She can almost front at how she doesnтАЩt need a man.┬аShe can almost play at how far sheтАЩs come from the old hood.┬аShe can almost pretend that the past donтАЩt mean a thing.┬аBut everybody knowsтАж
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Almost DoesnтАЩt Count ┬а
Mercedes decided a long time ago that sheтАЩd never let a man walk all over her the way some sistahs do. Love was something from fairy tales and TV movies of the week. She needed men for one thing onlyтАФand it had nothing to do with her heart. Growing up with her mother had made sure of that.
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Now Mercedes has to travel home to South Georgia, where her mama, Miss Betty, is┬а recovering from surgery. Back to the rickety old house that holds a lot of memories for her. If she could only learn to deal with the bad onesтАж
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┬аBecause a man has come into her life, a fine, bald-headed, church-going black manтАФthe kind of man Mercedes never dared believe in. And sheтАЩs going to have to get herself together to deal with what Darius is doing to her lifeтАФand with what heтАЩs hiding about his ownтАж