Someone to blame

chapter 2

The head litigation lawyer for McDonalds, Frank, had seen other lawsuits like this before. They usually settled out of court and involved having to put calorie number on menu items and raising prices. He did not want to see this happen again, so he decided to send some interns to gather intel on the girls. Kimberly and Zoe had started working out together, even though it was humiliating they still stuck to trying. Seeing this, Frank sent his interns, Heather and Carly, to the gym to befriend the girls and see if they couldn’t derail the case. Carly was a raven-haired girl with porcelain skin and icy blue eyes, although a little on the chubby side. She wasn’t fat at all, but she had gained weight while working at the office and was a little over 150 pounds. Heather on the other hand was careful what she ate and had maintained her 110-pound figure even working in the office. She had a beautiful shade of chestnut brown hair and deep blue eyes. The two girls headed to the gym and began trying to befriend Kimberly and Zoe.

The four girls hit it off pretty easy. Carly really liked them, and when Heather looked past their weight, she got along with them too. They would chat over shakes at the gym and eventually went out for drinks. After a couple weeks they were a group of close friends. Carly was feeling a bit guilty for lying to her new friends, but Heather convinced her to stay quiet for now. This cause Carly to binge eat her guilt and eventually she put on more weight. Heather would tease her about it, but unbeknownst to her, she too had been putting on weight being around Kimberly and Zoe, she found herself relaxing more and enjoying more food. Stepping on the scale at the gym, Carly was about to be upset but then Zoe said, “wow, 175, I remember when I was only 175, I would love to be that thin again… ”Kimberly laughed, “I haven’t been 175 since I was 7” This made Carly not feel so bad about her weight, she couldn’t be too big if these large girls want to be that size.
Carly and Heather tried to get Kimberly and Zoe to say anything about McDonalds not being to blame, but the girls would mostly say they couldn’t discuss the case, or would adamantly blame them, while ordering from the drive thru. A couple months had gone by and the interns had gotten nothing, except extra weight. Carly was now close to 200, Heather had only put on about 20 pounds and was still ignoring the gain. Carly had gotten hired on at a different law firm and decided she wanted to come clean to her friends. Heather begrudgingly agreed since she too had become close to the girls and was feeling guilty as well.
“What!? You were trying to ruin our case?” Kimberly said,
Crying, Carly responded, “I was told to by my boss… But once we got close, I felt so bad…”
Heather said, “I feel bad too, but I don’t think McDonalds is to blame, you just can’t accept it yourself”
Kimberly was angry and said, “Oh yea, and who’s to blame for your belly” Poking Heather in the gut. Heather took a long look at herself in the mirror, realizing how big she was and said,
“I… I dunno, but not McDonalds, you just lack self-control”
Zoe thought, then said, “Why don’t you do what I did, do the menu challenge, and then see how easy it is to stop” to which Heather accepted.