Learned Behaviors (Higher Education)
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“Dre, man, that’s great. Thank you.”
Damn, if George had been talking I’d completely zoned out. I laughed to hide my cringe, then said, “No problem.”
It was the perfect—perfect—place to end the conversation and get ready to go home. So naturally, I talked to my brother for another hour. By the time we finally hung up, sometime close to one, I was dead on my feet and the thought of turning right back around and being at the office in less than seven hours set me on edge.
But if I got this partnership, that might be my new normal. And I wasn’t sure how much I wanted that. Needing it be damned.
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Rasheed Morrison had what he thought was the perfect life, complete with a loving wife and a business whose sole focus was to help kids who’d been like him—lost and unable to find their way. When that life collapses in a blink of an eye, Rasheed is left scrambling to forge a new path. His therapist asks him time and again what would make him happy, and the answer remains the same—Percival Williams, the boy he ran from twenty years ago. But going back to Percy means going back home and facing past fears.
Percy Williams stayed home and made a life for himself after driving away the one person he’d always thought would be by his side. It hasn’t been easy, and the town doesn’t exactly revere him like they do his former friend, but no one doubts his commitment to the next generation of students as principal of the local high school. As budget cuts expand and greed runs rampant, Percy scrambles to fill the gaps so his students don’t suffer, and accepts help from the last person he’d expect—Rasheed Morrison, the prodigal son come home.
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ISBN-13: 9781488075186
Learned Behaviors
Copyright © 2020 by Jayce Ellis
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