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today. My

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ex-girlfriend was hot. It was a lot harder to notice

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just how attractive she was, seeing as she

1:19

had to put on a uniform at work,

1:21

but anyone who took a cursory look at

1:23

her would notice just how attractive she was.

1:26

At the time, I was in my final

1:28

year in college and looked forward to graduating

1:30

and getting a job that paid more. Still,

1:32

my job paid for my car maintenance, the

1:34

clothes I had on my back, my food,

1:36

and all the other bills I had to

1:38

take care of. My aunt paid my tuition,

1:40

so I didn't have to take student loans

1:42

or anything, and I looked forward to starting

1:44

on a clean slate after college with zero

1:46

debt hanging over my head. My aunt had

1:48

advised me to wait until I was done

1:50

with college and was well on my way

1:52

to achieving my dreams before deciding to get

1:54

into a relationship. Girls can be a huge

1:56

distraction, she would say, when you're well on

1:58

your way to college. to making something out

2:01

of your life, girls will come in their

2:03

numbers. I took her advice but I

2:05

soon forgot all about them when I met my ex.

2:08

We became friends for some weird reason, the

2:10

weird reason being that she presented herself as

2:12

some helpless lady who needed help. I wanted

2:15

to help and save her from whatever she

2:17

was running away from. At

2:19

the time she told me all about her

2:21

lofty dreams, her dreams of being a writer,

2:23

a singer, an actress. She said

2:25

she wanted to be a model and was almost

2:27

signed to an agency but she had to leave

2:30

because the agency owner wanted to get

2:32

her to date him. She also wanted to

2:34

be a writer and had submitted manuscripts to

2:36

publishing houses but they rejected her because of

2:38

her name. She wanted to be a singer

2:41

but was still working hard on that.

2:43

Her acting career was on hold because she

2:45

had an accent, she had different reasons for

2:47

why she could have been great but wasn't.

2:50

Still I didn't see that as a red

2:52

flag. She was a young immigrant lady who

2:54

was trying to find her way and be

2:56

successful in a new country and I felt

2:58

pity for her. I wanted her to realize

3:01

her dreams so I would regularly ask about

3:03

what she was doing to reach these goals.

3:05

Even when I noticed that whenever our

3:07

boss and his family were around she

3:10

wore another uniform, a titer dress that

3:12

clung desperately to her chest and was

3:14

way above her knees. The older

3:16

lady she cleaned with once said that she

3:18

did that to make herself attractive to our

3:20

boss while they were having an argument and

3:22

I burst out laughing. A while after the

3:24

argument she'd asked me why I laughed and

3:26

whether I thought our boss could never be

3:28

attracted to someone. I didn't pay attention to

3:31

how hurt she was at the idea of our

3:33

boss not being interested in her. I

3:35

just told her that she was no doubt

3:37

a beautiful woman and that any man would

3:39

find her attractive. I also did not pay

3:41

attention to the fact that it wasn't until

3:43

I told her that I was in college

3:45

and that I had plans to work in

3:47

a bank after college and work my way

3:49

up the corporate ladder later that she started

3:52

paying me special attention. Like I

3:54

said we were friends so we certainly had

3:56

friendship going on for us but we never

3:58

went beyond that before then. I liked

4:00

her and it must have shown in the

4:02

things that I said and the comments that

4:04

I made while talking to her, but she

4:06

never reciprocated. She never flirted back all the

4:08

times I would flirt with her. My

4:10

flirtatious comments were always met with a

4:13

stern look, so I just stopped. When

4:15

I told her about my plans, however,

4:17

things changed. She would flirt subtly with

4:19

me and like a puppy I would

4:21

fall for it and be all over

4:23

her. That continued until

4:25

she suddenly started seeing a mystery man. She

4:27

would tell us, the other staff and me,

4:30

all about him and her appearance improved

4:32

a bit. It was evident

4:34

that she was seeing someone, but none of

4:37

us knew who it was because she never

4:39

introduced him to us or even showed us

4:41

a picture of him. I finally found out

4:43

that the mystery man was our boss's personal

4:46

assistant. He was married and that was why

4:48

their affair was kept secret. He made many

4:50

promises to her, promised to introduce her to

4:53

certain people who could help her go further

4:55

in her career and even promised to give

4:57

her a huge amount of money. He fulfilled

4:59

none of these promises and suddenly ghosted

5:02

her. When she confronted him and threatened

5:04

to contact his wife, he swore that

5:06

he'd get her fired. And

5:08

that shut her up. My ex told me

5:10

the story herself and I know I should

5:12

have figured out by then that she was

5:14

just some girl desperate enough to exchange favors

5:17

for money, but I was in love with

5:19

her. I pitied and felt bad

5:21

for her. I was even mad that

5:23

the personal assistant guy took advantage of

5:25

how naive she was. Shortly

5:27

after that incident, she went back to flirting with

5:29

me and being all sweet on me. I

5:32

finally asked her out. She said she'd never

5:34

been on the inside of a university, so

5:36

I offered to give her a campus tour

5:38

on a Sunday. She wore a nice flowery

5:40

dress. It was a simple dress,

5:42

but it suited her well and made her

5:45

look very pretty. She also let her hair

5:47

down and that gave her face a feminine

5:49

fullness. On that day we had

5:51

our first kiss and then I asked her

5:53

to be my girlfriend. A few months later

5:55

I graduated from college and quit my job at

5:57

the house. I also got an internship opportunity.

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had a finance firm. It was a good

6:02

one. The pay was sweet and, as

6:04

a graduation gift, my aunt offered to

6:06

pay my rent for six months. At

6:08

the time, my girlfriend had started to

6:10

complain about living with her extended family.

6:12

It was a small house and her

6:14

uncle had many kids and kids of

6:16

other family members living with him. She

6:18

had to share her room with three

6:20

others and was very uncomfortable. I asked

6:22

her to move in with me and

6:24

she happily did. It wasn't until my

6:26

girlfriend moved in with me that I

6:28

understood why she wasn't anywhere near being

6:30

as successful as she wanted. She was lazy.

6:32

My ex never got up early unless she

6:35

had to be at work. And the only

6:37

reason she worked was because she had to.

6:39

She hardly ever cleaned the house and never

6:41

offered to cook. I preferred to cook because

6:44

it was cheaper and healthier. She always wanted

6:46

us to eat out because that way she

6:48

could get out of helping out in the

6:50

kitchen. Her behavior irritated me but whenever I

6:53

pointed it out to her, she would flare

6:55

up and make me feel guilty about bringing

6:57

it up. She would then threaten to move

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out and I'd apologize. That went on

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was alarmed. I went to her uncle's house

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to see if she was there, but she

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wasn't. I went to the house where we

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used to work and was told she'd quit

8:23

her job the week before. Soon after, I

8:25

found out that she'd just rented her own

8:27

place. It was a comfortable apartment

8:29

in the heart of the city. There was

8:31

no way she could afford to pay for

8:33

it. When I finally saw her, she admitted

8:35

that she'd been seeing the personal assistant she'd

8:37

had an affair with. He'd gotten

8:39

her an apartment, as promised, and she

8:41

was leaving me. At that point, I

8:43

was not shocked. It was clear that

8:46

I'd been playing and she'd been only using

8:48

me. I just accepted what was before me

8:50

and let her be. For

8:52

five months, I didn't hear from my ex.

8:55

She didn't reach out to me, and I didn't reach

8:57

out to her either. Six months

8:59

later, she called me. Her sultry voice

9:01

was even extra sultry. She asked how

9:03

I was doing and if I wanted

9:05

to meet up to talk. I

9:07

deliberately pretended to be interested. I knew

9:10

she needed something, but I was curious

9:12

to know what it was that she

9:14

needed. She asked me to come over to

9:16

her house probably to lower my defense and

9:18

I obliged her. I went to the apartment

9:20

one evening and she told me the tales

9:23

of how the personal assistant ditched her. He

9:25

refused to send her the money for the next

9:28

month's rent and warned her to never contact him

9:30

again. As usual, she was teary-eyed

9:32

and all that. I knew what she was

9:34

getting at. She wanted to ask me to

9:36

move in with her. I pretended to feel

9:38

sorry for her and went along with it.

9:40

I wasn't seeing anyone at the time and

9:43

I was bored so I just went along with

9:45

the whole thing. That week we

9:47

hung out every day, mostly in her apartment, and

9:49

did all the couple stuff together. I

9:52

was convinced I had forgiven her, but I

9:54

was waiting till she was homeless. She

9:56

said they refused to take her back at her old job

9:58

and that she was going to work to keep

10:00

chasing in acting career. She

10:03

even made promises about doing things for me

10:05

when she made enough money from acting. She

10:07

was going to move out of the apartment

10:09

and the landlords were going to give her

10:11

a refund of the caution fee. The residents

10:13

of the apartment she stayed in had to

10:15

pay a caution fee when they started renting.

10:18

The caution fee was a huge amount but

10:20

it could only be returned if, after the

10:22

course of the resident's stay, the management didn't

10:24

have to fix anything. She said her apartment

10:26

would be inspected and then she'd be handed

10:28

her caution fee at the end of the

10:31

month. She looked forward to getting that money from

10:33

them and moving into mine. She even had a

10:35

list of all the stuff she was going to

10:37

buy with the money. You know what's very funny?

10:39

She never even apologized properly. She just

10:42

blamed everything on the personal assistant guy

10:44

like she had no will of her

10:46

own and was under his control. One

10:49

evening, the management was to come for the inspection

10:51

the next day, I was in her apartment when

10:53

she went out to job hunt. Someone

10:56

had told her she'd get a job at a bar

10:58

and the bar manager was only ever around in

11:00

the evening. Soon after she left,

11:02

I left the apartment, went to a park

11:04

that was close by, picked all the rocks

11:07

I saw and could carry, filled a sack

11:09

with them and went back to her house.

11:12

I then emptied the sack into her toilet

11:14

bowl. I filled the whole thing up. There

11:16

were two bathrooms in her house so I

11:18

went back to the park with the sack

11:20

and filled the toilet bowl in the other

11:22

bathroom too. After doing that,

11:25

I shut her door and left quickly.

11:27

Filling the toilet with rocks will make sure that she

11:29

never gets her caution fee back. The man

11:32

she left me for left her with nothing.

11:34

I suspected the reason he got her an

11:36

apartment was because he needed a secret place

11:38

to visit her. After the

11:41

inspection, she wasn't given the caution fee. She

11:43

called me crying her eyes out and accusing

11:45

me of taking advantage of her. She even

11:47

asked to meet up but I refused. I

11:50

was already on to her manipulative tactics. Well

11:52

I guess if you're leaving the situation where

11:54

you've been yanked around back and forth, I

11:56

guess you would want to leave them with

11:59

something to remember you by. by, it's kind

12:01

of crazy and actually kind of sad that

12:03

after all that they would call up OP

12:05

accusing them and then also saying can we

12:08

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my stepmother back for what she did to

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my family. There is nothing more painful than

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the thought or rather in this case the

12:27

feeling of having to lose someone you hold

12:30

dearly to your heart, so much so that

12:32

you could have never imagined life without that

12:34

person and that's not all, only for you

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to realize that it was not a natural

12:38

occurrence or a coincidence but rather it

12:40

was the work and or action of someone

12:42

else you hold so dearly to your heart

12:45

too. And all of this was just as

12:47

a result of the struggle to get proper

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recognition in the eyes of someone superior

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for something really beneficial for both sides. This

12:54

is the story of how I got

12:56

back at my stepmother for the terrible

12:58

act she committed against my beloved sister

13:00

over the struggle for who was going

13:03

to hold the largest and most shares

13:05

in inheritance left behind by our father.

13:07

My sister female 19 and

13:09

I male 25 were the only children of

13:11

my father and also of our biological mother.

13:13

This was right before she passed. Unfortunately she

13:16

was the love of my father's life and

13:18

their love was as strong as anything I'd

13:20

ever seen. This was however cut short by

13:23

the terminal illness that claimed her life earlier

13:25

than anyone had thought or anticipated. My father

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was really broken by this and I was

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the only one that realized this at the

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time as my little sister was too young

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at the time to have noticed or even

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grasped what was truly going on. It took

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my father quite some time before he was

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finally able to move past the loss and he

13:43

did so as quickly as he could as he

13:45

knew at the time that there was nothing he

13:47

could have done to prevent that and the only

13:49

thing that was within his capabilities was taking care

13:52

of his children that was my sister and myself

13:54

and after I truly had understood what my father

13:56

was going through and the hurdles he was going

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to be facing. I decided to lend

14:01

a hand in the process. I did so

14:03

by taking care of my sister and myself

14:05

also, without having to bother my father with

14:07

everything. This was excluding the necessities

14:10

of course, as at the time

14:12

there was no reason for me to work

14:14

or do anything of the sorts, as my

14:16

father was quite wealthy at the time. His

14:18

business was moving very smoothly and everything seemed

14:20

to be going really well for us and

14:23

money was definitely no problem of ours. Most

14:25

times my father was usually always away on

14:28

his business meetings and these were the moments

14:30

where I usually stepped up, assuming the role

14:32

in taking care of my sister and myself.

14:34

There was this particular day when he was

14:36

away on a business trip and the only

14:39

difference between his previous meetings and this one

14:41

was the fact that the time he had

14:43

spent away was considerably longer than the previous

14:45

business meetings. Unusually long in

14:47

fact and when he finally came back

14:50

he didn't stay for long yet again,

14:52

as this time he was off for another

14:54

supposed business meeting. I could vaguely deduce at

14:57

the time that these were no ordinary business

14:59

meetings that he was going for but I

15:01

just couldn't place my hands on it and

15:03

I didn't have to ponder for long, as

15:06

before long I had soon figured out what

15:08

exactly was always taking his time during his

15:10

meetings and why the meetings were happening more

15:12

often than it, or rather they, should. One

15:16

fateful day when he came back from

15:18

his usual meetings he didn't come alone

15:20

and this was the first time I

15:22

crossed paths with my soon to be

15:24

stepmother. She was quite literally half my

15:26

father's age but then she didn't look

15:28

her age, not even in the slightest,

15:30

and this was actually one of the things that I

15:32

liked about her at the time. After

15:35

our first meeting, slowly but steadily, she

15:37

was already integrating herself into our house

15:39

and our family and sooner rather than

15:42

later my father soon formally introduced her

15:44

to myself and my sister as the

15:46

newest addition to the family, his new

15:48

wife and our new stepmother. I had

15:51

no idea at the time what was

15:53

going on or what intentions she had

15:55

in mind for my father but then

15:58

at that very moment I knew

16:00

that my father had truly began to

16:02

feel happy for the first time in

16:04

a long time, and for this I

16:06

didn't or rather I chose not to

16:08

think of anything else, except for what

16:11

matters. Little did I know that I

16:13

had quite the surprise waiting in store

16:15

for both myself and my

16:17

family. Luckily and thankfully I was able to

16:19

put a lid on her act before things

16:21

went wholly out of control. Right after my

16:23

father had gotten married to her, things were

16:26

relatively alright between the both of them. I

16:28

mean don't get me wrong, they usually

16:30

had their moment where the both of them

16:32

would be engaged in some serious arguments, sometimes

16:34

over the most little of things, but then

16:36

again couples fight and they make up, and

16:39

this was one of the things that I

16:41

know for a fact was not a problem

16:43

between my father and my stepmother. There were

16:45

however some cases where I would wonder whether

16:47

or not she was going to leave my

16:50

father, as the arguments would get so heated

16:52

that I would even become so scared and

16:54

all, but thankfully that wasn't the case at

16:56

the time. About a whole year into their

16:58

marriage my father's health was greatly deteriorating

17:00

at an unprecedented rate. The doctors couldn't

17:03

diagnose what exactly the problem was and

17:05

they just attributed it to his old

17:07

age, not like he was all that

17:09

old at the time anyways, and they

17:11

were placing him under strict observations. Because

17:13

of this at that time, he was

17:15

staying full time in the hospital and

17:17

my sister and I were placed in

17:19

the custody of my stepmother for the

17:21

time being, and at the time we

17:23

had thought that this would be for

17:25

the best, at least just until my

17:27

father was able to recover his health,

17:30

to a reasonable extent, and of

17:32

course obviously my sister and I

17:34

at the time were relatively happy

17:36

to have someone there for us.

17:38

How wrong we were, almost as

17:40

if she were just finally revealing

17:42

her true self, her attitude and

17:44

behavior towards my sister and myself

17:46

had taken a complete 360, as

17:49

there was no trace of her former

17:51

self when she was always around my

17:53

father. I couldn't understand what prompted this

17:55

change at the time but looking back

17:57

now, I think I completely

17:59

understand. and why that was the case

18:01

with her. The thing was, she wasn't really

18:04

into my father for anything other than the

18:06

money she was receiving and the matter in

18:08

which she sponsored and catered for her rich

18:10

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18:52

but at the time, it didn't seem like

18:54

there was much I could have done to

18:56

change the entire situation. My father was still

18:58

in the hospital for quite some time and

19:01

it was just on rare occasions that he

19:03

would be conscious enough to see my sister

19:05

and I and even when he did, it

19:07

was never for long as we

19:09

were always escorted out on the premise that

19:11

my father needed his rest and that visiting

19:13

him wasn't allowed anymore. At some point I

19:15

usually found this quite upsetting as we usually

19:17

went during the daytime and I couldn't find

19:20

the problem with my sister and I visiting

19:22

him during the day but then again there

19:24

was no way I could have changed the

19:26

entire situation as back at home things were

19:29

even worse than we had expected. Normally

19:31

we usually had our meals complete for

19:33

the day as there was never any

19:36

lack of provisions for that at the

19:38

very least. My father made sure of

19:40

this but then while our stepmother was

19:42

having the total change or rather reversion

19:44

in her mood, character and personality, a

19:47

lot of things had changed and this was

19:49

one of them. She placed restrictions on the

19:51

amount of food we ate. The times we

19:53

ate and basically on every other thing or

19:55

activity that we were going to get ourselves

19:58

engaged in. It got so bad. sad

20:00

that she had a resort to even dropping

20:02

us out from the school my father had

20:04

put us in on the premise that there

20:06

wasn't enough funds to properly manage the funds

20:09

my father left behind for her, even when

20:11

I knew fully well that my father had

20:13

more than enough resources kept away for the

20:15

safe use of the entire household, and

20:18

I guess she didn't know this single yet

20:20

vital and crucial piece of information. So when

20:22

she did this, I immediately went to

20:24

where my father had kept his stash and

20:26

took out what I felt would be sufficient

20:29

enough to sustain my sister and myself and

20:31

all of this, and just like that, I

20:33

was still able to pay the fees she

20:35

said, apparently it was too much, and this

20:37

in some way was upsetting for her, and

20:40

later along the line, she soon found out

20:42

that there was something I was hiding, as

20:44

she soon found out that I was the

20:46

one that made the deposit for myself and

20:48

my sister. It was at this time that

20:50

she knew that there was definitely something I

20:52

was hiding, and she wanted to by all

20:55

means figure out what it was. She

20:57

came to me on several occasions trying to take

20:59

the calm approach and converse with me in the

21:01

hopes that I might let up. Little

21:03

did she know that I wasn't willing,

21:05

not even in the slightest, and after

21:07

weeks of non-stop trying to get me

21:09

to talk, she finally gave up the

21:12

act and almost resorted to violent means.

21:14

She attempted starving my sister and myself

21:16

for days, but this had no effect

21:18

as we had something to fall back

21:20

on, and after she realized that this

21:22

was getting her nowhere, she eventually turned

21:24

to physical violence, as it was my

21:26

very own sister that was the main

21:28

target of her actions. It all happened

21:30

when I was out one day, and

21:32

I left my sister at home. I was

21:34

looking to get something for the both of us

21:36

for dinner, and seeing as she had made the

21:38

kitchen off limits, I had no choice but to

21:40

step out myself. After I got

21:42

back, I found out that my sister was

21:44

not in good shape at all. She had

21:47

a swollen eye and a black eye, and

21:49

at the same time she had various bruises

21:51

on her body, and she was crying her

21:53

eyes out when I got there. I was

21:55

so furious, I didn't even know what to

21:57

do or how to react, I just knew

21:59

that that she had to pay for what

22:01

she had done to my sister then before

22:03

ultimately deciding that she had to pay in

22:05

general for the terrible treatments we had been

22:08

getting. But before I could confront her, I

22:10

had immediately called the police and reported the

22:12

case to them. They approximated

22:14

their time of arrival as 30 minutes

22:17

and I felt this was enough time

22:19

to say my goodbyes literally. I didn't

22:21

hold back on my words and told

22:23

her how I felt truly in basically

22:25

putting in some elements of provocations all

22:27

to make her resort to her usual

22:29

violent self and she did. But

22:32

just as she was doing so, the

22:34

officers had gotten in and apprehended her

22:36

on the spot and I guess that

22:38

was more than enough evidence that they

22:40

needed. As they took her away, although

22:42

I was badly hurt, with bruises and

22:44

blood dripping from my mouth, I gave

22:46

her the middle finger just as a

22:48

final parting gift to her because we

22:50

both knew at the time that there

22:52

was no escaping her fate. She had

22:54

gotten what she had coming for a

22:56

very long time. So although the

22:59

story did take a very dark turn, initially

23:01

I thought this was going to go

23:03

to a place of like, they found

23:05

out she was poisoning the father to

23:07

try to take the inheritance for herself

23:09

or something. I mean you hate to

23:11

see OP have to sacrifice actual injury

23:13

to get the police to arrest them,

23:15

but it was a pretty smart move.

23:17

Our next story is, My Revenge and

23:19

My Running Partner in High School My

23:21

name is Lillian, but in high school,

23:23

everyone seemed to prefer calling me Lily

23:25

for some reason. Of all

23:27

the things that happened to me in high school, one of the things

23:29

I could never forget not even in

23:31

a million years is that period when

23:34

I decided to contest for student body

23:37

president. It was my senior year of high

23:39

school and you can say it was the

23:41

most eye opening experience in my teenage years.

23:44

The main issue I had was that I

23:46

was a cliche student in high school movies,

23:48

I saw myself as a go-getter, I wanted

23:50

to get things done, and I wasn't afraid

23:52

to go after the things I saw myself

23:54

doing. With each step, I carried the weight

23:57

of my aspirations on my shoulders, not willing

23:59

to be the deterred from making a mark,

24:01

a difference of some sort, within the school

24:03

community. I guess this thought came to mind

24:06

from freshman year when I stumbled on the

24:08

record of how we got to have the

24:10

school magazine. It wasn't always there. One

24:13

student body president pushed the idea and

24:15

saw it come to pass before they

24:17

graduated. This was what

24:19

I wanted to do, make a

24:21

difference, and not be some random

24:24

figurehead occupying space. This

24:26

fueled my passion, making me not just

24:28

any random student walking through the hallways

24:30

of the school. I was the

24:32

one who was always involved in every

24:34

activity, from leading the debate team to

24:37

organizing charity events. My peers looked up

24:39

to me in a way and my

24:41

teachers commended my dedication and leadership skills.

24:44

That's why the idea of becoming the student

24:46

body president had always lingered in the back

24:48

of my mind. I guess it was just

24:50

an expectation for most people that I would

24:53

run for student body president. This

24:55

is why what happened during the election

24:57

period threw me into shock such that

24:59

any time my opponent's name was mentioned,

25:01

I found myself suddenly thrown into

25:03

some sort of unease. Jake.

25:06

The problem I had with Jake was

25:08

that I knew him better than most

25:10

people did. He had a track record

25:12

with me for being cunning, manipulative, and

25:14

divisive. He was the kind of person

25:16

who always had a trick up their

25:18

sleeve, an ulterior motive that was not

25:20

so clear in the beginning. Sometimes

25:22

if you didn't pay much attention, you would

25:25

never see between the lines of his B.S.

25:27

so many didn't see through his deceptive ways,

25:30

but I did. I was familiar with him

25:32

and I could be certain that his ambition

25:34

was nothing more than a decoy for the

25:36

real reason he had in mind for campaigning.

25:39

However, I didn't know all of this till

25:41

the election was announced. As I

25:43

sat in my first period class, the familiar

25:45

sound of the intercom crackled to life, announcing

25:48

the news that would set the wheels of

25:50

change in motion. The upcoming student

25:52

body election. My heart raced with excitement

25:54

at the thought of finally having the

25:57

chance to make a difference in our

25:59

school community. I mean, it was

26:01

what I'd always dreamed about, and I was

26:03

ready to make changes to issues that I'd

26:05

witnessed first-hand that plagued our school. But I

26:08

guess I was oblivious to the fact that

26:10

I wasn't the only one who was interested

26:12

in becoming the student body president. While

26:15

I confirmed within my mind a run for

26:17

the position as I sat in my first

26:19

period that day, so did Jake. I didn't

26:22

get to know about his candidacy until later

26:24

that week, as the news of my candidacy

26:26

spread throughout the school without even coming up

26:28

to categorically declare my interest yet, so

26:31

did the news of Jake's candidacy. Across

26:33

the hallway, between students gathered in twos

26:36

and threes, Jake's name started to pop

26:38

up. As the school got

26:40

buzzed up with anticipation for the upcoming

26:42

election, I finally got to launch my

26:45

campaign. With a clear vision, I embarked

26:47

on this journey with sincerity and

26:49

determination. My campaign platform

26:51

focused on two key pillars, improving

26:54

school facilities and promoting inclusivity.

26:57

I got the posters and

26:59

the lapel pin for those who

27:01

were on board with my campaign promises.

27:04

From the rallying cries in the

27:06

cafeteria to impassioned speeches in the

27:08

courtyard, I made it my mission

27:10

to connect with each and every

27:12

one of my peers. My

27:14

mission was to make them see that

27:16

I listened by listening to their concerns

27:19

and sharing my vision for a brighter

27:21

future for our school, but there was

27:23

Jake to contend with. While I focused

27:26

on uplifting my fellow students and building

27:28

a platform rooted in positivity, Jake

27:31

took a different approach. His campaign

27:33

strategy seemed to revolve around unnecessary

27:35

tactics and underhanded maneuvers. It started

27:37

with whispers in the hallways and

27:40

escalated to full-blown rumors circulating on

27:42

social media, across student pages and

27:44

private group chats. It was just

27:47

like Jake, it was his MO,

27:49

so I wasn't really shocked by

27:51

the occurrence. One particularly silly rumor

27:53

started a couple of days before

27:56

the final voting period. It

27:58

stemmed from a twisted version of an experience we

28:00

had in a middle school group project.

28:03

Jake spun the story to make it

28:05

seem as though I had single-handedly sabotaged

28:07

the project and let my classmates down.

28:09

It was a blatant distortion of the

28:11

truth, but it struck a nerve nonetheless.

28:14

Back in middle school, Jake and I and

28:16

three other students were paired up for a

28:19

group project on environmental conservation. I

28:21

was not prepared to fail, so I

28:23

took charge and divided tasks among our

28:25

team, including Jake. When

28:27

the project progressed it became clear that Jake wasn't pulling

28:29

his weight. While I worked tirelessly

28:31

to research and prepare our presentation,

28:33

Jake seemed more interested in goofing

28:36

off than contributing. When it came

28:38

time to present our project to

28:40

the class, I stepped up and

28:42

delivered a thorough and well-researched presentation,

28:44

while Jake barely said a word.

28:47

His lack of effort was glaringly obvious

28:49

to everyone in the room. However,

28:52

instead of owning up to his shortcomings,

28:54

Jake decided to twist the narrative to

28:56

suit his own agenda. It was this

28:58

very narrative he tried to push once

29:01

again. He painted himself as the victim,

29:03

relating it to his claim that my

29:05

leadership was overbearing and unfair as far

29:07

back as a middle school and would

29:09

be worse as the student body president.

29:11

To be honest, it was a bit

29:13

disturbing to be portrayed in that manner,

29:15

yet I was bent on sticking true

29:17

to the plan I had. Jake's

29:20

underhanded moves were not enough to derail

29:22

me from the path I had chosen

29:24

to walk, or so I thought. As

29:26

the final votes were tallied, a sense

29:28

of anticipation hung heavy in the air

29:30

since the election campaign was more tense

29:32

and tedious than the school had recorded

29:34

in a while. But when the results

29:36

were announced, my heart sank like a

29:39

stone in my chest. I

29:41

had lost the student body election

29:43

by a razor-thin margin, falling just

29:45

short of Jake's vote count. I

29:47

watched Jake celebrate his victory with

29:49

a smug grin and I couldn't

29:51

help but feel a surge of

29:53

resentment rising within me. It wasn't

29:56

fair, I had worked tirelessly, pouring

29:58

my heart and soul into my

30:00

campaign, only to come up short in the

30:02

end. According to the rules

30:04

of the election, the runner-up was automatically

30:06

designated as the Vice President, a role

30:08

I never imagined myself in. At that

30:10

moment, I had no choice but to

30:12

embrace it, to put on a brave

30:14

face and carry on. It was to

30:16

show that I wasn't as crazy as

30:19

Jake painted me, and that I didn't

30:21

have an overbearing desire to lead. It

30:23

felt like a punch to the gut, like being

30:25

slammed by the door hard. What stung the most

30:28

was not just losing the election, but the manner

30:30

in which it happened. To see Jake,

30:32

with his deceitful tactics and underhanded maneuvers,

30:34

claim victory while I was left to

30:36

pick up the pieces, it felt like

30:38

a slap in the face. As

30:41

the days passed, my resentment towards Jake

30:43

simmered, but I refused to accept the

30:45

feed lying down. I knew for a

30:47

fact that it was only a matter

30:49

of time before Jake fumbled really badly

30:51

in public space. I could decide to

30:53

wait till it happens naturally, or

30:55

I could propel it to happen faster. I

30:57

decided the latter was a faster means of

31:00

getting me the position I should have

31:02

gotten without Jake's crazy story. Days

31:04

passed and Jake settled into his

31:07

role as student body president. His

31:09

behavior became increasingly intolerable. It was

31:11

like watching a balloon inflate, except

31:14

instead of air, it was his

31:16

ego that was swelling to astronomical

31:18

proportions. With each passing day,

31:20

he seemed to revel more and more

31:23

in his newfound power. Strutting around the

31:25

school like he owned the place, what

31:27

irked me the most was his blatant

31:30

disregard for the opinions and concerns of

31:32

his peers. It was as

31:34

if he had decided that he alone knew

31:36

what was best for the student body, and

31:39

everyone else could just fall in line behind

31:41

him. No matter how many times we tried

31:43

to voice our ideas or raise legitimate concerns,

31:45

Jake would just brush us off with a

31:47

wave of his hand, dismissing our input without

31:49

a single second thought. It was infuriating to

31:51

watch him act so arrogantly, especially knowing that

31:53

he had only won the election through underhanded

31:56

tactics and deceit, but as much as he

31:58

could, it was a very difficult As much

32:00

as his behavior grated on my nerves,

32:02

I knew that stooping to his level

32:04

would only make matters worse, so instead

32:07

I made a conscious decision to take

32:09

a step back and let him dig

32:11

his own grave. With each passing day,

32:13

Jake's facade of competence began to crack,

32:16

revealing the truth of his incompetence beneath.

32:18

His shortcomings as a leader became more

32:20

apparent, his lack of action on important

32:22

issues glaringly obvious to both the school

32:25

administration and the student body. It was

32:27

kind of hilarious to see him battle

32:29

out words when he was asked to

32:31

present the proposal for the fundraiser event

32:33

at the PTA. It became increasingly

32:36

clear that Jake was not cut out for

32:38

the role of student body president and that

32:40

was not a risk the school management was

32:42

ready to take. They questioned the

32:44

members of the student body and everyone

32:46

aired their views stating that Jake was

32:49

more of a joke. Never

32:51

available for meetings or calm to listen to

32:53

the issues and feedback that members of the

32:55

council had, they left with no choice but

32:57

to remove Jake from his position as president.

33:00

His inability to effectively lead had

33:02

become a liability that almost caused

33:04

them to lose face at the

33:06

fundraiser. Thankfully I and

33:08

the other members had brainstormed ideas for

33:11

the fundraiser and we were able to

33:13

slip it to the principal while our

33:15

so-called president was up on stage embarrassing

33:17

himself. As I watched him pack

33:19

up his things and leave the student council

33:21

room for the last time after the school

33:24

management made their decision I couldn't help but

33:26

feel a sense of relief. He was gone

33:28

and I didn't have to move a muscle,

33:30

not directly at least. With Jake

33:32

out of the picture, the school

33:34

administration wasted no time in taking

33:36

action. Recognizing the need for

33:39

strong and capable leadership in the wake

33:41

of Jake's departure, they announced plans for

33:43

a by-election to select a new student

33:45

body president. For me, the news of

33:47

the by-election was a welcome development. The

33:50

decision was made in-house. The vote was

33:52

cast in the student council room with

33:54

the principal overseeing the activity. In less

33:56

than 20 minutes, a unanimous decision was

33:58

made. decision was made

34:00

and I was pushed from being stuck

34:03

as Jake supported it to being the

34:05

president of the student body. It was

34:07

one sweet comeback and I'm pretty sure

34:09

the tale still resounds within the hallway

34:11

of the school years after we graduated.

34:14

So not gonna lie, I felt

34:16

like all of these titles back

34:19

in my school days were just

34:21

kind of titles. I just don't

34:23

remember anybody in any kind of

34:25

student body or student council thing

34:27

actually doing much of anything, like

34:30

yeah maybe they just either represented

34:32

a fundraiser or something, or

34:34

maybe they had the power to plaster

34:37

posters advertising some senior event or something,

34:39

but really I thought most times it

34:41

was really kind of a nothing burger

34:43

and just surely there is no way

34:45

that once you're removed a good few

34:47

years from high school or whatever that

34:50

anybody is going to care enough or remember

34:52

enough to quote this student body election. I

34:55

think it's a pipe dream to think that

34:57

there is some lasting legacy in some high

34:59

school student body election, like especially if

35:01

you're graduated and done with high school and

35:04

you're still that obsessed with this story. It's

35:06

almost like you need to learn to

35:08

move on I'm sure Jake has. But

35:10

with that being said, that's all the time

35:12

we have for today. Now if you want

35:14

to hear another absolutely crazy revenge story, check

35:16

out that video on the left, or if

35:18

you missed my latest video, check out that

35:20

video on the right. That said

35:22

I'll see you all next time with some more

35:25

stories.