STORY STARTER

Your main character desperately needs to buy a gallon of bleach.

Write a story about their situation and why they need to make this purchase.

revenge best served bleached

"Please, oh my god, you can't keep doing this. Just let it go!"

"He cheated on me! He deserves what's coming for him." Isadora yells into her phone.

Madison begs, "Isa, he's just a guy. They were all just guys."

In a cold tone, Isadora tells her, "I'm getting my revenge."

Then she hangs up, and walks through the automatic doors into her local department store, searching for the laundry aisle.

When she walks into the aisle, it clears out immediately once they notice the expression on Isadora's face, like they're afraid she's going to brutally beat them to death. And really, they wouldn't be wrong; she's in quite the violent mood.

Isadora swipes the cheapest bleach bottle and throws some bills at the cashier before storming out.

A vibration in her pocket catches her attention, and she glances at the screen. It's Madison. She's calling again.

Isadora picks up, and Madison says hurriedly, afraid she'll hang up on her again, "Please. Lucas was just another asshole. It's what they do."

"I'm going to make sure he remembers that he can't go around sleeping with every woman in this town."

"Is this really the way? It seems rather over the top."

Isadora laughs bluntly, "I don't think so."

A sigh comes from the speaker of her phone, "Just call me if it goes wrong. I'll see you tonight at the party, right?"

"Of course."

This time, Madison ends the call, and Isadora is free to continue with her plan.


She pulls into the lot of Lucas' apartment complex, and only brings in the bleach. Isadora puts her ear to Lucas' door, ensuring no one is inside, before she uses the spare key that he forgot to take back to let herself into the apartment.

Instantly, she finds what she's looking for.

His clothes.

She gathers up all of Lucas' t-shirts, pants, and jackets, which are littered all over his apartment. Lucas couldn't bother to even put them in one place. Which is perfect for Isadora; he'll definitely notice when all of his dirty clothes are nowhere to be found.

She loads all of the clothing into the washing machine, where before she starts the load, she pours in the entire gallon of bleach. Every single drop.

Now that she's completed her mission, she can leave. But not before doing one last thing.

She takes several post-its from the fridge, which were old "I love you" notes she had written over the last few months, and graffitis over them in scraggly black sharpie, "THEY WERE RIGHT". Only Lucas would know what that meant. While they'd been together, all he'd been told is that Isadora was crazy. It's time he found out why.

On the way out of the apartment, she spots Lucas' car entering the lot. As he pulls into a spot, she grins at him, and his face slips into horror. He races to get his car door open and inside the building.

By the time he gets his clothes out of the wash and realizes there's no saving them, Isadora will be having the time of her life.

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