“Done,” Kitty said, looking at Rachael. She was a bit disturbed with how easily she had been able to crumble on something like that but she looked at Rachael and just wanted to protect her. It wasn’t fair to her, so she would do what was necessary.
“Well that ain’t hardly all,” Ariel grunted and she leaned forward. She didn’t say anything. She waited for the tension to grow. Wanted them to ask her. Wanted them to realize that she was in complete control of them and that she could get anything they wanted.
“What do you want?” Kitty said in a defeated voice. But Ariel still wasn’t ready.
“Well when I got this on tape and put it on my computer and watched it a few times I started to think about what I wanted. I sort of liked this home voyeur tape and I started to think about all of the things I could get out of it. You know my best grades are always in English. The teachers think that I have real imagination. So you can imagine yourself, all of the things that I came up with…” she paused again.
“Fuck, just say what you want!” Rachael said suddenly, feeling ugly for saying a work that she never liked to say but feeling desperate. Being unable to take anymore.
“Such language!” Ariel said, but she was ready now, “Well like I said, I really liked my video and I want to see four more, two from each of you. Get me four more videos to watch and you can be sure that I will never show anyone anything. They’ll be worth more to me than seeing you guys screwed, so to speak.”
“What do you mean, two from each of us?” Rachael asked, just the question Ariel wanted to hear.
“I am so glad you asked that. I already have the video of the two of you, I want different videos. I want four new videos. I want something different each time. Something specific,” Ariel explained. Kitty felt weak and now she sat down too. Rachael put her head down on the desk. She was in a state of shock. This wasn’t happening. But she was still listening.
“Mrs. Lowell,” Ariel said first and Kitty looked up at her with pure hate in her eyes. She didn’t want to know what was coming next, “I have a thing for taboos Mrs. Lowell. I like things that you aren’t supposed to like. That’s why your video is so much fun for me. It is just so… bad. Well I went online last night and looked you up, I looked up everything I could find out about both of you, plus I took the things that I already know about you. Mrs. Lowell do you have a niece?” she asked and Kitty felt confused.
“Yes but what does…” then it suddenly dawned on her.
“I want you to fuck your niece…”
“I cannot believe what I am hearing,” Kitty said with absolute disgust in her voice. It was a gut reaction, the only thing she could say. Rachael was disgusted as well. What could this possibly bode for her.
“I didn’t say rape her. I don’t want that. I want you to fuck her. And I am a little bit offended by the lack of respect you have for my current power. For that, I am going to add a separate condition. I want you to turn your niece into a whore. I want you to pay her for sex,” She said. Kitty opened her mouth to protest again. Then she realized the power of the evidence that Ariel had against her. This would ruin her life, her son’s life. Rachael’s life. She should at least hear the girl out, let her say what she needed to say and then figure out a way around it.
“What else,” Kitty said flatly and Ariel grinned deviously.
“I want you to fuck your son,” she said and giggled. Kitty didn’t react. She pretended like she didn’t even hear it. That just simply couldn’t happen.
“I…” “Just shut up,” Ariel said, “It will be better for you. As for you Rachael, you’re friends with Cindy Womack are you not? Cheer buddies?”
“Yes,” Rachael said, “I don’t want to sleep with my best friend.” She was speaking in monotone.
“That’s good. I don’t want you to fuck her. I want you to fuck her sister Tess,” Ariel explained and laughed. It would be one thing to get a friend to seduce another friend. If it worked, both were happy. If Rachael tried to seduce her best friend’s sister, it was bad news no matter what.
“What else, just tell her what else,” Kitty said, this meeting was lasting forever and she wanted to get outside where she could breathe.
“I want Rachael to fuck her mommy. Her beauty queen mother. She likes older women, it’s not that big of a stretch,” Ariel said, “And I want to make sure both of you do it. So I want video evidence somehow. Phone, hidden cameras, whatever. I want to be able to see it.”
“Let’s just say we do it,” Kitty said defiantly, “How do we know you don’t just want a lot of tapes so you can screw us harder? How do we know you aren’t just trying to ruin more people?”
“Well teacher think about it. If I wanted everyone to know now they already would. You have already benefited from my good faith even if you didn’t realize it. And the only people who would get hurt are the people that will be hurt anyway. It seems to me you don’t have a choice.”
“Oh God!” Rachael said and she was sobbing now. This was Hell. That was all there was to it. She was in Hell.
“Just remember ladies that you are tied to one another. If one of you performs and the other one doesn’t you’re still screwed. I need all four videos. If you leave me out then you leave out your lover,” Ariel said and she got up to walk out the door.
“But how will we know,” Rachael said, “If we did give you the videos, what would you do to assures us that we are protected.”
“Don’t worry, you’ll get protection. I promise,” Ariel said and then slipped out the door. A moment later she popped her head back in the door, “You have twenty minutes to decide whether or not you are going to do this. If you don’t the video hit’s the internet and the police station tonight. I’ll be right outside the door.”
For a moment Kitty and Rachael just sat in the room and cried. Their entire lives and futures were running through their heads. All of the people who would be affected. They were both most afraid for each other. They were embarrassed that their actions were going to hurt one another. Although they couldn’t have put that into words if they tried.
“What are we going to do?” Rachael said pleadingly at Kitty. Her need was so obvious, Kitty put her arm around her. Wanted to protect her from the world.
“What can we do?” Kitty said, “We have try to fulfill what she said. I don’t know what else to do. I mean we can say ‘yes’ and then figure a way out of it later. But if not, we have to hope that this is enough. That it will stop her.”
“I don’t want to do this,” Rachael said, thinking about the unpleasant actions she would have to take to make it happen. Then she knew that she couldn’t trust Ariel even if she did. It was such a huge risk. But the other way was automatically horrible. She would lose all her friends. She would lose her family. She would lose Kitty. Kitty would go to jail for her. Kitty’s thoughts were in the same place. She couldn’t lose her life and couldn’t bear to see Rachael lose her life.
“Please Rachael, just say you will. We will figure something out. Do it for me,” Kitty said, turning Rachael so that they were looking at each other in their tearing eyes. Kitty kissed Rachael gently on the lips, tasted the salt of her tears.