Hey guys,
Can someone help me out with a scenario?
So, basically, the MC of my story is in love with a serial killer and they start having a relationship. They meet because her dad is a cop investigating the death of his latest victim, but so far, Cop Dad can only find circumstantial evidence and dude's rich so he's got really good lawyers running all over the place.
Until Cop Dad finds - something. A certain thing which is utterly damning. MC's been keeping their relationship a secret but, when he shows her (she's only sixteen, but they're very close and he's shared things with her before despite how unprofessional it is....do you guys think ego - and the personal toll of having looked at a prime suspect who he "knows" did it but can't prove it for so long - is enough reason for this?) she instantly recognises how damning it is and reveals their relationship on the spot as blackmail material to manipulate him into hiding/getting rid of the evidence because she doesn't want her boyfriend to go to prison, and daddy's all about his ego, so he won't be able to stand the shame of making that public.
I want it to be
a) plausible that it wouldn't be discovered until a little way into the case - it's like a month after the girl died
b) visual/brutal - she's quite deluded so I think it would be interesting for her arc if she has to step up to destroy a piece of evidence that proves what a nasty piece of work her boyfriend is
c) pretty easy to hide - I liked the idea of a laptop with violent porn or proof that he'd been stalking the victim, but I assume that would have to be logged with other people? The MC's dad is a major character but he's not a POV character, so I want it to be possible that he wouldn't have to jump through a lot of hoops to make it disappear, so the reader can just be in her POV and think, okay, it's gone. Although I want it to reappear later in the story, so something that can be hidden rather than totally destroyed.
d) plausible that he'd have it at home - he's pretty obsessive and unprofessional, though...
Sorry, that's a lot of stuff. Can anyone help?
Can someone help me out with a scenario?
So, basically, the MC of my story is in love with a serial killer and they start having a relationship. They meet because her dad is a cop investigating the death of his latest victim, but so far, Cop Dad can only find circumstantial evidence and dude's rich so he's got really good lawyers running all over the place.
Until Cop Dad finds - something. A certain thing which is utterly damning. MC's been keeping their relationship a secret but, when he shows her (she's only sixteen, but they're very close and he's shared things with her before despite how unprofessional it is....do you guys think ego - and the personal toll of having looked at a prime suspect who he "knows" did it but can't prove it for so long - is enough reason for this?) she instantly recognises how damning it is and reveals their relationship on the spot as blackmail material to manipulate him into hiding/getting rid of the evidence because she doesn't want her boyfriend to go to prison, and daddy's all about his ego, so he won't be able to stand the shame of making that public.
I want it to be
a) plausible that it wouldn't be discovered until a little way into the case - it's like a month after the girl died
b) visual/brutal - she's quite deluded so I think it would be interesting for her arc if she has to step up to destroy a piece of evidence that proves what a nasty piece of work her boyfriend is
c) pretty easy to hide - I liked the idea of a laptop with violent porn or proof that he'd been stalking the victim, but I assume that would have to be logged with other people? The MC's dad is a major character but he's not a POV character, so I want it to be possible that he wouldn't have to jump through a lot of hoops to make it disappear, so the reader can just be in her POV and think, okay, it's gone. Although I want it to reappear later in the story, so something that can be hidden rather than totally destroyed.
d) plausible that he'd have it at home - he's pretty obsessive and unprofessional, though...
Sorry, that's a lot of stuff. Can anyone help?