The Bullies' Karma (gxg)

Chapter 12

The next week sucked. Syd was avoiding me, and there wasn't much I could do about it. I mean, she was still taking care of me, but wasn't spending the same amount of time with me that she normally did, and I really missed her. She had other patients obviously, and I had been dominating her time since I'd been here. Now, she needed to spread that attention out, so I didn't get as much of it. But I also knew that she was unsure about the revenge I'd been planning. From what she'd told me about that Ryker guy who was Rose's dad, and his violent tendencies, I could understand her hesitancy. But in my mind the situation was different.

He'd turned into a violent drug dealer. I was a victim of abuse, trying to strike back at my abusers. Wasn't I? Technically, since I wasn't in any immediate danger, if I struck back now, it wasn't exactly self-defense anymore. I was actively planning a revenge scheme on the girls, when they were no longer a threat. Maybe it really would be better to let the police take care of it. But I still needed to do something to Principal Clark and Officer Berry. That seemed fair. Didn't it?

And I would make sure it was nothing violent, no matter how much Heidi wanted to hit them. And kick them. And the back yard cliff may have been mentioned. And sharks. I just wanted those two adults out of their jobs, and unable to influence kids again. We'd gotten so much information off the laptops once those had been booted up that we knew that all three of the girls would be sunk if we wanted. Cindy's laptop in particular had a ton of videos that she'd taken, including several with Officer Berry. Heidi had indeed asked Van to send an email from Cindy's phone to a fake account that looked like a TMZ fan, that had the video of the attack on it. We didn't take any of the amateur porn, I was hoping for other things for Dickberry.

Van then sent an email to Mrs. Clark that was another phishing attack that looked like it was from a nationwide education counselor that wanted her to be a guest speaker over the Christmas break. Needless to say, she quickly signed up to accept the offer, and we owned her phone too. Once we examined that, we discovered so many texts between her and Officer Berry that discussed the reports he'd filed that I knew the cops could have them put away too. The best part was that we'd found texts between the pair that showed that they were having an affair, but that she didn't know about him and Cindy. Dickberry really got around. It made me wonder if Larissa knew her mom was putting out like that. Even worse, the trophy got a video of them going at it on her desk, and I really didn't need to see that!

It was almost too easy.

But I sat on it all. I'd had a few thoughts about my worries that I'd be just as bad as the girls if I did anything that was more than letting the police handle it. I'd spent a week now just thinking about Syd's viewpoint, and came to the realization that getting them thrown in jail should be enough. If I wanted to get back at them for doing what they'd done, then jail time would do it. It would, as I wanted, mess up their future. Their college plans would be much harder to attain, and getting jobs with felony convictions on your record were hard to get. When we went into the revenge plan, we did so assuming we'd just trash their reputations and lives. I never expected there to be a video that would make it easy to get jail time and a conviction.

At a minimum, they would face some sort of an assault arrest, and with the video I don't know how they could do anything but hope for a plea agreement to pray for a lighter sentence. I talked to Heidi about all that on her next visit, and while I could tell that she really wanted to maim a few people, she couldn't argue that the punishments wouldn't be fair. Arrests and jail time for the girls, and a job loss and potential arrests for the adults. I didn't need to post all the information that we'd collected on the internet, that would stay with them for far longer. That would be the overkill that Syd had worried about.

I could live with that. But if the cops didn't act, then I might have to revisit that.

While personal things with Syd had been rough, from a medical standpoint, things were looking up. I'd been working on my gaze stabilization exercises and vestibular therapy to strengthen my eyes, and I was now able to have all the lights on and didn't need to wear my sunglasses anymore. Likewise, I wasn't getting twinges of pain in my head when I moved it, though I was still getting some local pain that was similar to a strong headache. I guess that was a normal part of the healing process. They were actually letting me walk around a bit now, and I could take real showers too, though they weren't as fun as the sponge baths that Syd gave me. My face was sore though, from the broken eye socket, but in both cases, they were bones that would heal on their own over time. As long as I was gentle with them at home, and that was the plan, then I should be fine by the time I took Syd out. If she still wanted that of course.