Chapters 1-6 Summary

Winter Santiaga is a thirteen-year old ghetto princess, born when her mother, the wife of drug kingpin Ricky Santiaga, was fourteen. The family lives in the projects of Brooklyn but has every luxury available. "Moms," as Winter calls her mother, is a "bad bitch," who has the best of both worlds - a husband who provides material wealth, as well as sexual satisfaction. Most women in the projects need two men to be so satisfied. "Pops" began his drug career as a lookout but was so street smart that he quickly rose to the top and now runs his own operation. He does not bring his "business" home but, rather, transforms himself into a loving indulgent husband and father when he enters their apartment. Strict security measures are in place for the family, to include double steel doors with multiple locks...