@HunLepto
What I mean is that it seemed like a rushed idea.
It also moves too quickly through said idea. Like they really didn't want to do it, but had to. It may be a space limitation, this is an anthology after all. But it feels like this is a story meant for it's own oneshot/series that got butchered and shoehorned in.
Replying to your statement though, you're not wrong. That's almost entirely the blackmail genre in a nutshell, save a few other scenarios.