Laura suggest a punishment for her previous teammates

“W-what?”

“I’m joining the Anti-Mimi club.”

“Laura?!”

“Why would we accept you into the Anti-Mimi club?”

“Because I know how to hit these two losers in ways you can’t even imagine. For example, how were you going to tie Mimi?”

“Err, I was going to hogtie her under that branch over there and then hit her with pool noodles like she was a human piñata. Maybe we’ll even throw some water balloons as well. ”

Hmm, yeah, that won’t do. Mimi would be left alone and defenseless for any would-be kidnappers passing by.

“Pfft, I mean, extra points for using the tree as a prop, but that’s like the fourth lamest way to tie someone up. Listen, if you want to put some colors on those pale cheeks, you have to make her embarrass herself out of her own volition. That way they’ll know that’s their fault, and it will sting all the more.”

“Go on…”

I walked up to Lily and snatched a couple of ropes from her hands, which I threw at Mimi’s feet. “Pick that up and start jumping rope. You have an hour to do a hundred consecutive jumps. Every time you fail, we’ll throw water balloons at you.”

“O-ok…”

“Don’t ok her!” Annie snapped. “W-w-why would we ever agree to do that?”

“Because if you don’t, we’ll use these ropes to tie you to the back of Lily’s pickup truck-“

“I don’t have a pickup truck.”

“I have a new van…” a pale girl raised her hand. “We could throw them there…”

“Fine, we´ll tie you to the back of someone’s van, with the doors open, while you are splayed like a naked starfish. Then we’ll take you on a grand country trip before dumping you naked in the middle of Times Square all the way on New York. Capiche?”

“Y-y-es!” Mimi didn’t waste any time. She picked up the rope and started jumping awkwardly. She almost tripped on every hop. The girl needed some exercise, and by goodness, she was about to get it.

“Bos-ousin, you can’t be serious.”

“No need for you to jump as well Annie, come join the dark side. It’s the best way to complete our mission.” As the words left my lips, I noticed Lily eyeing me suspiciously with her cold, green eyes. “Err, our metaphorical mission in life to be successful and famous.”

“You know I can’t do that.”

“Then I guess you’ll have to jump as well.”

Annie stared at me in disbelief, almost as if she expected me to back down. When I gave her my patented cold stare, she begrudgingly crouched down to pick up the rope.

Since she still had her bra, Annie had enough support to jump more comfortably than her naked charge. Poor Mimi’s breasts moved as if they were on a swing while she desperately tried to keep a streak going for more than five hops.

It seemed like my pickup truck idea lit a fire on her ass, I bet it’s at least a nine in her arbitrary scale of humiliation. Figures, I remember one time I brought a scammer to court in a similar fashion after she tried to hide in a sauna. I had never seen someone so eager to run into jail than after I untied her in front of the precinct.

Lily grabbed my shoulder as I kept watching the show. “Damn girl, that is cold. To think you treat your family like this.”

“Like you say, they are a couple of losers. Better to cut ties entirely. So, am I in?”

“Damn right, you are in…”