"What is going on," I said in a hushed voice as we hid in my panic room. I couldn't believe what we were hiding from.
"I...I don't know!" Kaycee, my best friend, said on the verge of tears. She was always a person to get scared easily.
"I cant believe that just happened," I said.
"WATCH OUT!" Kaycee screamed. I turned to see...
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Madelyn Conners was jut a high school girl. She was on her last year of high school. She was very intelligent and popular, mostly for her parents money. She thought her life was going to be perfect, stay on track the whole time. What she got was not what she wanted. She got drama, fighting, and everything that couldn't, or should I say shouldn't happen in life happened. It was like the zombie apocalypse, but stranger. It's when mobs fight back-in real life.
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.