Cheating In Love Inc. By Yvonne Collins And Sandy Ride Out

In the novel Love, Inc., the authors, Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout, use perspective to show how everyone deals with cheating in different ways. As Zhara, Syd, and Kali find out that Eric/Rick/Rico has been triple cheating on them, they all handle the pressure in different ways as they try to move on. Zahra handled this bad news by being in denial about Rico’s love for her. As Zahra stated, “I'm still trying to digest the news. The Rico I know would never do something like this. The Rico I know is loyal and loving and sweet […] What seemed like the truest, best thing in my life was a terrible lie.”(Collins & Rideout, 65). From Zhara’s point of view, Rico (aka Eric) loved her and he wasn’t the type of person to cheat. After finding out Rico is Syd and Kali’s boyfriend also, she constantly thinks about the type of person Rico has displayed to her which shows how she’s in denial about Rico’s true feelings towards her.

As stated, “[...] ‘I was a victim too you know.’ ‘You have a funny way of showing it,’ Syd says. Kali is mystified. ‘What is she talking about?’ ‘The flirting,’ I clarify. ‘We already covered this,’ Kali says. ‘You sulk, I go for the distraction,’... ‘I'm not going to sit around pining for a cheater. You’ve got to get right back on that horse.’ ”(109). Kali knows she deserves better than Eric which is why she’s not crying to get over him. This shows how she dealt with cheating differently from the way Zahra dealt with it. On the other hand, Syd deals with it differently from Zhara and Kali. As stated in the novel, “ ‘Let’s get to work,’ Syd says, pulling some photos of Trey out of the back pocket of her