Wilson still helped Jimmy as much as always, even co-signing for a truck and trailer so Jimmy could attend races farther away. Wilson also began givin...g Jimmy advice about his racing style, which sometimes went contrary to popular opinion. At one race with a particular curvy section Wilson casually told him to stay on the outside in the corners. Jimmy questioned him knowing that the inside-line would be faster. Wilson just said to trust him. Jimmy did as he was told and the first couple of. Colin bore it for three years as he grew taller and stronger and thetorments grew more inventive and humiliating. By his sixteenth birthdayhe was bigger than his father but still the girls ruled. They gave him asurprise party attended by his best friend Ben, their very hottestfriend Gail, their boyfriends Eddie and Tom, and a guy he'd never metnamed Butch.Gail made out with Ben while Colin opened girly wrapped gifts of pinkmini skirts, flirty tops, and heels. The pi?ce de r?sistance was. I hope you do consider me as a friend and not just youremployer or a friend of your mother's." I'm sorry, Penny, I guess I'm still kind of sensitive about all this." Listen, Danny," she continued as we put the pasta and salad on thetable, "most guys, at least the ones I know, would've run screaming fromthe prospect of putting on a dress, especially if they were going to bephotographed. You've made it clear that you're not wild about it, but, atthe same time, from what I've seen and what the few. But while "getting lucky" is a common phrase, it isn't even in the same ball park with the kind of lucky Bob felt. Bob had seen enough situations, all around the world, that he truly understood the role "luck" could play in a man's life. Luck had been literally the difference between life and death as, hundreds of times while Bob stared at a monitor, he watched fate deal a hand of cards to men (and women) who had no idea they were even in the game.But while their reaction to the event was.
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