Pangs Of The Blackmailed

(KIRA)

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I remained seated on the couch, staring at Casey before me. She was reading the messages I had exchanged with the blackmailer, Maven, and the more she read, the paler she got. It was as if she was only confirming my suspicions about my situation. I was fucked, big time.

"Well..." I said after a while and she was still quiet. "Are you going to say something?"

Casey slowly got off her knees and lowered herself back onto the couch, "it's just… I'm a little confused."

"What's there to be confused about?" I demanded. "I'm being blackmailed by this Maven guy and we have to do something about it!"

"Yeah, I know. That part is pretty clear." Casey snapped back, "But what exactly does this mean? 'I know what you are', what does Maven mean by that?"

I swallowed as I shifted in my seat, I looked away from her, "How the fuck am I supposed to know? How do I know what goes on in the mind of the fucking blackmailer?"