Lee Douglas was a hardened criminal. He had been to jail countless times with his brothers (both real and fellow criminals) and survived each time. But what he like to do was get back in some way at the cop that had caught him. He was vindictive like that, he liked the "officer that caught him them to pay in some way for his lost time and their cheek in actually catching him breaking the law. So not a nice guy then. And when Trish Hay opened the door to her New York apartment and found him lounging on her sofa and smoking a cigar she was worried.
Worried because her door was locked when she left that morning. Worried because she lived alone. Worried because she knew who he was. But most of all worried because he was smiling a huge, toothy white smile at her. She knew who he was because she was a Detective in the NYPD and it was she who had arrested him for blackmail and intimidation of a witness two and a half years ago. He had gone down for that, served nearly two years and here he was sitting calm as you like in her sitting room. This wasn't good.
"What are you doing here Douglas?" she spat out never taking her eyes off him. He was a big man, six foot five easily, and 250 + pounds, very muscular with a bald head. Very intimidating even to a cop of 7 years like Trish.
He just smiled at her question and answered coolly "I'm here to help you Officer Hay."
"You? Help me? I don't think so. Just get up and get out of here before I arrest you again for breaking and entering" (all the time trying to keep her voice steady).
"That ain't no way to speak to an old friend who has come here to do you a favour."
"You! A favour? Get out of here."
He stood up, still with that wide smile on his face and reached for his inside pocket. As quick as a flash Trish drew her pistol and had it levelled at him shouting "Don't make another move or I'll shoot."
By that time however Douglas had a brown envelope out of his jacket and he held his hands up mockingly waving the envelope at her.
"What is it?" she demanded, a cop in charge of the situation.
"Why don't you look and see" and with that he tossed the envelope contemptuously onto her coffee table and resumed his seat upon her sofa.
Trish kept her gun trained on the villain as she inched towards the table, her curiosity getting the better of her. As she stooped a little to lift the envelope, Douglas spoke again in his slow, syrupy voice "You know, I never realised how pretty you are before."
For a compliment it sounded awful like a threat. But it was the truth, Trish was pretty. She had long blond hair, tied in a functional ponytail, ice blue eyes and a very well kept figure, curvy 36" breasts and a butt to rival J-Lo. All the guys in her precinct had cracked onto her but she turned them all down she was married to the job.
Out of the envelope spilled hundred dollar notes in bundles, as Trish thumbed through them Lee pulled out a briefcase filled with them and opened it, letting her see the whole lot.
"There's a quarter of a million dollars there officer, count it if you want."
Trish just stood there stunned she had never seen cash like this before
His smile just got bigger.
"What is this? Where did you get it? What do you want?"
"It is a quarter of a million dollars. And it's yours. Just think on your police wages you'd never make that much if you worked for a long,long time."
Which was true, Trish's pay was not too much and god the department hardly respected her. Still there had to be a catch, especially with this thug.
"And don't worry it's all legit, check the numbers at the station you'll see."
"So what do you want for this?" she said noting the numbers because she thought he must have stolen it, not because she was considering anything he would offer.
"Simple you just have to agree to star in a home video I want to shoot, here's the script. If you do it all then the cash is yours I'll draw up a contract. Just think do it and you're instantly rich. Think about it."
With that he got up, gave her a card with his number on it, took the money and left Trish sitting on her sofa reading a sheet of paper with detailed descriptions of what Trish would have to do to get the cash.
She threw the sheet down and uttered "No fucking way asshole" and threw it in the bin. No way was she doing that, not for all the money in the world.