“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

“If Man is the fifth element,” I said to my reflection which was spiraling out into fractals of smaller versions of me thanks to the rainwater. Didn’t Yolanda Adams of News 47 say that showers were only a thirty percent chance today? Well, sure sounded like someone was getting fired… “And the Devil is six six six…does that mean God is seventh heaven?”


“Is she…are you quoting the Bible?” Jason Servos of the BrockU Bulldogs asked from the front seat of his fancy gray Mazda 3. “Dude, you got a fucking preacher’s kid high? Are you stupid?”


“Take a right on Ashton. And, her Dad is in jail not leading a congregation, asshole.” CB sounded terse and his leg kept…bouncing. It was distracting.


CB was in the front, holding a huge tote full of all the brownies we made, all the baggies and other goods were in the trunk. He’d said for me to not worry about it, but I did. I’d let him down and I didn’t like letting people down. Oh no, I was sad again.


Chapter 14 : Welcome to the Jungle