Kelcie had called her about ten minutes ago, getting on her for not signing up for the dating website. She wouldn’t be able to get her off the phone until she gave her the truth. Her best friend could tell just from the tone of her voice that she was lying to her. It was a very freaky trait to have. “I told you yesterday that I wasn’t sure if I was going to sign up for that thing or not. I mean, how would it look? I just got this new job and I started searching for available men on the internet?” “Come on, plenty of people do it. I checked the site last night, looking for you, and came across five teachers who worked there and one of them was a man. So there,” Kelcie tossed back. “You aren’t going back to that little back-woods town and fall into your old ways. I won’t allow it.” Before she could say a word, Kelcie went on. “Ja’Nael, you told me enough about your past that it didn’t take me long to figure it out. Live a little. Try to see things my way for once.
