Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Snapped



Every one who knew her was worried about Lisa Taylor. She had made a major accounting error at her firm that had cost one of their client millions. On the day she heard she might be fired she desperately wore her most revealing outfit and was determined to do anything and everything to keep her job.  Lisa's boss called her in, refused her advances and told her that her behavior was unacceptable. He had no choice but to let her go. Lisa couldn't believe that she had gone from rising star to unemployed in the span of a week. Out of work Lisa had no choice but to move back in with her parents, both of whom were very successful business people and had no qualms about letting Lisa know how disappointed they were in her. Lisa spent most of her days on the Internet and trying to avoid her parents as much as possible. She was clearly depressed and her parents disappointment in her was replaced with concern that she might do something drastic. 



Then one morning Lisa woke up in a panic claiming to be Peter Miller, her old boss. She screamed that she was a man and not a woman and that somehow Lisa had stolen his body and his life. Lisa's parents watched in horror as Lisa groped herself as if she had just noticed her breasts and vagina for the first time in her life. Not knowing what to do they locked the door to her room and called their family doctor. Doctor Cross arrived with two paramedics from his hospital and all three men broke a sweat trying to subdue the deranged young woman, eventually holding her still long enough to sedate her. 



Lisa lay in her bed, immobilized by her meds . She was now in her sixth week at Restful Oaks mental hospital. She still insisted that "the real Lisa" had stolen her body and that she needed to get out and see her wife. Even bringing in the real Peter Miller had not snapped her out of her delusion, only setting off a violent out burst, with screams of, "You bitch, you stole my life!!" echoing through the halls. Peter looked at his former employee with pity as she was once again wrestling with orderlies, "Please Lisa, you have to give this up. I am Peter Miller and you are Lisa Taylor. I know that I cruelly fired you over a mistake anyone could have made but you have to get over it and accept your life now and that nothing you can do can make you, me. Nothing. So please let these people help you. You have a mother and father who love you even if they are a bit judgmental. Please just accept reality, it would be a terrible shame for a beautiful young woman like you to spend the rest of her life in here. Now I have to go, I have dinner with my wife tonight. Good luck Lisa." 

7 comments:

  1. Very well played Lisa. Everyone thinks your old body has gone absolutely nuts. And that's the best way to skip a few rungs on the ladder of success.

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    1. That is so funny you say that because that was the original concept for this story. Lisa was going to be tired of climbing the corporate ladder and take a short cut.

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  2. Wow, very well written story. Tragic and realistic if some kind of spell could cause to people to swap bodies! Great CAP!

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    1. Thanks Zapper, when I was finished with this one it felt like a real home run. I am mulling a follow up but also feel like the open ending is appropriate here. Any thoughts?

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    2. I'd leave it as is, .... it's better to leave it to your readers to imagine what happens next! ;-)

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  3. I like the open ending, but then I am a fan of 'punishment' caps.

    Of course its always a clever twist when the punished becomes the punisher...

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    1. The more i think about the more I concur. I am going to leave it open ended unless I find a really amazing picture for a follow up. Welcome Miss Brittany!

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