Side Effects May Vary

By Melody Hewson

42 year old Carol-Anne Lee was born blind, and learned to live with her condition, but she's willing to give anything to be able to see. When she's offered the chance through an experimental surgery, she accepts without hesitation.
But when she finally wakes up the next day, she finds out it may not have been worth the price she paid.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melody Hewson
• Release date: Mar 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476349350

Melody Hewson

I am an author, a teller of stories both long and short, real & imagined. So for the sake of my own amusement, here’s a bit of information about me, written in the form of a short story. Whatever information you can gleam from these words is what you are worthy of knowing about it's creator.Hazel eyes stared up at a cloudless sky before falling to take in the house below it. To some, it would be judged by its flaws ; it's fading paint and scuffed floors. But to her it was perfect. It was hers. And it was home. To one side, a wild forest whispered sweet nothings in the breeze, which was answered by some distant bird's call. "Life is good." She said softly to no one. "And today is a good day."The sudden squawking of wild fowl pulled her attention to the shaggy black and white dog that rarely strayed far from her side."God damn it, Jackalope! Quit chasing those turkeys!""I looked heavenward for angels, while beautiful demons showed me the way." - Shannon Nacyl

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Side Effects May Vary

Written by: Melody Hewson

Copyright Melody Hewson 2012

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Jessica Lee was not addicted to Meth. She could stop any time she wanted to. She just didn’t want to. After all, she was still young yet, only twenty-three in fact, and in good health still, well, mostly good she supposed. If she could just get rid of that persistent cough that had developed a few weeks back she would be even better.

She looked down at her hands, which were shaking slightly. They had been doing that for so long she never really even noticed anymore. In one hand, she held a pregnancy test, in the other, she held the box that had contained it. She wasn’t pregnant, of course. She couldn’t be. The nausea was simply from bad food, the leftovers had spoiled or something. She wasn’t pregnant.

Except that she was. The instructions on the now-empty box were clear, and she had followed the instructions exactly. The solid blue line sat there like a testament in stone. Jessica sighed and closed her eyes, suddenly feeling numb. When she finally got the courage to open