" My neighbors will be jealous of me," April noted."Perhaps, but it can be a good jealousy if you don't waste your moneyfoolishly. Spend it locally, a...d people will be proud of you. Givefree prints to your friends. Hire a local woman to cook or clean foryou, and pay her well. Spreading your financial wealth will grow yourwealth in friendships."April hugged River. "How did you get so smart?" I'm just a kid," River protested. "The river is just using me toimprove the people. I wonder if my ideas. Logan had never ridden a horse before, thought it sounded like something he could master in an hour or two. Fantasies of riding a steed into battle before rescuing a damsel played through his mind all day.He'd noticed that Lauren looked withdrawn, rarely having much more than a word or two for anyone. He wondered if it had anything to do with what he and his brother had done with Hannah, maybe Lauren had found out about that. He wasn't sure what Lauren might think, but after seeing her with. Mickey is from New Jersey. He has a million stories of living in the "hood", most of which are pretty depressing, yet he just happens to be one of the nicest guys I have ever known. Mickey's outlook about life in general, and women specifically, can be pretty tough. To the people who know him well, to his friends, there is honesty and sincerity and a definite sense of caring that breaks through the facade, but to a number of the guys in our dorm, just his appearance and posture scares the hell. I knew, someway-somehow, I would have to make hermine.***The next day at school, I asked Jessie about her. "Who's the girl?" Iasked casually."What girl?" he asked confused."The one you hang out with at your place, idiot," I replied annoyed."Don't know what you're talking about," he replied genuinely confused."Don't act dumb. Is she from this school? I've never seen her before,"I said."I haven't been seeing anyone," he insisted."I saw her through your window," I said pissed off that he was lying.