Before I continue, I want to clarify from the last 2 chapters that Lisa wasn’t involved other then me telling her how my day was. It was Michelle that for no reason I know of that decided to start saying Lisa was talking to Sue. But at one time Sue wanted to be Lisa’s friend. At some point that was stopped on her end. I think it was Kevin trying to keep spouses away from everyone. Michelle was the one that would call Lisa and at one time was asking about help for her wedding.

Now on with the show

Another class, a day later. Kevin, Michelle, and Carrie show up. We all say hello to each other. I sit and read. After a few minutes Kevin goes nuts. He starts yelling at me like a fool. Bitching about how evil I am and how terrible a friend I was and how he will come after me and I better watch my back. This went on for 10 minutes with no interference from the staff. I sat there and read my book. Kevin and Carrie went outside. Michelle stayed in to talk to me, I told her that too many people have asked me about him and I am sick of his life interfering with mine. I was sick of people telling me when Carrie’s car is seen at his house. He needed to keep his problems and issues to himself.

After class I got this email.

2/2/07 from Kevin

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Emails between me and Kevin.

Well like I told you before, there is nothing but friendship between us. Please if you want to help, tell these parents when they say something, no there's nothing going on their just friends. Why can't you still up for us. There's not many parents that would even care about our group, the only people that can be saying anything is Mary, Frank and Dave. I will talk to each of them this week and straighten this matter out. They will know that you told me that parents are talking, so if you know for sure that these people are not the ones, let me know who the really talkers are? As for McDowell, I've already had a discussion with him and he already told me that you talked to him. Like I said, i just want the bullshit to stop. It is no bodies business what is going on and the stories will stop!! As for your kid, what is the difference if the two of you show up 1/2hr early or someone else. Put it to him that way. If you can't seem to handle the conversation with him, I'll be glad to answer all his questions, then tell him he's 12 and should be concentrating on class and not what the parents are doing. Oh and I have to know who was the one that said that they've seen are cars parked together during the day somewhere.

-----Original Message-----
From:
To:
Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: Must read.....Rumors TKD

I did not say instructors. That may have been a misunderstanding. No instructors have said anything to me, if fact I only speak to two, McDowell and Quigley. Both are staying out it. Neither has asked what is happening, they have acknowledged that there a problem and hope we work it out.

I said nothing to Sue. She asked me if I had spare room for you. I told her I didn’t want you around. She said I don’t blame you my husband is a very vindictive person. Then she sat down to knit her purse.

I’m not naming anyone. I’m not adding to anything that is said, I will not add to what is said. I sit, read, and stay out of it. That is what I have been trying to do. I left the group because I don’t need the aggravation. If someone wants to talk to me you will not be a topic.

If you want the stories to stop I have no help for you other then not adding to them. Too many people have made comments about you dropping the boys off and leaving. Or you showing up when your kids don’t have class. It’s the same thing that has been said for a while. The same thing I have tried to stay out of. I tried explaining this last week. I bring him there early just like always and he sees the same thing as everyone else. I’m trying to keep him out of it as much as I can. I don’t know what he hears from anywhere else. I’ve left him there several Saturdays in a row and don’t know who he talked too. He didn’t start asking until then. The last thing I want to talk about when I get home is you; I have much better things to do. We have been having this discussion since the end of November; that is how long I’ve been trying to stay out of everything.

Good Luck.

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:02 PM
To:
Subject: Must read.....Rumors TKD

Hey Mike,

Listen there seems to be some confusion about some rumors at TKD. If you could please email me back and clarify these stories and who is starting them I'd appreciate it. I also hear that you said some instructors are also talking, I need to know which instructors they are. I will be talking to McDowell and someone will be getting fired.

As for you and me, all I'm asking is for you to be honest with me about everything. Including any thing said to Sue. I just want the stories to stop!!

The next day Sue brings the boys to class. She sits by me and we talk. She asks if I have room for Kevin to move in with me. I laugh and tell her I wouldn’t want him. I’m told be her that Kevin is a very vindictive person. She asks if anything is going on, I tell her I don’t know anything. Technically not a lie, since I have no evidence of anything. We talk about the banquet, I asked why she didn’t want to go. She said Kevin didn’t invite her, he bought a ticket just for himself.

Crap, I forgot something that happened a week earlier. That totally feed into some things coming up. During the 2 weeks of calm. The yahoo group emails picked up again. During that time was fashion week in Europe. Yahoo posted a story about how spandex pants were in fashion for men. I posted the story on the group. Michelle and Kevin spent a lot of time on the story. It got to the point of a dare. Specifically, Michelle dared me and Kevin to wear tight spandex without underwear to Tae Kwon Do. I laughed. Then I got to class and Kevin showed up in tight spandex. I didn’t check about the underwear. Kevin wondered why I didn’t join in the fun. Seriously, who wants to see two overweight pasty white guys in spandex??? Everyone at TKD got a laugh out of him.

For the rest of the week was a continuation of the underwear thing on the yahoo group. At one point Michelle post a message asking if I’ll whip it out for her at class. I call her a pervert and say how come if I say something I get yelled at so how can she ask that. She gets made at me and we have 4 or 5 emails about how she has a double standard. Finally can Kevin posts and asks about her asking me to whip it out. She then blames him for saying it. I get feed up and drop the conversation. Then we come back to where I started this post.

Michelle shows up and starts talking to me and Sue. We talked about how mean Kevin can be and that I may have met Kevin in 1988. I worked at a supermarket next to the pharmacy where they worked. There was this punk that followed shoplifter out of the drug store into our store and acted like a super tough guy. I think that was Kevin. He hasn’t changed.

Dave shows up, I pull him to the side when he sees Sue. He tries to get me to tell Sue what I think is going on. I specifically tell him I won’t. He doesn’t either. Towards the end of class Michelle goes to get her other kid ready to leave, I tell Sue to be careful what she said around Michelle because she can’t be trusted. I get Sue’s email to explain about Michelle.

Lisa and I both sent emails to Sue that night just saying hello. They were never returned. I don’t know if she ignored them or if Kevin deleted them.

January 6th. This is the day of the annual TKD dinner. It’s also the day after my wife’s birthday. There was also a hockey game. That morning I take Jimmy to class, Frank is there with his daughter. Michelle shows up and walk up to Frank and says “I’m gonna sit with you tonight and you can’t stop me”. No idea where that suddenly came from, but she decided she needed to say that. Ahhhh Dinner and a show. Lisa and I get to the place first, Frank and Lynn show up a little after. Lisa and I planned to stay at the hotel that was part of the restaurant as a birthday gift to get away from the kids. (what a hassle to get a kid to each grandmother) The group knew the plans because they wanted me to come alone; I refused. The masters and instructors make rounds and make sure they see everyone.

Beth and Mary (no pictures of them) arrive by 6:30. Just after them Michelle, Carrie, and Kevin arrive; no spouses. Instead of going to the bar for drinks they brought their own beer. They were tailgating at a restaurant!!!!! The hockey game started at 7:05. Dinner started around 7:30. The 3 of them barely spoke to us after first hellos and Michelle saying to Frank “See I told you I’d be sitting with you.” And they decided to try and get a rise out of me with stupid comments about watching TV all night in the hotel room. After awhile of me not responding to the same nonsense they gave up. They had nothing else to contribute to the conversation. Six of us laughed and had a good time while 3 were in their own world. A couple times they went to the car for more beer. Once dinner was over, the 3 of them disappeared. The school puts on a slide show every year at the banquet, after dinner. They were gone before the slide show started. About 10 minutes in Kevin sneaks in and grabs the camera he left on the table and runs out. This was around 8:30, none of them came back. They paid $30 a person and stayed for an hour. This was supposed to be their way of saying how close we all were and how we call all be friends. They sat there for an hour and barely said a word to us. It was a waste to hold the seats for them. The next day after we get home Lisa gets an email from Michelle saying she was sorry she had to leave but she wasn’t feeling good so she went home. That doesn’t explain what happened to Kevin and Carrie. That Monday at class both “groups” were near each other. Carrie turns to me while I’m talking to Dawn and asks loudly “how was the sex?” Those tuned out to be the last words she spoke to me. In a room full of kids who yells out how was the sex? I turned away and finished talking to Dawn.