“You've got to be kidding me...”
Rolling his eyes he scoffed “just say yes. I know you need the money.”
He wasn't wrong there, but I had a feeling I was going to regret this.

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Deidra wanted to have a normal college experience just like everyone else, but the last thing she had anticipated was her fourth grade bully to come running back into her life asking her for help. Inheritance clauses, last-minute wills, and a free ticket for her undergrad years to be paid in full?
What more was there to say, except that Wes wasn’t someone easy to work with.
He was more likely going to be more trouble than the money is worth.

It Had To Be You is created by Scarlett Rossi, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

It Had to Be You

“Would you like to receive a collect call from Rikers Island?”


“Yes.” It was always anticlimactic this part, even though it sent my teeth on edge. It wasn’t like in the movies where you were immediately patched through. There was a static little hiccup where you held your breath, hoping that the call hadn’t dropped, because you knew—


“Duckie?” His voice sounded like it was coming out of a tin can. The reception in prison was terrible but it held.


“Daddy?” And just like that I could breathe again.


I was outside the library. My day consisted of collecting all the syllabuses, passwords, and homework I’d missed. Easy, if a little nerve-wracking because of everything I had missed thus far. God, it wasn’t like this was getting any easier to deal with. Grad school would be worse than this, but the sheer span of work—No, focus on your father, Dee. You only got so much time.


Chapter 9 : Miracles and Mary Jane