On the way home, Alex seemed to be brooding for a while. She then apologized for costing them so much money. Jim patted her leg just above her knee a...d told Alex, ‘Honey, you will never be a burden to me. Besides, when you get your CPA degree you will more than make up for the cost of your education. Do you know how much our accountant is costing us?’ ‘I’ll make it up to you, I promise.’ She then giggled and added, ‘I’ll start much sooner than my graduation.’ Jim then slid his hand up under. "I discovered who my future husband will be. It's all arranged." Some billionaire?" one girl asked. They liked the idea of marrying into a billion dollars, and would have been jealous of Mary-Mary and the promise of money, really big money, with cash for her parents and almost unlimited spending for herself."Yes. Many billions in fact. Or at least he's sole heir to the House of Wittenberg. That's the good news."The group recognized the name. "Wow!" was all they could say."The bad news is that. There was no way that any magic push could be this long-lasting and now I was doing all this because I wanted to do it. Or so I thought.So, I returned Elise’s hug and enjoyed the feeling of a comforting, warm, body next to me.“At least I’m not alone, Elise. I know that I have good friends helping me in what I’m doing.”When I had said that, I was able to sense Elise stiffen, and slowly she pulled away from me. “Stian, I have ... no, we’ll talk about that later. Please eat whatever you want and. Pleased to tell her that she had been accepted. Accepted. Accepted.And the reply had been the same from the school where Ryan was going. Accepted. That had been what she had wanted. It was a great school, and a huge school. But she couldn't go there. It was impossible now. But her second choice was just as good, even more prestigious actually, though it was smaller. And it was out of state.She tried to picture her dorm, her roommate a faceless figure welcoming her. She thought of the things she.