Assholes.” Then they were quiet a long time, just holding hands, Mel wishing Tracy would never again leave his side.The next day over breakfast, Mel...finally admitted what Nick and Sid had brought up during Thanksgiving, leaving out the more extreme details but including the line about Sid having a video of what had gone on. Tracy showed a range of emotion, first embarrassment that Mel had heard of what had happened, then being incensed that they were bragging about her, about fucking her, and. This general situation remained this way until the second week in November of last year. Susan was driving to work when an oncoming car hit a patch of ‘black ice’ and spun out of control and directly into Susan’s car. If she hadn’t been driving an older, heavy, car she wouldn’t have survived. As it is, she sustained multiple fractures and a concussion. The hospital patched her up and kept her for a few weeks. Her pelvis had been broken to two places along with both legs and both arms. The. I bet you're the happiest little girl here. " Oh yea, the happiest," I agreed with a hint of sarcasm. "Somehow, I knew it would work out this way." Yes, we try our best," Vickie laughed while taking my hand. "Diane, why don't you get Tracy ready while I work on Linda. Come on Linda, this way," Venus added sweetly.Vickie led me to her office and pulled a ballet dress from the closet. True to her word, it looked to be my size. The outfit was pink with a wide tutu that had glitter on the ends. It. No, that is not the commitment; that is just the American dream. No, my final commitment is that when the time comes, every April 15 th, to pay my taxes, I will do so with a smile. Taxes are what pay for civilization, said a member of the generation that ended slavery, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. They pay for roads and bridges and sewers and water and police and firemen and garbage collectors and everything else we need to function. So, I will pay those taxes and not complain, because I much.