Winston Edward Stone, named after a prime minister, then a monarch, then his generations-old name that screams money in this town. The Stone Manor is the other side of town from us, on the richest street in Cathen town. When Mum found out that was where he lived, she laughed in disbelief. “Wes lives on Millionaire’s Row? Our Wes?” It’s true; to look at him, you wouldn’t think he was loaded. I mean, he doesn’t exactly flaunt it like those rich Cali kids on The O.C. – just regular jeans, shirts, a messenger bag. But when you get a bit closer you can see the little things: that his cute, square glasses are actually Armani, that he uses some amazing French scent that’s really light and clean-smelling, and that his hair, however much he tries to mess it up, is cut by Toni and Guy. The Toni and Guy – they take it in turns. Yes, this boy is loaded, but he doesn’t act like it. Like, he chose to come to Cathen Comp instead of a posh-lads’ school, because he didn’t want to “play ‘rugger’ all day and come home with a posh accent”, and he dresses from the high street like any other guy our age, even though his mother plies him with designer shirts and chinos every week.
