The reporter ejects the cassette; I’m rendered speechless by it.
“What do you want?” I ask, eventually. “Money? I don’t have much…”
“You accept it that easily?” he asks, surprised. “No attempted denial? I know he betrayed you, but the Senator must be worse than I’d thought.”
“I know there’s no point in denial,” I say.
“You know the impact this will have,” he says with a smirk. “What I want is to see your reaction. Do you destroy the cassette and protect your friend, or do you publish it and get back at him?”
He hands me the cassette.
Quite the quandary.
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interesting choice wonder what they'll do.Great story.
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What would he choose?!
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Many more questions in that short piece, I could easily read more ... very well done!
ReplyDeleteLove endings like this. Well done.
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ReplyDeletelove your blog,
come join our poetry picnic week 9 today,
first time participants can share 1 to 3 random poems.
Old poems or poems unrelated to our theme are welcome.
Hope to see you in.
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