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To succeed, we writers must shut out friends and family and concentrate upon the characters we are creating and the lives we are building for them. In all of this, my family and my friends are understanding,sympathetic and supportive. I cannot imagine what I would do without the love and deep caring of my family: Dr. George T. F. Acsádi, my beloved husband, and Peter F. Acsádi, my beloved stepson. And it is with deep love and affection for my dear friends, Dr. Melissa M. Freeman, Jeannetta Harris, Ingrid Kasper, Carole A. Kennedy, and Carol Joy Smith, that I acknowledge their unwavering support.Finally, I thank my fellow writers Audrey Braver, Francine Lange and Gavin Grace for their friendship and for sharing their awesome talent that always amazes me.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTable of Contents  \nAlso by Gwynne Forster  \nTitle Page  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nChapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nChapter Six  \nChapter Seven  \nChapter Eight  \nChapter Nine  \nChapter Ten  \nChapter Eleven  \nChapter Twelve  \nChapter Thirteen  \nChapter Fourteen  \nChapter Fifteen  \nEpilogue  \nHOT FLASH  \nCopyright Page  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter One  \n“Just let somebody try to stop me now,” Leticia Langley said to herself as she read her brand new contract with First D.C. Media, Inc, the parent company of The Journal. “Nobody can say I got this job on my back or because I make a gorgeouscocktail-hour date. It’s not exactly what I wanted, but it’s a stepping stone to what I’ll get. I’ll show Miss HighBehindThomas what it means to have a brain.”  \nOne month after her college graduation, nine years late, Leticia landed a job as food columnist for The Journal, a newspaperin Washington, D.C. Leticia’s degree qualified her to write for a newspaper, but not to give advice on food. For the latter, she’d gotten her credentials working as a short order cook in third-class restaurants, waiting tables, and cooking for herself and her late father from adolescence until he passed on after an eight-year illness. However, lack of familiarity with gourmet food wouldn’thinder Leticia; she bet on her sharp mind to get her through most any problem she encountered.  \nOne thing Leticia could not boast about was her appearance.With work and study demanding so much of her, she hadn’t had time to worry about the way she looked. Indeed, she had accepted that as her lot in life. But when she went to be interviewed for employment at The Journal, she couldn’t help noticing the fashionable women, not to speak of the smoothlooking men.  \n“In that group, I looked as if I were applying for a job as a scrub woman,” she said to herself as she left the building that housed The Journal. As usual, her quick mind and her knowledge of a wide variety of topics had served her well, and she got the job. But at her graduation from Howard U, she had vowed never again to be a wallflower or the odd woman out, and she didn’t like the differences between herselfand the women she saw at The Journal. Never again was anybody going to look down on her.  \nShe had been so proud when the dean handed her the degreeand called her name, Leticia Langley, Summa Cum Laude, best in the class. 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