"Danielle, its Dianne from Fugi. I lied about the pictures. Danielle I kept some of them. I am sure though that you and I can come to some agreement. I know you will not want these to accidentally get out on the net, now would you?"
I admit I panicked when I heard her words and decided to play this out for now.
"I understand Dianne, what do you want from me?"
"I am going to be in your area tomorrow for a couple of days and I will be at the Holiday Inn near you. I would think it might be nice for you to meet me for dinner tomorrow night, you can tell your family it's a business meal. Shall we say 7ish?"
I was thinking about the next night and if I could arrange things to make this meeting when Dianne added.
"Danielle, this is really not a request, so please don't be late!"
She hung up. I now had to arrange to be available tomorrow night and so I used my cell phone to see whom I could get to baby-sit the kids. My 'husband' was traveling so while he could not watch the kids nor could he object to me going out for dinner.
So the next night I dressed appropriately for a business dinner, I wore a business suit with skirt and matching Jacket over a crisp white blouse. When I arrived at her hotel I noticed her waiting in the lobby. Dianne is shorter then I am, then again most women are, I am 5' 9" and that's on the tall side of the average. I would guess that Dianne is about 5'5" and she is blonde with an attractive face and figure. I noticed she was pacing the floor, obviously nervous about our encounter. That was a good sign.
As I came in to the lobby Dianne came to me and said,
"Danielle so nice of you to join me tonight. I hope I did not make too much of a problem for you and your family?"
I was determined to not show any emotion and merely said.
"No problem Dianne always glad to meet with a film company rep."
"Follow me to my room, Danielle, I have a bottle of wine I chilled. Lets have a drink and chat before dinner, shall we?"
And with that she led me to the elevator and we rode quietly to her room on the fourth floor. She unlocked the door and ushered me into her suite. She had laid out two glasses and lit a few candles. It looked like she was getting set to seduce someone, probably me.
"Now Danielle, lets not beat around the bush. I have something you want and you have something I want. I propose an exchange."
"I know you have some photos of me having sex in the Poconos, I assume you think that is what I want, but what are you after Dianne?"
"Simple, I invited you to the Poconos in the first place to get to know you, but you ended up with that guy most of the time and I never had any time with you."
"Time for what Dianne?"
"Time for us to explore each other, to make love to each other. I wanted to make love to you, but you never even looked my way, did you?"
"Hey Dianne, I am no different then most women, I experimented with a lot of things in my youth. Having sex with women is something I did then, but have not pursued it in my adult life. I am not sure I would even consider you."
She looked like she could eat nails she was obviously not ready to allow me to just turn her down. Yet I sensed she was a bit unsure of herself, or not really the kind of person to do what she was alluding to do, blackmail me with those photos. I listened as she responded.
"Danielle, I don't think you understand me clearly. I will have you or these photos will find there way to your husband, your in-laws and your parents. So tonight and whenever I want you will be mine. Do we understand each other?"
Although the words were there I could hear that her voice was not as strong as her words and I decided to take control because I again sensed that was the only way out of this situation. I told her.
"Dianne, I think you are the one who is not understanding. You are putting your job and career on the line by trying to blackmail me into some sort of sexual arrangement with you. You foolishly think that I care about those photos? Don't be absurd, my marriage died years ago, and if you gave those photos out, it would only free me to go where I want. You however, are in danger of being unemployed and unemployable. Now I ask you am I being clear enough for you?"
She seemed to be broken. Her head was down and she no longer had the swagger she started this whole thing with. I began to recognize something about her personality that I had seen years ago in college. My roommate had confessed to me one drunken night that she was a submissive and needed her lover, man or woman to be dominant. I decided to see if I was correct when I heard Diane mumble.
"Yes Danielle, I'm sorry."
"Sorry, Dianne I do not think sorry will cut it, do you? No I want more from you. And I want it now. Do you understand me?"