Deja Vu

6. Blackmail

The next evening.

Felix is at his home, preparing some things. He sets up a new mobile phone with a private sim, the phone which he's going to use to blackmail Christof. Just then, Felix gets a message in his own phone, it's from Roman. He opens it up and sees that it is a video. Felix opens the message and thinks for a moment before playing the video. He plays it. 

Christof is talking to Charlie.

"Your teacher called." Christof says.

Charlie is silent.

"She says you're getting bad in certain subjects, is that true Charlotte?" Christof asks.

"Maths is hard for me..." Charlie says, looking down.

"Well that's why I pay for a tuition teacher, don't I dear?" Christof says, grabbing her wrist tightly.

Felix can't stand to watch it.

"Dad please... it hurts..." Charlie says, slightly tearing up.

"Well maybe you should have studied better yeah?" Christof says, grabbing the wrist tighter.

"I will, I swear I will do better next time." Charlie says, as she was hurting more.

Christof lets go of her wrist. Charlie stares at him, in tears and slightly in anger.

Christof slaps her.

Felix puts the phone down suddenly and closes his eyes, "That son of a bitch..." 

He takes a deep breath. He looks at the staircase, and remembers what had happened there. He takes the phone again and continues playing the video.

"Stop looking at me like that!" he says.

Charlie cries, covering her cheek with her hand. "I'm sorry."

"Come down for breakfast, it's already late." Christof says and leaves the room.

Roman is recording this from a safe distance, as soon as Christof comes out the room, the video stops.

Felix lets out a big sigh. He puts the phone aside. Even after seeing her own daughter being abused by her own mother for years, it was hard for Felix to see it again happening to another young child. He knew he had to do something about it quick.

Felix takes his phone and transfer the video to his new phone with the private sim. He waits for the next day now, to set up the blackmail.

The next day.

Felix gets ready to call Christof and blackmail him into confessing. He calls up into Christof's phone, using a voice changer app.

"Hello." Felix speaks.

"Yes, who am I speaking to?" Christof asks.

"Doesn't matter, what matters is the video you're about to receive in your phone." Felix says.

"Video? What video?" Christof asks.

"You'll see." Felix says, and sends the video to Christof.

The call is still on hold. After a while, Christof asnwers.

"What's this?" Chrisof asks.

"You just saw what that is." Felix says.

Christof is silent.

"I'll tell you what this is. It's a father hurting his own child, something that's not only wrong, but illegal too." Felix says.