Chapter 118

Bianca held her degree in her hands, marveling at how it felt. She smoothed her hand over the case that covered the piece of paper she had worked so hard to earn. Tears burned the back of her eyes as her dream came to realization. It had been so long in coming that she at one time thought it would never ever get here. But it had. She hadn't given up, and she had really and truly made a dream come true. She stood in the clubhouse, holding it, gazing at it, not fully believing that she actually had it.

"Whatcha got there?" Jagger asked, as he came up behind her.

"I finally got my degree," she grinned up at him.

"Awesome, baby! 'Bout damn time too. That pissed me off so bad when I realized you didn't get your actual one the day you graduated."

Bianca laughed. "I know, I thought I was gonna have to keep you from going after the people in the front office."

He blushed. "Well, you worked hard for it and you deserved it. Sorry, but it really did piss me off."

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