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Chapter 40: Failed Attempt

 "I'm sorry, what?" Lisa's confused voice asks. I just delivered the blow like a hammer. Lisa sounds like I'm pulling her leg. I'm actually dead serious right now. 

My stone heart has finally softened up, and I realize that I can't put Sophia through this pain. It's just not right. It wouldn't be right if I put her through so much. She's already gone through so much, and I'd feel like a demon if I decided to put her through anything more. 

"I'm serious, Lisa. I don't want to do this anymore. Do you really think this is the right thing to do?" I ask her in full honesty. She sighs. 

"You're the one that wanted revenge, Victoria. I'm helping you carry out your wish. Don't act like I'm the bad guy here," she says. I sigh. 

"Fine. But you're the one that's intending on making their life complete hell. You're the one that's going to continue to keep going even if you are going to be ripped up in the end. I'm getting out of here, Lisa. I can't do this," I say. Lisa snickers. The snicker is just like the ones that villains use when they're plotting something evil. 

"Oh honey, do you really think that you can leave that easily? Do you really think that you're expecting everything to be fine after this?" she asks. I raise an eyebrow at her. 

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask. She starts to laugh. 

"Oh Victoria. We both know that you don't want to actually leave the plan. You're just making things up," she says. I laugh. 

"Lisa, if you're trying to sound powerful, then it's failing. I won't believe anything that you say," I say confidently. At this point, I'm really done with people like Lisa. I've dealt with these people for so long. I hate to admit it, but I was this person. I used to terrorize Sophia like this, and I hate myself for it now. But I won't let Lisa get to me. I'm trying not to let her get to me. 

"Oh really? Then how will Ray react to this?" she asks. I scoff. 

"What does Ray have to do with me leaving?" I ask. She chuckles. 

"Oh, lovely. You told me some of the things you did to Sophia as kids. And Ray still doesn't know about it to this day. How will he react when he finds out what you've been doing to her for so long? And how will he react when he finds out that you were trying to get rid of his girlfriend? Won't he be turned off by you completely when I tell him?" she asks. 

A slight sense of fear starts to form in the pit of my stomach. She wouldn't do that. I don't even know if Ray wants to see her right now. 

"And what are the chances of him believing you more than me?" I ask. I can feel her malevolence from the other end of the line. I have to defend myself in every way possible. I can't let her get to me. 

"He'll believe me more than you. You're already so low in his trust level right now. You humiliated his girlfriend and have been a total nuisance to him. How's he going to look at you when he finds out that you're trying to ruin his happiness?" she asks. I gulp. 

I hate to admit it, but she does have a pretty valid point. Gosh, I can't imagine Ray's reaction when he sees what I'm doing. Anger is something that almost never strikes him, but that will likely change when he learns about what I've been doing with Lisa. Factor in the direction towards Sophia, and you may as well travel in a time machine and erase any trace of me in his life. 

Gosh, I never imagined that I'd be facing my defeat with Lisa. Even though the loss of the battle is facing me, I have to hold my head up strong and fight to the end. 

"You wouldn't dare," I say, my voice lowering to a steely undertone. Lisa, however, isn't fooled by my threat. She just chuckles like a dad trying to be stern with his 5 year old daughter. 

"Oh, sweetie. You're so cute. If I have to, then I'll do it. Don't underestimate me. And Victoria, we both know that you really want to give us a shot. Well, if you leave, then I guess there won't ever be a chance of us," she says. My heart drops to my stomach like a flat basketball. 

She's been shooting such valid points at me, and I can't help but agree with almost everything that she's been telling me. My feelings for Lisa have only been amplifying since the day I admitted them to her. It's almost to the point where they're out of control. 

I can't decide whether I like her or not. She's making this such a confusing decision for me. She can be such a sweetheart, but she can also be Maleficent's long lost daughter. Gosh, what a two faced person. 

"See? That only proves that I'm correct, Victoria. Come on. I really like you, Victoria. And I was really looking forward to giving us a shot. Since you're leaving, I guess that will never happen," she says, and an almost artificial disappointment is spilling from her voice. 

Oh gosh, I'm trapped. I can't get out of this situation. I'm like a fly in a spider web. Entangled in a horrible fate that will most likely lead to something unpredictable. My heart is almost beating out of my chest. 

I'm in knee deep crap right now. I shouldn't have even accepted this in the first place. If I hadn't done it, then I wouldn't be risking my relationship with Ray at this moment. Damn my ignorant self! 

"Fine. I'll stay," I say, and I accept my defeat in this moment. Lisa won our little battle, and I hate myself even more for it. I can hear Lisa squeal on the other end of the line. 

"Atta girl Victoria! You see, I knew that you'd eventually come to your senses. I'm so proud of you," she says, and I bite my tongue. I've never in my life been more conflicted. I want to scream my feelings on the roof of my home, but I also want to rip her thyroid out. 

I really wish someone would just give me a time machine and let me reverse this mess. Stewie Griffin, where are you right now? 

"Anyways, it didn't work. I tried to make them fight, but that little hoe was so patient about it. I wanted to poke my nails in someone's eyeball at that moment. I hate it when things don't go to plan," she was saying. I sigh. 

"Don't you just want to leave them alone?" I ask her in one final plea. She shakes her head. 

"I want to see them squirm. I want to see all the happiness leave them when I'm done with them," she says. I gulp. Things aren't looking good at all. I'm really mortified. 

"Well, I've been leaving some lovely notes in their lockers. That should start to do the trick. I need you to do some things as well. I have a little list," she says. I nod. 

"Ok, I'll do them," I say, and the words are like a knife to my stomach. I regret everything that just escaped my mouth at this moment. 

"Hey, I have to go. See you later," I say. "Fine. We'll talk about this later," she says, and the click of the line finishes the call. I throw my phone back on my mattress, and I flop back on my pillow like a dead fish. 

Just why me? Why am I in such a crap hole right now? In all honesty, I actually didn't have to go. The guilt was just overcoming me to a point where I had to reconsider everything that I've done wrong. 

Needless to say, there's a lot to review. And there's going to be a lot more when this whole mess is over.

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Hmm. More confusion! Do you think Victoria shouldn't have taken Lisa seriously, and just left? Let me know in the comments. 

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