Refuse

Overwhelmed with guilt you decide to finally take a stand.You type back: "No. This has gone far enough."

There's a long pause before your blackmailer responds. When he does you feel chills. "Very well. This is the last you'll hear from me."

Try as you might you don't sleep well. All of the potential scenarios of what could happen next run through your head. You try to hang onto the thought that all you needed to do all along was say "no" and the blackmailer would have left you alone.

It's around 5 a.m. when you hear the sound of vehicles and people outside. You peek through your blinds and see two news trucks parked at the top of your driveway. The camera operators are setting up and the reporters are practicing their lines. This can't be good. You start to get dressed and consider your options. Your best bet is going out the back door.

As you start to button your shirt red and blue lights flash on the walls of your room. Police officers run from their cars and knock loudly on the door. Ashley, naked as the day she was born, comes into your room and grabs you, "Daddy, what's going on outside?"

You don't know what to say. You hold your scared little girl completely silent. She's trembling. there's a loud crash downstairs. The police are coming through the door. The run up the stairs and flashlights focus on you holding your naked daughter.

The blackmailer sent everything to the media and police. Everything.

All of Ashley's photos were credited to your manipulation. To your shock in court more images were presented showing Ashley being spanked over your knee with your fingers inside her. Ashley, to her credit, tried to plead that it was all her fault and there was someone else blackmailing you, but that argument crumbled when logs traced those orders back to you.

Congratulations. You're never getting out of prison. Lesson of the day: Never defy a blackmailer.