Opens on the defining Tuesday of the before and after, what was once any other Tuesday has now become a race to find Go before she hunts down all those she holds resposible for her And's life, or waste of life. She races against a multitude of obstacles including police, drug dealers, cheap scabs }basic fugly toothless escorts who will steal the shoes from your feet{ and has to face herself more than once and look within to decide how this ends. If her justice is just enough, is she willing to make that decision? She only knows that her world has been destroyed for a couple hundred of useless dollars and a few grams of dope. As the plot progresses we learn just what desperation does to the naive and innocent of us, those who hold up our fake plastic world with a smile and the credo everything will be alright. Nothing bad will happen to you. You are safe. The whole time you know this message is for the sheep, the cogs, the pieces that run and oil the machine not realizing they have free will and were not made for the purpose of being slaves to old white rich men who bullied there way in the door and got away with mouthing off. Go is that girl, has been in trouble her whole life. Never happy, always questioning and debating things, causing those asleep around her discomfort for her free thought and secretly hating her, plotting against her non conformist determination. Struggle is her way of life, and the one man who made the static stop at night was stolen by the scabs, the rats the thieves....all for a few crumbs. So Go is going to make them all pay for what they have unknowingly destroyed.
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.