Butterflies in Winter
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"Who in his right mind or what crazy person
would have his ass out in this weather buying a lottery ticket?" said
Molly to herself as she looked at the clock on the wall and then out the window
onto the 20° below zero, 2-½- ft snow-laden ground and sidewalks. She was ready
to go home and began to worry if her 1992 Chevy Blazer would start in this
godforsaken place. Minneapolis wasn't her idea of a place for any human being
to live, including her, but she'd just graduated from college with her business
administration degree and wanted to show off to her family and friends so she
took the first job offer that came her way...although she thought it was a shitty
job in a top hellhole. She kept thinking: Why in the hell am I here? What
possessed me to take a job for a lottery commission? What honor is in that? Her
concentration was broken at the very instant that her coworker retorted, “Let’s
get the hell out of here before it snows some more. You know they're predicting
six more inches before midnight tonight." Molly grabbed her coat and ran
out of that office as if she'd stolen something, saying, "Come on, Susan,
you're taking too long. If you want me to drop you off at home, you'd better
come on now or I swear I'll leave you." Molly was a beautiful young woman,
but the one thing she lacked, second only to diplomacy, was patience.
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About the Book
What if you were slowly losing your rights and
privileges right from under your nose and didn't know it? What if you partially
funded the ability for this to happen and didn't know it? What if you figured
it out but couldn't convince others to believe you? Molly Everett found herself
in this very situation. From the depths of a lowly position with a lottery
commission, to the heights of the largest double cross in American history,
Molly found herself in too deep. What if the price of preserving our most basic
of guaranteed freedoms were too high for anyone to pay? What if America as we
know it became a distant memory?
What if?
About the Author
Nyah is a St. Louis, Missouri native who grew up in
Illinois. She became fascinated with
politics, and that fascination inspired her to pursue careers in law,
corrections, public service, and ultimately, teaching. Nyah’s love for mystery and intrigue, fueled
by her appreciation for American and English literature, lit the flame that
forever burns to stimulate the imagination and challenge youth to critically
think. “The world is a very different
place now,” according to Nyah, than when she first discovered her world,
and the one beyond as she saw it, when she attended Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, Illinois. From
that time to this, she has watched the social and political consciousness of
American youth give way to video arcade games and various other thoughtless
forms of engagement that rob them of their ability to creatively and critically
think. Through her writing, Nyah hopes
to restore the gift of imagination and the thirst for knowledge that supports
it.