Here is part three of ESSENCE's exclusive excerpts from the sequel to "Waiting to Exhale," titled "Getting to Happy," which fast-forwards 15 years and catches us up on the lives of our four beloved friends. Did Savannah Jackson find good love after kicking her married lover to the curb?

Author Terry McMillan is planning on releasing a sequel to her 1992 novel "Waiting To Exhale." The sequel, "Getting to Happy," comes a whole 15 years later and will feature all of the original characters made famous by Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett in the 1995 film adaptation of the same name.