We did try, though. But back to reading. Library? The local one was, well, 'small' is a rather generous term. But this is the age of the internet, and...I showed her free books and she was voracious.She read a lot, too...Oh, okay ... Cindy loved learning. "So you're distilling that knowledge into two typed, eleven-point, double-spaced pages?" I am proposing a few causative factors," she said. "And THAT is what my paper says." Now you have my curiosity piqued." I talked with this person every day. What good is talking when I can't believe you?" We never told you we exempted you," Mary said, then once again realized she had made a bad mistake. She could not figure out how to back out of this one."It's time to get on my plane. I have to go." Francie stepped briskly toward the door and Mary made yet another bad mistake. She stepped in front of her daughter."Noooooo!" Francie screamed at the top of her voice. "I have to catch my plane! I have to go where it's safe!" She pushed her mother out. Unless I say different you will act like good little Christian girls on your way to Sunday school.” Two almost rebelled, remembered the ass beatings and shut up.Colleen asked, “Are you sure?” “No, but Bill here is in a sticky place. His horizons have been expanded to see more of the world. If we have him and his wife and daughter out for a weekend… well let’s just say more horizons might get expanded.”“Well we better walk around this weekend like we have raw eggs in our pockets.” Colleen was. “Sure, I can get that for you now and if there’s anything else, my name is Elise so please don’t hesitate to ask,” the waitress said in a distinct Californian accent before smiling warmly at Lucas and returning back in the direction of the bar.“Elise…what a beautiful name,” thought Lucas, suddenly drifting into his own thoughts. As he watched her walking, his eyes were firmly locked on Elise’s perfectly toned and tanned legs and he was impressed at how confidently she held her stride. “Okay, so.