Authors: Tina Wells

Mackenzie Blue (19 page)

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E-ZEE: No. He can just read my mind instead of my diary. I'm an open book!

More than anyone, Ally already knew that. After all, even thousands of miles away, she still had Zee figured out.

Online Glossary

@	At
1	One
2	To; Too
2day	Today
2nite	Tonight
4	For
4get	Forget
8	Ate
ARFN	Au Revoir For Now
B	Be
BC	Because
B4	Before
BFF	Best Friend Forever
C	See
Every1	E-zee
Everyone	Easy
Fave	Favorite
G2G (or GTG)	Gotta Go
Gr8	Great
H8	Hate
HW	Homework
IDK	I Don't Know
K	Okay
LOL	Laugh Out Loud
LYLAS	Love You Like a Sister
M	Am
Mayb	Maybe
Nite	Night
OMG	Oh my God
Pls	Please
R	Are
Sez	Says
Tho	Though
Tru	True
U	You
Ur	Your; You Are
Urslf	Yourself
W	With
W8	Wait
Y	Why

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I must thank Mackenzie's godmothersâCatherine Onder and Phoebe Yeh, who helped me breathe life into this series. Thank you for only giving me the best and making this book all it could be. Special thanks to the rest of my book team: Susan Katz, Elise Howard, Kate Jackson, Diane Naughton, Cristina Gilbert, Jim McKenzie, and Megan Howard. You've made this experience such a pleasure. And a special thank-you to Michael Segawa for bringing these characters to life.

To my A Team: Kate Lee, you are so much more than a fabulous agent. Thank you for believing in me and Mackenzie. Andre Des Rochers, thank you for being more than a great attorney. Thank you for speaking for me when I couldn't speak for myself at those most critical times! And to Melissa Breaux, my wonderful manager, thank you for organizing my mess of a life and making everything fall into place. And an honorable mention must be extended to the
greatest quarterback of all quarterbacks, my dear friend Marissa Nance. Thanks for always pushing me when I needed it and introducing me to the people who made my dreams come true.

Mom and Dad, can you believe this? I want to say, who would've thought I'd end up here, but somehow I know you knew all along, and every day whispered words of encouragement to me, and offered prayers for me that I didn't even hear. I will never be able to thank you enough. Okay, one last note of thanks, for creating my best friends in the world: Adrianne, Erica, Marcus, Lisa, and William. You're the best friends and confidants a sister could ask for.

And finally, to the people who keep me sane: Michelle Moragne, Monica Rush, Nurys Iza, Suny Rodriguez, Jackie Fucini, Melissa Nasir, and Tina Pittaoulisâthanks for being the best friends a girl could ask for. Here's to more shopping trips and lots of laughs.

About the Author

Tina Wells
founded Buzz Marketing Group at the tender age of sixteen. She's spent the last decade keeping her finger on the pulse of what's hot for tweens and teens. Prior to becoming America's youth expert, she earned a B.A. in Communication Arts from Hood College, and she's currently a student at Wharton School of Business. Her many honors include
Essence
magazine's 40 Under 40 Award,
Billboard
's 30 Under 30 Award, AOL Black Voices Black Women Leaders in Business top ten list, and the 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. She was also named one of Inc. com's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 and one of
Cosmopolitan
's Fun Fearless Phenoms. Tina serves on the boards of Friends of the Orphans and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Mackenzie Blue
is Tina's first book. She resides in southern New Jersey with her vast collection of shoes.

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Credits

Cover design by Sasha Illingworth

Copyright

MACKENZIE BLUE
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