“So what is this blackmail?” Peggy asks taking a sip of her drink.

“She some how photoshopped photos of me into photo’s of her, showing a morning after sex.”

“So what’s behind this blackmail?”

“She thinks that by holding these photos against me and threatening to show Tina that I will continue to work like a puppet for her by blackmail.”

“So she still thinks she is blackmailing you by this?” Peggy says with a soft chuckle.

“Unfortunately yes..”

“What a silly woman this Ms. Kelly Wentworth is.” Peggy says taking another sip from her glass.  “Thinking she can control Bette Porter..what a foolish woman.”

I chuckle. “I want help.”

“You need or want it Bette?” Peggy asks me.

I take a few seconds for some silence before I respond back.

“I need.”

“Need. Do you really need my help?” She asks crossing her legs to the left.

“Yes. Yes I do.”

“So Bette Porter needs my help..”

“I need help to destroy what she tried to destroy for me..I know it’s not the same but the art gallery is her life and Tina is mine, so I want to show her how much it can hurt.”

“Strong words.” Peggy says.

“I mean every bit of it.”

I watch as Peggy stands to her feet and walks over to the bar to refill her drink before she turns back around to face me.

“I can get information on Wentworth’s background, see what she’s hiding-that is if she’s hiding anything, see about the art gallery and then we can go from there.. wherever that is of course. What do you really want, Bette?”

I sigh and then look down at my feet before lifting my head and turning my eyes towards Tina’s hazel eyes staring right back at me.

“I want this gallery. I want to steal this gallery from her and me and make it my own.”

“So you want this gallery to be yours Bette?”

“Yes.”

“Then if that is what you wish then let’s see what we can do.”

“I just want to show her how much someone can hurt, she’s never gotten that in her life because she’s always been spoiled with money and whatever she wants. She’s never worked for it because her good looks got her whatever she wanted in life, it was the same way back in college. She needs a wake up call.”

I turn my view to Tina as I hear her begin to talk.

“So you’re going to help Bette with this?” Tina asks.

“I’ll see what I can do. You’ve always been great to me Bette and darling you don’t deserve to have this woman try to control you.” Peggy says.

I stand to my feet and walk towards Peggy.

“You have no idea how much I appreciate this.” I extend my hand.

She smiles at me and then begins to speak. “Oh darling.” Before she takes my hand in hers and we shake.

…

“So, you’re really gonna do this?” Tina asks me as she places my coffee on the table in front of me and takes a seat in one of The Planet’s chairs.

“Yes. She’s not getting away with this, she’s gone too far with trying to blackmail me. I know I can just tell her you know about the photos but no, i’m not because she’s not going to get away with this.”