ME: "Who would've known that my backstabbing friend would run for my man!? I yell as she stares at me with so much pain in her eyes.
ME:Who would've known that you can be friends with someone for 20 years just turn their back on you!? As tears began falling down her face she speaks, " I"m so sorry for hurting you, I never meant for thi....."
I smacked her dead in her face, as her face fell lifelessly.
ME: Who would've known it would've made me so heartless? How could they have done this too me? Did I do something wrong? No, it couldn't have been me.
I walk towards my soon-to- be dead husband. I stare at him with so much hate, when all it really was, was pain. I wanted him so bad, everything about him I wanted. I wanted my man again but it will never be the same. The more I thought about everything the more I became infuriated with the thought of how I was treated, and the cards I was dealt with. My chest began heaving up and down as I angrily walk towards the table and grab the gun.
I began speaking, " My first love, my first trust, my first kiss, my first kid, my first everything." As I stared him in his face with his bare body tied to the chains, I stare at all I use to have and was highly disgusted that I shared a man with my best friend by accident. I began speaking again with a small smirk sliding across my lips, " Now you will be my first death."
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.