"How do you make it so that your roses are so vibrant and fertile?"
"It all has to do with the tending of my garden, sir. I guess that the fertilizer does help as well."
"That's another thing I have started to wonder about. Why do your hands turn out so damaged after tending your garden?"
".... That I can not tell. But I must say, don't you think my roses have become lovely? Sure the thorns hurt but they are still so lovely..."
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A retired reporter who has turned to writing light novels for young adults has started to take an interest in the small family living next door to him. Well, more like he has become interested in the young boy who spends all of his time in the garden around the small worn down house. He has simply ignored the family for the first couple of years but as he started take notice of their strange behavior, he started to become curious.
After a while, he begins to look into the history of his quiet neighbors and he is quickly pulled into a rabbit hole that is so deep that he is now struggling to get out it. The more he looks into them, the more he wants to learn more. Soon enough, he starts to break a few laws just to get more information.
More from the neighbors.
More from the local library.
More from the father.
Bust most important, more from the small boy who spends all his time in the garden of white roses while singing a soft lullaby that seems to appear in every head line of ever sudden murder in their small town.
//a bl story that has been hidden inside of my room for a while now. Will contain sensitive topics later on.\\
Started: December 4,2018
Finished:
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.