A story in the Writing Prompt Stories Universe
You are an assassin. A little girl has just come up to you, handed you all her pocket money and asked you to kill her abusive relative. [Writing Prompt]
INTRODUCTION: Some people are just too damned stupid to appreciate the value of what they have until they don't. They later wail about how unjust it is that it's impossible to undo the damage they did that has cost them (and their trusting victim) everything. True justice is that their suffering is tenfold when they're finally forced to face the reality that the word impossible means what it means.
Ariel ("A") hated her name, and she didn't fit in at high school. Parentless, her grandmother, Lucy, raised her. A convinced Lucy to date Claudia, but disaster struck when Claudia's ex spirited her daughter to TX, leaving only Ben, her son. A and Lucy supported Claudia & Ben, found them a lawyer, and become their lovers. A intervened in an attempted rape, thwarted by the store clerk, a retired marine. After their junior prom, Ben was kidnapped, with A to the rescue.
Leo Chase is an orphan, a high-school dropout, and a man the city treats like furniture—wet shoes, shorted paychecks, a rented room that never quite dries. One rain-slick night, a hit-and-run almost erases him. Before the last door closes, a cold presence offers compensation: one wish. It is a Cult Leader System.
A Story in the STEELVILLE AND ENVIRONS Universe
Young man meets and finally marries a Preachers daughter. He finds the old cliche is true about Teacher's and Preacher's daughters. His marriage ends and he changes careers where he finally meets the true loves of his life.