.. I'm not going to bet ... I was sure I was going to lose ... I was hoping for a big loss to offset my taxes when I won the Five hundred ninety milli...n, five hundred twenty thousand. I don't have a clue what I'm doing ... I've only done this once before in my life."The croupier spun the wheel ... tossed the ball in the other direction ... it rattled around and bounced, finally coming to a stop on double zero. "Double zero," he called. "No bets on double zero." He cleared the table."Hold up,. ”“Yeah, they did. David’s parent’s said he could use a little sun,” Kayla says, trying not to laugh. “Well, he got plenty of it. He was redder than a lobster, his boobs and all!”“Oh yeah, I forgot about those!” Riley says jumping into a laughing fit that prompts her cousin to do the same. “His were larger than yours or mine at that age. I wonder if he still has them.”“Oh, he does,” Kayla confirms. “But he has lost weight over the last couple years, so they are a bit smaller than ours now.”“You. Josh leaned forward wondering what in the hell was going on. ‘You see this was my last kids concert for my grandparents,’ her voice turned sad, ‘and I’ve been here every year doing the same thing, listening to the same tired carols that we all learn at school with the same old Christmas karaoke CD playing the background. This year was different I am sure you can agree,’ her voice brightened. ‘Let’s hear it for the band!’ there was a loud cheer and applause. ‘And the lighting guy, my Zio Carlo!’. There was the kid who was flunking out because he spent every night drinking instead of studying. I saw to it that he spent quite few days in math class wondering where his life was going. He developed a desire to knock off the excessive drinking and stick to what was important. He struggled with the drinking for a little while; eventually he ended up at those meetings. He did much better after that.I couldn't save everyone. But I could do what I could to help those I came in contact with. I.