Plans Gone Awry Novels & Stories

Because they jumped the gun, trying to snatch her too early, there wasn’t enough distraction for them to successfully carry out the plan. Bad things always happen when you don’t stick to the plan. Pushing the buttons on my phone hard enough to bruise my fingers, I text them back demanding an explanation for their “failed delivery attempt.” “I demand a refund!” I added a second message. If they can’t follow basic instructions, I’ll reverse the transfer of funds. “Give me what I paid for!” It takes a bit of back and forth, but eventually we are able to come to an amicable solution.

I could hear the faint rhythm of his footsteps, the low warmth in his voice that once made my heart flutter. "Alright," I said softly, pretending lightness. "You're lucky I'm in a forgiving mood tonight." But as the sky deepened from amber to indigo, the seat across from me remained empty. Half an hour passed. Then an hour. Aaron still hadn't shown up. I called... No answer. Then Bella's name flashed across my screen. "Claire, check the trending feed. Vivian's gone crazy." My stomach tightened as I opened the news. Vivian's car had swerved across Aaron's lane, stopping him dead in traffic.

2. Garnett said, "Plan No.2 would take too long, and we can't afford to wait. We'll suffer massive loss once the Blood Revival Elixir enters the market. We'll have to bring down Tangmen Traditional Chinese Medicine Company as soon as possible. Therefore, I insist that we should apply Plan No.1." Davis shrugged and said, "But, dude, Plan No.1 has failed." Garnett said, "No... no... I didn't use our perfect Plan No.1 because I didn't want our strength exposed. We'll definitely make it as long as I play my trump card."

Did they really think that they were acting in a movie? "What do you mean?" Alfred was a little puzzled. "To come up with a new business plan, even if the people from Plath Corporation stayed up all night to accompany you with various data and various tests, it would be impossible to come up with a better plan than this." Jasper simply threw the business plan on the table. "In your plan, there’s a loophole in the human resources part, in order words, that’s the fatal flaw. If you and I were competitors, then I'm sorry to say, even if your plan was not known in advance by me, you would all be dead meat."

“But if you’re gonna drag it out any longer, you might have to do another one. Got enough pee left?” I give her a glare, then, gathering my courage, reach for the test and flip it over. I stare at the result. “Well, fuck!” I shout, rubbing my face with both hands, the reality settling like a weight on my shoulders. Jenni raises an eyebrow, amused. “You’re not exactly taking this news well,” she laughs. “How can I?” I exclaim. “We had a plan, and that plan just flew right out the window!” She shakes her head, still laughing softly. “What was the plan, then? Wait a year? Move somewhere kid-friendly? Have a whole timeline laid out?”

He genuflected and replied. "As you have commanded, your grace." He quickly walked out of the room, leaving me to my own thoughts once again. I could not ignore the fact that I had f***** up. My plan was to have aerial work for me take advantage of the situation and have her do the things I wanted. But I had let her slip through my f****** fingers and I knew I had to work extra hard if I wanted to rectify the situation and keep my dream alive. I leaned back on the seat and despite the fact that I have been thinking the whole day my thought was still chaotic. The more I thought about this, the more it became clearer that the situation could take an unpredictable and very dangerous turn.

It was not a good morning for Myles. The success he had anticipated, envisioned throughout the night, vanished like sunlight erasing darkness. The carefully crafted plan he had meticulously prepared had failed. "How could my plan fail?" Myles kept asking himself as he paced his room. Confusion was written all over his face. "How is this even possible?"

I shouted "So how am I wrong?" I cried, burying my face in my palms. Unknown 1 "Sir, I...We...The plan we wanted to carry out.." "Yes...yes, what about it?" I deadpanned, relaxing more than ever before on the couch. "It has…." "Look if you have something to say, go ahead" I said in annoyance. "The plan failed even before it began" he rushed. I stood up immediately, heading for a dagger before facing him.

This wasn’t part of the plan. None of this was. But plans— Had a way of changing. And lines— Once crossed— Were harder to redraw than anyone ever admitted.

Varkos was always ruthless…but for Ginnie? He’s unstoppable. Maria rubs her temples, her voice steadier now. “We need another plan, Kenna. There is no backing down now.” Another laughter tears out of me again—nothing funny about its tone, “You had a strategy.” “And it failed,” she shot back. “So we have to adapt.” Adapt? The word settles inside me, and slowly..my breathing steadies. If Maria’s plan had failed, then I would make my own. “You’ve had your way long enough,” I say quietly.