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If only she had stayed in school. If only she hadn't had a baby when she was so young. If only she had taken cosmetology classes back when she had the chance. If only, if only, if only. Jackie does not want to spend the rest of her life crying over what might have been. "You have a flair for hair," Taria tells her one day, after Jackie styles her hair for the prom. Jackie starts dreaming again about what could be. Then she gets to work on changing her life. Could she own a beauty salon one day? This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers.