Pink and Velvet

"For me it was everyday life. For others it had to be a struggle for survival, but once you've experienced it, the second or third time it's not that bad anymore. You get used to it. Every day anew. "He is 18 when he meets the same age Noemi. Everything is blooming, full of roses, and he is happy to have found the great love. Noemi goes through thick and thin with Leon. They do a lot, are often together and have many common interests. Since it is not important for him that he is a boy from a good home and Noemi comes from the prefabricated housing estate on the outskirts. And it doesn't seem unusual to him that Noemi doesn't want him to visit her there.But one night, when he tries to surprise her, he discovers her dark secret: she is not only overwhelmed with the education of her younger sister Cassandra, she is also a member of a gang who takes drugs. Faster than he can imagine, Leon hangs in the middle of the drug swamp and becomes a dependent drug dealer in his attempt to rid Noemi of it.Years later Leon meets Cassandra again, the younger sister of Noemi. When he discovers what hell she seems to be in, the fight against addiction and against drugs begins again for him. Can he help Cassandra even though he has more problems than she does?PINK AND VELVET is the diary of a young man about a place that many call hell. A gripping, realistic and authentic social drama written by Elias J. Connor aka Joshua Kay Schaeffer ("Beyond Our Horizons").