The summer has been fun. Sylvie did a 12 minute segment on the charity in Primetime with the Olympics. She sent me an email saying it would be on, so we all watched it and screamed. It generated a ton of interest. Both in terms of donations and support to colleges looking to partner with us.
Amy surprised me by sending me a drawing of the perfect logo. The entire thing looks like a little kids crayon drawing. There is a man and woman holding hands, (Mom & Dad). Beside them are three different kids in cap & gowns with diplomas in their hands. Behind all of them is a building that says College Dorm, with a rainbow ending on the roof. I Love It.
I send it to Mike. To post on the website. He tells me he will once he checks it against other trademarks and registers it. I realize there is a lot of business stuff I need to learn for the charity. I actually sit down with Mike and go over degrees and courses to take for the charity. After that he goes over donations so far. So the Bats game pulled in $750k. The weekend with the Coyotes was $1.4m, and online donations since Sylvie's piece aired close to another $500k already.
Before I know it, the dorm is done and it's time for the ribbon cutting. Just a week before classes start, so we decide to stay up their. Auntie is very upset she is losing both of us.
As we pull up to the dorm, Sylvie's network is setting up a camera, and Sylvie walks out from around the van. She smiles when she sees me.
Auntie walks up to me with Uncle in tow. She holds my hand and gives me a loving look. "We want to take you inside and show you something alone, without the cameras." She says as she glances at Sylvie.
They walk me in the front door and hanging on the far wall is a great big picture of Mom, Dad and me under the new logo. Uncle surprises me with a sentimental moment. His voice cracks a little. "Your Dad would be Very Proud of you!" I just turn, hug him and bury my face in his chest as I feel the tears roll down my cheeks. Auntie hugs me from behind. We all just stand there for a moment, hugging.
Auntie dabs my tears with a tissue. We compose ourselves and head outside. The chancellor has arrived, we cut the ribbon together and do the official walkthrough with Sylvie and the cameras.
We finish the tour and Sylvie smiles at me. "I have a video from a few fans of yours Mary."
"Fans of mine? I have fans?" I say.
"Oh yes you do, and I am one of them." She says and turns her tablet to me. It's a video of a bunch of different celebrities and athletes that were at the Olympics. The last one is a late night tv show host. He tells me that he has a friend that would love to meet me. He would love to introduce his friend to me on the show, and the video ends. Sylvie is smiling at me and swipes her screen. I feel my phone buzz. "You now have his personal contact information." She smiles at me.
"What? No!" I say.
"Yes!" Laughs Sylvie. "He did insist on one thing though. No skipping classes. He will only set it up during a break, all you have to do is contact him."
Sylvie has to leave and she asks to talk to me alone for a moment. We walk down the hall to my new room. "Your present from Japan." She says with a smile as she hands me an Olympic backpack. I pull the strings and inside is a pretty flower pattern. I pull it out and it is the soft & silky kimono robe.
"Oh Sylvie." I gasp. "You didn't have to."
"Sshhh. I wanted to. I am bummed I can't see you in it just yet. Maybe during one of our night time chats?" She asks.
I hug her. "Absolutely. Thank you."
She gives me a sweet kiss goodbye and leaves. With baseball playoffs, football training camp and games she is busy flying all over the place. She can't stay.
Our first week in the new dorms before classes is fun. The rooms are built as doubles for growth but for now we can all have single rooms. Needless to say Liz and I bunk together as does Sue and Billie. They were in a foster home together and have always looked out for each other. They prefer bunking together. I on the other hand put our two beds in the storage room and had a queen size bed delivered for Liz and I.
Larry and Anna want to stay in the regular dorms. I understand it. This isn't their fight if you will, but I will miss not having her right next door. Now she is less than a ten minute walk away. The two of them start getting very friendly with the big fraternity & sorority on campus. The previous head of the sorority Lisa is taking a year off. She is the one I asked Ezzie to have her dream about her parents dying for 7 nights in a row. Ezzie tells me, thanks to her sorority sisters, that the dreams freaked her out, and she started taking drugs to try and make them stop. That led her to spiral fast, and 911 had to be called when she OD'd. She is currently in an upscale rehab.
Part of me feels bad. I really do, but God she was such a bitch. I try to tell myself I will be more careful with Ezzie. God damn it, having a conscience sucks!
Anna wants to do Rush week. I don't like this. I am very nervous about the hazing part. Everyone has heard horror stories about hazing. The night before Anna's final initiation, while Liz is out running, I take a walk. As I pass the sorority house I ask Ezzie.
"Is anyone home that knows the plan for Rush? Is there any hazing that I need to worry about?"
"They plan on giving the pledges E+, tying them down, and giving their fraternity brothers V+ come to enjoy themselves for as long as they can." Says Ezzie.
"WHAT!" I almost scream out loud.
"It gets worse. They plan on live streaming it to a porn site to make some money off it." Says Ezzie.
"The Hell They Are!"
I can feel my fists shaking in anger.
Walk away! I tell myself, as I think of Lisa in rehab. Walk away. Think this through.
I get halfway back to the dorm.
"NO!"
I turn and head back.
"Ezzie, do all the girls know the plan?" I ask.
"No the five girls on the Pledges Committee do." Says Ezzie.
"Are they all there now?" I ask.
"Yes, Mary." Says Ezzie.
"Do they have the pills, and the stuff set up already?" I ask.
"They are setting it up now in the basement." Says Ezzie.
I start walking up the pathway. "Ezzie, please make sure no one ever remembers I was here tonight." I say.
"Of course." Says Ezzie.
I walk into the house very angry. I find the basement door and walk downstairs. The girls look and see me and then turn away.
HOLY SHIT! They have six areas set up, three on each side of the room on either side of the bar. This is some crazy stuff. They are setting up two cameras in each area. I notice on the bar are six hoods, a huge bowl of condoms, and three boxes of V+ & E+ pills. The hoods cover the eyes and nose, and leave just the mouth open. The girls won't be able to see a thing or be seen, but they can have a dick stuck in their mouth. They have two twin beds with metal head and footboards with straps already attached. What looks like a short massage table, again with straps...oh Jesus. They are attaching stirrups to it. It's a homemade exam table, but it is short. The girl's head will hang over the edge. Something that looks like a sawhorse with planks, padding and straps, and two large footstools with long straps around them with rings to obviously clip some restraints into as they bend the girls over them. Jesus Christ!
They are not tying Anna down, putting a hood on her and letting God only knows how many guys fuck her.
I have to think. What to do? "Ok first Ezzie, they will never ask any new pledges to do Any Hazing crap ever again. In fact they like all the new pledges. They are all accepted into the sorority, and they especially like Anna. They will uninvited the pledges to Friday night, and instead do a low key Welcome Party Saturday night with all the sisters and pledges." I say.
