I asked her about her dad and she said he was out of the picture. Any older brother? She responded with a perky tone "Nope" all alone tonight besides ...y k** brother. So I told her to give me the address and I will stop by after work. As soon as I could leave work I took off and drove straight to her house. I was so nervous because I didnt know what to expect. She could be lying and her dad could be home. As soon as the door opened there she was wearing nothing but a t-shirt that barely covered. C., patent offices were nearly ready to hire a hit man to deal with her. She nagged them mercilessly about getting the Patent Pending approval, and I think in the end, she accomplished that through sheer persistence and their burning desire to get this woman off their backs. I would never have thought that one woman could affect any kind of positive reaction with the entrenched Washington bureaucracy, but Charlie proved me wrong. The approval was formally granted on Friday, and we were all set. I don't know anything about psychology." Please," I begged. I gave my best attempt at puppy dog eyes."Maybe," she relented, "what do you need me to do?"I explained my goals to her. I needed to document the changes in my personality through daily notes. I needed to be exposed to situations which would, in my regular personality, have made me defiant, even angry, and see if I now reacted with submission."In short," I explained, "I need to see exactly how far this can go." Let me think about it,". She didn't say anything else for several moments.His hands were shaking so badly, it took him forever to fill the glasses with wine. Still blushing brightly, he slowly stumbled back over to his mother. Wine dribbled and ran down the glass as he handed it to her with his trembling hand."It's okay," she smiled softly, reaching out and taking his hand in hers to stop the shaking.He didn't know what to say or do. She finally peeled his frozen fingers from around the glass and took it from him..