Be forewarned: Big Girls Won’t Cry will only be updated on the WEEKENDS (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) due to schedule constraints. It will also be removed when the story is finished in light of future publication objectives. Until then, let’s have some major fun reading along with each other!

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Big Girls Won't Cry is dedicated to Subrina Alls, who encouraged me to write books featuring big girls as the heroines. And because of that encouragement, I named the heroine of this story after her.

All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

Big Girls Won’t Cry © 2008 by Suprina Frazier (Mi’Chelle Dodson)

Yall are mighty quiet out there. Too busy reading the story? I hope so. lol.

As I post this next section, I can recall times when I've been sooooooo stupid for a man (you'll see what I'm talking about soon enough). Hopefully most of those stupid days are over. lol.

Enjoy!

I can't WAIT to see what y'all think about Subrina's mama. lol

Enjoy!

So what did you think about Salethia? Hmmm.....?

This is all until next weekend. Also be very mindful of this chapter. Many clues are hidden therein that will come in handy later in the tale when trying to figure out certain secrets.

Enjoy!

Thanks so much for all the feedback. You are really helping me to fill in missing gaps in the story with your candid input about the characters and their various motivations. Y'all rock!

Until Friday night...

There's another part to this chapter. I'll post it as soon as I'm done editing it.

For the record, I can't STAND Ricky. There, I said it. Now I feel lots better. lol. Enjoy!

Can't wait to see what y'all have to say about this post. lol. Stay tuned...

Here's the 2nd part to Chapter 5. I'm going to bed now. Had a long day at my 9-5. Need sleep. Posting will resume on Saturday.

Enjoy!

Did you notice that a character from Treachery Among Diamonds is mentioned in this post? Those who read that story when featured on the Chamber know exactly who I'm talking about (get shudders just thinking about that lunatic).

Things start to heat up even more now. Enjoy!

Be back with the 2nd part of Chapter 6 soon. Got to edit it first. Thanks so much for reading along with me. Special thanks to those who pause from reading long enough to leave a comment. I likes! :)

This is all for today. Posting resumes on Sunday. Enjoy!

Did you figure out who Neelam was admiring from afar? Hint: Hunter green Corvette.

Tee-hee.

'See' y'all on tomorrow!

Busy, busy day for me, but I made time to edit and squeeze in this chapter for y'all. Enjoy!

See y'all next weekend!

Happy Friday, everybody! Here's the first part of Chapter 8. Enjoy!

Sorry about the short post, but this was all that was left of Chapter 8. Even so, you'll find it packed with all kinds of tension. Enjoy!

Salethia just grated my nerves in this post. Ugh! What effect did she have on you?

Many of you have already guessed who Subrina's love interest is gonna be. lol. Here's a chance to get to know him better. Enjoy!

More insight into Caesar's life and how he feels about the P-Ranch. Enjoy!

Soooooo what did you think of Caesar?

(Short post alert!)

Caesar finally sees Subrina/Bree for the first time.

Enjoy and goodnight!

Let's see what Subrina thinks of the P-Ranch up close and about her first encounter with Caesar. lol.

Enjoy!

Here's another part of Chapter 11. Can't wait to see what y'all think of Caesar and Subrina's interaction. :)

Enjoy!

This is all until Friday, y'all. I'm headed to bed to give my body and my mind a much needed rest. I hear my bed calling now.

What's that?

I'm coming, beddie boo. 

lol. Oh, Lord, I must really be tired. I'm talking to myself and cracking super-dry jokes. lol.

Enjoy, y'all!

Sorry about not posting this past weekend. My moving date was rescheduled unexpectedly and I just didn't have the time to write and do everything else. Plus my internet service wasn't transferred in enough time to restart posting. :(

I posted an Author's Note to the Chamber site to give everybody the heads up last week, but even that didn't show up in time. I think there were technical problems with the site.

In any case, I'm back now with a semi-long post for you.

Enjoy!

Tryna make up for lost time. I hope you enjoy tonight's small treat!

(Short post alert!)

I'm posting WHAT I can WHEN I can, y'all. So if the short posts work your nerves, please just wait until a large chunk of posts have been put up and then get your reading on. :)

Enjoy!

Still tryna make up for lost time. Enjoy!

P.S. For the record, I DO NOT agree with what Caesar is about to do.

Do you agree with what Caesar did? Why or why not?

(Short post alert!)

I'm writing and editing as fast as I can, posting what I can when done. Thanks for your patience.

Enjoy!

Hope everybody had a good day today. I certainly did. Now I'm ready to do some wri-ting. Y'all ready to do some rea-ding? lol.

Anyhoo, here's the first part of Chapter 16. Enjoy!

This is all for tonight. In this post you get to see another glimpse into Ricky and Blaine's relationship. You also will discover some more things about Suge...and Mercedes.

Enjoy!

Ooo...somebody's in troublllllllllle. lol. Avalon is about to let Caesar have it!

Enjoy!

I think somebody is SPRUNG. lol. What do you think?

This is all for today. Got stuff to do in my offline life.

Enjoy!

How is everyone on this wonderful Sunday morning? I'm blessed and I pray that you are too.

Ready to read more of Big Girls? I got ya!

Enjoy!

This chapter explains a lot of things about Vickie and Avalon's troubled past. Enjoy!

Caesar tickled me with all that spying. lol.

More insight into Avalon's background and clues about lots of other things. *hint-hint* You would do well to remember this chapter. It's gonna come in handy when solving certain mysteries yet to be revealed later in the story.

Enjoy!

Solved any mysteries yet, dear reader? Do you agree with Subrina that Avalon sent her that book? Can't wait to read your responses to this chapter. lol.

Posting resumes on Wednesday. Thanks again for reading along with me. U rock!

What did you think of Avalon's 'intervention'? lol.

(Short post alert!)

I'm posting what I have finished before my offline life takes over completely. I still have Sunday dinner to cook, guests to entertain, and laundry to fold. And how is YOUR Sunday going? lol

Enjoy! 

Avalon had Subrina's back BIG time with that tattoo idea. Agree or Disagree?

Can't wait to read your comments about Subrina's encounter with Sun-Hee. lol. See on Friday!

Hope y'all enjoyed the fun posts. Some major drama about to pop off next. tee-hee.

Enjoy!

Even more drama....

Enjoy!

Good Saturday morning, everybody! Ready to read? I hope so. Here's a little something-something to get you started...

Enjoy!

We are slowly but surely easing up to our very first love scene. Took a while to get here. I hope you like it.

Enjoy!

On to the imminent love scene...

And the love scene begins...

(To the sensitive: No worries. I always keep it tasteful.)

I'm breaking this chapter up into pieces (tryna hone my deep 3rd POV skills), so bear with me, y'all.

This is all for today. I'm gonna let y'all marinate on that love scene for awhile since some stuff about to hit the fan in the next chapter. lol.

Enjoy the calm while you can! 

Let's check on Caesar for a moment. See how that brotha doing after Bree put a hurting on him. lol.

Enjoy!

(Short post alert!)

Okay, this is the last of Chapter 29 and also the last post until Friday. Y'all have a GREAT and SAFE Thanksgiving!!!

Shhh...just pretend that it's Wednesday...I mean, Friday and keep reading.

Tee-hee!

What do YOU think is gonna happen when Subrina goes back over to C's apartment?

Happy Friday, everybody! I hope you didn't spend too much money today or eat too much turkey yesterday. I also hope that you're ready to read tonight. Got more drama for ya. lol.

Enjoy!

Sorry it took me so long to post today. My offline life was very busy, which is also why this post is another short one. Sorry about that too, but it couldn't be helped.

Although this is a shortie, it's also a goodie. Enjoy!

Finally, here's the last part to Chapter 31. For some reason it was so hard to finish this chapter. I guess with all the holiday distractions and such. Shrugs. Who knows.

Anyhoo, ENJOY!

(Short post alert!) This post right here will remind some of y'all of my Edgy Inspirationals with its 'lightbulb' spiritual teaching moment. Hey, I am who I am. lol.

Enjoy!

I'm posting part of Friday's post tonight. I have another long day of work ahead of me tomorrow and don't know if I will be too tired to keep my word to y'all. Anyone that knows me knows that my word is my bond, so that's why I'm giving you the heads-up.

Okay, without further ado...Enjoy!

If I'm not too tired on Friday, I'll post more. Until then, THANKS so much for reading along with me.

P.S. Did you notice by now that Caesar got big bucks? Which means his work at the P-Ranch is strictly a family-ties thing.

Sorry for the late post. It's been one of those days, but still I rise (sounding like Maya Angelou). lol.

Anyhoo, I hope y'all enjoy this post. It personally made me fall in love with Caesar myself. tee-hee.

The last part of this post cracked me up. lol. I hope y'all enjoy it too.

Hopefully you found out more about Blaine's past from this post.

PS. I promise to get to the rest of your comments before the week is out. Working lots of overtime in preparation for Christmas giving. Busy, busy, busy. lol. Luv y'all!

Subrina and Avalon bond even more in this post.

Enjoy!

Good Friday, all! Things are about to start heating up in the story again. But first we need to see a few things from Avalon's POV.

Enjoy!

Subrina comes to a few revelations in this post.

Enjoy!

I'll let this post speak for itself. lol.

Enjoy!

Finally we see what happened to Ricky at age 13.

Enjoy if you can. 

P.S. I edited this post in a hurry (it gave me the heebie-jeebies), so let me know if I overlooked any typos, ok? Thx!

Does this post change your opinion of Ricky? Blaine? In the slightest way?

Here's something to tide you over until later tonight.

Enjoy!

P.S. I hope y'all remember the codes names for the key players in this mission. If you don't, it won't be that hard to figure out who's who in this post. 

How many codes names did YOU remember? lol.

I suspect some of you are gonna be sooooo mad with Caesar after this post. lol.

Enjoy!

(Short post alert!) There's a lot going on in this chapter. I'm having to break it up just  get through all the drama that's about to go down. Buckle up, y'all! It's about to be a bumpy ride. lol.

Enjoy!

More drama!

Do you think Subrina is gonna get fired behind Ricky and Caesar's latest stunt? Should she?

The beginning of the showdown in Blaine's office...

Enjoy!

And the showdown continues...

Enjoy!

The showdown officially ends with this post. This is also all until Wednesday.

Enjoy!

P.S. Just thought I'd pipe and said that I agree with all of you about Blaine - I can't STAND him!

Sorry for posting so late. Between working extra hours at my day job, out-of-town guests coming over, shopping, and other offline activities, I barely have time to write much less edit anything. Thanks for your patience.

Enjoy!

P.S. Oh, before I forget, I hope you enjoyed the lessons in pimpology that I put in a previous post where Caesar was talking to Blaine. Those tips were well researched out. I wanted to share them especially with my females readers so that they could avoid being manipulated by men that practice pimpology and live a predatory lifestyle.

Here's the second part to Chapter 46. Nite-nite, everybody.

Enjoy!

FYI: No posting this weekend because of the holidays. No worries though. I'll hook y'all up on Monday.

Had a spare moment tonight. Here's a little CHRISTmas treat.

Enjoy!

My daddy's in town and wants to take the family out to dinner tonight. I'll post more later when I can.

Enjoy!

I wanna pop Jon in the mouth behind this post. How do YOU feel about what he did?

And we're off...

This is Friday's post a day early. I have a busy day planned tomorrow and wanted to make sure I kept my word to y'all before my focus has to go elsewhere.

This post gives more insight into Blaine's childhood. Maybe it'll help y'all to understand him better, though it might not make you hate him any less. lol.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year to everyone! I pray that your year will be safe, prosperous, and extremely blessed.

Now on to the story. Here's another installment as the good times continue to roll for Caesar and Bree. Enjoy them while you can, because more drama is definitely on the horizon. lol.

Thanks so much for sticking with the story. It's a long one, but so worth it...at least I think so. lol.

This is the end of Chapter 49 and also the end of the relative peace in the story. The drama begins in the next chapter and slowly begins to snowball.

Enjoy!

And the drama begins again...

Enjoy!

This post just cracked me up for some reason. tee-hee.

Enjoy!

That's all until Wednesday. From this point on, the drama will start to escalate. Some of you are gonna be mad enough to leave multiple comments, even more animated comments, and long rants. Others will be fuming in silence as all kinds of secrets are revealed going forward. I will personally be enjoying any reaction y'all have to the full. lol.

Goodnight, everyone!

The plot continues to thicken...

Enjoy!

Author’s note:

I know by now many of you are more than ready for the P-Ranch to go down. So am I. So is Subrina. But there are some kinks in a fast takedown.

First of all, there is not a lot of hard evidence present. Blaine is wicked, but he’s smart. He has covered his tracks well. Secondly, the P-Ranch girls are talking about everything BUT that which would provide Subrina with some cold hard evidence. Thirdly, Suge is still too afraid of Blaine retaliating to testify against him in a court of law.

Thus the evidence gathering has been a long, slow, and frustrating process for us all. As a result, it’s time for me to send Subrina some help. Her help will manifest in the story’s month of January.

Hope that explanation stirred a little more patience with the story. If not, I tried. :)

Now on to the latest post…

This is a long chapter, so I'll be back with more once I have more edited.

Enjoy!

This is the end of the chapter and also tonight's posting. I have a confession to make...I got real deep in this post. Super deep. Hopefully y'all won't hold my brief preaching/teaching moment against me, but I just had to go there because I think it will help sooooo many women.

You'll see what I'm talking about in a sec.

Enjoy!

I'm back in my groove on this glorious Sunday. Let's see how many posts I can put up today. Got a few surprises in store for y'all. Here's a shortie to whet your appetites.

Enjoy!

Can't wait to see what y'all gonna have to say about THIS post. lol.

Enjoy!

This is the last post for tonight. Time to respond to your wonderful comments and then off to enjoy my offline life. Did I use the word 'off' too much in that last sentence? lol. Y'all know what I meant. lol.

Enjoy!

Having a snow day in my neck of the woods. I used that time to catch up on some writing.

Enjoy!

P.S. Yes, I know it's not Wednesday. lol

This post cracked me up while writing it. LOL!

I'm constantly amazed by the things that motivate us to overcome our fears. Like Ricky, I've used anger to push past many a fear. Some folks are motivated by competition. Others by naysayers. 

What is one thing that has motivated you to push past fear?

Just finished cooking Sunday dinner (fried chicken, rice n' gravy, collard greens, and cornbread). Wanted to post a little sumthing-sumthing for you to read while I go a'munching offline.

Enjoy!

Thanks so much for sticking with the story. I appreciate you all!!!!

Do you think Karianne is calling to apologize? Or to take one last dig at Subrina before she goes?

Here's Wednesday's post a day early in case time slips away from me tomorrow.

Enjoy!

P.S. Special THANKS to y'all for sticking with the story. I know it's a long one and so I'm extra grateful for your continual support. In fact, y'all have pushed this one into the Top Tens. Yay!!!

Although stats don't define me as a writer, I do pay attention to them. They tell me what kinds of stories appeal to most readers on a given site. They also serve as motivation to step my game up, hone my craft, and at least try to outdo my last effort (Fyi: I NEVER compete against other writers, just myself).

So THANKS again! Your support is humbling and oh so appreciated. Much luv!!!!

I want to extend a sincere THANK YOU to Pmgayles. Your most recent comment made me backtrack and reexamine a few things concerning Karianne. Particularly how stupid she was for letting the rejection of one man turn her off from the whole sex.

Since I always try to be realistic in my fiction (I know that's an oxymoron. lol), I decided to use this Author's Note to highlight the portion of text that has now been added to the previous post. Feel free to re-read that post at leisure in order to see how it flows with everything else.

Enjoy!

This post made me chuckle so much. It was a great section to write and re-write. You'll see what I'm talking about in a few minutes. tee-hee.

Enjoy!

This is the last of Ch. 68 and also the last post for tonight. It details some reaping on Rae and Ricky's part. Some of you may feel that it's well deserved. Others may feel sorry for at least one of them or perhaps both.

In the original version, a few of my readers begged me to be softer on Ricky, despite his many faults. Can't wait to see what your reactions will be.

Enjoy...if you can.

Happy Saturday night, everyone! Here's a post to calm everything down in the story...at least for a little while. There's still sooooo much more drama ahead. For now, a brief respite.

Enjoy!

Happy Wednesday, y'all!

Before you read this post, I just want to say that I DO NOT AGREE with the decision Subrina made about her and Caesar. I can't wait to see what y'all have to say about her 'pivotal' decision.

Enjoy!

Thanks again for all your comments. They keep me so encouraged. Much luv, y'all!

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday. Mine has been good so far. May the peaceful times continue. :) I hope you find today's post refreshing. It certainly made me smile.

Enjoy!

What do you think about Victoria now that she revealed her secret? Do you blame her for staying with Blaine now?

What do you think about Avalon's sudden change of heart towards Blaine?

This post will confirm what many of you already knew would happen. There's a surprise twist at the end too.

Enjoy!

I know it's not Wednesday yet, but I'm tryna make up for some of the days that I was too busy with offline things to post.

Enjoy!

P.S. This is a MAJOR drama alert!

Many of you are gonna LOVE what happens to Blaine in this post.

Enjoy!

More revelations to come in this chapter.

Enjoy!

P.S. Thanks again for hanging in there with this long tale. I spent so much time on character development so that you will feel as if you REALLY know these people. I want to make them memorable to you so that WHEN you see this tale on the big or small screen (yes, I have HUGE plans for this story), it'll be like a family reunion (a dysfunctional family reunion, but a reunion nevertheless. lol). Much luv! 

Happy Sunday! Here's another chapter for your reading pleasure.

Enjoy!

P.S. Please keep the people of Japan in your prayers!

Hope everyone had a great Sunday. I can't wait to see what y'all will have to say about THIS post as C & S come to a unspoken agreement.

Enjoy!

Subrina comes to the rescue and does her best to make things right in this post.

Enjoy!

How do you feel about what Subrina did?

This is all for tonight. Be forewarned. Things are going to get much worse before they get better. But I promise, they WILL get better...at least for all the good folks in the story.

Enjoy!

This post is probably going to pull on the heartstrings of many. For those who read the 1st edition of this story, just know that Ricky's day of reckoning is going to be a LOT different this time around even if certain things APPEAR the same at first. Trust me, everything is NOT what it seems. lol.

Enjoy!

Sorry to leave you on a hook, but this is all for tonight.

Enjoy!

This post was hard to write. A lot of pain therein. I would say my usual 'enjoy', but I doubt if you will until the very end of this installment.

Guess who Subrina is going to see now?

I'm sure y'all already know how the next scene is gonna play out as I continue to close open doors in the story.

Next up, we see what is happening with Caesar.

That's all for tonight. Things will speed up in the story now. The next post will be dated in December of their lives.

Enjoy!

Happy Friday! The story is officially on countdown now. I plan to be done by Sunday bearing no unforeseen circumstances.

Enjoy!

Just a quick note to tell y'all how much I appreciate your support of this story. And your comments have truly been a blessing. Thanks!!!

Enjoy!

I wonder how many of y'all was saying, "Subrina, PICK UP THE PHONE!" in this scene. tee-hee.

Yes, I'm about to leave y'all on another hook, but it can't be helped. :( I need to rest my hands, eyes, and mind from all the plotting, writing, editing, and posting I've been doing today.

The Epilogue will be posted either later tonight or sometime on Saturday. I think you'll like seeing what happened to everyone a year later.

Enjoy!

Well, this is the end, y'all. It's been a long journey, but a most enjoyable for me. I hope you enjoyed the ride, too. Thanks so much for reading along with me. Y'all rock!

Enjoy!

P.S. Please let me know if I forgot to close any open doors in the story. I think I got everything. Also spin-offs stories will feature the P-Ranch girls that went on to live better lives. Women like Dee-Dee. But that tale won't be written until next year some time. Got too much to do to get this one published. 

NOTE: THE STORY WILL REMAIN UP UNTIL SUNDAY (4/17/11)

Thanks again!