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    Life by Design
    Life by Design
    Life by Design
    Ebook42 pages36 minutes

    Life by Design

    By Crystal Tarling

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    Needing a changes in their lives, two friends get together and make those changes happen!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrystal Tarling
    Release dateSep 25, 2020
    ISBN9781393729785
    Life by Design
    Author

    Crystal Tarling

    I was adopted as young baby and had a wonderful life full of adventure and imagination.  Stories come naturally to me.

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      Book preview

      Life by Design - Crystal Tarling

      Life by Design

      Crystal Tarling

      Published by Crystal Tarling, 2020.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      LIFE BY DESIGN

      First edition. September 25, 2020.

      Copyright © 2020 Crystal Tarling.

      ISBN: 978-1393729785

      Written by Crystal Tarling.

      Also by Crystal Tarling

      Elementals

      A Moving Corpse

      Melody's Magic

      The Fuller Family

      Who the Hell is Colton?

      Layla

      William

      Standalone

      A Move to a New Life

      He Crawled Into my Life

      My Life, My Design

      Boot Camp

      My G I Joe

      6 Short Stories

      The Pig And His Cohorts

      Escape To Safety

      From Corporate to Country

      My Hero Dog

      My Own Place

      A Lonely Girl

      Dad Is Bad

      Grace

      After Death Comes A New Life

      A Holiday In Paradise

      Escape to Live

      Horseback Escape

      Hunter

      A Change of Scenery

      Authors in the Middle of Nowhere

      Designing Lives

      Lessons in Life

      Storms, Accident & Amnesia

      A Second Chance at Work

      Escaping Terror

      Pack in the Love

      A Holiday to Remember

      Mahe is Magic

      Various Stories

      Escape from Dundee

      Harassed into Change

      Shot at Work for Drugs

      Hotel

      New Beginnings From Inheritance

      Second Time Around

      Nan's Dream

      Sir Lancelot Saves the Day

      A Collection of Short Stories

      Shot!

      Vet in Seychelles

      Abducted

      My New Life in Corby

      Potions & Lotions

      Old Age Home

      Farm Hotel

      Advertising

      An Exercise in Strength

      A New Life in a Different Place

      A Squirrel's Tail

      Life by Design

      Renovate my Life

      A Short Story Compilation

      Drugs, Money & Kidnap

      Abuse!

      Did We Ever Really Know Him?

      Masterton's

      My Bakery

      New Beginnings

      4 Stand Alone Stories

      Rural Hotel

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Also By Crystal Tarling

      Dedication

      Life by Design

      About the Author

      To Deborah

      The wind howled through the trees, scraping branches against the windows and the old house creaked and groaned as these big old places are wont to do, doing absolutely nothing to lighten my dark mood and brighten my day! I sat in front of the fire with a glass of wine and started into the flames, wishing they could burn away my problems!  If only it was that easy!

      I needed a change and I needed it fast!

      My phone vibrated on the coffee table. It was about to fall off the table when I grabbed it.  It is Jessie, my best friend.  She lived about 1000 kilometres away in Pretoria.

      Hi, Jess, long time no hear! I greeted and was shocked to hear sobs on the other end of the line. What has happened?

      C-c-can I come stay for a while? Jess sniffed.

      Of course, come whenever you can, I said.

      I’m arriving tomorrow m-m-m-morning, I’m more than halfway there already and am b-b-booked into a B&B for the night, Jess said Get the spare room ready!

      No problem, I’ll be waiting! I said.

      Jess cut the call before I could ask her anything else.

      The next morning she arrived bright and early.  I could see dark rings under her puffy, red

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