More about my story

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Part two, if that’s what I’m going to call, it went from 46 pages to nearly 100.

Why.

The previous version didn’t have the reasons why, well, not exactly the reasons and what was behind the need to seek redress or take specific action.

So, I sat down and went through the six main protagonists.

Quinn, the one who has been sifting old records for blackmail material, finds it and puts it up for sale. There are three takers: Whitelaw, who needs it to destroy McConnell, FitzWalter, to retired sans scandal, and McConnell to get the goods on Whitelaw.

Thus,

Whitelaw, the one who seeks revenge on those who stopped him from fulfilling a dream.

FitzWalter, the one who ruined his own ambitions, but wanted to blame everyone else

Archibald, the one who reached the pinnacle, but has a bunch of warring minions to sort out

McConnell, the one who could never get his job done because of perceived wrongs that were caused by someone else.

Natasha, the fixer, the one who knew all of them bar McConnell, and also knows their innermost secrets.

Be that as it may, how does our main character fit into all of this?

That was the question I had to ask myself, because without a reason, why is there another part of this story?

You can’t just throw something out there and leave it hanging.

Willoughby was sent on a flawed operation, one of many, but in the end, it ultimately had the organisation shut down pending an investigation that was always going to have the same result. A permanent shutdown. 

He could have been out of a job, but was given a second chance. Was that second chance for a reason? So, here’s a premise: What if McConnell, seeing the writing on the wall, needs a scapegoat? He ropes Willoughby in for one last hurrah, the go-between between Quinn and himself.

 Before they get to the main dance, a reception to formally announce FitzWalters’ retirement, and in the backrooms, a deal for Quinn’s information, several of the protagonists show their hands, and it;’s not friendly.

And what usually happens at an auction where greed and murderous intent lurk?

Trouble.