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    Escaping in Oz
    Escaping in Oz
    Escaping in Oz
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    Escaping in Oz

    By Aria Grace

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    Ozzie was raised by a single mom. While he's putting himself through school by working in the library, he's also tutoring for cash.

    Xander comes from a strict LDS background and has never allowed his fantasies to filter toward the front of his mind. Not until he meets his new tutor, Ozzie.

    For Mature Readers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAria Grace
    Release dateSep 2, 2015
    ISBN9781311268808
    Escaping in Oz
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    Aria Grace

    Living in Southern Cali and writing books about boys falling in love.

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      Escaping in Oz - Aria Grace

      Escaping In Oz

      Escaping

      in Oz

      Accepting Love # 1

      Aria Grace

      This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are fictitious or used fictitiously. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher or author, except in the case of a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

      Escaping in Oz

      Published by Surrendered Press

      Copyright 2015 Aria Grace

      Chapter 1

      Ozzie

      Five more minutes. That’s all I need. I’m so damn tired, but I’ve hit snooze at least seven times so I know it’s time to get my ass out of bed and on the road. With one last loud squealing of my alarm, I roll out of bed and head to the shower. The cold water is exactly what I need to wake up enough to deal with school. Between a full load of business classes, my job at the library, and my tutoring jobs, I don’t have much free time.

      Ozzie, my mom calls from the other side of the bathroom door as soon as I turn off the faucet. I’m gonna work a double tonight so stop by the diner if you want dinner.

      Thanks. I wrap a towel around my waist and grab another for my dripping hair then open the door. I’ll be working late too so I might just grab something quick on my way home.

      You work too hard. Mom sighs deeply and places her palm on my cheek. You need to eat, Ozzie.

      I smile and duck out from under her hand. I do eat. And I work just hard enough.

      With a quick peck on her cheek, I pull away and rush into my room. Have a good day, I call out to her before I close the door.

      I love my mom. I truly do. It’s always just been her and me. My dad left before I was born, and she vowed to always put my needs before her own. She never had a boyfriend and barely had any girl friends at all. That was fine when I was a kid that needed her undivided attention. She went on every field trip, attended every honor roll award ceremony, and made sure I always had a few bucks in my pocket.

      But now that I’m a junior in college, I just wish she’d get a life of her own. I won’t always be around for her to dote over. In fact, after graduation, I plan to get as far out of this shithole town as I can. Stockton, California is known for a lot of things, but some of the highest rates of foreclosures and unemployment in the country are among our claims to fame.

      Mom just barely managed to hang on to our little matchbox house in Weston Ranch when most of our neighbors lost their houses a few years back. I was only thirteen at the time, but I know how hard it was for her to keep things afloat. We ate almost all our meals at the diner she works at because we couldn’t afford groceries. Every penny went to keeping the lights on and the mortgage paid.

      That’s the biggest reason I want to move to the Silicon Valley. I know I can make decent money at some start-up and help make her life a little easier. I just need to finish college without taking on any debt. Junior college was great for the past two years, and having an associate’s degree is something I’m proud of. But I plan to get through my next two years at University of the Pacific with no loans and a bachelor’s degree.

      Although, if I’m going to do that, I need to move my ass and get to class on time. Professor Peterson is a jerk and will lock the door if you’re not inside by the time he walks through it at exactly eight thirty-one. I’m about ten feet ahead of Peterson as he slams the door shut and turns the lock.

      By the time I get through two classes and a three-hour shift in the library, I am exhausted. And it’s only five fifteen. That leaves me exactly fifteen minutes to run to the nearest café for a sandwich and get back into a study room before my new tutoring client shows up.

      I usually only tutor on Tuesdays and Thursdays because I need time to do my own studying, but since this new guy is taking a class I aced over the summer session, I decided to go ahead and take the job. God knows I need the extra cash. Forty bucks is forty bucks.

      We can’t reserve the small private study rooms

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