**Title: “The Corner Turned”** At seventeen, **Malik Evans** knew more about survival than most grown men. With his mom working two jobs and his dad long gone, the cracked pavement and buzzing streetlights of the East Side were his second home. Rent was overdue again, and the fridge had more empty space than food. Malik didn’t need a lecture—he needed **money**, fast. He tried everything. After school,