I got the experience, the moves, the smarts, and to top it off, one hot looking bod.
Years of training. Years stuck inside of one single containment. No friends, no family, no nothing left at all.
Finally out to see the reality of the world that has been hidden from only to find out a nightmare that awaits me. Death around every corner. Gun shots every couple minutes. Stench of rotten bodies drying on the concrete and screams of the ones in pain.
years of containment.
years of wishing to be freed.
years of helpless pain.
However, in those years, pain was part of my life. Pain was already consuming every inch of me. Pain drying out every last hope inside me. Until finally, I see why they did this to me. Why they killed my family and friends. Why they killed everyone that held a piece together. It was to see, how pointless it is to whine. They showed me that the only one that can help me, is the one who stands closest to me and that person is me alone.
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.