The shit you buy when you're drunk and horny... Of course I emailed the scam artist this morning, desperate to cancel, hoping for a refund.
This was the reply from the shop:
"We are sorry to hear that you are having second thoughts. Unfortunately, as clearly marked on our listing, we do not offer refunds. We understand this is a very personal matter. You may still request to cancel the ritual if you wish, but please do so before midnight. If you would still like us to go ahead with the ritual, please know that we do have a 100% satisfaction guarantee and over seven hundred 5-star reviews. Have a blessed day!"
Such a fucking rip-off. $300 for a
Long-Lost-Love Return Encounter
. What the fuck does that even mean?! The Etsy Shop was called
Lilith's Rituals
, as in Lilith the succubus queen, mother of demons. Yea,
that
Lilith.
My reply to them:
"So the way I see it, and correct me if I'm wrong, I can cancel this bs ritual and I'm out my money. Or I can let you
go ahead
with the ritual and at some point get my money back for not being satisfied? Is it a money back thing or would you just give me some shit coupon for another made up spell?"
I'm not an idiot, I swear! I was just lonely, drunk, and apparently thought
what the fuck?
last night after stumbling home from a work happy hour. I can't believe they let shops like this exist. I mean, where is the quality control?! I saw no downside to letting them say they've performed the ritual. If it was real (as if, right?), then I was in for some kind of action. Since it's not real, there's no harm in them doing the ceremony. Smart money would be on them doing nothing and sending the same 'proof of ritual' pic they advertised on the listing to every idiot dumb enough to fall for this trap. Still, you gotta admire the dedication of this shop, paying for that many fake reviews. Kinda overkill if you ask me.
Midnight rolled around and I received another email from them:
"We are pleased to inform you that your ritual has been completed! Please allow up to 24 hours for initial results. Attached find your proof of ritual picture."
I wasn't sure if I should open it. I scanned it for everything I could think of before clicking on it. It was literally just some lines drawn in sand with like three crosses connecting in a weird upside down way. There were some dark drops that I'm sure I was supposed to think were blood. Definitely just an image that was sent to every dope who fell for their trap.
Fuck it
, I thought as I began writing up an email requesting a refund. I'd send it precisely one minute after midnight tomorrow.
I tried to go to sleep after that, but my mind was racing with thoughts of who'd I'd choose if I could pick someone from my past. I imagine while drunk shopping I'd been thinking of Sara, decent tits and an ass that would not quit. She liked it in the ass, too. Fuck she was good.... But love? I don't know if I'd call her a
long lost love
. I don't know if I'd call anyone that, really. I grabbed my cock and started jacking off thinking about some of the better lays I'd had. Emily gave the best blowjobs and she always swallowed. Steph had a thing for creampies. Georgia though...I don't know, maybe I loved her. I treated her like shit, though. No way she'd come back into my life.
I hadn't meant to. I was finishing up grad school. I was busy! The excessive amounts of weed I was doing would make me insanely horny. Plus some other fucked up reasons I'm sure. She was sweet and so naïve and impressionable. She went along with everything and anything I suggested. It's not like I'd set out to be such a dick to her. I hadn't even realized until my old roommate asked why I fucked with her the way I did, especially when she looked at me the way she did. Georgia loved me, no question about that. I should have loved her. If I were to meet her for the first time today with my life the way it is, I probably would. I would try at least.
The next day was like any other. Woke up, went to work, got some takeout, came home, and played Dota 2 for a couple of hours. I thought about going to bed. I'd need to set that email I drafted on a timed delivery though. I'd be damned if that thing wasn't going to get sent at 12:01. I grabbed my phone to set the timer, right? Well fuck me sideways if I didn't have an email from sweet, naïve Georgia. I thought I was being pranked. There was no fucking way.
"Hey David, had a change in plans and I'm back in town. Never really got unpacked before, unpacking now and found an old notebook of yours. Looks like it's from when you were teaching in Japan. Figured you'd want it. I can mail it to you or drop it off or something if you want it. Let me know. My number is still the same. I would've texted, but I deleted your number. -G"
She always ended her emails like that, as if she didn't have the time to write out her full name. I called her out on that once and instantly regretted it. She fought to hold back tears as she said she just never really liked her name. I didn't ask why, I just kissed her shoulder and kept going and then we were fucking, and I didn't really care and she seemed over it. She was decent in bed. Not the best I'd ever had, but I was also like the second guy she ever slept with. This all ended a couple of years ago. I'd been an asshole from the start. After we slept together for the first time I told her I wasn't looking for a relationship or anything serious. She agreed so adamantly that I believed her when she said that was perfect and she felt the same way.
Feelings developed after we'd been sleeping together almost daily for about a year. We admitted it to each other, and I don't know, I didn't want anything to change so I talked it back.
Why
did I do that?! I was such a fucking idiot back then. This girl would do anything to make me happy, and often did. She even arranged a threesome once. Found a cute little thing that got off on being a unicorn for couples. Damn, that was a great birthday weekend.
Alright, so what to do? It was almost nine pm, I wanted to send this email at midnight. I still didn't believe any of it, even with this email from Georgia. But it's not like I
had
to send it precisely then. I just wanted to call them out on their bullshit. Okay, fuck it. Let's go for it.
I texted Georgia: (I hadn't deleted her number.)
"Hey Georgia, it's David. Nice hearing from you. Yea, I'd been looking for that notebook, forgot I brought it to your place to show you. I'd love to have it back. Can I buy you a drink at Justin's? For the hassle and for old time's sake? I've moved but I'm still pretty close to there. Or I could meet you somewhere else if that would work better for you?"
She read it almost instantly, took about ten minutes to reply. Of course I read all sorts of shit into that.
Her reply:
"Hey David, Justin's is fine. When?"
In for a penny, in for a pound.
"Tonight? It's a four minute walk for me and I got nothing else going on."
"Fine. See you at 9:30."
Not the warmest correspondence I'd ever had with her, but it was something. Still, I couldn't see how I was going to get from her keeping me at arm's length to fucking her brains out. But you never know. I hopped in the shower to scrub up and trim up downstairs. It'd been a while, and no one likes having all that in their face.
Nicely trimmed and scrubbed, I still got to the bar early. I liked this place but on the weekends they kept it too dark and obnoxiously loud. Took a seat in the far back corner hoping we could actually talk. Ordered my usual, Johnnie Walker Black, on the rocks. She always liked how Scotch tasted on me. I figured it couldn't hurt to remind her that once upon a time, she actually did like how I tasted.
She was late but hadn't bothered to send a text. Not like her at all. Then again, I guess I didn't have any right thinking I knew her anymore. At about 9:45 I began to wonder if she was fucking with me. But I knew that was bullshit. She wasn't one to waste her own time like that. Regardless of everything else, I knew that to be true about her. I was just about to close my tab and head home when she strolled in. She was wearing more form fitting clothes than she used to be comfortable in. And her dark red top showed more than enough of her still amazing tits to stir up some fond memories, not to mention my dick. She was wearing tight black pants, maybe yoga pants, leggings, I don't know. Regrettably her shirt covered most of her ass. Still, easy access either way, I contemplated. Although peeling those things off might be a lewdly slow process.
She had her hair down, a sumptuous dark brown that looked black in this lighting, or lack thereof. It looked longer than I remembered. She looked good. Judging by the way she smiled at me, she knew it. She walked over as I stood, not entirely sure how this was going to go. As she got closer, her candid smile at least seemed convincing enough. Even her gray-blue eyes seemed happy to see me.
I put my arms out a bit, making a hugging gesture. I wasn't sure if we were there, but I wanted us to be. I