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....no matter what the fates had decided,
no matter how she was fated to end.
She never looked behind;
and kept walking along her own path.
There comes a time,
when her powers prove to be a bane for her,
when she needs it the most.
For her loved ones are those,
who she cannot afford to lose....
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Gorgeous sea-green eyes; beautiful chestnut brown hair; extensively stunning and mesmerizing face; sweet and mellifluous voice with witty expressions.
SHE is perfect!
Who wouldn't want to be with her? Be it either guys or girls, Who wouldn't want to love her? Who would technically be scared or cautious of her?
But things don't appear the way they seem. Some things are not always hallucinated. There are possibilities, for everything.
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"Noooooo!!" she cried in anguish. "YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE HIM!!"
They ignored her screaming, snickered and gave her a scornful glance. They kept proceeding towards him, with their cold gaze fixed on him.
Anger, resentment, fear and the intense desire to save him, rose extensively higher and higher inside her. Her eyes started changing to bloodshot and she rose her hands higher on her either side.
And within a blink of eye, everything exploded, leaving no traces of whatever had ever existed there including trees, plants, rocks, those cruel people and after that day she was nowhere to be found......
Though he had survived, but he was dead from within, since his fuel of life had been lost......
"SHE" was lost......
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.