It's your wife

Your wife, Melissa, is on the line. She tells you that she’s just now received the voice mail from the school regarding a need to discuss Ashley. You inform her you took care of the situation and that you’ve grounded Ashley. She inquires as to how things are at home and you lie, saying you’ve managed to get Ashley wearing respectful clothes again. Melissa is impressed by this and asks, “Then what did the school want to talk about?”

“Oh, she had a fight.” Start digging that hole.

“Really? Over what?” Melissa’s response is coated in skepticism.

“Um…yeah…Ashley says a boy touched her inappropriately, so she slapped him. The school doesn’t believe her and blamed her choice in outfits. It’s part of the reason she’s seen the error in the way she’d been dressing. So I bought her some new clothes while taking her home and she’s promised to not be slutty.”

You hope that by time Melissa sees you again you’ll be out from under the blackmailer, so she’ll never know you’re lying. Instead, she turns the tables. “Let’s have dinner tomorrow night at the house. Ashley can show me all of these new clothes you bought her and tell me about her fight.”

“Oh, I don’t know she’s still pretty upset. Maybe give her a few days.”

“I’m her mother. I’ll see you at 7 p.m.”

Melissa abruptly hangs up the phone. As soon as you’re off you rush upstairs and send the blackmailer an email about the situation and ask that Ashley be granted an exception for tomorrow night.

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