Mind Games Series, Part 1.
"A game played with the mind, or the mind playing a game with the owner."
Yes that quote just was a mind game.
Genre: psychological, Thriller, Mystery, Crime.
Summary will come later.
Ever been in a situation that you question whatever you manipulated everyone or that you manipulated yourself into thinking so? Maybe you're your own victim.
Lewis and his friends usually go out into the public, he is extraverted and optimistic. But a alcoholic. but little did he knew that that night would change his life. Losing 90% of his memories he starts making up fake ones, destroying grib with reality he starts losing emotions and undergoes a complete personality change. A change so drastic that it makes him drown in a pool of a lot of others their blood, spilled like wine for him to enjoy.
Dragged down a dark path, lost without the light. A path with no end but suffering and falling he goes till the bottle is fully empty and all shattered on the ground like a wild animal with no control of their actions.
"Who am I?"
"There are too many versions of myself."
"A little bit of you, little bit of your friends, and somewhere there is me. Crying to be noticed by myself. Neglected by myself. I am my own abuser."
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.