The Bachelor Challenge

Day 7: Elimination 2

Valentina comes up with a plan to get everyone to join together to convince Eric that he should eliminate Leah. She reasons that if Leah is on the chopping block, the rest of them won't have to worry this week. Now she has to guarantee this outcome. Don't want Eric to have a change of heart.

She talks to Jasmine and Kaley. She even goes to Zuri who is conflicted: she thinks Leah's actions were wrong, but believes she should be given a chance to talk it out with Eric without anyone else's influence.

The next morning, Val hosts a mini dance party in the basement where she invites Morgan, Kaley, and, of course, Eric. They start off dancing and having fun. Then Kaley and Morgan "casually" talk about Leah and how wrong and crazy she is. Val is in the back bouncing with a victorious smirk on her face.

Meanwhile, Leah and Zuri corner Jasmine while she is grilling. Leah knows that Val is going around bad-mouthing her and creating a coalition against her. She feels the need to gather allies of her own.

Zuri pulls out a notebook where Leah wrote out a script for her to recite. She reads the words; but isn't convincing in her acting. She's not an actress like Leah.

Jasmine doesn't want to take sides. She's heard both Val and Leah out. She decides to stay out of the drama. Ultimately, she says, Eric's opinion is the only one that matters. Zuri thinks that's a good idea, but Leah is miffed that Jasmine didn't choose her. At least she's not actively campaigning against her.

Another impromptu mini-dance party breaks out a few hours before elimination time. These sims love to boogie.

Leah enters the room.

Leah: Let's get this party started!

Everyone stops dancing and the atmosphere is awkward.

It's not until everyone is finishing up preparing for tonight's elimination that Leah ~finally~ gets the courage to sit down and talk to Eric. Kaley is already sitting at the table and doesn't take Leah's *ahems* as a hint to leave (we know she isn't about to miss this juicy mess. That would be me, too. I was already here, say what you gotta say). 

Leah does her best to smooth things over with Eric, but he gets up without a word and walks away 💀. He even has a smirk on his face. Brutal. Even Kaley feels bad for her. I guess it's too little too late. Waiting this long makes it look like she doesn't care about repairing the relationship; and only cares about not getting eliminated. (Literally, in-game she waited two whole days before talking to Eric and he ignored her.)

Welp. It's time for the second elimination round. I wonder who's going to get kicked off... hehehe... Such a huge mystery.

The bachelorettes are all lined up waiting with baited breath to see who receives a rose.

Eric chooses Kaley first as they have the highest relationship both in friendship and romance.

Leah is the only one with her romantic relationship with Eric in the negative (red). She is eliminated from The Bachelor.

Let’s face facts people. Leah slapped him like a 1940s cartoon. There's no coming back from that.

Leah: I’m devastated. I never got a real chance to explain myself to Eric. I’m not a violent person. I just got swept up in the moment and know I’m being punished for an impulsive decision. It’s not who I am.

Eric: As much as I enjoyed my date with Leah, I couldn’t get past the fact that she hit me. I understand emotions run high and it’s hard to maintain your composure, but getting violent is a line that shouldn’t be crossed no matter who you are. If she’s willing to slap me this early on who knows what she’ll do later. She could be dangerous not just to me, but to any of the other women in the house.

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Bonus post-elimination my fave screenshot of the loser:

I really liked Leah; she's so cute. I thought she'd at least make it to the finals. I was not prepared for her to pop off like that.

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