Let That Be the Reason

Informationen zum Autor Vickie M. Stringer is the author of Essence bestsellers, including Imagine This , Let that Be the Reason , Dirty Red , Still Dirty , and Dirtier Than Ever . She is the publisher of Triple Crown publications, one of the most successful African American book publishers in the U.S. and abroad. She has been featured in such prominent news media as The New York Times , Newsweek , MTV News, Publishers Weekly , Vibe , Millionaire Blueprints , Writer's Newsweek , Black Expressions , and many more. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her two children. Klappentext "Essence"-bestselling author Stringer began her wildly successful career in 2002 with the publication of "Let That Be the Reason," a cautionary tale and a story of redemption, which is being re-released to the delight of her many fans. Leseprobe Let That Be the Reason One “Hello, may I help you?” Click. Ring… ring. “Hello! May I help you?” “You got any girls that speak Greek?” “No!” Click. What did he mean by that? It was my first day answering the phones—my phones. I could not believe I had actually started my very own escort service. I was living in a very expensive two-bedroom apartment with my only child, my beautiful son. He was seven months old at the time. My stacks of bills were getting taller and taller by the day, but there was no help from his father or his father’s family. It was rough. I refused to ask for help from my own family because I had too much pride. When I was forced to go on welfare, it broke my spirit, but my son needed medical care. So I did what I had to. I was struggling to maintain the lifestyle I’d had with his father, Chino. Which led me right to tricking and the escort service. Chino was a self-made millionaire. Okay, maybe not a millionaire, but he was paid. He was a big-time drug dealer, so we had plenty of material things and a ghetto-fabulous lifestyle. That came to a harsh end, and now he has a new wife and a new life. Chino and I had been owners of an exclusive, full-service hair salon that we built from our vision… our dreams. The space we rented was in an up-and-coming shopping plaza on Columbus’s east side. It started as drywalls and cement floors. I can remember the excitement we felt as we watched the salon take shape and evolve into the vision we shared. On a daily basis, I walked the square footage of the salon planning, dreaming and envisioning what it would become. By night I browsed magazine layouts with the desire to duplicate the sleek images on the pages. With passion and complete faith, I communicated my particulars to the contracting team. After months of hard work, our salon was finished—its black-and-white color scheme blended with state-of-the-art salon equipment to form our stylish yet practical enterprise. We included everything a salon should have: European-style shampoo bowls with padded recliners, marble countertops and inlays to hold hair products, silver cage towel holders and brass magazine racks placed within reach of the clients seated at the dryers. We installed individual oversized dryers with see-through hoods, which lined the west wall of the salon. In the reception area sat an oversized black lacquer desk with a fresh-cut flower bouquet. To show our clients that we appreciated them, we placed a counter stocked with complimentary snacks by the entrance. Our salon was fit for the pages of a trendsetting magazine. It was the first of its kind in Columbus, Ohio, something the city had never seen. And we did this ...

Product details

• Authors: Vickie M Stringer, Vickie M. Stringer
• Publisher: Pocket Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2009
• EAN: 9781416570486
• ISBN: 978-1-4165-7048-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Atria Books
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature