Late nights

XXIX

- Now that I think about it, really, why didn't you go back home for summer? - Tom thought to ask Emily.

- I already said I had unfinished business. I couldn't leave without getting revenge.

- Right, so you're saying you getting revenge was more important than going back to your family for the summer? That's a lie and you know it.

- Well, some things are better off as lies.

- That's a bit hypocritical, but I guess it's not wrong. Did you have any ideas to throw into the plan?

- No, not really, - the sun was almost fully set, - I thought about leaking nudes, but then he could leak mine so there's really no point in that.

- It's also quite unethical, - Tom agreed, - what's the end result in all this?

- What do you mean?

- What are we trying to achieve with the revenge plan.

- To make a point. To teach him a lesson.

- Okay, I can get behind that. All we have to do is wait for Caroline to start the next stage. It's all up to her.

Meanwhile, Caroline and Lola were both thinking about what to write.

- Just like text something sort of flirty, but also make sure it's not too fishy. - Lola said.

- Okay. Yeah, you're right, we have to make him fall for it but not give away that it's fake. I'll text him a compliment and I'll say that I'm bored. I think that's good.

- Yeah, that should work.

After the first message, a row of others followed. Harry had taken the bait successfully. The next step was to somehow let Olivia know about the messages. Tom and Emily were sitting around in the garage, thinking about how to do just that. 

- If we just tell her, it would immediately give us away, right? - Tom asked a rhetorical question, - so what if we get someone from inside.

- How do we do that? I know like none of their friends...well, that's not true, I know Harry's friends, but I don't know Olivia's.

- Yeah, me neither. What if we throw a party?

- What do you mean?

- So like, we throw a party far away, so that Harry has no way to come. We invite a bunch of people and we invite Olivia and her friends. Let's be honest, we'll figure out who they are with social media, it's not that difficult. So, we invite all of them and Caroline also needs to be there...

While Tom was explaining the plan, Harry was ripping his hair out trying to finish work.

- This is a nightmare, the little slug is gonna hear from me. - He said.

- Hear what, Harry? - Olivia was in the same room, - you already owe him money, I don't want things to take a turn for the worse for us. We had plans to go on vacation and now we can't.

- Yeah, I know.

- Gosh, you can't have anything in America. How can you even live here?

- You live here too, you know.

- I really wish I didn't, - Olivia checked her phone, - there's a party going on on Friday.

- I'll be finished with my work by then, where is it?

- It's in Ludale, there's no way we can get there without you having your stupid permit.

- It's really not my fault. Busses exist, trains exist, it's not that difficult to get to Ludale. 

Emily sent out all the invitations for every person she could see. Tom's grandparents had an empty house in Ludale, so Tom decided to take advantage of that and invite a bunch of people. Of course, Emily didn't invite them out of her personal account - that would have been too obvious. 

Since it was summer, it was extremely easy to get a bunch of people to accept the invitation. Lola and Caroline agreed with the plan, To Tom, it seemed like they were fully invested in it. They got together, made plans, planned out the drinks, the plan, the decorations. At that point, Tom had lost all his feelings for Lola. Maybe he was just distracted or pretending, but he felt happier with all four of them in the plan.