The Rules of Fortune
Rate it:
Open Preview
Kindle Notes & Highlights
Read between February 7 - June 1, 2025
4%
Flag icon
tried to reach for it and discovered he could not, his arm now tingling with the familiar sensation of pins and needles and yet not responding to his brain’s commands.
Tene
Oh no sounds like a heart attack coming
8%
Flag icon
“You think your little project didn’t do this?” he whispered to her.
Tene
Omg! Asshole
8%
Flag icon
He hadn’t been jealous that their mother had asked Kennedy to make the video instead of him,
Tene
Smh both ideas could have been done
10%
Flag icon
she’d flippantly wished that her husband would just hurry up and die,
Tene
What a crazy thing to say lol
12%
Flag icon
prenuptial agreement, what she inherits is up to your discretion.
Tene
🫢Damn. Hopefully she was not evil or she will not receive anything
24%
Flag icon
She was always playing one.
Tene
She seems unhappy with her life.
28%
Flag icon
You know what’s been popping up lately? Kofi.” Jacqueline’s face turned somber. “Has he? Why? I can’t imagine that anyone knows anything about Kofi.
Tene
Hmmm now who is Kofi?!?
33%
Flag icon
the rules of fortune.
Tene
Ooop just said the title name. We should see a shift in the storytelling.
47%
Flag icon
For a split second, he was suspended, quite beautifully, regally, in the frame of the ruins before the bricks gave way and he hurled toward the ground.
47%
Flag icon
Tene
😭 omg! Why Kofi?!?
50%
Flag icon
Tene
😒 whyyyyyy!?!? She should have told him she can help him understand, help him write it, or even look at her outline but to give him the paper BEFORE she turned it in smh insane!
54%
Flag icon
This note or highlight contains a spoiler
Tene
Wooooow like nothing is wrong and Kofi is not dead. That’s insane to me!
56%
Flag icon
During that time, William became something akin to a monk, his private penance for Kofi.
Tene
He can’t hold on to this. He needs to speak to a therapist
58%
Flag icon
“Okay, here’s what you need to do. You need to get married as soon as possible. Marriage is trust. It’s stability. Family. I know you have feelings about your brother and parents because you come from nothing, but get over it. Make a new family. And make them perfect. You need to show everyone, and I mean everyone, that you’re a humble, hardworking, deserving professional with incredible vision.”
Tene
His life is a facade. Everything is about appearances which explains the coldness he has
59%
Flag icon
Tene
I appreciate the straightforwardness
59%
Flag icon
This . . . well to be completely forthright, this is a business arrangement more than anything else. You can take some time to think about it, and my lawyers can draw up a prenup outlining any arrangements you’d like to specify.”
Tene
This explains the prenup that was stated earlier of Jacqueline not receiving ANYTHING
60%
Flag icon
Tene
LIES 😂
61%
Flag icon
Tene
GIRL!! Why you didn’t just tell him
64%
Flag icon
“Bougie is a derivative of the word bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie represent the middle class, a middle class trying to emulate what they think it means to be a part of the aristocracy. But these people don’t know. They don’t have seats at the table. The bourgeoisie live outside of the confines of court. They’re relying on gossip and observation to ascertain what they imagine an aristocratic life looks like. They get a distilled version of what it means to be an elevated member of society, and then they dress themselves up and parade as such so that they’re able to feel important.”
64%
Flag icon
Tene
Well you know jealousy likes to be accompanied by jokes. His approach is rough but she should understand what he is saying.
65%
Flag icon
Tene
🥰❤️
67%
Flag icon
Tene
Should have kept his parents around
74%
Flag icon
Ernest realized that he had to get up and go back to work.
Tene
ERNEST! OMG LET’S SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT!
77%
Flag icon
The alleged father is excluded as the biological father of the tested child.
Tene
Did William have a test on Asher?!?! What made this happen after all these years
78%
Flag icon
Asher perked up at the mention of Kennedy, remembering that her little project could be his get-out-of-jail-free card.
Tene
I cannot stand Asher. 😒 he is such a mean ass brother
84%
Flag icon
There is no use in trying to convince people who are determined to find fault with you over something you cannot control, and this goes both ways. You can’t live for other people. Sometimes you have to choose the me over the we. There will be Black people who will want you to be a certain way. There will be white people who will want you to be a certain way. None of that matters. The only thing that matters and is useful is how you are able to process information that you have learned and how you are able to move forward in life.
84%
Flag icon
Tene
Damn!! See I knew it would happen where Tashia would find out
85%
Flag icon
“The key to a successful business is figuring out how to make a problem into a profit.”