My Life Exposed

Back To The City

We wake up the next morning to Christmas being over. Today is the day we head back to the city. As I'm packing my things, Jace walks in my room and asks, "So, how was your Christmas?" "It was the best Christmas I could have ever wished for and that's all thanks to you. Thank you so much Jace, for everything." He says, "I know that when we go back home everything will have to go back to normal, so I have to do this, one last time." He slowly walks over to me and puts his hands around my waist.  He looks deep into my eyes and kisses me, slowly, like we weren't going to be kissing again for a very long time. He pulls away and says, "I will see you downstairs." Jace leaves the room and I finish packing up. We leave the vacation home and begin heading to the private airport to get on the plane and head home. We ride in silence because we both know that going home will change everything and we don't want that. Micheal is waiting for me when our plane lands. As he is getting my bags, he says, "Ms. Mila, you have a guest in the car waiting for you." I figure it's my father, but the door opens and my heart just drops. Inside is Scott Manuel; my ex boyfriend from home. "What are you doing here, Scott," I ask him. He says, "We need to talk." I turn around and see the confused look on Jace's face. "Jace, this is my old friend Scott from home. Scott, this is Jace." They shake hands and I ask Scott again what he is doing here. "It's better if we talk in private," he says. I turn to Jace and tell him, "I will call you later, I promise." I give him a hug and he gets in his car and drives off. I get in the car with Scott and Micheal begins driving us home. "Okay, now what are you doing here?" "Well let's get straight to the point. I need money." "Well I thought you had a job," I ask him. "Yeah, and it pays like crap, but it turns out that you have a rich daddy." "Are you crazy? My dad is not going to let me give you his money." "That's too bad. It looks like I'll have to force you to give me the money." "Excuse me, how can you force me?" "I was hoping you'd never find out about this, but since your mother died, I'm desperate. Do you remember the first time we had sex?" "Of course. It was my first time." "Yes, I know. I filmed it." I look at him with anger blazing in my eyes. "You freaking did what?! You filmed it? How could you do that?" "Your mother actually paid me to do it. She had buyers that wanted the film, so she sold it and cut me a piece. I felt bad for it, but I needed the money. When your mother died, the money went away. That is until I see you on the news with your up and coming District Attorney daddy. It was easy to find you." "You're unbelievable, Scott," I tell him. "I'm sorry I have to do this to you Mila, but I need money and you have the money to pay me unless you want this tape to get into the wrong hands." I was so angry, I couldn't even speak. He tells Micheal to pull over and before he gets out he tells me that I have a week to get him $500,000 or he will go to the media with the tape and sell it to the highest bidder. Tears begin falling down my face. I can't believe that my mother and Scott would do something like this to me. I was a virgin and he has my first time on film for the whole world to see. I can't tell my father about this; what will he think of me? Not to mention Jace. Oh my God, what am I going to do? I really thought Scott loved me and that we broke up on good terms. He was the only decent guy back home, well at least I thought he was. He's such a bastard. When I arrive home, thankfully no one is home so I just run to my bedroom and cry into my pillow. Jace has tried calling me five times already and I just can't bring myself to answer the phone. I don't know what I would even tell him. "Oh I'm sorry Jace, but my ex has decided to come back and blackmail me for money with a sex tape that I had no idea about." Yeah, that's going to go over well. Damnit, you I just don't know what to do. What do I do? I lay in bed for most of the day, ignoring all of my calls and texts because I just don't want to be bothered by anyone. I eventually hear a knock at my door and Jace walks in. He sees me crying and comes and sits on my bed. "Mila, what happened? Did that guy do something to you?" I just hug him and cry even harder. "I can't tell you," I say. "Why not? You can tell me anything." "Not this, because once you know this you may never look at me the same, and I don't want that." "Mila, there is nothing you can say that will ever make me look at you differently. Especially if it's a part of your past." "That's the thing, it's a part of my past that I didn't know existed until now." "You didn't know what existed?" I look at him and say, "If I tell you this, you have to swear to not say a word to anyone about it." He agrees and I began to tell him the whole story. Once I finish, Jace stands up and I can see the anger in his eyes. "I am so sorry Jace," I say. "Mila, you have nothing to be sorry about. That guy and your mother took advantage of you. You did nothing wrong and now that piece of shit is trying to blackmail you. I will not let that happen." I grab his arm and say, "Jace, you can't tell anyone about this. I mean no one. If this gets out, it could destroy my future and my father's." He holds my hand and says, "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to try to pay him off somehow. I just don't know how I will get the money without my father finding out." Jace softly grabs my face and says, "I will pay him." "No," I tell him, "it's too much money and I will not allow you to pay for a mess from my past." "Mila, what else are you going to do? I would do anything for you and if paying this guy off and gets that tape destroyed to secure your future then I am willing to pay." "It's $500,000, Jace. I can't let you do that, I just can't." He says, "What are you going to do then?" "I think it's time I just come clean to my father and see what he says. My dad loves me and I believe that he would do anything to protect me. I would rather get him involved than let you pay him off; it's just not right." He pulls me close and says, "Do you want me to come with you while you tell your dad?" "That's very sweet of you, but this is something I need to do alone." "Okay, but if you need me I am just a phone call away." "Thank you Jace, and also thank you for not looking at me differently after finding this out." He kisses me on the forehead and says, "I told you, nothing you do can make my feelings for you change. Call me after you talk to your dad and tell me how it goes." I nod and he walks out. Now I just have to summon the strength to go find my father and tell him what's going on. I head downstairs to find my father is home and is in his office. I knock on the door. "Come in," he says. I walk in to break the bad news to him. "Hey honey, what can I do for you?" I sit down and he can tell something is off.  "What's wrong, sweetie?" "Dad, I am so sorry but I'm in trouble." He sits up straight and asks "What kind of trouble?" I begin to tell him what happened when I got off the plane. When I was done, I was already in tears and he gets up to give me a hug and asks if I was okay. "No dad, I'm not okay. I feel broken and damaged and I just can't believe my mother and Scott would do this to me." He asks, "Where is Scott now?" "I don't know. He just told me that I have a week to come up with the money or he will go public with the video." My father reassures me that everything is going to be okay and promises that he is going to take care of it. "I am so sorry that I did not fight harder for you. I'm sorry that your mother did this to you. No mother should ever do this to her child. You were taken advantage of and exploited and this guy is not going to get away with this. You were a minor when you did this, correct?" "Yes," I confirm. "Well that is child pornography and if he even tries to release this he will go to jail for a very long time." "He can," I ask. "Absolutely. It's against the law to film a minor having sex, especially without her consent." He hugs me really tight and reassures me, "Don't worry, sweetie. I will not let this get out. I will not let this guy destroy your future." "It's not just my future I'm worried about dad, it's your's too. With you running for office, I feel terrible that I have to put you in this situation."  "Don't worry about my campaign honey, let's just focus on you. Just focus on your school and if Scott tries to contact you, don't answer him. I will take it from here." "Thank you so much, dad." "I really appreciate you trusting me enough to come to me with this," he says. "I didn't want to at first because I was scared you would look at me differently." "Absolutely not, honey. This is not your fault. You are the victim here and don't you forget it." I hug him again and head back to my room to call Jace. I tell him that my father was not upset and that he is going to handle it from here. I also tell him how he said that I should stay away from Scott and to avoid him as much as possible. Jace says, "Your dad is right. This guy is lucky I don't beat his ass myself." "Don't do that, it would just make things worse." "I may want to but im not going to," he says. I tell him that I will call him later when I found out more of what is going to happen and he says okay. I head downstairs to get me something to eat and I can overhear my father in his office on the phone with someone. "Yes, I need you to find a Scott Manuel and find out everything you can about him. Find him and bring him to my office immediately." Wow, my father isn't wasting anytime at all to fix this. I guess I will just stay out of the way and pray that Jade never finds out about this.