remy had taken me under his wing when i was a friendless and lonely pre-teen , rome had threatened to beat up the first boy that made me cry because he did n't like me back , margot had taken me shopping for homecoming and prom dresses when my own mother was too busy with her new husband to care , dale had taken me to denver university and cu boulder and helped whittle down the choices logically and rationally when it came to picking a college and rule , well rule was a constant reminder that money did n't get you everything you wanted and that no matter how perfect i tried to be , how hard i worked at being everything to everyone that it still was n't enough .