believed he was smart enough to use the system and thus far it has worked.&nbsp; He&#39;s watched Saadri Buard for a long time, unsure of whether to approach.&nbsp; When she finally becomes his, he has to recalculate his plans.&nbsp; Yet, he doesn&#39;t find it easy to extricate from the system he&#39;s exploited.&nbsp; He may end up losing everything - if he&#39;s not smart enough to figure out how to keep it.</p>