oh boy , am i happy to see you guys ! i knew as soon as i saw him though . `` fort wills was once an awful place to live . , `` we jumped ahead to the high-school years . '' a weak excuse , and one she was bound to see through in the next couple of minutes . this time amber laughed for real . paradise , because that was what the farm would be to them . when she died , that panther was the only thing of hers i wanted . 