"Wait! Huh? What? Are you kidding me? You want me to do what? Are you all out of your collective minds?"
Except it came out "Wait!Huh?What?Areyoukiddingme?Youwantmetodowhat?Areyoualloutofyourcollectiveminds?"
It was one long sentence, said so quickly there wasn't time for anyone to answer.
They were sitting around the table in the kitchen.
Barbara hadn't invited them to sit at the formal table in the dining room.
Her guests, Julie, Savannah and her sister were sitting with their hands wrapped around coffee mugs, trying to get some warmth back into their fingers.
"It's not that complicated" Savannah's sister stated "We're asking you to help out some needy kids by participating in a wet t-shirt contest/fundraiser.
We were going to call it 'Tits for Tots' but the 'Toys for Tots' people got their undies in a bunch so we're just going with 'Boobies for Babies' "
"Look" Barbara interrupted. "I don't care...What's your name?"
"Rachel" the stunning redhead replied.
"Great. Look Rachel, It's not about what you call it or what the cause is. I'm not going to take part in a wet t-shirt contest for your bar.
I'm not that kind of woman."
"Au contraire, mon ami" Julie said. "We have video evidence that says you are exactly that kind of woman".
She reached down and picked up her bag.
Pulling out a computer tablet, she said "We were hoping to only pull this out as a last resort but seeing as how you're not willing to hear us out, you need to see this."
She set it down on the table so Barbara had the best viewing angle and tapped the screen.
At first there was nothing, but after a few seconds a graphic appeared "Trucker's Delight Presents: The Exit 126 Flasher like you've never seen her before".
"What's this? What is 'Trucker's Delight' " Barbara asked, feigning confusion.
Julie tapped the screen and the video paused. "Oh that's just a phony name for a video production company. We made it up hoping to sounded more professional.
Don't even try telling us you don't know what the Exit 126 Flasher is. Don't forget, we had your phones for some time before we sent them back.
One of our regulars is pretty good with tech stuff and it didn't take long to crack your passwords.
She tapped the screen again and the video resumed.
It started with a few picture of Barbara fully dressed and just doing everyday things that husbands take pictures of their wives doing.
Soon it progressed to lingerie shots. Going from basic bra and panties pictures to some very sexy items picked up at specialty stores.
When the first picture of Barbara topless, but with her hands covering her breasts popped up, she turned away. Knowing where it was leading, she didn't really want to see more.
"Look at it" Savannah insisted. "You need to see all of it so you know exactly what's going on here. It will help you make the right decision when the time comes".
Barbara turned back to the tablet. The pictures went through stages of her partially undressed, undressing and completely nude and posing for the camera before getting to the ones showing her performing oral sex on Kenneth, being tied, spread eagle to the bed, blindfolded and eventually some pictures of her with semen splattered across her chest and face.
The next series of pictures were taken in public. Bars and restaurants and a few other places
Some up skirts. Some down blouses (with and without bra).
These ended with some shots of Barbara that night in the bar. Fully clothed but clearly showing off her assets.
These must have been taken by other people at the bar because she couldn't recall Kenneth taking any picture prior to things going wrong.
Then the photo slideshow ended and the video show began.
It showed Barbara dancing and stripping up on the pool table.
Somehow, there was no indication of threats, coercion or direction.
They overdubbed the original music so there was no sound of the other people who had been in the room.
It just showed her stripping naked over the course of three songs including the break when she asked for something to drink.
The way it was edited, it looked as if she was an eager and willing exhibitionist putting on a show in the back room of a roadside bar.
It ended with her lap dance performed on her husband which somehow captured the comments she had said to him so that he would climax before the song ended.
Barbara sat back in stunned silence. She didn't know what to say and if she did, she didn't think she could get the words to come out.
What was less than a minute, but seemed like an eternity Julie spoke. "So. As you can see, you are the type of woman who enjoys showing off her body in public and we think a wet t-shirt contest is something you'd really be into."
"I c-can't. I c-couldn't." Barbara stammered. "Kenneth would never go for it. It would ruin his job at the law firm. Even if his father is a full partner, and I have plans. I want to do good things for kids in trouble.
If word, or pictures got out of me doing anything like that, I would be ruined. No one is going to let someone who does that sort of thing anywhere near teens and young adults."
"Fuck Kenneth!" Savannah offered "Isn't he the one who drove you around, showing you off to any guy who happened to come along? How many of the things you did were your idea? You don't strike me as the type to ask your husband to tie you up and take pictures while he comes on your face.
Hell, he'd probably come in his pants if you just mentioned to him that you were thinking about being on stage, in a bar in a wet t-shirt contest.
If you really think he'd be against it. Don't tell him. Take control of your sexuality. Do it for you, for once. Not for him."
"Or..." Rachel said. "We could show the video to Kenneth's father and ask him what it's worth to make it go away."
"Oh God! NO!" Barbara pleaded. "Please don't. He'd disown Kenneth for putting himself in that position. We'd be ruined!"
"So." Julie interrupted. "You can see how this isn't that hard of a decision for you. Is it?"
"You're blackmailing me?"
"Blackmail is such an ugly word" Savannah said. "We prefer to think of it as a mutually beneficial agreement.
We get some new blood in our contest and you get to help out some single moms when the holidays roll around.
Pluuus, you'd get to keep your squeaky clean, Barbie doll image."
"I'm fine calling it blackmail" Rachel stated, bluntly. "Whatever works."
"If and that's a big IF I decide to go along with it, how would it work?"
"It's not that hard." Julie said. "First, you walk out onto the stage, stand in a kiddie pool wearing a white t-shirt and one of the guys pours a pitcher of cold water down the front of your shirt. Then you dance around a bit and then the crowd votes based on how loudly they cheer.
Then we bring the top 5 vote getters back on stage and they dance for tips. The winner is the one who raises the most tips.
Any of the women, even the ones who didn't make the top 5 can, if they choose, serve drinks after.
The cover charge to get in and all tips raised, even at the bar, go to help out single moms at Christmas."
"Oh yeah" Julie added. "There's a $20 entry fee you'll have to pay."