Tariq St. Patrick is torn between his new life and his desire to break free of his father’s legacy while facing the growing pressure to save his family, including his mother Tasha, who is accused of her son’s murder. Not to mention the academic rigor imposed on him by his Ivy League professors. Truly alone for the first time in his life, Tariq is forced to divide his time between classes and odd jobs in order to pay Davis MacLean, the fame-hungry defense attorney who is Tasha’s only hope of getting out of jail and escaping prosecution by the new prosecutor Cooper Saxe.