Her Bells
- Reads 14
- Votes 0
- Parts 3
A grieving mother struggles to carry on after the man imprisoned three years ago for the murder of her six year old daughter is released from death row. His conviction having been overturned on a technicality, he now walks away a free man. Wracked with sorrow, Tova Arquette's world is turned even farther on its head when she begins receiving what she believes to be communications from her daughter from beyond.
All Rights Reserved
#20
childloss
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
When The Paint Dries
Book Two of Watercolors Serires. She's been through hell and back. Now grieving the death of the one person who saw light in her, she's back at square one. Alone. With a baby, a confused five-year-old, and a broken, fragile teen, all the responsibility is on her to get their fractured family back to normal. Or as normal as it can be. But even if she can, there is someone who is about to make it near impossible, and it's not just herself.Complete![Between Us and These Bones [✔]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/257258077-256-k567815.jpg)
Between Us and These Bones [✔]
When an intruder breaks into her house, Tarryn's life is flipped upside down. Soon, she discovers her parents aren't the people she thought she knew and that their dark past that has caught up with her family, including a killer determined to cause chaos for her and her siblings.Complete
Damaged Souls
[COMPLETED] "If you let me leave now, I won't tell anyone what you did sir..." I grumbled, and he smirked a little, as if it was a hilarious joke. "Like I said, you aren't leaving Caroline..." Caroline was once a perfectly happy child, she had a home, food, warmth. She had a father, a brother, and a wonderful mother... but her mom died in a crash. She and her brother had to leave their father who couldn't handle his anger and his grief. As runaways, she and her brother, Dustin, are cold, hungry, and only have each other to face the merciless cruelties of the world. Alone she was followed by a man that was helpful, and kind. But just when she thought she could trust him, he took off the mask of a normal man, and hurt her in ways unimaginable. Trapped, she was forced into waiting out her time thinking of the world, her mom, and her life. She had to do something hard, she had to make a choice. She could stay and be hurt and trapped, but fed and warm, or leave and be cold and hungry, but free...Complete
Blue eyes COMPLETED
Maybe you should look closely around you... because revenge takes her time and you will found out that too late... Let's read, what's going on there.Complete
Lost Soul (Book #1)
They thought that she was dead before she got to live. They have been deceived by the person they were supposed to trust. She grew up loved, but that all changed making her life a true nightmare. She has scars that will forever follow her no matter were she went. What will happen when she finds out the truth about who she is. How will they handle the newfound truths and cruel revelations?Complete
蒙面情人
Everyone lives in this world wearing a mask. The deeper one hides, the more gorgeous the mask is, and the more secretive and unexpected the purpose will be. Haitang's three-year-old daughter went missing. During the process of looking for her daughter, she discovered that she had fallen into a carefully designed puzzle as early as four years ago. The truth is being gradually uncovered. Who on earth is the real mastermind behind it all?
Silent Scars
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister. For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives. For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind. Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn. As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.Complete
Into the Gloaming
Persephone can't understand why everyone expects her to be upset at the sudden and mysterious death of her mother, she had always been brought up accepting death as a natural fact of life. With the threat of Child Protection Services looming, Persephone's father finally tells her what he and her mother had been up to in their little business in the industrial district. He had designed an automated room to euthanise people when they felt they had lived as much as needed, in an attempt to start combating overpopulation at a local level, hoping that someday the idea would not be taboo and he could operate his business openly. When Persephone's father has a breakdown and abandons her the truth comes out for the world to see, and the next few days are a whirlwind for Persephone, who spends a night in hospital, moves in with a grandmother and aunt she never knew she had, is interviewed by police and is finally taken to her father's trial to give evidence, all the while contemplating the moral issues brought up by what her father has done, and whether anyone is truly evil, deciding that if her father was trying to do what he thought was right, he shouldn't be punished. At the trial it is revealed that the automated room her father had been using to kill people was triggered by a signal sent from his home every time Persephone turned the television on, realising that she was responsible for hundreds of deaths Persephone breaks down. The next few weeks see Persephone building a new life for herself with her grandmother and aunt, having grown up considerably since her mother's death, still conflicted over what her father had done, and wondering what she should do next. Into the Gloaming has previously been long listed for the QWC/Allen and Unwin Manuscript Development Award, and the QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development Award.Complete
The Son and the Sparrow
Leon Arthur used to be a criminal, a leader of a malicious group called the flock, but when his wife became pregnant, he decided to do the right thing. He gave up his sinful life to give his son a bright future. He sent fhe flock to jail, so he could escape. If only he could escape. Five years and three months later, his son is dead. Leon's very existance is shattered. Then one day he sees his son's ghost. It's a miracle, surely. His son's ghost tells him he must murder the man responsible for his death, and only then will his little boy come back to life. Leon must delve back into his dark past, searching for the truth, for the man that tore apart his family, without falling victim to its dangers and seductive treasures. He must face the people he once trusted, the people who would now love nothing more than to put a bullet in his head in order to reclaim meaning to his life.Complete
Astrid
Astrid has never stepped out her house. She didn't know that her parents hitting her wasn't right. She always thought that's how it works. So what happens when her mother dies and step father runs away.Complete
Book Two of Watercolors Serires. She's been through hell and back. Now grieving the death of the one person who saw light in her, she's back at square one. Alone. With a baby, a confused five-year-old, and a broken, fragile teen, all the responsibility is on her to get their fractured family back to normal. Or as normal as it can be. But even if she can, there is someone who is about to make it near impossible, and it's not just herself.
More detailsContent Guidelines