Leo recorded it. Crystal clear.
He didn’t mean to spy. But his fire escape wrapped around the building’s corner, stopping just two feet from Richard’s bathroom window, which was cracked open an inch. Blackmailing My Neighbor -v2024-08-02- -Completed-
For six months, the arrangement continued. Leo bled Richard dry: $50k, $100k, $300k. Each time, Richard paid. Each time, Leo moved the money to a crypto wallet. He felt invincible. Leo recorded it
Leo didn’t answer.
Three days later, Richard didn’t run. He stayed, pale and jittery, pretending everything was fine. But his fire escape wrapped around the building’s
Six months later, Leo is in Portland, working retail. Richard Vance is still in 4A, but the whispers of the SEC investigation have gone quiet. The building has a new tenant in 3B—a young woman who pays in cash and never uses the fire escape.