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BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 4

If you missed any of the previous chapters of BlackMail II... BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 1 BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 2 BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 3 “WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.”             Cathy sat on her bed, exhausted from her quarrel with her husband. How could he do that to her? She was lost. Zach wasn’t one to use subtle means to achieve his aim; he took a more direct route. Her thoughts niggled at her, which made her frown. It did not make sense to her at all. But they lived alone, and she certainly had not been using poster colours – she had not even seen them in a very long while until that morning. She could not fathom how those materials had gotten to their toolshed, except of course it was brought in by her loving husband, Zach to scare her into madness or death. That was the part too she couldn’t get: why would Zach want to kill her? Had he met someone new? Was she a hindrance to his amorous affair with the other woman? Or, was it just time for him to pay her back for cheating on

BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 3

If you missed any of the previous chapters of BlackMail II... BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 1 BLACKMAIL II - CHAPTER 2                                                       MAKE OR BREAK?            Zach did not want to panic, but he could not help being afraid for his dear wife. What had happened to her? Had she screamed for help while he was revisiting the past? He quickly decided to search the perimeter of their residence. He easily and quietly crossed the backyard to the other side of the house where they had set up a small toolshed. That toolshed was where they kept all their manual and electronic tools. They had decided that neither of them wanted to trip over a stray nail gun or a bulky wheelbarrow.           As Zach crossed to the toolshed, he observed that the door was open. He inched closer slowly and took a peek. There, right in front of him, was a form he had never seen before. He charged into the shed and grabbed the arms of the stranger while kicking him behind the