The famous year long missing person's case of one Aasira Jamal, sole heir to the Jamal family fortune has been found. Suprisingly it's not a corpse like expected, but the living breathing girl, sure she's a little worse for wear, but who wouldn't be. Here's the thing though she's not the same. You can see it in her walk, how she speaks, in her words, But mostly it's in the way she looks at you; how her eyes bore into yours pulling you in, making you feel as if she has just stripped and laid you bare.
That's not all of course, its the mystery of her dissapperance, the authorites have no answer and Aasira isn't willing to talk. All she wants to do is live her as she would have a year ago, but that may be easier said then done, especialy when the most vicious bully she has ever had, one Mason Vaughn has chosen now to awaken his conscious. Consumed by guilt and regret Mason sets out to earn Aasira's forgiveness.
" You think you know the what Hell is like, sweetheart look around you're sitting right in the middle of it! "
And as he walked she could hear him laughing, not to heard but a low chuckle deep in his throat, but she knows she was meant to hear it. The sound makes her skin crawl and her spine shiver. She tries to huddle herself deeper into the wall, a futile attempt to get away from the offending sound. The sound so terrafying it could never be a humane laugh, it was more something like the laugh of a demon, a devil.
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.