Dying to Live or Livin to Die
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I was a drug dealer in the Southern County projects. A hell-hole place located in Dominic, Texas that’s just off the edge of the Mexican border. I was raised here all my life along with my little brother David. Dominic, Texas is a place of poverty, crime, and drugs. People on the outside of this place gave us the perfect name to this wasteland of a city called the Drug Land given that every territory around here is controlled by cartel or someone who has enough power to keep everyone and everything underneath their finger. I was no different from succumbing to the Drug Land; I first started when I was 12 years old and needed money. In Dominic, everyone has a friend that is a drug dealer and that’s where I started. Jordie Sanchez was a dealer they called the profit. Jordie knew I needed money in the worse way because I would always go to his house and eat all the food his grandmother would cook almost every day.
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On the edge of the Mexican border, Dominic, Texas, is a place of poverty, crime, and drugs. People on the outside call it “Drugland,” since cartels control the whole town with enough power to keep everyone and everything under their fingers. Zee was only twelve when he got involved with the drug trade, just a kid struggling to survive.
As he grows up, Zee witnesses the way good men are devoured and destroyed in his hometown. To do what’s necessary for his own family, Zee will walk a path of blood and violence. He wants to get the people he loves away from Drugland. He refuses to end up like many of the boys he grew up with who became victims to the city’s clutches.
But even as a college student, Zee isn’t sure who he is or where he stands on the line of good and evil. Is he a good guy, corrupted by his environment, doing what it takes to survive? Or is he a bad guy who’s finally learned to thrive in a land of crime and hardship? Only time will tell if Zee will become a casualty or walk out of Drugland its king.
About the Author
Zack Lee started writing poems and short stories at the age of seven, eventually moving on to novels. He believes that sometimes the best stories are the ones we try to ignore. Behind every door, behind every face, is a tale just waiting to be told. Zack currently lives in Dallas, Texas.