Love and Student Loans and Other Big Problems
Melissa Stacy
- Mary
- Jane
- Logan
- graduates
- from
- college
- and
- finds
- herself
- back
- at
- Square
- One:
- no
- money,
- no
- job,
- no
- prospects.
She
- has
- three
- younger
- siblings
- to
- care
- for,
- student
- loans
- to
- pay
- back,
- and
- a
- documentary
- project
- she
- might
- never
- film.
When
- her
- best
- friend
- died
- senior
- year,
- Mary
- Jane
- lost
- more
- than
- her
- friend—she
- lost
- sight
- of
- her
- dreams.
While
- she
- struggles
- to
- pay
- the
- bills,
- the
- word
- failure
- keeps
- pounding
- through
- her
- head.
- She
- isn't
- using
- her
- degree.
- She's
- washing
- dishes,
- waiting
- tables,
- scraping
- by.
Then
- a
- strange
- man
- appears
- in
- her
- life.
- A
- man
- with
- silver
- eyes
- like
- a
- leopard
- and
- a
- grin
- like
- the
- devil
- when
- the
- devil
- plays
- poker.
He
- looks
- at
- Mary
- Jane
- and
- he
- does
- not
- see
- a
- failure.
Mary
- Jane
- looks
- at
- him
- and
- all
- she
- sees
- is
- trouble.
This
- man
- is
- certainly
- trouble,
- more
- than
- Mary
- Jane
- could
- have
- guessed.
Torn
- between
- her
- family,
- her
- dreams,
- and
- her
- own
- need
- for
- love,
- Mary
- Jane
- must
- decide
- what
- she
- wants
- in
- her
- life,
- and
- how
- much
- she's
- willing
- to
- risk
- for
- what
- matters most.
