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(Originally Posted Wednesday 7-31-24)<\/p>\n

For this CP I\u2019m going in the opposite direction that I did for 57.<\/a><\/p>\n

In this idea the guy is the mark, and the blonde is secretly an assassin sent to kill him.<\/p>\n

A simple plot and clich\u00e9 all at once.<\/p>\n

The trick now is to make this idea stand out, by putting my own twist on it, and make it different from other similar ideas.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d set it in Europe instead of America. The caf\u00e9 vibe makes me think that but not France, maybe Italy. And she\u2019s pretending to be an America tourist, had a good job in New York but burnt out and came here to reevaluate her life sort of thing.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a rich bachelor who\u2019s from a wealthy family, legit business, nothing shady and he \u2018works\u2019 for his father but is really more of a hype guy, helps get clients to sign on to deals with his dad\u2019s business by taking them out to dinners, drinks, things like that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how\u2019d they first meet but he\u2019d be the bold one and ask her out as he was really taken with her beauty and smile. I\u2019d even consider making her look normal to start and the twist of her being an assassin wouldn\u2019t be until the middle of the story instead of being revealed right up front.<\/p>\n

She wouldn\u2019t be freelance though, instead she\u2019d work for a group\/firm\/agency type thing but not the CIA\/government. It\u2019d be a private group. She\u2019s sent in to get close to the guy and learn about the family business (depending on what it is) and report back. It\u2019s not a quick in and out job. Maybe a summer fling type of relationship.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s several different ways\/routes I could take the story after that. The most basic option is she falls for the guy and can\u2019t kill him now. But I feel like that\u2019s the least interesting option for this.<\/p>\n

She could really be there to get close to the guy\u2019s dad and the guy was just the way into the family for her to kill his dad. I like that idea better. She could also just be there to take out the whole family too, which could work as well.<\/p>\n

But that would also mean deciding is she really the villain here or is the family? Or is it nothing personal, just business kind of vibes?<\/p>\n

The only thing I know for certain is that when this job is all over, she goes back to the group she works for and gets ready for her next job.<\/p>\n

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