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4. Beatrice enjoyed hosting numerous theme parties each year and badgered people to attend them. When one of her closest friends finally told her she was bossy and overbearing and that she wanted to put their relationship on hold, Beatrice was stunned. How do you handle aggressive people like Beatrice?
5. If you do associate with people who like to be in charge, do you let them have their way just to keep the peace the way some of Beatrice’s friends and relatives did?
6. Before Beatrice’s accident, one of her goals was to make a difference in the world by doing as much good for other people as possible. Her plan was to become a social worker, and possibly do missionary work in foreign countries. But when she recovered from her accident, she switched gears and decided to start helping people right away and closer to home. If you had a fairly wealthy husband like Beatrice and he didn’t mind, would you be compassionate enough to work full-time at a soup kitchen, or any other place, for free?
7. Beatrice met some interesting homeless people at the soup kitchen. She was friendly to them, but felt it would be smart to keep them at arm’s length. Why do you think she made an exception when she met Charles Davenport?
8. Were you suspicious of Charles’s motives when he first approached Beatrice and kept showing up at the deli where she took some of her breaks?
9. Did you think Beatrice was sending Charles the wrong message by being so friendly and spending so much time chatting with him at the deli?
10. Charles’s story as to why he was homeless was one of the saddest Beatrice had ever heard. After only a few conversations, she felt comfortable enough to tell him personal things about herself. She was impressed with all the wise advice he gave her. Were you stunned when Charles revealed that he was the man who had saved her life twenty-five years ago?
11. Had you already guessed who Charles really was before he told Beatrice?
12. Beatrice thought she was going through menopause when all along she was pregnant with the fourth child she and Eric had tried to have for years. She was surprised, but were you?
13. A year after Charles left the area, Beatrice located him on Facebook. Do you think she should have sent him a message or a friend request then, or given him more time to adjust to his new life?
14. Should Beatrice even attempt to reach out to Charles at all?
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