After her visit, she came home in a quiet mood. Deri, who still lived at home, looked up at her mother over her Cosmo magazine.?Deri, honey. I need to...talk to you,? Babs said to her. Deri was a young, gorgeous blonde, much like her mother, but perhaps a little quieter. She’d been a ?second mother? to the younger girls, and was very fond of Parrish.After Babs told Deri the doctor’s unfortunate news, and they’d had a bit of a cry, Babs said hesitantly, ?I know that Parrish will take care of you. I thought I wanted to be a professor or a researcher ... until I actually taught courses and had to delve into the research field. Now I’m not sure I want to do either thing. I’d like to take some time away from my studies to live a little bit. I know you’re going to be in Nashville for most of your hiatus.”“I’m probably not,” Liz corrected with a sorrowful look. “I’m going to be splitting my time between San Diego and Nashville. If I had to bet, most of it will be spent in California.”“Even. It waswhite and silky and slit on either side. He also bought me dark brownstockings and white, five-inch stiletto sandals to complete a lovelyensemble. Mom took me to the hairdresser and nail salon that day andwhen I was dressed, even Mom and Daddy gasped at my beauty.Charlie showed up right on time to pick me up and he brought me themost beautiful corsage. But I couldn't for the life of me figure outwhy.Charlie had the mooniest expression on his face as he looked at me. Iknow I was pretty,. She was looking out the window at him i went over an he had his top off, he was very well built about 17 stone, but was hard working.over the next few i noticed lisa was spending a lot of time chatting with him but when i tried to join in he would make little jokes about how i wasn't as big as him an that i was a daddy boy an lisa would just giggle . one afternoon we where sunbathing a an it was time for tyrone's dinner so as he came over i pretended to be asleep so he couldn't make jokes at me.