I stared at Jake’s message until the screen went dark.
You were good yesterday. Don’t forget I still have the video.
A slow smile spread across my face. He really thought he had won. He believed I was scared. He believed I would keep obeying him because of one video. He had no idea that everything had changed.
I moved to my gallery and replayed the video to confirm my act again. Frame by frame, I watched it again. Every part that could tell a different story had been removed. What remained told a completely different story, a story of manipulation, of threats, a story that could easily raise questions and cause years in prison.
If Jake ever thought of threatening me with his version, I would do the same with mine and we would see whose own would raise alarm. The more I thought about
