She only went to the fourth grade. Her father felt that a woman was only meant to cook and have babies. For that you didn't need much or an education....I can provide her a good home with a stable environment and I could home school her and get her to the point that she could begin to attend school with her peers. Do you think that the state will invest in Sarah and provide all of the help that she'll need?"At that point there was silence from my parents and Bess until my father spoke, "This is. One day at work that changed when a new company contracted the firm he worked for and was from Little Rock, Arkansas. As luck would have it Brad was in the office the day the contract was signed and immediately volunteered to be assigned as one of the consultants to the new client. Brad's boss agreed and the next week he was off to Little Rock.The early flight landed on time and Brad quickly took the rental to the hotel and checked in. He had arrived a day early, with the excuse to get oriented. Carol Ann was beaming now as I dialed Paul’s number. He answered almost immediately and was pleased that I had called. “How could I refuse?” I replied. I explained where I was and asked how long it would take for him to come pick me up. “I’m not far. Ten minutes at the most.” I smiled and asked him if he was finished for the evening. He replied that he was and that he wanted to spend some time with me if I was interested. I told him that sounded wonderful and that I had a nice surprise for. I bought half-pound boxes for the servers at the Jazz Club, one- pound boxes for the girls in the office. I looked over the boxes of truffles, and thought about Kate's lips wrapped around... Well, by the time the harried salesgirl got my attention, I wasn't thinking about Kate's lips and truffles. I decided against chocolate. Too sappy.When I passed the Victoria's Secret store, I simply had to enter, even though I couldn't imagine giving anyone on my list something from Victoria's Secret. No.