{Victoria}

"Come on buddy it's okay. You're just going in for a checkup," I said. At this point I was dragging Cody into the waiting room of the vet's office.

Walter chuckled, "I don't know what it is about some animals but it's like they know where they're going."

That had me think of an idea. "Hmm, I'll just pick him up and carry him there. Once we're in he should be fine."

Walter shrugged. "It's worth a shot."

That's what I did. I picked Cody up and when I got into the waiting room I put him down and let him look around. I was surprised when I saw a cat get down from the counter at the receptionist desk and come to greet Cody.

The cat gently batted Cody on the nose and after Cody sniffed the cat for a couple of minutes the cat walked off.

I heard someone giggle when that happened. I looked up to see a young woman standing dressed in scrubs and I assumed she was a nurse here and I was right. "I see you've met Rose, she's our mascot and she can make just about any animal feel at ease here. Well it's a bit difficult for her to comfort a hamster or a bird but you get the point."

She motioned for us to follow her and when I started to follow Cody once again dug in his heels in protest. I groaned and picked him up. "You know you're going to get too big for me to carry one of these days."

The nurse giggled again. "He's a nice size dog right now so I don't think it'll take that long for you to have a hard time lifting him."

Walter chuckled, "You can say that again."

I rolled my eyes. "No kidding."

We followed the nurse back to a room and I helped her lift Cody up and put him on the exam table.

"Alright, let's see here…" The nurse checked Cody's vitals and weighed him. She took care of the basics for his treatment and left the room after stating the doctor would be there shortly.

When the doctor came in he smiled at Cody and then looked at me. "Hi there, my name is Dr. Markie and it's nice to meet you. I hear you're here for a check up and to make sure Cody gets his vaccines and stuff like that?"

I nodded. "Yup."

"Okay, let's get him checked out," the doctor said.

The doctor looked at Cody and gave him the necessary shots and gave him a microchip and his dog tags on his collar. Once everything was said and done I asked the doctor about Cody's training as a service dog. The doctor asked me about Cody's records from the store and I showed them to him.

"It says here that he has been trained to be a service dog since birth and he's already two years old. He just needs to be trained to suit your needs and he already has his service dog certificate. I can recommend a good trainer to help you out with that," the doctor said. "What do you need him as a service dog for?"

"Oh um, I have panic attacks and manic episodes sometimes out in public. And I need him to protect me from crazy people out in public as well," I said.

"I take it you've had some issues with the public?" The doctor asked.

I pulled out my phone and found a video of a reaction channel covering what Delilah did to me at the art exhibit. Yes, I know she's my Mom but I revoke that title until she learns to act like a mother. It's unfortunate but I doubt she'll learn to be a mother anytime soon.

The doctor whistled, "Yeah I'd say getting a service dog would help. Like I said, I'll recommend a good trainer for Cody and you'll get his tags in the mail. Other than that everything else looks good. Just check out at the desk and have a nice day."

I nodded and brought Cody up to the front desk to check out. When I got home I sat down on the couch and Cody jumped up on my lap.

"It's a good thing the dog's trained or this would be a lot harder to do and he's already taken a liking to you. Maybe Jenny was right? He was so ready to go home with you," Walter said.

I paused and thought about it. "You know you're probably right? Not to mention he has a background that's just what I need in a dog! I think my life is going to get interesting from here."

Walter laughed, "Yeah I totally agree."

***

{Satan}

I smirked as I saw Victoria buy the dog that I planted in the pet shop for her. That dog is no ordinary dog; he's actually a hellhound. He's really smart and he's over a century old! The dog's real name isn't Cody, it's Cain.

But the name Victoria picked out is close enough I guess.

"So it looks like Cain found his way to his assignment?" I heard someone say.

I looked up and rolled my eyes when I saw my assistant named Ryan standing at the entrance of my office staring at me. "Yes he found his way and now it's just a waiting game to see what we can to bring Victoria and Walter home. And don't go getting any ideas about betraying me again. I can see the wheels in your head already starting to turn."

Ryan had betrayed me before by trying to trick a crossroads demon to make a contract with him so that he would have to serve Ryan and Ryan alone. That was a betrayal considering he wasn't allowed to make any contracts with any other demon unless I told him that he could. I have no idea why I decided to give him another chance instead of just sending him to the thirteenth gate of Hell. So far he's proven himself to be useful. If he ever thinks of betraying me again then we'll have a problem.

"Fuck!" Ryan cursed underneath his breath.

I rolled my eyes again. "Exactly. You're just lucky I decided to give you a second chance. I have no idea why I did that though. You better not fuck it up or I'll just give you over to Alastor and see how you like him or toss you into the thirteenth gate of Hell!" I leaned back in my chair and laughed, "You know what's funny about humans?"

Ryan raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"They really think they're all that when they're alive because they just so happen to be at the top of the food chain. But what they fail to realize is that once they're dead they're at the bottom of the food chain," I said. That gave me an idea. "That reminds me, when Victoria dies I'll give her her own little pet. I can't wait to find how she's going to react about what I did with Wyatt. I think she'll be very pleased with it, don't you think?"

Ryan smirked and nodded because he knew exactly what Wyatt did to Victoria before he died. "Oh yeah, the guy deserves it and possibly worse."

I laughed, "Yeah you're probably right about that. Anyway, I have a job for you."

"Yes sir?" Ryan said.

"I need you to monitor Delilah, Victoria's human mother," I said. "Keep track of her and fuck around with her to slowly drive her crazy. You know, do like what those horror movies that humans make about demons do."

"You mean anything from playing with light switches and making weird noises and slamming doors and stuff?" Ryan smirked.

I nodded. "Yeah just whatever you do, don't kill her. Just drive her slowly insane. I need her to be crazy in order for my plan to work. Don't ask, you'll see when the time comes."

Ryan's eyes lit up and his smirk turned into a grin. I could tell that this was going to be one of his favorite assignments that I've given him. He bowed. "Yes your highness, can't wait to see how this one turns out."

When he left the room I smiled because he has no idea what I'm planning for Delilah and the ending is going to be awesome.

***

{omniscient}

After hearing what Satan wanted Ryan to do, Ryan teleported over to where the residence of Frank and Delilah Randal lived. Frank and Delilah Randal lived in a mansion in the high society part of town.

Since Ryan was a demon he didn't need to ask for permission in order to enter the house. All he had to do was use his powers to slip through the front gate. He didn't have to search long before he came across Frank and Delilah engaged in a rather explosive argument.

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"I'm telling you one last time if you ever lay a hand on my son the next time he comes to visit that will be the last time you have any rights to the Randal name!" Frank shouted.

"But I thought you believed in the same values I did!" Delilah shouted back.

"I'm not homophobic like you are and I wish you would've told me that before we got married," Frank said. "You didn't think to tell me that now did you? That's what I get for marrying someone after knowing them for two weeks! But I mean it Delilah. Just because you dealt with Victoria that way-"

"Victory!" Delilah snapped.

Frank paused. "Excuse me?"

"I told you plenty of times before I had a complicated pregnancy with Victoria so I call her Victory!" Delilah responded.

"I don't care what you call her," Frank snarled. "But you need to at least act like an adult and be civil with her."

"Victoria, Victoria, Victoria!" Delilah shouted. "Why is it always about Victoria? What's so special about her anyway? I'm the one who gave birth to her! I also gave birth to two other children that are more worthy of praise and attention than she is!"

Frank paused again and then burst into laughter. "Is that why you hate her so much? You're jealous of her?"

"It's not funny and no, I'm not jealous of her! Why would I be jealous of my own daughter! I've destroyed her life to the fullest while living my life to the fullest! I have it so much better than her! Why would I be jealous?" Delilah said.

"That's exactly why she deserves to have a better life now," Frank said. "I think you've tortured and put her down enough. You need to grow up and get over your deep seated hatred. Why do you hate Victoria so much?"

Delilah paused. "Honestly, I don't know. All I know is I hated her from the very moment she was born. However, the idea of giving her up for adoption didn't sit well with me especially since Jaxon and Jenny were already smitten with her."

"Oh so you decided to keep her and use her as your own personal punching bag?" Frank asked.

Delilah opened her mouth to say something in response but closed it and it was with that action that Frank knew he hit the nail on the head. At that moment every once of love Frank ever felt for Delilah was gone. He wondered if she only married him for his money.

"Do you love me at all?" Frank asked.

Delilah laughed, "What sort of nonsense question is that?"

His gaze darkened to let Delilah know he was being serious with his question. "I mean it Delilah, do you love me?"

She paused and blinked and then gave Frank a look of disbelief that he would come to his senses from whatever feelings he had for her to ask that question. "Why are you asking me that?"

"It's a simple question and you should be able to answer it without hesitation," Frank said.

"Oh, so you're a hopeless romantic just like all of my other husbands were!" Delilah said, "Question why should one marry for love anyway? My first husband, Jaxon, Jenny and Victoria's father, (he's Jenny's father by default because I got pregnant from a one night stand with her) was a hopeless romantic and look where that got him. He's dead, he got killed by his own father because of me! The idiot didn't realize that I didn't love him and I was getting ready to walk out on him. Had it not been for me getting pregnant with Victoria I would have done left him and taken Jaxon and Jenny with me! Actually I was dating someone else behind his back because I was in love with that person and not him. The guy's name was Brian and oh boy he was everything I wanted in a man and not the useless husband that I had back home.

"Before I met my first husband I was in love with my high school sweetheart. I thought I was going to marry him for love. Then I caught the bastard cheating on me and he even got the girl that he cheated with pregnant and married her instead. The last I heard they were living life to the fullest! They were truly in love! When my high school sweetheart cheated on me, my parents turned their backs on me saying that I was a worthless daughter because I couldn't get a son of a wealthy man to marry me. They only approved of me dating the guy because he was rich. Sad isn't it?

"So to answer your question that you so desire an answer to, I don't love you. Because in all my years of living I've learned that being a hopeless romantic as I used to be before I met you only causes problems. It allows the ones you love to walk all over you and when they're done with you, they toss you away like trash."

Frank gasped and looked at Delilah in horror. Now he realized that he made a huge mistake marrying Delilah. Had he known who Delilah actually was then he wouldn't have thought that she was marriage material. But he knew that now wasn't the right time to ask for a divorce although the thought immediately crossed his mind after he heard what Delilah said. Oh no, he was going to stay married to her for the time being but keep her at arms length.

Delilah snickered, "Wow you look heartbroken! You look as though I shot your beloved son or something."

"You might as well have done that," Frank snarled. "Yes, I prefer to marry someone that I love. Someone that I know I can trust with the family should anything happen to me. Oh but don't worry, I'm not divorcing you, not yet."

At that moment he knew that he would have to put his foot down when came down to Delilah laying her hands on either her children or his children just because of their sexuality.

"So what are you going to do with me?" Delilah asked.

"Well first of all effective immediately, you're moving out of my room and into one of the guest room's until I can have your own room prepared for you," Frank said.

Delilah's eyes went wide. "What? Are you kidding me? Please tell me you're joking! You're joking right?"

"After what you just said to me, yeah I'm not joking. You'll never get another taste of my dick for the rest of your life and I'll make sure of it. As a matter of fact, I might consider having an affair," Frank said. His gaze hardened even more and the air around the two of them went cold.

It was then that Delilah knew that Frank didn't love her anymore and she didn't have him wrapped around her finger as she had before. That also meant that she might not be living life to the fullest anymore. She knew at that moment that treating Victoria the way that she treated her throughout her childhood and as an adult was a huge mistake.

"You know something about Howard, my husband who beat the crap out of Victoria when he found out she was dating a woman?" Delilah asked. At that moment she hoped that pulling this card out now would salvage at least some of her image in Frank's eyes. She hoped that this story would get him to reconsider their relationship.

Frank tilted his head. "What about him?"

"When I first met Howard he didn't want anything to do with me, you wanna know why?" Delilah said.

"Why?" Frank asked.

"Because he was in love with Victoria! She was in her last year in high school at the time! True, she just turned eighteen but Howard was old enough to be her dad," Delilah said. "I married Howard to keep him from going after her. I fell head over heels for Howard and I wanted him as mine and mine alone. It turns out he was using me to get to Victoria. And when she rejected him and reported him to the police he was pissed. The icing on the cake was that he found out that Victoria was dating a woman!"

Frank gave her a look of disbelief. "You're kidding me right? Who in their right mind marries someone knowing they're pinning after their daughter? You must be really fucked up in the head and that's another thing I'm going to order you to do is go to therapy!" He shook his head. "I cannot believe that you would marry a guy who should've been in jail instead of passing away quietly from cancer. You're disgusting and unfit to be a mother!

"And another thing, if you ever lay a hand on Victoria again or if you try to go after my son for being gay, then I will make sure to divorce you and I will make your life hell if you don't sign the papers willingly. So as I just said earlier that effective immediately, you are to move into one of the guest room's until I have your own room prepared for you. And once a week, you will start going to therapy to work out your issues that you should've been working on to begin with instead of taking them out on your daughter."

"But I-" Delilah started.

Frank cut her off, "No buts Delilah! You disgust me."

He didn't say another word as he turned on his heels and left, leaving Delilah standing in the middle of the hallway with her jaw dropped to the floor in shock at what just happened.

She had no idea that there was a spectator watching the whole entire argument. Ryan stood there smirking because he couldn't believe his luck at how easy this assignment was going to be. Demons tend to have an easier time messing with humans who are wicked at heart. Delilah was wicked to her very core. Ryan didn't even have to look into her memories in order to see that.

After a moment or two Delilah's gaze went from shocked to cold.

"Well fuck Frank and fuck Victory! That damn bitch has no idea how lucky she is!" Delilah grumbled to herself.

Ryan's smirk turned into a sinister smile. This is going to be fun! Let the games begin!

***

{Delilah}

I don't get it. I really don't. It happens every single time I've ever got with anyone. They're always after Victoria. I'm not jealous of her, not one little bit but it's always wicked people that are after her. The people that want to lay their hands on her and use her as their personal punching bag or their plaything. I never understood it and I still don't. Honestly, if getting someone to love you involves having them after you for ill intentions then I don't want it.

Like I said to Frank, why marry for love when everyone is just looking out for themselves? When Frank asked me if I loved him and I told him I didn't I knew at that moment that I lost a keeper. Frank truly loved me and he wasn't after Victoria for ill intentions. He had her best interest and my best interest at heart as well.

I have no intentions on trying to get back into his good graces because I don't believe in being in a hopeless romantic. I don't want people walking all over me. True, I have fallen in love before but that doesn't mean I'm going to move mountains for the person I love just to have them stab me in the back.

Oh well, at least I still have rights to the family name and Frank's money. I only care about his money. Fuck being in love! It always turns out for the worst anyway. There's no way in hell I'm going to make amends with Victoria either. She hates me to her very core as she should and there's no fixing that.

After my explosive argument with Frank, depressed and angry I went downstairs to the kitchen to grab a drink. Instead of grabbing wine like I normally do when I'm stressed I grabbed whiskey. I poured myself a glass and downed it in one go.

I turned around when I heard a click signaling that the light switch in the living room was on.

I went towards the living room to check and see if maybe Frank was there but when I saw no one there I turned the light switch off. As soon as I turned around to leave the light switch turned on again.

I shrugged, turned the light switch back off and went back into the kitchen. I sat down at the kitchen table after warming up some leftover food that I had planned to eat with Frank tonight.

No sooner had I sat down to eat Frank came into the room. Judging by the look on his face he wasn't in the mood to talk to me which is understandable because of the argument we got into earlier.

"Um, have you calmed down yet?" I asked.

Frank looked at me and narrowed his eyes. "What do you think?"

I didn't say anything else. I just shrugged and went back to eating. After I finished eating I put my plates in the sink.

"Oh, your room is ready for you," Frank said. He stood up, put his plates in the sink and left without sparing me another glance.

When Frank left I heard the light switch in the living room click again. I went into the living room and after seeing no one there I turned off the light again. As I left the room I ran into the head maid out in the hallway and she showed me to my new room. Little did I know that things were going to get a lot worse for me and it's all because I abused Victoria.