In 1977 two kids formed an unlikely bond-one a white boy living in a mostly black housing projects and a black girl residing on the 'hilltop' which looks down on the ghetto. Two years later both are tentatively approaching first love. But the secrets of the past forces them apart until one day Vanessa returns to a world that she never felt a part of. Her first love is now a drug dealer and Vanessa still feels irrevocably linked to him. But she won't live her life with a man that exists on the edge of right and wrong. And Scotty makes the supreme sacrifice for his family and for his future. Now in Book 2 of Everything is Everything, the secrets of the past explodes around them all and threatens to steal not only the dreams of Scotty and Vanessa but also their very lives. From a return of those thought long lost, to the Hip Hop scene of New York City, prison, death, a huge dysfunctional family and the drug game that is never far out of reach, Scotty and Vanessa must navigate through the minefield of street life in order to learn that blood is not always thicker than water. Warning: This Urban Literature novel delves into a world of drugs, money and the racial tension of the 70's and 80's. It includes graphic language, drug use, sexual situations and violence.