way out of your league

Victims and Villains

Sandra's POV

When you control every piece on the board,you aren't bothered by the truly pointless antics or tantrums each piece throw at you.At this point in this very long game,I have the upper hand.I have totally mastered every twist and turn of this game,I know how to get whatever I want done without actually doing it myself and that ladies and gentlemen is what it means for someone to truly master their craft,I thought as I couldn't help addressing an imaginary audience in my head.So Nora being the spineless dimwitted big baby she is choose to cut ties with me,duh! I don't need her anymore, our friendship if I can even call it that has ran it's course,this was the end of me pretending to be nice to her.Its finally time for me to strike,I've been saving the best for last.My happy ever after with Nathan,or at least his money. You see I'm really not a villain,I've actually not done anything wrong.I am the victim here,the one who they thought was trash,the loyal but invisible friend who has been used by everyone in that family,I just choose to make them get a taste of their own medicine too,fair and square.

I just got a call from my contact at the immigration office,so Laura is actually threatening him for deporting her and the fool told her I never tried to help her with her papers.Well I choose not to help,and I wonder when that became a crime,it is a choice.I guess the fool also gave her my personal number and she is trying to threaten me,what an amateur,I thought before picking her call "Hello, what do you want Laura,I have no business with the likes of you" I said in bored tone "You are evil Miss Clarke,what did I ever do to you,I did everything you asked,I was even willing to abort my child when I got pregnant but you wanted me to keep the baby" she rapped "I thought I could actually adopt it but then I took in and I just didn't see myself caring for two babies.I made a decision few months later,I granted you permission to abort it but you didn't so how is it my fault besides your having a still birth proves that child was never meant to survive,the odds weren't in it's favour"I replied nonchalantly cause this was a boring conversation."It was already very risky for me to abort the baby at that point and you know it,I am done begging you to work on my papers,I noticed you are doing pretty good as an actress,trust me the media would be ready to pay me a huge sum just for an actual story on you,think about it" she said while I just rolled my eyes."I'll think about it Laura, just give me a little time" I said.When she hanged up,I laughed.As a celebrity,one of the major rule is every press is good press as long as you know how to spin it to your advantage which I was good at.I got another call from Nathan's mom demanding I come over.She was really becoming very irritating with her silly demands and I have little use for her now,I still have to play nice so she doesn't interfer in my master plan.

I walked into the house with Ryan in my arms only to hear Nathan screaming at his mom, nothing new but I wonder why he was doing it again "To think you are petty and vile enough to try to ruin an innocent person's reputation because you dislike her makes me shiver in fear of you.You don't deserve to be called a mother If you can comfortably do this to someone's child" Nathan said "I never planned to place the blame on her for something she didn't do,I would never stoop so low,I never even wanted it to go viral,Sandra tell him"Mrs Johnson said, of course she wanted to shift the blame and who seems better to take the blame if not Sandra."I don't understand what is happening"I said acting confused while Mrs Johnson explained further "I thought she was having an affair with that guy,I only planted that camera to catch them in the act so when I tell you she is trash there would be evidence,I never intended for it to go viral,I also never knew she wasn't the one in the video, right Sandra" why was this old b***h trying to drag me down with her,Nora had quickly shown me the clip that went viral a few hours ago so I get how messy the situation is so I replied "True you thought it was Natalie,I mean they look alike from the side view judging from the first video but I think the individual who compiled the video was confused by the direction you gave,You did say you wanted everyone to see the truth about Natalie and how much of a cheap gold digging slut she is,so may be that's why they released it online"I replied innocently leaving Mrs Johnson very much frustrated "When I said everyone I meant everyone in this family,I would never want to humilate my child like that" she said "If you had known it wasn't Natalie I'm sure you would still had try to use that to force us apart,can you see how sick all this is"Nathan said "I know she is a social climber even though I have no concrete proof to back it up.As a mother you just know these things"she said "wow! I can't believe what Natalie had to go through all because of a misunderstanding,she deserves an apology"Nora said while I just subtly rolled my eyes, Nathan angrily stormed out while Nora and her dad went after him.

"I just want the best for him,that shouldn't make me a bad person, right" Mrs Johnson asked while I replied "It's what mother's are supposed to do,I get you cause I'm a mom too" sniffing Mrs Johnson asked "Did we go too far with that plan" "My suggestion was nice but I gave about three of them,you choose this one cause it was less dramatic to you at the time and seem the best way to approach the issue,if you had find all three of my suggestion useless,you would have rejected them.So don't blame yourself for doing something you felt was right at the time"I said pulling myself out from being involved in planning that.Sighing Mrs Johnson said "I can't understand why my own son is at odds with me" she replied,I wasn't interested in her rant cause I had enough on my plate with Samantha calling me.Excusing myself I picked her call "Why the hell are you calling me" I asked "You promised to help talk to Mrs Johnson on behalf, promising my identity would be safe" she said fuming "Nah, sweetheart I promised to try, try,I repeat once more try to convince Mrs Johnson to protect your identity but you see you got greedy,you were suppose to actually disappear after the cash was received, you don't even live in New York so why the hell are you here,I guess you wanted to have your cake and eat it fool" I replied "Don't try to fool me,I am as deadly as you are,if you push me you would regret it,I want another payment since my identity has been revealed"she said "Sure but the cash would be paid only after you sign a non disclosure agreement about this issue" I replied,the money was never an issue, and the amount she was asking for wasn't so much to me.I had bigger issues to deal with I thought so I quickly ended the conversation with Samantha.

I needed to strike now when the situation seems right for me and the chaos puts the odds in my favour.

Walking back to Mrs Johnson I said "I think we all need to take a family trip together.Just to heal the cracks,really listen to each other and bond more" as I made this suggestion Mr Johnson and Nora walked in "I don't think Nathan would want to take a trip with me right now,he hates my guts"Mrs Johnson said "This has got to stop dear,even though we find it hard to believe, Nathan is an adult who can make decisions for himself.Also we knew he was always very tricky to deal with not that I blame him,he is my only son and I don't want him to end up permanently cutting all contact with me"Mr Johnson said to his wife "That's why I made the suggestion for a family trip" I repeated "Right now Nathan doesn't trust anyone of you,and in my opinion he is right to be weary of you all so I think you all should try building a civil relationship with him first" Nora said making me pissed "The trip would be a good way to work on that"I replied "I agree with Nora,we would definitely go on a trip later but right now we have our work cut out for us"Mr Johnson replied.

I got home pissed only to have Nelson's biological dad call me.I picked this time cause I've been ignoring his call for months now "Why won't you let me see my grandchild Sandra,I've given you everything you want,I've placed Ryan in my will but you keep cutting me out of his life,that is the only offspring of my only son,my daughters would like to meet him too" he said,Nah,I'm not ready to deal with this clown now,ending the call gave me satisfaction.As I passed Ryan to his nanny,I was ready to call it a day.I had so much plans to make so my big plan doesn't flop.