Option: She's Being Blackmailed

You knew your wife and you knew when something was wrong. There’d been something off with her all day. You could tell that there was something that she was hiding. Something important. When you sat down at the table together, she finally let her guard down. As the whole story came flowing out, you reached across the table and held her hand.

Someone who your wife knew had contacted her with a file filled with dangerous information. The sort of information that she had to keep secret at all costs. Attached to the file was a note with a predatory threat. He had instructions for her, and if she didn’t obey him, then he was going to reveal everything he knew.

“He wants…he wants to sleep with me…”

She struggled to even vocalize it. It was as if, by saying the words out loud, she was making a bad dream into reality. She was acknowledging that this was really happening. You gripped her hand tightly.

“And not just once too. He wants to make it, er, a regular thing…and if I don’t do it then he tells everyone what he knows…”{if Meek = true}

(Meek) You felt your heart beating faster and faster as she continued with the story. All the while, more and more questions bombarded your aching mind. How could such a thing have happened? How did he discover your wife’s secret? What could you do to stop this? Yet, none of the questions left your lips. You were speechless and dumb.

Your grip on your wife’s hand was your grounding to reality. She had come to you for support, but now you were the one relying on her to stay calm.{endif}{if Romantic = true}

(Romantic) You gripped her hand tightly, in an effort to help your wife feel your presence. The anguish on her face broke your heart.{if Male = true}

But, while you did the duty of being a supportive spouse, your mind was a storm of rage. How dare he do this to her? She was your angel. You wanted to strangle the life out of him. Your wife had to talk you from running off to fight him then and there.{endif}{if Female = true}

But, while you did the duty of being a supportive spouse, your mind was a storm of rage. How dare he do this to her? She was your perfect angel. You wanted to make him drink poison and spasm on the floor.{endif}{endif}{if Normal = true}

(Normal) You listened to it all with a growing knot in your stomach. From her description, the proof he had was ironclad. What’s more, if you went to the police with this, he would ensure the information was released. Try as you might, you couldn’t think of a solution save for just giving her blackmailer what he wanted. But, what he wanted was to despoil your wife. Could you really accept such a thing?{endif}