" No Henry though!" No Henry, why would I want Henry if I have you. Now can we go to the shops? I think I'll have to talk to the General about a promo...ion," she said smiling at me."Yes Ma'am right away," I said starting the car and then dropping her off outside a large store in town.When I got back to the Generals office she must have been on the telephone for I was called into the Flag Officers Office. "Add a crown to these stripes which you haven't sewn on yet. The General wants you promoted. He said that in looking over the people he has on his list it would be very difficult at this time to determine who he would promote if he had to make a decision right now. Then Jim said 'You know that you have a special attribute that if you chose to use it could make you the leading candidate for any promotions that come up in the next year or so.' I asked him what that attribute was and he said 'You are an attractive female." Then he told me to think that over and then thanked me for coming. " Kaylee. Isn't that 'Little Miss My Daddy's a Lawyer'?" Yep. But she and I are pretty good friends now. We talk at lunch. Her and I and a couple of other girls. They tried to be one of those snobby cliques, but I ignored that when I helped 'em with math and stuff. So now we talk." She smiled. "But let me finish. We were talking about futures and plans an' stuff and how that pregnant girl kinda lost hers, and how sad it was, and I got to thinking about me and you and I've got a future, even if. His presentation went well, his mellow voice filling the living room of Mrs. Hanes’ house. His persuasiveness made the words, “In God we trust,” and “conceived in liberty,” ring true and moved more than one of the members to tears. He sat, confident that he would be awarded the prize. Then his classmate, Debbie, rose to give her presentation. They’d never got along that well, but her smoothness in including him in her condescending gaze as she began her presentation made him feel very small..