#Chapter 170 – Seduction

The next morning, Delia and Emma sit at the kitchen table, Delia’s phone between them.

“Are you ready for this?” Emma asks, hesitating.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready for this,” Delia says, her eyes wide.

Emma nods, understanding. She knows what she’s asking of Delia. She’s sending her into a situation that was potentially violent, unpredictable, dangerous.

“Hey,” Delia says, reaching out and taking Emma’s hand, reading the worry on her face. “I agreed to this of my own free will. If I wasn’t willing to do it, I would have said no.”

Emma nods, but shakes her head at the same time. “It’s just…it’s not right. It should be me, taking the big risk.”

“Yeah,” Delia says with a smirk, glancing down at her fit body. “But we both know that I’m the better bait.”

Emma just rolls her eyes.

Giving Emma a wink, Delia screws up her courage and grabs the phone, sending the text that they’d carefully crafted this morning.

Delia: Hey. We haven’t talked in a while. But I’ve been thinking about you…

Then, they wait.

The reply takes a long time – hours, it feels like. So long that both women get bored, moving around the kitchen, doing chores to keep the already-spotless place clean. Passing the time.

But then, suddenly, the phone blinks.

A new text message.

Emma stops, holding her breath, staring at it. But Delia moves to pick it up.

Joyce: I’m not surprised. I’ve been thinking about you too.

Delia reads it aloud to Emma and then they both stare at each other.

“What should I write back?” Delia asks quietly.

“I have…no idea.” Emma says, her voice quiet.

“Come on, Emma,” Delia says, putting a hand on her hip in frustration. “He’s your husband. What does he like?”

a moment, but Delia holds her stare. Emma

says. “He’ll like it if you’re…assertive. Assertive now, and then let him take control later. Let him

back to the phone. She

Why don’t I take you up on that offer you made so many years

back faster

like planting old seeds finally paid off. Tonight, 8. You name

of relief.

the name of her favorite bar, where she and Evelyn have

okay?” Delia asks, taking in

“It’s just…it feels so much more

the distance between them, putting her hands steadily on Emma’s shoulders. “It’s all going to be okay,” she says, giving her a small smile. “This is going to work. And then you’re going to have your vengeance. And then we’re going to be free.” Delia whispers the last word like the delicious

kind of regret going for the

her eyebrows. “If you want to leave your sister in your father’s

She looks into her lover’s eyes,

peck on Emma’s lips before heading to the bedroom. “So what

laughing, following after her. “Definitely

bar, sipping a glass of Chardonnay that she got from Cliff, her favorite bartender. She’s dressed in a skimpy red dress. Her foot jiggles anxiously, and, noticing it, Delia sighs

She looks longingly at the crispy glass of wine, the condensation gathering on the outside of the glass. She wishes, desperately,

there’s a long drive after this, and she needs

it, she thinks, taking a long sip and draining half

forces her shoulders not to tense,

thick with superiority and control. “She must

him. “I’m not sure I’d say

on the bar. He

favorite drink. Instead, she sits

accepting his drink from Cliff, “I was so interested

offer you made to me a few years ago. I wanted to see if it

hoping to have a friend to support her at the event. Delia had been happy to come, but had sensed immediately that Joyce had

that the marriage between Emma and Joyce was failing. That they had not been able to have children, and that Joyce took it out

had become more and more blatant. Delia had done her best to laugh them off, seeking to make the night easier for Emma, but when he grabbed her ass and whispered

had merely laughed, saying he liked ‘em feisty, and that she should call him someday

was Delia taking him up on that

sip of his drink. Delia takes a sip of hers,

“Do a spin for me. Then I’ll

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