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Chapter 18 The best friend who turns against her

The two chatted with Sheldon for a while, and Peggy invited him: "Would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"

He has known Peggy for more than half a year, and his relationship with Peggy's family has become better and better.

At first, Linda would occasionally invite Locke to his house for dinner so that Locke could take care of Peggy at school.

During the contact process, Barry and Linda gained a better and better impression of Locke due to their various excellent qualities displayed by their high emotional intelligence, as well as their ability to make many useful suggestions and provide them with some small help.

Both of them have established a good friendship with Locke. Barry is a dentist. Although his income is not as good as that of surgeons who earn millions a year, he still earns a lot of money and has a lot of free time.

By chance, I learned that Locke also invested in stocks, and the two of them gradually began to talk about stock investment topics.

Barry even accepted Locke's investment advice. The stocks he bought resulted in losses and profits, but overall he still made a lot of money and the income was stable.

Due to the combination of various factors, he basically goes to Peggy's house to have dinner together every week, which can be said to be half a family.

"No, I have something else to do." This time, Locke still refused Peggy's invitation.

That is to say, the Chevrolet Camaro has not been released yet, otherwise Locke thought he could get one and go out for a ride with Jennifer to experience the joy of the Transformers actor.

This amount was still a lot of money in the 1980s and 1990s. It was nothing to Abby's father, but it was what Jennifer urgently needed. It was such a large amount of money that made Jennifer decide to take the risk.

There must be a reason why such a sophisticated girl who knows how to protect herself suddenly fell out with Mandy.

Peggy's sister Erica is different from Peggy. She goes to a public high school. This is not to say that Barry has no money to send her daughter to a private high school, but that Erica is a real scumbag.

In his previous life, Locke once heard from many people that parents in the United States would no longer take care of their children when they grow up. They would let their children work alone, rely on their own loans to go to college, and earn their living expenses by working.

According to Locke, Jennifer had always hoped to attend the University of Los Angeles.

"You know I don't care about these things, but my sister Erica is very interested in all kinds of news about you and asks me about it from time to time." Peggy said with a bit of teasing, "Especially when I know that you have started to have feelings for girls.

After interest."

In the famous Lone Star State, not only do people like muscle cars, but cowboy culture is also very popular. People can often be seen riding horses on the city's roads, which allowed Locke to also develop a riding skill.

Although there are student loans in the United States, it is not so pleasant to be burdened with heavy debts as soon as you graduate from college. For example, Leonard in The Big Bang Theory has been paying off student loans for more than 20 years after graduation, and

The housing loan in Dongguo is almost the same.

"Are you dating some girl?" Peggy quickly guessed what Locke was going to do.

Her figure is even more perfect than Mandy's, and Locke has a deep say in this.

With just such a sentence, Locke thought for a moment and came up with a guess: "Are you doing it for money? How much is Abby's father willing to give you?"

Influenced by her father, Jennifer likes cars very much, especially muscle cars. Now her interest in Transformers has greatly increased, especially Optimus Prime and Megatron. She likes them very much, and she always talks about them every time she is with Locke.

On the mouth.

Jennifer has a pretty good character. She becomes Mandy's best friend and follower to avoid being hostile to herself.

Erica could not adapt to the strict rules of private high schools and had no interest in her studies. In the end, she was dropped out of school because of some problems. Barry and Linda had no choice but to send her to a public high school.

Although Abby's family is rich, she is introverted and kind-hearted and looks relatively ordinary. After reaching middle school, Mandy established an advantage among the students and began to embarrass Abby from time to time in school.

The most popular cars in Texas are not regular sedans, but various pickup trucks. The used car Locke bought was also a pickup truck.

"I've been with Mandy for several years and know how to deal with her better than you do, and I was able to get an offer from the University of Los Angeles very quickly after having a phone call with Ms. Lisa from the admissions committee.

Now that Jennifer's father has failed to invest in stocks, there must be a big problem with the expected college fund. Abby's father dotes on Abby and spends a small amount of money in his eyes to let a girl help her daughter who has been bullied in school.

Not surprising either.

After the soul-shaking voice finally stopped, Jennifer leaned quietly in Locke's arms. After a while, Locke spoke first: "I heard that you had a falling out with Mandy recently?"

Jennifer's body trembled, and she pretended not to care and said: "Anyway, we will graduate in less than two months."

Once she overheard Peggy saying that Locke had started having a relationship with a girl at school. Erica, who was originally attracted by Locke's handsome appearance, once again had the idea of ​​riding a rocket with Locke.

"That's not what you should be concerned about."

Abby is Mandy's neighbor, and the feud between the two has started since childhood. The main reason is that Abby's family is richer than Mandy's, and Abby's parents are also extremely doting on Abby.

"There must be other reasons. I heard that you have been very close to Mandy's least favorite girl, Abby, recently."

"I told you this is not your concern."

Every time I see Jennifer, her long, slender and straight legs remind Locke of Transformers.

In fact, this is not the case. Just like Dongguo, in normal American families, parents will do their best to provide their children with help, including tuition fees for college.

When she is with Mandy, Jennifer will wear some ordinary clothes that do not highlight her figure so that she is not so conspicuous. When speaking, she is also careful to please Mandy and always hides herself under Mandy's light.

The last thing is that he doesn't want to discuss this with a ten-year-old girl.

After sending Peggy home, Locke turned in a different direction, but it was not the school, but Jennifer's home.

"Mandy has a lot on her mind. If there's anything she really can't handle, I might be able to provide some help."

Since childhood, Abby has often received better gifts than Mandy, which has led to Mandy always being jealous of Abby and treating Abby as the most annoying person.

"There's something wrong with the stocks my dad invested in." After a moment, Jennifer suddenly said something that seemed irrelevant.

Jennifer's family background is average. Her mother died young and her father tinkered with modifying cars. Because of her fame, her income is barely middle-class. This is why her appearance and figure are slightly inferior to Mandy's, but she is still Mandy's best friend.

one.

Jennifer's grades can only be regarded as excellent, not top-notch, and it is impossible to get a scholarship, so Jennifer has been worried about the money to go to college.

"Mandy, Karen or Jennifer?" Peggy asked still with great interest.

The University of Los Angeles is a public university, and its tuition fees are not as high as those of private universities, but the annual tuition fee is generally between ten and twenty thousand US dollars.

Locke did not continue to speak. He had no feelings for Erica. Firstly, Erica did not meet his aesthetic standards, and secondly, he did not want to make his relationship with the Swanson family too complicated.

Like most American girls of this age, Erica likes music, fashionable clothes, and all kinds of interesting things, but she is not interested in studying, and her academic performance has always been at the bottom.

Of course, Locke felt it on the pickup truck and left high-heeled shoe prints on the roof. This is mainly due to the unique culture of Texas.

"He is willing to help me pay for my first year of tuition." Jennifer said, "I just need to be Abby's friend until graduation and give her a good high school memory."

It's just that college fees in the United States are very expensive. Jennifer's father has been barely able to save money for private high school tuition fees and can barely afford part of the college tuition fees.

I am staying in school now to fulfill Abby’s father’s request and give Abby a happy ending to high school.”

The two did not continue to talk in depth on this aspect. Since Jennifer could solve it by herself, Locke would not intervene. After all, the relationship between the two has not reached that level yet.

Jennifer and Mandy say they are best friends, but in fact they are Mandy's followers. This is also a kind of self-protection that Jennifer chose in high school.

In Locke's view, leaving the bad role model is also a good thing for Jennifer. Dongguo's values ​​have long been formed in her previous life. Even if they ride on a rocket together from time to time, it does not mean that Locke thinks Mandy is a good person worthy of being a friend.

girl.

(End of chapter)