The Double Whammy News Reception (1)

"So," I began sombrely, dropping down onto the bench beside a sweaty, panting Marco who was in the process of inhaling a water bottle. "We have news concerning your aunt."

The man turned his head toward the model standing beside me, wiping the sweat beads off his face with a towel. At this point he knew enough about Claudette to not question her being present. "And?"

Pursing my lips, I took a deep breath as I waited for her to break the news. It wasn't light and it wasn't pretty.

"You were right in your suspicions," she began, taking a few sheets of paper from the folder she was carrying for him to look at. "Celia's been blackmailing your parents over the last thirty odd years."

"What the fuck?" His face was stuck in a cross between surprise and deep concern. "That's around the time she fell out with my mother."