I cry my eyes out to the feeling of hatred, disappointment, and death.
I beg God to take my life as I stare at the dark tinted walls.
How could this be? I try to sort my thoughts and think of what I did to deserve this, as I continue to cry a soft force feels like it overpowering me.
I'm silent, I hold my breath in fear. As I get weaker and weaker, I start fighting for my life, I scream in pain, Im fighting my inner self, like my demons were taking over. Like all my sins were finally becoming me.
I get this new motive to hurt. Not just other people, to hurt myself. I fight the feeling, I will not turn into myself. I want to be different, to be happy.
I sit in the floor and rock myself to my own pity. I begged him to take my life, did he answer me? I finally got it. There is a god. There is a hell. There is an afterlife.
I have done made my decision, I've sold my soul to the devil. Maybe you do go to hell for killing yourself, maybe not literally, but killing my future.
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.