Maggie and Spencer around 20 years in age, live in a small town, in a huge jungle like world. Nobody knows what it's called, at least nobody Maggie and Spencer have met. Everyone calls it "Lost World of Trouble", or "Troublemakers Paradise." There's only two ways you came into this so called, "world".. You were either born into it, or THEY put you here. As for Maggie and Spencer they were born into the jungle world. Maggie and Spencer are best friends, they met in a kids group home. Ladies that took care of the children always said they were abandon as babies. Maggie was a newborn when arriving in the group home, Spencer was seven years old when he got to make his grand entrance into the rusted, rotted, barn-like home. He can only remember bits and pieces of his parents, but the memories he has are filled with love and laughter. He doesn't sit well with the thought of abandonment. Spencer was different then all the other kids though. Not only because he knew his parents, but because when he got really mad he could blow things up with a blink of an eye. Nobody else knew this of course. Spencer's mother use to tell him he was different. She use to say, she loved him with all her heart even if he was different. She said he was different just like her, and that it was very unsafe to be different. The only thing he can remember from the last night he seen his parents, was a lot of mean men in dark green and black uniforms. His father grabbing him, looking straight into his seven year old soul and telling NEVER to show them.... He wondered why?
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.