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Crime Drama Thriller

After their mother unexpectedly dies of a drug overdose three sisters are left with nothing, with no money to pay for rent the two younger sisters are forced to live with their dad and the oldest unfortunately is sent to stay with her only blood relative left which is her elderly grandmother on her estranged dads side.The grandmothers house was very big in a secluded area lots of trees, a huge lake and horses everything a young girl would dream of however the grandmother was not so pleasant she always made her granddaughter wait on her hand and foot she also made her do all the chores around the house cooking and cleaning the barn after the horses and if she refused she was beat .with 18 just around the corner she is reluctant to make as much money as she can so she can move to the city get an apartment an get custody of her sisters with no call backs from the jobs she recently applied for and the little allowance gets from her grandmother she know it is not enough to maintain a new lifestyle one day she goes out to a club where she meet a girl the girl introduces her to a life of drugs and prostitution this new found lifestyle seems to be going great for her she's making alot of money however her grandmother is growing suspicious shes noticing more late nights outs plus she has all new clothing and jewelry things she know her granddaughter can not afford with the amount of money for allowance.The grandmother then has one of her gardeners come on to her granddaughter when he starts being too aggressive she stabs him in the neck almost instantly killing him as he falls to his knees she begins searching through the man's pockets for cash but ends up finding a picture of herself , she knew her grandmother had set her up . The girl goes to confront her grandma who takes out a switch and begins to beat her over and over finally she gains control of the other side both are tugging hard she releases her side and her grandmother falls back banging her head on the kitchen counter falling onto the floor in a puddle of her own blood The girl begins searching the house taking money and jewelry she then packs a small backpack of clothes rushes out the door she uses her granmothers car to head to the train station where she calls her sisters at a payphone and let them know she's on the way she sleeps her whole ride on the train which was about a 4 hour ride it's almost sundown when she finally arrives at the station where she is greeted by her two sisters the sisters are ecstatic to see each other all smiles and hugs the girls then begin to walk out of the train station where they are confronted by a roadblock of police they then arrest her and take her into custody for murder and attempted murder the girl is once again forced to leave her sister now facing trial this puts a strain on her and her sisters relationship because they didnt know what to believe the sister they thought was their protector is now in jail for murdering her own grandmother her sisters begin losing faith in her once all the evidence clearly points at her they stop answering her phone calls no more money no visits for almost 2 months with her sisters slowly turning their back on her she goes above and beyond to prove her innocence and after 5 long months it finally pays off she is acquitted on both murder but because her sisters doubted her she feels betrayed by them they didnt understand what she had to endeavor while staying with her grandmother she felt like they turned their nose up at her because they had they're father in their lives and left her when she was at her lowest when she did everything to make sure her they all stayed together .Once she is released she reaches out to them but at this point neither wanted anything to do with her she begins harassing them she starts showing up at the bus stop they took to and from school she would also show up at there school and just watch them through the gates her middle sister had a job a diner where she would come sit in everyday for lunch it started to grow almost into and obsession she wanted to be loved by her sisters so bad and she wanted to convince them that she was innocent after weeks of her antics the sisters finally decide they're ready to sit down and have a family discussion they invite her over to their father's house who is away on business .Once she arrives the sisters are sitting down for dinner it was so much tension in the room all the girls just stared at each other in silence the eldest decides to breaks the ice she begins by apologizing for her recent behavior and begins to tell her side of what happened with her grandmother her middle sister still was convinced she was a cold blooded murder they began to argue once things got heated the middle sister pulled out her father's gun and aimed it at her the younger sister tries to make calm of the situation telling her not to do anything she might regret with the slight distraction the oldest tries to snatch the gun out of her hand the two then begin to tussle rolling around on the floor struggling to get ahold of the gun then a loud pow goes off and the middle sister drops to the floor bleeding from a gun shot wound to the chest younger sister screams at the top of her lungs the eldest sister then hands her the phone to call an ambulance she then tell her to hold the wound to give it some pressure she says I'm sorry kisses her younger sister on the forehead flees the scene and is never heard from again

January 31, 2021 20:58

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Carrie O'Keefe
21:15 Feb 10, 2021

The story had a good story line in it. You did have a lot of run on sentences and thoughts were not separated by paragraphs. I did like reading it.

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