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yet, and she was concerned about doing her own thing. He wondered what she would be like to deal with down further down the road. He didn’t need another diva on the label.
    “The contract will be contingent on if we can make this first album with minimal creative conflict. I know you are an artist and you want to express yourself, but we are the experts on what sells albums. We will give this a shot. I certainly hope it works out.”
    “Oh, me too!” said Abbie. “I just wanted to lay everything out in the open sooner rather than later.”
    “Well, I appreciate that Ms. Clark. Read over that contract and if you are still interested, sign it and hand it to my secretary. The musicians will be waiting on you in the studio to get started.”
    “Thank you Jenson.”
    “Don’t mention it”, he said as he walked out of the room and headed back to his office.
    She could tell that he was now having second thoughts about signing her and even though this was what she had always wanted, she was even having second thoughts herself. Could she be a country music star and still uphold what she now believed? As she stood there looking at the offer that would make her a very wealthy woman, she prayed.
    “God, what do you want for me?” she asked. She waited a few moments and a voice whispered in her ear. ‘Sign the contract. You will be a light to prepare the way for my return. I will come quickly. You will have my protection.’
    With confidence, Abbie signed the contract and left it with Jenson’s secretary before heading to the studio. She had finally started her new journey. She was in a precarious position, but it was one that she knew she had been chosen for.
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    The Vasquez family and their friend, Javier Fernandez were driving down a blacktop road after pulling off the highway. The blue lights from a black SUV were dancing throughout the vehicle. They had to decide in a matter of moments if they were going to try to evade another federal officer or just pull over and pray that they weren’t recognized.
    “Listen guys”, said Javier. “I am going to pull over. They are gaining on us really fast. Pull the back seat forward and crawl into the trunk. Be as quiet as you can be. I will try to convince the officer that I was just trying to take a shortcut to beat the backed up traffic.”
    Noah, Joanna, and Ryan all stayed low and crawled into the trunk. The black government vehicle got right on their bumper. Javier slowed down and pulled the car to the side of the road. As the officer approached, he put on his best smile.
    The officer stood straight and had a black bullet proof vest on. He had one hand on his gun as he came into view. “Where are you headed sir?”
    “I was going home. I saw that the traffic was backed up and I didn’t want to get caught up in it.”
    The officer leaned in closer and looked around the inside of the vehicle. “Do you realize that you just missed a police checkpoint?”
    “Oh… Is everything alright?”
    “Yea, we are just searching for some fugitives that we think could be in the area. Mr. Fernandez, I was checking your record before you pulled over and the central computer shows that you have quite the record and that you were a known gang member. Is that correct?”
    “Yes…well no. I mean, part of it is. I am a reformed gang member. I got out of that seven years ago. My record has been clean ever since.” Javier started to perspire as the officer scanned the vehicle. He just prayed that he wouldn’t ask to search his trunk. Even though he had been clean for years, the record stuck with him and it made for some uncomfortable situations.
    ‘Wouldn’t this be ironic?’ he thought. ‘Going to prison for life for helping people who are innocent after being in and out of jail for most of my life.’
    The officer looked at him and showed him a tattoo that was on his forearm. “Do you recognize this?”
    Javier looked at his arm and nodded his head. He knew all