Khiala Williams grew up as a middle class suburban Detroiter, not knowing any difficulties until she goes off to Michigan State University and meets and falls in love with Brandon Davis. Just when she thinks life couldn't be better, things take a dramatic turn. Khial and Brandon are both faced with extenuating circumstances, causing them to get caught up in illegal activities. Once over-achieving college students; now convicted feleons, things go from bad to worse as they fight suggested life sentences. Khiala continues to make decisions based on her circumstances and hustles in an attempt to regain the life she knew before her downfall. Her determination and vigor help her battle the cards which continue to stack against her. She narrowly escapes death, but is determined to win the game.

Khiala Williams grew up in a Metropolitan Detroit suburb. After graduating high school she attends Michigan State University, where she meets and falls in love with Brandon Davis. Faced with extenuating familial circumstances the pair find themselves transitioning from over achieving college students to mob affiliated workers. Fighting for their lives and their freedom the duo fight against all odds

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The longer WorldCom Chief Audit Executive Cynthia Cooper stares at the entries in front of her, the more sinister they seem. But the CFO is badgering her to delay her team's audit of the company's books and directing others to block Cooper's efforts. Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her to keep digging. Cooper takes readers behind the scenes on a riveting, real-time journey as she and her team work at night and behind closed doors to expose the largest fraud in corporate history. Whom can they trust? Could she lose her job? Should she fear for her physical safety?

In Extraordinary Circumstances, she recounts for the first time her journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town, to working motherhood and corporate success, to the pressures of becoming a whistleblower, to being named one of Time's 2002 Persons of the Year. She also provides a rare insider's glimpse into the spectacular rise and fall of WorldCom, a telecom titan, the darling of Wall Street, and a Cinderella story for Mississippi.

With remarkable candor, Cooper discusses her struggle to overcome these challenges, and how she has found healing through sharing the lessons learned with the next generation. This book reminds us all that ethical decision-making is not forged at the crossroads of major events but starts in childhood, "decision by decision and brick by brick."

At a time when corporate dishonesty is dominating public attention, Extraordinary Circumstances makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical to fostering an ethical environment in the work-place. Provocative, moving, and intensely personal, Extraordinary Circumstances is a wake-up call to corporate leaders and an intimate glimpse at a scandal that shook the business world.