Presley Qiaodi is a reserved 17-year-old boy of Asian descent and his best friend and now roommate Mitchum Charles who is African American since the first day of high school moved to attend college in H.I.D.C.A city. Including being the name of the city and College, HIDCA has a darker meaning in slang by the locals which the two only realize the hard way.

So though the college itself is a technological advancement and a known safe place for students human problems still exist. The city isn't all fun and games and precautions need to be taken. The underside of crimes that happen every day is easily overlooked by others but mixed in with teen drama wouldn't blend well. Even though Presley seeks to avoid getting involved, he may find it harder to do so because of those around him and the direct linkage to those at his school which is supposed to be their safe space.

How Presley copes with city life through his experiences he never talks about may be just what it takes for him and his friend to survive their college experience.

Presley

Another restless night with no sleep. I wish I'd left this bad habit back in high school. I turned again trying to find a comfortable way to lie down. But my thoughts wouldn't let me and Grandmom's funeral was the hardest to get through. If I didn't have to give the eulogy I wouldn't have shown up. A funeral isn't really for the person in the casket it's for us the living and with the strength it takes to go up on the stage in front of all those people I'd of traded places with her in a heartbeat. It didn't make things any better when that lawyer told the rest of my family that all they would be getting is the inheritance to various charities Grandmom supported. 


Chapter 32- Talk To Me