Clarity (Hate to Love You Book 1) by Anna Albo

Author:Anna Albo [Albo, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military love, friends to lovers, smart woman, second chance at love, making a success, never giving up
Publisher: Anna Albo
Published: 2020-03-15T18:30:00+00:00

“ARE YOU READY?”

“I’m ready.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure.”

“No turning back.”

“I know.”

Anita and I were at the post office about to hand off our five law school applications. We’d worked hard on them, for months, and now they were going to be handed over to a pimply twenty-year-old attendant, and we were entrusting him with our future. And once those applications were out of our hands, we had to forget about them and not question if we had the right LSAT scores or the highest GPA. Would the admissions committees appreciate our extracurricular work? Would it all be enough? And what if we didn’t get into any law school? What if we both didn’t get into U of M?

“I’m not sure we can trust him. Let’s go to another post office,” Anita said, grabbing my arm and trying to pull me towards the door.

“It will be fine,” I said. “We’ll get a receipt and make sure he puts it in the right bin.”

Our turn came and we both reluctantly handed over our applications. The attendant sneered at us when Anita made him promise not to lose them.

“Don’t piss him off,” I muttered. “He’ll make sure they get lost.”

“I’m going to be watching my email for a week,” Anita said once we were outside. “You know it could take that long until we get our admission confirmations.”

“Don’t worry, they’ll get there.”

“Let’s go to Billie Jean’s. I need a drink.”

“We’re going to be regulars over there.”

On a Thursday afternoon with winter break still on, Billie Jean’s was virtually deserted. We took a booth and ordered a couple of beers. I didn’t touch the peanuts. I hated when Jason was right. They’d given me a stomachache all night.

“What do we do if I get into Northwestern and you get into Cornell?” Anita asked.

“You go to Northwestern and I wallow here.”

“Don’t say that. You could make it work.”

I sipped my beer, because I’m a girl and that’s what we do with beer. Or, in actuality, I hadn’t eaten much and didn’t want to down the whole thing. “I can’t afford it. There is no way around it unless my parents take equity out of the house, and even with that, it’s too risky. I’m not going to get in anyway, so why even think about it? You and I are going to U of M, right?”

A big smile spread across Anita’s face. “Of course we are, but I can dream, can’t I?”

“You make me a promise, Anita Kumar. If you get into Northwestern, you are going. Do not feel guilty, and don’t you dare look back.”

“And you promise me that if you get accepted by Cornell, you’ll do everything you can to get yourself to upstate New York.”

“Deal.”

We shook on our implausible deal and downed a couple of beers once we got our food.

“Now that the applications are out of the way, it’s time to really focus on my party this weekend.”

“You’ve been focusing on that party for weeks.”

Anita let out a laugh. “True! I really can’t wait.

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