Caroline's parents visited, as promised, and spent many a hour with theiradopted granddaughter."She is a beautiful little girl, isn't she?" said her m...m, as Carolineallowed her to hold Emily."Why do you think I chose her?" said Caroline, using her new memories."She just needs a father now, and perhaps a brother or a sister," saidher dad."That will happen, but I haven't found anyone yet," said Caroline. "Myhair is likely to be long again by then." I think your hair looks nice," replied her. Nancy negotiated the highway toward the city. As they neared the exit for Bret's hotel, she asked, "Would you like to go straight to the shop? Your hotel is the next exit." Please, let's stop at the hotel first," Bret said.When she pulled to a stop outside the lobby, he checked his watch. He rubbed at his chin in thought for a couple of seconds and said, "I'll tell you what. I really need to make some phone calls. Why don't you join me here for dinner, in say two hours? Then we can talk. Every time she talks, or laughs, or smiles, it takes my breath away. We’re almost polar opposites, though. For instance, she likes to dance and sing, and I’m into sports, though I’m not a tomboy. One thing we DO have in common, though, is our love for shopping. We could spend hundreds of dollars on clothes at any time if we had the money. Both of us like to look good. Most of the time we do. At least she does. She could make anything look wonderful. She is so sweet, too. Whenever we see each. With Carl, it merely cements my vision of him as the most physically beautiful man in the universe. He may not be the most intellectual, or the most confident, or the most charming (that’s Henri’s department), but to look at, he’s amazing, and as a sexual artist, he’s doesn’t yet even recognize or appreciate his own abundant talents. He will.Lastly I focus on Joe and Jo, or Joanne, a couple that I’ve only gradually gotten to know in the last few weeks. As of now, though, they’re as much an.