“…I also had all of the physical attributes that Elvis liked, the fundamentals he could use in turning me into his ideal woman. I was more mature at sixteen than I was at fourteen, when he’d met me, not only because I’d gone through the normal growing period, but also because I’d experienced the pain of living without him for those two years. I think he was attracted by the fact that I had a normal, stable childhood, and that I was very responsible, having helped my parents raise my younger brothers and sister. “In truth, I was as mystified as my parents were about why Elvis wanted me to come and live with him. In fact, he couldn’t live without me, he said, intimating that one day we’d marry… Declaring his intentions honorable, he swore that he loved and needed and respected me. He said I’d always be chaperoned and that he’d care for me in every way. Elvis promised to enroll me in a good Catholic school - he’d choose it himself - and make sure I graduated. “Drawing on all of his charm, Elvis assured my father that if I was permitted to move to Memphis, I wouldn’t live with him at Graceland but with his daddy, Vernon and his wife, Dee.
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