Blackmailing Memories *James & Marley*.
Going through some of Mum and Da’s old trunks and came across this. Look at you… all dressed up… knobby knees and little bows in your hair…
This is one of the nicer ones. Show up with a bottle of your oldest and best scotch or the next one goes to MacDonald…
Marley stared at the letter in her hands with desbilief, before studying the photo attatched to it. Indeed, there they were. She and James at one of the many pureblood society parties they so much hated, all dolled up and fancy looking. To say it was embarrasing to see was an understatement. Marlene prayed for the ground to open up beneath her feet and swallow her whole.
The owl beside her screetched insistently, expecting a treat in return for its service. Marlene looked at the bird with a frown.
“I’m not gonna give you anything, your work’s not done” she snapped.
If James wanted to play dirty, well screw him. It wasn’t Marlene who was wearing short pants from 1915, hight stockings and a big fluffy flower in her chest. Grabbing a piece of paper and her quill, she scribled a short message back to her annoying “foster brother”.
Sure, you make this photo public and I sink. But if I go down, you go down with me, fancy pants. You think I’m gonna give in to such lame blackmailing? You ain’t worth a sip of my scotch.
The I-will-not-be-bribed Girl.
PS: Look at you, bowing to me like a slave. That’s how it’s meant to be, honey.
Smiling pleasently, Marlene folded the paper and tied it to the owl’s leg. She watched the word take off across the London sky with a very self-satisfied grin.