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Honey Lust: Better Than My Ex

  My name is Dionna Carter, I’m 26, and this story happened to me two years ago. I had worked as an administrative assistant at a real estate company; my employer, Katherine Tarver, was the head realtor of the company. I was fresh out of college with a business degree and a newlywed; my husband Lamar and I had dated for three years and were married for five. Lamar was working two jobs: his primary job was a pharmacy technician and his other job was as a delivery driver who delivers prescriptions to people’s houses.  Here’s a brief fact: Lamar and I first met at a job fair of all places. We also went to the same college, except I graduated a year before him. Things had been going well for me, personally and professionally, for a while. That was until a year later… The marriage strain started on our wedding anniversary; I had looked forward to a very romantic date that night after getting off work and had everything set up. I had prepared a rich surf and turf dinner for us (a st...

Another Honey Lust story preview

  The city public library is my home away fr om h om e b ecause books ar e m y f avo rit e way to esc ape real ity. It warms my he art to see p eop le los ing themselv es in a b ook or checking o ut seve ral of them at a ti me.    My name is Evonne Simmons, I’m 32, and I’m a newly hired librarian who’s also an at-home bibliophile. I’ve been working at the city public library for over a year after the head librarian had to retire because of health reasons, all that aside, I love my job! I’m the youngest librarian in the public library, plus it helps that my glasses are not on a chain. I wear my curly hair down, my clothes are in bright colors, and I wear makeup. I do my best to make sure everybody’s visit to the public library is pleasant ; aside from making sure other readers don’t get disturbed by loud volumes, I encourage visitors to take book selfies and pics of their library hauls to share on social media. I also made sure that the library has an...