Chapter 68

We are dealing with a psychopath with nothing to lose. The whole sex tape angle was just convenient for him to use. He has other reasons to target me. To target Linc. I am in grave danger and I don't know the full extent yet. I want to scream down the building but I am tired. It is like hearing Ashley cry so piteously behind me has zapped all my energy. All the hope and willpower I had manage to muster.

"I am sorry. I was weak and at a vulnerable place emotionally. I was lonely. He took advantage of that. He said he wasn't going to release the videos. He said he just wanted the money to settle himself. He said once he got the money, he wouldn't bother you again.

He would even apologize for having gone as far as blackmail. I don't know why or how but I saw reason with him and let him stay when he came to the apartment. Nothing happened between us. I swear." Ashley's voice breaks and I feel myself going soft. The anger has weaned off me by now. I am simply too tired to stay angry