Who knows what would have happened if I hadn’t walked in on you and Shane this morning?” Connor raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Did I miss som...ething?” “Wait, seriously?” Ria laughed. “You didn’t hear these two moaning in the bathroom?” “Hey, I was OUT. Like, ‘hybernating bear’ out. After what Tracy here put me through last night, it’s amazing I was able to wake up at all.” We all laughed. Tracy gave him a reassuring peck in the cheek and whispered, “What happened is, our two friends here hung. Then carefully looking at myself from all angles to make sure you could not see my dark underwear through my dress and to make there were no tell tail lumps and bumps in the wrong places, i finished styling my hair added some lip stick and i was ready.5 mins later the phone rings and my date is outside waiting for me.Mark greats me outside and tells me how good i am looking and escorts me to a waiting taxi, then within 10 mins we are sitting at a quiet table in the wine bar.The whole time i am. She whispered “liar” in my ear, but smiled anyway as she carried out with the routine. At the end a judge, using a tannoy, announced a short 20 minute break before the heats. We bowed to the judges and quickly walked off the dance floor. Then, Karen looked at me and slapped me across the face and called me a liar again. It really fucking hurt; the bitch!For that I called her aunt Karen, about 5 times (I felt very immature saying it, but it had to be said). With that, she grabbed my hand and. I checked into the Peabody hotel. I brought a bottle of whiskey to my room and drank until I passed out. I woke up several times and each time there were tears on my face. Deep in the night there was a knock on my door. I went to the peephole and it was Carol. I opened the door and said, ‘What are you doing here?’ Carol fell to her knees and literally crept into the room. Her face was puffy and her eyes red. She said, ‘Dick I can’t live without you. I love you more than anything. Forgive me..