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12/8/2014

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Today's photo prompt is a picturesque  snowy scene. We left Will & Tonya at dinner, but they made it outside on a warm Indian summer night. In contrast to our photo, things are starting to heat up. She's picking his brain about blackmail and her options all in the name of a friend. 



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His lips were almost on hers. Then it happened, a sudden halt to the romantic proceedings due to her half whispered words. “Why don’t people go to the police when they are being blackmailed? You never explained.” Damn multi-tasking brain.


The lips that were millimeters from touching hers pulled back. Instead of kissing her, Will dropped the arm that was embracing her and leaned back against her car with a sigh. “Why are you so intent on knowing about blackmail? Are you writing a mystery?”

It sounded like a good excuse and an easy way to explain why she needed the information. “That’s it. Could you help me?”

His hand shot through his hair, then rubbed his neck. “Okay, I’ll help. I actually know something about blackmail. You’d be surprised how many people who once professed to love and honor the other will resort to blackmail. Sometimes it’s to get something such as a shared possession or even the kids. “

This wasn’t something she'd considered. Were people dissatisfied in love always out to make the other pay? If so, it made the idea of romance a very scary prospect. Yeah, like she hadn’t figured that out already. “What do they use to blackmail each other?”

Will slapped the car lightly with one hand. “Often one is engaged in an affair, the cheating one makes concessions to keep his current squeeze out of the limelight. Maybe one of the partners participated in some unethical business practice. The criminal activity needs to stay hidden. Threats to make plastic surgery or the true parentage of their children public is used as fodder for blackmail.”

 “Do they go to the police about this?” Would the police even caring about such things?

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V.L. Locey link
12/8/2014 07:41:44 pm

Darn brains! Sometimes they need to stop working so hard. Great snippet with some clever dialog.

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Jean Joachim
12/8/2014 09:02:08 pm

Damn! She needs to learn to go with the moment. And why is she so interested in blackmail. I love this story. And so well told.

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Kay Springsteen
12/8/2014 09:55:52 pm

Goodness... I think I'd have at least taken the kiss first. She must really be on a mission!

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Flossie Benton Rogers link
12/8/2014 11:08:41 pm

Love the way you referred to her multi-tasking brain-- made me chuckle. Hope she gets the kiss later. The blackmail is intriguing me!

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Iris
12/9/2014 05:38:59 pm

Kay's comment made me giggle.
Loved the snippet today, nice dialogue ... let's hope next time she lets him kiss her :-)

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Trisha Faye link
12/13/2014 11:20:44 am

I'm with the others. She needs to halt the ever working multi-tasking brain and just go with the kiss.
Great scene!

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jillian
12/14/2014 09:48:23 am

Love it. Great dialogue - she does need to let her brain rest and enjoy the kiss..

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    Morgan K Wyatt

    Secret Cravings author of contemporary and historical romances.

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