The wallpaper was an antique, a beautiful, floral print that had been in Liam’s family for generations. It was a cherished piece of history, and it was the centerpiece of his newly renovated guest room. So when his sister-in-law, a woman named Olivia, came to visit with her son, he was on high alert.
Olivia was a woman who had a history of being irresponsible, and her son, a young boy named Max, was a bit of a troublemaker. Liam had asked Olivia to keep an eye on him, but she had been distracted by her phone, and the inevitable happened.
He came home to find a crude drawing of a dinosaur on the wallpaper, a bright, ugly scribble that was impossible to remove. He was furious. He confronted Olivia, who immediately blamed the dog, a small, timid creature who was the only other living thing in the room at the time. “Your dog must have gotten into the markers,” she said, her voice filled with a fake sympathy.
But Liam knew the truth. He had been secretly watching his house through a security camera, a measure he had installed after a recent break-in. He watched as Olivia, after her son had gone to bed, took a marker out of her purse and deliberately defaced the wall. She was trying to blame his dog, to make him look like an irresponsible pet owner.
Liam’s revenge was a cold, calculated one. He didn’t confront Olivia. Instead, he went to a website and ordered a fake “pet psychic” reading. He had the psychic call Olivia, and the psychic told her that she had “sensed” a deep sense of guilt from the dog, and that the dog had a “deep-seated desire to express his artistic side.” The psychic then told Olivia that the dog had “confessed” to her that he had drawn on the wall, and that he was “very sorry.”
Olivia, a woman who believed in psychics and the supernatural, was horrified. She went to Liam and confessed everything. She was so ashamed that she was forced to pay for the damage and to never visit him again. The revenge was not about money, but about a quiet, private humiliation that cost Olivia her reputation and her relationship with her family.
