#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?”

Delia for a moment, but Delia holds her stare. Emma breaks eye contact

if you’re…assertive. Assertive now, and then let him take control later. Let him feel like…he wore you down.

attention back to the phone. She types out a

up on that offer you made so many years ago. For a drink. Alone. Somewhere

comes back faster this

seeds finally paid off. Tonight, 8. You

breathing out a sigh of relief. “He took the

favorite bar, where she and Evelyn have gone so many times. Then, she

Delia asks, taking in

to plan,” Emma murmurs. “It’s just…it feels so much

says, giving her a small smile. “This is going to work. And then

her forehead. “I kind of regret going for the

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

looks into her

“So what does bait wear on

Emma says, laughing, following after her. “Definitely

glass of Chardonnay that she got from Cliff, her favorite bartender. She’s dressed

calm down, play it cool. She looks longingly at the crispy glass of wine, the condensation gathering on the outside of the glass. She wishes, desperately, that she could chug it for the calm it will give

there’s a long drive after this,

thinks, taking a long sip and draining half the glass. She needs

forces

voice thick with

him. “I’m not sure I’d say eager,” she

on the bar. He puts a hand up,

her least favorite drink. Instead,

Joyce says, accepting his drink from Cliff, “I was so interested to get your

“I was bored. And I’ve always been…curious. About that offer you made to me a few

friend to support her at the event. Delia had been happy to come, but had sensed

That they had not been able to have children, and that Joyce took it out – physically, mentally, and emotionally – on Emma.

her best to laugh them off, seeking to make the night easier for Emma, but when he grabbed her ass and whispered

that she should call him someday if

on

drink. Delia takes a sip

says languidly. “Do a spin for me. Then I’ll decide if

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