Short Story - The Lure

This wasn't the first time Jenny Fox found herself with a big decision to make. Her all life had been like a crossroads where you can either go left or right. No other direction. Make your choice Jenny. Live with its consequences. None of the past instances had been as pivotal as this very moment though. In front of her lay the opportunity to become so rich as to never work again. Jump on a plane and head to an idyllic island in central America. Disappear from the face of the Earth. A new start, a new her. All she had to was to finish what she had started earlier that evening. She'd met Mark at a trendy bar of a renowned hotel in the heart of Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia. She'd liked him immediately. Those witty eyes, suntanned skin and broad shoulders. After only a few drinks he had told her that he'd just made a fortune trading in cryptocurrency and that he was planning on quitting his job and travel around the world for good. He'd even shown her the digital wallets in his Iphone. It was indeed true, Mark had a lot of money. Money that could change ownership with a quick transaction if only she could get access to his mobile phone. Jenny had devised a plan there and then. She would make him drink a bit more and then she would ask him to go to his room. She had no doubt he'd accept, she could tell he was really into her, albeit quite drunk at this stage. And there she was now, in his room, Mark sleeping hit stupor away and the chance to finally have it all in front of her. Do it Jenny, a voice inside her head was saying. Do it. You don't even know this man, in a year's time you won't even remember him. Do it. Do it!