Competing for Love

ieving what she had heard. It can't be true. Today was her eighteenth

me?" The office

It can't be my parents. You had to have m

for the Pheonix Police Department for ten years. Notifying a family

er. Her parents can't be gone. They were on their way home to take he

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Year

shment. She had graduated at the top of her class two years ea

eight with a body that men wanted, and women wished for. She sighed as she turned on the car. Her looks had opened

fe. They were wealthy, and because she had no siblings or other family, all the money went to her. Sh

w York. She planned to learn everything she needed to achieve her goal and start her own company. The corporati

similar business, but her plan was to invest in the companies in trouble and become a partner to help them succe

radio when there was a knock on the door. Natalia wasn't expecting anyone, so

She asked as she opened th

ppeared, and I never see you again." Cara was petite with short, curly dark brown hair and amber eyes. She and Nata

ing Phoenix to go to New York was a big move, but it was one Natalia felt she needed to make. She would miss her friends

on holidays, but after a couple of years, they go their separate ways. Once you get to New York, you may meet the man of your dreams,

to find love. What's love anyway? Just a way to make

urting from the loss of her parents when a senior took an interest in her. Sh

on surprising him, she was checking her social media account, which she was rarely on. She found a post of his where he was

r told him why. She was too humiliated to know that she had been just a number to him. S

you, but you turned them all down. Don't let that idiot ruin your life, Nat." Cara had

t big and don't want any low-hanging fruit to hold me back. Decisions you make in college can follow you once you get out into the real world. We se

party and enjoyed college life. Due to Natalia ignoring the other students who asked her out, rumors spread that she was sleeping with

going to actually help me?" Natalia looked at Cara wi

her car to Cara as she wouldn't be taking it to New York, so she had signed it over to her friend. The moving truck would be ther

u're the best friend I've ever had. I love yo

they said their final goodbyes, Nat

ave them their instructions, then took a ride-share car to the airport. Her flight was on time, and she was e

here she needed to be in order to be successful. As she made her way out of the airport, she got into a taxi and gave the driver the address of

y pulled up in front of her new home, she gave the driver a generous tip for getting he

lived in the basement apartment. When she opened the door, she looked around with a smile. It wasn't

took a deep breath. She had finally made it. Now she just