"Whoa, if it isn't Roseanne! I thought I was seeing things when I saw you at the door!"

Louisa, the notoriously chatty and loud neighbor from next door, whose husband also teaches at Horizon Future Middle School, just like Roseanne's family, they moved into the faculty neighborhood in the same year.

Spotting Roseanne stepping out, she hurried over, giving her an up-and-down look that was nothing short of thorough, "Well, I'll be darned! Isn't it just like the big city to polish up a gem! Look at you, hitting the big time, huh!"

Roseanne was speechless.

"Just look at that outfit, that figure, those clothes and shoes, absolutely trendy!"

Louisa was all praises, then she leaned in closer, winking at Roseanne, "Hey, I heard you're doing great in Lumina City, got any connections... any chance you could hook up my little sister?" Roseanne was perplexed, "Hook up with what?"

"Ahem! You know, a big-shot, a real catch. My sister's got the looks and the body, plus she's young, only 22!"

Roseanne's face fell, she stepped back, putting some distance between them, "Louisa, you've got it wrong. I don't have those kinds of connections. I can't help you."

"Come on, Roseanne, we're practically family, why all the secrecy? Once you've

the wealth? Louisa, you're giving me too

vanished, "Oh, dear, look how uppity we get when we've got a

Before Roseanne could respond, Norris, her father, dropped his

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say anything!

I'm spewing

block, who doesn't know your daughter's

heaving with rage, "You're talking nonsense! Making things

but pretending

over Roseanne, "What decent girl dresses like that? Always on

at his heart, struggling to

Roseanne quickly fetched his

up again, her

out of years of being neighbors, but you've

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